• • • • , X!. • .., • • , . • ' . , c 4 T• k rz 1g • . r • 1 111 1 1 . 1 • .31 PI • •- • ' • • C •J ti J 4.` • j, tr • . •z : , • ' • • -may N. - - _ „ ) 4 - ' c ol t'x' toEpiliDrucs... Scr' • • . . . ... • . . ....... . . . . . , - . . , • • • VOL. 50. jHEBICA'N joluntbeb. jUCtISnBD EVElir THUnSDAY MOIINIKG BY JOHN H. BRATTON. TERMS; a-iflMPTioK.— Two Dollars if paid within the • and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid Iff.* (ho ronr. Those terms will bo rigidly ad -1 (1 to in ovory instance. No subscription dia 'ltinued until all arrearages are paid unless at [ t option of the Editor. Adteiitisbmbnts — Accompanied by thocASn, and ji'artctling one square, -will bo inserted three Sesfor’Ono Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each dlitionol insertion. . Those of a greater length in roporlion. as Hand-bills, Posting-bills jainlilctsi Blanks,‘Labels, Jko/Ac., Executed with icuracy and at the shortest 'faotlcb. poetical. Till/U TO THE UNION FOREVER. In Iff* If olden, of Hew York, «< the meeting of faCuiucrmtive Union Committee, 'lndependence Hull, I'lnladeliihia. ' Toic«o’cr tholand goes forth ; ’Tij ilic voice of a nation free— oik Hustawd tho West uud tin. South and tho North, Hollins; on like tho sounding soa— ‘ulbc voice of tho Tree*, 'Tis the shout of tho true, ithey swear by the flag of tho red, white and blue Tube true to tho Union forever. Du you hear what it soitb, Dy the bugle's breath 7 To be true to tho Union forever. hen royalty, vanquished, fled, Ami tho (latriut's power was born ; e surrounded our Hag o’er tho graves nf our dead, And tho first Union oath was avroru, was the oath of the free, , 'Twas the oath of tho true. Dtlthcy swore by the flag of the red white and blue To bo true’to the Union forever, Du you hear what it sailh, lly the bugle's breath ? Tube true to the Union forever. liodo Island the clarion blew, Ami Connecticut swelled the blast; cnnsylvania ru-cehood to .ler.sej ,, B halloo, And to lioorghl the war cry passed. the cry of the free, 'Twas the shout of the true, 5 they swore by the flag of the red, white andbluo To bo true to the Union forever. Do you hoar what it suith, Uy the bugle’s breath ? Tvb.- (ruo to tho Union furover. irginia the crown o'irlrod, MiSfiichiisutts (he sceptre hroko, row tliobrave Carolina* the Irump went abroad Andrew York, wUb a aboutawuao. i\£j tie nboul of tfie free, ’Tks? iho shout oftho true, nl-y.Mvoro by the Hag of the rod, white and blue ijUlrae to tho Union forever, Do you hear what it salth, -!’>y the bugle’s brcalh ? lobtirue to tho .Union forever. M.inliuiiPn blossoming vales, bi'ic .V'Mv Hampshire's abode of .-nows ; r-jinthe (jroL-n Mountain peaks and the Delaware Ry;l«iig ..mv.rul. tho shout arose, duniinf the free, ht.i- ilif voice of the true, th'Wnorc by the Hug of the red, white aud blue lu U true to the Union forever. D'i you hear u lint itsaith, D.v the bugle's breath ? lo be true to Uio Union furover. 1 ' iti-jii flio fjulier.s fought, Aii'l r<»r Ininn juuid; martjrs who died and the fcecdofti they Tiruu-jiii, will rylcin o ur dear land, I'^ ,v °atit of tho free, (mth of tho true-; 'Mft'fwi-arby thellacrof tho rod, white o-'ird blue iruo to llio Union forever. Kyou hear whu*. it Faith, i*ytho hupglcAs hroalli ? Ti'lnirae to tho Union Forever. 'titiik the Ktipubl lean-ring, . . \nj /-trover the Washington chair, States will bo .under pur wing, mle Mi'Clel!an’a governing th'ere, f ii run the machine, ■ [l ‘! "ill natch every screw ; I> *’ i5 ' V(Jnr hy Ihe sag of the red, white and blue bar McClellan and Union forever, bo you hoar what it Baitli, •. % tlio bugle’s breath, ....... . . ‘•'ur lloChiilan and Union forever ! J 111itniori McClellan will fight. ' ,l! or bie Union with him wo will bo ; 'Ujnlcthc matter; he’ll make it all right— ’ men again wo will soc. - •aruotdyono people. . no’erwill ho two ; l \Jf.V Y ' !ilr b.v tho flag of tho rod, white and hlno 8 land by .McClellan forever, bo you bear what It eaitb, \n i ,0 ln, K lc '« breath ? _ ' 7C stand by McClellan forever. J^ 0 ,!! 0 Viba-IM OP the Draft—How He Laoross (Wis.) Democrat, a , ro (' le y have lately been drafting ;■ Among the viotime of tho late draft in it /’ *)>s Sana, a graceful motioned oon «tl\ | ow ? s E*'’ 0 " leave to leave the B P r ' n g_ nod become a .free man lie It • Eiu '*y i“ I* lo spring he did chores ihe l ,r 5 ln E ton House., Later in the sea “M.BMden., got mart-led, and blaek teli Vi they rivaled the gloss on his Net. -.ay f lO - wits drafted, rind on nj e „„, rv ?“ .with a notice to boat the iil, |,rJ "'huin ten days along with his s t oo j. tn .« ? r Its considered a deserter. 1 na>| a t® not ‘ ce . to, a friend, who read it i.,1 "I 01 .. understand tho nature thcre ' ffatlw 1 '! 18 tEe wa y I>° took on; ihj T' vat ~wat damd foolish- tiflg am dis id nij i.- n v *I ee man 1 Has’ spring dey J We^!m° r^ aQ v mo,lse,a free man Hr wat llut 'lifa’rated mo!— dua mn ? “I 8 dam foolish ting for? I'll i A ni “ r ‘J H' e got toigwine to dis yeah k now. don't stand iio show down eckon! rif i?. of hesef right smart 1 i • , wa t dat-printed ting (he t(, r f,„? l down de> street jis like 4 a idht W }. n °tioe , into the street [ 1 IVhv ivi, ' ll diy neber fool dis nig-i (Sot “ l, ‘yheah n ?’ dOy ' lotd ® nip;ser * tay ln 'ates' 1 . 11 ’ ,’ nc ( u * rc d' a school-hoy of one of ‘Don't' vn. ,a f R ** lo m *ftning of relica-?’'’ ' '"ktion-v" know ? Well I’ll tell you; fNftyy* u mflo ter licked mo in school' Vos ’ ""■lmUoalUel?tfk'’ 0 '*o'l 0 ' 1 m ° a S ain -’" !IVe d, unti 1,3 was .Jatelj silting beside his , n K to, sav „!! nf v,” na b'e to think of-nny- T* ‘ I iwiT lor w . h y B,le "’os like-a ; ‘P-Utiluj,j. . , l } ow said BliO. witrh■ pout pOße. 1 le.becaußO I'm sitting bcaide SltollnneoM. A MYSTERIOUS RETRIBUTION. A curious thing happened in Paris during fcbo.briof reign of Charles X. A woman, liv ing in a small street, had an only son, in whom was centered all her earthly hope and pride. Left a poor widow while he was yet an infant, she had struggled hard to main tain herself and give him a respectable edu cation ; but she had auccceued, and at twen ty hb was a young man of fine promise, en-, gaged as olork in a largo commercial house, and was well liked by his employers. 'About this period ho was despatched to different cities, towns and villages, on busi ness for the firm; and his mission proving mutually satisfactory, ho was subsequently employed as a regular travelling agent and correspondent, which kept him from homo the greater part of the time. Two years thus passed away, during which period young Charles' Duval visited his mother about once in three months, spending a week or so nt home at each return, and di viding bis spare.-time between his nearest relative and one whom ho hoped ore long to claim by the most sacred of human ties, ' Mademoiselle Cccilo Verno.t was tho only daughter of a widow whoso husband had ac quired a competency as an artisan ; .and be sides tho fact that (decile herself was a loVely and accomplished girl, the marriage would prove advantageous to young Duval in a pe cuniary point of view—though vro must do him justice to say that no mercenary consid eration whatever had influenced him in his choice. We must here state a fact, which is im portant in its bearing upon tho strange rev elation about to follow. When about six years of age, Charles Duval had been acci dentally shot—tho ball, from a pistol in the hands of a careless holder, passing through Ike Centre of both checks and removing a couple of teeth. The wound proved to be more terrifying than dangerous, ,and readily healed, though leaving n small, disfiguring scar on either side of the face. These'ssars, as ho grew up, the proud youth endeavored to conceal; and by means of some flesh-col ored composition, prepared by a chemist ex pr6ssly for the purpose,-he bo far succeeded as to pass unnoticed, not only by tho gener al observer, but by some who subsequently had daily intercourse with him. After his beard began to grow, he managed to so train it over the two place's that no stranger could have detected the blemishes without a close manual,examination, 1 While away from homo, Charles Duval corresponded regularly with hia mother and his affianced, and the letters that passed back and forth formed a complete diary of every tiling that concerned the-parties interested,' down even to trilling details—so that a stran ger, with the missives in bis possession, might have soon become familiar with the general history and domestic affaire ol both families. At last, during one of Duval's intervals at home, it was arranged between him and Ce cilc that on his next return they should bo married,; and lover like, both looked forward to the appointed time with joyous anticipa tions. The happy period, however, as view ed by them, .was a great way off—for this time he was to be absent four months—and four uionihs of separation, to ardent lovers, is little short of an ago. Still they could write ; and tlu*y would write—write every day, and tell each other everything—and they found some consolation in tho thought that •coimminicntiou would ho frc.quent be tween them, and that the thousand sweet things they would say to each other would have u mure lasting form than mere oral words. The parting, however, was a gloomy one, for Cecils said she felt a weight upon her heart that she could not remove, and Charles was more depressed than ho wished -to have appear. “1 do not know why it is,” said Ceoile, with a shudder, “ but L cannot get rid of the impression that we now see each other for the last tine ?” ‘‘‘Nonsense my hvve!” returned Charles, with nn.assumed air of buoyancy; “ a more 0 fancy! All will go well, believe me! and I shall return, full of joy, at the ap pointed tinvo, to claim you as my bride. So mind, how, ray .darling—no other lovers dur ing my. absence.!” “ Do you really believe, dqar Charles, you will return at tho ouduf the four long, tedious months?”. . • . “Of course—why not?” . “I do not know why not, lam sure. I only know I have my fears. Ah, me! what a long, long time ! 1 shall count the.days, the fwSfcra and the. minutes, and they will seem to stretch into ages.” But they will roll around just as quickly as if we wore together, dearest; and how brief would seem the time, if our separation, instead of our meeting were to come then. • “Well, take care of yourself my love, and do not fail to let-rae hear from you by every post, which will be my only consolation du ring your long absence. Farewell, ray earth ly hope, and tho good God have you in His holy keeping I” . After his parting with Ceoile, and as he was leaving the house, a largo Newfoundland dog—a great favorite’ of its mistress —came up to Duval, rubbed its head against him, and with a low whine, looked up sorrowfully infolds face*saying, aa plainly as a dog can speak: . . , “I know you are going a longjournoy, ana I have come to bid you farewell also.” The young manifltopjjed and caressed the sagacious brute for a minute, and'then said, with a starting tear andiaheavy heart: u Adieu my noble friend 1' Though brute ! and human, there is a common of affection betweenus. TVe both love'one mistress, and will both be true to her till death 1” In his first letter to Ceoile, Charles mention ed the apparently triflilig incident concer ning tho dog, and in her reply she said the noble Fido had seemed jmsually dejected ev er since hia absence. The real triith i p?ob& bly was, that tho eyes of the mistress saw a? sad change in every living thing after the 1 departure of her lover, and she thoughtless ly inferred that.the trusty animal insonio de gree nartook of the sunio feelings as her self. - . For the first two months of Charles Duval s absence, every thing went as well as could be hoped. Nearly every available' mail brought Ceoile a letter from him, in which ho replied to tho last ho Had received .from b«r» detailed a thousand, little * trifles''connected with his business and himself, and thorough ly interlaced it with love and hope. In the last letter received about this time, dated at Diion, ho said ho was on the point of leaving for Besancon, to boabsont a coup le of weeks, when ho should return tp tho fojpjnOK place and ga thence to Lyons, and so continue southward, even aa'facias Marseil- Un. v “OUR COUNTRY-MAY XT ALWAYS BE RIGHT RIGHT'OB WRONG OUR COUNTRY.” After this there was a of ten days before Cecilo received another letter.— This was dated at a small village between the two places first named, and, to her great disappointment and arlarm, was unprooodentr ly short, was written in a rather cramped hand, and stated, in the way of apology, that the writer had been tjaito ill, was somewhat better, and hoped to bo well again in a few days. Cecilo, her mother, and the mother of Du val, were thrown into great tribulation at this unwelcome.news; and for the next few days during which no further intelligence, was re ceived from her lover, the fair girl gave her self up to the worst fqrhodings and scarcely ate or slept. Then came another letter to Cecilo from her affianced, containg the joyful announcement that ho had nearly recovered, hut looked somewhat altered, uud that ho had resolved tolaecretly return, marry her privately, and take her with him during the rest of his trav eU, or else throw up his situation as travel ing agent' for the firm. This, however, was to be kept a profound secret from,every Jiv ing soul except her mother and.his. All the parties, Cecile not excepted, thought this a rather singular change from the usual straight-forward course of Charles Duval, and all were anxious to see him and hoar his ex planation —not doubting, however, that ho had sufficient cause fur what ho was about to do. Tho second night after tho reception of tho letter alluded to, Madame Duval wag aroused by a knock at her door, and a minute later her heart beat joyfully in'tho embrace of her eon. He was altered a little, ns she could see, but not more than she had expected to find Him. Ho had a ready explanation for the change in his plans, and she was dispos ed to .bo satisfied with whatcvcHio, who still possessed her unbounded love and confidence, might think fur .-the, best. As he did not wish to see his employers till after an inter view with Cccile, ho cautioned his mother not to make'his return known to any, and he would remain concealed through tho day, and visit his affianced at night. Accordingly, on the following night, at ap early hour, he repaired tho dwelling of Mad ame Vernot, and his meeting with Cocilo was of the nature to bo expected under tho circumstances. She was a good deal excited, seemed hardly willing to credit her senses that ho was really back again, safe an un harmed, and fairly cried for joy. When at length she had become somewhat conpoaod, they sat down together, and ho said: “ You see, my darling, you are false prop hetess I you predicted that I would never re turn to claim you, and here I am.” “ And I can hardly realize it is you now dear Charles! You look nearly the same, but you seem so different, somehow, aud there is a marked change in your voice.” “ All owing to tho fever I had, dearest, and the slight affection of the thruat, which I have still.” ■ Cccile shuddered—a strange, cold, enerva ting shudder, like that which sometimes pre cedes a fearful malady. She somehow felt as if she must shrink hack from the man before her—tho man to whom she had pledged her heart and hand—if he were guilty of some awful crime, that was now secretly impress ing its wickedness upon her spirit through a contact with his. She strove to overcome this sudden repugnance ; but the secret hor ror increased till her face grew white, her eyes glared, and-her whole form trembled. A sudden suspicion - that she might bo going mad herself, filled her with such terror that she started to her feet and uttered a wild shriek. u Gracious God I what is it ? what is the matter with you ?” cried .the youung man, also springing to his feet and turning white with alarm. At tjio scream of her daughter, Madam Vernet, who was in an adjoining apartment, hastily threw open the door and demanded the cause ; but ere any one had time to reply tho dog Fido rushed past her, with a some thing between a bowl ami yell, flow* directly, at the throat of Charles Duval, fastened his teeth there, and boro him to tho groumb— With fresh- shrieks of terror at tho peril *of their friend and guest, both ladies now made falon man. The servants, too, alarmed at tho .uproar, came hurrying in, and joined frantic efforts to beat off the brute which was fast strangling the life out of tho their efforts' with tho others. The hitherto pcacalole dog was at length torn away from Ilia viettra by main force, but not till the lat-- tcV was black in the face, breathless and pulse less. .. A physician was sent form great haste.— Onlv a few minutes elasped ere one was pre sent, who, after hurriedly trying every known means of restoration, pronounced tho patient dead / Let fancy paint thp wild of grief and excitcibont that followed this terri ble announcement—pur pen would fail to do it justice.!.' A commissary of police was next-sent for to whom the physician communicated a start-, lipg fact ho had discovered, but had not yet revealed to any other, that (he.-corpse had upon it the brand of d tfailet/slave- Aftortho truth came to light—some of if, rapidly, some slowly— (hat the corpse i pas not that of Charles Duval, hut of his murder er I ' It was supposed that, after killing the un fortunate young man, and getting possession of his money, papers* and correspondence, and discovering a remarkable resemblance between tlie two, the vlliiah had conceived the idea of passing himself off as the lover, probably for the purpose of more effectually screening himself from justice' and getting possession of the property of Oecile, The de tailed correspondence, which wo have men tioned, gave him a throrough knowledge of all the parties ; and by putting oh the dress of his victim, procuring a wig and false whis kers, in close imitation of the hair and whis kers of the, deceased, announcing bis return,- in a well counterfeited hand, after a short, Before iltniits. whioll might account for tho .want of a perfsBt'ra6eihblai , ifce t tt! , t‘ha party re presented, and 1 finally bylappoeS'mg yin I itbfti ! night, when he could not bo so closely scru tinised as in the broad.; light of day, b,? l( fo ffar suoooodded in ,his deception as. wo have. ninJe known. .If any proof had bfjon want ing thattho corpse "under‘examination' was not that.of Charles Duval the absence of tho bullet soars on tho cheeks would have been sufficient to convince the moat skeptical. Madame Duval did not long . survive her snn and Mademoiselle Vornet never fully re covered from the shook which her nervous, system received through thp tragic end of, lief hopes. The awful death of tho murder er, through tho apparent instinct of a canine quadruped,Was one,of those mysterious re tributions of Providence that wo are disposed to leave without speculation of comment. Pntriok OTlnherty snid that his wife was very ungrateful, for “ whirl X married her she hadn’t a rag to her back, but now sho’s_ cot ,red with em.” CARLISLE, EA., THURSDAY, MARCH 31,1864. A Cqnunbinl Sketch. ; A few days ago, there arrived at a hotel in Boston a,couple from Rhode Island, who came to get joined, quietly, in the bonds of matrimony. As soon ns tiiey wore fairly domiciliated, the would-he bridegroom—who was a rough, but apparently honest speci men, of the country Yankee—sent for thepro priotor of the hotel, who quickly answered tho summons. ‘Say, lon’lord,’' proposed tho stranger, pointing to his modest dulciuca, in the cor ner of the parlor, ‘this is my young woman. Nnow we’ve eura all the way from Rhode Island, and want to ho spliced. Send for a minister, will yen? Want it dun up rite straight off.’ " The landlord smiled and went out, and half an hour afterward a licensed minister made his appearance, and tho obliging host, with one or two waggish friends, wore called in ns witnesses to the ‘scene.’ ‘Nnow, Mr. Stiggins,’ says tho Yankop, ‘dea it up brown, and yuro money’s ready ;’ and forthwith the reverend gentlemen com menced bv directing'tho parties to join their hnnda. The Yankee stood up to his blushing lady-love like a sick kitten hugging n hot briek, seized her hand, and as much pleased as a raccoon might bo supposed tu he witn two tails. 1 You promise, Mr. A.,' said the parson ( to take this womans—' 4 Yaas,' said tho Yankee at once. 4 To bo your lawful and w eddod wife/ . 4 Yfiiis—Yaas/ ‘ That you will love and Honor her in all things/ 1 Yura.' * That you will cling to her, and her only so long as you both shall live/ * Yaas, 'ndeed—nothing also/ continued the Yankee, in the ihost delighted and 'ear nest manner; but-hero the reverend gentle man halted, much to the surprise of all pres ent, and more especially to the annoyance and discomfiture of.the intended bridegroom. • ‘Yaas—yaas, I said/ added tho Yankee, 4 One moment, my friend/ responded tho minister slowly, for .it suddenly occurred to him that tho law of Massachusetts did not permit of this performance, without tho ob servance of a ‘ publishment,’ etc, for a cer tain length of time. 4 Won't thunder's tho matter minister?— Doan't stop—go on—put’or threw. Nothin's spilt, eh? Ain’t sick, minister, he yer 7* ‘Just at this moment, my friend, I have ’thought that you can't be married in Masaa 7 chusotts—' •‘Can't! wot'n natur's the reason 7 I like her , she likes me; wot’s to bender?' 4 You haven't been published, sir. I think/ 1 Ilaint a goin' to be, nutiier Hat's wo cum ere for. On tho sly: go on—go on old feller/ 4 1 really, sir—' said the parson. ‘Raillyl Wal, go ahead! ‘ Taint fnj,r you see. taint, I swaow ; you've married me, and hadn't teched her. Go on— don't stop here I *at aint jes’ tho thing, nuow, by grashue' taint J' ‘.I will consult—' /No you wunt—no you don't—consult i othin’ ncr nobuddy, till this’ere business in concluded, naow mind I tell ye!’ said Jona than, resolutely—and in an inmant bo bad turned tbo key in and out of ih»* luck, nmid the titterings of the ‘ witnesses,' who nearly choked with merriment 1 ‘Naow say, mister, as wo ware—/ contin ued the Yankee, seizing his trembling inton-' ded by the band again— 4 go on. rite strait from where you left off; yu can’t cum nun o' this baffway bis’ness with this child ; so put’er tbreu and no dodging. It’ll ail lie right—go it I’ The parson reflected a moment, a conclu ding to risk it, continued : ‘You promise, madam, to take this man to be your lawful husband ?’ 4 Yaas/ said the Yankee, as the lady bow ed. p • • * That you will love, honor and'o&e.v —' ‘ Them’s um !’ said Jonathan, as the lady bowed again. ‘ And that you will cling to him so lung as you both shall live?* 4 That’s the talk/ said John ; and the lady said 4 yes’ again. 4 Then, in the presence of these witness es, I pronounce you man and wife—* * Hoorah I’ shouted Jonathan, leaping near ly to the ceiling with joy. • 4 And what God hath joined together lot np man put asunder 1’ 4 Hoorah V continued John. 4 Wot’a- the price ?*-“how much?—;spit it auot—don’t ho did it jes’ like a hook, old fel ler!—’eree a V—-never mind the change— sen. for a hack, lan’lord<-rgivo us your bill —l’ve got her!-—Hail Columbia—*-iiappy land !’ roared the pour fellow, entirely una ble to control his joy; and ten minutes after ward, ho was on his way to the Providence depot with his ioi/e, and tho happiest man oub.ofjail. ? .. Wo-heard the details qf the above .scene from an eye-witness of the ceremony, and could not avoid putting it down as one of the weddings.— American t/nion. The MrsTERroF It.— Two darkies had bought a quantity of pickled pork in part nership ; but Sam having no place to put Ins portion in, consented to intrust the whold to Julius’ keeping. The next morning the}' mot, when Sam said. 4 Good mornin/ Jul ius 1 Anything happen strangoor mysterious down in your vicinity lately?’ 4 Yass, Sam, most strange things, happen at ray house yesterday night. All mystery—all mystery to me/ 4 Ah Julius, what was dat ? ‘ Wall, Sam, I tole you now. Dis roomin’l went down into do cellar for, to get a. piece ob hog fer dis darkey’s breakfast, and I put my hand down into »de /brine and felt no pork .dare—all gone, couldn’t tell wliat be -weht witji it’; sol turned up the barl, an Sam, as ttiieds preachin,’ do rats cat a hole iclar through do bottom ob de burl, and drag-, gedjde pork all out V Sam was petrified with astDnisbmeHtl }7 bdt { . ’pt’etolly • said: 4 Why ditirPfc de *uriirs rlUVfijit 6ti y d6'Aame hole ?'— r l^’BM/fllit ? b , M^&yfettiryT‘d l dt'B dd'mVite -*-i ;-J - -M.l ,’!f (CT'The literary style of (falling for* a'Mice i uEbam at di nnef is. : 1 M I’ll thhtifc yorf foil nil .elegant extract from bacon." Steady About. —When a ship goes into port she usually steadies ; but when port gets into a man ho usually reels; Slanders issuing from beautiful lipq are like,spiders crawling from the blushing heart of a rose. BQT’Tho right man in the right place—a husband jit homo in tho evening. jjQy* Losing a cow for the sake of a cat. — This is the Chinese interpretation of going to law. BE MARKS OF DON. OEOEGE n. PENDLETOIf, OP OHIO In the Bouse af Bcprenentative), on the BUI to Establish the Freedmen’t Bureau. Mr. Pendleton said I desire to acknowledge the courtesy of tho gentleman from Massachusetts. "The time ho has given mo compels me to stick closely to the bill. I could not if I would wander into tho discussion of tho many top ics already alluded to in tho debate. 1 can not waste words or even take time ta elabor ate any view of this bill. I must content my self with burp suggestions, leaving to tho House to supply whatever in my haste X am obliged to omit. I regrot that the debate on this bill lias degenerated on tho part of Ins friends from the high position in wh'ch it w*s left by the honorable gentleman from Massachusetts, the Chairman of tho select committee, .(Mr. Eliot.) He appealed to our highest human ity. it is truo ho touched upon the question ol power, and assorted that he found it among not only the implied but also the express grants of the but he touched lightly upon this point, he pressed it with nuuo of tho'forvor with which he advocates his well-settled convictions. lie urged us to pass this bill in moToy, if not in justice, to a poor, houseless, homeless, destitute, thrift less, ignorant race, whom tho fortunes of war had thrown upon our care, and whom wo were bound to protect while they were pass ing from astute of bondage to liberty, while, they were becoming habituated to the differ ence .of the cares and duties imposed by their changed condition from compulsory'to com pensated labor. gentleman from Philadelphia (W. D. Kelly) dragged the discussion down into the dirtiest pudtlle of partisan politics. Ho par ticipated in the debate, and contamination was in tho contact, lie rehearsed his oft repeated anathema against the Democratic party. lie seeks to compensate by tho in tensity of his manner for the fitalencss of hia matter. He seeks to‘Convey the. impression that new and strange tones of hie voice nec essarily imply new and varied thoughts.— Ho labors under tho impression common to apostates, that all its intelligence, all its vir tue all'iu patriotism left the Democratic party when he left it. lie is not more im portant nor yet less vain than many another man whom 1 have seen attached to that.great party, and by tho aid of its power, rising to high place. Their position has no parallel except in that of the fly upon the coach wheel which, elated with tho smoothness and rap idity of tho motion, called to tho coach to bo duly thankful that itself and tho wheel wore currying it along so swiftly. My Colleague, (Mr. Cox,) before he had luttehed an analysis of the bill which he had commenced with hia accustomed ability, was so easily seduced by the taunts of gentle men on tho other side of the Chamber to outer upon tho discussion of tho old doctrine of amalgamation under tho new name of mi«- ceircnagation. The gentleman from Now Vurk, (Mr. Brooks,) avoiding tho practical questions suggested by this bill, announced hm belief that slavery is dead, and gave sev eral reasons for believing and for saying so. Both gentlemen, howevoi, agreed that if this bill could be so changed qs that it would im pose no burden on the Treasury, they would be prepared to give it a favorable considera tion. Sir, I am not willing to lot fho opposition to this bill rest entirely on tho argument made by either of them. given up one of tho-strong points of the capo. If there is no constitutional power to pass this bill, the fact that it costs nothing makes I tho infraction none tho Idas flagrant. If there is constitutional power to pass it, then there js power to incur all the expense necessary to carry it into full operation. No, sir, I am quite willing to have tho quest!,m embarrassed by any view wo may take of the proclamation of emancipation.— The effect of that proclamation, or its author ity, have nothing to do with this question. X agree with the gentleman from Mary land. (Mr. Davis) that no lawyer whose opinion is worth having thinks it worth more than the paper on which it is written. The power of federal armies may be brought into roqusition to give it validity. Testoaths, unconstitutional in themselves and extorted as a condition precedent to the enjoyment of any civil right, may give it some sort of ef fect ; but of itself is in utterly void,;' it is il legal; it is of no authority ; itought never to have been issued; it ought to bo immedi ately recalled; it lias never freed a single slave; it never will. But that-is not the question, here. It la nut even remotely in volved. 1 ' • ' Wo have, vsqthin our lines now five hun dred thousand,., men, women, and children who are'e.btual4y freed by the chances of war. T-lie- number "increases daily. They consist of slaves who have run away from their-reb el masters, slaves who have been run away from their rebel masters, and slaves who have been made captives by our troops. — They are all free, actually free, legally free, nnd will never bo re-enslaved. ? It was in behalf of these that tho gentle man from Massachusetts appealed to us.— He told us they wore poor; without food, except Government rations ; without clothes, except Government clothing ; .without houses or homes, and without knowledge enough to take care of themselves and,provide for their families. lie did not tell us—but is is fre quently alluded to in the various reports of those who have looked into this ■ subject— that they long- for- repose and quiet of thoir'pld homosand tne ; eare of their mas ters; that freedom has not been to them tho promised boon ; that even thus soon it has proven itself to be a life of torture, ending only in certain and speedy death. But-he did tell us that this ignorance arose from tho circumstances of their former life; that wb had chanced those circumstances, and that it is our duty to fit them to hear- and to ben efit by tho chango'which' wodiave wrought. Sir, tho appeal of the gentleman jnadca deep impression upon me. But reflection has con vinced me that’tKo highest considerations of bffiohit duty’and of sound policy require that wo fehnivlflJ nhb yield to those sympathies and I pt.and,, sir,_ hero, substantially wUn my friend h’mn' New YoiV. a • member of tho se lect committee. iCUlhiloisch.) who'ad dressed the Houser fid foreildy a Tew days V» r o have not the power; if wc laid, its exercise would destroy our best hopes fora restoration of our-Unicirt. As my. objections to tho, bill are radical. I will hoi be so uneandid as to.d-vrell upon tho objections to its details, faulty as I pause to point you to tho officers created by it; the commissioners ; eight or ten assistant com missioners, and all needful superintendents and clerks to carry into operation this com plicated machine wherever it may once get «, foot-hold. I will only auggeit the enormous powera you give to ono or another of these officers. They shall have the power to de cide all questions arising underanv law here tofore or hereafter to be enacted consuming persona of African decent, whether they have over been slaves or not, and all persons who have or may become free, anywise enti tled to their freedom. They shall have pow er to assign to the froedmen all lands which have been at any time abandoned, even though they may now bo occupied by their owners; and to advise and aid them, organize and di rect their labor, adjust their* wages, and ar bitrate their quarrels. Extraordinary pow er, indeed I Were such over intrusted to man and. not abused ? Nor will 1 remind gentle men that this very difficulty, was frequently foretold, that tlio incapacity of the negro to take care of himself was often alluded to, and that you always ■ ridiculed* the idoa.-- What will you do with the negro, when you shall haye emancipated him? was frequent ly asked ; and as often your virtuous indica tion boiled over at the bare intimtaion that ho was notjthoroughly competent to take care of himself. Is ho not “ a man and a broth er?” ,** Is not his* soul white if his skin is black ?” “ Did not ono God make both white and black Y* This was the answer from most of the Republicans of the last*Cong r eas- Some few took refuge, as the gentleman from Maryland did a day or two ago, in the sugges tioni that these troublesome Questions were devices of the Democratic devil to disturb the minds and unsettle the faith, and shatter the harmony of the faithful. Nevertheless those questions arc now hero for solution, and the euro of the negro bids fair to bo as trouble somo in the future as his emancipation has boon in the past. Sir, we have no power to pass any bill of this kind, and the gentleman from Masßnebu eptts, Mr. Eliot, frankly means that when ho says: “But,if proclamations were wrong and all laws wore without constitutional support which havo sought to liberate . the slaves of enemies, still the rebellion itself has freed them, and they are subjects of our charge. Wo must protect them or bo faithless iu our office." But if wo had the power, we ought not to exercize it . ’ I have seen the orders of general Banks at New Orleans, and of Gen. Butler at Fortress Monroe, and the report nf Mr. Mellon, the Treasury agent on the Mississipi, in relation to, this very subject. I believe those 1 orders establish as good a system as you can oxpoct to organize under this bill. They provide for the care, training, education, wages, do-, tiling, support, and compulsory labor of the colored people. This in done under commis sioners and superintendents, who, being offi cers of the army and directly amenable to those Generals, will doubtless perform, the duties as well as any others who might be selected. And as tor those Generals who are thus to supervise the arrangements, whatev er higher places they may be tit for, their worst enemies would not dare to aay that they have not eminent capacity to organize and control a village of contrabands and to regulate the occupation of abandoned plan tations. Their scheme, then is espial in good results to that proposed by this bill, and is far superior in this; that it is a a military order ; that it is limited to a military occupa lion, it is short in duration, contracting in its tendency, and' will expire soon by the very law of its being. On the other hand, the plan of- the committee, largo at its com mencement, is in its nature progressive, ex pansive; begins a bureau, aspires already to bo a Department, and will last as long as the Government itself. ' ■ My friend from Massachusetts {Mr. Eliot) will say that the number of these contra bands is now too large for management by these military orders. That I think is not t)ie difficulty. But if it is, let me suggest a remedy based upon the reasonings of his speech and of those various reports. You say these contrabands are patient, docile, bravo, industrious, but too ignorant to take care of themselves; that they ’ are in our charge; and that it is our duty to support, train, and educate them- for the duties of life, and compel them to labor as a moans.afc once of supporting themselves and of reimbursing us. The concurrent testimony of all the re ports on that subject, which the gentleman himself furnished me, in that the discipline of the 'military service is the very best meth od of imparling this education in the shor test possible time. You say that it has bo come tjnrsettlod policy of this Government to use colored soldiers. In the loyal States you draft both the free negro and UfeMave. Why not,'then, take these contrabands, whom yon say you are bound tocducate, put them into the Army, which you sayis -tbvbcst school, and thus, while you fulfill tho duty to citizons at home from that ever present, fearful foreboding which haunts the home of every family too poor in these tunes of high prices to lay by $3OO for each draft? • ' Tho gentleman will say, “the .women and children will still remain to be cared for,”— True ; but surely for them General Banks and General Butler, and Mr. Mellon will fuffico, and if not, then' I answer, in tho language of the gentleman from Maryland {Mr. Davia)tho other day on another Let the Government take charge of the charities of life, and, after deducting sdm from tho wages of the colored soldier, apnropriato a suffioient sum for tho support of each needy member of a, poor family whose protector is taken away,”/ to be administered through tho agency of these military authorities. j • But, sir,-1-pass - to another consideration; I am one of those who still hope for a restor ation of the Union ; not the unity of our ter ritory only, bukthe maintenance of the Union under the Constitution. I hope that we'may maintain the integrity of our system of gov ernment ; the system of confedra.tion ; the system whoso foundation is Slate rights. —* i}Uo Constitution.is a compact of government made by sovereign' States,-which‘assigns to the Federal Government its powers and du ties, and reserves all others to the State and people. Its foundation is that all power , not granted is reserved ; all duties not specifical ly enjoined are forbidden. ' Tho duties of the Federal Governmentare few and simple.— They relate to foreign affairs and matters of general»nnd,univoraal interest. Its powers were intondod to he ■ limited,also. To the Sates were commUed all matters of pineal concern and the care of tho rights and liber ties of all their citizens. . Their reserved pow ers were consequently very large. ’Otir fath ers thought this the very hidden secret of their system. They thought they had discov ered .in this the philosopher’s stone of govern ment. And so they had. It was the beauty and the. pride of our system. It scoured to us liberty ; it secured to us prosperity ; it se cured to us self-govern pent beyond tile ex ample of any peoplo- In an evil hour it was abandoned. Since then wo have had war and misery, and tyranny; but I forbear. I see the efforts made to reconstruct State government, They ace upon a wrong bails, they ought to fail ; I believe they will fail.— They would bo a perpetual mockery of the duty on the part of the Federal Governmonfc to guarantee a of govern ment to the States. Nevertheless they may succeed. If they do, it will bo the right and duty of each State to take cara of her own poor ; it is a duty she cannot shift upon an other, a right she cannotsurrender, It is A duty which the Federal Government has no power to accept. Build up the system pro posed by this bill, and you will have estab lished in th'o heart of each State that which will prove the very strongest obstacle against ita return to the Union on the basis of tho old Constitution. * Establish it firmly, and you will have in each State a settlement of negroes superintended by your officers,more difficult of management either by tbcFederal Government or by tho State than wore the Indiana in Oeoria, which will either draw the Federal Government into the performance of a State duty, or will barra«s and annoy and embitter-tho officers of the State in tho per formance of it themselves. - - I have said nothing, sir, of State inntitu tions. They may perish. They are but for a short time. Their duration depends upon many causes. But State rights belong to our Government are .anreasentiiil part of its sys tem, are essential to liberty itself. I am pledged to maintain them ; pledged by every oath in which 1 swore to support the Consti ution of tho United States.; That oath I ip. tend to keepsrtcredly to the. end. And bo cause I intend to keep it, I am constrained, thus to oppose this bill. llouridls Death.—A mason named Dan iels, enployed nt the iron works in New Cas tle, met with a horrible death recently. Th© stacks to two of the puddling Amiaccs are made of sheet iron and with brick. These stacks were secured by guy chains to keep them from ‘falling over, and also chained to gether. One ‘of the stacks being'cold, Mr.- Daniels was employed in taking out the lining. One of the guy chains had been removed for some cause, and the stack already loaned a little, but was not thought to bo in danger of falling. 1 It is supposed that the Veoioval of the lining below made the stack top heavy and it gave, way. Seeing.bis danger Mr. Daniclo ran to the end of the furnace and jumped into the ashpit for safety ; but the etnek he was working at, in falling, drew the other (which r WaS‘ hot at the time) after it, and it fell immediately over M.r. Daniels, crushing him badly, and laterally roasting him to death. . • . bl. D. Conwat, in a Jotter to the Boston Comvionwcalth, thus shows one of the many forms of court, etiquette, which restrict'th© will and affections of the English princess ■ “ I learn thar there was quite a rebellion at Windsor Gastle. The princess ly opposed having a wet nurse, and the prince took her side, and could not ace why she should not be allowed to nurse the babe, S 3 she strongly desired to do. But she was told that the court traditions could not be put aside, never- was English prince or princess yet nursed by its own mother. So the heal thy and virtuous Mr. O’Somebody was sent for, and the princess had a long cry. Thisns a true story, and somewhat more valuable than ordinary court gossip." Rather too Near.—-“ Do you know ths prisoner, Mr. Jones ?” . “ Yes, to the'bone.” “ What is his character ?” “ Didn't- know as he had any.” “ Does he live near you ?” V So near that hehas only spent five shil lings fur firewood in eight years.” ’ tribe.of dwarfs baa been found in Africa,, whoso ears reach to the ground, and arose wide thajt, when they lie down, one ear serves as a mattress, the other as a cov ering I a So says Pethcric in his now work on * Central Africa,” giving as his authority * an old negro who has been a great travel er * you are going to teach school ? said a young lady to her maiden aunt. Well for my part .sooner thfm do that t would marry a widower with nine children. . I would prefer that myself, was tho quiet reply, but whre’u the widower. At a dancing match at Chicago recen tly, a buxom Dutcli girl danced nine hours constantly, when.hejv partner acknowledged himself fairly beaten and very tired. The damsel then took six glasses of lager and. quietly went to her breakfast. A Tiiin’cn.— —An Irishman remarked to his companion, ch'obscrvlpg a lady pass.—« * Pat, did you ever see so thin’a woman as that?’ ‘Thin,’ replied the other,- * bother shunb.J seen a woman as thin as two of them put together, I have.’ A Spjritkd Bov:- I —A niilo or so from town a man met a boy on -horseback, crying with cold. * Why don’t you get off and lead the horse?’ said the mi, • that’s the way to get' warm.’- ‘ It’s a b-b-b-borrowed horse, aud I’ll r-r-ride bin* if I freeze.* 017' Thoso persons who- have reached tho age of forty-fivcrtlio last draft, should at ouco go before a magistrate and make oath of tho fact rind have their names stricken from the enrollment books. This course would save inconvenience to themseves aud tho draft oScers. Y/" An Irish drummer, whfl‘now-and then indulged himself in right good potheen, was accosted by the inspecting General— * What’ makes your face look so red V * Plaee you** 'bbnor/ replied Pat,*,l always blush when I speak to a General officer,” , . C7*"A Western wag remarks that he has seen a couple of sisters who had to bo told everything together, for tifiejr wore BO much alike that they couldn't be told apart. £l7"’ Poultry .will pick the feathers off each father's necks.for the of..getting the blood contained in the end of the quill. A plenty of chopped meat fed. to them will atop it at ones. OC7r The most pare and exquisite pleasure which a man can experience is at tho mo ment when the "hi of whom he is doubtful confesses that oho loves him. a now trial— Courting a second wife.-' schemes for the future but such as youcan ask Goti’s blessing upon; It is almost as*casy to bo contemptuous m contemptible. whoU the first is both. 80. &
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