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ZANESVILLE, OHIO.
MTe are now turning out a large
number of our improved Portable Steam Engines.
Portable Circular . Sqpr Mill*, as well as Stationary
k a „jues and Saw Mills, many of which arc finding their
»iy into BUir. Gambits, Huntingdon and Crawford Couo*
;v v, and other parts of lb* State of Pennsylvania. Those
1 -eady received and in operation, are giving the niost en
-,' :e gatiafnction. There Is nmv hardly a State or Territory
iVtho Union, but that our improved Portable Engines
iini Saw Slrtls are In us© In. All our Unpins have Spark
Arrenier stacks on them which coniine (he flying sparks.
We would respectfully refer, you to the following gentle
ii ard Certificates for the portability. utility and orac*
: cd .ipurations of our Portable Steam Engines and Saw
dills;
Messrs. J. A J. H, Duvall:— Gcntleiiun : —Wt received
ur Tweutv Horse Power IVriuble Engine and Bhw Mill,
go.»d order. We are perftdlv cat jgfled with it; every*
.l ing works to onr entire Hatiafuclion —in fact beyond .our
W© sawed 4000 feet of white-oak boards iu
u»e hours, and could have done mare in the some time,
3.;i! we have hail good loga.
ffe Ufce pleasure in recommending those in want of
jaw Mills and Engines to purchase of you.
Resy«‘CtfuUy, C. RhVNOLDd A £. ANDRhSS.
We are authoriaed to say, for Mr. Samuel Milliken,
dallidayslmre t Pa- that the 20 horse power Portable En
:u.<j aud Saw Mill we sold him, has fully met hi- expec
and proved itself to be all that was claimed fur it
m our circular; and since starting it, has sent in his
.r.lot for a second .Engine .and Saw Mill, of same power
uni size.
s>r further references, we will .give the names of M.
T.D.ILiUf! Thomas M’Aulley, Altoona, Pa.; A.h. Ilolli-
j:iv. Il»tliday«burg, Pa.; M. M. Adams. Ore-sou. Pa.; W.
ii.Zeigler and Joseph S. Reed, Huntingdon. Pa.: Messrs.
!•->. A Cc.. Tyrone, Pa., »U of whom have purchased
I'-jruUe Steam Kuglnea ami Portable Circular Saw Mills
•;fav
We fully warrant ouiiEngmeß anil; Saw Mills, to be
i.u.le of first-class iuutmal; workninoship the same;
v.lih Brass Ball Valves in pump- and check*, and to saw
.nun ti,lWn to 10.000 leet of lumber per day.
Orders solicited. Description circular sent to all cor
i "ix)»deut s . Respectfully.
.1. £j. 11. DUVALL,
Corner Market and 3rd Streets,
just opposite C. 0. R. Road Depot. Zanesville, Ohio.
June 2.18634 m..
0, YES! O, YES!!
THIS WAY! THIS WAY!
NEW
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS.
JB. HILEMAN has just received a
s Urg. sod well selected stock of Goods, consisting
of Cloths, Plain and fancy Cassinicres, Satinetts, Ken
•tcky Joans. Tweeds, Beaverlecns, Bine Drilling, and all
kinds of Goods for
MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR,
ogeth-r with a grand and magnificent assortment ;of
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS.
,' ec/i at Blade and HmcySOkt, ChalUct, Benya, Brilliants,
Lawns, Betaines, Chintct, Deßeges, Crapes, PrinU,
Crape and Stella Shawls, Mantdlas, Chdersteeres and
Hosiery, Bonnets and Ribbons, Collars, Hand
\ kerchiefs,Kid Glares. Hooped Skirts. Sort
ing, Lace Mitts, <£c.. <fe.
ALSO, -
tickings. Checks, Bleached and Unbleached Muslins,
Cotton and Linen lahie Diaper, Crash, Nankeen, Ac.
BOOTS AND' SHOES,
HARDWARE, ■ _ QOEKNSWMUS,
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
OIL CLOTHS, CARPETS, AC.
GROCERIES.
>>ur stock of Groceries is more extensive than ever, and
. smaiets of Bio and Java Coffee, Crushed, Loaf and K 0.
Sahara; Green, Y. 11. and Black ,Teas; Molasses. Soaps
Cadies, SultjiFish. 4c.
Thankful to the public for the very liberal patronage
-retofore remitted, he hopes by strict attention to busi
es, and an endeavor to please, to merit a continuance of
«•* same. , ... u .
A*-Call and examine bis Stock, and you will Won
. inced th it he has the best assortment and cheapest Goods
in the market. ■ v ■ , . J_ -
%* Country-Produce of all kinds taken in exchange for
•foods at market pHpee.
Altoona. lS®'- •
fiat Sd Cap Stoa?je.
r P H B PROPRIETOR OF THE
I “EXCELSIOR” IIAT »nd CAP Store,
Would inform nls customers, and the Public generally,
that he has just returned from tho city with the largest
and roost varied stnok'of gwiw in his line ever brought to
Altoona, all of which be luw.now on exhibition and sale at
bis new store loom on Virginia street, next door to Jftg
£ard*s store. His stock embraces alt the latest styles of
SPRING AND SUMMER
HATS. JH.I APS.
MISSES’ FLATS, &C.
Uis Stock of Hats and Caps are of tho very best selection,
f reiy style, color and shape, for both old and yonng.
All be asks is that the people call and examine his stock,
-id he feels confident that he can send them away re
joicing. if not In the purchase of such au article as they
•■ranted, at the remembrance of having looked npos the
handsomest stock of Hats, Gaps; Flats, Ac., ever exhibited
in this tbwn.
I bava also on head an entirely new stock of
Ladies’ and Childrens’ Hals and Flats,
which I »m confident cannot ho aurpasaed in the country,
; 1! of which I will wll at the niwt reaimnable prices. Ke
cumlier the Hall of Fashion when' you want anything in
line of head corering, and call on
May i. JESSE SMITH.
New Drug Store.
U BERLIN & <JO.,~A> NOUNCE TO
*3, the citisentdf Altoona rind vicinity that they h«fe
opened a Drug and Variety Store In •
WORK’S NEW BUILDING. ,
Virginia Street, between Julia and Caroline Streets,
VRUGX, CHEMICALS. DVB-STUFFS, *
PA TENT MEDICINES, PERFUMERIES
PAINTS, OIL, GLASS, Pltfl'Y,
and ail other articles usually sold In the Drug business.
OUU MEDICINES
are of the purest and oeet quality, and our Chetoicals
bear the marks of the best manufacturers* • .
Painters. Utaslers. Bnlldere an? others requhrtng tonse
_ PAINT*, OILS, VARNISHES, TURPENTINE :
w <ndow (Hast, Putty, Paint Brushes, Mash Toots, 4e*,
will find our assortment to be of the • ' ‘
BEST quality and at the LOWEST PRIOBB.
The purest Wines and Liquor* for Medicinal.
a&i an! Sacramental purposes always in store. I
All orders correctly and promptly answered; and
Phjsieiant PmeriftlQM accurately compounded.
Altoona, May U, 1848.
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WHY ARE ROSES RED AND WHITE.
BT VS 8, SHIPIBrS
When flrjrt the roses their heads
In Eden’ssacred bowers,
They flourished o’er the emerald bAK
The brightest of the flowers!
White—as the snow o’ar mountain driven ;
■ Pure—ias the pearls of ocean;
Fair—as the cloudiest vault of heaven:
» And lovely—as devotion!
Cnspottod, and without a thorn.
Around the tree they Slew;
Where the forblddenrfrajt was. borne.
And flowers of all kinds grew.
There, as Eve passed, to reb that tree,
A virgin rose she crushed;
The flowers, ashamed heir fault to see.
Dropped down their hhads, and Mushed.
But when the Saviour of,mankind
Descended from,on hij?h,' .
Emblem* of purity! w*T|iud .
The roses lose their dye!
80. now they're blended., red and white—
The red Mushes at the fid!;
The snow buds opened to the light.
When Christ us all!
OH! TELL NIC NOT
• BT r. & D.
Oh! tell me not, recall them uot.
Those visions of the past—
-1 Those moments of delightthat were
Too beautiful to last I
Nay, tell me pot—oh, tell roe not.
Of Jhose untarnished hours,
When life was but a day
Of sunshine without showers.
They call to mind tWform of odo
That I wouldTala forget,;
But which a word will swift recall.
And haunt my memory yet
They lriog to view the forms of friends
And scenes forever dear £
O’er which I an but give A sigh.
And drep a burning tear!
They make again tbote cherished hopes,
- That life’s young morning knew;
But which as lung, long years rolled on.
All perished with {hem jtoc*
Theu tell me not, ohKtcll me not, ✓
Of |tfaose untarnished bout's.
When life was but a ypmmer’s day
- Qf sunshine without showers.
Jitßct
COXTETINGDf THE BARK.
; 1— ■ w
“ Almost divine, eh
“I think so.”
A lady at that inoment' entered the ■
ball room. The above observations were
made by a couple of gentlemen who stood
directly in front of me, land who had seen
the fair creature’s face. ,
I am very susceptible to female beagW
and therefore my curiosity was slightly
aroused at the mention of somethiug al
most divine.
“Ah! good evening,; Ned,” said my
friend Bangs," coming in and tapping me
on the shoulder. “Did you see Miss
Leighton ?”
“Miss Leighton-—the lady that just
now came in t”
“ Yes, don’t you kroiy the Leighton’s ?”
“No.” ,f 1
“ Why, my boy, Miss Leighton is the
most splended woman in town —the belle,
in fact. Shall I make you acquainted 1”
“ CerUnly.”
1 was soon making by prettiest bo*v
Before the lady aforesaid- She had dark,
languishing eyes that coidd speak the lan
guage of the heart much more eloquently
than the tongue; a fine complexion—rose
and lily blended ; a voice as sweet a? your
loved one’s, and a fprm gotten up from
the softest cotton, etc. By the way, what
would the ladiesdoijyere for cotton?
But I didn’t think anything of that kind
at the tune. I was doing my utmost to
make myself agreeable to that being,
who, robed in something soft and gauzy,
’which I do not know; enough about to
even tell the name 6f, sejeined tome —it I
xnay usd the expressiohi-J-part blood angel.
ThenJ was flying—she had wings or
seemed to have—over - the smooth floor,
with tins fair one leaning upon me, to the
sound of the music," in my ecstacy,
seemed heavenly.
i passed a delightful {evening, and at
last had the pleasure of helping Miss
Leightep into her <s|mahe, and securing
a smile and a sweet “ good night” as the
carriage rolled away.
“ Next morning I saw Bangs, and my
H. C. DERI Y,
first words were
“ Who is Miss Leighton V
“ What. my boy, has Cupid been up to
his old trlfcks!”
“ Nevermind—answered the question I”
Well, then, Ida Leighton is John Leigh
ton’s daughter. The old gentleman is
wealthy, has a fine house in town. Miss
Ida has a.sister, older than she, who as
their mother is dead, takes charge of the
household affairs and does the motherly
for her sister ; who, considering that she
is an orphan, ought to have the protection
of some nice young man like yourself.—
No one as yet has been able to find the
tender spot in Miss Ida’s heart.
“Twenty sought her hand to gain,
And twenty sought her hand in vain.
Were out and didn’t come again,
In the ordinary fashion.”
. “I am going to call upon her to-day.”
“ Beware 1 Don’t get entangled in the
masses of her net, for she’ll laugh at you
then.”
‘■Don’t make me faint-hearted ”
“ Well go On, you have my best wishes,”
and Bangs turned away and went whist
ling down the street.
• “An hour:afterwards I was setting in
Mr. Leighton's drawing room. Ida looked
as lovely as upon the previous evening ; and
the contrast between her sister Sally and
herself added. 1 do not doubt, to her
charms.
Sally was at least thirty years of age.
She had looked at her face in the mirror
so many times and fried to make her im
menae mouth into a small one, that she
had at last settled it into an aggravated
pucker, and her sharp nose hung over it
as some gjant might bend over to
look’ into the: crater of Vesuvius.
I did pity Sally, for I knew her face
must have, felt uncomfortable.
Ida was very social, and when I arose
to go I felt L had made an impression
upon her heart. I told Bangs so. .
“Really, now, Ned. I must confess-that
I can't see it,” he said, taking out his
cigar case and proceeding to light a weed;
“You can't!” but lean. Don't you
suppose I can tell ?”
Well, no. You sec, my boy, that
woman understands her art to perfection.
You’ll slip up in your calculations, and
the arsenic train for eternity,”
“You are quite cool about it,”
“ Yes, 1 have had several friends go the,
same road, and I’m gelling used to it. I
always warned them.”
Bangs wasn’t congenial, at least that
time, and so I left him and sought the
solitude of my chamlier.
golitude! Bridget was washing and dust
ing, and had turned everything in the
room topsy-turvy.
“Ned,” soliloquized I, “you want in a
house of your own, and you want a wife
to keep it in good order. I'll see about
it:”
For two weeks I was with Ida (he
greater part of the time. We rode together,
read together, and ray love grew stronger,
and I didn’t doubt it was' returned.
But there was one thing that troubled
me. I was fearful that Mr. Leighton
would not consent to his daughter’s
marrying a poor man like myself.
“We can elope,” thought 1; “and as
the old gentleman has a cork Jeg and the
gout, he will not- be apt to catch us before
it is everlastingly too late.”
But then, I thought Ida would not con
sent to that. She was altogether too
gbod to di»obey her kind old father, and
vo I must win them both.
Bangs was better acquainted with Mr.
Leigh top than I, and so I went to ask his
opinion of the chances of my suit being
successful with that gentleman.
“Ned,” said he, “don’t borrow any
trouble at all. If you win the daughter,
I’ll vouch for the father.” 1
“ You think 1 cannot do that?”
“ Exactly.”
“ I will show you your mistake then.
To-night I shall lay my heart at her feet.”
“I want to know!” cried Bangs, put
ting his finger bn one side of bis nasal
organ. “ Perhaps you shall step on it.—
I don’t think it Would be safe, Ned.
However, 1 should like to go to a wed
ding, and I succeed.”
What did I see? A carriage passed
me at that moment; Ida was silting be
side a young gentleman, her face turned
up to his. I bowed but she did, not see
me. They were chatting gaily. What
could it mean ?
Jt was just in the edge of the evening.
Tdid not stop a moment, for I was de- |
terrained to know the meaning of this, I
would be at the house when Ida returned,
and know if it was in reality a rival. I
was hoping that it might be a cousin,
for I could not believe her false. 1 could
not believe she would even smile upon
another. But then, how confidingly she
was looking up to him. I had walked
very fast, and soon found myself at the
door,. when a hand was laid upop ray
shoulder. I turned my head, and Bangs
was standing before me;
‘• Take laudanum —it's the easiest way ”
He laughed and went on. I entered
the gate; and walked up into the . house.
[iNTtEPKNDENT IN KVKRYTIUNG.]
I
ALTOONA. PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1863
No one was in the drawing room, and I
passed into the library, where I found
Mr. Leighton.
“Ida has gone out, has she not?’.’ I
asked. "
No, she is in the drawimg room,”
he replied.
1 went back. The gas ban not been lit,
i and it was quite dark, but on the lounge
i I saw Miss Leighton. How it relieved
j me.
•• 1 thought you had gone out,” said I,
taking a seat beside her.
“ No. Sister went out with Mr. Davis,
riding.
“ But haven’t you been out?”
“ No.”
“ I thought I saw you.” v
••No.”
“ Who is Mr. Davis?”
•‘ He is an old friend of ours. He
came from New Yqrk to-day.’’
“ (July a friend
“ 1 believe sister and he are engaged to
be married
That was consoling. I could hardly
believe that I had not seen Ida in the
carriage, but if Mr. Davis was engaged
to Sallyj there was nothing to fear. The
moonlight was just stealing into the room.
That, and Ida’s bright eyes, was light
enough. I needed no other. I hardly
dared to speak, tearing that it would
break the spell and the dear one would
vanish like the angels in our dreams.
To-night decides my fate. I bent oyer
her. 1 tool* her hand. It lay passively
in miner I felt her warm breath on my
cheek. x
“ Dearest,” I whispered. She pressed
my hand. It thrilled me strangely. 1
felt the- blood tingle in my finger ends, and
shoot from my heart to the lips of my
toes. 1 knew then that she loved me. 1
stoic one arm her waist. “It is
needless to tell my love, dearest; you
know it already.”
“Oh Edward, this is too much happi
ness for me!” She flung herself upon my
breast crying like a child. 1 kissed her
brow ; I wiped the tears from her eyes ;
1 sipped the sweet dew off her lips.
“ When will you be mine V I asked,
when she ItatT became calm.
“When you will, darling.”
“ Will your father consent
“Doubt it not. He-will do anything
that will tend to our happiness.”
" But I am poor.”
“ I know it, but father already regards
you as kindly as if you were his son. Let
us go to him now; he is in the library
alone.” We got up and. went hand in
hand to the library. Mr. Leighton had
gone out. It was dark, all but where the
moonlight shone through the windows,
and lay in silver sheets upon the carpet.
“ We will wait here till he combs in,"
said my charmer. Then we sat down on
the sofa, and her soft cheek was pressed
against mine. 1 almost dreaded the
coming of Mr. Leighton. I was very
happy, and often thought to myself, ‘ what
will Bangs say when I tell him all.’ Then
footsteps and the voice of Mr. Leighton
were heard in the hall.
“ Sister and Mr. Davis have returned.”
“ Yes. I hope they will not come in.”
and I advanced to meet Mr. Leighton,
leaving Miss Leighton sitting oiu the
sofa The gas was lighted. “Mr.
Leighton,” said I, “perhaps you have
anticipated the request 4 am about to
make.”
“ Well, well, I don’t know—what is
it?” he asked, looking somewhat sur
prised.
You must be aware that my frequent
visits'to your house were for some pur
pose.”
“To tell the truth I had not thought
anything about it.
“What! never suspected my inteii-
tions?”
“ No.” He looked at the sofa, and
then at me, while a look of surprise came
over his. face.
“ Lthink I begin to understand what it
is all about now. But, then, who would
have thought it ?”
“ Was it strange?”
“ Why, thunder and lightning, boy,
she's old enough to .be your mother!”
What could he mean? I looked at him
inquiringly. It waft only for a second, for
Mr. Davis came in at that moment, and
Mr. Leighton turned to him.
“ What do you think is up? Sally is
going to be married. We’ll have two
weddings instead of one.”
“Sally to be married!” cried some one
whose voiceHh'knew then so well.
I turned round 'quickly. Sally was
sitting upon the sofa, blushing like a
tiger lily. Horrors! I turned again to
see Ida standing beside Mr. Davis, almost
ready to burst with suppressed laughter.
“Why what’s the matter with you, my
boy? You look pale,” said Leighton.
“ Nothing, sir,” il managed to articu
late.
“Yes there is. Bring some "water,;
Ida, quick—he is going to faint!”
; laid me upon the sofa, for I was
too weak to stand.
“ Leave the room, all of you;■ he is
mine only!” cried Sally, bending down
and putting that mouth to my lips.
That revived me. I sprang up.; The
window was open, and without stopping
to say. “ Good night,” I sprang through
it, and did not stop till I 'found njysell
at Bang’s door.
“ What’s the matter?” cried Bangs, as
.1 rushed into the room where he was
sitting. “ Where is your hat ?”
“ I left that at Leighton’s.”
“ Your hat and your heart, I Suppose,
are laying at the feet of lovely Ida."
“No ; worse than that.”
“ Worse?”
“ Yes I have been courting in the dark
and have; offered myself to—to—Sally.”
“Bangs threw himself upon the floor,
exclaiming, “O, ye gods, that is rich!"
and rolled and laughed until Lthought he
would die in convulsions. 1 left him in
that state;aud hurried home to pack my
trunks.
“At twelve o’clock that night I took
a private conveyance and left the town,
never to return.
I saw Ida’s marriage in a paper: soon
after; but Sally doubtless mourns for
her lover as for one dead.
|hfmd JMtichs.
A few Words for Pharaoh.
.Brother Lawrence, of the Religion* Telescope
gets oft' the following bit of clever irony at tin
expense of the Northern advocates of slavery:
Ever since we were old enough to go to church
we have heard of old King Pharaoh spoken o.
in terms of disrespect. Preachers all seem U
have a pick at him,” more especially at his heart,
which, if you would uelieve them, was as han
os granite! They always tell one aide of I Ik
story ; leUbs give the other. •
Pharaoh was King of Egypt, in Africa, a
country once celebrated for its science, its con
crops, and its masons. When the Pharaoh, abort
whose heart we hear so much, was on the throne'.
.he Egyptians owned about two millions of slaver
—descendants erf a certain while man 1 urine.
Abraham.' These slaves .were multiplying very
vapidly; were in the main, contented ; and wen
" better oft”’ by far, than most of us. Pirn
vaoh and the Egyptians were much attached t
■ hem, made all their laws, and had nothing in tit
wild world to do but work, cat and be; jolly.—
i’hcir masters had all the trouble.
But they were multiplying too fast, (so well of
were thev,) and Pharaoh was induced to ordet
• hat. alter a certain day all tire the male slav.
children born should be drowned or strangled lik.
kittens. This looks bad, and the preachers hav
made the most of it; but, let us remember hi
motive. It was to make slave insurrections ini
practicable. Now, we all know what a horribi-
Iting a slave insurrection is. Stump orators some
hues tell us of St. Domingo. Pharaoh though
,iis slaves might be incited by some iniserabt
fanatic like John Brown to rise, and then wha
would they do btu cut throats, bum houses, ruvis
heir dusky mistresses, and run pitchforks throng;
he cttrly-headed children of their good masters;
vVho will say, that, in view of all these possibl
tonors, it was not best just to send the little He
.trew slave-buys .of !one or two generations, u
Heaven where they would be better off?
It is true, too, mat whipping and bedting, evet
o deatli, were rather common, and that women
even, were not sjiared: but, to offset this, they ha.
plenty of leeks, onions, and other savory things b
at, and all they could do. They had no concert
if mind, no schools to attend, no lows to make,
no cores to farrow their cheeks, nothing to do hu.
work, eat and be jolly.
We. are certain that if a correspondent of tIA
London Tiines had taken a boat ride on the NilT
in those days, he would have failed for language
ro describe' the happy condition of the chivalrous
Egyptian misters and their contented slaves.
, JSjjt alas J they were waked from this blissful
[ream of happiness by an impertinent agitato)
named Moses, a weß*educated man, but like to<
many .now, he made a bugbear of himself by hi>
altruism. He was a kind of Yankee interloper.
When he saw an Egyptian beating a brother man
cruelly, instead of helping to' subdue the wretch,
as he should have done, he smote the oppressor, s<
violently that he died from the blow! For flii.-
eause, Moses was obliged to run qway.: But hi
could not stay away. He beard something out ol
i burning bush one day, which inflamed his aboli
ion notions, (fanatics are always having visions.)
so he went back to Egypt. When he got back,
•vervthing was going well. The country war
flourishing, the people were united, '.taxes wen
low, and trade prosperous. If Pharaoh had hnng
■dm at once, a great deal of trouble would havt
been avoided. But Moses insisted on the eman
cipation of all the Hebrews. Think of that!
Slavery was an old institution, the slaves wen
happv, and worth about' $20O,OQ0,D00! Bow
could Moses ask snch a sacrifice of property? He
claimed that Grid had sent him—that the Israel
ites were oppressed and nil that; hut Mbses was h
minister; what right had he to tpeddle with
Slavery in Egypt, a purely “political question?"
Che other preachers in Egypt were faithful to
Ammon, and let slavery alone. Hqpy much better
it would have been if Moses*.had done as our
American Tract Society, and as several of onf
popular churches have done—preached the Bible
and kept out of the dirty water of polites! But
nothing would satisfy him but emancipation.
Of course the pride of the Egyptians was
touched. They were a chivalric race, with hot
Southern blood. They knew their: rights. To
show their contempt for Moses, they increased the
task of their-slaves and whipped them harder.
The Hebrews themselves eptreated; Moses to go
awav and Jet them alone. But he went on, and
kept up the excitement until the whole land was
convulsed! Millions of dollars worth of grain and
stock were sacrificed, and there was inhuming for
the “first born,” in every house. -\ ' ■
At length Pharaoh was over persuaded and like
our weaß-minded President, issned; i|n edict of
emancipation, and away the slaves went, tn maut.
But, after; they were gone, his reajsoii returned.
There was. a reaction in the public; mind. The
oeople failed to endorse the proclamation. Pha
raoh’s heart yearned for his poor slaves, who had
no experience and conk) not take cate of them
selvjcs; and so he started- after them, with a great
arn|v, and had it not been for a sodden fresh of
wstjtir, he would- in all ptobabilily bave accom
plished his humane designs. But the water in
i bellied Sea got too deep, and th* ‘‘copperhgdj”
Egyptians, who were determined to resist the de
signs of Providence, were'engulphed in the briny
deep- ;
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EDITORS
Letter from a Loyal Southern Oen-
A recent visit to Ami > rlimtam limnpmilM>Li
with the South, has convinced the writer o t this
trttcle of the (orrectness of the view* advanced in
liis communication to your valaaUn papensoase
months since. The fauauca-nn bothitidatwba
have asserted that the people of the Sooth hare
UMand-are a unit the"
CTHted States Government arein the wmag, and
the falsity of their anertiona ia r ttir hir al > <
ing apparent. Every Southerner know* that a
majority of the whitepopulatioQ if towww
section, are not in favor of establishing anv
stronger form of government than that set Ml?
our fathers, and that they, have noin tewm/imr,
on the contrary, have an interest against the.,,
maintenance of slavery, which only operaSMltr
■ompetition with their Everv Southerner
knows there are not ovar two thousand' penoast
all toUl, in that portion of the United State*
rebellion, who are directly interested as v sl*y©
jwners in upholding slavery, and
of them are not disposed to abandon a repoblicitß
form of government as a failure. It it true that
•he politicians of the South who fomented and still
.tontroi the rebellion, do regard a monarchy as the
best form of government, and have Wn and are
.aboring insiduously to get their opinion adapted
by the people who put them in power. They, have
already established a rigid military, despotism,
which, so long as the war continues, will Vnswer
heir purposes well enough, but in the event their
rebellion were to prove a- success, which is now
note improbable ’than ever, what would become
if them in case their armies were disbanded be
fore some stranger form of government were
idopted and organised ? They have pdikfored
veil upon this question. They know what in itial
•vent would be their fate.
The writer of this article, having been born in
he South, having always' resided there, and
taving been in fire of the seceded States within
he last sixi moptbs, is perhaps better qualified to
,udge of public sentiment in the Soujh than those .
■vlio have nWer been there. Those residing else-,
where, whc/dre)knovyn as “ sympathisers with the
South,” are' not entitled to be so designated.—
I'bey do not sympathize with the majority of the
white population of the Sooth but with the poli
ticians that are tiding them to their rnin..
The qdestion is often asked, why. If such bertha
-tate of the case, do not the masses in the South
ise up, and, after deposing the rnlen, return to
heir allegiance ? It is easily answered. They
ack. arms, munitions of war, and organization, all
■f which are in the despotic control of Mr. Jeflfcr
■uti Davis and his confederates. After having
icen abandoned to their fate in portions of Ten
icssee, Kentucky Virginia and Texas, by our
(overnrnent, it is not to be expected that the peo
,le of any portion of the seceded States will now"
icclare themselves for the Union until they see
Icaiiy t|iat they will receive permanent protec
ion.
It is not_ at all strange Vint Mr. Jefferson
Javis’s health seems to be giving way .under the
n'essure to which he has been, is, con
tinue to be, subjected. What has Cecomeof the
lattcring inducements held out by .him and his
isssciates in the conspiracy to ns, the people of
he South f Have we had “peaceable secession?”
las the export duty on cotton. filled the
reasury of the so-called Southern Confederacy
iy paying the interest on the bonds issued by Mr.
.lerarainger? Have the great Powers of Enrobe
utervoned and opened oik ports? 'Have the
femocrats of the. Northwfeld their party-ties
u.ronger than their allegiance to government,
tnd consented to help out the treason of, those
vho regard a republican form of government a*a
allure? Thus Tar, what have & leadens of the
iouth gained by the war they inaugurated save a
-tay of execution ? They know that tbejr doom is
ixed, and they are only fighting for delay. If
mch is not the case, why are so many, of the
mowing ones among (hem occupied in converting,
it a ruinous sacrifice, their assets info gqld or
•terling exchange? Where has Gen. Stirling
Price sent his personal effects, and ntel Where
invc Floyd, Slidell, and a host of thoicontractors
>f the so-called Confederacy, pdV their available
neans? Why- are millions worth of exchange
md gold, not to speak of government cation,
piietly escaping out of the limits of “ Seceasia” by
he only safe route left open by the neglect of
President Lincoln’s administration—by way of
Matamoras?
The “Northern men \r\th Southern'principles”
•vho, like Slidell, have ridden the South for years
.last, and yet ride it, have si prudent consideration
tor the furore. Though, like rats, they may
nstinctivcly desert their sinking ship, they have'
heir hoards for future use in planes of safety
abroad. %
Sen. Hunter’s Letter to Jef£ Davis.
' The following'letter from General Hooter to
Jeff. Davis is printed in the Fret Smith, dated
May 30th:
“ II UQCAKTIRB DIPtJLTMIItT 0? Igl SOBTH-I
n ILIUM lls»n, Poarßnrit, AprllSS. |
Jefferson Davis, Richmond Va. : ■■ .
The United States dag rauS* protect all its de
fenders, white, black or yellow. Several negroes
in the employ of the Government iiythe .Weston -
Department have been, cruelly murdered by your
imhorities and others sold into slavery. ‘Every
uitragc of this kind against the laws of humanity
which may take place in this department shall be
followed by the immediate execution of the rebel
if the highest rank in my possession. Han for
man, these executions will certainly; take place,
for every- one murdered, Or’ sold info* slavery worse
chan death?’ On your . authorities Will test die
responsibility of this barbarians policy, and yon
will be held responsible in this world attd the
world to come for all blood tbits sbedi ■
In the month of August last yon -declared ell
those engaged in arming the negroes-, to fight for
their country to be ft ions, and directed - the im
mediate execution of ail such as should be cap
tured. I have given you long enough 10 reflect
on your folly. I now give yon notice that, unless
this order is immediately revoked, I wilt at once
cau* thq, execution of every officer,' and every
reliel slaveholder in my possession. The poor
negro is fighting,for liberty in its truest sense;
and Mr. Jeflfjason has beautifully said. in sttch
a war there is.no attribute of the Almighty which
will inducjj.him to fight on the side of the op
pressor.”.. ■ * ’?■
Yodsay yon arefjghting for liberty. Yea. yon
are fighting for liberty—lihsrtylto keep four ralHfona
of your fellow beings in ignorance and degrada
tion ; liberty to separate parents and, children,
husband and wife, brother and sUfir; liberty to *
steal the products of their labor, exacted vrith
many a cruel lash and hitter tear; liberty to se
duce' their wives and daughters ; liberty to kill
these children with imghnity, when, the murder
cannotbc priveii bv bhe bf the ptfire sWfttgMwgr’.
This fa
whiolt Satan; chief of theStilan angels,. wa» <m
lending toy wher. tje wa» «3||| ; fofo ML,
I have thy I^^
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NO. 20.