The Beaver Argus. (Beaver, Pa.) 1862-1873, April 12, 1865, Image 1
VER ** G ® S A A :1i i : ‘; ■ A'. .■. \ V ‘' : ■■' '^"Si 3^'sfe ; '':A ; W 7 f; s «*n'' ■■ A ’t led Eveh Wednesday ( )•• • •■!/[■' p. |.' •*• ‘^V^S^'a’ sp- ,s :BMyi®®iiiBiiiw contri mtions, by ma , / ’• p •„. ,j •: yip p »'t \AjV'P';'p V -. : j'l ’,' '' " vp- '■’ '' p 1 ‘ ■'•= ■ ,n ; y~ o - 41’-> o. 15. JBstablished 18 Ai. gqjftthti rtejgdgfa welHoire|p THE* BEA |ill be Publish j* aiiNlis’ ■ tihud sx. A ts2oo per jg^l,tttcrsfa|id QUAY Si. RUiTV 'pO33TI HEARTS AND from' laughing U R 3 °/ g S CJ ' \ fresher tide of life is gj <iol ,t the bottom of the thj The maiden bud is coyly 1 [ fcel'hp" ll me, a hand ' Lifting me up, the weigh! As d as the baby-leaves oxpt My spitdt Seems awakenin Hsih then this mihglod life < Acght of a tidal ebb and t Hath man a sympathy with And with them'droop,;rev It may 'jc‘?o; for-Life is Life or subtle, less pr ti .Uni n-ages the eternal strife With death and darkness v la joaifwc seek to curve oi Ueeji-lotlcred on some hci A:i:l t'ricy we ::1: 0 - trace tl Till Time rcstoretU earth Jfofkivo* 00 Rough bark will overgrow ' As surely v> ill tWirltl; am ' Ilk hail this huuwledge w *■ \ simlc, (b tliink it scaped < A /lon- lit*' in this m-ro Uca f'Sa'soft io’coart I So swill to Imlc our memo Miscellai: i jm. i It. is not very, long sii iiilr was startled by tb extraordinary murder ih oifo, of our itishionab' peculiar < ircumslances daylight, anil|without appeared,' the slightest or murderer. 1 ' Public my tlial nothing was 1 it, gradually dropped l as gradually'it died ou papers. The porsoi, who was uAicrcd troinjl-bis worl kr.hwu region of the r.e: - girt, homo - twenty sum possessed 1 ■of jgreat pe She was \u.'in|sa io a M - mere ati/iuityf hut. bad •' fur eiiiWiiond- with tyor svealthy and generous. wlio.lu.ii always sliiTou r.i rv lij.vtiry” anil ele Mr .Denhigh married, 1 took their ward with. I Dim tour they made, luci-just returned to Ai temporarily at avhoto town mansion should t putoii/wiien the Midd< .loath of Miss Agatha Al a gloom over nil their preparations Avero fur i iii, and .Air. Denbigh's '.-ailed upoirtp assist hit ing from the low net ; which she ha|f been th : (rated hy ibis tragedy iug w.itli her' 1 husband they hadjdiscovered it ror. Mr. Denbigh was I jraselfi greatly ] nfflicted by the death.c This ward and | the fearful manner of il.—sho had been ! strangled in' her own Ij'and kerchief— lor. hostdps the debt idf affection ho weld .her as vho child! of a dear dead friend, long years of•!familiarity, her exticme loveliness,’ and Jibe winning gentleness of bor sweet and timid ways had giyjjr. Iy;r a deep and warm place it his heart.- 1 Of late 'she had been a little out of health, not-recovering rap idly from .the great < xibaualioU, and weakness of severe sift-sickness, and hehad been U|Drbmitting ; in his ondeav er» to promote her .coinf’ort and hap* piness; when in making- ready their new abode, doth he and his wife. had. - paid such heed to the tastes andneecls cl Agatha, theaning, ijs Mr. Denbigh rt'd, that it should be fojt by her to bo M-much hcr’own homoUs theirs, with* .out any sense, of obligation, that now wfipjayjiwilhout her scorned too much * desert oyer to e'ntor jipon.it again. Mrs Denbigh must have Wt sorely, itfwould seem, the loss of . gentle daily companion Of three ■ Teira bm even more than on her »wn-accSunt | she appeared\to resent 'w deed,for the sake of her husband whom shoj was so passionately do -s°di afid .no sooner was she able to ■dt hor head from its pillow once more an ehe ; interested herself with re- Wgeful vigor in the proceedings that been undertaken. -;Mr. Denbigh! P|Wonal|y, cared litiloj to discover the' Lf P f r^ or atrocious crime; or s m at n ° Oilman ljustiev of - cord • Vi,®'., , c h u ld-restore- 1 Agatha; but 0| P- 0 ™ l enedjwilh itheir hereave dwmu ■ own weight of in* mf“ atl ? D ' would not rest with the Ul ' r ® ve lcd- Tn the deepest orn , m discarding' almost every mom V* 1 ’ ,* m P re saing go. Upon them casanns** ■ emergencies of the ■‘be wti o *? mm!lndin S sympathies the deinM-° 30t? ' J - ever J morning 371 th ° f ll,e JP o '* o - Sparing much of the painful . walked SS e ’ aa fbo jwould have , it n er h t ning p^| har^> tR 1 ® FB t’ ? uppos4d . :that the .fious vahiAiu 0 • one Pander, as va kighs.aM? ■lf** l *. kUts f f the Ben* o, fn UtotW r ' ooms “ ooi Miss Mora’s hut .T ei ’ e d T ioov j to be; tnsdffi hey “forde&. in them ■ retepn, andwere , ; *i I ""—j— * —rj; — subsequently | discovered irf a packagi picked up byj one| of the police inbmt selves ai thoi crapsing] of t a crowded thoroughfare; whore they had rontly bead pbrposcly dropped!. Neith er did Miss iMoro's lovers afford any clow to the jmiscrcantl; she had had several. suitors and attendants; none of whom had Mjr. Denbigh favored; apd though Mrs. [Denbigh had urged Agar thfjilo regarejjyoung Elliott with kindl iicss,Mr Depjbigh Bad!frowned, Agaj tha had remained indifferent,ahdyoung Elliot, having taunted iMr. Denbigh with theassurance that since - he count i tenaucodnorio of Miss More's ioveisl ,it could be biii from sinister intentions on ilia own part,bad’withdrawn, vowlj ingl vengeance,: and - declaring thaty since he could not haVe her,! nobody elSo should.j StHfMiat was; hardly] murder. . And thq|,poor follow was found, besides, to be', in such a heard broken condition Sis to disarm suspli j Cion! The;only other accusation that! could take Shape and breath might! 1 have been dtrepted. to|ward Agatha’s! Wiaid; but as she--was! able to provb that she was down in the laundry,and had remained; there '.uninterruptedly from nine till One, while thooccurrence had. taken place betwejeu the hottrs of cloven apd twelve in the morning, and] as she bad evidently, hotbihg.to gain and much to] lose by it, that idea also! was'dismissed, though bothl younjV! Elliot and the servant-jmaid remained under Finally,) in 'de spair the Den highs abandoned the ini j vesligation, in id departed to >pend.jhe [winter in Madiera, returning in the i spring to thei < city abode, whoso.ajl doiament hajdibccn loff to the tender mcrcioif of the upholsterers, si pee they! had tiiemsely<s so "boniplolelyj lo.st ihj.il lei'frst in it. \i .■ J ; j -.-! • hi Here the gi mfrul course of the mat'-j! ter rested. .One.hflieei;-alone,j Dotcctj.; iyo Furbush-[—a niair’of genteel procliv ities, fund f of] fancy parlies land' thp 'htui'fon, cujjitlus in fi io women and aristocratic idbfaulters and peculators j—who bad hi t at first been (detailed ; upon the casfol lint bad been iriterostoijl ; in the reporjLsj of jit, Laving become ajt , last much jin. earnest about it, pursued! | it still.| inci ( on jiisdwn account jandrna kiridl of amateur way. it|i | seemed to hiiln 'a falaj - fascination, a| I predeetinatiiiu of events that kept hjs jl steps nearly a[\yays abbul the'purlieus j of the Margrabd House. ! ' ] ' One day that'Detective Furbush haq eporo bl»ttr,to tabortrWj little daughter into a pfiotograph gall lory, ho lounged about a window whiltj .the child wiiaj uudefgbing thlo awful operation. .jVlong the apposite side of I the street from this vihddwjran opb I end!of tlio .Murgrand LloaSe, jwfth Its | countless windows and projections.—| j The ' Margnind House fronted, on a j square, one fend ’of it 'running dowb I this street, jind always receiving, on jits stone facings add adornments, the j whole "of the noon split A.jthought suddenly oedurreef to jjfr. Fufbuah.-f I So spoil as the operator was at licsui 3 ! Lo attacked! hint with '■l* o inquiry if ihoi-o were la iy picture of that fins.l I building, thy Margrand Hou'se? Tj j whiyh the oporulpr replied affirmative | bj, a,ll l- B bowed’him one taken fron j thojsquare. Hbwever,” saiV the opb | eraioiyj- though it doesn’t! take in bd much, and was only what this! window I could do for liisdlf, I call this a prettiot | piotjure;” and, he produced somethin-] which,having .been taken at.siich short focal, distance resembled the: photo E graphs of tfnj i ich ai clutecturb of soni 3 Venetian facade.; “ It! was the morn, ing [of the Great Waldiih Celebration, ’ continued the operator: ! -i |What one;” askedMr Furbush. “ Tho Greit Walden Celebration.” “ Ah. yes,”|i capondejd Mr. Furbush, not letting |lie%fest [of his ] thought roach the air] runhing as it* did, “Ihst was the morni ig of tbc More murder. ’ j - “ Ahd,we.ljei oda'afjtho boys try hisj blind, at the craft,” “resumed the I aioii“ there : b ling nothing doing; and! it was such aliyelyiscono in the street | below, narrow as! it.is. And, as whs] to bo expoctqd frpm him, the and processiyrr'turned .into! dot and line, and the |u hole pat t of the buildiffg" opposite came but as if it bad, sat for its picture.” I ~ I ‘ [!! “ Exactly,’!’ saijtl Air Farhnsh, ah, rubbing his jfinger ovepi Jiisj a lips, die looked at thej sheetqn whichTthe cen tral portion of] thht feide df -the hobe'l, j With its sand lintels add ornaments were most minutely giveb. It was in tbat jvefy poftibp of the house that Miss Agatha' fore’s room had boon sitiatodi; nakr, so well was it impressed uj that Mr: Furbush could toll the very windowpfjtho room in which - shb,had| rhei hef cruel fate. Never was there such a coincidence, to Mr. Furbush’s ;mindj before or sinbe never such aln, |nlerposition bf Frovi dence: the day that had; brought-Aga tha More lb her the very, hour, the sun bai made! a revela tion of that frooni'sL icterior. upon thfis sheet of sensitized pap lathis Ithuricl’s spebr hod touched this shapeless dark ness and turned it intb tbrm and truth. The Walden celebration haid defiled tbiongh thoistreet and into the square at a somewhat. earlier hour! than the supposed hour, ot[the murder, since lit was to see the procession fiom a mote advantagemib point pi view! that Mr. and Mffl< Denbigh had driven out, and while they were gone the terribtp ac tion was thought! tp iaye been com mitted. Still tho window, might have a seoretnf its own to tell even concern ing that: . | : •;'!:! , j ; Mr made a prize of the operatof; and, procuring, through channels always open to him, the strongesj: glasses and most acc is TREES. eyed morn ’ ashing.* ■ lorn. flushing. of.Springi nd f ours , ■ . 6w? lowers, vc, and grow 1 ■Wldall o’er. r uame , rts of worth, t e same .0 earth; tree,. § | our toil, I itli ti smile; ur sense . :ts and trees; t’ , ■its! eoui^. USH, i ' I * co the o report of an that occurred o hotels, under ami in broad as it qluc to motive curiosity, find ikely Uv satisfy ho udatlur, and t of the neivs- ' \ thus abruptly J into tlloyin- j :t was a young [ mors old, and,! •sonal charms, nail fortune, a .resided since guardian, llio_ ’Mr.' Denbigh, | nded her With j jancc. ' When o and his wife' yctn on the lor- 1 and the tjvfeo I nin'ica,-residing! till . jo, suitably pre-J Hi and terrible f [ore threw such ! plans, that the i i! abandon- j energies,, wore j wife in’, fally ■ouB fever into pwri and pros* ,} when return-' rfro?in a drive i in all its bor« yatoinatTumehts, had the one.choson i window; ia that picture, magnified and photogrjßphedirQmagnified.andrepho tographcd, till undcr : their powbrfui, careful,[prolonged; and 'patient labor! a *pock ckme itito sight that would perhaps wjell reward them Mr: Futi-* hush stained hie eyes over it; ibhida it w,as 4 spot of greater 'poasihillUes than thh nebula in' Orion. (Thikllttib white unresolved cloud they agafn and again subjected to the process; and onc|e more, as if a ghmii had m*<Je apparition],' it opened ' itself [into ah ouilino-r-ibto a substance—and they saw thejfiogert of a hand,a white hand doubled| but pliant, Strong, and shape ly; a leftihand, on its third; finger; wearing rings, oneof which seemedat first a mere olot of light, bat gradual ly as the rest, answering thespell of the camera, Bh6wpd itself 4‘ ! ipentral stone se|t with fita pojnis, eachpolnt consistibgj ot smaller stones if tfirebihr of course couldnot be told j the fhrta: was that of a star. Holdrr, the Ugbt, fierce fingers of that clenched hand, between the-pointed thumb anjd waxy knuckles, 4pd one edge visible along the tipsidbop tinted into the thumb's side, was [grasped an end of ja laced handkerchief. • Now the handkerchief of Agathai More, thp instrumodt of her destruction was always carried folded In the shapO'of its running knot in Mr. Furbush’s great wallet, a large, la'eed, handkerchief; that this was ita-phptograph be needed but a glance lloirest assured All ihereSt" of the dark, deed was. bidden beyond the angle! of light affdrded !by the window-frame, And whosoever. the murderer might be, Me- Forbush said j to himself with the pleasantry of the hoadsmknj it was evident that the owner of.tjUiapicture had a hahdin it. And hero! ho paid jtho photographer j for his labors and bade.him adieu, j. Fui-biah was now, however, not } mu'oh 'bctljer off than he had bisen be-, .fore. Ho I had the bund that did the i deed ini bib possession, to be siire, but |to whoso | body was he to affix that Laud, audj how was ho to do it And Jin what djd it differ from any other hand '! lln nothing but that fetter | which made, it his priaenor, that five | pointed! sliir, that blot ot light upon I the third linger,above a wedding-ring. I A weddink ring—that would sobm to [ prove thejiandto bo a woman’s; tjho five-pointed glittering ring—that pro ved, the; Wbman to be no’pauper;— ■VTSi-u wa-feit *. ; be its gjiarj, and was probably as in separable as that, Tc identify! that baud, to.cirlify that ring, became the recreation [of Sir. Furbush's days and nights, {soj much to the,detriment*of all his c|lh(fribusinoss!.that he fill into sad disrepute thereby at the Bureau. Air. Eurbush became ail! at once a gay man, plun'god-into the dissipations of I fashiou4bl4 life;- ho had'.been there be fore,, on similar necessity, and knew how to] Cfiny himself. lijs ebstuino grow siiighlarly liaudled his-lorgnette at the Opera-'like: a cox comb. t|f the first, ho procured invitations to ball and parly,- and watched every Judy whollbr the: momeni,'-daintily ungloved'herself; ho was as ioilstant at church os the sex ton; be;[made a, part of the baiu-monde. .It was all jit vain. And though Air., Furbush [carried the .photograph in bis brea'at-ipockot, ready, at any mo ment like thc hand! of the Inquisition upon its victim, he! might as woUhavo carried there a] pardon to allswjnccrned, for all the!good it did him. Bui thejworld goes round. i One starlit nigbt Mr. I’urb.usb, pur suingßOtno scent of other affairs along the princely avenue with its rows of palaces,itopk in, as was bis wont, with every Wink, a whole scone lojits lust details, j He saw the beggar on these steps shrink into ; shadow, the [house* maid ini that arealia teeing to |the be guiling jvoice of the footman-three doors-off no longer keeping bis dis tance; he| saw, tberq, the gayl scene offered by the bright balcony, casement with .its rich curtains still .unclosed; he saw.jyet beyond, the light stream ing from (between open doors down, the shining stops 'at whose foot, the carnage waited, while a gentleman at its door;bprried,with a.pleasanit word, the stately woman. who came down to enter jit beside him. She caino down slowly, Mr. Fnrbuah noted, mo* ying like a person whose organic diffi culty of the heartdndisposea to .quick exertion; - she was one dt those whom: Mr. Furbusb called coils of bluo-blUck hair,"twisted with' diamonds, wreathing her queenly head tiara-wise, her features having the firmness and the pallor of marble, her eyes rivaling the diamonds in their steady splendor. .__ .■ | . A heavy, cloak of ermine her velvet attire, and she was button ing a glove as she descended. She -paused & (moment under the carriage lamp, giving her husband the unglov ed hand with which to help her in.— The carriage-light flashed upon it, and in that ipecond of its Ijqgbfing■■ Mr. Farbusn isaw, plaid ly, as he saW tho stars above him,'bn the third tingepf of tljat left the wedding-ring .tiro circlet with its five-pointed star ; whose duplicate ho carried.' j; Mr Forbush was thunder-struck.— Herb was what he thrice a twelyomonth j and Unexpectedly blundering upon it it turned him into stone When he tocovered himself with an emphatic “Humph 1” the car riage had rOlled away and the doors were closed. .V , Mr. FUrbush wasfinot the man to lose, opportunities. .''The business in f "■ -t *• ' I ' 111 E 71 night, as if they tolled a footman was asleep butler Board the' raeniflUOUsmtirdmr of the; Visitor’s' voiedby TOnswith it. slng-io g sensation its if imagers- wore in bis ears and out again .grated on fiijow*' the horses.hammered' ‘tßeg the doors Were flung and the master and mistress Of turned from the entertaQntotitftithejr JbOd'Sllftrsd Shq little more magnificent, *oro imposing ‘ip her thau fetors; there Was dfififtdßo emtM tion.thoagh, apparent —that she valued her bettity atd twr power only for its influento npqpitfae man beside her, Kr. ForjasiTskoen eye saw the qaiek h^ayo' ihdrfcstfes’s agitation that the | heart t fi , 6» | neathjthe' velvets,. mo ment when her buaband ifetiched hetj hand-hoipinig her across thSjtiireahold, andsaw the story jjfegr.oyo as' jit rested that instant on Wdnld' have had the ephro case he bad nbt b f ad it bofoVer *-'&•*' v * "" t (i Hr, and Sirs. approaching the) to see'you atone, k majior of impoi i' And in confonhi (ip' vw conddctc partmientß, into'» Becludtd than th loom,'l wainscotd in book-cnsos, an< a: glimmering himself turiied 'up iho door./ - | “ Your busincei to Jfri Fur bush .. | '‘3ly business, larly With Mrs; desire [yoar proSei of the: police—” iMis; Denbigh,’ her band Mid past of a chair/ slow! tjill the glove th) quick craqk-rlppi * C : * 'sv&& protruded its spai vicious head ot a I; “1 ahi a member of the police,’' con tinued] Mr, Fufbush, quietly. ‘fl have 'spfirething ip, myjposapssion' which I desire] lire. Denbigh td look at and see if it belongs to her." Perhaps the woman'breathed again.: Whether she fjiid or hot he proceeded. |to open his great leAhern wallet on the library table beneath the chandelier. 1‘ Mrs, Denbigh moved.forward, with her slow majesty , dragging her vel vets heavily l , arid; tho'cJodk dropping from 1: er shoulder, ■! .- 1 ’“Queer subjects—womeiji,” thought Mr. Furbush. : ‘‘Ah I you. had ’more bpring in you pnc.e.- As handsome a. thing as a leopard !” • j- . j I But in spite of that calm deliberate' stop, Mn Furbush saw hot bohrt flut tering there like a white ’dove 4n its nest. She did "not speak, .but-waited a moment beside him.; “Wilf you be kind,” 4aid ho, “as to remove your glove ?•" £ • ’ I | | She quietly did: so. ' Perhaps won* dpringly. i !; ’ J i “Excuse |tn6, madamo,” thpn oontin* jued hi, lifting her hand as bo. spoke, doubling'its .cold fingers over one end of a running-knot that a soiled hand* kerchief made, a laced erabroidei'ed handkerchief he had produced, ’and, pbwerless in his grasp, ha; laid, band Jahd all—a white band, doubled, but pliant strong, and; shapely, holding in its fingers, ( between. the .pointed thnmt and tvaxy khuckles,’ the laced handkerchiefs tifidi; just ao edge visi ble alongtbe tipif deep-dinted into the thumb’s side; and with the five-point* ed ring burning, its bale-fire abdve it, laid hand find all on tho table beside. Ithe photograph that hospreadthere. 1 “la it yours ?*’ said he. A detective has perhaps no right to any pity; but for in moment Mr. Pur bush would igladly have never hoard of the Moro mhrdoraa he saw in the long, stow riseand fall,, of the ’bosom .this vroman’s heart swing like a pan* datum, noiseless pendulum thatooa jaSS to vihrate. i Her eyes Wavered a moment between him and the table, (then, as if caught and Chained by something that compelled: their gaze, glared at and prolrnded over the sight they saw beneath them. Her own. hand—heroWn executioner. : A long sUuddcr shook] her from bead to foot* Iron “nerve gave Way, the white lips parted, she threw her head back and gasped; with lone wild look toward her husband, she {turned from him ; as if she would have fled, and -fell dead 'upon Ithe floor! .'ll. .I' i i “Htint’anp/f said Mr. Forbush to hia subordinate, coming out an hoar P r two |ater,t and the two ibnnd some congenial oyster-opener, while the Phief explained! how ho had’ gone to get his wife’s spoons from the maid who had appropriated: them and taken service elsewhere. Mr. .Farbush made' a night of it; bat never soul longed for daylight as ho did, be had a no tion, that ho had scarcely, loss than: murdered—himself,and good-lellow as ho must needs, baabroad that night, indoors next day ho put his household j in sackcloth and ashes. , i j , i • * , You will not find Mr.'’ Fhrbuah’a Wnie 6n tli© Hst'of detejuives now. T-i iff -'the business. Be W 8 itJrtra wiw t6o«iattoh night-work. now—ai ,weal» apparently. He has bpKmsd hnf ,‘of. the latest and most elegant esthbHshments ia the «tty)bo"w*B «w»y« fbtd of chemicals, •hf,-;thy,*. j Ho" baa,still.i in.anjnner {KSTVi ?'“gplar but fast-fading a band, a blenched, ihaV - Hand—atriong ;ibbm! ndt ibe ; op# Which Sir. Senbigh horned. bhavfim teemsappertaining to bis jwfaadpn,. whiph] no- one Pf>b|.Miedi . Meanwhile it’ baa never explained boor tb©stort bf ihOringfonndthP light. > r ‘ ’ ’ n WnßdrfbWef'tbat; -We. farimShailght np vothj» coavictedTof * 1 -J> *■ 'l-3 ’••' • Pailih.yea«e Nogo ■ . OBKBnBT. . : ’■;!£-• ■ WAWNdTOit,, 1865. i > I* ■•y® jost cbmja into possession of a vncy oorious dojß'amect, and one iob, which lam-ocmfidontwill bp -peculi,- itfly interpafing p yoar jreaq&ra, bo> oao«ci it sbeda light, upon tho nonnncubn wbiih Mr;,Moraoe jSreehr, flfkthh’Nft* -York #i6«nv bad the Inmotw 11 iagaijja falls peach negotiatio^f, lastjujy, in which i' V l ., gi jiilw devastations, and jfnow riyerk of banian" bipod; i'and a wide-spread conviction that thp Government! and its prominent! supporter* arc not knx ioua for peace, and do net 'improve proffered opportunities j to achieve itj is doing gTeat iharrn now, -arid is root--I ally- certain, unless removed, to'do far greater in ,the apprpachingjelections. It is not enough that wo anxib|usly desire | a true land lasting po&cpjJ wo ought I to demonstrate | and I Establish the truth beyond cavil. |Th6lfact that A. -11. Stephens was not'.permit ted a year ago to visitlaiidcpnier with the authorities at Wkshinjgton ] has done haim, which! the tine at tho ! NyA liinal Convention at Baltimore is not; calculated to jeouhteract. | ■ ' • I, ; 1 I entreat you,ih j'ohr)pwn time,! and manner, to submit par. citicatioh to the Soiithe'rri which the impartial mi st frank and generous. If only a view io the momentous to occur in North Carolina,and of the] draft td ; bo enforced in this should be doho at once. .fT wbuld give the safe conduct required; by the rebel.envoys at Niagara, Upon i thcir parole to avoid opserval|ipn and to re-; frain from all; communication, with their sympathizerjs in thjo loyal States; but you may see reasons for declining it. 'But whether throiigh [them or: otherwise, do not, 1 entreat yod. fail to make the Southern people compre hend that you, and all pf.us, are anx ious for peace, .and prepaied to grant liberal terms. I venture to suggest the folio tying; i • | . j ! ii PLAN or AJUSIMEH? 11. The Union is restored and declar ed perpetual. ; J | > - j j : 2. Slavery i is utterly and forever abolished throughout thp same. ■V 3. A complete amnesty for all polit-' ical offences,] with a restoration of all the inhabitants ojf each; State all the privileges :of citizens' of the. Uni ted States. - S' ' " i >;4. The Union to pay four hundred millions dollars ($400,000,000) in five per cent. United States stocks to the late slave | loyal and secession alike., to bo apportioned pro \rata ac cording :to-their/slave population re spectively, by the census of !860, in compensation for the lpsBoß| of their jpyal citizens by the abolition of sla very. : Each j Stale to, -bo entitled tOj its quota upon dhe ratification by its legislature of this adjustment. The, bonds ;to rbe at’ the absolute disposal of theflegislatufo! aforesaid. I , . j 5; The -said slave Slaves to be onti tled honcoiorth tlo representation, iti the' Houao. on thp’basis of their total, instead of their | Federal population, the whole no# being frpo. ] -<■ 6. A National Convention. to be as sembled So soon as may be, to, ratify this adjustment, and make sqchlcbah gas in the Constitution as 'mjay be doetaedjidviaablo. i l , Mr. Biesident,! fear you do not re alize ho# intently the people desire any peacPjconsiflteDt with the natioßal integrity ajnd honor, and hqvy joyously th'ey would: hail its achievement and bless its akthbrs. | ’With United Stales stocks worth but forty cents in gold pot dprtar, jhbd' drafkfbg* aso u co<£- meshe tih thcthiM million of Union soldiers,'can} this bo'wnndbred attf 'i ; r li say .that aJusttpeSaais now attainable, though i believeJltt do 96[ But Ida say.. that ojh fenrß j you to' the insurgents' of 'which the impartial say oUgHt accepted will, at provean immense and .Boie|y.'n^dedMTaht^j|»e to the national gause. It ‘may.aatf ;us frotd a/Northern insurrection.— , YoUrstruly, (hteiMi? A. Lincoln, President Wash'd, D. G. P*i. S.—Even though it- shoolddie deoiupd unadvisable to make an c offer of terms to the'rebels, I'Tnaiat- that, in anyjiosSible case’,it is mttVabid that any offer they ' may bo? disposed to make should. be received, wid-oither accepted or rejected. ; 1 peg you *9 ipy'.te thpse new at Niagara to ejchib*. it thbir Credentials and submit . their ultiraatntu, : ! J i Q; v Shtottailux’B Qenerabhip. t The EngHSh papers speak highly of Sherman’sgenefaiship, andjiroilOunce hTira one of Abe. ablest militarytnenof the ago; govem men t organ', closes = pn. article on the capthre'/of Charleston' as follows 6 Sherman left last November, he -was sufficiently aangnine tp expect; that,; .in: three months time, .ho would .poouro oiosaoB" sfp|i pfSavanhah and Charleston, and hismeroy thd'greator portions •gla arid Smith Carolina, with hting one pitched,battle? we jayi hue it ;is impossible to de- have been derizcd by a foresight andaccur lenlatioh ofr'eanlta which plabo ■he foremost rank of dho gpn« the present day.. Baa Geor .mpaign has been already can* and the success with which it ■ried to its conclusion ■ furnish-, most fitting comment On its , Having taken Savannah, he! permit his array to sink into | repose,,- contented with . .the! it had already|gained.. With of a ‘ skillful general he Saw ! harloston might be reached! noooeturily cutting his way . theentrenchments with which rtnrpnpded, atjd that its cap ighb oo indirectly .effected' by ■nre of dOwns which woro.eom =” “«•»». nndaiamkd. So. Quid 'riot improbably have pro in attempts to' force his. tvay by the shortest route fVoni Savannah to;Charleston, ho,struck into the inte rior of South Carolina, and, confident that his foesiposscssed 'no army capable of '• competing with his on equal, term's, pushed for ward j in almost- perfect safe ty to the point pf union between the Charleston and Augusta Railway, and the main railway leading to the North.” ’ ' j". .■ ,B@-Tho Legislatures of tliofollow ,mg,eighteen States have ratified the proposed amendment to the Const!- tutidh,, prohibiting slavery: Illinois* Jkb. HRhpde Island, Fob. 2; Michigan, Feb. . 3; Mary land," ;3; Massachusetts, Feb '4; \Wpst Virginia, Feb., 3; Maine, Feb. 7; Missouri, Feb 7; Ohio, Fob. 8: Minne sota, ljjpb. 8; Kansas, Feb 8; Virginia, ,Fob. 9; Indiana; Fob. 13; Nevada, Feb. 16; Louisiana,Feb. 17; - Wisconsin, Feb. 24i This: list includes'" Virginia and Louisiana, which did not vote in the Presidential election, the vfalidityjof whose present loyal is not settled. The following States. v*boso Legislatures are yet to meet, W7TL Undoubtedly ratify the amend ment : Connecticut, California,lowa, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, to which, will be added Arkansas and if the present loyal Govern ments shall bo recognized os valid eight in all. The following three States have rejected the amendment •• Dela ware, peh 3; Kentucky, Fob. 23; Now Jersey, March 1; -in New Jersey the vote in the Assembly was equally diyi T ded, and the question was., decided in the negative by the easting vote of the Speaker. ! Including the States where there is no, even nominal loyal State Governments, the whole number of States is 36; three-fourths of the States that iSj 27,' ; pre required to make the proposition 1 valid, ■* If the votes of Vir ginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Ten nessee sba.ll be alio yea, there will be a majority of all IhoStatW of two in favor of tpe ratification. ' If these are rejected, and if j ibe seven States in which there is no loyal government be not 'reckoned, there will still be a ma* jority for the ratification. Bat if the vote of these somewhat irregular States be not counted, and if it is decided that the asaentfbf throe-fourths of' all the States is held to be required, thpro will be but 22 votes in its favor, being 5 less than the required number. First Oil Mxscovery.—The Ohio Patriot has the following : I 1 * It is related of Jonah that when ho first took ap quarters in the whale’s belly, howroteboma to his father to coma down immediately as ho had dia? covered a! splendid opening tor the oil business, j The next day he telegraph? ed to the old gentleman, as follows: Father, don’t come. - I’m badly suck ed in. : Plenty of oil, bat no market!” This is the Gxat of-fish-al account, that profane historians give us of the oil business. | . is stated that James Rcdpath is to edit the Charleston: Mercury as a loyal sheet. ; , I. , 1 * »W*V>»l lO TMWi UaM r «rlhb typ# t££t»T£|4i«. • ,«£.•«.; ' ■ iq&i'i jliki',', i. ]Sttt!U, r SVUglon* > I toiitii£t W»tlqb» ot-% pbbHo nibat’,titi. *. i ;' •i. I w t.j 18 it&hj: I;- : s*- fllnii {and State Jwweu>>(LondDn)dhec ingthe PurcUr book at. toe South:. ' ■-' ,f AcOmimttee Has boori iormdd,' 'ot WGbOrgia* m'dm|dk' man, and the BishopM: aosL-tbe Ejahop ot Arkanga? ure ; tn6**->i,.v herS, together upth three prcshytdiu f : and three.laymunj apd-is poW'engigM in thd rdvrsmuoftb'd Aitief leaUßooli of 'Prayet* tßhoy are. -re* strained front.; touching doctrine .or idtscinlijne, and an cpnfineid..tg matters liturgical. ThejrV ase desirous 'sf of£ tilhfijg, for' guidance jo their work, forms .Jtfr'cofii . Mdrating graveyards; And ibpliyiog Aimrher-stonoof a .church, together with ahr other occasional formr osed in tbo’dloceses olEngland. 1 i' ■ also desire to be informed vtbether there is aay form- which may barebeen osed in the English Churoh . for reconciling a church after jit i hap been desecrated,'as many' oftbeire ’ have been in the; presentcrdbl 'add ■unholy war Several instances could he mentioned , where cburchea-havS . beep .turned into theatres ,'iuto slaugh'- J lerohoases (the Holy TaWobeing used ,1 for cutting upthb cartasscgofanimalii . offered j for sale), and' 1 Into- antlSri J shops, wherto ardent spliits are sold-to drunken aim into.daneiivg.. saloons for tbetoUpwecSof the caifm- The {English* Church having through similar 'Scones' during the. gloat rebellion, the committee 'thfrfk; it not unlikely tlmt sbme .such offifiea were used in. tUia country after tlm great rebellion. 1 1 Js proposed in thV committee tb'refcthre. the in the | Kicdbo Creed -tddChing 1 ‘thd Catholic Churchy after dHigentseacobi |no record being; foundshowing.; tb.Sh . \the ’iA% I design, j The subject ot hrmudlSfry has :specially asmgn'eJ to 'MO Bishop of Arkansas;’' v ; v- ' ■ This EddHESTEa' CdaUEii&jjijfesT %t-. Tffls American PiraavrEathd suys:-^* 1 Eev. E.lß.Beadle, we.regrpt < 60: say. f has. been .compelled' by ill- health tp-f suspend jhib labors fOt -the present, ; as pastor of the First PreSOytecian chUrch ot : this City. He is lakinlr . ... - weeks/ reet nfi i’ clitnaW someWßav milder, to regain his and re* tura*lo[ duty/ His ‘people/will look earnestly tor the happy day, lor they have'already. become much', attached' ■to himj ' . ... ■ '■ i The, j Presbyterian - church of Cat-- eiioviayN- V., has called Mr. Nathan P. Campfield, wbo has- been preach ing very acceptably to thejaa for some mouths past, to become tlioir pastor. Mr. ! Ca:npfiold is a lincontiato of the P|esbytery of Newark, a graduate of New.\Yqrk University and . of Prince-' and 'Theological: Seminary. He is a soulof Eev. R. B;:Campfield for twen ty five years sect clary of the American Sandy .School Union for N. Y. Gity .Agricultural.; i ’ Raising Calvea. A correspondent of the Germontmci* Telegraph- writes; Seeing the . qucs tions 'referred to in your columns, I . will in brief 1 give you my mode,though , I do little at calf raising, on acbouni of my nearness to Pbiladelphiajwbero I-can buy cows cheaper than ; I can raise them, A calf that I anvgoing to raise I never lot sheik the cow. ft is much easier to learn it to 1 dritfk without than after sucking; 1 have had calves drink alone beford they worp twelve | hours old; add' after the second day have but little trouble with them,* as 1 they drink freely if;in' good health. Besides, the great advantage of this; is, tbat .whon thoy are'' thihiJd . out with the co\Vs they never trouble them,- neither bavp If to muzzle, them, , as they knbw nothing aboht it. 'Pile' the first two weeks Igivb' them rtilk drawn from the mother; : after tbeT cud comes, ! then I scald a little bran of f round oats and corn, cake meal, his mixture I have atoutmiik-wafiih, feeding them three times a day, ma king‘fresh each time,- 1 Os they do ho k telisb btale food. TheV wiH'dobn eat ali ttie hay;' clover; ia best. If there is grass, 1 tie them: but for. a short time,' and in six weeks they he r left to run, and then the slop idgra'd ually slacked' Off. ’ ! ; ' ; . * GaAPE PapNfNG.—This should now ; ho attended to. Many persons seri ously injure theirvines byinjudicibus ly pruning. When the. bnalheea ; is not understood, it is always better to employ an experienced person to at tend to it one aeaabp, from whom the method can .be easily learned. It is bdftejr: that' the very rbbifsfVarfctle*- like the GOnCord; Diana; etc.; should pot bo closely pruned; while ’slayer, growers,; like the Delaware, Kebecca, etc., may .be put into much mor§ se verely, as they bear the bulk of their fruit near the ground;— Get. Tel, . := ScMrtowKß Sup poaPotn-rav. l —ln a hote fro'm our friend and N 1 Taber, ol “I, want yoit to recdtnmend ajugowp; seadf for hdna. I feodrqg them for two past as regular rations, with corn; and barlny.and'tho way.the hons talk over IhOnj jfbilo fil ling their crawi is- ample prpof th;< j they are good.^ilfnws jTarvitr- 'i •' .1 •rL J *>'