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WE WILL NE VEh
LEAVE THE
LAND.
IT hi. Cliolloll O. ILIUM .111.
Commode! you stoodleslde me ^ /-
Tn
thahottest of the Ogh. '
And you braved the storm of Battle
With all . • strong teen's might !
N o w, oomratte, stand up h earer,
Grasp me firmly by the hand—
A by Ileaven with mo
You will never leave the lend!
'Tis the laud our grandmid fillers
Won from forest and from foe,
hlsde theirs by noble daring,
And missy a bloody blow !
Our Rioters here lie buried,
And here our metberslie!
Our bunee must rest besidetbenis
When Clod wills we shall/le.
We cannot yield to menials.
And to strangers hard and cold—
We can not yield the grave yard,
And our fathers' mansions old !
And no threat of chain and halter,
And no threat or prison oell,
Shall drive us weeping eFiles
From the land we love lo well !
We hereon( feared the battle,
Nor the rain chilling Wind!
We shall not 'brink (ruin mullfeting,
As shrinks the craven bend
And doing well and suffering well
Shall pass bony the night,
And all its sorrows be forgot
In the grory of thellght !
Then trust in my brother!
Our Where' Ond and ours,
Who him blessed us with such eunehints—
Such fruits of glowing flowers,
And, comrade, we'll not leave h•r,
But bide with her till we die!
And in her sacred bosom
Shell our wearied bodies, lie!
110/rimore Eposcopai Methodist
' [RUT the WATCNY•II
The Chronicles of Tattletown.
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CIIAPI' IS It X
It wan quite dark when Mrs Burke
and Ellie reached home. Miss Clear
moot had learned from the servente of
thearrival of troops in the neighborhood
and felt extremely mix:tons about ten ;
Ler anxiety increasing as the afternoon
wore on, and still no signs of their re
turn, She had looked into the dinning
room where, the ten Wile was spread,
and to consideration of their long fest,
bad ordered coffee rosined of their cue- -
tomary Alp of ten She hod given or
dere to that effect, un I was returning to
the Bitting room, when the sound of c it
nage wheels quickened her stepe, and
she hurried out to meet them. She took
Lbw wrappings and bonnets horn them,
and Mrs Burka and Ellie sat before the
bright fire, hungry and tired, but grate
fat for their safe return Never home
eeemed more welcomed, but as they
looked . itrOunirtiin -silting room - they
though of those far distant, who had
mode those comforts and luxuries only
the more appreciated. Aunt Judy had
nothlng to complain of as regarded the
appreciation of her millinery chlorin, but
for the last year the materials, with
which she usually' compounded such
wonders of her art, had sndly degenera
led , but ge'nius had triumphed over
these obstacles, and none who chanced
to taste the firagrant coffee would hate
supposed that paiebed . sweet potatoes
lied beau eubst out d for the scanty sup
ply of Mocha, Wil Ich she hoarded miser
ly for extra ()erasion,. . though, what
(hone occasions might be had never been
explsiord, os they had not preseute 1
themmelvea as yet , neither would they
hove supposed it. sweetened by the
homely maple suger,the finer material of
white cru+hed, being reserved oleo for
eats] important ~ccasi.np.
They returned ir the milting rum af
ter tea, and Ellie, picking up!. hook hp.
gen to read NITI Burke had pleaded a
neadenche as au excuse for retiring ear
ly, and Mite Llearafout was knitting a
constant occupati,n with her' Stu( 'Wait
a wonderful knitter, Ind elnee the us
ual supply had becu rut all durang the
war. the nimble fingers had !supplied the
plantation hands with that needful arti
cle of dress, mtopl..ngs , Ilse wool fur
which 'wan-aspen, under her immediate
supervistoli, by Aunt Nancy, who know
her office as nurse tu the family had
becom e unnecessary, contributed this
talent to rbe_general welfare. Ellie was
no knitter, a fact her Aunt much be
moaned, on much time, Which she eon
sidersd thrown away on books, or fancy
work, might he bet's: employed Ellie
'ell to, tired to become interested in her
book, which had !Alen on her lap, and
she sal and watched the flying needles
whose rapped was not !be least impeded
ha Mine Clearnionts nodding, for her
Ahnle usual afternoon !siesta had been
inierupted by their absence, and she
now sat up until her usual bed hour, for
Miss Civet:moat water n nasi.len lady of
moat methodical habits, and it wan ,•
rare occasion that took her out of hir
beaten track 'The monotonous! ticking Of
the clock eu the mint's, and the equally
monotonous clicking of her Aunts unty
ing needles had suede her drowsy, end
eke put aside her book with the intention'
of reilring.whetr old :stolen looked in,
Ellie Galled to him, am he wis about
'fleeing the door
- litmon,tell Beaky she *ow °waist() me
soe. r t,bink 1 *halo go) to'ruy room."
"l'es Mies, I'll tell her, ' and he left
111 room
Kilie 4ruueed hrr Aunt, who folding
her knitting — arolulli: Inid It in her
work basket, then lighting her own Can
die went to her room. Mlle" waited for
Beaky, but able did not come, and oon-
woo,
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oluded not to wait for her, ~he **tut out
to the hall for her own candle, •nd Will
met by Simon.
"Hag you sold Beaky off nowhere,
Mine ?"
"No', why do you ask?"
—1 cant fine heiNise, and none ob de
kitchen darkies hub Been her since you
cum back."
"Never mind, I dare say aloe is io my
room Perhaps she has fallen asleep
before the fire!"
"Prape she be Miss. I tole , her to
make a•flre in yer room ; but the lazy
wagabon haen't no hominess to go and
fall aeleep' I'll give her a rare setting
down fur it, And he went off to
the kitchen, while Ellie went up to her
own room
Old Simon had fully determined on
Becky's setting down, but Aunt Judy's
comfortable supper had somewhat mod
erated lite anger, and when an hoar la
ter the delinquent appeared in the kitch
en, he Iwd• forgotten his wrath, and
and Becky, and was nodding pleasantly
at the fire, accompanying the movement
with an unmistakable snore. Aunt Judy
bad cleared the kitchen sf its nightly'
netlors, tintl was busy setting her buck
wheat cakes loi rising. Becky gave the
fire a stirring. and tingle Simon awoke,
and witlf him awoke hit wrath
—liana you gone to had yet, you leoy
•ekabond ! %Thar wee you when your
young Mtgeua rouged (or you! You'e
gut to trapseing of late, And I ',lee want
you to remember young, omn &hit
Miss Lilen puts up wtd you kerleeeness,
1 wont ! So you trepee off now, die
minite
—Fee gwine to sleep in niis
dressing room!" said the inrulnernble
Becky, not stirring
“what'a dal fur' What new wrinkle
am datt Am Lou to good to sleep wid
niggers
"No," maid Becky, doggedly, as tho
the ezplauation was given grudgingly
"She's been eiteer:d of do B u kite r , Bud
le a frstd to Bleep by heruell. She told
toe to git my bed clothes and come tip'
dor "
'Wen you'd better be penrt atiout it, I
kin tell you% Fs gwine to shut de
Lannon up now die minute," put to
Aunt Judy
"Default for I kin git 'm to Iwo
reconds "
"Dan what de debt' you waitiu fur
gal' If you apnea to pu in du house
alter I locks do door you's 'mistook, I
kin tell you "' and Simon sh'ook him.
self, and went off, not, however, without
promising to leave the tack door open
After be bad guns Becky became quite
coufiden'tial with the old cook
•Aunt Judy. can't you men de firs a
bit' W'e'e gwino to bob company
Aunt Judy was wrathful •If you
spies to bob auy of yodr nigger beaus a
satin up here all night, your,eateu your
bread without your butter Clar off dar
gal, and dour you come front me wid
yer lo•eaach nousence!
•No taut none ob deem.''
lien I dolr know who it kin be, dont
it be Jo debil at di, time of night' elm
ull gal, I wants to shut de kitchen up
—in a nnuite, you
,lee men de tire a
bit '" and she darted out of the kitchen,
and in it few moments returned with a
person whose hea•y bouts made a mound
that caused Aunt Judy to look around,
mill drop the ',hovel lobe held in, her
hands.
.•Do Lord itab mercy: It am Manna
Charles or he'll ghost, aide% out• or de
odder De Lord'hab l inercy ! wher
you drop trout
"Not from the mitten Aunty," said
Charlie Compton, for it was indeed Ilion.
"l i ve 'none through the lint to wee
home fonts, but am afraid to go home
se the Federal headquarters pre nc near.
I'm half pierced, Aunt Judy !"
Uo Durd hab maroy on din ole sinner
fur tram you ntan dar and me not bo
'limn to get you •otnting to ea !
knows you's mug starred, Who rbber
beard of a soldier\lnti mistral. r • 1
•Indeed I am, .%utit Judy. I've had
nothing to itat einoe yesterday morning,
and tiara: walked thirty miles stone
then."
-De Lord heb 11141(7 All die cum
due cursed war. Now der! I diti'nt
mean. tur to eey duet wicked words, but
de debit, rot holt ob me den, and shuck
it out utanel" and tee old woman went
out and got another nrmfurof wood,
with which to replenl;ll the Are, and
then went about getting something to
04t. -•
Sleanwhile Becky bad again disap
peared, sod after sodie'tisaii had slartad
earns batik. 'Aar,. Cl's!.lip, I 'so told
"STATE RIGNTS AND FEDERAL UNION."
TE, PA., _FRIDAY.
Niles Ellie an she a wait in fur you in de
aittin:rodm sir. She's en.) , most. wild to
see you, she bo."
Now this fast assertion of Becky's
we. clearly a breach of confidence, a s
reposed in her as lady's maid, but Char
lie needed no assurance of her howls
desire to see him. Two years had pas
sed since they had met, and only one
letter had reached him in answer to that
last appeal, but it had been sufficient to
comfort him for all those long weary
months, and gave him bright hopes for
the future
When Ellie left the elUing room that
night, after bidding her Aunt good
night, she went to her mother's room to
make come inqury as to her headache,
but her soft knock wa■ unanswered, and
■he oonoludod not intrude any further
and went to her own room
Here she expected to find Ilecky, but
although the fire burned brightly, there,
was no other evidence of her even har
ing been there for some time , but Ellie
was lenient to her favorite servant's
faults, and this was not the first time
ehe had made her toilet for the night
unassisled. tier sable attendant's short
comings load hitherto been accounted for
by her haying a folio wea, but that im
portant peivonage bud recently repudia
ted the claims of love, and was now en
joying the beuebts of freedotn . on a
Philadelphia work hOun,, where he had
been sent by some philanthropic police
man who had taken bun up as a vagrant,
and undertook to improve his morals by
ajittle bard work, and Ellie had ready
tly su rmised that the fatthful Uecky,
more constant than 'her emancipated
lever, had found the eords of true love
stronger than those of gratitude and dn
ty—and taking edvintage of the protec
tion afforded by the presence of Federal
troops in the net- hborhood, hid made
good Ler escape Ellie felt a keen pang
of regret, us slit:came to this conclusion,
Toc one to whom she was truly attaohed
and accestotued to such treatment as
that of a Coro to eervant, would find her
search for tret•doin somewhat different
to the lazy life she had led at '•llriery
Knowe "
Ellie eat down, and taking her bible
read her usual portion for the day, and
then knelt down, as had becn her custom
trout childhood, to commend herself and
thine she loved into the watchful care,
und keeping of a kind Providence, As
she rose from her knees she heard soft
fouteleps to the ball, the door opened,
and Becky walked to
Ellie did not reprove her, a. she cer
tainly deserved to be, but continued to
uudresa, lesving Becky to make her ex
cuses, but she caught a look in Becky's
eyes, that caused her to mampend the op
peratiun of undressing, and alto asked.
nri bat is it Becky ? '
got row:: oewii for you,'• wit
the other with n•hfond grin.
"%That is it, a letter'"
No Dliee bei(er'u dot "'
'•t me peeky, don't stand 'there' talk•
tog tiopseume Ilelp Ina to uudietts I'm
both sleepy and tl, and in a hurry to
get to bed."
*Tee gut new.' let wit nake you open
your eyes Net 'nougli Ire kin Who'll
you tu4t....when I tells you .larea Charlie
Compton IS flown in *min room dts
minute'"
E flee iiiiele4l ot low cry of delight, nod
looked wt the girl unpins-I.lloy, — Becky
do not trille with me ! tell mete tt indeed
Me Compton ?"
jes ne sure no I to here: ,
and while Ellie *ant dressed, undertook
to explain howalte knew "You set, 1
was a corning Iro". _de qua: tern to de
house, ithen I heard de carriage oomin
tip tie road, when jee as I got right to
(tat clumNuf blackberry bushes, aomo
body called my name slit, and fust I
thought it was de debil, and I started to
run, but soniebday °Oohed me, anti when
I looked round it was Mattes Charlie
Compton lie say, liecky,you mutt not
let eyed.) , one kbow I'm here, or Ittgred
crate will make me a prisoner 5 ou mus
get ma in do ittlohen when all ob dent
has gone to bed,.and let young ?distress
know NM here, and (et God's sake
Beaky get we something to eat, I'm al
most starved.' I was afeerd to come
nigh you all do evening fur fears should
let it out. so I jes kept to de nigger
quarters till I knowedebery one was in
bed and den I slips bun in de kitchen,
and after he bad warmed Weser,' domed
miller you." 11
Ellie hurried %lowa to the sitting-room
but she' found no one the . re.. Becky had
told blot to follow her,but be had waited
until a message came from gills herself,
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who. stood with beating heart awaiting
him cowing. Cautinusly the back door
opened, and manly footsteps otos° near
er and nearer, and in another moment
she was in hie arms, There was no need
of words to welcome him, and the long
monthe orpstient 'retching, waiting,and
hoping, was repaid its that tone blileful
meeting.
She dieengafied herself from him, and
sad down betside iiinther hand in his;
while softly murmured words of endear
ment fell from his-lips, each one answer
ed by a happy trr from her— flow she
worshipped h tut, travel-stsined, care
worp and weary, yet the same glorious
image of his Maker that had captivated
his girlish fancy, and won her_ woman's
heart lfe caught her glance, nod an
swered
"I'm a Confederate soldier, darling,
which tntivt he my excise for my ragged
appearance We lost all our baggage
two weeks ago, and my boots, n one
, of
the best, could not stand the wear, and,
tear of thirty miles travel "
"There's no need to apologize, dear
Charlie for your appearance. Were you
bike •irieitt stranger, there could be no
need of it, then of course you need mike
none: but how selfish I am to forget you
are .1u hungry and fired' I will ring the
bell d itnd order supper ''
Her hand had hardly left the bell han
dle when the dour opened, and Simon en
tered, and placed wine on the table, and
and Ellie pouring out a glans full banded
it to Charlie
••••Vou kuow,' she said smilingly, -it
Is ;sot customary for me to offer genie
mei-, wine, but piu must take this as a
knodtcfne. After 90 ISM& fast, aft wilt
do you more good than to eat your sup
per first '
Charlie eat sipping the delicate wine
tn, drop, strin.th
and comfort In a few moments tdimon
returned, bearing a tea tray upon which
Aunt Judy had placed a supper fit for a
king, and now wee the first on . caniou in
which the hoarded Mocha mode its ap
pearance, indicating its destiny,that had
remained a mystery to the family for so
long While Charlie wan *enjoying it
with a zest that would hare repaid Aunt
Judy for her trouble. Ellie /Opt out, and
returned with her mother, who was as
much delighted as surprised to find him
there Ile bad a . letter from Willie to
hie mother, and to Ellie innumerable
111 P M lag e
••lt was something antique' (or ue to
retire en early,•' said Mrs Burke, ••but
I had a headache from my tong fasting
to day, end retired early," and she gave
.11111 n deeoriptidn of their ride home,•tnd
their niaziety while they remained iiithe
neighborhood
sorry," said Charlie, ••that Kllie
disturbed you
"Not at all I should sever have for
given her if she had permitted you to
leave without seeing me She tells , me
you must leave early to morrow morn
tog' Do you think you will have re
covered from your fatigue sufficiently
mu., I bad hoped to see them all'
at houre, but the risk is althoet too
great Eugene Mason is with me, or
rather warCand I could not persuade
kiln to come here Ile his rashly een
toted to the Ilall, and I fear he will be
made prisoner, yerhapit taken, and hung
as u spy. I however, emit Alfred along
with him, to watch him, and we have
promised to meet again ■t the old
church. We erre on our way to Rich
t:mit:l With dispatches The lines Wave
been cot, so we cannot Bend them other
wise than by ROMIG of the command "
—Pour little Daisy!" maid Ellie. “I
hope nothing gill happen to leim,if only
for her sake ! She will be delighted to
see him !"
Cborite ebook his head "I fear he ie
too imprudent. fie thick. of nothing but
nosing her again
Mrs Burke lett them after a while,
and it was late in the night ere they
separated. Simon was nodding in a
chair by the fire in the chamber, to
whioh Charlie wet show, and on the bed
was a complete change of linen, belong•
the to, Willie, also boots and soaks.—
The old 'negro waked up at his entrance
and politely informed Charlie that the
bath mom was pr epared for him, and
led the way. On bin return from hi e
bath Charlie dientissed him with some_
think 'more substantial than thanks
and rhfreakepod by the delightful bath,.
•n.l the luxury, -of- fresh linen, throw.
tilmseff on the bed end was Soon - wrip
ped in a slumber too' -profound for
dream , . .
pro Dr ouitisust).l'
MAY 1 1868.
Speech Which Is a Speech
In the Virginia •'Reoonetruolion" Con
vention en Friday, when the autileol. of
appointing three commissioners to nego
tiate a loan to pay the expenses of the
At.
Convention was under ditoussion ;
Lewis I,.indsey became very much ex
cited on the miry question, and raising
his voice to a very _high pitch, said
Mister President, I is here, eah,ae a rep
resentatlve man, and I dtket.l.hank no
holly but de Commonwealth and my con
stilitents of 'Ttiohmond. lam exposed,
salt, to be ais lenient as anybody else on
de levy question; but, Rah, I suppose
dat it is an abpurd idea to tie down his
body so ridickilie on the account of Gen
Schofield or anybody else, when Con-
Steam is the legal power of the appeal
I don't abdicate de Idee of placing col
ored men on die committee to go off der
to Washington to git money, and I is
pleased tt see dey has obstained from
going on de records, and I hope dey will
obstnin from wotin for negroes for office
at de election when dey is onable to go
on a emall*ahnamittee to combine at de
medium at de Treasury -Dey my we
'tint got no right to move. We has, and
we'll claim em to It is a ritliokilis itlee
dat a legal body like die, founded upon
de word of Congress, hos not de power
of de appeal lode vupreme body because
Gineral Schofield say not. Congress is
de body of de appeal for anything, and
everything, and I don't car of Gineral
Schofield nor anybody elle, because lie
atilt got nothing to say about it, As to
die question of de screw loose in the
treasury, I amt got nothing to say. he
case I don't won't to desiorellie any
man's character The question is not
to git de money, but to resort to de su
preme power We are de diem ire power
for n 9 Who objects to scientific men
bolo placed on - des records ,
Lewis voice had reached a ,i'afetting
pitch Mr Babcock arose to an inquiry
wished to know if there was any
deaf members present, that the member
should speak nu loudly!
Lewis. "I is very much obliged to my
Almighty God for de power of epeakin
he has given me, ant I em pleased in de
itire dat he don't cons It any member
on die floor how high my voice is raised
,kII I Its•jo say is, hat I don't &sire to
enter into the "question of de 'crew bootie
in de Treasury, liekone Idoesn't desire
o cerimintze de character of any man
'Tie my duty not i o eoriminize men's
character hut attend to my own busi
ness.'" [Laughter
Kt/MICKY BY A YOUNII Wulf hap
py newly married couple mopped in (NEI
cinnati on their wedding trip, from
130orgetown, Kentucky, putting up at
the Merchant's llotel,o day or two since
—While 9tey were there, the husband, a
,jovial, gintletnarily young man, in the
happiness of his heart indulged in such
good liourSon, as he could find at the
first class liars In POMO way or other
he became so confused, that in awaking
the day after his frolic, he could not
account cot -the mysterious disnppearanoe
of the email trifle of about $1,001) that
he had with him the night before lie
told the landlord of the loss, and land
lord gent for the police, who immediately
interrogated the gentleman as to where
he had been . the night before, Ile frank
ly !Wiled that the whiskey had knocked
hie memory, and he oould not inform
them While they were thus talking,
the young wife wan listening, and think
ing her little joke had got far "enough,
and tho desired warning had proved
sufficient, site Dame forward and 'fated
that she hid taken it-:--had taken it from
her husband's pocket, simply to chow
hula hove easily the same thing could be
done by anybody else
w y
K. K.—The guklux Klan ate kall
ed up o to kastigate or l, kill any 'mitered
k ea who may a pprove lip konstilu
lion being kookokted by the kontempti-
Lhie karpet- baggers at the kapitol. Knob
Kiln in kommanded by • karniverou.
kernel who ' kollektvitie- itomeadea with
Imre and Inautioo kommettentste with the
magnitude of the kaose. Wit
konvened,they must korrekt!, give (oar
kountereigon -..--Theee are; Kill the
kullered knee; kiss • out the karpetobsg
ger.; krueb the konvention; karry ken
seArat ism ; koaiulion to konvelle; kon:
federates will kooker. .01 konree tire
krestae kimettierable koaetreastlea
among tad images sod their Wiling
koadyktorr, who kalkulata that their.
karser may be kut abort byirateetrophiee
Kure. therkan't komplain. • • • •
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Bishop Coxe's Opinion of American
Women.
In w recubl pastoral pr. Arthur WeT.-,
4.n4 Cass. rays
*he, I tot the tawdry fashion. the
costly vulgarity end the wicked extrava
gance of the timee,l feel sore that thous
ands of American women are strangirs to
the 6ral law of refinement—sinspicity
in'tnennors and attire.
When I Nee t hat thousand so TAmerleas
!omen read the most ehameful romances
end •the most destSeditsg nawlipapare ;
frequent the:vilest dramatic ,entertaia-
Meets and join lb dances to shocking
be owned among Christians; I feel that
Christian nations are becoming: too
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few, and that civilised heathenism a re
turning to the fields we have wrested
from the Indians.
When I read, daily, of the molt un
godly divorces and of Mores against
Boatel purity and against human life it- ,
self, wbroh are toolross to be mentioned
more particularly, I feel that too many,
of bur country-women are without God
in the world, and radical reforms are
necessary in the ',Teems. of eolmsation on
which the young women of America are
dependant for their ,training. •
When I see thousands of households
io which young girls are reared for a
life of pleasure, without reference to
duty, I cannot wonder at these results,
nor at the misery in which they involve
families and communitiev. Sow the
wind and reap the whlrlmlnd I
AN a ( Christian bishop, therefore, I
make my appeal to you, Christian wo
man, and I ask you to begin the refor
mation, by faithfully bearing your testi•
mony against all that tends to the degra
dation of our sea, and the more so,wheri
such came is not only winked' at, but
receive countenance in oiroles which
ought ta be exemplary."
Once ahe was ,NEther, and it was
Mother, I'm hungry, Mother mend my
j ticket, Mother get my dinner, and Mo
ther, with her loving hands would spread
the bread and butter, and stow away the
luncheon, and new on the greet web,
her heart brimming ,with affection for
the imperious little curly pate that made
her en many etept and distracted het
with bin bojeterous mirth.
Now she in the old woman : bill etT4i4
not think It Italia. ATM, Some -La_ that.
She looked do itleotigli the Ware yearn
and 1.111/ her boy to manhood grown,and
he eto*d transfigured in the light of her
own beautiful love. Never wan thole •
world and the etall of her declining
ECM
Aye, he was her support even then,
but she did not know it. She never reta
iled that it was her little boy that gave
her strength for daily toil—that his
slender form was all that upheld her
over the brink of a dark despair.—She
only knew bow she loved the child and
felt that amid the mists of ages his love
would bear her gently through ite in
firmities to the dark ballleadingthrougb
to the life beyond.
But he has forgotten the mother's
tender ministrations nor Adrift from
the moorings of home, he is cold, selfish,
heartless, and Mother has co sacred
meaning to the prodigal. She is the old
woman, wrinkled, grey, lame and blind,,
Pity her, 0 grave and dry those 'Asa
that roll down her furrowed cheeks!
lla've-eompaesion on her set4itive heart,
and offer it thy quite rest, that it may
forget how much it longed through a
careless childhood but in return Tor al
this wealth of tenderness, has only given
bank reproach.
Tuts END Or A "MAN AND linotu►a."
Itomeroy disposes of an an
cient darkey in tbe following style:
An unpretending els& of on hitinble
bass wood, at one end of the square, a
portion in the sand, where the emanci
pated duet of the •eterais reposes, tells
the passing traveller in this simple Ma
nner the tragic etory :
N native of Yazoo County, hliasizeippi
Horn • •lave
•
Bred s slave.
aria starred to death a free American
citizen.
Hie
was a • brief ciieer, an eseeflent ReW
hand and a loyal aoldler,and partiol
tie eitlaen, who voted often and ,
earnestly, and finally,dled o(
too touch liberlyand.ten
little grub
Ctintous.—The New York Tones (lied
publican) in alluding to the rejtfotylon
of negro suffrage In Michigan by 80,000
majority, asy; it Is a little singular that
in spite of the veil strong det ermicatien
of the Northern States to impose univer
sal negro suffrage upon ate South, not
one of them has voted as yet to accept It
themselves. That they may be eduoated
to do so in time Is quite likely, ,but Ile
clear that considerable training Will be
required Meantime.'
It Is still more singular that, despite
the Net that every State in the Union,
North or South, East or West. Is opposed
to Der° suffrage. J . :digress should en
deavor to force upon all iherpeople' thts
odious measure.
—finiteslatt's wife discovered her
old hen Mtge; In thit 'bawl( hard,. httd
bust tali her Sent. Boon letter tire poor
wife eetod lh mash (melted, and NO:
My dear Irtutralatt,' I took the 'e
from Browne, and she hair gone and lid
onto an old meet az. Let her let, until
the htlictus old fellow, It she XXIX ' on X
lie rosy be he'll hatabet:
The old Woman.
MEI