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[From the Borne Journal,l
lILISB.
[Suggested by a visit to the institution for the
Blind, Philadelphia.}
'Tis Spring ! I hear the robin's note,
The blue-bird's cheeriul warble ;
Soft tropic airs about mo float,
Melting the Winter's marL'e.
fhe floods have come, the brimming streams
Roar in tumultuous thunder,
And the swift aleedo harshly screams.
Darting the billows under.
Surely the gentle Spring has come,
I tear its merry noises ;
With myriad tongues that late were dumb,
The jocund earth rejoices.
Not shapes of beauty brigh' and fair,
in nature's pageant splendid,
Nor azure heavens, nor sunny glare,
Could have my winter ended ,
Nor freshening grass, nor budding tree,
Nor veTmeil bfoona of Bowers,
Nor sheeny sky, nor placid sea,
Could tell of vernal hours.
But oh ! the birds, they bring me news
The spiing-time glad concerning;
Of velvet lawns and gentle dews,
Aud summer days returning ;
While rushing streams confirm the tale,
Till heaven's rolling thunder
Calls forth the echoes from the vale,
To scatter doubt and wonder.
1 thank the Maker for the sense
Which so reveaU his glory ;
O sightless eyes ! 'Tis recompense
To heat glad Xatare's story !
Bedford, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1865.
An Excellent Burlesque.
The Pottsvilie Standard takes ofF the Phila
delphia Inquirer's flashy sensation lies about
riots and war in Schuylkill county in tha fol
lowing good style:
STARTLING- NEWS.
RIOTS IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.
Capture of Despatches ilr tLu FLl!a<lel
phia Inquirer.
liy the capture of despatches Intend 1 forth a
Philadelphia Inquirer , we are enabled to give
the news from Schuylkill county in advance
even of that reliable paper. These dispatches
were taken from a "reliable gentleman," who
took, them from "a rebel deserter who bad al
ways been a Union man," who stated that he
had been sent to Philadelphia with them by
"aa intelligent contraband" who was "the
first nigger wounded in the war." The des
patches were addressed, "To the Philadelphia
Inquirer, care of Jeff Davis' coachman." From
the fact of ali these vvellknown contributors to
the • Inquirer" being concerned in their trans
mittal, there can be no doubt of their genuine
ly. We copy them entire:
WAR IN SCHUYLKILL CO.
GREAT BATTLE AMONG THE MINERS.
BASS AS, OF THE 'JOURNAL,* FORTIFIED
IIJS MAN 'FRIDA Y* UP A TR EE.
MINISTERS OF THE GOSPP.L LEADING
CHARGES!
10.000 IRISH LYFJIATRY L.Y ARMS/
THE MINES PUMPED FULL OF WATER.
Heavy Firing Hoard at Potts
ville. A division in lino of battle.
GREAT CONSTERNATION
-.00 REGIMENTS SENT TO SCHUYLKILL
COUNTY.
GREAT BATTLE^ EXPECTED.
THE MECHANICS STRIKING FOR
WAGES.
HORRIBLE ATROCITIES!!!
Pottsvui.f, May 3.5 th, 18Go.—War has
lj! "ken out in Schuylkill County.—There has
oeen a bloody battle among tiie miners. Sev
tra' thousand have been killed. The Irish are
Murdering everybody
-Ihe County in general, and the streets of
''utts-.iMe in particular, are crowded with blood
iLir-ty miners, who kill all but Irishmen.
h&nuan, of the Miners' Journal, has retired
1 < Ins castle, pulled up the drawbridge, nailed
u P 'he doers of the henroost and dog-pen, and
mounted a joint of stove-pipe in each window.
1 * man Friday lias not been heard of, but he
" r? :> jrted to have been seen up a tree on Guin-
Hiil, fairly white with fear.
Ministers command the rioters, and even lead
'•harges, playing on harps and lyres.—Many
v ' ' rn an have been arrested and fined.
, len thousand Irish infantry are known to be
arm?. They are drilling constantly in fins
i.a-f week the miners rose ana purrped ali
•-• mines Full of water in three hours.
_ ; ivy firing was heard at Pot:sville on the
- th. and a division, in line of battle, was
' in the mountains.
''' m 'b...iy is killing everybody else, and the
Seeing in terror.
•■ten with both legs off are running for life,
t'ODen who have lost both arms are claop-
- ■*
VOLUME 60.
MEW SERIES.
! '-ng their children to their breasts in despair.
4-00 regiments of troops have been sent to
the rebellious district. They will bo followed
by all the troops finder command of Gen. Grant,
! with as many as can be hired from England,
| Germany and Mexico.— The Philadelphia Grey
Reserves refuse to go, and the Pottsviile Militia
cannot be depended upon.
Two special embassadors Lava been sent to
the king of Dahomey, in Africa, with a cargo
of cracked riddles, red ribbons, yellow flannel
find minie-rifla whiskey, to buy up recruits.
They will lie commanded by Ben Butler and
Ban nan's man Friday.
A gentleman was heard to say in a saloon
1 last night, that we would have a few glorious
j battles soon.
! Ail the mechanics are [striking for wages.
• An Irishman toasted a Scotchman on a
i spear. An Irish woman Lamed a negro in a
' wood-pile, and said she gloried in such horrid
f acta.
LATER.
Another despatch has been taken from one
- of the Inquirer's contributors, "a lady recently
; from tihe sent of war." We copy it, as follows.
THE WAR IN SCHUYLKILL CO.
LATER NEWS!
A CORRECT ACCOUNT.
i POTTSYIIXE, May 36th, 186.".—We are in
• possession of later advices from the rebellious
j county of Schuylkill. The war still continues,
i We are able, however, to make the following
I , 1 O
! corrections.
; 'A!*-" Kurfinldu..H*.
ftthe I arrives at t. DalU* at "t
■TV, • from o-:onL connect!
th trui sat Mt. Dallas, leav ing a. S
Tf t : at ' J ii: ""
:d thnt Bedford Markets.
j Ministers diu not lead charges, playing on i
I hnros and lyre 3. Two ot them "charged" each !
other with being "liars."
The fining of females was to punish some
, girls for listening—a revenge on female curiosi
ty to pay the expenses of the war.
• The 10,000 Infantry in arms appear to have i
i been ten Irish infants, who were buing out in
I the arms < f their mothers for an airing. They
I "were drilling" in naw vv< t t>or
Instead of the miners raising and pumping
j the urines full of water, Norwegian creek rose
and titled some celiais.
The heavy firing beard on the 27i!i v.
James Cox and John Green shooting pigeons
on Lawton's Hill, and the line of battle was the |
crovvil who witnessed the proceedings.
400 men, not 100 regiments, were sent to
Schuylkill county.
The crowds of miners jn the streets were
children going home from school.
it soeais that a gentleman at a saloon expec
ted a few more glorious "bottle.-," not "battles,"
as reported.
'J he only mechanics strike constantly when at j
An Irishman did not toast a Scotchman on a
spear. The two drank a toast, "to the Old
Drat." The Irish woman only said it was hot ;
enough at her wood pile to burn a nigger, using
•'that horri 1 axe."
THE VERY LATEST.
Special Dispatch to the Inquirer
FOTTSVII.I.E, May 38tb, 1865.—Thers has
been no rioiing in Schuylkill county.
The Soldiers Against the Radicals.
It is now evident that a radical conspiracy
has been entered into to embarrass the adminis- I
tration of I'resident Johnson. The point of at
tack selected is his position upon the reconstruc
tion and nogro-suliVage question. Chief Justice ■
Chase lias abandoned his duties and is address- j
ing mixed audiences of whites and blacks in the
Southern States, upon this theme. Senator !
Sumner is contributing, r.s his share of the work,
orations and letters. Wendell luiillipsis open
ly declaring that strife and repudiation are pre- \
fcrable to such a settlement of the difficulties as
is presented in the President's North Carolina '
proclamation. The organs of the Radical par
ty, from the Anti-siwenj Standard down to the ,
smallest hound that runs in the pack, aie open, i
fierce and bitter in their denunciation of the
President on this point, and arc exhibiting the
purpo-e and extent of the conspiracy in such
colors as to leave no room for doubt or misap
prehension.
One of the agencies by which this class of
men hope to etleet their purpose of capturing
the President, and holding him while they dic
tate terms upon the reconduction and negro
suffrage question, is the next Congress. That
is at present supposed to be largely ultra. Two
thirds of the members of both branches of the
National Legislature were swept into place by
the same stream which is now sought to be turn
ed against the administration of President John
son. Chase and Sumner, nnd their brother
conspirators against the peace and harmony of
the nation at this critical period, hope to ma
nipulate the national representatives of their
party by moans of home influences, sr.;! thus
control their votes and menace the President by
threats of opposition to his administration.—
But it is not so certain that this can be accom
plished even if the Anti-Slavery League of Bos
ton heads the movement. The war is over,
; contracts aud offices connected with the army
and navy are no longer potent means of reach
ing the venal and the unprincipled, provost
marshals and bastiles no longer close men's
mouths by bullets or manacles. Free speech is j
in the process of restoration. Congressmen
have a home feeling to consult now. Publico
pinion i recovering its force. The whole coun
try is o longer at Washington. Each State
and county and township has again sprung ru
to life ■ and hence the representative of §ach
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1865.
j locality will note carefully the feelings of his
> constituency before entering into a conspiracy
1 against saeh a policy as that enunciated by the
, President. They will probably care mora to
, represent the wishes and sentiments of their
- constituents, than to gratify the ambition or
i heal the wounded pride of such ultra conspira
tors as those led by Chase, Sumner, Phillips,!
and their followers,
j It is certain that the voice ur.d influence of
the soldiers who have faced the dangers, and
) endured the sufferings ot the recent struggle,
will be in favor of the reconstruction programme
| of President Johnson, and in opposition to the j
i conspiracy of the radicals. This was demon-*
: strated at a meeting recently held in New York, j
■ called far ths ostensible of endorsing
the administration of Present Johnson. Just
before the meeting a person distil- '
Luted a circular addressed .
to "Friends of Humanity and Justice." It j
contained an„elaborate attack on President
Johnson, and in favor of suffrage for negroes, i
It was evidently of the extreme radical stripe.
It also seemed evident thai some of the prime,
movers of the meeting intended that ths meet
ing should really take the form of an assemblage !
in fa vor of negroes votiug, the guise of approval
of President Johusonh> administration only be
ing the apparent motive in order to get the peo- i
pie together. The opportune arrival of Gene;-- .
als, Grant, Logan and Blair, however, fortun
ately shut off nearly all the political rhodoraon-,
tade that had been prepared for The occasion, j
and the audience throughout refused to listen
to any political speakers while tfigre was a gen
eral on the stage. Some of the speeches also,
of the soldiers, are worth noticing as showing;
that the conspirators can hope nothing from
them in their scheme for operating upon niern
-15 hers of Ccngreesiu opposition tot he policy of
* President Johnson on reconstruction and negro
by Map r General Frank P. Blair,', he distinct-'
ly endorsed the p Lion of the President, and
''thus repudiated the aspirators. He said: j
j "The only notable tiring that has fallen under
. nty observation sin ce Andrew Johnson assumed
the r ins of power in this country has been!
t !>is several procianinriors in regard to the re-!
construction of the Union, as it is called, and,
perhaps, thnt portion of his proclamation which .
is devoted to suffrage in-the rebellions Slates. !
Well, 1 have not heard much exception taken .
to that, nor to any part of his programme.— j
i lndo<-(l, f > lemiSj f!,,, j.'hxp'f J-s upon which
j his proclamation is founded were the principles 1
i upon which he was elected; and in all thnt lias
been announced In those proclamations /
hear til tj concur.*' It is thus evident that the'
Conspiracy has not much to hope for from j
General BLrir. He is for the Johnson nro
cram me.
' The second speech was mado by Major Gen- '
eral Logan, who still more emphatically an
nounced his condemnation of the con-piracy,
j an I hi-, approval of the reconstruction policy
; of the President as set forth in the North Car
olina proclamation.
General Logan, when speaking of reconstruc
tion, said:
I underi-tood when the rebellion was organ
| ized a :ainst the government, and when the Ex- j
; eeutive called into requisition the power of the
Federal Government, it was to suppress insure j
rec ion an ! rebellion ainst the laws an 1 the
. Constitution of the land—not for the purpose .
lof wiping out or obliterating State*. [Cheers, j
! Then it was understood that tiie States could i,
1 not secede. Secession was unlawful and unwar
ranted. Secession could not he submitted to by
j the people. Disintegration of this government,
! would not be submitted to by the people of the
; United States. We then fought those battles
| upon the theory that a State could not secede —
( that the States were in tno Union arid could
! not go out of the Union. [Cries of "Good"
and applause.J Hence we said, when Jeff'Da- j
vis assumed to be President of a portion of this !
: country, that lie had no right to so act, because
! they were then Stales—us they ever had been I
1 —of the Union of these States. [.Cheers.] We 1
1 have maintained that proposition. Secession has I
j been defeated, and the question forever settled j
; herein the Union. [Applause.] Now, I do not
want to admit that Jeff. Davis ever had a gov
' eminent —and I do not want to admit tiiat Jeff.
Davis And the leaders of this rebellion may not *
; be convicted of treason and punished as traitors. ■
Ilence, if we desire to punish traitors, we have !
got to keep our own record straight; and, us
we want to maintain the law and theConstitu- \
tior., we Lave got to have the Jaw and the Con-,
stilution, upon our side to do it.
i Upon the negro-suffrage question lie declared
himself also on the State-Rights. J ohnson
platform, and in opposition to that of the Chase- .
Sumner conspirators. He remarked:
The next proposition that I understand is de- ;
ri led before the people is this, The Stats hat
ing been reduced to a territorial condition, then
it was the duty of the President of the United
States to declare that certain men should be ;
permitted to organize this territorial government,
and others should he excluded ; that is, that he
should declare that certain men have a right to
vote who never had by law a right to vote. I !
maintain this as being the correct distinction.
President Johnson has a right to exercise such
power as is necessary to assist in putting the
machinery of these States in motion. He has a
right, for the time being, to appoint a man as
Governor. They are under military authority j
now. He has a right to appoint persons tc gov
ern them, that they may have a head for the 1
purpose of reorganizing their civil department.:
' [Applause.] When he has done that and iff~y
organize, the State i:; then in existence , not t>u
ly us it has been before, but it can exercise the
.vac functions that it bad before in the Gov
ernment of th United States. The Constitu
tion declares that ta"h State shall regulate tffo j
' qualifications of its own voters. L" President
Jokasor. has .i right, by proclamation, to declare
that all the negroes* in the South are voter®, ne j
has a right, uosn the same principle to declare
tha* the white men are riot. If the Stated that
ha - . : been subdued cr the people of them, are
not in a territorial condition, but States, as we
maintain they were, i:i rebellion, then President
Johnson lias no right to make any such decla
ration. If he does it he does it in the teeth of
tiic Constitution of the country that we have
attempted to support and raaintaiu here. So
' far s the discussion in reference to the question
of "Jfrap.o is concerned it is of no concern to
inc. I have nothing to do wii'u it. Ido not
care whether the people of Vi r giniu, or North
Cai o'.itia, or Kentucky, or of any other State
; alio r negroes to vote. It is not my business,
| but theirs. [Cheers.] In Illinois, where I Jive,
i whenever they decide that the negroes hlJuil
vote, it is their (L wiston. The Constitution rays
they have a right to decide, aijl when tbey do
so, I say amen to it. [l'hr.^c.cijs for Illinois.]
But until they do me ; . iSR.- ion, in their
sovereign capacity as no President has I
a right- to decide for them.
These are unmistakeabla evidences that in
the great struggle which must take place in the 1
■country upon the reconstruction question—a
struggle of the people against those who would
enslave them by the use of centralized power ]
—we can look for tlie support of the soldiers
against the radicals. They will not aid the
1 conspiracy which has been gotten up to con tin- !
: ue t - ? sectional agitation for personal and po- i
liticai party purposes, nor will they agree to
, ai l in creating a pseudo public sentiment in the
! States as a means of embarrassing the eflorls
of President Johnson to restore peace, order
tramp iiity and law to the nation. They are
with the Democratic conservative men of the
country, and wiil stand by the President so long \
as he continues to follow the path marked out
by tin Constitution, as he has done in the North
Carol a proclamation. The.-e Chase-Sumner
eonsp talors need not expect to sail over the
summer seas to the haven they desire to reach,
nor to debauch public sentiment by means cf
the brave soldiers who have just returned to
; the ranks of the people.— Age.
Must Democrats Teach Radicals
i heir Duty?
It i- 1 a significant „,;d gratifying fact that !
every one of our numerous Democratic exchan
ges M ' i:h wo lake tip of late has something 1
kind *! enconr ying to say of President John- '
son in r-.-lxtiun to his statesmanlike course so far j
in tie- e gar tic and t*—w * - u -■*' - j
"'m 'r'.o ifttcbly ; -bellious States. On the ,
other hand, it is equally significant, not to say
astonishing and reprchensive, that scarcely one
of the Republican papers have, ir.tclv, had a
word to say upon the subject, evidently treat
ing the President's whole scheme of re-organi
zation with sullen silence or roundabout disap
proval. In lieu of the endorsement and en
couragement which ought of right to be award
ed. by them to tiic President, we find nothing
but incessant appeal/for revenge against the
fallen rebels- Such words as the- rope, the
prison, confiscation, abound on all side?, and,
if vocal instead of written, they would resound
as the brtrdi yells of passion and hate.
As .. specimen of theeneous agemerit and sup
port which the Pre-ident is receiving fi m
many of his own 'frier. *?,' in the work before him
of re-establishing the Govcrnm -nt and the laws,
we quote from the Univcvsa'i which says; "if
Jefferson Davis is not hung, the hand that in
this land ev r after signs a death warrant,
should drop from its socket. If he is pardon
ed, let every prisjn door be opened." Thus it
can plainly be seen t hat only when Andrew
Johnson shall consent to act on the passionate
judgment of the radicals, and become simply an
executioner under their rule oi hate, regardless
of courts, laws, or a decent respect for the sen
timent of the world, in giving even the guilty
a show of trial, can be hope to be "supported"
by thc-ir encouraging smiles. The hanging of
a'few thousand rebels would make Johnson little
short of a god among the radicals. Put, to se
cure their respect he must predetermine to hang
and otherwise punish, as they dictate, and by
no means undertake to await the decent and
essential action of the courts under the laws of
the land. Support of the Government, we have
Ken taught hv the radicals, means a thorough,
undivided endorsement, not a halting or half
. way approbation, grudgingly given. Has it!
really become necessary for Democrats to call j
the attention of the radicals to their own pre- j
iepts, and teach them their duty to tiie Gov*-!
eminent? Ju3t now it recms as though their j
exists a strong necessity to do so.
AVOID SVVEAIUNG. —AD oath is FLIC wrath of i
a perturbed spirit. j
It is more. A man of high moral standing j
would rattier treat another with contempt, than •
show his indignation by uttering an oath.
It is vulgar. Altogether too low for a decent j
man.
It is cowardly : implying a fear either of not
beir.g believed or obeyed.
it is ungentlemanly. A gentleman according
to Webster, is a genteel man—well-bred and
refined.
It is indecent, offensive to delicacy, and ex
tremely unfit for human ears.
It is foolish. Want of decency is want of
sense.
It is abusive—to the mind which conceived
the oath, and to the mouth which uttered it,
and to the peison at whom it i 3 aimed.
It is venomous; showing a man's heart to be
as a nest of vipenf, and every time he swears,
or.e of them starts out from Lis head.
It i i contemptible: forfeiting the respect of j
the wise and good. j
It is wicked; violating the Divine law and j
provoking the displeasure of Huu who will not j
hold him piiii.less who taketh His name in vain.
erA young lady was recently cured of pal- j
pitstion of the heart by a young doctof, m the j
■ most natural way imaginable. lie held one of!
i her hands in his, put his arm around her waist;
and whimpered something in her
WHOLE IWTIIIEB, 3115
CROCKET IN A QUANDARY.
"I never, but ones," said the Colonel, "was
;in what I call a real genuine quandary. It
| was during my electioneering fur Congress, at
! which time I strolled' about in the woods so
I particuarly pestered with politics that I forgot
!my ride. Any man may forget his rifle, you
j know; but it isn't every man then that can
; make amends for his forgctfulnesa by his facul
ties. 1 guess,
It chanced that I was strolling along, con
sidering deep in congresrionals; the first thing
that took my fancy was the snarling cf some
young bears, which proceeded from a hollow
tree; but 1 bucn found I could not reach the
! cubs with my hands, so I went feet foremost,
jto see if I ccuH draw them up by the toes. I
i hung on at the top of the hole, straining with
i all my might to reach them, until at last my
hands slipped, and down I went, more than
twenty feet, to the bottom of that hole, and
there I found myself almost hip deep in a farai
' ly of young bears.
I .soon found thai I might as well undertake
I to climb the greasiest part of a rainbow as to
j get back, tiic hole in the tree being so large,
I and its sides so smooth and slippery from the
j rain.
Now, this was a real, genuine quandary,
i If I was to shout, it would be doubtful whether
! they would hear meat the settlement, and if
I they did it would ruin my election; for they
i were a quality too cute to vote for a man that
ventured into a place that lie didn't understand
how to get himself out of.
Well, now, while I was calculating whether
it was best to shout for help or to wait in the
j hole until after the election, I heard a kind of
grumbling arid growling overhead; nr. ! looking
I saw the old bear coming down stern foremost
upon mc.
My motto was always "go ahead," and as
soon as she lowered herself within icy reach,
I got a tight in my hand, and
with my hatted pen knife in the
other, I comencenßjilWirig her forward. 11l
be shot if a member of Congress rose quicker
in the world than I did! She took me cut of
that hole in the skeke of a lamb's tail.
THE EFFECT OF VIRTUE.
It is a peculiar effect of virtue to msAe a
man's chief happiness arise irom hims*' l an 'l bis
own conduct. A bad man is vyK'ly the crea
c-ii'u oi ;u lie hang#upon favor, lives
by it- :>;K's, u:vl is happy or mistrab lo in pro
portion to his success'. But to a virtuous man,
success in worldly undertakings is but a secon
dary object. To discharge his own part with
integrity and honor, is his chief aim. If he has
done pro; ;ly what was incumbent cn him lo
do, his mind is at rest; to Providence ho leaves
the event. His witness is in heaven, and his
record is on high, satisfied with the approbation
of G _>d ami the of a good conscience,
heoiijoycs himself and despises the triumphs of j
guilt. In proportion as Such manly principles !
rule your heart yoa will become independent of !
the world, and will forbear complaining of its
discouragements It i? the imperfection of your;
virtue which occasions you to be weary in well j
doing. It is 1 "cause your heart remains divided
between God and the world, that you are so
"ften discontented—partly - - king your happi
ness from what is repugnant to yonr duty.
Study to be more consistent in principle, and j
more uniform in practice, and your speech will j
be more unbroken.
THE TI:I U. OF JI:KF. DAVIS.— Upon this sub- j
ject the New York Tribune remarks that: "A-:
mong the great State Trials which illustrate the i
jurisprudence of Christendom, that of Jefferson I
Davis and others for treason, in definitely re-!
skiing the authority of the United States and I
waging a bloody war for its subversion through-1
out thirteen States, is destined to hold promi- i
nent [dace. Let the American people bear in j
mind that the;/ too, are on trial in this ea.se, and i
by their caiiuncss, order and respect for their j
own authorities and tribunals, make plain the;
difference between Freedom and Anarchy, giv
ing one more evidence that the strongest possi
ble Government is that which is based on intel
ligent affection and unshackled choice of an cn-1
tire people."
Fresident Fillmore thus speaks of the secret
trial of the assassins ia a recent speech made at
Buffalo :
' I hope and trust that every one who par
ticipated in this awful tragedy will be legally
tried before the constitutional courts of the
country, and if found grnity will meet the pun
ishment the law prescribes for his offense, and j
that no person will suffer from prejudice or pas-1
aion." ;
f3"As the cry of "copperhead" dies out with '
the end of the war which gave rise to it, new i
names and new epithets will 3>e applied to the
Democratic party. But, as there is nothing in
a name, and as principles never die, the glori
ous old party, under whose mild and benignant
reign our country attained its place among fbe
nations cf the earth, has nothing to fear from
the revilings of its enemies. Like a rock in
mid-ocean, over whose breast the breakers beat 1
in vain, it stands as eternal as Truth herself,
and as immutable as the principles upon which
it is founded. The gates of abolitionism shall
not prevail against it, nor shall the waves of j
fanaticism overwhelm it with shacae. Gather i
around its standard, 0, ye people! and plant its j
glorious folds so high above the aspirations of j
its enemies, that all the oppressed oi the earth :
may see it, ana rush to*clai a share in its
blessings. — Jejfer&cniu n.
W'TU take the re.-penribitity," &* Jenks sai l
when be hold out his arms for the U. •.
.Souxu ArviCß.—lf you would relish your ,
'food, labor for it; if you would enjoy your HB-j
men*, pay IK it before you wear it: if jon
would vleep soundly, take a clean conscience to
bed with yog. '
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VOL. 8, NO. 47.
THE TWO APPRENTICES.
Two boys were apprentices in a carpenter
] shop. Cine determined to make himself a tbor
-1 ough workman, the other didn't cure. One of
> them read and studied, and got books that would
help iiini to understand the principles of his
' trade, fie spent his evenings at home reading.
The other liked fun best. He often went with
: other boys to have ' ! a good tun a ." "Come,"
he often said to his shop mate, "leave your old
I books; go with u.*. What's the use of ail this
1 reading?" "It I waste these golden moments,"
was the hoy's answer, "I shall lose what f can
never make up. ' \\ ntfe the beys *.v;re still ap-
I prentices, ;m offer of £'J,oo<> appeared in the
I newspapers for the best plan for a State House,
to be built in one of the Fa stern States,
i Tho studious boy saw the advertisement and
; determined to try for it. After careful study ho
j drew out his plans, and sent them to the com
-1 mittee. We suppose that he did not really ex
■ peet to gain the prise; but ho thought "there
iis nothing like trying." In ah jut a week after
; wards, a gentleman arrived at the carpenter's
' shop and asked ii an architect by the name of
Washington Wiibcrforce lived there. "No,"
I said the carpenter, "no architect, but I've got
jan apprentice by that name." "Let's see him."
The young man was summoned, and informed
i that his plan was accepted, and that the two
j !houand dollars were his. The gentleman then
I ?ai 1 that the boy must put the building up; and
: his employer was so proud of his success, that
: he wiilir.gly gave him his time and let him go.
i This stndiou3 yonr.g carpenter became one of
: t he first architects of our country. He made a
j fortune, and now stands high in the estimation
of everybody ; while his fellow apprentice can
hardly earn food tor himself and family by hi 3
; daily labor.— American Artisan.
PURITY OF CHARACTER.
' Over the beauty of the plum and the apricot
! there grows a bloom and beauty more exquisite
: than the fruit itself—a soft, delicate flush spreads
i its Hushing cheek. Now, if you strike your
j hand over that it is gone.— The flower that
j hangs in the morrows impended with dew, ar
j raved as n<> queenly woman ever was arrayed
i with Jewels —one ; shake it so that tue beads
I roll oft, and you may sprinkle water on it as
I you please, yet it can never be again what it
• was when the dew fell silently on it from heav
i en. On a frosty morning you may see panes of
! class covered withltn l lo... r a, rrmihi.v.n., isKes,
trees blended in a beautiful picture. Now lay
your hand upon the glass, and- by the scratch
of your finger, or by the warmth of your palm,
j that delicate tracery will he obliterated. So
j there is in youth a beauty and purity of char
| r.cter, which, when once touched and defiled,
j can never be restored.
! AN INCIDENT OK THB T.ATB PATTRE. — During
j one oi the battles on the left, a son in one of
| the New York regiments met his father in ono
1 of the rebel regiments and took hitn prisoner.
: It was an actual occurrence, vouched for upon
i go.. 1 authority, and the manner of it was this :
•Just before the war commenced the son left his
home and went to the State of New York ; ho
enlisted in the Federal service and came down
into Gen. Grant's army here, and for gallantry
in action w.* promoted to a Lieutenancy. Tho
1 father was in the ranks yet. The other day
while charging the rebel works on the left, this
son in our line s , by some curious happening of
provi ience, came directly upon his father on
the other side. "Hold!"' he cried hastily, as he
noticed his father was leveling his gun upon
him, "don't you know whom you are firing at ?"
During the tour years of his service this son
had grown so much that the father did not know
him, "Well," says he, 4 :I ara your son, and
you are my prisoner." The father looked up,
came quickly to a recognition of his offspring,
and wei tto the rear. The head of the family
was once a shoemaker in the city cf Peters
burg.—Granfs Petersburg Progress.
LANCASTER COUNT* DEMOCRATIC CONVEN
TION.—The Democratic Convention of Lancas
ter county, to select delegates to the State Con
vention, met in the city of Lancaster yesterday,
14-tli. Col. F. S. Pyfer acted as chairman,
and 11. T. Shullz, li. li. Tsbudy and A. J.
Steinman as Secretaries. The following reso
lutions were adopted .*
Resolved, That the Democracy of Lancaster
county hail with delight the termination of the
long and sanguinary civil war in which the coun
try l.ns been engaged, and will cordially sustain
President Johnson in all proper efforts he may
make to restore the integrity ot th:- Union upon
a sound Constitutional basis.
iUs-Avul y That to the gallant soldiers of the
Republic, to whom we are indebted under the
blessing of Providence for the suppression of
the rebellion, the people owe a lasting debt of
gratitude, and the memory of their nneqnaied
toils and sufferings will be cherished through
out nil succeeding generations. *
Ilesolitd, That we are opposed to negro suf
frage nd to negro social equality with the white
race. We hold, in common with the late Ste
phen A. Douglas, that this Government was
made by white men for white men and their de
scendants, and that any attempt at a social a
m&lgamation of the races is a war against na
ture and an insult to the memory of tha heroes
ami sages of the Revolutionary period.
The following resolution was oflated by Hen
ry SLutruer, Ksq :
ResotceAt That the- assassination of President
Lincoln was a diabolical outrage upon tho A
merican people who had elect -u hitn t the high
cflies of Chief Magistrate It was a and
murderous mar-- which meetv and receives the
execration of every gsoed t.iizen.
Tne Ccinvent-an tL a ; roefte *to telect sis
ft. '• -rftei to the Ska-. Con ve;.u.>n,* when the fol
low - rig gcr flemfet) were selected:
H. F. Sn. :h, TV a . O.orge Sanderson,
CiiAS. Lavcriy. Jaivmhh Drown, i*. K. Currant
ar.J ft. a cob S- Rake:-.
After abj<; addressee from ii. F. Smith asd
1 others CotJVfitition adjourned sine aa.