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Select poetry.
A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
What was lie doing, the groat god Pan,
Down in tho reeds bv the river f
Spreading ruin and scattering ban,
Splashing and paddling with hoofs of a goat,
And breaking the golden lilies afloat
With the dragon-fly oa the river.
lie tore out a reod, the great god Pan,
From the deep cool bed of the river;
The limpid water turbidly run,
And the broken lilies a dying lay,
And the drngon-fiy had fled away,
Ere ho brought it out of tho river.
High on the shore sat the great god Pan,
While turbidly flowed the river;
And hacked and hewed as a great god can,
With his hard bleak steel at the patient reed,
Till there was not a sign of a leaf indeed,
To prove it fresh from the river.
He cut it short, did the great god Pan,
(How tall it stood in the river!)
Then drew the pith, like the heart of a man,
• Steadily from the outside ring,
And notched the poor dry empty thing
In holes, as he sat by the river.
"This is the way," laughed the great god Pan,
(Laughed while he sat by the river,)
"The only way, since gods began
To make sweet music, they could succeed."
Then, dropping his mouth to a hole in the reed,
lie blew in power by the river.
Sweet, tweet, sweet, O, Pan!
Piercing sweet by the river!
Blinding sweet, O great god Pan!
The fuu on the hill forgot to die,
And the lilies revived, and the dragon-fly
Came back to dream on the river.
Yet half a beast is the great god Pan,
To laugh as he sits by the river,
Making a poet oat of a man;
The true gods sigh for tho cost and pain—
For the reed which grows nevermore again
As a reed with the reeds in the river.
Arns- liuots.Miw
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&1) t drl) oo Imas tc r 21 bro aD.
EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ.
Cy-Teie'i" B a,llJ friend* of education lire
fully requested to &pn i communications to the above
cue of "Bedford Gazt tte."
THE WAR AND THE SCHOOLS.
The effects of the present war are especially
disastrous to our public schools. During the
past few years of educational reform the great
want of our system lias been, in a measure,
supplied—to wit: a more experienced and skill
ful corps of teachers. It is true, much remain
ed to be done in this respect; but the ranks of
the profession were gradually filling up with a
llcr and better tcachors, and the future was he
ginning to look brighter. The war litis chang
ed all this. Our ranks are thinned out by en
listments. Thousands of our best teachers arc
how in the army, and more are going daily.
The draft will, of course, take quite a number.
Teachers, always scarce, will he much scarcer
thi3 fall—how much scarcer will be shown when
the schools open.
If the schools are to he open as usual, they
must, to a great extent, he taught by beginners.
Experienced teachers, in sufficient numbers, are
not in the county, nor in the State. Many who
have hitherto been pupils must become touchers.
An opening is now afforded for young teachers,
such as has not been known before and will not
soon lie again. Those who intend to avail them
selves of this favorable opportunity should at
once begin to prepare for (lie examinations and
lor their duties in the schoolroom. Much may
be done before the schools open. Fellow Teach
ers, be up and living.
"Mental" seems to be at a discount these war
tlrnoe. We haru't solved all the hard questions.
Don't let our new supply of "piece fractious"
•fst io idleness.
CS*A seven TEAtt ocu Bor lately made use
°f profane language. On being reproved by
his parents, and directed to neb Grid's forgive
ness, ho retired to his room, and was heard to
•ay, "0 God, I am very sorry I t-mdihat naugh
ty word, and won't say so any more; but please
hurry and make me grow up to bit a man, and
then I can swear as much as I want to, like pa,
°nd nobody will notice what I say."
MORALITY VS PLUMS.—A Western paper HAS
'ho following atrocious advertisement: —"To
n^ —A house in Melville avenue, located im
®ediate)y alongside of a fine plum orchard,
from which an abundant supply of tho most
delicious fruit may ltc stolen during tho season.
, nt low and the greater part of it taken in
Plums."
speaking of his stay cut a hotel,
observed: "I called for a bottle of wine that my
/milord might live. 1 abstained from drinking
m®* I might live, too."
IOLUJIE 58.
\ T EW SERIES.
Letter from Major Jack Downing.
To the Editors of the Cawcashin:
Wul, here I am back agin to Washing
ton. I didn't expect to cum on before fall,
at any rate, but 1 got a letter from Lineon,
tcllen me he couldn't do without me, no how.
He sed that the bars were all down since,
an that the cattle, an horses, an hogs, an
sheep, an mules, were all muddled together
in one lot. I see, at once, pickle Liu
con WU3 in, an so I dctannined to push off
for Washington once more, an see cf 1
couldn't help him out. It \va3 oncominon
hot wether, an it pulled down purty hard on
a constitushin which has had to go thru a
bout eighty sich summers. Howsoever, no
one ought to stand about hot wether in the
sarvice of his country, even cf he don't git
a salary, or have a confruck, or some bro
ther or son where lie kin make a pile. I
never had a cent for all I've done an wouldn't,
take it. I think, of there is eny human
critter on artli who is meaner than another,
it is one who plunders the people, all the
while purjpnding to be a patriot. Wen I
arriv, scs I, "Kernel, what's the matter?"
Ses he, "Major, did you ever hear of the
story of a man who caught the panther by
the tail?" Ses I, "yes, Kernel, I have."—
"Will," says he, "I'm that man. I've got
the biggest he panther by the tail that you
ever heerd tell of. Ef I was splittin rails
I'd know jist what to do." "Why," ses I,
"Kernel, what could you do then ?" "Wnl,"
ses he, "jist put his tail in the crack of the
log, knock out the wedge an run. But you
see, Major, I ain't splittin rails now, an,
therefore, that plan won't work." "No,"
se3 I, "Kernel, you ain't splittin rails, but
I'm nfeerd you're splittin somethin else."-
Ses he, "what?" Scs I, "THE UNION!"
"Now Majer," ses the Kernel, "you don't
think I want to split the Union, do you?"
"No," ses I, "I don't know as you're raley
tryin to split it, but then you've been sich
a splitter all your life, that perhaps you're
doin it onbeknowin to yourself. You see,
Kernel,as longa.s you stick to (hemAboliiioii
ists, jist so long the Union will not only stay
split, but the split will grow wider. They
are the wedge and you are the mallet. You
jist knock the wedge out, an the Union will
cum together, jist like shut tin up a jack nife.
K-hl t'vt w°r cf the Status
have got an mstitushtn winch they consid
er rong, an they're dotanuiiied to uproot it.
In tryin to do that, they'll split everything
all to smash, an by the time they git thru,
it will look as ef lightnin had struck this
country from Maine to Texas, in spots not
more than six inches apart."
"Will," scs the Kernel, se3 lie, "M-ijer,
that brings up a great moral qucslshin, as
the nigger seel when he was stealin chickens,
an we hain't got time to discuss it now.—
You see, Major, I seut for you to know
what I had beiter do about McOlellan. I
"•it all sorts of contradictory stories from his
armv, an I'm puzzled most to detli to know
what to do." "Wal," scs I, "Kernel, there
is nothin like goin in the field yourself, an
examine for yourself ct you want to know
]LOW things stand." "Wal," scs lie, "that's
jiit. what I've ben thinkin of, an as you arc
a inilingfary man, 1 waufed you to go with
me." 1 tolled htm "1 had no objecshin to
goin, an that of 1 had a fair chance 1 tho't
1 could tell about how things looked. So,
we got reddy, and the Kernel asked old
Blair's son Frank and Sccetary Stantiu's
chief dark, to go along with us. We went
down the Potomac, and jist called at Fort
MonroAV, an then went up tly: Jecms Itiver
to 1 lan isin Landin. Goin up the river we
kept a sharp look out for the rcbiis who line
the banks an shoot at our holes. 1 told tnc
Kernel that he must he inily keerful an not
git hit, as the way stocks would tumble in
Wall street would be a caushin. So I tuk
him down stairs when we cum to the dan
gerous place. There iheyhad the bote lined
with bales of hay. Ses lie, "Major, which
wav does the shootin cum from?" "Wal,"
ses I, "Kernel, there's no tellin, hut,' ses I,
"you'd better git behind that hale, for it sa
big one, an hcAi's another on t'other side,
so 1 guess you'll be safe." While lie was
scttin there,'ses he, "Major, I ain't afocrd
a hooter, hut you see I didn't want them
scceshcrs to Lrag aboul killin me." "No,'
ses I, "Kernel, that wouldn't do cny how."
.list then 'hang' went sunithin like a shot.
The Kernel jumped about ten teoi rhe across
the bote, an hit Frank Blair Willi his left
boot rite where lie.ought not to. l'rauk
thought he'd bin struck with a cannon ball,
an tumbled over, lcavin I lie scat ot honor
uppermost. Stantin's chief dark aeicu as
cf hc'tl bin eat in pokcbcrries, an had an
awful gripin in the bowels. It seems one ot
the bales of hay had bin lipped over when
the Kernel give his big jump, and hit the
chap rite in his bread basket. We were all
purty badly scart, for I tell you it makes a
teller niity narvus when he's in an inemics
country, an may be hit eny moment with a
cannon hall or a Minny bullet. Shootin
will do very well as long as somebody chc
is shot at, but when it cuius to yourself, it
makes you feel weak in the jints, an sutn
times it brings on the dye-area. When we
cum to find out, however, Ave larncd Ave had
* Freedom of Thought apd Opinion.
\
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1862.
a scare for nothin. The pilot, in tumin one j
of the short bends in the river, had jerked '
on his chains too hard, an snapped one of
them lite in two. This noise is what sound-;
cd down in the cabin like a shot.
When we got to the landin, (Jincral Me- j
Clellan had bosses ready for all of us to ride. :
Linkin choose a black one an got on. Hes
I, 'Kernel, is black your favorite color?'
Ses he, 'Majer, no joking now. This is a
serious matter.' So I got on a white one.
I can't ride quite so handy as I did thirty
or forty years ago, yet it's not every nag
that could throw me now. Linkin's stirrups
were too short for his logs, tho' they were
let out jist as long as iliey could be. It
kinked him up a good deal, an before we got
thru revicwin the troops, ses he, Majer, I
can't stand this here my jints. I
am goin to remedy it; an so he jist turned
one leg over the boss's neck an rid sideways
the rest of the time. The sogers cheered
him as we went along, an seemed mity glad
to see him. In one place, lie got up on a
breastwork an made a short speech to 'em.
lie wound up by tellin 'em that he had Ma
jor Jack Downing, G literal Jackson s old
friend, with him. When he sed that, the
cheers were dubblcd, an I paid my respects
to the compliment by lak.it oil my hat an
makin jist about the ncctest bow that ever j
was.
After we had seen all the troops an made
all the inquiries wo wanted to, we cum a
way. The seeeshers didn't t rubble us cum
in down the river, an we were soon once
more sailin up the Potomac. Coniin up the
river the day was warm, au we all fell iust
rate that McClcllan was as well otf as he
was; lite Kernel said he felt like as it he
would like to have a swiin. All hands a
grccd it would be a capital chance, an so
Linkin, an Blair, an Stantin's chief dark,
undressed lor a splurge in the water. The
Kernel axed me to go in tu, but 1 felled
him that as hot as it was, my rumatiz
wouldn't allow it. When ihcy got about
reddy, ses I, Kernel, look out an don't go
where the water's tu deep, for ct you git
tired out or have the cramp, you may not
git to the bote agin. He sed there warn t
any danger—that he had swum in the Maa
sasippy river nigh about all over when ho
PotSft ~ they went. Lin con'
could out swim the hull party, an Blair an
the other feller with hini seemed like suip
fish alongside a sturgeon. 1 tho t probably
Lincon might overdo himself, or git the
cramp or sumtlr.n, so I jis' went to my va-1
lese v an tuk out my patent gutty peteliy life
presarvcr. I ment to have it reddy it cny
tiiing happened. Wal, 1 hadn't morc'n got
to the .side of the bole, when I seed the
Kernel floundcrin an splashin, au blowin as
ef ho was stranglin. Blair an t'other feller
were tryin to help him, but it was the blind
leadifl the blind, an secli another muss in
the water vou never did see. 1 saw that it
was time for my lifc-prcsarver. So I jest
bio wed it up an hollered to Lincon to catch
hold of it, an (old Blair an t'oilier feller to
let him alone, that that would save him.
When Lincon got hold ot it he jest raised
himself rite up, an seemed as happy as a
boy with a noo hat. He floated rite along
towards the bote, an soon cum aboard. Ses
he, Major. I owe you-a debt of ctarual grat
itude. You've saved my life. Ses ho, Ma
jer, this life-presarver of yourtfis the great
est article ever invented. When I git dress
ed I want to examine it. So, party soon,
he cum in, an ses lie, let's have a peep at
it. So I showed it to him. The first thing
he saw on one side of it was the following
words:— The Constitution as it is and the
Union as it was. Ses he, Major, what
have you got that motto on a life-presarvcr
for? Wal, 50.3 I, Kernel, I put that there
because of the similarity between the two
things. Now, that presarvcr saved your
life, didn't it?— Yes, ses lie, Major, it did.
Wal, the sentiment in those words is the
lije-presaroer of the country. You can't
eny more save the country without stickin
to them than you could have saved your life
without holdinon to the life-presarver. You
must stick to the Constitushin as it is and
r.oi as Sumner an Greeley wane it. The
Kernel begun to look wild when he see how
, 1 Lad him, an so see in my advantage, I went
1 on. Ses 1, Kernel, the trutli is, you are
iist now in a awiinniin with Greeley, an
Sumner, an Wilson, an Lovejoy, an Tliad.
Stevens, an it's no wonder iho country is
like you wasjist now, stranglin, an gaspin,
an jist reddy to sink. You must git out of
sccii company, an the only way to do it is
to lay hold of the Const itushin as it is, an
ef you do that, you'll save the country jist
as easy as I saved you with that life-presar
ver. Ses he, Major, hold up, you're drivin
your boss rite into my stable, an you don't
give mc a chance to say whoa. Ses I, Ker
nel, go ahead, an of you can refute what I
have sed, I would like to see you. Ses lie,
Majer, do you know why a man's face is
like the cend of an old fashioned house?
Ses I, no Kernel, can't say I do. Wal,
ses he, because it's his gabble eend. Wal,
ses 1, that may he a good joke, but after
all. Kernel, it don't answer my arguments.
But I couldn't git another word on politics
out of the Kernel that day. He seemed to
keep up more of a thinkin than I'd ever
seen him before. We all got home to the
White house safe that nite, an, on the hull,
the trip had not only bin pleasant, but prof
itable, for it will lead to some great change
in a few days. Yours, till deth,
MAJER JACK DOWNING.
EXTRACTS"FROM THE CONSTITU
TION.
Which, are especially Applicable to the Times.
TdSason against the United States shall con
sist onl) is levy ing war against them, or in adhe
ring to their enemies, giving them aid and com
fort. No person shall be convicted of treason
unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the
sum: overt acl, or on coniession in open Court.
The Congress shall have power to declare the
punishment of treason, hut no attainder of trea
son shall work corruption of blood, or forfei
ture except during the life of the jierson attainted.
No person held to service or labor in one
State, unber the laws thereof escaping into a
nother, shall in consequence of any law or reg
ulation therein, be discharged from such service
or labor, but shall U? delivered up on claim of:
the party to whom such service or labor may
bo due.
New States may be ndmitted by the Con
gress into this Union : but no new State shall
be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of
any other State; nor any State be formed by
the junction of two or more States, without the
consent of the Legislature of the States concerned
as welt as of the Congress.
I This Constitution , and the laws of the Uni
| ted States which shall be made in pursuance
thereof; and ail tho treaties made, or which
shall be made, under the authority of the Uni
ted States, shall be the supreme law of the
land.
The Senators and Representatives before men
tioned, and members of the several State Leg
islatures, and all executive and judicial officers,
both of the United Slates and of tho several
States, shall bo bound by outli or affirmation
to support this Constitution.
Congress shall make no law respecting an es
tablishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof ; or abridging the jiecdom of
speech, or of the nress ; or the right of the
people paceobly to assemb'e, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.
the right of the people to be secure in their
houses, papers, and effects, against
'jle^iid' it<tt, end .to warren' skill iisuefhf up
on p o'jable Cause, supported by oath or affir
mation, and pnrl-cfforty describing the place
to be searched, and the persons or things to be
seized.
Nu person shall ba hold to answer for a cap
ital, or otherwise infamous, crime, unless on a
presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury,
except in cases arising in the lan lor naval for
ces, or in the Militia, when in ar.tV il service in
time of war or public danger : nor shall any
| person subject for the same otfenoe to be twice
I put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be
compelled in any criminal case, to be a witness
J against himself, nor be dep'ived of life., liberty
lor propeify, without due process of laic, nor
| shall private property be taken for public use,
! without just compensation.
In ali criminal prosecutions, the accused shall
I enjoy the iight lo a speedy und public tiinl,
•by on impartial jmy of the Slate und district
I wlter/in the crime shall linue been Cummi/led,
which district shall have been previously ascer
j hnncd bif liw, and lo be informed ot the. n dure
■and cause of the accusation; to be confronted
\ with the witnesses against him; to 4"t'•cornpul
i sory process /or obtaining witnesses in Ins fa
vor, and to have the assistance of Counsel for
his defence.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of cer
tain lights, shall not be construed to deny or
disparage otilers retained by the people.
The powers not delegated to the Cnited States
hy the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
i States are reserved to the States respectively or
i to the [icople.
[From the Ilavvisbnrg Patriot <} Union.]
"UP GUARDS! AND AT THEM."
l'uslion the Democratic column —everywhere
push it on! The Abolitionists and their Lhack
Republican allies, the guerillas and bushwack
crs, are rallying their forces for a fierce contest,
more than ordinarily so—for besides their usual
war cries, the welkin rings with fierce threats
of something beyond moral force to subjugate
the untpiuiling Democracy. Like bloodhounds,
with the scent of blood in ther nostrils, they
hang with fierce baying on our track, invoking
Government prisoners and fraudulent drafting
to their aid, and inciting their fanatical masses,
by brutal appeals, to mob violence. They do
not stop even at this*, but go to the extreme
length of advising uiilitafy organizations, to
keep us down by the bullet and the bayonet.
Affecting to doubt the loyally of the Democra
cy, they do not hesitate to appeal to the most
arbitrary measures to dismay them and crip
ple their elforts. They deny to us the peaceable
exercise of rights guaranteed by the Constitu
tion ; they have suspended the habeas corpus
in loyal States where the administration of tho
civil law has not beeen interrupted; and not
suti.-Ii *d with this near approach to despotism,
they reccotnmended to their partisans to take
tho law into their own hands, and by the inflic
tion of summary punishment, by the rope, tho
faggot and the knife, to dispose of those who
refuse to acknowledge the Bonn hiess of their
political principles or thp morality of their ac
tions. They have organized secret societies,
bound by the most infamous oaths, with pass
words and signs, to enable tlic.ni to carry out
their designs, which contemplate not only the
overthrow of the Democratic party but the sub
version of tho Constitution and the Union,
WHOLE NUMBER, 3030
which they propose to reconstruct upon ucw
bases by violent and revolutionary means.
Such, follow Democrats, is the army of po
litical Thugs and mercenary Hessians against
whom we have to contend. To shrink from
the contest now, when the best interests of our
country are at slake, —when firmness and fidel
ity to the Constitution are demanded of us—
would be sheer poltroonery, disgraceful to the
party. We must meet them—upon whatever
ground they choose, with w hatcver arms they
select, the ballot, bludgeon, or the knife—we
must meet them. The suggestion of force, of
tuieult, of riot, of Moodrited, is theirs, notour*.
We propose the ballot alone wherewith to con
quer them—but we shrink from no other ordeal;
the choice of weapons we leave to them-vrith the
determination to defeat them, no matter what
the arms they use. Down with the Thugs!
Down with Meroenariees! Down with the Hes
sions! Up, Guards ! and at them 1"
[From the Xcwurk (X. J. )Journal.~\
"The Blood of the Martyrs is the Seed of
the Church."
As the Christian Church became powerful
through the groans and blood of her persecuted
disciples and blessed martys, who esteemed it a
privilege to suffer and die in defence of their
faith, so the Democracy in this bloody age, may
regard the political persecutions which they are
called upon to suffer in defence of constitution
al principles and free government as the surest
evidence of the justice of their cause. A right
eous cansewas never advanced by fraud, persecu
ti >u or injustice—a fact too well established by
the history of the world to be denied in this
day of universal knowledge. Our rulers seem
to imagine that their case will form an excep
tion to all others, their mission being so just
and sacred in its character that no tyranny, il
legal restraint or exceptional practices, can re
tard their objects or render themselves liable to
the penalty of violating the natural and moral
laws. To preserve and restore our Constitu
tional G-oVerninnt is truly a glorious and patri
otic mission ; hot our rulers might its well at
tempt to elevate the on rang out-ing to the level
of the human race by a proclamation as to u
nite the people by foiico of arms or preserve the
Constitution bv contjnual violation of its fun
damental principles. , Those who preserve the
spirit of tho Union ua>l the Constitution in their
hearts during this critical! period of the nation's
history, and are willing to suffer abuse, obloquy,
persecution, and even imprisonment rather than
disown their may well remember
that truth and justice are eternal. Their tri-
sighted or weim-hearted who will Iww TlTore
the storm of fanaticism, and falsely accuse thpir
own hearts, deny the laws of nature and curse
the Goo who has implanted in them the spirit
of manhood.
What ka3 been Proven.
The evouts of the p;ist year prove with oth
er facts, the following:
That the election of the Republican candi
dates, in November, 18(10, was the direst ca
lamity which could have befallen the nation.
That the Democracy was right in their pre
dictions that the triumph of sectionalism would
create civil war.
That the Republican party is the natural en
emy of a free press and free speech.
That the Republican Congress Ls incapable of
legislating for the interest of the people:
That a Republican Cabinet is the most cor
rupt of any which has ever assembled in Wash
ington.
That the Constitution may be suspended by
a Republican ITesidont; with the approval of
his party constituents.
That the greater the thief, the greater his re
ward at the hands of u Republican President.
That the army could not have been success
fully led except by Democratic Generals.
That the Republicans desire the subjugation
of the Slave holding States, and not the resto
ration of the Union.
That the party in power would substitute ne
gro labor for white labor, wherever the oppor
tunity is favorable for so doing.
That the public Treasury is not safe in the
hands of the present administration. ,
That New England manufacturers rule the
pahty in power.
That so long as the Republican party contin
ue in power, the people must be enormously
taxed, and the laboring population must, bear
the bulk of the burden.
Nogro Equality.
A few toys sime ft couple of young men
were working in the harvest field for a llepub
licnn living about two or three miles west of
town, and, when (allied in to dinner, were put
to the table to eat with a negro, when the young
gentlemen politely informed the said Republican
that they would wait until the sable individual
was done, whereupon they were informed that
if they "did not like to eat with a negro they
could go home—that the negro was juntas good
as they were." The young men started to leave,
but the negro-eqimlity-individual, fearing his
crops might sufl'er, laid thom return, when the
negro was compelled to wait until they had fin
ished their meal. That was the last day those
young men worked for that man.
[Democratic Herald, (Franklin, Ind.)
THE -MILITARY Si'iitiT. —As a little four-year
old hoy was being put to bed, his mother said
to him:
"Kiss mamma good-night, Johnny."
He at first refused, and then inquired :
"Do Lieutenants kiss their mammas?"
"Why do you ask that, my dear?" inquired
the astonished maternal parent.
"Cause I'm Lieutenant of our company, and
Joe Walsh is cup-tain !"
Doing assured that it was not beneath his
official duty to "kiss inamma good-night," lie
thus saluted her and was put to bed.
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VOL. 6. NO. 5.
A PROMISE FULFILLED.
On the 23d day of February, 1861, tha
New York Tribune published the following edi
torially :
"Whenever it shall be clear that the great
body of the Southern people have become con
clusively alienated from the Union, and anxious
to escape from it, we shall do our best to for
ward their views."
hor months past the Tribune lias been doing
its "best to forward the views" of the rebels.
Iho reliels have no brigade in their service so
valuable to them as the New York Tribune and
its Abolition echoes. -t-Utica, New York, Ober
ver.
Eesponsibility for the War,
The Dayton (Ohio) Empire charges the Re
publicans with bringing on the war by refusing
to support the Crittenden Compromise.
It- speaks of the war and inquires:—Who is
responsible for this terrible calamity? What
men and what party are stained with the blood
of a murdered country V
It answers:
The RKPI'BLICAN PARTT, its leaders and its
representatives, AIIE RESPONSIBLE. They DE
FEATED the Crittenden Compromise, The blood
is upon their bands; the 'damned spot' will
not out. Like the marks upbn Cain, it remains
to show honest men now, and the unborn mill
ions of the future the destroyers and murderers
of their country."
Tyrants are Cowards,
Invariably the tyrant is a coward. He must
have guards around his person, and spies every
where. In this respect parties do not differ
from individuals. Wlienever we find a political
organization aiming at the accomplishment of
unholy designs—the spread of pernicious priu
| ciples, infidelity or treason to the constituted
I Government, for instance—we discover in all
their actions the most unmistakable evidences of
cowardice. Such is the present condition oftha
Abolition and Republican parties. Engaged in
the most devilish plots for the suppression of
civil liberty, planning a new form of Govern
ment to correspond in principles with their im
practical, funatiral views, by which the rights
of the white man are to be curtailed and the
rights of the negro enlarged, their cowardly hearts
shrink from an avowal of their true object, and
they endeavor to shield themselves from public
indignation by loud protestations of patriotism
and charges of disloyalty against their political
opponents. They are scared at the enormity of
the crime they contemplate, and their patrols ere 1
a ghost in every wmwtone. Thev have become
the most arrant cowards, terrified with the fool
ish conceit that the Democrats are countermi
ning against them, and will, oneday, blow th.un'
to a place where they are not yet quite prepa
red to go. Poor devils! Crime carries with it
its own punishment.— Patriot and Union,
Robbiug a Bride of her Bed,
The St. JJOIIH Democrat lias the followingi
At Layer's boarding house, in this city ; an un
usual merry wedding came off", on Thursday
night, nnd tlie dance was prolonged till one o'-
clock in the morning. The bride and groom
then repaired to their apartment, but— honbile
vis in —bed and bedding had been sacrilegiously
stolen from the nuptial chamber! Some vin
dictive wretch had gained felonious ingress at
the rear, and effected a robbery unparalleled in
the history of matrimony. It is conjectured
that so fell vengeance could only have beeu de
vised nnd executed by some lover of the bride..
Lives there a man with soul so dead l
Who never to himself hath said,
The scamp who stole that bridal bed
Deserves to live and die unwed,
With maidens old to punch his head.
DANCING TIIF.IR RAGS OFF. —Two unsophisti
cated country lasses visited Niblo's imNew York
during the ballet season. When the shorti-kir--
tod, gossamer-clad nymphs made their appear
ance on the stage, they became restless and fid
gctty. "Oh, Annie!" exclaimed one sotto voce.
"Well, Marv?" "It ain't nice— I don't like it."
"Ilush." "I don't enre, it ain't nice, and J won
der Aunt brought us to such a place." "Hush,
Mary, the folks will laugh at you " After*one
or two flings and a pirouette, the blushing Miss
said : "Oh, Annie, let's go—it ain't nice, and I
don't feel comfortable." "Dohush, Mary," re
plied the sister, whose own face was scarlet,
though it wore an air of determination, "it's
the first time I ever was at a theatre, and I sup
pose it will lie the last, so lam just <j< •n.g to st-tg
il out, if they dance every rag of thai buki!"
Surgeon —What's the matter with you 1
Would be-I'jx&npt —Weak hack, sir—very
weak baok.
S. —Weak knees, you mean,
IF.—Yes, sir, weak knees—very weak kiieee,
can't march.
ft. —yes, I'll give you a certificate—(writes:)
"Upon honor I hereby certify that the bearer,
who shrinks from defending his country. Hope
he will be put in the front ranks where ho can't
ruu away.
IF.—(Handing the surgeon a quarter,) thank
yon, sir. I knew I was entitled to a certificate.
This rebellion, so wicked and monstrous, must
bo put down. It has done my heart good to
see the energy of the President in ordoring a
draft. 4 .
[He reads the certificate and faints.] — Hart
ford 2Vmw. ___________
You may givo the people a mercenary Senate $
you may give them a venal House of Assem-
I bly; you tuny give them a truckling Congress
: and a tyrannical prince—but give me au unfet
j tercd Press, and 1 will defy you to encrouoh a
hair's breadth upon their liberties—