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DRIVING HOME THE COWS.
Out of the clover and blue eyed grass,
He turned them into the river-lane;
One after another he let them pass,
Then fastened the meadow bars again.
Under the willows and over the hili
He patiently followed their sober pace,
The merry whistle for once was still,
And something shadowed the sunny face.
Only a boy! and his father had said
He never could let his youngest go !
Two already were lying dead,
Under the feet of the trampling foe.
But after the evening work was done,
And the frogs were loud in the meadow
swamp,
Over his shoulder he slung his gun,
And stealthily followed the foot-path damp.
Across the clover and through the wheat,
With resolute heart and purpose grim,
Though cold was the dew on his hurrying feet,
And the blind bats flitting startled him.
Thrice since then had the lanes been white,
And the orchards sweet with apple-bloom;
And now, when the cows came back at night,
The feeble father drove them home.
For news had come to the lonely farm
That three were lying where two had lain;
And the old man's tremulous, palsied arm
Could never lean on a son's again.
The summer day grew cool and late,
He went for the cows when his work was
done—
But down the lane, as he opened the gate,
He saw them coming, one by one.
Brindle, Ebony, Speckle and Bess,
Shaking their horns in the evening wind,
Cropping the butter-cups out of the grass—
But who was it following close behind?
Loosely swang in the idle air
The empty sleeve of army blue;
And worn and pale, from the crisping hair,
Looked out a face that the father knew.
For Southern prisons will sometimes yawn,
And yield their dead unto life again;
And the day that comes with a cloudy dawn
In golden glory at last may wane.
The great tears sprang to their meeting eyes;
For the heart must speak when the lips are
dump—
And, under the silent evening skies,
Together they followed the home.
—Harper'* Magazine.
Jmernl
ORATION
By Hon. George Bancroft at ttie Funeral
Obaeoniea of President l.incoln in
sfew York City.
Our grief and horror at the crime which
has clothed the Continent in mourning, find
no adequate expression in words and no re
lief in tears. The President of the United
States of America has fallen by the hands
of an assassin. Neither the office with
which he was invested by the approved choice
of a migbiy people, nor the most simple
hearted Kindliness of natuie, could save nim
from the fiendish passions of relentless fa
naticism. The wailings of the millions at
tend his remains as they are borne in solemn
procession over our great rivers, along the
seaside, beyond the mountains, across the
prairie, to their final resting place in the
valley of the Mississippi. The echoes of
his funeral knell vibrate through the world,
and the friends of freedom of every tongue
and in every climate are his mourners, 100
few days have passed away since Abraham
Lincoln stood in the flush of vigorous man- ■
hood to permit any attempt at an analysis
of his character or an exposition of his ca
reer. We find it hard to believe that his
large eyes, which in their softness and beau
ty expressed nothing but benevolence and
gentleness, are closed in death ; we almost
look for the pleasant smile that brought
out more vividly the earnest cast of nis
features, which were serious even to sad
ness. A few years ago he was a village
attorney, engaged in the support of a rising
family, unknown to fame, scarcely named be
yond his neighborhood; his administration
made him the most conspicuous man in his
country, and drew on him first the astonish
ed gaze, and then thtr respect and admira
tion of the world. Those who come after
us will decide how much of the wonderful
results of his public career is due to his own
good common sense, his shrewd sagacity,
readiness of wit, quick interpretation of the
public mind, his rare combination of fixed
ness and pliancy, his steady tendency of
purpose; how much to the American people
who, as he walked with them side by side,
inspired him with their own wisdom and
energy; and how much to the overruling
laws of the moral world, by which the self
ishness of evil is made to defeat itself. But
after every allowance, it will remain that
members of the Government which preced
ed his administration opened the gates of
tre;ison, and he closed them ; that when he
went to Washington the ground on which
he trod shook under his feet, and he left
the Republic on a solid foundation ; that
traitors had seized public forts and arsenals,
and he recovered them for the United
States, to whom they belonged; that the
capital, which he found the abode of slaves,
is now the home only of the free ; that the
boundless domain which was grasped at,
and, in a great measure, held for the difl'u
sion of Slavery, is now irrevocably devoted
to freedom; that then men talked a jargon
of a balance of power in a Republic between
Slave States and Free States, and now the
foolish words are blown away forever by the
breath of Maryland, Missouri and Tennes
see; that a terrible cloud of political heresy
rose from the abyss threatening to hide the
light of the sun, and under its darkness a
rebellion was rising into indefinable propor
tions; now the atmosphere is purer than
ever before, and the insurrection is vanish
ing away; the country is cast into another
mold, and the gigantic system of wrong,
which had been the work of more than two
centuries, is dashed down, we hope forever.
And as to himself personally ; he was then
scoffed at by the proud as unfit for his sta
tion, and now against the usage of later
years, and in spite of numerous compcti
tors he was the unbiased and the undoubted
choice of the American people for a second
term of service. Through all the mad busi
ness of treason he retained the sweetness of
a most placable disposition; and the slaugh
ter of myriads of the best on the battle
field and the more terrible destruction of our
men in captivity by the slow torture of ex
posure and starvation, had never been able
to provoke him into harboring one vengeful
feeling or one purpose of cruelty. How
shall the nation most completely show its
sorrow at Mr. Lincoln's death ? How shall
it best honor his memory ? There can be
but one answer. He was struck down when
he was highest its service, and in strict con
formity with duty was engaged in carrying
out principles affecting its life, its good name
and its relations to the cause of freedom and
the progress of mankind. Grief must take
the character of actiou, and breathe itself
forth in the assertion of the policy to which
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he fell a sacrifice. The standard which he
held in his hand must be uplifted again,
higher and more firmly than before, and
must be carried on to triumph. Above ev
erything else, his proclamation of the first
day of January, 1863, declaring throughout
the parts of the country in rebellion the
freedom of all persons who have been held
as slaves, must be affirmed and maintained.
Events, as they rolled onward, have remov
ed every doubt of the legality and hinding
force of that proclamation. The country
and the Rebel Government have each laid
claim to the public service of the slave, and
yet but one of the two can have a rightful
claim to such service. That rightful claim
belongs to the United States, because every
one born on their soil, with the few excep
tions of travelers and transient residents,
owes them a primary allegiance. Every one
so born has been counted among those rep
resented in Congress; every slave has ever
been represented in Congress—imperfectly
and wrongly it may—hut still has been coun
ted and represented. The slave born on
our soil owed allegiance to the general gov
ernment. It may in time past have been a
qualified allegiance manifested through his
master, as the allegiance of a ward through
its guardian or of an infant through its pa
rent. But when the master became false to
his allegiance, the slave stood face to face
with his country and his allegiance, which
may before have been a qualified one, be
came direct and immediate. His chains fell
off, and he stood at once in the presence of
the nation, bound like the rest of us to its
public defense. Mr. Lincoln's proclamation
did but take notice of the already existing
right of the bondman to freedom. The
treason of the master made it a public crime
for the slave to continue his obedience; the
treason of a state set free the collective
bondmen of that State. This doctrine is
supported by the analogy of precedents.—
In the times of feudalism the treason of the
lord of the manor deprived him of his serfs;
the spurious feudalism that existed among
us differs in many respects from the feuda
lism of the middle ages; hut so far the pre
cedent runs parallel with the present case; for
treason the master then, for treason the mas
ter now. loses his slaves. In the middle a
ges the sovereign appointed another lord
over the serf's and the land which they
cultivated; in our day, the sovereign
makes them masters of their own
persons, lords over themselves.
It has been said that we are at war, and
that emancipation is not a beligerent right.
The objection disappears before analysis. In
a war between independent powers the in
vading foreigner invites to his standard all
who will give him aid, whether bond or free,
and lie rewards them according to his abili
ty and his pleasure with gifts or freedom;
but when at peace he withdraws from the
invaded country he mutt take his aiders and
comfarters with him; or if he leaves them
behind, where he has no court to enforce his
decrees, he can give them no security, unless
it be by the stipulations of a treaty. In a
civil war it is altogether different. There,
when rebellion is crushed, the old Govern
ment restored, and its Courts resume their
jurisdiction. So it is with us;, tho United
States have Courts of their own, that must
punish the guilt of treason and vindicate the
freedom of persons whom the fact of Rebel
lion has set free. Nor may it be said that,
because Slavery existed in most of the States
when the Union was formed, it cannot right
fully be interfered with now. A change has
taken place, such as Madison foresaw, and
for which he pointed out the remedy. The
Constitutions of States had been transform
ed before the plotters of treason carried
them away into lie hellion. When the Fed
eral Constitution was formed, general eman
cipation was thought to near; and every
where the respective Legislatures had au
thority, in the exercise of their ordinary
functions, to do away with Slavery; since
that time the attempt has been made in
what are called Slave States to make the
condition of Slavery perpetual; and events
have proved with the clearness of demon
stration, that a constitute :: which seeks to
continue a caste of hereditary bondmen
through endless generations is inconsistent
with the existence of Republican institutions.
So, then, the new President and the people
of the United States must insist that the
proclamation of freedom shall stand as a
reality. And, moreover, the people must
never cease to insist that the Constitution
shall be so amended as utterly to prohibit
Slavery on any part of oursoil for evermore.
Alas! that a State in our vicinity should
withhold its assent to this last beneficent
measure; its refusal was an encouragement
to our enemies equal to the gain of a pitch
ed battle; and delays the only hopeful meth
od of pacification. The removal of the
cause of the Rebellion is not only demanded
by justice; it is the policy of mercy, making
room for a wider clemency; it is the part of
order against a chaos of controversy; its suc
cess brings with it true reconcilement, a
lasting peace, a continuous growth of confi
dence through an assimilation of the social
condition. Here is the fitting expression of
the mourning of to-day. And let no lover
of his country say that this warning is un
called for. The cry is delusive that Slave
ry is dead. Even now it is nerving itself
for a fresh struggle for continuance. Tho
last winds from the South waft to us the
sad intelligence that a man, who had sur
rounded himself with the glory of the most
varied achievements, who but a week ago
was name 1 with affectionate pride among
the greatest benefactors of his country and
the ablest generals of all time, has usurped
more than the whole power of the Execu
tive, and under the name of peace has reviv
ed Slavery and given security and political
power to traitors from the Chesapeake to the
Rio Grande. Why could he not remember
the dying advice of Washington, never to
draw the sword but i'or self-defense or the
rights of his country, and when drawn, nev
er to sheath it till its work should be accom
plished? And yetufrom this bad act, which
the people with one united voice condemn,
no great evil will follow save the shadow on
his own fame. The individual, even in She
greatness of military glory, sinks into insig
nificance before the resistless movements in
the history of man. No one can turn back
or stay the march of Providence. No senti
ment of despair may mix with our sorrow.
We owe it to the memory of the dead, we
owe it to the cause of popular liberty through
out the world, that the sudden crime which
has taken the life of the President of the
United States shall not produce the least
impediment in the smooth course of public
affairs. This great city, in the midst of
unexampled emblems of deeply-seated grief,
has sustained itself with composure and
magnanimity. It has nobly dene its part in
guarding against the derangement of busi
ness or the slightest shock to public credit.
The enemies of the Republic put it to the
severest trial; but the voice of faction has
not been heard; doubt and despondency have
been ununown. In serene maiesty the coun
try risen in the beauty ana strength and
hope of youth, and proves to the world the
quiet energy and the durability of institu
tions growing out of the rcasou and affec
tions of the people. Heaven has willed it
that the United States shall live. The nu
BEDFORD, Pa., FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1865.
tions of the earth cannot snare them. All
the wornout aristocracies of Europe saw in
the spurious feudalism of slaveholding their
strongest outposts, and banded themselves
together with the deadly enemies of our na
tional life. If the Old World will discuss
the respective advantages of oligarchy or
evuality ; of the Union of Church and State,
or the rightful freedom of religion; of land
accessible to the many, or of land monopo
lized by an ever-decreasing number of the
few, the United States must live to control
the decision by their quiet and unobtrusive
example. It has often and truly been ob
served that the trust and affection of the
masses gather naturally around an individ
ual. If the inquiry is made whether the
man so trusted and beloved shall elicit from
the reason of the people enduring institu
tions of their own, or shall sequester politi
cal power for a superintending dy
nasty, the United States must live to solve
the problem. If a question is raised on the
respective merits of Timoleon or Julius Cae
sar, of Washington or Napoleon, the United
States must he there to call to mind that
there were twelve Caesars, most of them the
opprobrium of the human race, and to con
trast with them the line of American Presi
dents. The duty of the hour is incomplete,
our mourning is insincere if, while we express
unwavering trust in the great principles that
underlie our government, we do not also
give our support to the man to whom the
people have entrusted its administration.
Andrew Johnston is now. by the constitution
the President of the United States, and he
stands before the world as the most conspic
uous representative of the industrial classes.
Left an orphan at four years old. poverty
and toil were his steps to honor. His youth
was not passed in the halls of colleges; nev
ertheless he has received a thorough politi
cal education in statesmanship in the school
of the people and by long experience of pub
lic life. A village functionary; member suc
cessessively of each branch of the Tennessee
legislature, hearing with a thrill of joy, the
words, "the Union, it must be preserved;"
a representative in Congress for successive
years; Governor of the great State of Ten
nessee, approved as its Governor by re-elec
tion; he was at the opening of the Rebellion
a Senator from that State in Congress.
Then at the Capitol, when Senators, unre
buked by the Government, sent word by
telegram to seize forts and arsenals, he alone
from that Southern region told them what
the Govarnment did not dare to tell them,
that they were traitors, and deserved the
punishment of treason.
Undismayed by a perpetual purpose of
public enemies to take his life, bearing up
against the still greater trial of the persecu
tion of his wife and children, in due time he
went back to his State, determined to res
tore it to the Union, or die with the Amer
ican flag for his winding sheet. And now,
at the call of the (. nited States, he has
returned to Washington as a conquerer,
with Tennessee as a free State for his tro
phy. It remains for him to consummate
the vindication of the Union. To that
Union Abraham Lincoln has fallen a mar
tyr. His death, which was meant to sever
it beyond repair, binds it more closely and
mure firmly *U y u evw Tire hlqw im©J at
him, was aimed not at the native of Ken
tucky, not at the citizen of Illinois, but at
the man who, as President of the executive
branch of the government, stood as the rep
resentative of every mau in the United
States. The object of the crime was the
life of the whole people: and it wounds the
affections of the whole people. From
Maine to the south-west boundary of the
Pacific, it makes us one. The country may
have needed an imperishable grief to touch
its inmost feeling. The grave .that receives
the remains of Lincoln, receives the martyr
to the Union; the monument which will
rise over his body will bear witness to the
Union: his enduring memory will assist du
ring the countless ages to bind the states
together, and to incite to the love of our
one undivided, indivisible country. Peace
to the ashes of our departed friend, the
friend of his country ana his race. Happy
was his life, for he was the restorer of the
republic; he was happy in his death, for the
manner of his end will plead forever for the
Union of the States and the freedom of
man.
detect Jtojj.
THE UNMEANT REBUKE.
Charles Nelson had reached his thirty-fifth
year, and at that ago he found himself going
down hill. He had once been one of the
happiest of mortals, and no blessing was
wanted to complete the sum of his happi
ness. He had one of the best wives, and his
children were intelligent and comely. He
was a carpenter by trade, and no man could
command better wages, or be more sure of
work. If any man attempted to build a
house, Charles Nelson must "boss" the job
and for miles around people sought him to
work for them. But a change had come
over his life. A demon had met him on his
way, and he had turned back with the evil
spirit, A new and experienced carpenter
had been sent for by those who could no lon
ger depend on Nelson, and he had settled
in the village, and now took Nelson's place.
On a back street where the great trees
threw their green branches over the way,
stood a small cottage, which had been the
pride of the inmates. Before it stretched a
wide garden, but tall, rank grass grew up
among the choking flowers, and the paling
of the fence was broken in many places. The
house itself had once been white, but it was
now dingy and dark. Bright green blinds
had once adorned the windows, but now they
had been taken off and sold. And the win
dows themselves bespoke poverty and ne
glect, for in many places the glass was gone
and shingles, rags and old hats had taken
its place. A single look at the house and
its accompaniments told the story. It was the
drunkard s home.
Within, sat a woman in the early years of
her life and thought ; she was still handsome
to look upon, but the bloom had gone from
her cheek, and brightness had faded from
her eyes. Poor Mary Nelson ! Once she
had been one of the happiest among the
happy, but now none coulu be more misera
ble 1 Near her sat two children, both beau
tiful in form and feature ; but their garbs
were all patched and worn, and their feet
were shoeless. The eldest was thirteen
ears of age, her sister a few years younger.
The mother was hearing them recite a grarn
mer lesson, for she had resolved that her
children should never grow up in ignorance.
They could not attend the common schools,
for thoughtless children sneered at them,
and made them the object of sport and ridi
cule ; but in this respect they did not suffer
for their mother was well educated, and she
devoted such time as she could spare to their
instruction.
For more than two years, Mary Nelson
had earned all the money that had been used
in the house. People hired her to wash,
iron and sew for them, and besides the
money paid, they gave her many articles of
food and clothing. So she lived on, and
the only joys that dwelt with her now, were
teaching her children and praying to God.
Supper time came and Charles Nelson
eaiue reeling home. He had worked the day
before, at helping to move a building, and
uad earned money enough to find han
sel! 111 rum for several days. As he stum
bled into the house, the children crouched
close to their mother, and even she shrank
awav, for sometimes her husband was ugly
when intoxicated.
Oh! how that man had changed within
two years ! Once there wasnot a finer look
ing man in the town. In frame he had been
tall, stout, compact, and perfectly formed
while his face bore the very beau ideal o!
manly beauty. But all was changed now.
His noble form was bent, his limbs shrun
ken and tremulous, and his face all bloated
and disfigured. lie was not the man who
had once lieen the fond husband and doting
father. The loving wife had prayed, and
wept, and implored, but all to no purpose ;
the husband was hound to the drinking com
panions of the bar-room, and he would jiot
break the bands.
That evening Mary Nelson ate no supper,
for of all the food in the house, there was
not more than enough for her husband and
children ; but when her husband was gone
she went out and picked a few berries, and
thus kept her vital energies alive. That
night tne poor woman prayed long and ear
nestly, and her little ones prayed with her.
On the following morning Charles Nelson
sought the bar-room as soon as he rose, but
be was sick and faint, and the liquor would
not revive him, for it would not remain on
his stomach. lie drank very deeply the
night before, and he feit miserable. At
length, however he managed to keep down a
few glasses of hot sling, but the close atmos
phere of the bar-room seemed to stifle him,
and he went out.
The poor man had sense enough to know
that if lie could sleep he should feel better,
and he hail just feeling enough to wish to
keep away from home ; so he wandered off
to a wood nut far from the village, and sunk
down by a stone wall aud was soon in a
profound slumber. When he awoke the
sun was shining down upon him, and raising
himself to a sitting posture he gazed about
him. He was just on the point of rising,
when his motion was arrested by the sound
of voices near at hand. He looked through
a chink in the wall, and just upon the other
side he saw his two children picking berries
while a little farther off were two more girls,
the children of the carpenter who had lately
moved into the village.
"Come, Katie," said one of these latter
girls to her companion, "let's go away from
here, because if anybody was to see us with
those girls, they'd think we played with 'em.
Come. '
"But the berries are so thick here," re
monstrated the other.
"Nevermind—we'll come out some time
when these little ragged drunkard's children
are not here.''
So the favored ones walked away hand in
hand, and Nelly and Nancy Nelson sat down
upon the ground and cried.
"Don't cry, Nancy," said the eldest,
throwing her arms around her sister's neck.
"But you are crying. Nelly."
"Oh, L can't beiD it," sobbed the stricken
one.
"Why do they blame us?" murmured
Nancy, gazing up into her sister's face. ' 'Oh
we are not to blame. We are good, and
kind, and loving, and we never hurt any
body. Oh, I wish somebody would love us;
I should be so happy.''
"Aud we are loved. Nancy. Only think
of our noble mother. Who could love us as
she does ?''
"I know—-I know, Nelly ; but Ahat ain't
all. Why don't papa love us as he used to
do? Don "r you remember when he used to
kiss us and make us so happy ? Oh, how I
wish he could be so good to us once more.
He is not —"
" —sh, assy ! don't say anything more.
He may be good to us again ; if he knew
how we loved him, I know he would. And
then I believe God is good, and surely he
will help us sometime, for mother prays to
him every day."
"Yes," answered Nancy, "I know she
does; and God must be our father some
j time. "
"Ho is our father now, sissy."
"I know it, and he must be all we shall
have by-and-hy, lor you don't you remem
ber that mother told us that she might leave
us one of these days ? She said a cold dag
ger was upon her heart, and—
" —sh ! Don't Nancy, ycu'il—"
The words were choked up with sobs, and
tears, and the sisters wept long together.
At length they arose and went away, for
they saw more children coming.
As soon as the little ones were out of
sight, Charles Nelson started to his feet.
His hands were clenched, his eyes were fixed
upon a vacant point with an eager gaze.
"Mv God," he gasped, "what a villian I
am. Look at me now. What a state lam
in, anfi what I have sacrificed to bring my
self to it. And they love me yet, and pray
for me 1"
lie said no more, but for a few moments
he stood with his hands clenched, and his
eyes fixed. At length his gaze was turned
upward, and his clasped hands were raised
above his head. A moment he remained
so, and then his hand- dropped by his side,
and he started homew ird.
When he reached hi, home he found his
wife and children in ti irs, but he affected to
notice it not. He drc .? a shilling from his
pocket —it was his last —and handing it to
his wife, and asked her if she would send and
get him some porridge.
The wife was startled by the tone in which
this was spoken, for it sounded as in days
gone by.
The porridge was made nice and nourish
ing and Charles ate it all. He went to bed
early, and early on the following day he was.
up. He asked his wife if she had milk and
flour enough to make him another bowl of
porridge.
"Yes, Charles," she said, "we have not
touched it. "
"Then if you are willing, I should like
some more.
The wife moved quickly about the wcrk,
and ere long the food was prepared. He
washed and dressed, and would have shaved
had his hand been steady enough. He left
his home and went at once to a man who
had just commenced to frame a house.
"Mr. Manly," he said, addressing the man
alluded to, "I have drank the last drop of
alchoholic beverage that ever passes my lips.
Ask no more questions, but believe me now
while you see me true. Will you give me
work?"
"Charles Nelson; are you in earnest?"
asked Manly in surprise.
"So much so, sir, that were death to stand
upon my right hand, and yonder bar-room
upon my left. I would go with the grim mes
senger first.'
"Then here is mv house lving about us in
rough timber and noards. 1 place it all in
your hands, and shall look to you to finish
it. Come into my office and you shall see
the plan I have drawn.
We will not tell you how the stout man
wept, nor how his noble friend shed tears to
see hi® thu3; but Charles Nelsoq took the
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plan, and having studied it for a while, he
went out where the men were at work get
ting the timber together, Mid Mr. Manly in
troduced hi in as their master. That day he
worked but little, for he was not strong yet
but he arranged the timber, and gave direc
tions for framing. At night he asked his
employer if he dared trust him with a dol
lar.
"Why, you have earned three," returned
Manly.
"And will you pay me three dollars a
day?"
'lf you are as faithful as you have been
to-day, for you will save me money at that'
The poor man could not speak his thanks
in words, but his looks'spoke them for him,
and Manly understood them. He received
his three dollars, and on his way home he
stopped and bought first a basket, then three
loaves of bread, a pound of butter, some tea
and sugar, and a piece of beef-steak, and he
lrad just one dollar and seventy-five cento
left. With this load he went home. It
Was some time before he could compose him
self to enter the house, but at length he
went in, and sat the basket upon the table.
"Come, Mary," he said, "1 have brought
something home for supper. Here, Nelly,
you take the pail and run over to Mr. Brown's
and get two quarts cfmilk."
He handea the child a shilling as he spoke
and in a half-bewildered state she took it and
hurried away.
The wife started when she raised the cov
er of the basket, but she dared not speak.
She moved about like one in a dream, and
ever and anon she would cast a furtive
glance at her husband. He had not been
drinking—she knew it—and yet he bad money
to buy rum if he wanted it. What could it
mean ? Had her prayers been answered ?
Oh. how fervently she prayed then.
Soon Nelly returned with the milk, and
Mrs. Nelson set the table out After sup
per. Charles arose and said to his wife :
"I must go to Mr. Manly's office to help
him to arrange some plans for his new house,
but I will be at home early."
A pang shot through the wife's heart as
she saw niin turn away, but still she was far
happier than she had been for a long time.
There was something in his manner that as
sured her, and gave ber hope.
Just as the clock struck nine, the well
kuown foot-fall was heard, strong and steady.
The door opened and Charle * entered. His
wife cast a quick and keen glance into his
face,* and she almost uttered a cry of joy
when she saw how he was changed for the
better. He had been to tbe barber's and
hatter's. Yet nothing was said upon the
all-important subject Charles wished to
retire early, and his wife went with him. In
the morning the husband arose first and
built the fire. Mary had not slept till long
after midright, having been kept awake by
the tumultous emotion that haa started up
in her bosom, and she awoke not so early as
usual. But she came out just as the tea
kettle and potatoes began to boil, and break
fast was soon ready.
After the meal was eaten, Charles arose,
Eut on his hat, and then turning to his wife
e asked :
"What do you do to-day?"
"I must wash for Mrs. Bixby."
"Are you willing to obey me once more ?"
"Oh, yes."
"Then work for me to-day. Send Nelly
over to tell Mrs. Bixby that you are not
well enough to wash, for you are not Here
is a dollar, and you must do with it as you
please. Buy something that will keep yon
busy for yourself and children.
Mr. Nelson turned toward the door and
his hand was upon the latch. He hesitated
and turned Dack. He did not speak, but he
opened his arms ; and his wife sank upon
his bosom. He kissed her, and then having
placed her in a seat, he left the house.
When he went to his work that morning he
felt well, and very happy. Mr. Manly was
by to cheer him, and this he did by talking
and acting as though Charles had never been
unfortunate at all.
It was Sunday evening and Nelson had
been almost a week without rum. He had
earned fifteen dollars, ten of which he had
in his pocket.
"Mary," he said, after the supper table
had been cleared away, "there are ten dol
lars for you and I want you to expend it in
clothing for yourself and children. I have
earned fifteen dollars during the past five
days. lam to build Squire Manly's great
house, and he pays me three dollars a day.
A good job, isn t it?"
Mary looked up, and her lips moved, but
she could not speak a word. She straggled
a few moments, and then burst into tears.
Her husband took her by the arm and drew
her upon his lap, then pressed her to his
bosom.
"Mary," he whispered, while tears ran
down his cheeks, "you are not deceived. I
atu Charles Nelson once more, and will be
while I live. Not by anv act of mine shall
another cloud cross your brow."
And then he told her of the words he had
heard the previous Monday, while he lay be
hind the wall.
"Never before," he said, "did I fully re
alize how low I had fallen, but the scales
dropped Irom mv eyes then as though some
one had struck them off with a sledge. My
soul started up to a stand point from which
all the tempters of earth can not move it.
Yours prayers are answered."
Time passed on, and the cottage assumed
its garb of pure white, and its whole win
dows and green blinds. The roses in the gar
den smile, and in every way did the im
provement work. Once again was Mary
Nelson among the happiest of the happy,
and her children choose their own associates
now.
How TRAITORS ARK TREATED IN CLEVE
LAND. —W E cut the following from the Cleve
land Lender. It needs no comment, as
showing how strong is public sentiment in
that city. Speaking of several cases in
which persons rejoicing over the murder of
the President were punished, it says :.
"The case of J. J. Husband, the well
known architect, who occupies an office and
rooms over Fogg'sstore, was most prominent
He was in high"glee over the news, remark
ing to one man : "You have had your day
of rejoicing, now I have mine," to another:
"This is a good day for me," and to a third :
"That Lincoln's death was a d d small
loss." It seems that afterward he became
sensible of the danger he had incurred by
these remarks, for ne came sneaking to the
newspaper offices t< i.deny that he had made
them. We have, however, the authority of
half a dozen reliable gentlemen, who heard
his remarks, against his unsupported asser
tion. On his way back to his office he was
assaulted by the crowd, but escaped from
them. His words were repeated from mouth
to mouth, and the indignation of the multi
tude knew no bounds. The crowd searched
the building for him, at last, finding him on
the roof of the building. He was caught,
thrown through the skylight into his room,
and knocked and kicked down stairs. The
mob then set upon him, and would perhaps
have pounded nim to death had he not been
rescued by prominent citizens. He was ta
ken to tbo court house and locked up in a
room for safe keeping. He broke out and
sneaked off during the day, and, we under
stand, has once left town. He can never
show hie face again in Cleveland. His name
has already been clipped from the place on
the court house where it was cut as the ar
chitect.
Another man named James Griffith, from
Hamilton, Butler county, in this ar
rived m town, Saturday morning, and on
hearing of the news, said to a barber who
was shaving him, i n the Weddell House bar
ber shop, that "Lincoln was a d—d son of a
b—h, and ought to have been shot long
ago." Hearing of this, the mob started af
ter him. He was taken charge of by Clark
Warren and others who carried him to jail
On tbe way there, however, the mob got. at
him and pounded him badly. He is now in
jail and ought to stay there for a term of
months."
GEO. DEMERIT 4 co.,
JEWELERS,
303 BROADWAY, N. Y.,
(ROBSKR DTLAKB STRUT.)
100,000 WATCHES,
CHAINS, GOLD PENS ANB rENCIJiS. AC.
WORTH 4500,000.
To he Hold at OJVE DOLUM each with
out regard to Value.
AND SOT TO BE PAID UNTIL YOL' KSOW
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE.
SPLENDID LIST OP ARTICLES
ALL TO BE SOLD FOR ONE DOLLAR EACH
100 Gold Hunting Case* Watches each $184.00
100 Gold Watches 00.00
200 Ladies' Watches 34.00
600 Silver Watches $15.00 to $25.00
600 Gold Neck and Vest Chains 13.00 to 15.00
1000 Chatelain and Guard Chains 5.00 to 15.00
3000 Vest and Neck Chains 4.00 to 13.00
4060 Solitaire Jet 4 Gold Brooches 4.00 to 8.00
4000 Coral, Lava, Garnet, Brooches 3.00 to 8.00
7000 Gold, Jet, Opal, Ac.Ear Drops 3.00 to 8.00
5000 Gents' Breast and Scarf Pins 3.00 to 8.00
6000 Oval Band Bracelets 3.00 to 8.00
2000 Chased Bracelets 5.06 to 10.00
3500 California Diamond Pins, Rings 2.50 to 8.00
2000 Gold Watch Keys 2.50 to 6.00
5000 Solitaire Sleeve Buttons, Studs 2.00 to 8.00
3000 Goid Thimbles 4.00 to 6.00
5000 Miniature Lockets 3.00 to 7.00
3000 Miniature Lockets, Magic 4.00 to 9.00
2500 Gold Toothpicks, Crosses, 4c. 2.00 to 6.00
3000 Fob and Ribbon Slides 2.00 to 5.00
5000 Chased Gold Rings 2.00 to 5.00
4000 Stone Set Rings 2.00 to 6DO
6500 Sets Ladies' Jewelry, jet, gold, 5.00 to 15.00
0000 Sets Ladies' Jewelry 3.00 to 10.60
8000 Gold Pens, silver case 4 pencil 4.00 to 8.00
4000 Gold Pens, ebony holder 4 ease 6.00 to 10.00
8000 Gold Pens, Mounted holder 2.00 to 0.00
All the goods in tbe above List will be sold,
without reservation, for ONE DOLLAR EACH.
Certificates of all the various articles are placed in
similar envelopes sealed and mixed. These en
velopes will be sent by mail, or delivered at our
office, without regard to choice. On receiving a
Certificate, you will see what artiele it represents
and it is optional with you to send one dollar, and
receive the article named, or any other in the list
of same value.
By this mode we give selections from a varied
stock of fine goods, of the best make and latest
styles, and of intrinsic worth, at a nominal price,
while all have a chance of securing articles of the
very highest value.
In all transactions by mail we charge for for
warding the Certificate, paying pestage, and do
ing the business, 25 cents each. Five certificates
will be sent for $1; Eleven for $2; Thirty for $5;
Sixty five $10; and One Hundred for sls.
SECURE A CERTIFICATE!
There is no hazard or risk. There are no blanks.
Every Certificate represents an article. As we
aep none of the lower grades of Jewelry no per
son ean receive less than the value of their money,
and they may get an artiele worth five, ten, or a
hundred fold!
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Every person knows what they wiH receive be
fore the article U paid for. On receipt of a Certi
ficate yon see what article it represents, and it is,
ef course, at your option to take it, or any other
article in our List of the same value.
We guarantee entire satisfaction to every pur
chaser, ahd if there should be any person dissatis
fied with any article received from us, they may
immediately return it and the amount paid will be
refunded. One trial will prove to any that this
sale gives purchasers greater advantages than any
other ever proposed.
AGISTS.—We allow those acting as Agents Ten
Cents on each Certificate ordered, provided their
remittance amounts to One Dalian.
They will collect 25 cents for every Certificate,
and, retaining 10 cents, remit to us 15 cents for
each. Address, GEO. DEMERIT 4 CO.,
apl4 303 Broadway, New York.
IJUIE STUMP ISLAND OIL COMPANY.
CAPITAL ... $120,000.
Development Fund $21,G00
120,000 Shares, par value $1
No certificates of stock to be issued to the cor
porators until 21,000 shall have been sold for the
1 benefit of all the stockholders, in the farther devel
| opment of the Company's property.
' ■ PRESIDENT,
WM. HARTLEY, Bedford, P*.
SECRETARY k TREASURER,
Hon. 8. L. RUSSELL, Bedford, Pa.
DIRECTORS,
Hon. T. B. SHASKON, M. C., California.
W. D. MCKINSTRY, Mercersborg, Pa.
Hon. SAUCED DAVIS, Bedford, Pa.
J. M. SHOEMAKER, " "
6. W. RUFF, "
The property of this company is all owned in
fee simple and is all paid for, and consists of the
following tracts: Ist. That valuable island, known
as the "Lower Stump Creek Island," containing X
acres and 93 perches, situated in the Allegheny
river, at the mouth of the Clarion river. Chi this
island a derrick was erected in the spring of 1841,
and an engine placed on the grounds, bat the war
breaking out, the parties sold off and enlisted.
2d. The "Upper Stamp Creek Island," is situ
ate but a few rods above the lower island, con
taining 4 acres and 20 perehes, 4 acres of which
are owned by this company, on which are erected
a house, stable, Ac. Neither of these islands is lia
ble to overflow, and both are well protected by
stone and trees against washing. By 'reference to
the map of Pennsylvania, it will be'observed that
the Clarion river empties into the Allegheny at a
point due south from Oil Creek, and as oil is found
at Freeport, on this line further south, we have
every reason to believe that theee islands are in
the very centre of the great oil belt of Pennsylva
nia. Besides all this, they lie far below the coal
measures.
The ooffipany also owns 1 acre and 61 perches
of land about 5J miles above the upper island, at
the mouth of Ritchey Bus, near the town of Kn
lenton, Venango Co., Pa., upon which is the cel
ebrated Fox and Widel well, with new engine,
derrick, building, Ac., Ac., And well Wed to the
depth of 420 feet. This well was tubed at >6O
feet, and in a few hours pumping yielded about
one barrel of oil, but the proprietors determined
to sink it deeper, and tbe company wili, as soon
as possible, sink this well if necessary to the depth
of 1000 feet or more. The "Stump Islands Com
pany" ownes tbe tukol* interest in wall, fixtures
and land, and "Development Fund" wLI be amply
sufficient to complete this well and sink others in
the Islands. There is besides, room enough
on the Ritchey Bun tract for several more wells.
The property owned by this company is all
practical boring territory, and persons acquainted
with the lands along the Allegheny and other oil
streams, will bear testimony that we hare more
practical boring surface than many of the .300
acre tracts contain.
In addition to this, our basis will compare favor
rably,with the large majority of Companies, whose
Capital stock is five times as great.
The service? of an efficient Superintendent have
been obtained, and the Directors are determined
to prosecute operations vigorously.
Persons desirous of scouring a portion of the
21,000 shares of stock, must apply (soon, to Hon.
8. L. Russell, Bedford Penn'a. ; at whose office
subscription boons hare been opened for the sale
of Stocks, at *I.OO per share.
Feb. 10, 1865.
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