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TO MY WIFE.
UV THE L.mipiMV. tl. W. BETIIOXE.
Afnrfroin thoo I Tho morning breaks,
' But morning brings no joys to.mo ; .
Ai:is !.,in’y spirit oiily wakes,
’■ To know tbiit l mu’far from tbco,
In (ircitms I : mtw tby blessed, face, ’
And tlnm wort nestled, on my breast;
In dreams I felt tby fond embrace, ,
■ ■ And to liiino own tby heart was press’d.
Afar front time 1 ’Tis solitude,
- Though smiling ere v/tis around rao bp;
Tbu bind, 1 lie beautiful, the good^
. for I can oniy. tbiiik of tb.c o ;
Of time, the kindest, loveliest, best,
. Jfy earliest; and my only oao;
"W’itlipiit time, I iiiu al.l uiiblest,
And wholly blest with thee alone.
Afar from tbeo, ! The words of praiso .
. My listless ear unheeded greet; . .
iWliiit sweetest seemed in better days,
Without tliee/seeins'iialungcr sweet-;
Thu deii’rest jay fame ean be’stow,'
Is in Iby.intdsleued eye to see; •
.Aiitl in tby cheek’s unusual glow
Thou deem'd me not unworthy tboc.
Afar from thcc! Tbo night is como,
But from my pillow flee ;
.1 cannot rest so far.from home/
, Aud my heart’s homo is, love, with thee ;
I kneel before tbo'throno of prayer,
And then I know, that thou art nigh ;
Fur God, who south everywhere,
Bonds on us both his watchful-eye.
Together in.his loved embrace,
No distance can our. hearts,dbvido j
Forgotten quite the ’mediate'space,
. I kneel thy kneeling form beside.
•JVly tranquil frame then sinks to sleep,
But soars the spirit-fur and free-;
•'Oh ! welcome be night’s slumber's deep,
For then, dear love, I ain with thoo I
MisrdliuiEtnijj.
BA-TTIiB. * ...
■ V TOITSSBIfD.
If wn's : 'over at.lrt'sV The sun, which had
walked slow ■ and eahn . the long,
hours of that terrible Hay, hud’gone down in
a column of lire beyond the western hills, and
now the stars wore coming out swiftly, like,
golden petals .'scattered all over an azure
sky. ■
And the stars looked down, on tho battle
field, u’s they have come out and looked down,
for scores of years' on- thefair young (and
which has arisen in,her. strength and beauty,
until amid ail the nations thero was none to
compare with her—on -the great cities .that
wore hung like jewels on her green bosom
on tho.bread harvest fields that waved their
(trusses ol joy/through her golden summers—
iOn-tJie!houses. were .the'dwellers thereof sat
■peaceful, and happy under their own vine
aind lig tree—on all this had the stars which
-came up highfhy night -to. the! watch-towers
.of tho sky looked until at, last there came
,a change—and. itow where the harvest had
waved their locks in the; summer winds,, was
.that most terrible sight which the sun had
■ever , beheld—the conflict had raged hot and
terrible that day. . ■
The hearts, of the distant mountains had
.shuddered with the thunder, of cannon,'and
.the earth had drank.in blood as in autumn
.she drinks tho equinoctial rain ; but at last
the .day’s awful work was done,, and the.
night winds lifted tho gray banners of smoko
.'from the battle-field. ■ • .
. The air was full of heat and smell of pow
der ; the. dead lay thick together, with shirk,
ghastly faces on the ■ trampled, grass’; the
.wounded lay.’thick- also,.filling the.'air witlf
moans—riderless horses rushed terrified over’
the field.; .and,the dying daylight and the
solemn stars wut.ehed.over all.
A, little way from the battle field ran
a small stream, making a blue fold in tho
dark grassland two, wounded men had crawled
to its hanks to slake their thirst. -.
And when the two men crawling along the
banks looked up. and mot each other’s faces
they know they wore enemies, - and they
knew, too, that a few hours ago each had
aimed his rifle at the other, and that aim had
made the ghastly wound, a little way from
the heart, which had drank the life blued of
each, and each glared despeuuely on l>; a ad
versary a moment before he fmj.
But there was no fierceness in the eyes of
those men now, ns they sat face to face,
on the bank of Urn stream ; the strife and tho
finger had all gone now, and they sat still,
(dying men, who a few hours before had been'
,deadly foes, sat still and looked at each other.
last one of then) spoke;
"We haven’t either a chance to hold out
ipiuch longer, ljudgo.”
" No,” said the. other with a little mixture
of sadness arid recklessness. “You did that
Jastjob of yours very well, as that bears wit
moss and he pointed to a wound a little
above his heart, from which the life blood
Avas slowly, oozing. ' ■ ,
" Not bettor than you did yours,” replied
the other, with ft grim smile ; and he poii/t
-'ed to a wound a little higher up—larger,
?norc ragged—a deadly one.
And the two men gazed on each other
again in the dim light, for the moon had
come over the hills now, and stood among
the stars like a pearl of gieat price. And as
they looked, a softer feeling stole over the
heart of each towards his fallen foe : a fool
jog of pity for tho strong, manly life laid
low ; a'feeling of regret fur that inexorable
necessity of war which made each man the
slayer of each other, and at last one of them
spoke:
‘‘There’s some folks in tho world that’ll
foe) worse, I s’poso, because you’ve gone out
of it ?>•
A spasm of pain was on tho bronzed, ghost-
J y features.- .
I( “Yes,” said the man, in thick tones,
there’s one woman, with a little boy and
gri‘l. away up among tho Now Hampshire
Mountains, .that it’ll well-nigh kill to hoar of
And then the man groaned out,
in bitter anguish. “ Oh God, have pity on my
wife and children 1”
And tho other drew closer to him.
“And away among the -ootton-fiolds of
Georgia there’s a woman and a little girl
whoso . hearts will break when they hear
what this day has done.” And then a cry
wrung itself sharply out of his heart: “Oh
God, have pity upon tlioni 1”
-And.from that moment tho Northonor and,
tho Suuthenor ceased to he (ocs. The thought
of those distant homes on which tho anguish
was soon to fall, drew them close together in
that last hour, and the two' wept like chil
dren.
And at last the Northehcr spoke, talking
mure to himself than anything else, and ho
(lid not know, that the other was listening
greedily to every :word.
“''She used, to coino—my, little girl, bless
her heart ! every night’to .meet me when I
came.home from the. fields and she Would
stand tinder the groat plum tree that’s just
beyond the buck door at home, with the sun
light making a yellow crown in her golden
curls, and the laugh dancing in her 03-08
when she heard tho click of tho gate—l
'see her there' now—and I’d take her. in
my arms, and she’d put up; her little red
lips for a kiss. But my little girl will never
watch under tho old pin m. tree hy theWeJl
for bet father again. .1 shall never hear the
ery of joy as she catches a glimpse of me at
the gate; L shall'net or see . her little feet
running over, the grass to spring in my arms
again 1” ■ ■ . ,
“ And;” said the Southerner, “ there’s
a Jittlo brown eyed, brow-haired, girl, that
used : to watch in . tho ciiol afternoons for
her father, wlfon he rode in,from his .visit
to the plantations—l can see' her sweet little
face shining out now from the roses that .cov
ered, the pillars, and her shout of joy as I
hounded from my horse and chased the little
flying feet and the loud laugh up and down
t‘he verandah. But.niy darling, you will
never watch, again among the roses for
your father, and you and fro 'will novq.r go
laughing and romping Up and down the old
verandah again I’’
And the Northerner’ drew near to the
Southerner, and the hot tears stood’ on
his cold cheeks, as. lie said.:
“Friend, umy God huv.o.pity on our father
. less children 1”
“ Amen !”, said the Soutlienor, fervently;
And the Northeuer Spoke now. in a husky
whisper,-for the eyes of the dying men were
glazing fast:
“ We have foiiglit like brave men together.
We are-going before God in a little while.
Let us forgive each other.”
The Southend- tried to speak, hut the
sound died away in a gurgle from Ida white
lips ; hut lie took the hand of the fallen foe,
and the stiffening lingers closed tight'over it,
and ids last'look was a smile of forgiveness
and .peace.' And when the'next morning’s
sun walked up the gray stairs of the dawti,
touched with pink, it. looked down. and saw
the two’ foes lyinjr -dead, with' 'their- hands
clasped in each.other,.by.. tljp, Bfroam..w,h,ioh
ran’cldso to thohattle-fiold..', .;
And did little with.golden hair that watched
nndei-The plum tree among the hills of Now
Hampshire, and the little girl with bright
'brown hair that waited by "tho roses among
tho green, plains of Georgia; wore father
loss,
A. Hattie between In is.
. “ Walden,” by the late Henry D. Thoveau,
■contains, in the" chapter- entitled “ Brute
Neighbors,” the following account of an ant
fight;
“ One.day, when I wont to my wood pile, I
observed ■ two ants, tho one red, the other
.much larger, nearly half an inch long and.
black, fiercely contending witli each other.—
Having once.got'hold,-'they..never lot go; hut
struggle and wrestle and rolled on the chips
incessantly. Looking further, I was siir
prised to find that tho chips wore covered,
with such combatants, that it-was not a, (In
dium, hut a helium,—a war between two ra
ces of ants, the rod always pitted against the
black, and .frequently two feds to one black.
The legions of these myrmidons, covered all
tho hills and,vales in my wood yard, and the
grown was already.strewn with- tho dead and
dying,, both rod and black.
“ On every side they wore engaged in dead
ly combat, yet without any-noise that I Could,
hear, and human soldiers never fought so
resolutely. I watched' a'couple that' were'
list locked in each other’s embraces in a lit-
tie supny valley amid the chips, now at noon
day,, prepared to fight .until the sun went
down or life wont' out. -The ’smaller rod
, cliamp'iun had fastened himself like a.vice, to
.his adversary’s' front, and through all ,the
tumbling on that field,'never for an instant
ceased to gnaw atone of the, black, one's
feelers hoar the root, having already .caused,-
the other to go by the hoard ; while the strung-,
.black one dashed him from side to side, and,
as I saw on looking nearer, had already di
vested him of several of his members. 'They
.fought with more pertiminoity than bull dogs.
Neither manifested tho least disposition to
retreat. In the meanwhile there came along
a single red.ant on tho hillside of this valley,
evidently full of excitement, who cither hud
dispatched his foe, or hail not yet taken part
in the battle—probably the latter, for he had
lost none of his limbs. He saw the unequal,
odmbatfrom afar—for the blacks wore nearly
twice the size of the-rods—lie drew near with
rapid pace till lie steed on his. guard within
half an inch of. the combatants; then, watch
ing his opportunity, ho sprang upon thoblaok
warrior and commenced his operations near
the root of Ips right fore leg, leaving tho foe
to select among his own members, and so
there wore three united for life, as If a now
kind of nttl-aotiun had been invented, which
put all other locks and cements to shame.
“ I took up the chip on which tho three I
have particularly described wore struggling,
I carried it into my house and placed it under
a tumbler on my window-sill in order to see
the issue. Holding a microscope to.the first
mentioned rod ant, I saw that, though he
was assiduously gnawing at tho near fore log,
having severed his remaining feeder, his own
breast was all torn away, exposing what vi
tals he had there to tho jaws Of the black
warrior; whoso breastplate was apparently
too thick for him to pierce, and the dark car
buncles of the .sufferers eyes shone with fe
rocity auoh as wav only could oxoito. They
struggled half an hour longer under tho
tumbler, and when I looked again the black
soldier had seyorod the heads of his foes from
their bodies, and the still living heads were
hanging on either side of him, like ghatsly
trophies at ids saddle-bow, apparently as
firmly fastened as ever, and ho was endeav
oring with feeble struggles, being without
feelers, and with only tho remnant of a leg,
and I know not how many other wounds, to
divest himself of them, which at length, af
ter half an hour more, ho accomplished. I
raised the glass, and ho went off over tho
window-sill in that crippled state. "Whether
ho finally survived that combat, and spent
the remainder of bis days in some Hotel dos
Invalidos, I do not know, but I thought that
his industry would not ho worth much there
after. I never learned which party was vic
torious, nor the cause of the war; but I felt
for tho rest of that day as if I had had fny
feelings excited and harrowed by witnessing
tho struggle, the ferocity and carnage of a
human battle before my door. ,
It©* Wo. hear a good anecdote concerning'
a soldier laddie on one of ,our gunboats.—
The vessel was just going into action, and
<>nr.soldier was upon, .his knees, when an
officer snceringly asked him if lie was afraid ?
.‘No, I was praying,’ was the response.
‘ Well, what wore you praying fur?’ con
.timiod the officer. ’.
‘ Praying that the enemy’s bullets may ho
distributed the same wav as the prize money
is, principally among tile, ojjicers’!’ was the
quick and ready retort.
0“ An amusing incident transpired a few
evenings since, at Manchester, Now Hamp
shire, in tho Huntingdon Street Baptist
Chufcli on the occasion of the mujio lantern
exhibition. 'The scene qf tho children of Is
rael crossing the lied Sea was exhibited, and
the small children wore asked if they could
toll whatiit represented.. One little -fellow
immediately sung nut, “Burnside crossing
the Rappahannock!”
JJ^r - “ My sou, would you suppose that the
Lord’s prayer could he engraved in a space,
no larger, than, the,area' of a half - dime?”—
“ Well yes,-father, if a half dime is as large
in- everybody’s eyes ns it is in yours, I think
There would he no difficulty in putting it in
about four times.” ,
Soldier’s Wit. — A soldier dying of ailing
disease in One of. the Washington hospitals,
hjid a blister .applied between his shoulders
by the surgeon. The poor fellow looked,
Wngiahly at the doctor, and grimly asked if
-a. man had to have a stamp put upon him be
fore ho could be allowed to die ?
K 7” A .'gentleman remarked the other eve
ning, at a party, that a woman is the most
wicked thing in creation. ‘ Sir,’ was the in
dignant,reply of a young lady, “ women was
made from Anin. and if one rib is so wicked,
then what must the whole body ho?’
, ■ O? At n.reeont'Coiifefenco'Mcoting in this
State tho members were asked,; “ flow many
brethren'. can. you accommodate at your
house?” One lady arose, saying; “lean
sleep two, but I cau eat as marry as you oau
send along.”.
DC7” Counsel—“ Now, sir, on yonr oath,
were yen not horn in Pennsylvania?”
'Witness, in a solemn tone—“ Although
present at, the event, I swear oh; my oath I
have no recollection of the fact.”
[CT’Well, what next?” said Mrs. Parting
ton;-as slid interrupted Ike, who was reading
tire war. news—“ tire pickets were driven in
hve- pdl.-s.”- ‘..‘.Bless-my poor 1 sour.'hut that
will make a strong fence, I suppose they
had to ho. driven in deep to-keep the Sessionad
ors from digging under them.”
! IT” A clergyman on. his way.to eliuroh one
Sunday was overtaken by a heavy'sliowor of
■•fain.. On arriving at the vestry, ho exclaim
ed, rather impatiently, “ I wish • I were
dry!;'—“Never mind,” said his colleague,’
“you will soon he in the pulpit, and there,
you will he dry enough.”
[fT“ Dust, by Us own nature, can rise only
so high above the r.oad, and birds, which fly
higher, never have any on their wings. So
the heart that knows how to fly high enough,
escapes those little cares and vexatious which
’breed upon the earth hut cannot rise above
it in that purer air. ;
DT”lt : has often been truly remarked that
in sickness thcreis no hand like a woman’s
hand—no’heart like a woman's hpart—no
eye so untiring—no’-hope so fervent. Wom
an liy.a sick man’s couch is divinity imper
sonated.
CQf A. Syracuse .paper says that a ‘ colored
Jady,' attired in the bight of fashion sailed
into a-store and electrified the Clerk by in
quiring if ho had one of ‘ them hoop skirts
with a digestible bustle.’
_KT” A-private letter, From Camp Pope,
Minnesota; states that a scouting party ol
soldiers hud discovered in a ravine, about
throe miles from camp, the remains of eigh
teen budids massacred last fall by tho Indi
an?. .
OUT* If you ootild stand cooly by and sco
the cruelty yon could cheek,, or the wrong
you could right, and.ijiove nofinger to do it,
yojj are not the reader I want; nor the human
being I choose to know.
DT” A Dutchman was-summoned in court
to identify n stolen hog. On being asked if
tho hog had any ear-marks, he replitd;
“ To only ear-mark dat I saw vas his tail
vas cut off,”
KT“ A Southern paper ..manufacturer com
plains that no rags are to ho had, Bragg’s
rebel army in the Southwest has a monopoly
of that oymmodity.
■ ICP" A young lady who was perfectly thun
der-struck at hearing of her friends engage
ment, has since been provided with a light
ning-rod.
KT” An Indian out West was llflird to
make the following exclamation, on seeing
one of our fashionable dressed ladies: “ Ugh !
much wigwam l’t
B@“When should a siovoly young man
deserve to remain oyer green? When he
pines to become spruce.
KIT” The heart that soars upward escapes
little cares and vexations ; tlie birds Unit fly
high have not the dust elf tho road upon their
wings.
KIT” Dresses are coming down. Tho sign
before tho door of a mnntua maker’s shop,
in tho city, reads thus :
“ N. B.—Drosses made lower than over.”
KT” It is less important to a youn£ lady
that her lover’s diamonds should be of puror
water than his drinks should bo.
(IT” Flavo said that if men should rise
from tho dead and read their epitaphs, some
of them would think they had got into the
wrong grave.
jjgyA down east editor says that modesty
is a quality that highly adorns a woman, hut
ruins a man.
JB©“ Patience is very good, hut persever
ance is much bettor. While the former
stands as a stole finder difficulties, the latter
whips them out of tho ring.
"OUR' COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 2
As wo seem to bo'f(i'admdly. approaching
the Reign., of Torrmy a description .of the
trial and execution’ of a friend >of Benjamin
Franielin, the , celebrated Baron de Trench,
will be found interesting to the public. IVoi
recoin mend its'per-psal to the members of the
Jacobin Leagues, for-'whpse, especial,benefit''
we have translated. it from k Broil, the Law
Journal of Franco:.
The drums of .the Guard were
beating in front of, thei'i'ison of St. Lazaro,
in Paris. A large crowd was swaying to and
fro, in front of this-tcvrihlo abode, for the
purpose of seeing the, prisoners led out for
examination by the- Tribu
nal. Although-hardened‘so much,'by tbo
bloody events of the last few years, that a
cart-load of buinan beiligs, on their way to
the guillotine, attracted but little, attention,
still, ..on. ..that day, iih" unusual animation;
seemed to pervade the populace. The terri
ble, unsexod .women, Urn pikenian,'the Pa
triots in their nlthy, ear/Hui/uole jackets, the
children of the Reign of Terror, tender child
hood-undismayed.by scenes-of bloodshed, all
those intermingled-in tiro crowd, screaming,,
howling, and blaspheming, on the 7th Tier
tnidor in the year It of the Republic (the 9th
of July, • 1794). 1 Before, the doors of this
prison, whoso gloomy walls have reverbera
ted to as many groans, perhaps, as those of
the Bastilp, wore-a' bdtjy of pikemen, drawn
up-in-'a double lino. Between those advanced
tlio public crier.,.. At fb'owp Canna-guolo
hangs oVti l'iiTyglJircap
' his malted .black'-hair’, tind a heavy
unkempt beard,'descending',;pearly' to bis.
-waist,. with-(striped • sailors’-'trousers, and a
pair of hob-nailed shoes, complete bis pictu-.,
resqno costume. Round-his' waist, bangs a
-belt'with sharp spikes, supporting two pis
tols loaded and cocked, for (ear some-victim
should-, attempt,' -by ■-desperate moans, to
avenge the sentence of the Convention upon
its instrument. In bis' band ho carries it
■paper with the names-ol those-who were to
■have a.hearing that day. In July, 1704. (he
literal meaning of-a hearing was;—“You
shall know -the hour that will bring your
head-under the axe.’t Behind the crier fol
low two pikemen, of the section of .the Loin-'
Oards. Alter passing through a court and
then through a corridor tilled with soldiers,
engaged in-drinking,-gaining and smoking,
'the three men reach'a large door. A mur
muring of voices, is heard on the inside. At
last it is opened, and an' open space, with
just enough light-to.inako “ darkness visible" ,
is discovered behind.it. , ,
A'mimbcr of' figures aro perceived in Hie
twilight. They are thcprisoners. All ages,
nil proles'sions,' nll'spcial conditions are rep- 1
resented, , The guillotine, hits no particular
choice. As the.door grates back on its hin
ges, a cry of terror bursts from' the prison
ers’Tips; and. several exclamations, such as,
‘all is over now!’ ‘Goodbye!’ ‘ God bless
you 1’ are audible. The prisoners burry from
all the corners of,,tho court, their eyes lixod
upon the crier andliis fatal list. Who will
be dragged to-day to the 1 guillotine? To
whom will the messenger of justice bring (i-.
dings of his- irrevocable-fafe? Some look
nervously agitated—sumo utterly indifferent.,
The crier coughs, .looks over, the crowd, and
reads from the list) ‘Andre Chcmicr, author.’
4 Here I am,’ answers, with a firm voice, a
young man of twenty-two, stopped ogL—
• Get behind.,the grating,’ cried the'official.—■
The young man gets behind a sort of iron
grating, where the prisoners wait until they
join the procession which conducts them into
the presence of their judges. ‘Alexander
Boucher, ex-captaindn the, ex-Koyai Navy,’
continued the crier. 1 ‘ Ilcrtrl am,’ answered,
a sonorous .voice ; and a powerfully-built man
strode forth, and, without Jlie- least tremor,
took his place behind the grating. ,* Charles
de Bari , ex-officer of the ox-Eoyal Dragoons.’
4 11 a 1 ha! I am taken at last, am I? Very
well,’ answered n gay, handsome young iol
low, whoso spirit all the-filth and misery of
the prison had not been able to break. 4 Be
hind the grating 1’ thundered the crier ; 4 how 4
dare you'louk a patriot in the Taco?’ The
young officer took his place behind tho gra
ting, caressly humming tho refrain of some
barrack-room song.- 4 Frederick, ox-Barun
do Trenok, formerly an officer.’
Slowly from tho miserable bench, where
ho had been sitting, rose the tall, bony form,
of tho Baron. lie had contemplated'tho
scone with utter indifference until his name
was called, looking with a pitying smile upon
tho forms of youths and maidens, in company
with aged men and women, who were all ex
pecting a common fate. A contemptuous
sneer stole on his lips'whenever a suppressed
cry or any other evidence of weakness
reached his ear. With his legs stretched out
before him, and with his hands in the pock
ets of his short trousers, did tho Baron de
Trench, tho undaunted soldier, the adventur
er, tho spoiled darling of tho court dames,
pass tho night of tho sixth and seventh Ther
midor in tho prison of St. Lazaro. Ilia
whole life had boon spent in yearnings alter
unrestrained, unchecked liberty. These, al
ter, leading him through countless dangers
and adventures, loft him, forsaken by fortune
that had so often before smiled on him, in
tin 4 prison of St. Lazare. IBs youth had
shown that no fetters could restrain him ; Ins
old ago saw him writhe helplessly in, the
crushing grasp of fate. Horrible contracts 1
Hero tho dashing adventurer at tho sparkling
courts of St, Petersburg, Vienna, Berlin, sc
euro in tho affections of a noble la.ly, the
recipient of tho favors of countless other
beauties, safe and free after having escaped
every peril that can .encompass a warrior—
«IET ME.”
I ne’er on that Up fW h moment have gazed,
But a thousand temptations beset mo : ■ ' * ■
And I’ve thought,'as rubiosyou.raisod
How doiightful’twoald bo it*you’d—lotmp.
Then ho notso angry- h>v what X have done,
Nor say that you’voßworn to forget rnc ;
They were buds of tciiff>tatiim too pouting toshun,
■ Ami I thought you not but—let me.
When your lips with a.qpiyer came close to my chock,
Oh; think how bc'iyJtaUing it mot me ;
And plain as tho oyci-6i'!a.Venus could speak,
- Your eyes seemed tOrSay you would—lot mo..
Then forgive the bid mo remain;
For, in truth, ifl go $.9. U ’B regret me ;
Then, oh, let mo .try thptransgression again,
And I'll do all you wish if you—let mo.
ANSWER—'SIIEL LET YOU.”
-If u kiss bo delightful, my lips
That a beset you,
I vow hy the pQp.lftr-€h^Jui J ßer sips, ' •
On certain'conditio#*- —I’ll let yum •
If you swear by my chantis that you’ll oyer be true.
And that no other damsel .shall get you,
ByHho stars that fall found that summit of blue, .
Perhaps, sir—perhaps-.sir—i'll lot you.
If not urged by a passion as fleeting, ns wild,
That makes all tho virtues forget you,
But affection unsullied,iWl’t, fervent and mild,
. ’ ‘You ask for a kiss, then, indeed, lovo-I’ll let you. •
THE LIST HOUR OF BARON Dfi TIIEXCK.
' . . •'
AN EPISODE OF Tfl» REIGN OF TERROR.
, 1863,
and there the terrified or plaspheming wretch
es awaiting their doom ns lus associates, all
inhabiting the gloomy pile—the prison of
St. Lazaro.
Trench's history and long imprisonment,
so well known in Gormanyrinul' ponetratec
ns far us Franco. At a period us rich in all
that is groat and nobio ns it was polluted by
infatnous and bloody deeds,' men situated
like Trcnck word frequently mot in society.
No ono asked Whether his fate was merited
or not; it was supposed cruel enough to en
title him to compassion. He had opposed
liohespierre, and from that moment was a
lost man'.' He was seized, with twenty-nine
others,'on the charge,of wishing the restora
.tion of the monarchy and favoring the escape
of the captives in the prison of St. Lazare.
Jlobespicrre was no longer to ho satisfied with
the number of-his victims ; they had also to
lie men of mark. Trcnck enjoyed some little
popularity in:the quarters which ho most
frequently visited.- This was suiEcieut to,
seal his fate. - ,
Tlio crier called twenty-nine other names.
Then, after faking an enormous pinch of
snuff ho pulled the cord of a boll on the wall
and left the court.
In a few minutes the door, was reopened;
In the corridor were a double file of Nation
al Guards. The prisoners behind the-gratihg
passed' out, the guards closed up around
them,-and the door closing,, hid from their
sight the companions of their -misfortune,
whom they wore never to sop again.
Trench’s countenance, remained impassible.
Only, iis the crier -withdrew, and the prison-,
ers were taking, leave of each other 'amid,
sighs and lamentations, he beckoned''to a
■young man leaping against a’ column of.the
gallery. - ' . '
‘ Hoar. Count. Baylus’ said Tran-fc bur-
ricdty,- ■* take this-; it is a souvcnior of my
kind benefactress it; it. will keep
both her and'myself, ever.fresh in your recol
lection.’ At the. same time, 'l'mivlc hamlet
him a : mother-of-pearl snuff-box,’ richly
mounted‘in gold.
‘ Dear friend/ answered Bayhts , ‘why will
you separate yourself from the precious ob
ject?’
* Take it; I will give it to you ; respect my
wishes ; as I am a doomed man, iiothi ig can
save mo;’ ■ ' ■
‘ But, dear Baron, under the circumstan
ces, my head-is not more secure than yours.’
‘ I know it; but I have a presentment that
you will bo saved. (This prophecy was
fullilled, the Reign of Ten;or being over
thrown before it was bis turn to be executed,)
But I, Baron, I must die.’
..-.ln trout,of the prison, Trench came in fur
|sj,largo share of the sarcasms of tiro popp-
Taco. ‘ Sing the Caira, tali' Prussian, they
shouted to him. ‘He is a spy. Ho bus to
show whether be is a patriot,’ ejaculated oth
ers.
On reaching the tribunal, Trcnck throw bis
eyes around tile ball. The same persons as
in-the street. Men, women'and children.—.
Spectators,,without jivuab.cr ip the p.aUovlesy
' in the first benches, mothers with their chil
dren at the -breast,-.nind their Eyes .fixed on
■ the judge. , All file fantastic drosses' of, the
(lime where there represented, from the plain
black clutlt dress to-the shirt sleeves-of the
men of the sections. The scribes.wore red
caps, and red caps surged at every moment
from among the erowd. Marat’s bust, which
grinned from its niche behind the judicial
desk, was also adorned'with one of the pi.—,
Eyen-the tri-colored flag suspended behind
his bust carried into,'on the pike end. of .the
llitg-stalf. 'Repulsive sounds, insupportable
odors, a suffocating temperature, combined
to make the ' court-room scarcely' preferable
to. the prison. At last a’ bell tolled, and si
lence.immediately, prevailed.
Tire syndic Hermann rose to read the accu
sation. Then he turhiod to the prisoner,
whoso head and gray hair -towered over his
companions, ami even over,the bayonets
of the guard. Fate lu)d graven no now lines
in that immovable face. It was as if made of
stone. Only . the-eye and the tongue, could,
express what the man had felt, and what he
was going through now.
‘ Your name, age,'and profession?’ asked
Hermann,
‘ Baron Frederick da Trcnck, born at Kicn
igsbuVg, in the year 1720; formerly an officer,
in the'Austrian and Prussian armies, now a
literary man,’ . ..
- 4 Accused, yam are suspected of being in
communication with tho sovereigns olEuropc.
A letter of yours has been discovered, in
which you. express yourself very dubiously in
regard to.remit events. It will be produced.'
4 Tho public prosecutor has. been deceived.
It tile tyrants of Europe wished to discover
the statu of affairs in Franco, would they ap-
ply to mo, whp am a friend of the people?
Look, citizens, on the marks which'chains
have left on my wrists, and then Ask, if you
can, whether 1 would lift these hands"agiiinst
the liberators of captives, the destroyers
of dungeons.’
■ Trench, stretching rut his arms so as
to draw back his shirt-sleeves, here showed to
the public the indelible marks which tho fet
ters of. Magdeburg had left on his arms.
Marks'of approbation were audible among
the crowd. The judges seemed irresolute.
4 Can you deny that you have been a cor
respondent it Joseph 11, of Austria?’
4 1'was formerly ; but let mo but'speak,
Citizen Frocurekr, and I will soon silence my
accusers.”
At that moment, on the left of the Judge’s
desk, rose.a man,.whoso horrible face would
chill the blood in one’s veins. Such faces be
came tho bloodhounds of that period, well
named the 4 lleign of Terror.’ His physiog-
nomy resembled a mask bearing the outlines
of a human face, with tho nose, mouth and
eyes of a hyena.
4 1 call to order,’ said the mouth. 4 By
four o’clock fourteen prisoners must bo tried;
'TrnTnowTwelvo—there is no time to bo lost.’
4 No time to lose,’ thundered Trenok. 4 Du
you consider tho few minutes employed by a
man in pleading for his life lost time?’ -
4 Speak,’.said tho syndic.'
4 But, citizen Irocureur,’ said Fougnier
Tinville, (this was tho hyena's name,) 4 then
I won't bo able to —’
4 Citizen accuser,’ said Hermann, I direct
tho proceedings of tho Court. Prisoner, I re
peat, you may speak.' *
Trench rose, slowly and said Citizens .
Ton long years I lay in a prison. Whop
I again tasted liberty I employed it as a phi
losopher, as a man who can appreciate its
benefits. - 1 was a-useful’citizens.. After es
pousing the daughter of tho burgomaster of
Anchor, I passed my, time in the study of
commorce,litorature,and the military sciences.
I founded n newspaper, with tho intention of
introducing a new and purer school of Chris
tianity. Out of respect for a Princess of
royal blood, who had boon my benefactress, I
gave up my newspaper, not, however, my
principles. In the years 1771 and 1777 I
journeyed through England and Franco.
Here 1 became the friend of tho true patriot,
Franklin. I composed this muse in his
honor ; Eripuit fulnien ccelo sceptremigur ty
rannies. (lie wrested the lightening from
• heaven, the sceptre from tyrants-.) Upon my
return to Germany they wished to confer an
office upon me, but the death of my great
benefactress, the Empress. Maria Therae —'
* Wo iiro -hero to,plead caifses, not to listen
•to praises of the'enemies of the Itepublic/
interrupted Hermann.
‘ You are liero tocondcmn,” you. had bet
ter say, ‘but you have given mo liberty
to speak ;-I shall use it— ‘ thegfeat Empress
ATaria'-ThercscS
1 Make him be silent, if hp'praWfcs’the ty
rant’s/cried 2Vaiw7/cv.
‘She was my benefactress/ exclaimed
Trcnck t 'mid I* must, in this very spot, pro
, claim ter a groat Empress. At, her death I
devoted myself to agriculture. Yes, citizens I
lie whom you now behold was the friend..of
Franklin , and has followed tlie plough in the
fields of Germany; In 1787 I was permitted
to returnto my;native country. -1 remained
in Prussia only Jong enough to-fuliil a sacred
trust... The object, of my solicitude suited
; th is life,-. I theadaft the country whore I hud
endured so many sufferings.. ,• lb is then that
those circumstances surp-erVened which drew
upon me the. attention of'Kurope. They
made mo.brilliant proposals. 1 refused them.
.1 foarcd/Bomc new. persecutions. While' the
• Vienna, my joy at the taking of the Bastile
was punished witli an;"imprisonment .of ‘spy-;
entccn days. Citizens, is that the conduct,
which cun render me obnoxious to.tlm patri
otism, of France? I havo.-livod in France
since 1791,- and I believe that the works
I have published may have contributed a
'Buie to the political education of the French
| people. I did not enter the popular Assem
bly. How could I -think tlu\t I, a stranger,
would be listened to with any attention.
Citizens, question my comrades of the section
of the Lombard.*. They will certify unani
mously to my being an honorable man. I
have spoken, and believe to liavo clearly
shown that I never, in'thought or act, was an
enemy of France/
Trvnck resumed his scat. Now signs of
adhesion ran through the dense ranks of the
spectators. The public prosecutor rose to
answer him. * 1 will not/ he said, or nuhpr
howled T/ji rifle, 1 follow the prisoner.through
his intricate winding, and .turnings. Jnstiet®
must have the rapidity of lightening. I will
pass oyer a portion of (he accusation, in re-,
gard to that part which intimates ,hia .inter
course, with the foreign enemies of Franco;
But let the accused deny, if ho can, the
allegation which 1 shall presently,make. • In
the prison of St. Lazarc a conspiracy was
hatched for the purpose of overthrowing the
Government and restoring the ‘monarchy.
The Genius of Liberty battled the plan, and
discovered their design to the neople.' Half
of the conspirators, including in this number
the ringleaders, stand before you. The re
mainder will bc.’judged to-morrow. The
country is in danger, and its safety demands
that you should be prompt/
‘ Every slave has shc right to break bis
chains/ exclaimed Chemicr, • •
‘We merely '.visited to v.scapo our punish-,
ment/ said Bouclmr. ‘Not every man. can*
make an assassin.. The hand that has held
the.sword or the pon-repdlsGs
with horror/
‘ When.l attempted to escape from cripti**
| ty in Germany,’ said T rcnclc, f heavier irons
■ wore tlie penalty of myoffonsc. It Ims been
reserved for tlie tribunals of the. Republic to
eclipse all Other tribunals in cruelly;’ ■, ■
■ ‘ M’by- do you anticipate, tbo .punishment
of conspirators ?’ asked.
' We know our fate,’ exclaimed Boucher.
‘Do not bide tbo tiger in the fox’s skin. AVe
will quit tboso precincts but-to ascend the
stops of the scaffold. Shameless judges!
T!i# : o over our beads exists a tribunal that’
will one day. review all , actions. ;AVoe unto
Aou 1, Your bloody deeds will bring curses on
your names from just men's lips to the end of
time.’
‘ In tlio interest of the accused, I order
hem to Ije silent,’ said Hermann.
‘As you will,’ said Chunk)-. ‘lt wore
lookery to dcfmid ourself before'such a tri
unal. The judges of the revolution disgrace
iberty.’
‘ Citizen President,’ said 'iinciUe, put an
end to this disorder ; let'tbe jury retire to
deliberate.’,
1 Prisoner Trend-,’ raid Hermann,
tribunal respects the moderation of you
defence.' Will you affirm that you had n<
connection whatever with the conspiracy?
'Srenck could luivo saved himself by a
word. Ha sprang to .Ida feet. All eyes
were,fastened upon him,
‘ Citizens I.’ he cried, ‘ I take Hie responsi
bility of all that lias been uttered by ■my
companion;!.' With them I will live or die.’
All.hope was r.o.w lost for T reticle ; hut-the
great .moment had not found him wanting.
All his errors were amply atoned for. He
fell'a-victim of his personal honor. A terri
ble, pause ensued. At length the jury, re
turned. All the accused, thirty in number,
are condemned to lioath, ‘ for having conspir
ed to muster the- representatives of the peo
ple and restore the monarchy.’
The prisoners heard their sentence with
indifference. At that time death, by famili
arity, had bred contempt. They separated
saying‘An reroiV,’ perhaps under the guil
lotine. At two.o’clock the sentence'was pro
nounced ; at four they were drawn to the
guillotine in carts.- The notes of a mournful
song vibrato in the air ; they- are singing the
chant (hi depart.
In those days people sang on the way to
death. Soldiers sang when going info hat- I
tie ; the mob sang at executioners. Boucher
and Chemcr talked over their boyish fancies
and their once rosy dreams. ’
‘So soon to die.,’ signed Chanter. ‘-And
there was something here,’ said he, striking
his forehead.
‘ Andre,’ answered Boucher, ‘yon only give
up ideas; I give up a dearly beloved wife
and children. Wo will meet again. Let us
die nobly, without a sign of weakness.’
‘I tremble not,’ answered, * Qhemier, ‘but
I regret that I can no longer ho of use to
mankind. The people looked at the passing
carts with unmistakable symptoms of pity.
‘ What are you astonished at?’ cried 'Srenck.
‘This is but it comedy a la, Jlobe.tpierrc.’
They had reached the foot of the guillotine.
It was hero that 'Srenck showed the whole
extent of hie iron character. Ho refused to
pass first under the fatal axe. With his arms
folded, ho gazed uithoiit apparent emotion
upon the bloody work, which was repeated
twenty-nine times. lie towered above all,
his gray hair waving with Hie wind. What
thoughts were pressing, on the brain 1 Fred
erick the Great had said to him, in 1749,
‘ Stay with mo ; I will make something great
of you.’
Now Boucher’s head fell., lie was the last
but one.
T reticle's tarn, came next. As bo ascended
the ladder.the .stops creaked under, his firm,
trend.. On reaching the top, : he advanced
and cried in a loud tone of voice, ‘ French
men 1 we din innocent. . You will avenge us,
Restore liberty; ahd sacrifice the monsters
that disgrace it V
I . 110 throw himself upon the picnic; Tho
axe glittered a moment in tho sunlight, 'and
oho more head—the head of the nntorturinto
Trench —fell into the basket. Thirty heads
had been severed in fifteen Jninutes. -Tho
multitude of spectators remained silent for d
moment; then, like tho roaring-of the pea,
thundered forth theory,, . , , , -
‘Long .live tho Kopnblio!’
SOUTMITO AWAKE?
UNION DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The Democrats of .Southampton township
assembled at Leesburg, on Saturday evening.
May 2d, fir. the. purpose of organizing a De
mocratic Club. The.meeting was largo arid
enthusiastic. The Club was organised by
•the election of. Jf: K. . Kelso ns'President;.
Jacob Foreman and . Adam, T. Keller, Vico
Presidents ; Calvin Amy, Recording and Cor
res priding Secretary, and-—-Heller and Ben
jamin Baxter, Assistant Secretaries. On mo
tion Col. dairies.Cheanut, James Lover, Win-.
, Highlands, Henry Baughman,’ pnd James
Foreman were appointed a committee to draft
resolutions,' &c. Col. James Ohesnnt ad--
dressed the Inoctingin a-patriotic-and.able
manner, Whose. reinarks were greeted with
applause. On motion ii Was resolved that:
the coin mi too' report at the next .meeting to
he held oh Saturday evening, May -Hi. Tho
motto adopted'hy the Club is, “the Union as
it was and the Constitution as it is.” .
South Middleton dull.
On Saturday evening, May,9th,-the Deipo
crats of South Middleton, Township,' mot at
the public house of Snyder Rupley, Pup'er
fown, for tho purpose cf organizing a “ De
mocratic. Club.” Jacob Zug was/elected
President of the Association ; Alfred Moore,
George P. Searight .and Samuel Goodyear
were elected'Vice Presidents ; J. 11, Busier
was elected • Corresponding , Secretary,-and
Win. B. Butler, Becoiding Secretary, j. il.
Busier, George P. Searight and Sriy’der Ru-,
pley wore appointed to draft a series of reso
lutions, which, wore unanimously adopted;
Jlesotved , That tho Democracy of South'
Middleton township, conscious of-their duty
iu these stirring times, do proclaim in coin'-,
tnou 'with the great true and loyal party
of tho country, their sincere devotion to eon-,
stitiitionul liberty and constitutional Onion,
believing'as we do, that in this alone:iies tho
salety of the citizen and ;,the perpetuity of
our national independence!. ■ ■
Resolved, That we are, equally, hostile to,
aholitiouists-north, and secessionists'south ;
wo regard-.huth alike as tending to'the .same
result—one is the openly avovved advocate of.
a.scpcratu confederacy, the other the advocato
.of -principles- which- most, inevitably cud
there. *'- ■ '
Resolved, That we regard lho Eman oi pa tiou
'Proclamation, . the .Conscription, : Liiw, thn
Confiscation Act, and the suspension of the
Writ of 'Habeas Corpus Act, ns clearly un
constitutional, but while we pledge our unit
ed efforts to test them, in, all legal modes;
-within our roach, wo will-not infringe upon
or violate any law, whatever may bo our pre-.
sent opinions, until it is pronounced by.tho
proper judicial authorities to bo null and
void. It is bettor to bear many.grievances of
a. temporary .character, than to plunge our
country into -anarchy; ending in military
despotism, and, destroying all our hopes for '
the future.
dissolved, That ,we believe that,'the war
should bo. prosecuted under constitutional
principles, for the purpose of restoring .the
Union as it wag, because it is the only legal
and successful means of preserving pur fed
eral compact. ■ *.
Itesolved, That wo deem the endorsement
of the gryat and national Democracy ,as the
only safe-guard to our. private liberties "and
public safety. . ’
After the adoption of the resolutions, the
meeting was eloquently and ably addressed
by Martin Q. Herman, Esq;, of Carlisle, af-'
ter which the meeting ' adjourned, by
giving throe hearty cheers for the speaker
and three for General George B. M’C.lollan.
Adjourned to meet, at the same place,
on Saturday evening, May 23d, at 7 o’clooki
* our
801 l of Honor.
Below we give the names of the members
of our Legislature who wisely refused to turn
the hall of the State Capitol into a political
lecture room, for the .use of those traveling
pedlars of abolitionism, Johnson and Wright, ■
in which to malign the Democracy of Penn-,
sylvania and glorify the usurpations, despo-
isia and corruption of the party in power,
unless.the gallant M’Clellan.could.have the
use of the same halls for defending the Con
stitution of his country and the civil liberty 1
and patriotism of the people. •
ROLL OF SENATORS.
Goo. 11. Bucher, Cumberland county,
llcister Clymer, Berks county.
C. M. Donovan, Philadelphia.
A. 11. Glatz, York-county.
C. Lamherton, Clarion county.
11. S. Mott, Pike county. .
J. C. Smith, Montgomery county.
G. W. Stein, Northampton county,’
J. B. Stark, Luzerne county.
\V. A. Wallace, Clearfield county.
KOLL OP REPRESENTATIVES.'
J. P. Rhoads, Cumberland county.
T. T. Barger,. Philadelphia.
W. T. Alexander, Clarion county.
K. F. Barron, Centro county.
J. B. Beck, Lycoming county.
J. 11. Boiloau. Bucks county.
J. IV. Brown, Northumberland county. l
Jus. Delone, York county.
J. C. Ellis, Montour county.
ITra. Ulenn. Washington county.'
Conrad Grabor, Schuylkill county.
Aaron Hess, Northampton county.
11. G. Hoover. Montgomery county.-
W.. Horton, Fulton county.
G. E. Jackson, Sullivan county.
S. Josephs, Philadelphia.'
1). Raine, Fayette county.
C. A. Kline, Berks county. •
E. Kerns Schuylkill county.
John Labar, Bucks county.
11. J. Myers, Adams county.
1> 11. Neiman, Northampton county,'
A. C. Noyes, Clinton county. ;
Ales. Patton. Greene county.
G. A. Quigley, Philadelphia.
Jos. Rex, Montgomery county. -
Jacob Robinson, Luzerne county.. --v -
O. 11. Rowland, Pike county.
S. W.'Trimmer, Luiorno county. l
P, Welsh, Luzerne cn'uiity.
D. lOWoidner, Berks county,'
.Adam Wolf,. Schuylkill coaijtj?.
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