~ ~ "■ ~ ~ ■■■ - _ . | ___ ' \ •'• • - - . ■.» • . -“ODD. COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BEKIUIIT-BOT RIGHT OR WRONG OUll COUNTRY." . ~•. , . ’ f •;' • ’ ! ■ ' 1 1 ' ■' • ' ■ —— !- j — ? VOL. 50. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, published •cT'Kny tiiursdav morning by SOU® JJ. ItRAXTO®. Subscription. —Two’Dollars if paid within the J fl “ d Two Dollars and Fifty. Cents,'if not paid f.within the . year. -These terms will he rigidly ad-' .■flerod to in every instance. No subscription dis continued until all arrcprages are paid unless at -She option of the Editor. J Advertisements —Accompanied by the cash, and ■,aot exceeding one square, will bo inserted throe i/Jmcs for One Dollar, and twenty-Uvecents lor each insertion. Those of a greater length iii proportion., , ■ 5 * JoD-PurNTiNO—Such asUand-bills, Posting-bills. •Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, idJ|ie gardens of her fath ,er’s palace. " ‘ “V Beiuitilul .as-those-gardeps wefo. sparkling with g'ldcd pavilions, the • air, cooled; with -silver fountains, and rendered fragrant, by the odors of every rare plant, still, this por :pe.tual solitude wearied her,, the society of jili or fe| n a I 0,. aften d a i its failed to interest her,, ,-as she reclined bonqath the pendent branch ,* es of-a date tree, she sighed. and felt more like a-.piiis.oner in a cage, fh'an a print-ess in (the pleasure garden of tier palace, ■..-Shu had dismissed her attendants, and lay,' i thoughtfully leaning her-head upon her t han’d, when a rustling amid the branches of ;.nn orange tree attracted her attention, and she started to, her feet in an instant with ah. exclamation of alarm and surprise, as, she distinctly saw aiming the clustering ..loaves land blossoms, the bright eyes and dark glow-; ing features of;a man. The branches hastily parted, and ayOjung Mohammedan, rushing forward, knelt:.fie-V foie her. ,; ‘Wlm art thou ?’ she exclaimed. , ..‘)|ilof cy, niei'cy, I am 'defenceless—spare mel’ ‘ • Mercy,’ replied tlio Moore; ”tisl must crave mercy of you : I a.ii defenoolessf fair: lady. I iun at your feet and in your power.’' ‘ What brought you here ?’ she replied'.- ‘ Kumy you not the danger:?’ _ ‘ A danger I have braved too often, to heed, it.for an instant now.’ • ' Of ton ! What mean you 1 ?’ i Dai lyn t this, linor, tlio luinr of your p.oli tiiry. ramble, have I‘entered these gardens daily have I lurked behind the shrubs that surround , your favorite bower—daily-have I gazed on yon unseen.’ • ‘ Eor,what purpose V '* ‘ My purpose 1 madness—death 1’ ‘Death? to me, who n,ever wronged .you , —who never injured a human-hping?’ ‘ To you, lady—no, no—not. to yon ; I would not harm you for the world.’ ‘Death to whom, then?’ ■ ‘ To,myself.’ ‘ Why—what brought you here V , ‘ Accident, or perhaps idle curiosity first /brought l mo here; ami I looked on you fur Jlie trembled lost they should come, the : 'V'“I 1 »'y doom,’.lit length muttered •aeureM 1 ' 1 " ‘ 1 800 n“ 1,1 fly; my dream of ■dour h ° ', 8 0Vl!l ' 5 "‘y stolon watoliiugs, so Will n, n 1 1” 180 * l "P L ‘* | )sa, are at an end ; you ■die > 1 your Other’s guards, find I shall T E 11 M S foetlml iISIBEL. She spoke to her attendants, and the pro cession paused us she approached the free No, no—-you shall not dm—not if Adn cnn save you ; I will not call thorn : no, I dread their coming.'' ' | Toon you forgive my boldness ?’ * Yfea—only begone—save yourself.' ‘ Shall wo moot again ?’ ‘ Never !’ ‘Then I will stay and did", bettor .to die liero, at your command, in yqur presence, than to go hence and-linger out ft life of hopeless love, never beholding you again.’ . -Poor Ada liad never been before addressed in love’s own language. Her hand hud boon -Eonglit-by princes and nobles,, who, secure in her fathorfa sanction; had addressed her in .forms of admiration, but whoso looks and accents wore cold and spiritless when com pared- with, the ardor of the i youthful lover j who knell, before. her. ■ ‘;For my ■ sake; if pot for your pjvp, go;' she cried. . - ■ ' 1 ’ ‘Then we may meet again ?’ Yea, only: leave mo .now; you know not half your peril. .To morrow is" the annual hpmjr shall bo there .and will contrive to speak to you—hark V ’ She p>|iiuej to the orange tree?. ■ A foot step was heard .at n-idistanco. Tlitr'. Mpor grasped her band,'pressed it to his lips,mid lost among the orange blossoms just,as the chief officer of the rajah entered the bow er to inform Ada that her father desired her .presence. .She cast one -anxious glance „uro,ur.d her, breathed more freely when she lonutl that, her -lover lay 1111 sirs pec ted .inLhis fragrant ambush, and followed di.y her at tendant returned to the palace. ' fi'here was no festival in Hindustan .so splendid-as that celebrated annually in honor of jVishnu in .tha province over which the rajah governed. J-ho gardens onithb brinks of-fiho Jnijma were splendidly .decorated di/r the occasion, and it hoon woro filled crowds of persons, all in their, various situations either to sec or.to he seen :to pay duo reverence to,Vish nu, or to ho duly reverenced* ■ KjJUle drains sounded, golden armor glis tened, downy feathers waved in costly tur bans ; cavaliers hearing silver battle axes rude proudly on their prancing milk-white steeds, *-and princely ladies wei o borno' in glittering palankeens bn the backs- of- elo phahts Ada whs/hero,-pale and sad; her .stolon, mysterious interview with her unknown lov er, was so recent, so. unexpected, so unlikely to end happily, that she lav oh her rose ool or'.cushions,.fanned by her favorite, slave, ..without taking the trouble to draw aside the amb;r curtains of her litter tp look upon the fesdviti.es which surrounded her. ■ Toward evening the gardens wore illumi nated with thousands of inai y colored lamps, she raised herself and looked , around her, hut glancing hastily over bright vistas ami radiant bowers, her eyes rested on a wide spreading tree beneath whose overshadowing branches a comparatively dark space rm mained. She there saw the form pf her nn- : known lover ; ho was leauipg.pgainst l -a.tree, With his eyes ..fixed upon her; she told her slave, with assumed levity that she liad-vuV,cd to gather a cluster (if.the .blossoms of'.that, tree, a/rmato. gather t)ict.a.. juid dcsirihavUnr '•to nfliiii'''tier ret,urii,-si/c.dha.-tiei) l c.ii'' lyii'euth the canop.yifin-ipcd by-its ho.u.gibji ’ Kcdni w.as indeed tJicrc, ' v ' i 1 Sppak.potd she earnestly .whispered. ‘I must .not stay for an instant—l dare not lis ten to.yiiu—oht .mark my words, and if you hive me obey them. ,1 do not doubt, your love, I do not doubt yonr constancy, but I shall appear to d.uubt both when you hear jay. request.’ . .. ‘‘ Spirali, lady,. I will'obey you,’said the Moore. . ■ • ‘.QU,’ whispered Adii-. ‘.l,my the swiftest of' Arabian steeds, ride him. across your plain' three times in every day—in the moriiinn-, at noon, and in the.evening ; and every tiine you ride him, swim the Jumna on liis'haek.- ‘ls that all?’ said Seliin ; ‘it shall bo •;dOne.’ ■ ‘lt is all,’ replied Ada; ‘to prove your love you will 1 know readily do it, but to .prove your constancy, or rather to ensure our safety, it must lie done three times every day for the space of ope year!’ . • ' i ' ‘ A year I’ 1 , ’ 1 Yes, and at the expiration of the year,, at this (estival, on tjiis-very day, if.neither' courage nor constancy have been wauling, meet'ino again on. this spot. I can w,ait r forf Coyeply—ldeas' you, bless you.’ •Ada, with'a few leaves of the trees in her trembling hand, hastened hack to her palan keen, and Silim again, alone,-gazed from his shadowy hiding place on the gay, festival, in W'bicji.'his :y.es Jjehohl one form alone. How ■ brief-seeins the retrospect of one year ofhap piricss 1 How and, how interminable, seems, ■tim sa.no space of lime, iit,anticipation, when ■ye ino.w tltat.at its close some long looked for bliss will bo Obtained —some' cherished ■hope realized. Bclim bought ivsteoil, the whitest and swiftest,of the province, .a,nd,J;e soon-loved it’ dearly, tor it soemeii to be a living link cun- , neoted him wdh Ada. lie daily three times travelled Hie valley, tliricG he : forded the,deep and foaming river.; be saw not bis love, ho received no token frpni her; hilt if his eyes did not de ceive him, ho occasionally saw a foqialo form on ,the, summit of jic.r jaibcr’s tower, and*a snow whi.te scarf was sometimes waved as he' speeded rapidly through the valley. Id Ada' the year passed slowly, anxiously ; often did she repent of her injunction to the filiior,,.when, the sky was dark and stormy and when the torrents from.the mountains hud rendered the Jumna i.nipucuouH and dun gerous. Then on her knees on the rajah's totyor, she would watch her 'lover, dmioinn ,at one'moment lest fear nhould make.him abandon both her and the enterprise, and then, praying that ho .might indeed forsake botli, rather then oncountre the terrors of [that foaming .flood 1 .Soon she saw him speeding fi-opi the dark fm-osjj; ho plunged fearlessly iutorthe.riycr; ho.buffeted with its waves; he gained the opposite shore ;.n-ain and again she,saw him bravo the difficulty, again ho conquered it, and rguin it was to bo encountered.,iA.t length, the .annual, festival arrived, the gardens were adorned with .gar lands, end resounded with music and glad ness, once more, too,.Selim.stood beneath the shadow of tho widesproading tree. Ho saw crowds, assemble" hut ho heeded them not; ho heard the orheb of the cymbals and the measured beat of the kettle drums. The rajah passed near him, with his officers and armed attendants, and these were fal lowed fay a troop uf damsels; then came Ada the raj all’s daughter. She was no longer tbo trembling, bashful girl bo had seo_n,gt the last festival. Proudly and, self possessed eho walked the queen uf the procession, her form glittering with a kingdom’s -wealth pf diamonds. Selim’s heart sunk within him. 'She is changed—sho will.think no noire of mo 1’ ho involuntarily exclaimed. But at that moment her dark eye glanced toward his hiding place alone, ami affected to, gather some of its leaves. * Are you faithful V said she* In a low tone; nay, I wrong you by the question ; I have seen that you are so.; if you have courage;, as yo.u have constancy, you are inline, and I am ydbrs—hush—where is your steed T iSelun held its bridle rein. * [t’heri in hands .1 place my happi ness,she addcd : ; ‘ these gems shall be our, wealth, and your truth iny trust—away 1 away I' ■ Selim in an instant boro Ada to the back of his Arabian, and ere the rajah and his attendants were awa,re she had quitted the Cavalcade, swift as the wind lid ' bar.o h.er from tlio gardens. • ' ’ ‘ ‘ . The pprspit was instantaneous, aml.pttei*- ■ing c.qrses and indignant reprnaehes, the I'-.ajah and.a hundred of fiis .armed■fullow.crs close at thd heels of the fugitives. •.* Folloav ! follow V cried the formost, ‘ we gain upon them, wo will tear her from the grasp of the Mohammedan, if hey approach (}ie river’s haukl.nnd'Uirpulent as it now,is after the storm of yesterday, they will either, oerisli in its yyatqvsf.or .we shall seize them on its brink.’ , ■ ' Still they gained , upon'•them:; the .space between the pursuers-and pursued' heenme Smaller and smaller, ■ pnd the recapture of Ada seemed certain.. When lo 1 to tlie as- tonishment..of tjmse who fcllowed Min, Se -1 ii)iwell-trained steed plunged into the .foaming. ..torrent, '{battled bravely with its waves, hove Ids burthen safely through them, and bounding .-up tlio opposite hank, cuiitin ucd his flight 1 he pursuers stood baffled oh the’river’s Jjanff.; their horses having been, trained'to', .no spell feat as tlint they had,just* witnessed, it would have been madness.to have plunged amid the eddying whirlpools of the swollen Jnhina. . i Every talc;'should have its moral. What •then .will bo said of mine, which records the triumph of a .disobedient child in' a seeiiH, unauthorized attachment? A. temporary trinmplfwhich so, rarely leads to happiness! For this pert of my, story I Inivo no apology to offer ; .hut from the little history of Selim and'Ada, this small grain of moral .inference niay .be extracted : Ladies will do well to try (Ire integrity and .prove the•'constancy.- of their . lovers ■ ere . they marry; and lovers should endurd trials and delnys with forti tude, and thus proye the unchanging truth of their affection. ■ As Accojimodating Judge.— Judge H— - of Missouri, was aii Keeominodali'ng man, but he would drink more than was bone.iiclal fur his head, or the bench upon which-ho sat. On one occasion, after his appointment, biisi-- ness called him. to Liberty, and while there mooting .with many of hik old' associates at tic bar, ho got into .a convivial nioud,' .which lasted say;lid days ;,cnd mi going out be look ed rather worse for .wear..' ixn crossing the river at Owen’s pimling, there was a boat dis charging freight, ami in great haste for fear that, an.olhrii''.b.d-.t Would,.pans that jpst hove, i.e sight. ' Sang opt/.. T 4 Z' id:bltVl ••f ■ hand in titking off; that furniture ? f will pay yoii, well tor doing so, ami, double lilly iu'tho I.*n n ‘Oh, yes,’ said the jiidgu, ‘always ready to help in time' of need. ‘Then torn in and bo quick,f-'said tho elerki ■ The first thing was a marldb-tnp bureau. In going nlf the plank the judge slipped! iind Ihe chirk roared mil:' .‘There-now, throw that info the river v you?’ '.‘-Gorininly, said the judge, and giving a kick .with the order, over’board it went. Olellna! whal is that for?.’ said the clerk. ‘I always obey orders wltou ,1 work. Ipr a' man,’said the judge. ■' 1 Leave.said' the mate. ‘Agreed/ said thejudgo. ‘Who is that man ?’ said the clerk, , ‘That.is Judge II ,of the Fifth Judi oial District of Missouri, remarked a bystand ,«r..• , ' .‘Let, go that line.l’ cried 'the clerk am the boat put into the stream .tit .its bighosi :;ato pf sbged. , .. ...... .'flicJrtuJiing of an Egg. “Y ynnng couple had. passed the first few weeks of their marriage at the house of n mend. • Having at length occupied their new home, they wore taking their first breakfast, following scene took place:. . 'J-* ie young busbamlwas iiji.ocently open ing a boiled,egg in an egg cup. The bride observed that be was breaking the'shell at what she thought the wrong end. ‘How stiange it looks/ said she, ‘ to see yon break your egg at the small end, my dear 1 No one else dues so;, it looks - so odd/ . 1 I think it is quite as good, in fact .bettor than* breaking it at the large end. my ioya; fur whOn c you brqtUc the l::rge end.iho egg l; ans over-tlie top/ replied the husband. But it looks so very (aid when no one else dues so, rejoined t.bo wife. • .' I really do think it is not a rVV* y i,u have got of eating an egg.— iliat dipping strips of bread and butter into an egg certainly is not tidy. But Jdo not object to your doing ns you please, if you will otAUO break my oggiU the small end/ re torted the husband. ‘ • I uni sure my, way is not so had as eating flint pie with a knife, as you do* instead ul using.a lurk ; and you always eat syrup as if you.wero nutaeeustumed to havesuJh tilings. Imi .really do - not see how very bad it looks, nrl inn sure you would not dJso/ added the -wife. . is made to be oaten with the pie; and why should I send it away au the plate ?■ asked the husband. No well bred persona ever clear their plates as it they wore .starved/ said the bride, with a contemptuous cast of her head. Well, tlioh, I am nota well bred person/ replied the husband angrily. * , ky° u roust be, if wo are to live com fortably together/ was the slmrp.cnswei' of the fastidious lady. * must break my. egg at the small end, so it.dues .not signify : and I must also eat the syrup/ ‘Then I will not have either fruit pie or eggs at the table/ i/But I will have them/petulantly oxclaim eu the husband. ‘l'hon I wish I had nut married 3 T ou/ cried the young wife, bursting into tears. ‘And so do I added Xbo now Incensed hus band, as lie ruse and walked out of the room,. : i*his domestic quarrel was 'followed. by others equally trifling in their origin, and dis graceful in their character, until the silly con plo made themselves so disagreeable to each other that their homo became unendurable, and they separated. ICT'Koop yourself from the anger r.f a groat mho', from the tumult of a great inch, from a man of ill-fame,. from a wind that comes tit at w hole, and from a reconciled enemy. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1863. Instructions fpr f U. S. Marshals. Th’ following tiikeyoff, upon tho secret in structions to the :EF.,;S. Marshals in the'dis charge of their duties is too good to bo with held from th(f public:'' ,1. As your oflWp is unknown to .the Constitution ot the '(Hinted States, arid to the Constitution of t|;pijrato, you must endeavor to_ impress the pdcjpli’ as niueh us possible with the.dignity and .importanc.e- ofjopr offi cial position, by evincing as much 1 contempt ns you can for the foolish, old fashlpped laws pf the Statos, which art; now entirely obsolete, .being unlit for the exigencies of tlio, times. . 2. Yon are to spottly continually and in all placcs'of.tho odionsi'ipfambns, execrable, in rental and dafpnnble doctrine of Suite rights, 3. . -Never, tinder -f) 11 y circumstances, al ■ hide, to the ■ Constitution ; and if you'hear .the word on any ninji's lipsparrest him im mediately. ' i li: • 4. ‘lt is.a disloyal practice for any-mnri fu allude to tho cxplodoil-iuodo of trial by-jury. Arrest all-such. ■ ■■';; .' ■ 5; Accuse all Democrats of every crime under heaycn, and-if Die scoundrels presume to argue with yon, arrest them. * , ‘ 0. All who talk a.bout liberty of speech .and the press, are trfllWs—-arrest all such. 7.. All whit prate, (ibont tho habeas corpus are enemies to the Government—nrresfthein. ’ 8. . Studiously avoid using the [ doin' except as iipplicd’to negroes. Arrest all who are guilty of suojidisloyal practices. ■ ■9. ■, Use, whenever you can, the ear tickling words ‘ loyal,and deppporting tho'Govenv nient.hbut-always inixuch a way as to mean the subversion of; old Govern ment, and the supporljyif my new system.kd ilf you hoar any. manibso the words in any other .connection, arre.St him! , ■ 10. I; is opposing 1 !-the Government, for jiny Inan.to speak of Restoring the Union ps it was. Arrest such. J,: 11. ■ It is a disloyitTpraotico, for any man to speak of the size of'fn.y foot, or otherwise to allude, to .me, except: in praise of rny per sonal beauty, and of my. emancipation policy. ■Arrest them. ' ' ! 12., If you Itear.-any man .allude .with ro -speot to the ridibulo'u.3 itfticlo in tlie old Con stitution,-. which protects- citizens from un reasonable' searches’ .and, seizures, arrest and search him instantly. . If you (bid no contra band letters , and , documents about- him,-it will bo proof that bo has taken the.precaution’ to destroy them and.'.wiiriV-SutEuietit.cvidcnbo of his g.uilk sLock him up. ’ '• " •lil'jlt is oppijsing.rtlib Goyernrnentj-for' any man to spy that-.thp ought to, enlist to help to do smite of the fighting.— Arrest all such traitorsil ■ j 1.5. .Arrest any body j'oc pl.casp, pod if any man complains,,Jlifti. for he is.pisloya! andean enemy to tbsigifegriimeiit. 17. jlf..anybody’ td|Sj|d hhnv ymtir brains out While nttcmptinjpjls>’'illegal arrest’ tell the devil that you di|i|||rving me. die will reward you nceoidingisp. Old 'Guard. ~ .Datiieu 111 iu.ica young ladies, who had been attp'ndTijfe an oVeninlj party; desired to return hqau , had no mala WtT lus son to accompany and made use o’ n.Sio-ijUin-e.nanie. -AYfflit iVas it?,' iTereboiiin—,Terry IjxyA u ’em* ■lurry proving reluctant, the gentleman de sired ■ another'son,'tons escort. What Scripture.inline did ,hc Sitter ? Lemuel —Lem you w|l|. '.Still there was a difficulty, mid a like re quest was blade in a similar manner to another,son.’ .'Wlmtwns.it?' Snniudl—Sam'you wil*. . Sam haying consented', the parties, took their seats,in a-sleigh for the purpose'of.go ing home. ‘lt wAs fpMn.l .that there was; .plenty of room, for one more. .What Soripturo name did the. old gentltimau use to. induce another son to acomni aiiy, the guests ? Benjamin—Bon jam fn. The driver was requested tr.sfart in another Scripture nnpie. . Wlmti.yvgs itjf Joshua—Josh iiwav. i Wlieu the sleigh- wasjfr.irly off, it.jvjis, dis covered that one of the ypuug ladies had been left behind. ■ There, wits no possihillity .of reaching her compani.mli, ..so' the old gentle mail ashed still’Ttuother jif his sons to console the ypupg lady tor her disappointment.— hat was the ’last Scriptural* name thus used?. •. i.V- Bbene'zer—Ebon oase Found jus Crowd,—!, you no; mini, clad [■ in ! .h.mnespnn,- was standing in Third street a lew days since, dovonrin ; a doughnut, when , lie was accosted by idler;, with— ‘Just come dinyn!' .. ‘Yes, guess I have, gnat place this, ain’t it, said the country nan. l 'hs so; how’s your uitf m?' asked the city buck bent nn sport withfho country gent, ‘Wall she’s pretty ivcl| She sent me down horn oh -‘S,he did! -What kin on V ‘Why she wnnled me nnd look nrminrl. nnrl fini hisßi'tit Tonis tOoduonto e I’ve p;or my eyes on ’em gnp, (nkin" in the wjinh The next, moment he i himself where ho quictlj nut. cnlcen meeting an acqna says: ‘Guess who’s dead “ Mr Jones, I suppose; sick.” No, it ain't ; it's ray oming.' 1 The other A man froi in at a hardware store in a now kind of reaping i traduced. He was req into another part,of the ? showed to him. Ashot .a-huge circular saw, a his hand as he passed he dady out in two with ant other day!” “ ,'Tondor-hai these fellows? [C7“ Ah Bpitapu.—Tin u i ue transorint of an epita remains of 'Timmus Wjoc ib. e ol hushandt. an I a n.i N. 11. The iiamo is Wool not rhyme.“ (CT’They have a man loan that ho makes no makes all hungry who when the children moot ■hey run home crying fo OCT" “ Boy, what is ym •‘Unhurt, sir.” '‘Yus, that is your Christ is your other name?” "Bob, sir.” KZ7* Woman should bo ns the'rose is guarded by i defended by the bee. My friends and Fellow- Countrymen .•--While I have cuino to preside at this meeting, at yinir bidding; permit ’me to say that no com mand; less imperative than your wish On such an occasion would - have ■ brought me here ; and I trust that, in view el’the greiit:aggre gation ol personal rela-ions. which thirty years.of manhood life have formed between us, you will recognize in this fact a warm reciprocation,, on my part, 1 of the respect and affection which, in all that time, I have never lailed to liml on yours. We inect on the an niversary ol a day hallowed by solemn mem-' ories, and .sanctified as . that ol the birth of the 'American Union.. The . Declaration of ludepondencodaid the.lnundation of our po litioal greatness ih .tho two fundamental idea.s ol the absolute independence pt the American, people,, and ol the sovereignty of their re spective Slates. .Under that' standard our wise and heroic forefathers fought the battles of the -Revolution ; nnder that they conquered. In this spirit they established the Union, liaVing. th.e conservative tbepgjit ever present to their minds, of.tbeOrigiual'soV'orpighty and independence, of the several States, and .with their diverse institutions, interests, opinions and habits, ,to,be .maintained.intact mid so-, cure, by the reciprocal Stipulations and-mm tual compromises of tho.Opusiitutioif. They I Were .master-builders, who reared up the | grand structure of the Union, '.that iiggust temple beneath whose ddinc.thi-cegencrations have enjoyed such blessings ol 1 civil liberty as wore never before .vouchsafed by Ptiivi detieo to man;.that temple before wliose al tars you and I have not ■ e'uly. bowed with dovontjutd grateful hearts,'.but where, with patriotic' vows and sacrifleesj wo (tavo so fre quently Consecrated . ourselves to file pnilee tion and maintenance ul these ]hffly*-oolumn3 of the Constitution by which it was upheld. [Applause.] ' No visionary enthusiasts wore tlmy, dreaming vainly of the iuipossible.mni lormity of some' wild Utopia of their own imaginations, No desperate reformers yrere they, madly bout ■ upon ..schemes which, il 'consummated,■ could only result in general coulpsiou,,anarchy and chaos. Ob, iio I high hearted, hut sagacious and practical .states men they were, who saw. s’odiety as a living fact, npt as a .troubled .vision; who knew thpt national powjer.consists in Iherocnnoilc ment of diversities of institutions and inter ests, not their conflict and olflilelfation ; and who saw that variety andadaptatioii of parts are the necessary elements ol all there is snlilimo or beautiful in the works of art or of nature,- ' Majestic wore the solid loundations, ..the.massive, masonry, the 'Columned loftiness ol that magiufleent structure of the Union.— Glorious was, the career of prosperitv,' and peace, dink, power upon which from its.very m)Valula y Uure.A. ..<>..“-a ..1t 0i..... 0.0 (o-a.t I with the assured march of the conscious off- I ■spring of those .gialita'-.of the Revolution.— fcnich wiis the■ Union,' as .conceived and ad ministered .by Washington .''and Adams, hy Jel erson and M.-idis'on, and jaefcadn. -Suer daay, was tJio Union, ore the evil times held US; ere, iii the third generation, the nll-cnnr proliensive patriotism of the Fathers had died out, and given place to the passionate omo- Upps-.id n.arrqy,’,pud,aggressive sectionalism. Hie Eastern States covered the sea with their ships, the land with, their farms and their manufactures ; so. did. the Middle'Atlantic States, with the addition of their mineral wealth ol coal and'.iron; while die Southern Status, with. their bright, soft climate and congenial soil raised up those great, staples pt cotton, tobacco, sugar, rice,. onrnV which are the life ol commerce and manufactures; imd the vast regions of the West grew do hii the granaries of Europe'and America; and still further on wtls revealed tlio'faml of gold end silver, c.n the remote shores of the Pa- I oifld.' Those \yoro the material elements ol our'national power,, each State with its differ ence ol interests co-operating with the jthers to; - constitute .one harmonious whole. And .so the .various .Enropeni races 1 , oo‘existin'* hero, though differing in blood, temper, the Protestant and the Catholic, the Puritan and tho-Cavalier, yet, hy, die t- very diile'renees of character, afforded the mental and moral element of the power of ilie.Union. Glorious, sublime above all. that history re cords of national greatness, was the spectacle whidh the Union exhibited to v the world, so [ long as the true spirit of the Constitution lived in the hearts of the people,, and'thu Government was apovornment of men recip rocally respecting one another’s fights, and of States, each moving, planet like; in the orbit of its proper place in the lirmamont of the Union. Then we wore the model Repub lic of the world, honored,' loved, or feared where wo were not loved,, respected abroad, peaceful an.d happy at homo. No American citizen wits.then subject to be driven into exile for opinion's sake nr arbitrarily arrested and incarcerated in .military, fcastilks—even as be may row be—not for acts (it- words i f imputed treason, but if he do but mourn In silent sorrow over the desolation of his conn try—[npplansej—no embattled hosts of purs were.then wasting their lives and resources in sanguinary civil strife; no suicidal and parrieid..! civil war then swept Uke it raging tempest ol death over the sti ifken homesteads and wailing cities of'the Union. Oh, that such a change .should ever oomo over our country ,iii'a day, ns it wore—as if all men in every State of the Union—North and South, East mid Went—were suddenly smitten with homicidal madness, and ‘the custom of fell deeds'! rendered ns familiar ns if it wore a part of our inborn nature, as if-an avenging angel had been suffered by Providence t'l waive a swordol flaming fire above our beads to convert so many millions of good men living together in brotherly love, into insen sate beings, savagely bent on the,destruction of themselves end of each other, and leaving but a smouldering ruin .of conflagration and of blood in the place of onr oneo blessed Union- I endeavor somdtiinns, as 1 have no doubt you do, to close my ears to the sounds, ami shut my eyas to the sights of woe, ami to ask myself wliotherall this can bo—to in quire which is true, whether the past happi ness and prosperity of my country are hat the flattering vision of a ha; py.sleep, nr its present misery and desolation Haply the de lusion of some distant dream. Guo or the other ssoriis incredible and 'impossible; but alas, the stern truth can not thus bo dispelled from our minds. ~Gar. .yon forgot, ought I especially ho expected' to forget, those not remote days in. the history of onr country, when its greatness and glory shed the refloo lion at least of their rays upon all our lives, and tints onitlilo us inroad the lessons of the Fathers and of thoir Constitution in the light nf thoir principles mid their deeds? Then . war was conducted ngninst the foreign enemy, ,nnd not in the spirit aud purpose of prosoou- of buxines ate yc t eomo down to town I hnlf.a dozen of the ) nnd f rather guess low, said clip st.ran crowd, nt n glance, ad tlio curbstone to finished his dough-. E-i.— A youth of sov itaneo in the strooi heard ho was vor na ! Sho died this 1 the country called town, nud asked for achine recently in ested to walk imck o e and it would be as going on, ho saw id, tapping it with mid I had lin old of them things the od creatures, both following is a gen ib Hero lies the ien—the most anv ■t excellent man.- jock , but it would in Mississippi so hadow nt all.—lie ink at him; nnd dm in the street, bread. r name?” m name; but what iroteetod by man ithorn,the honey |Mrn(. SPEECH OP E&,-PSESIDENT PIERCE, AT THE CONCORD MEETING, On the Fourth of July. tin" non-combatant populations, nor of burn ing undefended towns ur private dwellings, and wasting the fields of the husbandmen, or the workshops of the artisan, but.uf subduing, armed hosts in tlio Helds, Then the-Congroas of the United States'was the great Council of the whole Union and of all its parts.r Then the Executive Administration looked with an impartial eye over the whole domain of the Union, anxious to promote the interacts and consult the honor .and, just pride of all the States, seeing no power beyond, the law, and devoutly obedient to the coniniands- of the Constitution. How is all .this '/changed; And why? Have we not been told, in. this' very place., not, (wo weeks ago, by tho voice of an authoritative expositor; do we nut know: umt the cause ofunr. calamities is the viciou® intermeddling of too many of th.e citizens of the 'Northern States with tho..constitutional rights of. the Southern States, co-operating with the discontents of the people uf those Scutes? Ho we not.know that the disregard of the Constitution; ami the security it affords .to tlie rights of Slates and uf individuals, has been the cause .-of-tho calamity which oiir country is called.to undergo? - ■ imw, .war! in its direst ..shape—war such as it makes the blood run cold to rea.d *P- tho history uf other nations and of other tini'es^—-war, horrid as chat of barbaric ag' s, rages in several of the Stated of the Union, as its inure immediate ‘field, and easts the In id .shadpw.-nf its death and lamentation a.thwirfe the m hole expanse, and fii every honk ni d corner of our vast domain. Nor is ’that -nl ; j for in those of the States which are- exempt from tijp'actual ravages of war in which the roar of the cannon, and the rattle of musket ry, and’ the groans of the dying, are heard but as a faint echo of terror from Other lands, e: von.hero in the loyal States, the mailed hand of military usurpation strikes down the lib erties of the people, Und its font tramples a descrated .Constitution. [Applause!] Aye,, in this land of free thought, free writing—.in this Republic of free suffrage, with liberty of thought .and expression as the very essence ol republican institutions—even hero, in these free Stales, it is piadc criminal for a citizen, soldier, like gallant Edgorly, of;Now Hump shire, to vote according to his conscience; or like that noble martyr of free speech,-Vallnn* diglmm, to discuss nubile a flairs in-Ohio; [ap plause;] aye-, even hero, tho temporary agents -of the Sovereign pm.pie, tho transitory admin-. •tetraters ot the .Goysriunent, toll us that in time of wai\ the mere arhitiiry wilt uf the: 1 resident takes the place of the.Oonstitption,; and ‘the. ..President himself announces to ua* that-it is .reasonable to .speak or to write otherwise..than ho may prescribe; nay that it is treasonable even to ho silenbthungh.wo be struuk..dumb by the ffiock of the calamities with which evil counsels, incompetinicy and c irrupli »u have .overwhelmed'bur country![Ap plau>c,J I will not say this without retering to tho authority upon which Truly. ■ liuhis letter, of June 1.2, 18(53, addressed to Erastua Coming,- and other citizens of the • Suite of .New Y irk; the President makes, use of the following extraordinary language: (“Ind'ced,; arrests by process‘of cuprts, and Jivxesi3 'u\ iMopetncr up-m.tiio same ha'sis. - Thn'forincf is directed. at the snmU of ordina ry and-con tinuous pcrpreiation dferip:©, while the latter is .directed at snddeirand extensive u fW?ng against the Ooveniinent, which, ut : succeed or fail in no great length of time., .in’the latter case,; arrests--are hm le; so much for what has been done,- ns for what- ! pi-obtil.ly would ho done. [Lnu-htorand an/' pliiusc.| 1 lie latter is more, fur the 'proven-' tivo and loss (ur the vindictive tliati Iholurm-i 01 - ■ ■ cases- the purposes of men are imich ino.ro easily-understood than in -cases ■.of ordinary crime, •• The. man; who stands hy and says nothing .when the peril uf his 'Gov ernment is.discussed cannot-he niisundcr-' Stood. ■ [.Lau-litm-iJ If not hindered, ho is sure to help the enemy; much mure if lie talks for-.his country with ‘huts’, and -its’, and—amis.’ It is seen by this letter, at toast, that there is no longer doubt ■s to .whore thoresponsibilily acts of tho last -n,ye,iirs. jierp.en-aled hy subordinate officer of tht) Federal Government, both civil and. military, properly attaches; hut who. I ask, has clothed the Pmsi lout with power t.o die late to any one ol us when \ye 'must or 'when wo may speak, or he silent upon any subject and especially in relation to the conduct ol' any puhlio servant?. By what does lie piesume to preerihe a formula of lor your lips or mine? it seems incredible, and even with.this authenticated paper he lure ns is amazing, that any such sentiment should have found utterance from, the obeyed nrcsentutivo of n free Government like th t of theUniied Stares. IWvfriends, let t,hu.-o obey such behests who will; you and I have been nurtured here among the granite hills, and under the clear skies, ofNcw Hanishirc, into no such servile temperament. [Applause, line it is, that any ol you, that, J ipyself, hiav. bo the next vielini of unconstitutional, arbi trary, irresponsible power. But we, never theless, Iruemeu, iiml wo are resolved to live, or if it must be, to die,, such. -Falter who may, wo will never cease to hold up on bigli the Constitution of the Union, though torn to shreds by tho frfti'riiegiuns bands ul its enemies. .[Applause.] How strikingly significant, h.ow suggestive to us, on this ocaasliiV:, is tho contemplation id that aug-h it spectacle of the recent’ Con vention at Indianopolis, of seventy live thou sand citizens camly and Imvely participating in the discussion of yho' great principles in underlying their sacred rights ns freemen neither U.V. od by cannon frowning upon their liberties, nor provoked by threats into retnl itatory violent. 1 would say to you follow citizens, .emulate that exhibition of wisdom and patriotism. .Be patient, but resolute.— Yield nothing of your rights: but boar and forbear.' Lot your action show to the world i that, with courage to conlrontdespotism, you have the discretion to avoid inconsiderate action in re is ing ;f‘o idvances. George Wash ingtonand Samuel’Adams, Matthew Thor nton and Charles Carroll, George Reed and Roger Sherman, Phil'p Livingston and Wil liam Hooper, Benjamin Franklin and Edward Rutledge.jGeorgo Walton and Richard Stock ton, with their associates of all the thirteen then independent sovereign States, stood eighty seven years ago to day, in the simple bur. most mcmorahle'iroom, where the Declara tions signed, like the people of the State wlmm they represented, with the solemn graildeurof high resolve, if apparently weak, yet with their armor on and their hearts strung for the contest of civil liberty.—if we cannot be joyous and exultant on this anniv-. orsary of that day, it may do us good to rem ember that joy and exultation were far from the hearts of the bravo men who sanctioned the Declaration of Independence and then fought seven years to maintain it. No! they wore not joyous but determined. They felt! the inspiration of a groat object! and they sought its accomplishment with a stem, dev oted, self sacrificing spirit, Ibo emotions of nil good men are those of Borrow and thumound sadness now. over tho condition of their country, when t|ioy retire at night, and when thoy open their eyes upon too dawning day, struggle against tbem though thoy may. Wy ahould thoy attempt to disguise it ? Solicitude which hinges upon apprehension of personal danger or personal loss, the foundations laid hy the Fathers are crumbling beneath their feet ; hut the arti ficers who laid those foundations found no I time for trifling while engaged in their grantf and serious work ; nor can ypii. , They.could. lift up their souls in prayer ; but they,hail no hart for levity gnd mirth. My friends you have had, most of you have had great sorrows, overwhelming personal sorrows, it may.be true ; hut none like these' which come swelling, up day by day, from the great fountain of national disaster, red--with thp best .and bravest blood of the country, North and South red with the blood of those in both sections of the Union whose fathers fought* the common* buttle of Independence, -Nor have these sorrows brought with theip any * ..compensation; « hither of national-pride or pf victorious arms. Fords it not vain'td appeal to yon to raise a shout*, of joy .because the then-.from the land Of. Washington,- Marion . and Sumpter, are haying thoif breasts to.the stoe’l ol the men from , the land - of \7arron,' Stark-and Stockton, or hecaiiso if this war is to continue to bo Waged, one or . the other . must go to. the wall-must bo consigned to the ' humiliating subjugation?... , , -■ , Tliis.fearful,'fruitless, . fatal civil war has exhibited our amazing resources and vast military power. It lias shown lhat united, even ill-carrying out, in itswidest -interpre tation, the Jlouvoedoetrina, on this continent, . wo could, with.such ’protection’asgthebriJad ocean which flows between ourselves ah'd European powers affords, have stood against the world in arms. I speak of the war As fruitless ; iui* it is clear that; pfbsccuted’upo’i 1 tlie basis of the proclamations of Sept. 22d and Sept. 24tli, ,1802, prosecuted .as.-I must ... understand these proclamations, to say noth-' ing.of the kindred blood which ii«a ; follQwoli,*- upon the theory of oumnoipatibnVdevastiition,-., subjugation, it cannot .fail* to .be* fruitless in,, every tiling except the harvest of‘r.vyoo .whicji* . ,it is,ripening for what was opco fhepeeflcss Republic. ’ [Applause.] /..Now,.--fellow, oith ZOll3, lifter, having sai.d’ thus muclt, it is righ t ; that you ehoulji.usti me,,. what would-you (1, *■',. in t h is'fan if 141 extremity? I reply, from five' beginning.of this struggle to the present nii inent ipy.l.opq has leen iu moral power.—■*, . There it reposea still... Whop in the,spring* of 1801 I had occasion to address hiy fellow citizens of this city, from the,/balcony of.lho . hotel before us, I then said ! bod hot believe 1 and.did not then believe,, aggression, of arms' was either a suitable or fpCaaiblo remedy fur existing-evil.-. *,[Appltm.se.] .tbat.,b:i-< occurred since then .has.bu t strengthened amt con drived my comjiotiona in this regard; r 1 repeat. tbe.h, uiy judgment impels mo to rely upon luofal lofoo, and not upoiv.any of tbp" coercive: instrumentalities of, military ■power.,’,>7o-Jiavo,seen.iu .experience of -the last years how • futile aro all our efforts, to maintain the Union by the force of arms.-. but even biid war been carried oii by us iq&v eosijfully, the ruinous result would exhibit 1 ' jts.ilUoy; ininrnctimibility fur the, attainment IdUio desired emit .TuroagtPpeacefuPnjjtSi-'. cies alone, can we hope “to Torm a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure .do mestic tranquility, provide, for. the Coihmoii defence, promote the general, welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty, ten nurselvis mid our posterity,’ the great objects fur which,. and for which-alone,-the/Goiiatitiithfn was. formed, if you turn round and .just me, what if these agencies fail.;.What,ifjths'bttl- Ip t, forts is sealed ? .Then, all efforts, wkethbr of war or peace, having-failed, my reply is, you will take care of•'yourselves;" with or without nrips, with or without leaders, .wo will, ct least, in the-effort to.defend'ouf rights asa'froe people; build up a groat mausoleum of hearts to which men who yearn for liberty will in after years, with burred, heads nipt reicrent.ly resort, as Christian Pilgrims So : the snered shrines of the Holy .Land.; ‘ LC7” A, curious scene occurred on the oars of the Little Miami Kail road the other, day*. Son’,o.gent!ej”.an,.on the train, it seems, hiiji a device.(idt'cit of one of the old fnsliiotftil cents, representing the very .Goddess of Lih crty. A very pompous and burly fellow, with a flashy. Vest, "and an inordinate amount of Jewelry, tool; offence at tho device, .vylioh,t!}.o following cunfiab ensiled’: ’ . Pompous C!:ap—‘What in —hare you wearing that copperhead emblem for?’ Gent—‘ Will yon answer me a question ?’ Pomp. Chap— ‘lfes’.' , >.* : . '. . Gent— ‘ Ain’t you an army contractor ?’ ‘ Well, suppose 1 am.’ ‘ Ain’t you an Abolitionist ?’ ‘ Yus, dyed in tho wool.’. ‘ Haven’t you'-always sung-lot the South slide?’ 1 * Diim/sui, they ought to have been-ihJhM' long ago.’ , ‘ , „ ' ' ■ ' 1 ‘•Don't you now sneer all, the time at the Constitution of tho United States ?’ ‘Constitution ho d d j.thja is. no'tiihe 10 talk aljout.'.Oanr.titulions.’' , . ‘Well, continued tho gentleman, do you overwear any of these emblems ?’ poihtiiig to the device. : ' " . 1 No, by ,!’ said tho flashy contractor. ‘Then, sir,’ said tho gentleman, • itia to distinguish myself from such arrant, hypo crites, money leeches, aud scoundrels ids you that I wear this.’ - ■ .' . Tlio people in tho car fairly roared, and tbe crest (alien negro worshipper.and Treas ury pimp got up from liis seat and went into another car.. Served him right. KT7" Secretary Chase has discharged a cleric from tho Treasury Department for refusing to subscribe to the fund for raising negro regiments in Washington. , : .- IC7” “Porter!” asked an old lady of a nyl road porter, “when does the nine o'clock tram leave?" “ Sixty gninutes past eight mum,“ ho replied. . * O* “ I go through my work,” as the nee dle said to the idle boy. “ But not till you’re hard pushed,” ns the idle boy said to th'e needle. ■ CT* Do one thing at a time—that’s the rule—when you have done slandering your neighbors then begin to say your prayers. ’ O” “ Ma, if you will give mo an apple, I will,he good." 1 “ Xo. my child—you must not, he good for P a u— you ought to'ho good for nothing •' lC? - Buy fair, sell fair, and love fair. By so doing you will stand a fair chance of lead ing a fair life. ' ‘ O’ A righteous man rognrdeth the lift of his boast, but tho tender mercies of the wick ed are cruel. Hu that loses his conscience has tooth ing worth keeping. * 19.