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Salrof Unseated Lands. • ■ i of ft -warring from under the hand jal of office of the Commissioners of . colin tT,.and to mo directed, the ® b ” “tracts and lots of unseated Lands. in Cumberland county, State of » lt , will bo exposed to sale by pub „n Monday the 13 th day or June, ft die Court House, in the borough of 'll. county aforesaid, and continued by fnnt from time to time, until they „n a or as much of each tract or lot, '■ c sufficient to defray the arrearages the State, County, Head and School Xax thereon, g RITTE j t> County Treasurer Carlisle April 14. 1804. Jacs. owners ' SOUTHAMI’TON-. 10 James Bowen’s heirs, a John & Abr’m lloddy, T,. John Benmor, 10. IVin. Uankin, FRANKFORC-. 15, John JI. JVoodburn, i)). Hollenhncli’s lieirs, 3, James McCulloch^ 13, John Dunbar,. i Samuel Kincr, jiiffun, Boyle) 5 70 711 [Barnes) 3 -75 'Wluirton) 9 -23 Marshall) 2 83 (I). J. 51. Woudbnrn, b: ' “ • t [i>i. “ ■ < (Norton) 5 71 (Lake) 1 *l4 (A. Gardner) 285 (Kmc) 2 85 (\V. P. Gardner) ! 27 (S. Parker) 3 53 (L. Parker) 9 23 (W. Parker) 710 Buck) 3 20 (iMc'Clin'tick) '(Paxton), >l. JO, “ (Hi. “ ill). “ 50. m. “ y,o/ “ ilii'l “ R lull. “ |;KI. John A. Ilumriclij [n,l John Nancy’s hoi Ki.Diiniol Swoifior, iM. Rhoads, Long & I* 104. Christian Ebcrly, Ibcrly, MI I) I) LI (). Daniel Coble’s hoi 2. Jacob Stonier, i. David Cnpp, DICKINSON, 7. John Bolden, X Joseph Baker, . V. Grist, ft. Henry Kcfler, 7. Adam Lerew-, 1. Lloyd Myers, ft. Benjamin Malone, CO. Morrison & McCreary, 5. Peter Miller's heirs, H Howard Myers, , H.Mitclmel Mentor, C. John Neely’s heirs, p. Hilbert Searight, v!’. las. Townsend, 10. Nicholas "Wire man, 8. Jacob Wolf, -10. David Duncan, 12. Jacob Grove, 2. Abraham Stoner, 11. Win. Forbes, • (Penn) )"0. Moore it Craighead, John S. Myers, 10. John Kline, Samuel Woods' hcitfl, 4. Widow Albert, 4 John BrUgb', 14 Noah Cocklcy', 1 (| . \\ m. Graham, 10. Samuel Gloim, il’l Daniel Oitt-, James G reason-, Cyrus Mt era, /’-• Henry Myers; lingers (llaskol Agt.} (t?onn) Ibichael Wpatherspooni H-Jacob Beecher, 0. Brown it Crcswoll, ,4. Wesley Bitcman, 12. Francis Corolstort; A John libert, .Av(\u llcmminger; & Win. B. Million, l| . Moroh Myers, H. Heetem, Himes «t Co;, 4. Cornelius Myers, 4 Dr, Marsden, ' Daac Montfort, John & Henry Montfurfe, A Philip Smyera, o. Alex. Young, SOUTH MIDbbETQI^. !''• ft. Medcaff,' Pi. John Matebr, S' iln i e l Wonder! A ** l p' Sheafer & Keller, *■ Went, !■ Klizaheth ;■ James Barbour, • •• Deardorf’s heirs, • John Nicholson, L James Nicholson, "• Jacob Shonfor, '4' McClure’s son., heirs. ,'^j l Shanefolter’s heirs, ill* v; b t'annus, „• Alex. Nnilor, A. Hichwino, M V, aco . lj Albright, ’ ei \janiin Lorewj (Penn) NEW OCStDEItLAKC. *• Northorn 0. R. R. Company, . UPi'EU AELENi ' M. E. Church, '■ 1 ‘“lip Gusier, caumbie, !■ '! ol 'n OulHo, • Dunbar’s hoirs, ■ G'orgo Wahl, ■ Mi Holcomb, „ ' SILVER SPRING r “"nry s. Heck. j A n , dr<! 'v Miller, Robert Bryson, , HOPEWELL S' Smith, ■ 14fj' o av,d McKinney, Sau >uol Miller, •n D, rE!^. 12 V ol)ert MoOluno, Gj‘ J T ' lm ® a McCulloch, 20 Holt/.hoover, ' UcriI 7 Shonk’a heirs, 1n t hec hanicsburq, ' Mnglefield, < - bower alien. • S. Iloldcman, NEWTON. }• *>us Boon, J|lM Barnhill’s heirs, new lot of fino fresh JVi r^ xIQB J received and for sal tbv ,u ' »njynmi- BY MISS SUSANNA l\ MOORE. II Iliad boon his only lovo, How bloat my lifo would bo; But ho weeps for her who early diofl, Though wedded now to mo. Ho told mosho was beautiful, And good as shgwns fair ; Her smile was sunshine to his heart, And still was lingering there. lie said her love was pure and deep, Her temper sweet and mild; And that she was all innocence, And joyous as a child. taxes Dire. fere ono short year the vision fled, That never can return ; lie weeps for her still—his early bride, And ne’er will cease to mourn. •SCO 55 3 82 •3 77 60 7 know ho loved hor more than mo— He never told mo bo ; but, in his heart, I feel ho hears A silent weight of woo. 1 Oi) VI 02' 10 54 16 To mo he is all tenderness, Yet when I hear him sigh, I lenow his thoughts aro wandering To dtvys that aro gone by. If I had been his only love, How blest'my. life would he; But ho woopa for her who parly died, Though wedded now to ,mo. MWhutmm. [From Harper’s Weekly. JME FROM THE WAIh 1 There’ll ho-a batin' bla’Ck frost 6n the hills to-night, I tell ye-!’ Raid Moses Atterly, as lie threw his armful of oak logs, fringed with silver gray moss, upon the stone hearth, and rubbed his hands cheerfully before the red, roaring blaze, that encircled the rude iron fire-dog, in drifts of ruby spafks. Ho was a tall, wiry-looking old man With mild hazel eyes; and’a akin w'oll-nigh as brown as the basket of butternuts that stood in the corner —a man whom you might easily fancy to have grown up among thosU rock hound, wind swept wildernesscss, as one of the grant pines on the steep cliffs above had grown—stalwart, sturdy, and true to the very hearts core. The room was very plain, with no curtains at the narrow paned win dows, nor carpet, save the old zigzag veins in the hickory boards that formed the floor.— Yet there was an air of comfort in the splint bottomed chairs, with red* moreen cushions, and the round 'table, neatly spread for the evening meal. Over the fire a black tca-ket tlo kept up a dreary song, and /Moses Attcr ly’s only child sat with folded Imnds,.in the chimney corner, watching the vaporous wreath curlin-j* from,the ptetty soft eyed girl, wrtfF-a late rose in her braids of glossy chestnut brown hair—and her straight, clear cut features, now in shadow, and all irradiated by the capricious torches of flame that played” at hide-and-seek in and out among the crevices of the bubbling, singing lo« s - ■ ‘ Have you been to the post-office to-night, father?' and she, suddenly looking up as Moses gave the smouldering back log a sort of remonstrating kick. * No ; but I met Jim (Graylingdown by ibo 3 r>s 5 .'l2 ■3 ‘lO 82 •3 8 T 3 96 • 00 3 02 1 20 3 28 72 ■8 M 2 CO 1 21 74 2 78 2 30 2 40 44 83 « 51 07 S 24 4 15 02 41 hemlock hollow, and ho said he was goin’ straight there ; so I told him to .ask if there was anything for our folks. He’ll be here directly, 1 calculate, for it must be all of two hours ago.’ 1 1 am sorry/ said Bessie, almost petulant ly, ‘ Father, I detest the sight of that man 1’ ‘My daughter 1’ remonstrated Moses, that ain’t accordin’ to cither sense or gospUl/ , 4 Well, I can’t lulp it, father’ coaxing Bes sie, dealing her soft, dimpled hand into the rough palm that lay on Moses Atterly’o knee. ‘ He always seems to mo like— ’ She stopped suddenly—so suddenly that the late rose fell out of her hair and lay on the stone hearth ; for, as she turned her head,' she saw James Grayling standing beside them, unfolding a coarse \Hiite and red worsted comfort from about his nock. Ho stooped without a word, and picked up the rose for her. . 70 1 20 80 00 il, 00 20 25 1 02 1 87 2 35 , ‘ Why Jim j' said farmer Atterly, ‘ wherb on earth did you drop from ? I didn't hear you .come in.' ‘ Didn't you ? I ani euro I knocked loud enough/ said Grayling, with a deep scarlet Hush slowly fading away from his 'cheek.— ‘Pretty well to-night, Bessie?’ ‘ I'm well bnough/ pduted Bbssie, without looking at him; and tossing her recovered rose in among the glowing cinders. Some how it had lost its charms, after having laid in James Grayling’s hand a second. ‘Set down, Jim, set down/ said the far mer, heartily, * Any mail for us to-night $' * Nothing/ Whnt n strange smile passed over his face, as ho saw the sudden downward droop of Bessie Attcrly's eyelids—the quiver around her mouth I ‘Nothin'! that's queer. You see oUr Bes sie’s feelin' kind o’ worried cause she don't hear nothin’ from Henry Ives/ I got a long letter to-night from ray cous in, who is in the same company, you know, lie says—' • Janies Grayling paused, a little malicious ly, to note the eager sparkle in Bessie’s eyes as she leaned forward cheeks ' and intent looks. • ‘ What does ho say V she gasped. ‘Well, I’m afraid you*U feel badly about it; but he says Harry Ives was captured with half a dozen others, by a skirmishing party, about a week before he wrote/ . ‘ Captured I’ ‘Yes; and that isn’t all. Ho says they didn't half believe Harry Ives cared whether ho was carried down South or not; for be had taken a great notion to some pretty girl down in Virginia—a planter's darter —and > 1 32 -142 1 30 12 74 I 44 1 12 •SO 46 1 15 1 05 2 20 - 35 42 2 85 1 55 3 90 1 40 1 05 70 ‘ I don’t believe it, Janies Grayling,’ and Bessie, springing to her feet, with flashing eyes and passion-crimsoned forehead, I don’t believe a word of its • You are repeating some vilo falsehood.’ - ‘I knew you’d feel had,’ said Grayling, with provoking mildness, ‘but I thought you ought to know how, things stood. I can show.you Sam’s letter, if that will be any more satisfactory. I never had much faith in Harry -Ives —a careless, dashing fellow • Hush I I will not listen to another word;’ ejaculated Bessie,'angrily, and with a cer tain strange , dignity in her girl-face and slender fornlii! ■ • • .... ‘ Mr. Attorly,’ said Grayling, with still aggravating moderation and calmness, ‘ how -long is it since your daughter received a let ter ftom Harry Ives ?’ ‘ 27 ■ 28 20 2 05 1 80 50 1 05 1 40 70 putital. THE REGRET. "OUR COUNTRY—MAY XT ALWAYS BE RIGHT— BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.” ‘Well, it’s a pretty considerable spell/ said the old fanner ; but letters do take time to reach us, you knpw.’ ‘Yes,, particularly when tlioy r ro never sent/ sneered Grayling. ‘ Father, don’t listen to him/ sobbed Bes sie, passionately. ‘lf the -whole world wore to toll mo Harry Ives was untrue, I would not believe them.’ And Bessie fainted quietly away, with her chestnut braids of hair drooping over her father’s knee. Poor child I Could she have seen the wea ry months of waiting for the letter which never came from the far off Southern hills, the hope deferred which makoth the heart sick, that were in store for her, she might have been sorry that she had not died, then and there, holding fast to that firm faith in Ilarvy, Ives’ fidelity. James "Grayling, a 'crafty, patient man, hided.his time. IfCame surely atlnst, when the tender green of the hill-sides shriveled and grow brown under the starry, silent frost oftho bitter December nights, and the keen wind rushed with thunderous swell through the lonely pine forests in those wild solitudes. ‘ Daughter, it’s the dearest wish of my heart, said farmer Atterly, solemnly, as .ho sat with Bessie in the bid silent room. “Pm gettin’ on in the years; and if I could but See ybn married to some good and true man before I nm taken oway, I should rest easier in my grave. James Grayling has been al most a son to mo these months of trial and trouble. Ho is coming for his final answer to-night. Let it be yes !’ Bessie shuddered. That year of sick, wistful grief had changed her into a pale, fragile girl, with large, frightened eyes, over roving from side to side, as if vainly seeking something whicl.i never came. 1 Wait, father/ she murmured eagerly, as if pleading for sweet life itself; ‘ wait a little longer—only a little longer !’ ‘I have waited, Bessie. It is a ycar and over since Harry Ives has sent 3 r »u either word or message. He may bo dead—bettor dead than a scoundrel! —hut James Grayling has been as true as steel to me all this time. Ho deserves you, Bessie; and when once married you’ll learn to love him. Shall we say this day a month for your wedding, daughter?’ That night Bessie laid her cold hand in James Grayling’s eager palm, and said ‘yes,’ dreamily, to whatever ho proposed. What had life loft for hor? As well James Gray ling’s wife as anything else, since God willed that she should live and "suffer on, and the dreary path of years lay spread out before her listless fcctl The old smoko stained walls wore wreathed with’feathery garlands of cedar and pine, with the scarlet berries of the mountain ash glowing here and there ; the great fire roared up the chimney with festive sound ; and all the neighbors were gathered around farmer Atterly’s hearthstone ; for pretty Bessie was to be married that night. ‘ She don't look as a bride ought to, some- how,’ whispered Mrs. Deacon Jennings, to her companion, Mahala Bird. 4 She seems to mo jest like one o’ them white snow 'wreathes down in the hollow yonder.’ .1 May be it’s that white dress,’said Maha la; * but she does look like a corpse. Land o’Goshen! what bo I sayin’ ? It ain’t good luck to talk about corpses on a weddin’ night.’ , ls ‘ . For the pretty bridesmaids had Just led Bessie in, robed in pure sheeny silk, with snowy geraniums in her hair, and not a ves tige of color on her checks. ‘ There 1 don’t she look sweet ?’ said Susy Jennings. *ls it time to go into the parlor yet?’ ‘ Massy, no, child,’ said Mrs. Jennings, * not fbr an hour. Why, Jim Grayling hasn’t come yet.’ So Bessie sat JoWn in the midst of the as sembled maidens and matrons, and played with the white flowers in her bouquet, think ing, who knows what? Perhaps ti lonely grave under the cruel Southern stars I—perhaps 1 —per- haps the fair face of the woman who had wiled her lover’s heart away. Somebody spoke to her ; she looked up and all of a sudden her frightened eyes traced a figure beyond the opened door to which she sat —a figure hurriedly pressing through the dirowd. * Where is\shc? I will see Bessie, wed ding or no wedohig ! Who has a better right than t ?” The -next monjent the pale, white robed bride lay like a fair, still statute, in Henry Ives’ arms. * Stand off, I say 1 he cried fiercely. ‘ Let no one come between rho and the woman I love. I have earned her to bo my wife— earned her by the long months of pain and suffering—earned her by the wounds received on the battlefield of the country she loved ! Do you sav’sheis to be married to James Grayling? ” What has James Grayling done with the letters I sent to his care—with all the messages I entrusted to him? She had better be in her grave than married to James Grayling. Mr. Atterly, you are a just and good man—'judge between me and the trea cherous fox I fancied was my friend/- * Harry, Harry I’ faltered the old man, I never dreamed o' this; Toll mo auout it, ray boy, for my old head swims." And Harry Ives, still holding Bessie to his heart, revealed the story of his own truth and James Grayling's duplicity. When ho had finished the impassionato recital, Moses At torly clasped the brown, strong hand, be tween his own horny palms, and said aol boy, I ask your pardon for every doubt that evor crossed my mind, and X thank the merciful Providence that has spared Bessie from being Jim Grayling’s wife. Wo arc calculatin' to have a weddin’ hero-to-night, and it isn’t too late yet, if Harry has no ob jection to bein’ married in Ins soldier clothes I ‘ Father I’ interrupted Bessie, rosy as a whole bouquet of carnations blended into one; but Harry took her hands into liis, whispering: T ‘ Love I I shall not fool secure until I can call you wife* and the remonstrance died away upon her lips, ‘ Are you all ready, Elder Wilkins? said Moses, ‘ ’cause I believe the young couple is. Ah 1 she looked like a bride 71010, with the hazel light burning in soft fires under her long curled lashes, and the carmine dyes coming and going upon her ohook r like a proud and blushing brido. Tho ceremony was scarcely over betore the silver chimes of sleigh bolls sounded at the door, and Grayling’s voice was board ex °H'rra S afraid l a m a littlo lato: but tho horse sprained his log, and X hod to change him at ’Squire Warrenton’s. However—’ ‘ Yes, Jim Grayling, you are a littlo late,’ said Moses Atterly, taking a prodigious pinch of snuff,' ‘ for my darter’s married al ready.’ 1 Marriedl’ ejaculated Grayling, as if un certain whether his intended father-in-law was not o fit candidate for a lunatic asylum. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 2 ‘.Yea—to ITarry Jvos !’ 5 7 • , As James Grayling’s Bewildered eye caught sight, in the brilliantly lighted rooms beyond of the young soldier, bending hia tall head to listen to some whispered \vord from Bessie, ho turned a dull, dead yellow, ami a chill dew broke out around his iji'ibth. .» ‘ What does it irocnnV’ he* naked. * It means, Jim Grayling, that you arc A scoundrel 1’ said the old man, with sudden fine flashing in his eyes. ‘There’s the open door—leave this house before Harry Ives sots eyes on you, for he’s a spirited lad, and mis chief might come of it I And hark yo—nev er lot mo see your villainous face again I’ Silently, and like a wounded snake,.James Grayling crept out into the chill darkness of the tempestuous night, a detected,disappoint ed man. And so effectually did ho take Mo ses Attorly’s advice, that the little village in .the hollow know his name and presence no more. And Bessie Ives, the happiest little wife in tho world sings softly ovoV her work, coun ting tho until ‘ when this cruel war is over,’ \ Confidence Woman. Our Western exchanges cpntain lengthy accounts of-a young married womim-memed Mrs. Van Vlect/who has been swindling the people of Michigan and Illinois. The annals -of female crime and fraud during the last quarter of a century scarcely present a par allel case. Her operations have been distin guished by aboldncss, a dash of romance, and until recently, b)7 an unvarying success-at once surprising ‘and evincing talent of a high order, worthy of a better use. She is descri bed as younginapptarance-, hetover .'in years of agc, ? of handsome ar.d peculiarly attractive manners. She dresses with exquisit taste, and moves in good society with - all the case and sclf-posession of a travellin g wort an of the world. Sho has resided from childhood in Monroe county, and, until her recent ar rest, has moved in good circles, where her re spectability has been undoubted. It is said that sho has realized untold sums from her swindling operations, during the’past seven or eight, years. During this period she has absented herself from homo frequently weeks at a time returning qstfi'ystoriously nsfeho dis appeared'. "While at home, she lived in a stylo of- luxury and. magnificence that has been the envy of her friends and acquaintances. Du ring some of those periodic excursions Mrs. Van Vleot played the literary role, and claimed tb kb authoress of “ Rutledge” she made her aflvfcnt in the quiet' Eastern city of . Hero she sought out a prortinent real estate agent, and confided with him the important information that sho was a woman of moans, and desired to purchase a residence in tho vicinity. Tho confiding man of real estate was flattered by the pnlspect of sel ling property to theauthoressof“ Hutledgo,” and in doffercnce to her literary fame, invi ted her to a home in his family. Her blan dishments secured her an introduction to fi nancial men, and sho was enabled to got a check for two thousand five hundred dollars on a Boston bank cashed. It was altered from twenty-five dollars to two .thousand five hundred dollars. This fraud Was soon dis covered, hut not before the fair anindlor had escapdd. She ig'said to have operated exten sively in minor swindles in the East, many of which transactions will probably never see the light. She has at different times person ated Mrs. General Van Vlect, and it is sta ted that not long since she put on a Enga dier’s;uniform“and wont to Chicago, where she had the audacity to personate General Van Vloethimself. Sometimes she, made her hus band put on the uniform, and the pair trav elled as General Van Vleet find kdy. The arrest of this woman at Dundee, Mich igan, has Caused considerable excitement and gossip in the neighborhood Where she is known and all kinds of stories are afloat. One is to the effect that she donned the uniform of a lieutenant, and by her dashing and brilliant appearance, won the affections of a young lady, married, and then cruelly deserted her. She has a youngohild about a year old which gossip says she ha's abducted in some of her wanderings. . Iter.husband la aitid to an inoffensive man, and has boon used as the tool of this artful and designing woman. She took her arrest with the utmost sangfroid , and raid to a fe male acquaintance as she was about to leave with tho officers for Chicago, that she'had escaped front a good many worse scrapes than this.” Her arrest and exposure will probably close a career of crime that has been as romantic; as successful and remarkable, as any thing of the kind wo have ever been call ed upon to roord. TraoePt Ik Aleentown.— A bloody trag edy was enacted in Allentown, Lehigh coun-. ty, on the 2d inst. There had been some difficulty,.growing out of domestic relations between Mr. David Sqom, of Emails, and Mr. Win. Keck, of Allentown. Seem, it_ ap pears', had married a Mrs.,Shoemaker; widow of Capt. Shoemaker, who died in the army, and Keek had made some observations on. tho subject which Seem did not like. He had, some time before the -occurrence which We are about to relate,asked Keck to retract his-assertion, which tho latter refused to do. On Saturday Kook visited Emails for the purpose of summoning witnesses in a trial pending in court, and while there went into the store of Tool & Sonj wlicre Seem hap pened to be at the time. Tho two mbn did not speak to each other, and pretty soon Keck left by one daor, going, as he said, to summon a Mr. Laubauoh. .Seem followed by another door and tho,two men met in front of, the store. ,A few words passed be tween them, when Keck drew a pistol and shot Seem through the heart, killing him in stantly. Keck was immediately apprehend ed, and is now in Allentown jail. A Neglected Boy.—'‘Father/ said a little fellow, having apparently reflected intently, on something, ‘ I shan't send you any of my wedding cake when I. got married.' «Why not my son ?' was the fond father s inquiry. f .„ , t said tho young hopeful, you didn't send me any of yours.' jpQy A citizen of New Hartford tolls that tho first time he attended church, ho, a little, four year old was seated in a pevv. Upon his going home ho was .asked what lie did in chuch ■when ho replied/ I wont into a cupboard, and took a seat on a shelf.' A Senator And His Umiirsi.la.— “Why is it, Senator, after wo had so many weeks of fair weather, that you have brought your umbrella to the Capitol ?” asked a gqntlo man tho other day of bhiff Ben Wade. was tho reply., they say that the Army of tho Potomac is in motion, and of course it will storm within twelve hours.’' K 7” Black swans and prudent lovers are groat rarities in this world. i 1864. [From Chambers' Journal. Divorces in Poland. At tlio early breakfast the Princess ap peared in a Cashmere morning dress, wear ing a pearl necklace fastened with a rich diamond clasp, ear-rings and bracelets to match. She afterwards proposed showing ns her dresses; so all her finery and that of her itvccc was displayed. She also produced her jewelry; of which she possessed enough to adofil the whole country. A quiet individu al who appeared at dinner was, I believe, her present husband ; she had been married several tirOca, as is common in Poland, al though the Poles are Catholics, and divorce is not allowed in that church. I know not how they contrive it, but nothing is more common than to niect/a gentleman having two or three wives all alive, or *a lady the same number of husbands ; ’and what is most strange, the parties thus married and unmar ried ihect on the friendliest terms. for and facility of divorcing leads touri.icftrd complications of relationship. I saw vnrionb examples of these intricate connections dur ing my sojourn in Poland. - . One day n* cousin of Count S--—-{ipjdvod. lie and his wife were hardly seated whenttns other - couple., were, announced., _Thoy all sccmttd to be on the most friendly terms. -In the evening one of the gentlemen played at cards with two ladies and a third who was Maj'ing at Ostrowski. When he arrived the Countess S said to mo, ‘ Is it not curious to s r cc rny ’cousin Alexander playing cards with his .three wives?’ * Jlis throe wives!’ I exclaimed, ‘ surely you jest.’ ‘ Not at all,' she answered, ‘ nothing is more common hero. lie now regrets his divorcement from the first; ho liked hor best; but she has also married again. They arc all very friendly’ and agreeable, to One another.’ Countess S—continued : ‘ You will hardly moot a person in the country who lias not been married more than once. The Russians reproach us on our facility for divorcement, as they marry for life, wc, for as long as we please. It is bcttcr-than living together on ill terrts.” — This seemed very startling to me, hut it was a fact of which I was convinced by personal observation; One bitterly cold clay, when life Very as pect out doors was enough to make one shud der, Countess S , Franlcin Mullen and myself, were making artificial flowers* An na, who braved I knbw not hb»v rhguy de grees of cold, was gone bn a sledging excur sion with her father;, As we were seated by a window, wo bAw a slcdgo drawn by horses coming up the avenue. "We were wondering who the courageous visitors could be, when the beautiful Countess Z , a near neigh bor was announced. On entering sho said to Countess S , ‘ I have not a moment to stay, and have something important to.. Bay ray husband intends proposing for your daughter; ho is an excellent man, so I bog of you not to let any delicacy of sentiment on my account bo an obstacle to their union. I have already obtained my divorce, and am on the eve of contracting another marriage. I leave for Varsovie this evening. Adieu my dear friend.’ So saying,, she disappear ed as quickly as she had entered. I own that if a thunderbolt had fallen at my feet, I could not have been more surprised. Franlein Mullen and I, who had stood" up to leave tho room had not time to gain the door ere the communication was made. Counters S—“ begged of us to remain, and a‘s her friend loft, observed, without seeming tho least amazed at what she had heard that Count A was too old for Anna. Un doubtedly, he has a very largo fortune, but, added she, wo have almost given our word to another person.’ She was evidently no wise shocked at the strange announcement. Accordingly, Count A did come the next day, made formal demand and was refused —Anna’s opinion coinciding with that of her parents. A Bi.essed Dav. —What a hleseed day is Sunday to a man who necessarily catches but brief glimpses of home during the toiling week ; who is off in,the morning while little eyes are closed in slumber, nor back at night till they are again sealed in sleep. What would ho know of the very children for whom he toils woro it not for the. blessed breathing rerpito of Sunday. What honest working man’s child will oyer forget this, when, clean and neat, it is his privilege to climb papa's knee, and hang abofit his nbek, and tell him all the nows that goes to make up his narrow little world. “Narrow,” did we say ? We recall tho word ; for it widens out into the ocean of eternity. Sunday for the working man’s children 1 So we would have it—a day hallowed by sweet, pure, homo influences, when tho little hand, quite complete, shall rest from labor, and Love shall write it down the blessed day of all tho seven. Ahe Lincoi.n a Pigmy. —The Philadelphia j Press —tho “ loyal” Press calls Lincoln a pigmv. Think of it. “ War,” it says, can not bo saddled and bridled and ridden by a pigmy. Bucephalus can be governed by Al exander alono.” The Press wants Fremont to take the comifiaud away from tbo pigmy. DC?” President Lincoln made a speech at (ho opening of tho Patent Office Fair, on the night of Feb. 22; the most striking feature of which was his statement that “ it is very difficult to say a sensible, thing.” O' A story is related of an enterprising editor in an interior town, who, finding tho holy of aman hanging to lampqiost one night, after his own paper had gono to press, cut it down and carried it homo, to. prevent his ri val from publishing tho nows, and was him self indicted for the ihurdor; jgy-A Northern English rector used to think Itpolito not to begin service before the arrival of the squire. A little while ago ho forgot liis manners, and began. “ When the wicked man ” “ Stop, sir,” called out the dork, “ ho ain’t comq.yet,” DC?" It has been decided that a blind black man, in a dark collar, with a dark lantern, looking for o blind black cat, constitutes a very dark transaction. [CT* A littld follow ono day non-pliisaed his mother by making tho following inquiry “ Mother', if a pian is a mister, ain’t a wom an <t mistecy ?” ' k 35“ Why is a ship.s crew like si bomb shell 7 Because, When discharged, they go on a bust. [C?-There is many a slip between tlio Clip and the lip, hut there are many more slips after tho cup has boon drained by tho lips; Bgy Marriageable ladies should make a, point of frequenting tho opera, where they are sure to have overtures< fditiml. A YEARXIXG I’OR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. There is a rapidly growing feeling among all classes not given over to cant and parasi tism that the Democratic party is the party of vigor, of executive ability, of administra tive energy. It has never boon a party of negation, and it has accordingly been al ways in harmony with the condition and cir cumstances of a country marked by rapid de velopemont. Every important affirmative measure which has taken root, has been the work of that party. Every square mile that has been added to the national domain sinco the organization ot the Government, is the fruit of Democratic boldness of'couception.— Democratic vigor of execution, and Democrat} ic power to load public opinion. In the face of violent but impotent opposition it waged tlm only two glorious and,successful wars in which the country has been engaged since the origin of parties. It ’established the Monroe doctrine; it nursed,intostrength the sentiment of “ manifest destiny;” it estab- hard-money doctrine,'as embodied "ih the Independent Treasury; it made ag- grcssiye war upon great monopolies and top pled them into the- dust; it boldy gave the elective franchise to the foreigners seeking a home among us; it has always keen the jeal ous guardian of the national honor and dig nity against foreign nations. , In the great political qualities of "boldness, vigor, and efficiency, it lias always stood pre eminent, because it has been quick to under stand and courageous to follow the instincts of the masses. Whether right or wrong its course has never been timid and vacillating. It has been accused of recklessness, of an ar rogant and defiant bearing toward foreign powers, of a greedy and aggressive territori al policy on this continent, but never of fee- bleness or pusillanimity. The experience which the country has bad of Mr. Lincoln's halting imbecility heightens the contrast which has always prevailed between the un hesitating boldness of the Democratic party and the comparative feebleness always char acteristic of the transient parties which have successfully bccnoppuscd to it. Even among the supporters of the Administration almost' every positive, self-determined character is an importation from the Democratic ranks. We are speaking now of the single quality of boldness and executive energy; and wc may say without contradiction that General Butler, with his low moral instincts, is pre eminent in vigor of character among all the supporters of the Administration. Qcn. Fremont with greater moral elevation and dignity of character, has a will almost equal ly energetic; and he, too, was an.oldTimo Democrat, , General Dix, whoso “ shoot him on the spot; order is historical, although in the Democratic ranks he was regarded as a man of moderate temper, is conspicuous for his energy among the men now prominent. Lieutenant-General Grant, who has just been indorsed as the most energetic of our soldiers in. active service, was a bred Democrat.— Dickinson, the most plucky of the Adminis tration stump-orators, got his vigor from long Democratic associations. Postmaster-Gen eral Blair, who has more vigor of character than all the rest of the cabinet together, is also a man of Democratic antecedents.— Whether force of character and political -courage aie good or bad qualities, depends upon the utility of the objects they, seek to accomplish ; but the fact is notorious that they have been exhibited in this country by few men that had not the advantage of Dem ocratic training and associations. Even the nicknames and calumnies heaped upon the Democratic party by its adversaries, bear implied testimony to its vigor and cour age. The opprobrious term “copperhead” implies venom, to be sdre, but vigor as well. It insinuates anything but d negation. The country has been brought to feci, by painful and. Costly experience, that in great’ emergencies almost anything, is better than tameness and imbecility. . Wo accordingly meet almost dally, rintong thoughtful men in the Republican party, openly expressed wishes that the government might once more" be administered with the old .Democrat ic energy. Republicans sigh, not for the tal ents of Webster, but for the rc-appoaranco ' of some man of the type of Andrew Jackson, the very embodiment of Democratic boldness and political courage. If we had a positive, intrepid Douglas, instead of a feeble, vacil lating Lincoln, at the bead of the government during this struggle, how different would have been the fortunes of the country Af ter this long reign of feebleness and impo tence the people turning tlieir eyes to the Democratic party for; relief; and even the Republican publicists arc fain to confess that if the Democratic party would only adopt their crotchet about slavery it would be in vincible, Doctor Orestes A. Brownaon, the April number of whoso Review is j list out, has three vigorous political articles, in two of yrlitch, out and out Republican and Abolitionist as he is, he expresses the opinion that nothing but the slavery question stands between the Democratic party and a signal triumph in the Presidential election. Wb rbgrot that wo can quote only ti sentence or t\vo just to indicate the thrift of his ideas-. “It is there fore, clear to us,” ho says, “ that if the Dem ocrats have tho wisdom and virtue, to put up a wav Democrat, .Wild is willing to let slavery die and bo buried, a man whom loyal Union men can Vole, for without betraying their government rf endangering Hie national cause: Mr. Lincoln withstand a poor chance of a re-election, if ho leaves the election free, and docs not undertake to control it by the military. Hundreds and thojjjands of loyal Republicans would abstain front voting, and some, most likely, would even bolt their par ty.” In another article he suggests lire pos sibility of the Democratic party, having put upon tho administration tho odium of killing slavery, taking to itself “the glory of bury ing slavery, putting.an end to the war, and saying tho nation.” Ho save that if the Democratic party should “ take ground that slavery is dead and no longer in question,” and put in nomination “ a strong man, a man of character; capacity-, untainted with coppor headism, possessing eminent ability lind high moral and civil courage ; who doubts they would carry tho next election with n rush, redeem their owp political character, and gain a lease of powot for another half centu ry ?” Tho Democratic pfirty will steadily refuse to mount the hobby; it leaves slavery to its fate, whatever that fate may bo. It will nei ther make nor meddle in tho matter, oneway of tho other. But tho widely diffused feeling that tho Democratic party alone has tho en ergy and capacity, to cope successfully with the rebellion, and restore the Union, narrows the Presidential question down to this;— Whether tho. people attach more import ance to an imptttont attempt to destroy slavefy than to a successful attempt to restore tho Union 1 If tho Union is lost slavery Hycs, of course, until on independent Southern con federacy sees fit to abolish it. But if the Union is. restored, that is a blessing so para mount, that patriotism may console itself un der some disappointment of anti-slavery or pro-slavery wishes, as the oa'si may happen to be. If what wc have quoted wore li solitary ’rec ognition of the energy and vitality o’f the Democratic party,should regard it as true 1 , indeed, but as of no great significance. Bu£ it crops out every whore. 17c meet frequent traces of it oven in the Tribune. The now. Fremont organ recognizes the possibility of national salvation coming from this decried political Nazareth. “Unless wo are much, deceived,” it says, “ men , of this stamp” [Democrats] “ will bo the first to take prom inent places in the new party. This will ex plain bow wo may now and then,happen to agree with certain Democratic organs, and wc will add, that if the Democratic party had sufficient intoligenco and patriotism to break away, entirely from slavery, it certainly pos sesses instincts that are really more liberal' than the llopuhlioau party.” These tributes, to the Democratic party from quarters so unexpected are a significant sign of the ,times. Thcy,nro the forerunner of a’migbfy reaction against the party in pow er. - [From tli# Pittsburg Post. WHO CAUSED THE AVAR ! The Pittsburg Gazette , yesterday, in reply to our statement that the leading Abolitionists/ and leading lirc-eatera were alike guilty of producing uur present troubles, quotes an ex tract from a speech of Alexander P. Ste phens, in which he implores his State not to withdraw from the Union, This may Appear to the Cazt/ee d triumphant answer to our statement, but with all due respect to our uoigbor's profundity, wc canricl see it. Wo never justified the South in resorting to re bellion. We never took italic with Mr. Ste phens in his efforts to keep his State in tho Union, and’tho l Gazette quoting his speech to weaken our argument, is about as rcvilent as if it had quoted a passage from scriptur#. As regards the Peace Convention which, assembled in Washington in 18GI, It is noto rious that the leading AbolitionUtfe transfer red to it their tactics from the U. S. Senate, u\ ordpr to defeat any measure likely t 6 dVprl: rebellion. -The bloody and brutal Senator Chandler, of Michigan, exposed tho .AbolL t"dn programme, when hedeclared that*‘blood letting would do us good.” lie and wc now have had blood to our hearts content. Not desiring to mistify tho reader, by garbling extracts from tho proceedings of cither the Peace Convention dr of Congress, wo desire to sum up the cbnduct of tho Abolition mem bers of the Senate, in tho briefest manner. Senator Douglass, after exhausting his great powers, in laboring to effect somq compromise at last, on tho 3d of March, 1861, remarked. We quote these brief passages 5n order to give tho lie, the loud lie to tho impudent assertion of the Gazette that its party since Lincoln's election was ever in favor of anything b‘iu civil war. Said Mr. Douglass*. , } “ If you of the Repdbiibab side dte ital willing to accept this riu.r the proposition of the Senator from Kentucky, pray tell us What you will do? ,1 address the inquiry to the Republicans alone;-for the reason that in the Committee of thirteen, ft few days hgo ; eve; ry member from the South; inMddmfi those from tho Cotton states, (Messrs. Davis and Toombs) expressed their readiness to accept the proposition of iny venerable friend from Kentucky as a final settlement of the contro versy; if tendered and sustained bjr the Re publican members. Hence the sole responf sibility of our disagreement, and the only difficulty ih the way of an aniibablp ment, is with the Republican party.” Senator Pl'gh hero observed ; ■ , “Before-the Spnator3 o from the State of Mis sissippi (Jclf Davis being ortd of them*) left this Chamber I hoard.one of theni. who as sumes, at least; to be President of the Soijtti ern Confederacy, propose to accept it; find to maintain the Duiori, it that proposition could receive the vote it ought to receive from (ho other side of this Chamber.” Mr. DoudhAs, at the same tliiic, said in re ply “ 1 o'r.ii confirm the Senator’s declaration that Sendtor Davis himself, wlien on the Committee of Thirteen, was ready at all times to compromise on the Crittenden prop osition. I will go further and say that Mr: Toombs was also ready to do so.” Parso:; Browxlow. —That ’’hoary-Headed blackguard and impious blasphemer. Parson Browhlow, wild was made so much of ih Uiis section of country a year or two agd, ftftec lilling his pockets and providing himself with printing materials, at Hid of our Christian and ‘loyal* people; htvs return ed to Knoxville, where lio is uoW printing a “ paper de-votcd_to billingsgate, .blasphemy and Abolition, Wo give a couple of para graphs as fair specimens of his stylo. In reference I'd the Southern military, he says: “ Had we our wish, wo would throw hell wide open, and .place all such boast-like offi cevs and men upon tin inclined plane, at an angle of forty-jivo degrees, grease the planS with hog’s lard six inches thick, with a wick et at the bottom,’'and send them, as oho stream of traitors, robbers and assassins, in to the hottest part of the infernal regions.*' Again, iu reference to the Confederated generally; . “ There is now no equal extent of territory on earth that has so large a*delogation in hell as-the Southern Confederacy can Rebels have gone to hell from the South since this at a foarfhl rate; and the cry is sTUHlicy come !■" Upon this the ■ Mciripcliian Rccdrct re- marks 11 Wo do riot know whether to be sorry dr glad at tliis intelligence from the Pious par son: It is, however, the first direct intelli gence that wo have had from that quarter since the Devil left there to enter Paradise and ruin the human race.” NEaRdSuFFRAcn.—-Iho reader will observe by our report of the proceedings had in the Senate on Thursday last, that a majority oi that body has decided not to' restrict the right of suffrage, and, ns wo understand, oi holding office in the new Territory of Monta no to while male citizens, as has been -the custom in organizing now Territories. The vote on the amendment thus making the ne gro and white citizens “bqual before the law” was a follows; Yeas —Messrs. Brown, Chandler, Foot,' Clark, Collamor, Conness, Dixon, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Halo, Harlan, Harris, How ard, Howo, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Suw nor, Wade, Wilkinson add Wilson—22. Nays —Messrs. Buokalew, Carlilo, Cowan; Davis, Harding, Henderson, Johnson, Dane; of Indiana, Nesmith, Powell, Riddle, Saula bury, Sherman, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Yah Winkle and Willey—l 7. NO. 45
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