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HUNTINGDON, PA.
rot. - tin Glob..
WELCOME HOME
Welcome home, ye brave Reserves;
All praise and glory you deserve,
For toil and hardships long endured,
Whilst we in safety were secured.
But ivldlst rejoicing, yet we mourn
For those 'who never can return. '
Ah ! how sad the tale to tell—
Thousands iu the conflict fell
Who left their homes and dearest ties,
And gave - their lives a sacrifice;
Their toil and hardships now are o'er—
They hear of bloadY war no more.
Then welcome home, ye brave- and true,
Although your numbers are but few ;
Your bronzed complezioes plainly show
The hardships none but soldiers know.
Glorious honor crowns the toil
You hove borne on southern soil.
Then iVeleotrie home, - Ye gallant few,
have fought so brave and true
"Then cheering home each soldier boy,
Where they the blessings may enjoy
Of all the peace that home can give
Long may the war•worn soldier live I
J. L.
Vor the Globe. • •
.BIBLE SLAVERY COMPARED WITH
SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH. .
[coNcLusims;.]
And now, Mr. Editor, a word to re
bel sympathizers in the North. You
-see that we have purposely let you in
to your own citadel, and gave you all
nrms you could draw frdm the bible,
in order to show their inefficacy, and
still you persist in your defence of sla
very. See a.late article in the Patriot
tiG Uiiion, in which the writer labors to
_prove that Slavery is not a sin per se,
a truth which wo never saw denied,
and then proceeds to fault our Govern
meat for its hostility to the institution
as it exists in tho South ; which, taken
all together, is a piece of sophistry
which can deceive no person save
' those who aro willing to be deceived.
That slavery was, and is, the cause of
this cruel rebellion scarcely needs fur
t-didisce--the-debates
in the Missouri Convention, in: : .1861;
see the change in our Constitution in
order to make it suit the Confederacy,
-rendering it a perpetual protection to
their loved institution; listen to the
address of Mr. Stevens, Vico President
of the Confederacy-, and the most elo
quent of their orators, in his Atlanta
specch,,for which ho.was elected to
the Vice Presidency, wherein he said,
"Though last, not le*, the new Con
-
stitution has Put,,to rest forever ell - "the
agitating qeestions relatiOg talefir-pe
culiar, institutions ;" - . "Slavery : Was the
inimediatOicause of our Into rupture
snit_ present revolution ;" "The - pre
vailing ideati_ontertained by Jefferson
and Most of the leading statesmen of
his time that the enslavement of
the African race Was in violation 'Of the
laws of nature." He,then. proceeds to
--show that these mighty men,were in
emir, and that the negro, by nature
or by the curse against Canaan, "is fit
ted for that condition. which ho occu
pies in our
.system.' ; ' And then, to
: - show his utter disregard for Alm mas•
ter beildersofpur institutions, he said,
"This, stone, which the builders reject
ed, has.bccome the chief stone of the
corner in our new edifice."'" Listen to
. Mr: Hunter, -a Virginia orator, who
clothes the same ideas in : figurative
language, thus, "The keystone which
caps and sustains the powerfularch on
which our social system reposes, is
made of that blocic of black niarble; can
cel the African slave." And Such is tho
institution which you defend, and for
the defence of which you have invited
the South to rebel by your press and
by resolutions in conventions, and by
all your moral influence; and for the
perpetuation of which you still labor
to paralyze; the arm of our Govern
ment, now raised to eradicate forever
this living plague, this prolific cause of
all our national trouble; which must
continue whilst its cause remains, that
Must be blotted out before we-'can
have.peace...
.1.. -
The physician labors to discover the
cause of disease, and removes it first,
in order to effect a cure. The lawyer
labors to ascertain the cause of his cli
ent's trouble before he can defend his
case. The theologian discovers in mo
ral evil the prolific cause of all our
trouble and ardently applies all his
_powers to eradicate, or break the - force
of-tho cause, before he . an minister to
_ -_• which
man the comfort it is his voca
tion to dispense. Sipco it is clear as
noonday that slavery is Lho cause of
all our national trouble, every honest
and intelligent man should throw all
his influence in favor of rooting it out
forever, in order that:our beloved na
tion may repose in perpetual peace.--,
,githor slavery must be destroyed Dr
our loved institutions must prove, a
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VOL. XX.
failure, and wo become a fiisgrace and
a byword,—an object for the -finger of
scorn.
O Slavery, what shall we say of
thee I Thou enemy of righteousness
and of humanity ; thoufirst born of the
first secessionist, who was driven from
Heaven for his rebellion—thou bast
glutted thy unsalable maw with the
blood of millions of defenceless human
victims in all ages. Thou, demon
like,_hast folloWed the lovers of liberty
to'this western world, and. prompted
thy votaries to rob our treasury, dis
mantle our 'ships of war, seize our for
tresses, stoat our arms and munitions
of war and our mints, destroy our na
vy yards, drag our standard, the em
blem of human liberty, in the dust,
and stain their ruthless hands in our
brothers' blood; thou hast been prompt
ing them to continue this wicked war
- for over three years, in which billions
of dollars have been spent and hund
reds of thousands of patriots have fal
len victims upon thy gory altar to sato
thy hellish appetite - for human blood.
But God is just—thy days aro hum
bored. Thou art now in the hands of
a giant and must fall; thou art now in
thy last gigantic struggle for domin
ion—in the throes of death - . The
Prince of peace and then can not reign
upon earth together, 'and therefore
thou art doomed to fall ingloriously,
and thy memory to be forever,execra
ted; and alas for thy friends who will
be left to mourn thy merited doom.
IL C. B.
GIRLS.--Henry Ward Beecher says:
"A girl is not allowed to be a girl after
she is ten years old. If you treat her
as tho Ugh she were one, she will ask
yeu what you moan. If she starts to
run across the street, she is brought
back to the nursery to listen to a lec
ture on the proprieties of Womanhood
Now it seems to mo that a girl ought
to bo nothing but a girl until she is
seventeen. Of course there are pro
prieties belonging to her sox, which it
is fitting for her to observe, but it
seems to me that aside from these she
ought to halie the utino_stiati. tde.—
She ought to be encouragee.l.4...do.
much out of doors, to run.and exercise
in all those Ways which - are calculated
to develop the muscular frame. What
is true of boys, in the matter of bodily
health,:is eminently so of girls. It is
vastly more important that women
should he healthy than the men sh'ld
be. Man votes, and writes, and does
business,•but the woman is the mother
and teacher of tho world; and any
thing that deteriorates woman is a
comprehensive plague on human life
itself. • Health among women is a
thing that . every man who is wise and
considerate for his race, should most
earnestly seek and promote."
Boyhood.
Boys, when they aro boys, are queer
enough. How many ridiculous no
tions they have, and what singular de
sires, which in after life change and
shape themselves into characteristics.
Who remembers when ho would have
sold his birth-right for a rocking horse
and his new suit of clothes for a mon
key? Who forgets the sweet-faced
girl, older than himself, against'whose
golden hair he - leaned and wept • his
grief away ?—Who recollects when
the thought of being a circus rider ap ,
poared greater than
,being a Presi
dent ;.and how jealously ho watched
the little fellows that 'wore spangled
jackets and turned somersets and de
sired to become like them.? If mem
ory preserves not those caprices, or
something similar, the boy is lost in
the man. Happyvisions I they come
quickly and go quietly, leaving us eV - -
er to sigh for a return of what can
never be again.
A DERN'II OLD SMELL.—Tho man
noticed in 'the following, must bo one
of the fellowS who was taken: in by a
"drop game :"
A yOung man from a gasless Terri
tory, who stayed / with a relation in
the oity; and who retired after blowing
out the ghs,. which - fortunately 'had.
not a full hoed on, the next mor-'
fling at breakfast shrewdly asked his
cousin if they hadn't rest a catlately.
"Certainly not, why 7"
"You're right sure, now, j'ott haven't
lost any cat ?",
"Yes—sure as can be." •
"Well, then," was the reply, "I'm
droeted - if I know what it kin be; but
times the darnest old smell in my
room you ever did. Smell—and that's a:
fact. I got up twice in the night and
exnlordted round but couldn't . find
nothing; and this. morning an•
other hunt, and so ,concluded the eat
must have got in somowhar between
the and: ekpired than Just
you-go tip with cousin Mary ,tind smell
They did as requested, and nearly
.expired when the true cause of the
perfumery manifested- itself to their
"oil factories."
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1864.
LOVE AND MORAL .COURAGE. I
'93lit why don't you like him, Miss
Agatha
"ob-because !"
What philosopher ever solved . the
mystery of this true woman's reason.?
Because, means ten thousand things
that present dimpled lips don't chose
to put in shape, it means that they
don't know. why. perfectly well them
selves; but won't tell ; and not all the
coaxing of curiosity can' get it out of
Olem. 1.
. „
And so pretty - Agatha 4ilino Play
odwith • the ,knot of scarlet roses,
whose velvet petals glowed in her hair
ribbon, and lift up her soft hazel
broWn eyes with a provokingly ab
sent, unconscious look.
"But Agatha; pursued Ruth Ellen
wOO'd stopping-for a Moment in ber
.
oecupation of braiding and ' arranging
Agatha's beautiful waves of auburn
gold•hair. "I'm sure a pleasant part
ner at balls, and parties; and,—oh,
Agatha ! don't jerk your head so, - or I
eball•havo to braid all these strands
over again I", .
"Nonsense! that's no test at all I"
said Agatha pettishly, the peach like
crimson mounting to her cheek;
"what can you tell about a young
man, from more ball room acquaint
ance ? Any One can be agreeablo en
ough to hold your bonnet, or bring
you an ice-cream; that
. is if' ho knows
enough not to tread on your toes in
the polka, nor to step on your floun
ces in a promenade." •
. "1 know it," said Ruth, "but the
-question
"But the question is," interrupted
the imperious young beauty, "how do
I know that Mr. Fitz Aubyn, silver
tongued as ho is to me, with his hom
age and his compliments, don't go
home and swear at his mother and
siste`s? HoW do I know that Mr.
Jennings, who has the whole diction
ary at his finger ends, doesn't cheat
his landlady ? What moans have I
of ascertaining that St. Simmons, who
is such an agreeable smalltalker, does
not finish his evenings in "drinking
malcon.l-644,-.4u.th i -wrrirave - tests for
ascertaining spurious dollars and corm
terfeit hank notes; but how on earth:
are wo to know a counterfeit husband,
until ho is tied to our unlucky apron
string for life."
She laughed as she spran,a•up to look
for her bonnet, but the long eyelashes
drooped with a suspicious moisture.
"Well," said Ruth carelessly patting
Agatha's tiny band, lam very, very
thankful that Providence didn't make
me a beauty and an heiress since it
has such a tendency to awaken sus
picion and distrust. But Agatha, in
spite of all you have said, I feel con
vinced that Charles Staunton is a no
ble fellow."
"Very likely," said Agathti, lightly,
"but hero comes Fitz Aubyii, with
those splendid horses of his, so give
me my shawl."
"And whither aro your footsteps to
be directed to day 7"
"Oh, we intend to go to that private
view of pictures in--street which I
told you of."
And Agatha swept out of the room
with the port of a queen.
The whitelustre of moonlight pour
ing doWn through the circling dome
of frosted glass, gave a life-liko glow
to the superb paintings whosozuilded
frames literally covered the walls of
the Spacious apartments. Hero and
there, groups of absorbed dilectant mo
ved, with subdued whispers and bran
dishing opera glasses, as if it were a
forbidden thing to speak above one's
breath in the presence of these fair
landseapes and scenes from history's
page. •
, Directly in front of these finest
works of art stood a pair who.had un
consciously been the object of many
a curious and whispered observation
of the other sight-seers—a tall, sty--
lish-fooking young man, with an old
lady leaning on his arm, whose, an
tique dress of snuff-colored bombazine,
a❑d oddly shaped .beaver bonnet oc
casioned a great many covert smiles
and half concealed titters from those
present. -
"Oh, by the way, Miss Milne," said
Fitz Aubyn,las in. their progress ar
ound the rooms this douplo: gradually
came in.view, "you have not soon the.
greatest curiosity of all yot."
"Micro ?" said Agatha, raising her
opera.glass.: •
" You are miStay.en; it don t hang
on the Wall," said hits .A.uhyn,
" Look nearer earth, if you. want
to see S'aunton and his.fossil aunt."
Agatha turned her head accordingly
Without remark—she smiled a littlo;
however--'twas all Pita Aubyn want:
"Should you suppose any niortal
youth would have.tho courage to "Ming
Buell a 111ot:century specimen _ to a Oaco
-PERSEVERE,-
like this, Where be might know he
would .meet all his fashionable acquain
tances ?. Upon my . word : I believe
he'll take her to the opera next. See
him carrying her morocco bag, and
cotton umbrella! Don't he; remind
you of Don Quixote in his youthful
days ?"
"Probably she haS money to leave
one of these days," said Agatha, the
distrustful clement uppermost in her.
mind for the moment.
'Not a solitary red cent,' I know,
for I havtinquired. Sho is' in -redu
ced circumstancos'—that's the term, I
believe, but Staunton. is very fond of
her nevertheless. She has come up to
town from the back woods for a few
days, and--" •
lle paused abruptly as the , vory pair
in question approaPhed, still ; absorbed
in picture gazing, “Illy dear Charles,"
`said the old - lady at length, "you can
not Imagine what a treat this is to me
I..havti not seen such' pictures since
I was a child:—How thoughtful of
you to bring me here . •
I kneW you would enjoy
"And you, aro, not ashanied of your
old fashioned aunt among -all those
gay young people ?"
"On the contrary, dear aunt, I am
as" proud as a monarch while you are
leaning on my arm."
Agatha hoard it all, and she also
hoard him answer in reply to the gay
challenge of some companion:
"Thank you, hilt don't' count upon
me as one of the party this evening at
the opera. lam going with my aunt,
Who is passionately fond of music, so
you must excuse me for once."
"I told you so r said Fitz Aubyu,
in a solo voce tone, shrugging his shoul
ders.—" Di - you ever see such a fol
low as Staunton ?"
"Never," was Agatha's reply, but it
was so emphatically spoken that Fitz
Aubyn started. And that night while
the courted beauty brushed her luxu
riant hair, she paused many a time
and fell into a thoughtful reverie.
"Moral courage!" she murmured Co
herself. , - "I have somewhere read that
it is rieblei: 'far . ‘ _tirol u
tion which makes merrrectri,• • s.
tlo. I really wonder—" •
And there ship stopped resolutely
What a glorious bracing Now Year's
day it was! There had been just en
ough snow in the night to form a
white glistening coal over everything,
and afford an excellent excuse for the
merry sleigh that darted hither and
thither with streaming furs and jing
ling bells. All the fashionable world
was astir, the gentlemen busily con
sulting their interminable list of calls,
and the ladies putting the last touch
es to their gorgeous toilet.
There wore not many upon that day
who received more adulation than
Agatha Milne as she stood like a young
empress in her splendid drawing rooms
every mirror flashing beck her loveli
ness. Her dress was very simple—
edged around the shoulders with sno
wy ermine, and long sprays of jessa
mine drooping from her hair, yet she
knew that she had never been so beau
tiful as now, as she listened with lan
guid smiles to the compliments 'show
ered upon her. It was nothing new.
The gilded chandeliers bad been
lighted and the jeweled fingers of a ti
ny slabaSter clock on'the mantle poin
ted to a late hour, when the peal at
the door announced a now incursion
of guests, and Mr. Fitz Aubyn enter
ed, surrounded by a gay party of
young men.
"Good evening, Miss Milne ! surely
I am not too late to wish you the
happiest of all imaginable Now Years.
Whom do you suppose I saw steering
in the direction of your hospitable
mansion just now ? Here be comes to
speak for himself the Chevalier
Staunton !"
Agatha turned calmly to welcome
the new corner, and the keenest eye
could scarcely discern the deeper
shade of color that glowed on her del-•
icato cheek, as he quickly came to
greet her. •
"Fill your glasses,.gentleMen," ex
claimed Fitz Anbyn, holding high
above his head, a tiny chalice of engre
ven Bohothiari glass,,brimming with
crimson Wino,..lot us drink to the
health of our fair hostess, Miss Agatha
Milne."
Impromptu toasts were . ree6vcd
with acchtinations of Satisfitction, and
Fitz Aubyn glanced. around to see if
all had followed his injunctions, ere ho
touched his lipS to the glaSs.
- "Come, Staunton, no lack of claival
ry hero • where's your glass?"
"I will drink Miss Milne's health in
cleai• iced water with the greatest
plea Sure,". said Staunton smiling; "but
I never touclnwine "
. "Nover touch wino! and pray why
not ?" -
It is`against my prinaiples," Gait
::-;titiinton with quiet firmness, ,
Fitz Aubyn curled his lip in *con
temptuous 'silence, that was several
degrees harder to bear than spoken
obloquy, but another young man lean
ed forward to interpose his word.
"Offer the wine to him your Self,
Miss 111ilne; surely he cannot be so
lost to all sense of gallantry as to re
fuse it from your fair band."
Agatha had grown very pale, but
Without speaking, she filled ono of the
goblets, and held it toward Staunton.
"Will you take it from me r!
Staunton looked at her with calm
gravity as ho replied, 'Miss Milne I
should be a coward indeed did I allow
your persuasions to sway me from the
fixed principles which are the guiding
star of my life."
Ile bowed and withdrew. The
glass fell from Agatha's, hands and
shiirered into a thousand sparkling
fragments; she bit her lip until the
blood started, with a strange sympa
thetic thrill of exultation.. .11ad he
wavered for an instant in his determi
nation she would have despised, hiM.
"A Very poor investment those hor
ses of' mine, and all this,behavior a la
good boy in story books," muttered
Fitz Anbyn, about four weeks after
wards as he strode into the brilliantly
lighted-saloon of the club houSe. Wai
ter, bring a "giasS of water and brandy
quick !" • ,
"What's the matter, Fitz ? you look
as black as a thunder cloud"' observed
a bystander who was leaning against
a marble pillar and picking his teeth
in the most epicurean manner.
"The matter ?" 'Do you remember
that magnificent Agatha Milne,: the
queen of all the beauties ?"
"Of courso I do; she hasn't lost her
wits or property I hope ?"
but I've lost the latter item
pretty effectually.. Wh . o do you sup
pose she is going to marry ?"
"I am sure I cannot guess. Do toll
your news at once, and don't keep a
fellow in suspense."
"Well, she is going to bcCome Mrs.
Charlie Staunton ; actually going to
marry a man with a fossil aunt, and
principles that won't allow him to take
a g LI4-,-hunibug
that passes current in this world."
"I could have prophesied as much
before, my dear boy, if you would on
ly have done me the honor to Paten to
the," obserVed the other cooly, unfcild
lug the newspaper. so as tp get to the
inside columns. "You , gay and dash
ing young fellows are all very well
as long as a girl wants to amuse her:
self; but when .it comes to life-long
questions, she is apt to 'miler a true to
a false man for a husband."
Pitz Aubyn groaned deeply; 'Alta,
considered his position too procarious
to be worth arguing.
Meanwhile, little Ruth Ellenwood
was as' busy as a bee working at her
cousin's wedding robo of spotless
white satin, and asking ten thousand
questions, the final of which always
wee: "But Agatha you would never'
tell why you didn't like him, and now
you aro just as bad—tell me, that's a
darling, why your mind was changed?"
And Agatha only laughed and crim
soned, and made the same old provok
ing answer : "Oh—been use !"
A Gloomy Bridal.
Gloom was upon her countenance
and upon his. The man, whose holy
office was to unite them in bonds nev
er to be torn asunder, stood -like an
executioner before thebride-and bride
groom, and theythe pair waiting to
be blessed—bent down :their heads
like criminals before him. In vain
might • the eye wander around. the
room of the assembly in search of sun
shine upon a single countenance;* all
was dreary black—and assistants as
well as attendants at the ceremony
were alike shyouded in. one dark over
shadowing pall of - rayless gloom.—Ah,
joyful should over be the linking of
young hearts together, arid terrible
must bo the feelings of these around
whom the shadows of fate are gather
ing, even at the threshold, which shl'd
blaze in all the gorgeous coloring of
hope and promise. Yet the same som,
bre shade, the same hue of gloom,.the
depth of darkness, was seated upon
every feature, No sudden blushing
of the rose, swift succeeding of the
lily, no fitful changes tolling of youth
ful passion, and warm, bright : hopes
were seen in that bride's cheek.• '
but
one unvarying shade of funeral pos
sessed the bride, possessed tbe . groom,
posseSsod the ministorie fact they
were all possessed.
Readers, they were darkics !
1:1" A Yankee made ,a bet with a
Dutchman that ho would swallow him
The Dutchman lay down upon the ta
ble, and the. Yankee, taking his big
too in his mouth, nipped it severely.
'Oh, you aro biting me .roared the
Dutchman: 'Why you old fool re
plied the 'Yankee, did you think I was
going to swallow you whole.
TERMS, V 1,50 a year in advance.
Hints to Correspondents,
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guidance of those Who write for the
press, if observed would • save editors
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thorn
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ple margin all round. •
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of their succession.
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7.:Use'no observations that are not
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should be printed. - .
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for small capitals, two; capitals, three.
10. Take special pains with , every
letter in proper names.
11. Be sure to cross your t's and dot
your i's, for an omission of which cau
ses great inconvenience to the., com
,positor.
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like I's, nor T's, like l's or S's, as a
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"copy."
18.- Don't press him to tell you . why
he refuses to
.publish your article.
i S ETERSBURG. Petersburg was a
handsome and flourishing post town
and port of entry of Dinwiddie county,
Va., on the right or south bank of the
Appomatox river at the crossing of
the great southein railroad, twenty
two miles south of Richmond, and ton
miles from .Tames river at City Point,
It was the third town of Virginia in
respect to population, and possessed
extensive facilities for business. Ves
sels of one hundred tons can ascend
the rivers to the landing, six miles
The south side railroad has its
eastern terminus at this place and the
Appomatox railioad_connected it with,
City Point at'the month of the-river..
The largo vesselq,,trading - at Peterki- - ,
biirg discharge-tbeir CargOes at city-
Point. Large quantities of flour and
tobacco were exported from this place
The quantity of tobacco exported in
1851 amounted to 7,222 hogsheads; in
1852 to 10,480 hogsheads; and in 1853
to 11,405 hogsheads. Petersburg was
well built and-contained two churches
of the Presbyterian's, two of the Meth
odists, two of the Episcopalians, one
of the Baptists, ono of the Catholics,
besides several places of worship for
the colored people. It had three banks,
ono Nib ol on and several cotton facto
ries, two ropewalks, ono iron furnace,
six forges, and numerous mills of vari
ous kinds. Three. newspapers were
also published there. The falls of the
river, which arrest the ascent of the
tide immediately above Petersburg,
furnish extensive water power. Ar
ound these falls a canal has been con
structed, by which means.small boats
ascend the rivOr ferabont ono hundred
miles. The limits'of the borough in
clude the cleoaYecl village of Bland
ford, in. Prince George County,Which
was once superior to Petersburg in
some respects. The remains of its
church were among the Most interest
ing and picturesque ruins of Virginia.
In 1815 a great fire occurred there by
which nearly four hundred houses
were consumed. . -
The shipping of tho port, Juno 30,
1852, amounting to an aggregate of
464 tons registered, and 2,110 tons.
enrolled and licensed. Of the latter,
2,091 tons were employed in the coal
trade, and 322 tons in steam naviga
tion. The foroign arrivals for the year
wore sixteen (tons, 10,1470 of which.
five (tons, 2,773) were by American 1
vessels. The clearanees • for foroign
ports wore ton (tons, 4,152), six of
which (tons, 3006) .wore in foreiku
bottoms. - The population in 1850 was
18,010, and in 1853 about • 25,000.
Thehmond, the objectivo point of. Geld
Grant's moC , ement, contained, in 1850,
a population of 27,570, and In 1854,-
31,389. At the commencemont of the
war the population was about 40,000.
Pctersburg is tho giand centre for five
lines of railroads. The City Point
road, 10 miles long; the Norfolk road,
80 miles long; the Great Western
road, 164 miles to Weldon, and 162 to
Wilmington; the Petersburg and
Lynchburg road, 123 miles; and the
Richmond and Petersburg road, 22.
miles.
TIED„. It is said that a Yankee baby
will crawl out of Lis cradle, take a
survey of it, inveut, an improvement,
and apply for a patent before be is dizt
months old.
Exorrixo.--The times
Twor.rililly!s Mistake, ; •
Mr. TitoStia Ty6IBLEY had di•ank
but six glasses of brandy and Water/
whom beinco matt,,Of discretion
ieturred . h c o'mo • at 'the 'selt9otiitb.lo
of IA. ii., and went so.berly,
Mrs. - Thomas TwombleY.Was - tee itbil
aeon tomed to the coaling!' and going p
of said Th6mas, to inuelCiliSturbed
by the trilling noise he triatiffi -On-re
tiring; but when she discovered that
be had his boots on she requested him
to remove them; or keep his feet out of
the bed. • ,
•
"My do .r," said = llrr Twombley id
an apologetic tone, "skuse me. How
I came to forget the boots 1 can't.6o l
ceive, for, I'm just as sober _as ever I
was in my life." _ ,
Mr. Twombley sat on mie side &ULM
bed, and made an effort to pull off big
right boot. • The atternpf, was suceek:
ful; though it brought him to the - floor.
On regaining his feet, Mr. TWombleY
thought he saw the door open. As hffi
was sure he shut tho door on coming
in, he was astonished; and dark as tp
was in the room, he couldn't be migkli
en, eh felt certain Mr. T wornbley .stag
gored toward the door to close tj whert
to his still greater surprise, he se* A
figure approach him frora be,yopd,
Twombley raised his-right , hand--4,ffe•
figura raised his left.
"Who's there?" roared Twombley;
beginning to be - frightened._ Theeli.
ject made no reply. Twernbrekral . s'-
ed his boot in a menacing attitude--:
the figure defied him by shaking a
similar. object. , •
NO. 4.
"By the. Lori" cried TWollib. l.o Y;
"I'll find- out who you are--L - -yOe
ing cuss!" He hurled the'• boot 011 at
the head of his mysterious objeet;PA'fiti
--crash! went the large ..glitss,:*hielf
Twombloy had mistaken tor:the ;deim
Who is Andtew Yolinoonl
If any ono has any doubt on this
subject, .in view, of thesesponsible*-
sition to which Mr.....lohnson is evidotit
ly destined, he has _but to turn to. any
part of the noble -Tennossean's record
since the- outbreak• of the rebellion:
In his fatnous reply to ' Senatorifiane•
of Oregon, 4 in the first debate on the
subject, when asked.what he would do
were ho President of, the United States;
he said : - . ,
"The distinguished SeriatoF - froni
Oregon asks me what I Would do with
the rebels, were I President of th
United States? I would have them.
arrested. I would have them - trietfianclit
found guilty, by the ETERIiAL
I would have them EXgOUTED."
This was no" hasty' ebullition of feet ,
'pg, but the language of delifakatioii;
as is shown by, the unvarying course
of Mr. Johnson ever since, During , the'
last spring he addres.sed his old um,4hr
bors of East Tennessee in
from which we take the folidwint trAtz
tracts :
The time has arrived when tres:.:
son must be made ()diens,Whehtrait
ors must be, punisliedL 7 impoverishee
their property taken from them whetli- -
er it be their horses, their
their negroes, and given-to the lune=
cent; the holiest, the loyal, upon-Whoni
the calamities of this unprovoked it n'ol
wicked rebollion have fhllen with - sheW
crushing weight.
' , What has brought' this. war uptin!
ns ? Let me answer in one word j-lot
me speak it so' loud thatthe . deafest
Makin this multithde ean' , :hear ma
Slavery l E.Elundieds of voioesTlititra.
so— that's God's truth:'] Menitalk,
about the Constitution and State rights:
They sneer at the emancipa.tion proola ,-
mation, and call it a tyranical assuriq
tion of authority, a despotic usurpa
tion of power. Listen to what - novi r
say : all such talk is the language of
treason.
'.Sometimes the clouds' appear dark
and lowering--sometimes I confess to
a feeling of gloom, but when I rerneni
her that there is a God I am encourag
ed. Though not as religious as I ough,t .
to be, I sometimes walk by faith, and
1 have found it a conizenient way' of
walking when it is too dark to see.
And on the whole, thotigh ottr suffer: -
ing : has been 'great, our 'blessednig
will be all the greater When the: daY
of our triumph shall come!"
The Cleveland Platform.
,
The Chicago Tribune thus dispels - 0i
of.the Cleveland platform : • -
What element of Copperheadistnri•
wanting? Hatred of the Administra-:
tion ?It is here. Sympathy with the
Copperheads and rebels,'• Whom,Ay,
Congress, the President lawfully-and
proporly sent .to Fort LafaYette',,? . ,
is.here. -Alleged usurpation of the
President? It is here.: .Attaeking#to
lawful action of the President (only file
mild) in arre4hg, -stopping, end pre
venting Copperheads from-'giying fig
and comfort'to the rebels by treasona
ble publications, upon' the_-principle,
that it is a crime fora public officior .
forcibly to stop a crime . Here MI6
under the head of "violation of tii6;
liberty of the press." . And, alas for
human nature, - it is poor Fremont who
styles the redelivery , to
. tho
6overmuont of the famous Arguelliia;
.Who, by participating 'in 'the' sladd
trade, has rendered. lihntelf
law to the world and an 'enemy :to he'
race, "an abandonment of the: .right
of asylum dear to' all free,: nations'
abroad." He places a slave.. tradyl 4 ;
fleeing froni the laws of tho eiviliaod'
world against piracy, in the•so.the
'gory with a Garibaldi, a 31a,azini;o:;
Meagher, 'or. a Koseuth;
_fleeing to our.
free .shores for havin,g been guilty of
endeavoring to establiEih: ReptibliCati,
institution's in mondrohical"countries,'.
For what• end. haS. Fremont' thus'
prostrated hhnselfat the'shrine of Cali.:
nerheadism ?. Evidently to., compete
with McClellan for the Chicago'hOnii
nation. It is with pain. that we•are'
compelled thus to expose -the .worth:
lossness alibis political mountebank;
who. was once houored,far boyond...hiff
deserts, with the confidence . of, that
party Which, identifying itself with the
fundamental principles of freedoni and
true democracy, is destined still for
many years to
: sway the destiniee..*
thc) county, is but _necessary;
hoWever,,to record hid" language'
'diseover that he has served every - 00
which 'hound him to the Upton party;
and has fully and unrest rfedly,com : i
mitted-liiimself to the Copperhead p.O-:
ty. As even the'wind is tempered to
the shorn lamb, may our stoCk•orres .
ignation hold out through thie' - sid
reavement. . :')
What figure ie that whioh. it . tfit
twa becorae9 not ?--the litirn4rl
iaroute.'
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