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SOUTHERN DEMOCRATIC VIEWS.
Judge Jones, at Mobile, addre-aing a
rebel meeting, revived the Sutes rights
theory, on which secession was founded.
He said to the gathering:
■'On the issue of ihe contest before them
l depended their all. Before the war the
! Southern people believt-d in State rights,
they fought and spilled their blood lor State
rights. Unfortunately for them, and per
haps for the whole country, the result of
i the war was a permanent extinguishment
j of State rights, unless, under God's provi-
I denee, the Democratic party, under the
; leadership of Seymourand Blair, re-esiabiish
I the time-honored principles."
Colonel Slaybach, of Mii-souri, agrees
with this view, and says that the whole life
of rebellion is assured in the Dvmoeratic
platform:
' By the election of the Democratic ticket
only could the noblest men who ever lived—
the gallant sons of the South —gain what
they had fought for without the sacrifice of
: a single principle."
General Lawton, of Georgia, eutertains
the same opinion, and thinks, upon the
whole, that the Democratic platform is a
little stronger and better than the secesh
declaration:
"Now for the first time, we have a plat
! lor in of principles, and leaders arouud
whom we could rally. It was the notlesr.
j best, boldest declaration of principles ever
laid down in the United States, and was in
i unison with the feelings of the people
| There was nothing that the South wanted
that was not there. The military despotism
which has held as in thraldom was there
set in its proper light. For the first time |
:we have a platform we can adhere to. We
have work to do which can he accomplished.
; We have leaders to represent those prinei-
Iples who will carry us out of the 'Slough of !
Despond.' Peace lias its victories as well:
as war. Those great principles for which
we fought, and which we feared were lost, j
may yet be achieved.
The pirate Semtnes is so charmed with
Democratic declarations that even his seosi
tive honor will admit a return to loyaity un
der its operation.
"I have given my allegiance to the old flag ;
provided we can restore the old flag again te
lle the representative of the principles of the
Constitution, which we will be able to effect
by the election of Seymour and Blair."
This much for individuals. Larger space
is demanded for the ptess, as its utterances
are more frequest and more carefully stud j
ied. The same tone is traceable here. The j
Yicksburg Times bases the claims of Blair
on the Broadhead letter, that Las been so
explained and debated at the North, saying:
"Objection is made down this way to the j
endorsement of the Blair letter by a few
timid people, on the score of prudence, and
yet it was this identical letter of Frank Blair :
to his friend. Colonel Broadhead, that se- 1
cured the Missouri hero the nomination for
Vice President. We want just such ammu
nition as Frank Blair uses."
The St. Louis Times', tells Blair what bus
words mean, and catches him on the boms
of a dilemma. It finds that he must RSsist
the rebels directly.
"If Mr. Blair becomes President, and i
swears to obey the Constitution, and fails I
to overthrow the oligarchy established by
Brownlow in Tennessee, Blair would be per
jured. There is but one way to restore the j
Government and the Constitution, and that
is fur the President elect to declare the re
construction acts null and void, compel the ,
army to undo its usurpations at the iSouth,
disperse the carpet-bag State governments,
allow the while people to reorganize their j
own governments, .and elect Senators and
Representatives."
The Mississippi Mercury goes just a little j
further and shows what is wanted there: !
"With the skull and cross bones of the
'lost cause' before us, we will swear (hat this
is a white man's government. We must j
make the negro understand we are the meo
we were when we held him in abject bon
dape. ami (cake him feel that when forbear
ance ceases to be a virtue, he has aroused a
power that will control him or destroy him." 1
The Richmond Enquirer shows how the
want will be satisfied:
"The white men of the Southern States
have seen the day when they conld use the
bullet, and if God in His anger permits the
necessity to arise they will use it again."
The St. Joseph (Mo.) Vindicator is in
the same line:
"Forty thousand able bodnHl fighting
men in 'Free Misery' alone are sworn to do
battle, if need be, for the right. And if
Tom Fletcher, the felon, and his horde of
outlaws resist, hell's ahead!"
The West nrul South is sure that a Dem
: ocratie victory will overthrow all of the na
tional results of the war, and counts itself in
for that end, saying:
"From first to last —from the so-called
anti slavery amendment of the Constitution
to the flood of tra.-b for all purposes, mili- |
tary, civil, financial and commercial —all the
Reconstruction laws of the whole peace
period fall to pieces, if the Democracy sue
ceed in electing Mr. Seymour as their stan
: dard beater. \Ve can take part in such a
conflict. We believe, from the depths of
: our understanding, that these acts of Con
| gressional mi.-doing are all, one like the
'other, perfectly void."
The Georgia Democratic Convention sees I
; that the Democratic platform removes ail
: restraints upon rebel conduct. It says:
"There might once have been a necessity
I for the rebels of Georgia to submit to the
military authorities, but there is non- now.
The Democratic chivalry of the North are I
marching to our rescue."
And the Mobile Register thinks that the
Democratic idea favors further war:
"We know there are many Democrats at
the North, includiog some distinguished
| soldiers, who believe that the political at ;
| mosphere, poisoned by the long reign of:
Radical despotism, will not be so purified
that liberty may flourish on it, until a just:
chastisement is inflicted upon the daring
men wh-> have conspired against the liber
; tits of the nation. In other words, that
the counter-revolution will not be complete I
without more blood letting."
The Ultra h'u Khur , of Texas, believes j
that a war of races, that is, an indiscrim
inate killing of negro-es by whites, will
come unless the poor whites are driven
away. Most of these are of Northern des- |
cent :
"How shall we obviate a war of races?
There is no way under the broad canopy of j
heaven, without it ts driving from oar midst ;
these low, mean white men. With them
out of the country, the negroes and white .
people could get along peaceably and quietly; ,
but if they are allowed to remain in onr
midst, jus l : so sure we are bound to have a
war of races, and when there is one drop of j
blood spilt, we predict that it will flow as
freely as does the Mississippi.
The Ku Klux, like the society from which ;
it is named, is highly elated at the possible
election of Seymour and Blair. Hear what
the Mobile Tribune says:
"The great Democratic party will rise in
its might and majesty, and pulverize and
purge the Congress, just as Cromwell purged
the long parliament. The rigns of the
times are pregnant with resistance to Radical ;
tyranny, and the dagger of Brutus may aid
in accomplishing our redemption from
Radical rule, ruin ni n n-orpation."
Here endcth this Us-on. A summary of
BEDFORD, PA., IWDAY. OCT. 2- IKGK.
>
the spirit of the whole shows that the
rebels want a Democratic victory. As soon
as it is gained, they propose to quit their
• tranquil state. They will then reorganize j
as rebels. They will defy national author
; ity! They will kilt the negroes. They :
will drive out all northerners who hare
settled among them. They will have a
war of races, and possibly a southern Demo
. eratip republic upon diplomatic terms with
another in the North. But whatever they j
; may elect, to do. they will do as they please, j
j and will do all they can to hurt the North
SENATOR WILSON S SPEECH
One of the greatest speeches which the
campaign has yet produced was made by
Senator Wilson at a large Republican meet- j
ing held in Bangor, .Maine, on Wednesday, ;
August 2ritb. S noe the whole speech is so ;
excellent, ana so ~ ... to red. wo are '
: at a loss to determine where to make an ex
tinct. However, as we cannot give the en
tire speech, that occupied two hours in its
delivery, we ask the attention of our read
ers to the following passage:
"I need dwell but briefly on what the j
Republican party proposed to do. Its his
tory, its platform and its candidates speak ,
; to the full comprehension of the American
people. To that history, to that platform
| and to those candidates it points with con
fidence and pride. It appeals, as ever, to '
the higher and better sentiments and im
' pulses of the Nation. It appeals to that
' comprehensive patriotism which embraces
I the whole country and the people of the
whole country, to that love of liberty which
accords equal rights to all men, to that
j sense of justice that gives equal protection
i to the poor man's cabin and the rich man's j
mansion, and to that humanity that lifts up
the lowly and the weak. If success crowns
its efforts, if the administration shall.be in
structed to General Grant, with a House of
Representatives to sustain that administra
tion, the policy of reconstruction will be .
perfected, the States will ail be speedily res
tored to their practical relation to the
general Government, equal rights will be
assured and disabilities removed, the na
tion's faith will be untarnished, its currency ,
and credit improved, and "Peace,"' in the
language of Mr' Lincoln, "will come to
stay." Then the blood poured out like au- j
tumnal rains, will not have been shed in
vain; for then united and free America, with
liberty for all and justice to all, will enter
upon a career of development, culture and
progress that shall ensure a "future grand
and great." No less significant and DO less
pronounced are the history, the platform
and the candidates of the Democratic par
ty. Its history recalls no inspiring ideas,
no ennobling deeds for patriotism, for liber
ty, for justice and for humanity. But it
does recall images of slavery—its shackles,
its whips, its unrequited toils and its all
pervading impurities—the slave power, its
arrogant dominations and aggressive de
mands, associated with humiliating fonoflc I i
sions, compromises and apostacies to free ,
dotn; conspiracies, lawless rebellion, fields of :
blood, taxation, debts, aod graves of the ;
nation's dead. Its platform speaks of the ,
reconstruction acts as "revolutionary, un
constitutional and void"—beneficent acts by ;
which seven disorganized commonwealths i
wee re-orgaoizrd on the basis of loyalty ,
and liberty, and re-tored to representation in
Congress and to the blessings and benefits ,
of the Union. Its candidates arc pledged '
to "trample in the dust' those re organi
zed and restored commonwealths, their ctm- ,
stitutions and laws, by which equal rights
and privileges are accorded and secured to
all. Those candidates arc also pledged for j ,
that unconstitutional, un-American and j
wicked monstrosity, so alien in spirit and
tone to the Declaration of Independence j
and the utterance of the father's, "A White j
Man's Government," in place of the con
stitutional and American idea—a good guv- j
eminent "of all, by all, for all." This rec- ;
ord of fourteen years, this platform and
these candidates, the wild, revolutionary '
and di-organizing utterances of Blair, !
Tombs, Cobb, and other Southern Demo- J
craticleaders, speak, in language n<Jt to be
misunderstood by the country the purposes
of the Democratic party, and what it pro-'
poses to do. The currency is to be further I
depreciated; the public faith broken, and
the national honor tainted; state constitu- '
tions are to be abrogated; the civil rights of ;
millions impaired; the right to vote, now a
possession, taken from three fourths of a
million of workingmen; the education of the
people, so longed for by the poor of both
races, is to be postponed: hatreds, insults,
and outrages to the loyal are to be intensi
fied; the soldier who fought for the restora
tion of seceding States, and who now hopes,
by his skilled industry, to make the war
wasted fields of the South bloom once more
is to be forced to leave his new home and
the malignant spirit of slavery and caste is
to rule again. Then this murderous advice
of Albert Pike, the friend and champion of
Blair and Seymour, addressed to the men
of Mississippi, may lie accepted and follow
ed to the "bitter end:" "Young men. it is
I for you to bring back to the country its gol
den days. The South is our land. The
' North is a foreign and bostile realm. Stand
at the altar of your country. Swear eternal
; hated to its oppressors. Swear that the
day shall come when the Susquehanna and
| Ohio shall be like rivers of fire, as they are
now rivers of blood, between your native
land and that of the Northern Huns, which
1 no man shall attempt to cross and live."
With one or the other of these two great
parties, fellow citizens, you are constrained
to act in the coming election of a President
of the United States. Consider well, I
pray you, the histories, the platforms and
candidates of these parties now askiDg your
suffrage. Remember that by its fruits the
tree is known, and by his deeds man is judg
ed. Apply to these political organizations
those words of Holy Writ. them by
the high standards of love of country and
love of man, and vote as they prompt and
approve. So voting you shall do something
to heal the wounds of war, rebuke and re
press lawlessness and violence, develop the
material and moral forces of the land, se
cure equality of rights and privileges, and
thus lift our country to its predestined rank
among the nations.
WAS there a "Naygur" in the New York
Convention—a "coal black negro named
James G. Williams, delegate from Tenn
essee? Tell us. oh! tell us, to relieve this
maddening anxiety ! For what will become
of the "white man's govcr.imtu" if this is
tru^?
WHO ARE DEMOCRATS!
The Presidt nt, Vice President, and every
member of the rebel government was a
I Democrat.
Every soldier who, after being educated at
the utpeuse of the Government, basely de
*;rte| tbe flag of bis country and took up
arms against it was a Democrat.
E%y member of both branches of the
rebel Congress was a Democrat.
Ery cut throat and murderer who shot
dowoind starved defenceless Union prison
ers ofwar was a Democrat.
Kve-y man in the North who sympathized
with tiaitors and treason in the South dur
ing the late civil war was a Democrat.
Ever)- general, colonel, at! officer in the
j Confedtrate army was a Democrat.
Ever.' person wbo r<-joined at the aseaain
. ation of Abraham Lincoln was a !
Ewry draft-rioter, sneak, and bounty ;
junior a Democrat.
Every person who wrote letters to the '
army encouraging soldiers to desert their
I comrades was a Democrat.
Every person who was sad when the
; I nion armies triumphed was a Democrat.
Every ftrson who assailed the "lawful
money of the country" and the national
i credit was a Democrat.
Every person engaged in the massacre of
Union soldiers at Fort Piilow was a Demo
crat.
Every person who murdered an enrolling
officer was a Democrat.
Every person engaged in tbe Sons of Lib
erty conspiracy to murder the Executive and
overthrow the Government was a Democrat.
Every person in the North who opposed
onfetring suffrage on the Union soldier in
the field was a Democrat.
Every person wbo encouraged and protec
ted deserters was a Democrat.
Every person who refused to contribute to
the relief of sick and woun led soldiers was
a Democrat.
Every person who declared that he \
\ "wonld like to see all Democrats unite in a
bold and open resistance to all attempts to
keep ours a united people" was a Demo
crat.
Every person who was in favor of "two
republics and a united South" was a Demo
crat.
Every person who was anxious to know
whether "the south had resources enough to
keep the Union army at bay" was a Demo
crat.
Every person who denied the authority of
the General Government to enforce its laws
was a Democrat.
Every person who recognized the rebellion
as "legitimate, legal, and just was a Demo
crat.
Every man wbo shouted "not another man
nor another dollar to carry on a civil war"
wa a Democrat.
Every man who insulted the loyal armies
of the union by declaring "the war a fail- j
ure" was a Democrat
Every person who invented dangerous
WAJPOTLM),- SO BORA ASMMMJUAM* , OOJ -V..U,
ern cities was a Democrat.
Every person who contrived hellish
schemes to introduce the wastiog pestilence
of yellow fever into Northern cities was a
Democrat.
Every person who robbed the school fund
and "n?ed the money for gold gambling
operations was a Democrat.
Every j>crson who engaged in shooting
down negroes in the streets or bunting negro j
school houses was a Democrat.
Every person who burned up negro Chil- j
dren in orphan asylums was a Democrat.
Every officer in the army who was dismis
sed for cowardice and disloyalty was a Dem
ocrat.
Every man who denounced Union soldiers
as "Lincoln hirelings, ' was a Democrat.
Every man who denounced greenbacks as
"Lincoln skins" was a Democrat.
Every man who asserted that ""Lincoln
bayonets were shouldered for cold-blooded
murder was a Democrat. *
Every man who asserted that "our only;
hope is in the successful resistance of the
South" Wits a Democrat,
Every man who, during the war. asserted
that the republic was "Dying! Dying! ! Dy
ing ! ! !" was a Democrat.
Every fioreon who conspired to release
rebel prisoners and burn Northern cities was i
a Democrat.
Every member ofthe Ku-klux Klan is a
Democrat.
Booth the assassin was a Democrat.
Seymour, who addressed a murderous mob
as "my friends," is a Democrat
General Forrest, the Fort Pillow butcher,
is a Democrat
Wirz the murderer of Union prisoners,
was a Democrat.
Dr. Blackburn is a Democrat.
Dr. Mudd Payne, Atzerodt, and Mrs.
: Snratt were Democrats.
I Wade Hampton, Jeff Thompson and
j Beauregard arc Democrats.
Ferando Wood, his brother Ben the gam
bler, and John Morrirsey are Democrats.
Senator Doelittle is a Democrat.
Bowles, Milligan, Horsey, Heffron, and
Humphries are Demecrats.
John C. Walker and Dick Dodd arc Dem
ocrats.
Old "Grandmother Welles is a Demo
crat.
Clement L. Vallandigham is a Democrat.
Jeff Davis, Brick Pomeroy, and the Devil
are Democrats. lndianapahs Journal.
EQUAL TAXATION.
The national democratic platform explic
itly lays down a general rule for taxation, to
take the place of the complicated system now
enforced. It "demands," with all emphasis.
'.'Equal taxation of every species of piop
erty, according to its real value."
This beautiful law of democratic fioance
has not yet been fully elucidated. The
orators of Tammany have not obeyed the
orders of their chief candidate, and vigor
ously pressed this subject of taxation. It is
quite time they were about it; and if they
continue to avoid it, the Republicans ought
to accept Mr. Seymour's advice, and make
this great democratic principle plain to
everybody. It is not often that the party
gives us such an explicit and intelligible
declaration of its policy.
The Republican party propose to obtain I
the money by adjusting taxation so that it
shall burden the people as little as possible.
The democratic party propose to do away
with all such adjustments, and levy "equal
taxation upon every species of property,
according to the real value."
For example, the "real value" of a fancy
sulky driven in the Central Park, and of a
farmer's bay wagon in the country, may be
about the ame Tne Republican party pre_
fcrs to lay a tax on the former and none on
tbe latter; believing that the vehicle kept
for the rich man's pleasure ought to pay
rather than that kept for the laboring man's
necessity. Tbe democratic party proposes
to tax both equally.
That beautiful chronometer repeater, with
independent second-hand and stop, with
which races are timed in Jerome Park, coats
jdst about as much as an average Kansas or
Minnesota farm. But the Republican Con- i
gress have levied an enormous duty on the
watch, equal to at least a good year's entire
profits from the farm, and an annual pay
ment besides; while they make the farm j
free. The democratic party proposes to tax
the fartn as much as the watch.
The Axminster earpct in a luxurious {
parlor is worth about as much as a goes!
stone farm-house in New York or Illinois.
The Republican party would maintain tfie '
I law wVick taxes licantt/ rich man's
| tapestry and leaves tbe workingmatj's
dwell'o# free. The democratic party pro
poses to tax both equally.
A cigar of average quality costs the con
sutner about as much as a common loaf of
| bread. A bottle of choice old Madeira wine,
such as some leading democrats of this city
give their guests, is worth as much as a
barrel of flour. The Republican party in
| Congress have voted to tax the wine and
cigars very heavily indeed; but have refused
to tax the flour and the bread. The demo- I
era tie party proposes to tax equally "every
species of property, according to its real
vaiuc." If flour be taxed like old Maderia,
and bread like cigars, the loaf that is now
ten cents cannot be sold for less then twenty
five.
There are rich men who have incomes of
scores and hundreds of thousands of dollar?.
There are poor men who find it difficult,
above their house rent, to get one thousand
dollars of ready money for their families.
The laws for which the Republican party is
responsible, tax the large incomes five per
cent., but do not tax the small ones at all. j
The democratic party "demands" the
abolition of this distinction: which will take
fifty dollars from theoDe thousand necessary
to support many a laborer's family.
Every man who has access to the laws can
supply scores of further illustrations for him
self. Which principle of taxation do the
voters of the country prefer? Tbat of the
Republican party, to tax those kinds of
property which will bear it best; or, that of
the democratic party, to tax equally "every
species of property, according to its real
value."? —77ie Evening Putt.
Now AND THEN. —Frank Blair was an '
original confiscationist. Immediately after
the close of the war Frank Blair made a
speech to his soldiers, and here is an extract
front it:
"Your service demands a better recogni
tion at the hands of the country you have
aided to preserve than mere words of ap
plause. The Romans made their conquer
ing soldiers freeholders in the lands tfuy had
i. .mrjtx'mf, au't a- ujroo your return to your j
homes you will find most of the occupations
and employments filled by adepts from civil
life: and as the Government has va=t tracks
of vacant lands, which will be increased by
the trar, the interests of the country and
your own will concur in the apportionment
of these Lands to your use and occupancy, es
tablishing a citizen soldiery to maintain in
terna! peace and set foreign foes at defiance."
THAT ANNUAL REDUCTION OFTHE STATE
DEPT.—There are two sublime results before
which the Democracy are now utterly dumb
founded. One is the election in Vermont,
which overwhelms the conservative with
some thing like the effect produced by
Unioo victories during the war. The other
is the fact that while John F. Hartranft
bas been Auditor General, the State debt
has been reduced at the rate almost of a mil
lion and a half annually. There is no es
cape from such results. The Democracy I
may iterate and reiterate charges of mis
management against the Republican party,
but figures show tbat the debt of Pennsyl
vania has been annually reduced $1,344,092
14. This is historical. It is part of the j
official record. Why don't tbe Democracy j
give the figures in the Vermont election, as
well as those showing the annual reduction
of the State debt?
THE BLACKS TO THE WHITES—The ad
dress of the negroes of South-Carolina to
their white fellow citizens is very significant.
The point of this address is in the following j
sentence:
"And if we are to be massacred because
we refuse to vote the Democratic ticket; if
we are to be murdered in cold blood because
we will not sell our manhood, then let it come
—we can die but once, and if, as you state,
thirty millions of white men are going to fall
upon four millions because they are black,
and will not vote for Horatio Seymour and
F. P. Blair for President and Vice-President
of the United States, both of whom have
declared ibat the negroes have no right to
vote, then tee are prejmred to die, but not to
tote to be killed."
We do not think logic could be stronger
than this.
A PRETTY good story is told of a Western
man who, stopping in Boston for a day,
bought a cigar after dinner, and sauntered
oat for a walk. Soon a policeman tapped
him on the shoulder, and notified him that
be had incurred a fine of two dollars for
smoking in the street. The stranger broke
a V and paid the penalty. Shortly after,
a child who wanted a "penny" to buy a loaf
of bread, and hadn't had any breakfast or
dinner, moved his Western generosity, and
he bestowed a remnant of gingerbread upon
the hungry one. Thereupon a second offi
cer approached and informed him that he
had violated another ordinance of the city,
with a two dollar fine. The Hoosier hand
ed out the three dollar hill. The officer
presented him the change. He shook his
head: "Keep the whole —I shall want to
whistle presently."
A SHILLING FACE.—Which will you do
—smile, and make yoar household happy,
or be crabbed, and make all around you
gloomy and miserable? The amount of
happiness vou ean produce is incalculable,
if you show a smiling face, a kind heart,
and speak pleasant words. Wear a plea
sant coUDtenanoe; let the joy beam in your
eyes, and love glow on your forehead.
There is no joy like that which springs from
a kind act or a pleasant deed; and you will
feel it at night when you lie down to rest,
at morning when you rise, and through the
day when at your 1 usine.-s.
VOL. 41: \o. :n
THE HUDSON, RHINE AND SHAN
NON.
BT MICHAEL SCAN LAX.
[These verses were written to unite the
nationalities in the sacred cause of liberty
and right, and to make Americans, Irish aud
Germans feel their common du-'y is to fight
for freedom, and be loyal and iroe to the '
American Republic.]
When traitors to their sacred trust,
With Satan's self to lead 'em,
Polluted in the very dust
Our starry hag of Freedom.
Three comrades true sprang into line,
And manned a glowing cannon
And onefrotn Hudson, one from Rhine,
And one from by tbe Shannon.
Along the banks of Rapblau,
From Fair Oaks to Aiuietam,
Where'er the tide of battle ran.
1 hey met the fa ynd beat 'em;
And throneb the battle's fiercest breath:
Those thrtN? stood by their cannon.
For they had learned to Laugh at death
By Hudson. Rhiue and Shannon.
They were true brothers in one cause,
For they were sons of Freedom:
They fought for human rights and lav--.
Where'er she chose to lead e'm;
As meet ar.d bleed, in God's deep sea. j
The Hudson, Rhine nnd Shannon.
So blend their souls in liberty—
Brave comrades of the cannon.
Three soldiers fell, in one rich tide
Their hot blood stained the heather,
Their comrades laid them sids by side.
In one red grave together.
Soft fell the (b-ws upon their ciay,
True comrades of the cannon,
Who sleep in death so far away
From Hudson, Rhine and Shannon.
Comrades! around our camp fires bright,
Here's to our starry banner.
That beautifies the brow of night—
God's choicest blessings fan her!
And, while men worship Freedom's name.
They'll man each deck and cannon:
And fight for Freedom all the same,
By Hudson, Rhine and Shannon.
DIRGE OF SIMMER.
All in the arms of autumn lying,
Fading flowers round her sighing,
Summer sick and sad is dying.
Now no more shall she be seen,
In the evening's deep serene,
Weaving garlands white and green !
Fold her in a winding sheet,
Woven all of blossoms meet
For the shroud of maiden sweet.
Crimson rose and lily white —
All she had of best and bright
Long have vanished from the light!
Gather autumn's palest flowers,
Dank with autumn's softest showers-
Bring them to her leafless bowers.
Then through winter's icy gloom.
She shall rest as in the tomb:
Sheeted snow shall shroud her bloon: —
Shroud ber bloom, but not forever:
Mortals die, but seasons never.
When the chains of winter sever,
Spring shall wake her up again,
I.a<l her forth to hill and plain,
uver willing hearts.to reign.
THE JEWISH NEW YEAR.— Thursday the
17th ofSep. was the Jewish New Year and
was observed accordingly by all Jews. Tbe fol- j
lowing account of the festival we clip from
an exchange—"The Israelites celebrated
their "Rosh Ashanab," or New Year, A. j
M. 5629 on Thursday, and Friday, the 17th
and 18th inst. The origin of the New
Year observance is to be found in tbe 23d I
chapter of Leviticus: "And the Lord
spake unto ?loscs saying, in the seventh
mouth, in the first day of the moatb,
shall ye have a Sabbath, a memoria'. of
blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation."
The term seventh month is 'used, because
from tbe time of the departure from Egypt
the ecclesiastical year was made to begin at
Xissait, to commemorate tbe month wherein
their deliverance had been wrought Jishri,
although thus counted as the seventh month
in religious observance, it is nevertheless the
first month of the year, and the anniversary •
r.f the creation of the world. The cornets
or trumpets which were sounded on the New
Year were not those of silver which had
been made for use in the Tabernacle, but
were made of ram's horns, a memorial of j
the animal which was offered instead cf
Isaac, when Jehovah tested Abraham's faith
and the anniversary of which event is on ;
the second day of the New Year. The clay :
is also called a day of memorial, because at
the close of one year and the commencement
of the next all mankind should bring to
mind their actions of the past, and, after a
solemn review of faults and frailties, enter,
as it were, anew into a covenant with hi- j
Maker, the great King of Kings, Creator
and Governor of the whole universe. Ihe
New Year also commences the ten days of
! penitence, the last of which is called " I unt I
Kipur," or day of atonement. The services j
are of the most solemn and impressive char- j
acter, and even the lukewarm Israelite al
ways unites with his brethren in the faithful
observance of tbe "Day of Memorial.
| RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CHILL— The J
German colony at A aldivia, in Southern j
Chili, have a school for the exclusive ed
ucation of the children of German settlers,
who almost universally profess the Calviuis
tic belief. The bishop of that department,
however, sent a message to the principal to
the effect that, in accordance with the laws
of thetouiitry all the scholars should receive
instruction it the Catholic faith. To this
the principal replied that the institution
being especially for and supported entirely
by foreigners, it did not seem necessary, in
strict justice, and he declined to comply
with the order. So the whole affair lias
been put into the hands of the Minister of
the Interior, who is also Minister of Relig
ion, and will be brought before Congress.
A very lively time is expected during the
debate.
NOVA SCOTIA. —Some idea may be form
ed of the intense excitement that now pre
vails in this province on the subject of its
separation from the other confederated col
onies, from the fact that a report was cur
rent in Halifax on Friday last that a Gen
eral in the United States Army had offered
to send fifteen thousand troops to assist
Nova Scotia ia breaking away from the
New Dominion. The contrast between the
present love exhibited towards the United
BtAtes and the conduct of the people during
the rebellion of our Southern States, is a
striking illustration of the rapid change ol
! public opinion. The whirligig of time hai
[ brought its revenges in this instance,
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SHARP RHETORIC.
Henry Ward Botcher preached a power
ful sermon on a recent Sunday evening, on
the text "Thou shalt not steal," In the
courts of his remarks lie attacked the Pen
diet on proposition, which the Copperhead
party Iras since deliberately adopted as the
main plank in its platform, with his sharp
•-1 rhetoric. He said:
I regard the refusal to pay the bonds of
the e I 'nited States in gold or silver as being
in very di-irurse and under every possible
idea, an atrocious theft; and I pronounce
thai man. either by mistake or intentionally,
a thief who docs it, or attempts to procure
the doing of it. It is an attempt to make
this nation a vast thieving body; [ .applause, j
1: i- nt an accusation that can be laid
against one party or the other. There are
thicvt • in ixjth parties that are clamorous
for tbr ntitcrrvf? repudiation. This is a
• rirae t?iat I think would not have it
parallel even among knave?. It takes a sort
of man smirched with patriotism and var
nished with piety to do the wickedest thing.
S-saf:on,j A pickpocket would not steal
the inedeeine away from the physician who
wu- healing his own mother. But. while men
in the nation's hour of extremity and perii
' ut i heir aid, it is now proposed that wo
shall pick their pockets and steal from them.
It i- a thing for which there were no titles
ni'iu.-T us enough. It is a thing that every
man who has a conscience or a partieule of
honor ought to hiss at and spew at. It is a
shame that the Church —that is so loud
against dancing and card playing—has not a
word to ly against national robbery, nation
al disbousr and national dishonesty.
A WOMAN'S FRIENDSHIP. —lt is a won
drous advantage to a man, in every pursuit
or vocation, to secure an adviser in a sensi
ble woman. In woman there is at once a *
-übtle delicai-v of tact and a plain soundness
of judgment which are rarely combined to
an equal degree in man A woman, if she
IK; really your friend, will have a sensitive
regard for your character, honor and repute.
.She will seldom counsel you to do a shabby
thing, for a woman-friend always desires to
bo proud of you. At the same time, her
constitutional timidity makes her more cau
tious than your male friend. She, there
fore. seldom counsels you to do an impru
den; thing. A man s best female friend is
a wife of go 1 sense-and heart, whom be
love- and who loves him. But, supposing
the man to be without sueh a helpmate, fe
male friendship he must still have, or his
intellect will be without a garden, and there
will be many an unheeded gap even in its
strongest fence. Better and safer, of
course, such friendship whore disparities of
years or circumstances put the idea cf love
out of the juestioa. We may have female
friendships with those much older, and
those much younger than ourselves. Fe
male friendship is to a man the bulwark.
cwC'h nCT, ni tiMBCUt of fais CCklStt'llCC.
PROGRESS OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
—'fhe S'ln Francisco Bulletin , of Aug. 20,
says: "The Centra! Pacific Railroad is com
pleted to a point 26S miles east of Sacra
mento. and nearly 400 miles from San Fran
cisco. On the 19th inst., over six miles of
track were laid. This beats the best work
ever done on tbe Union Pacific, and we are
promised that seven miles shall be laid in
one day, if necessary to keep the palm for
the California company. Probably at least
ieht or ten miles of track per day is now
being regularly laid by the two companies.
Eight days ago, about 717 miles remained
to be built between the termini of the Cen
tra! ar.. Union Pacific. If only six miles of
track per day has been laid, this distance is
reduced to 669 miles.'' At this rate of
track-laying, only 557 miles of staging are
necessary to day. It is safe to assume that
there wili be at least 30 additional working
days before Winter sets ID; and these will
give 240 miles additional of completed track,
learinu only 317 miles to be laid next season.
Difficult as it is to comprehend the great
fact, there seems to be scarcely a doubt that
by the 4th of July next the journey from
New York to San Francisco may be made
entirely by rail.
BE AMIABLE TO ALL. —Always grant
gracefully what you cannot safely refuse.
That is wisdom, as Captain Edward Cuttle
would say; and as it is jast as well to learn
wisdom from the experience of others as to
require it beaten into one's brains and mem
ory with the marlinspike of affliction. It
is one of the most difficult of all things to
put on a smiling face when you are submit
ting to all the twinges of a colic, and it is
just as difficult to grasp affectionately the
hand that you know would like to grasp
your throat, and to say:—
"'Pon my honor, I am glad to meet you."
to an individual you wish in your heart was
cn route to Tophet. But, it must be done
sometimes; and when it must, why, doit
gracefully. Do it, as the boys say : "up to
the handle," and what you express. Get
rid of all your little animosities: discard
them as wicked and unprofitable. It
"pays better to be amiable to every one. it
"pays' in a moral sense as well as a pecuni
ary one.
PRACTICAL EDUCATION. Education
should consist much more than it does in
learning to dc, to act, to perform. The
successful men of the world are those who
can accomplish the ends of life, who can
by their own energy and skill bring about
grand and useful results. Our educational
institutions make us learned, cultured, but
not sufficiently actors. One reason why
very often the young men who Lave but
little education for the schools surpass those
who have lived for years in college walls
is because they have been trained to action.
Action gives health and strength. Culture
gives ease, grace and finish. They belong
together, but have been separated. Let
them be brought once more into some grand
scheme of education, and we shall have men
and women as the result who can not only
accomplish noble work, but have at the
same time fine scholars, with cultivated
manners, with grace and dignity of demean- ,
or.— Herald of Health.
Ix the procession at the immense Repub
lican mass meeting in Bangor, Thursday,
there was a battalion of returned soldiers and
sailors, who bore their tattered old battle
dags and this significant legend, "Wo go fur
1 Seymour as we went for Lee.
I CERTAIN' European photographers have
1 been celling Gen. Butler's photograph as au
; I Uremic likenesses of President Johnson. Se-
I yere on Butler*
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