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UNION MEETING IN WHIIN6TON.
A largo and spirited Union meeting was
lately hold in Wilmingtoh, N. C. The pro
ceedings were of such a character us to war-i
rani us in the belief that tho Union aenti
\ment is increasing in that portion of the Con
federacy, and that oro long the supporters of
the rebel Government will bo in a hopeless
•minority. Among ’the most .prominent-and
•active of those who desire a return of tho
people to their allegiance to the Government,
is the Rev. Mr. Hepburn, son of Judge Hep
burn, of this place. We copy from the New
York TVifmnfl'the resolutions offered *by him
as well as his remarks in support of the
same:
Correspondence of Now Y<jrk Tribune.
In obedience to tho request of the Mayor,
‘the Rev. Mr. Hepburn, tho Presbyterian min
ister, came forward and agaiu rend the reso
lutions to the meeting. Their second read
ing was greeted with even more marked en
thusiasm than they were at first.
- - RESOLUTION'S. 1
Whereas, The city of Washington has
again been restored to the. authority of the
United States, and the opportunity is given
dhe citizens without regard to.past party aif
'ferences to give public expression to their
views and purposes: therefore,
Resolved , 1. That we will remain at our
homos and cheerfully submit to tho authori
ty of the National Government, pledging to
dt e loyal obedience and hearty support.
.■ 'Reso£vefl,~2. That wo believo that ’by. thisi
course >re are promoting not ‘only tho inter
ests of Wilmington, but also of the State of
North Carolina, by doing what is incur pow-
her to tho Union in which she
great prosperity in the-past, and.
'in which alone she can look for peace and*
Republican freedom for the fnture.
Jicsolved, 3. That,assuming in goad faith
•the obligations of citizens of the'United States,
we do not place ourselvestiivthe attitute of a
subjugated people, but claim "the rights and
privileges guaranteed by the*Constitution to
American'citiaens, and assured.to persons in
our peculiar-condition by tho Proclamation!
of the President.
s ‘Resolved, 4. That we cah c. 11 upon our fel
low-citizens of North Carolina to join with
us in protesting against the madness of the,
authorities of the State in urging rfch? ,prose-;
oution of this fratricidal war ‘for ; a uause
which we believe to be hopeless,-whose con-;
tinuanco will only render our ruin more rem
ediless in tho end, and which is waged for
the-eake of a. government in which the peo
ple Lave justlylost all-confidence.
Resolved, 5. That we urge them to accept;
the condition which tho fortune of. war
has placed them, and to submit- to the nation
al authority, so that our nobta State may be
speedily restored to • the Union, where the
mass of the people have in their hearts al
ways wished her to be. ■
. Resolved , G. That in-view-Of 'the'fact that
a large number of our citizens have been re
duced to poverty, by this war, and for want
of occupation are in danger of great suffering
of-.becoming .dependent upon the bounty of
•the 'Government Hor-support, we would re
spectfully urge tho expedience of affording fav
our community,as speedily as rpossible, such'
facilities for commerce and industry as may
be-cocnpatible with military movements .and;
thevgonornl interests of the'cGunffy. •
Resolved, !, That wo take • pleasure in
bearing testimony to tho general courtesy
and good order of the national troops, both
officers. und privates, tho promptness .and
efficiency 6f tho military authorities in pro
tecting the citizens, and especially their -lib- :
erality to the poor and suffering in- our
-midst. . : ,
Resolved^ B. That copies of these-resolu-.
’tione-be sent,to the President of
States, the Govertior of North .Carolina, and
the leading newspapers of the State.
Being requested to address tho meeting,
Mr. Hepburn spoke as follows:
THE REV. MR. HEPBURN’S SPEEGff;
11 Fellow Citizens: I am maklng.no un
meaning apology when I say that I sincerely
fregret thattfye duty of opening the discussion;
upon these resokitionsdias dovolved-upon roe.
■Nof’thhfci have tho-lcast -.hesitation m pub
licly declaring my views and feelings upon
•any of the subjects referred to in them. 'lf
is the duty of every roan mow to avow his
honest conviction's. The great error of con
servative mjn'haeheen that they have been
toe prudent, or timid, rather. We ought to
‘be wiser in the-future. Bull would prefer
that some of the older oitizeus of Wilmington,
so many of whom have taken suoh an active
'parb-in tbis-meeting, should address you in-
Mead of'me, 'Stillman the interests of all of
*us are involved in the course pursued by this
•community and by we have all a
fright to speak and to be beard.
“We have not assembled in any mere spir
it of ■ exultation. We see about us too muoh
of tho frightful results of war for’this:; we
miss many familiar faces which we shall nev
-1 behold on earth again ; we see many of our
citizens reduced to poverty and want; we
have seen to day citizens of a neighboring
I State'brought into our midst, many of whom
I wore - once in affluence, who hove been loft
I homdless, and are now dependent upon the
I charities of the authorities nnd of our citizens
I for their support. .His would be hard-heart*
1 Qd indeed who could in the midst of such
I abounding misery indulge in frivulous oxul-
I fntion. No, we have come together *as ear-
I Host men to decide on matters of-greatest im-
I l?Ortance to our.whole*coramunifcy, ■
“ I may say,-too, that we say nothing 5u
to past and conduct. , In
o uch a large assemblage aa this all varieties
opinion must have been held. It js no
? l Bgraco'for a man to change bis opinions ;
itis dishonest and antnanly to_ disavow his
Past Ufa* this baseness is not asked by these
of ..any man. We.have. nothing
:° dp with the past, / let the dead past bury
v* dead,;’ alTtnat wo .proposer is to declare
"clearly and firmly our present,views as tho
course which wo deem it our-duty to pursue.
“The sum and substance of tho resolutions
is that we renounce the Government under
which we have been living 'for some years,
and thCirwo hcrdftily desire that our State
man once more be restored to the Union.
“ If there is any one preeent who still has
oriy lurkingfeoling’thnt the Confederate Go
vernment has tiny claims upon him, let him
but review the course of its rulers for the
past four years, or if ho prefer it, for the Inst
year, and let him then "say what motives of
honor or duty bind him to it. Treason '-en
tlemen, is a crime of which not merely the
'subjects of a Government may be guilty ; the
rulers also may be guilty of'it. ‘Right-mind- ’
ed people will always exercise great charity
toward their rulers, and will endure much
froni them; but there is a point beyond
which obedience ceases to bo a duty. When
the Government becomes aniust and cruel;
when rulersVlemand what “ freemen dare not
give,” then the rulers become the traitors,
and hot to resist and renounce them is trea
son against -freedom and against humanity,
Whnt’bas been the course of the Confederate
authorities from the beginning 7 Of all those
rights which we have been taught to regard
as most sacred, what one is there that they
have ’ not violated! This "Confederacy was
founded on the principle of State rights ; and
the rights of the States were at the very first
trampled under foot. Then we bad a con
script law ; it was denounced by some of the
leading men of our Stales us unconstitutional,
and us what ought never to bo in a free coun
try ; but the law was passed, as Swooping,
ruthless, and cruel a system ofounscriptian
as ever disgraced the legislation of any coun
try. ‘Every year added to its ‘injustice and
severity, until at theTast Mr. Davie demand
ed all exemptions should be revoked, and tnat
in his hands should be lodged the whole
power-of deciding whether a man should
servo the Confederacy at homo or in the field.
He was to detail men to practice medicine,
preach the gospel, edit newspapers, make
laws, &e. What a claim was that to he put
forth in this once free country 1 Then we
bad-most oppressive-taxes— ‘ the last diet was
wrung from the clutched hand of poverty’—
and owing to some, mysterious blunder or
fraud,-that tax must be doubled. Had wore
mainod much longer in their power, there are
many here' who would have had to sell every
thing to pay their taxes. I need not dwell on
the ropudiatua of the currency, the suspen
sion of the writ of habeas corpus, legalized
robbery called impressment, the want of good
faith in their dealings with our citizens, the
secret sessions of Congress, &0., &o. To close
the catalogue of their follies and crimes, we
see that’Slavery, which was declared by Mr. ,
Stephens the corner-stone of the Confederacy,
will soon be completely destroyed by them.
I say, then, -what claims has a Government
which’has thus forsaken all the principles
upon which it was founded, and -which has
been guilty of so prolonged* and systematic;
'injustice and oppression, upon any man for
confidence or support-7 Truly do these-rose-;
lotions declare that the wav is now tv;aged-for
th o sake of whioH has forfeited
ad claims-to our-confideneo and affection.
‘•■Wo dectnro-aleo in these resolutions that
it is our ouuviotion that our only hope for
pence,■•security and freedom is in the restora
tion of the Union in all its integrity, and that
we-desire-to see our-State onee more a mem
ber (Sf'that’Unisn. This-I believe is the sen
timent of the large-majority of the people of
North Oorolinn. -I do not believe that she
ever'loat her attachment to the old Govern
ment. North Carolina never gave in to the
heresy of Secession. When the hour of trial
came, when war was seen to, be inevitable,
and she was called upon to take sides in the
struggle, she yielded to the strong claims of,
bleed and kindred, and even against her con
victions she generously stepped forward to
defend those against whose views ■she had al
ways.pretested, and most gallantly has she
■fulfilled the pledges she then made. She was
trained in a different political school from
some - of her sister States of the South.—
Some two years ago’l bad occasion to look
■over a number of speeches and orationsmade
by prominent men of our State through a
long aeries of years. .1 was strudk with the
uniformity of their views on the inestimable
‘value of-tho-Union. All who referred to the'
subject enforooditho necessity of preserving
•the Union in its integrity and power as-the
only moans for -securing to the States the
■blessing of peace and liberty. -Especially do
I remember thewemarks of one whose name
will always be hdld in honor not only in this
State but throughout the whole United States
—l mean-judge Gaston. I naked myself, ns
il read these strong deolartions, whether those
wise and good men were only indulging in
empty declamation, or whether- they were
-expressing their deliberate convictions. We
mow know,that,thoir’s were words of truth
and wisdom. It was an evil day to us
when we turned a deaf ear to their voice.
By four years of suffering and bloodshed wo
have learned the value of that Government
which once laid - so light upon us that we
scarcely know that we had a Government,
and which diffused so quietly its blessings,
-that we learned to despise it; and to-night
we declare that we ohms back to the faith of
bur fathers, and hope fur' security for our
selves had prosperity for our State in the re
storation of the State to that -Duion in which
slie-onjoyed-so grent'prosperity in‘the past.
"I know that in the minds of many‘there
is the feeling that-although the independence
of the South is now hopeless, yet it would be
better fur us if wo cduid be an independent
nation. ’lt is a fatal delusion. The worst
thing that could befall the South would be
for her to gain her independence. Were the
choice given us to-night ofohoosing between
reconstruction and the establishment of the
South ns a separate and independent empire,
we should decide without a moment's hesita
tion in favor of reconstruction. • T say so, be
cause X am‘Convinced, that 'freedom and this
so-called independence cannot exist together.
Let me ask-every wavering mind, if there bo
any suoh present, to reflect upon this. . Sup
posing that the original scheme <Sf the Seces
sionists had succeeded, and that they had es
tablished a separate Government in Southern
States, what would baye-beenthe inevitable
result ? Does any-one suppose that the two
nations could have lived together in peace?
IT remember that Dr. Tbornwell, in a speeo.i
made about the time that South Carolina
passed the ordinance of secession, drew with
his accustomed eloquence a glowing picture
of the two sister Republics growing up in
harmony side by-side-; but it was as wild-a
fancy as ever entered a sane man’s brain.
Two suoh nations, speaking a common lan
guage, with different forms of civilization, ri
val interests, and feelings embittered by years
of controversy, could not live together in
peace. Perpetual war would have existed
between them. Large standing armies would
be required to guard our boundaries and our
coasts; and whence would these armies be
found?* Where slavery ..exists .there is no.
foreign emigration; from our,own men-, trom
“OUR COUNTRY—May IT ALWAYS BE EIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY."
our own men, from the middle class, from the
small farmers and mechanics, those who
make the pride and strength.of n'free coun
try,-and nre'the controlling p >wor, would the
andics bo supplied by a morn conscription ;
while those who possessed broad lands and
‘largo numbers of slaves Wbuid huve'been the
exempts, and these woyld hnve formed the
ruling cla«s in the nation. We should thus
have had a slave aristocracy; the slaves to
till the soil and do the little manufacturing
.that would have to be done, while tire poor
er class of white people would compose the
array. You may bo sure that such a system
would soon degenerate into a mostcru?! mil
itary despotism. Yet, there can be no doubt
‘tlmt'saoh wastho scheme of John 0. -Calhoun
and of those who attempted to act out his
principles. But do voii suppose that there
Would be only two Republics? If the work
of separation should once commence, it would
hot end until the whole nation should be re
solved into its original elements; and -we
should soon have a multitude of petty mili
tary despotisms, the contempt of all foreign
nations, wasting each other’s . strength in
bloody and endless feuds. We have seen
the commencement of this work of disinteg
ration during the last four years. The peo
plei of the trans-Mississipi Department have
for some time regarded themselves as iude-
Sendent. I know it to be a fact, that when
en. Hood was placed in command of the
.Army of Tennessee, an order was sent be
yond the Mississipi for 2D,000 men to rein
force him, and the nion refused to obey the
order. So at present, howcomes it thet Gen,
Lee’s weakened army receives no reinforce
meutsTrom that quoJter? *ls it not evident
to all that the fate of the Confederacy will
be decided by the Tesuits of the military
movements east of the Missies! pi? Why
then are not-the largo armies which, we are
told, are. beyond 'the river, added to 'Lee’s
forces. 1 saw it stated not long ago that the
men had refused to. oorae, and I believe the
statement. Yes, if even the Southern Con
federacy had become a‘separate nation, : the
Mississipi llivor would soon have out it in
two, and you would have had two confedera
cies instead of one. Nor would it have stopp
ed there. Hardly had the war fairly com
menced when we heard it said openly and
frequently, that tho border States, ’Virginia,
North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee,
could not long live in harmony with the cot
ton States; already a new Confederacy was
making its appearance. And so it would
have gone on. Who can depict the degrada
tion,'tlie horror of such a state of things ? May
Heaven in mercy avert from us and our pos
terity suon a fate I #
“Wo desire, then, the reestablishment of
the authority of tho general Government
over all its territory, because we are firmly
persuaded that under the protection of that
Government alone can we find refuge from
such a state of anarchy and ruin ; because
wo bohove that under its.-foatering'care alone
there ’Can bo any progress in art, industry,
science aud literature, any security for our
lives and property,-and enjoyment of plain,
practical -republican freedom.
In reference to tho future of our own 1
State I have no prophecies to make. T am
not so dosponding._aa_l_fiiid_Bome....of„my_
friends'to be. NorbhCarolioa isagraat and
noble State, With her doworj of fertile lands,
her fishei ies and mines, and streams and val
leys, and her brave and honest people, she
fans all the elements of greatness. She pros
pered in the past, in spite of all the obsta
cles in the way.' Let us hope that when the
storms of war are passed, and the confusion,
incident to our transitive etate is gone, that
under a new and we trust better order of
things, she will at once enter upon that ca
reer of prosperity and honor which Heaven 1
has marked out for her.”
These remarks, which he delivered in a
subdued but earnest tone of voice, indicating
the deep and earnest feeling by which each;
word was inspired, hold tho audience in
breathless attention—which was only broken
by occasional applaustf during its delivery;
and at the close.
A. T. Stewart.— The New York correU
potfdent of the -Boston Journal says:
“The papers-nre very, busy with A. T.=
Stewart’s income- 1 -* matter known only to
.himself. He is the solo master of all that is
bought and sold. He knows every article
that comes in or goes out of the store. No
bundle leaves without a chock. He selected
a shawl for - his wife one day, and neglecting
to check it, it oould not leave the building.—
No merchant in New York works so many
hours, or gives such undivided attention to
his business. His rooms are his down-town
store.' He comes down early, takes his din
ner about five o’clock, returns, and remains
at his work till late at night. He .finds his
pleasure in business. He is as difficult to
approach as the Grand Lama. Go to thd
store and you will be met at the door by a
’Courteous gentlemen; once an affluent mer
chant, who kept his own establishment. To,
your question if Mr. Stewart ism, a response;
comes, “ What is your business ?” “I want
to see Mr. Stewart.” “You can’t see him,
•unless J know your business.” It is private;
you say. “ Mr. Stewart has no private busi
ness. *1 must know what you want, sir.”—
If your staterrfent is satisfactory .you are al-*
lowed to pass up stairs. Hero'you are met
by another bland but portly gentlemen, once
a judge of one of our courts—now the confi
dential business agent and companion of Mr.,
Stewart, to whom ho'devotes-all .his time. —’
He subjects youjto a series oi cross questions
as though you were on a stand at
court. He keeps you from Stewart it be can.;
If he can’t, when your turn comes he 'ushers
you into a little box, 10 by 20, whore sits the
autocrat of the Nsw York merchants. He
receives you witha blank and a
cold eye. His Voice is suppressed, his face
inanimate, and air impatient. You burry :
through your business and need a strong,
temptation to run the gauntlet again.”
A New Name vor “Old Bourbon.”—A
roau. about town tells us that the recent “ el
evation” of a distinguished Tennessean has
-led-to a change in alcoholic nomenclature in
this . city. -He heard a conversation between
an anxious enquirer after “'Old Bourbon”,
and a bar tender, whioh he reports^
Anxious Enquirer:— (Approaching tho
Old Bourbon?”
Bar' Tejider.— “JDon’t live here—havn t
seen him—don't know him.”
Anx-Enq, —“ 1 want some Old Bodrbon,
whiskey.” . ' .
Bar-Tender.— 1 11 Just qut, sir—gob .some
fine Andy Johnson.”
The-unluoky customer accepts the substi
tute, imbibes, and ‘becomes so “‘incoherent”
that he oau’t remember the name of Gideon
Wells. .
irr “I suppose,” said the quack, “ you
think me a fool?” . “ Yes,” said tho patient,
“ but I did uot think you. could ascertain roy
thoughts by feeling my pulse.” &
CARLISLE, =P A., THURSDAY, APR
fl’fi’l L LIN D .
Sweet Amy asked with pleading dyes,
“ Dear Charley, teach me, will you,
The words I heaid your captdia say—
-I should so Uko to drill you.”
“ Whutl little one, you take command I
■Well, Amy, I’m quito willing.
In suoh a company as yours
I can’t have too much drilling.
“ Stand over there, and sing out clear,
Like this—* Squad, stand at ease!’ ”
“ Oh, Charles, you'll wake papa up stairs,
Don't shout like that, dear, please.”
I stand at ease, like this, you see,
And then 'I need scarce mention
The nest command you have to give
Is this one, ‘ Squad 1’
“ Now, Amy, smartly, after mo,
(You’re sure,- dear, it don’t bore you?)
forward !—quick match halt— front—
right dress.
There, now, I’m close.before you.
‘“Present arms—-'Well, it does look odd,
You don’t believe I’d trifle-;
We hold our arms just like this,
'tn drill without the riflo.
“ Now say “Salute your officer.’’."
“ Oh, Charles, for shame, how con you ?
I thought that you were at sooie trick,
You horrid, cheating man, yea.”
Charles “ ordered arms-;” without coiuj
maud
She' smoothed licr rumpled hair,
And pouted, frowned, and blushed, and
then
Said softly—“ As you were.”
- EXECUTION*'OF THE GIRONDISTS.
nr john c, iiuioi'T
During the progress of the French Revolu
tion, there wore two parties which arose, aud
for a long time contested ’for the supremacy
the-Gnamdiata and. the Jacobins. Tue mob
-was at the disposal of: thejiicobins and sus
tained them in their most atrocious measures.
“We must,” said Murat, one of tho leaders
of the Jacobins, “ strike into the hearts of
our foes. It-is our only safety." • Tho Giron
dists attempted to arrest tho, progress of the
frightful mussaerss in whioh the Jacobins
were engaged. They ’thus exposed _ them
selves to the dangerous charge of being in
■sympathy with the aristocrats. Tho strife
which ensued, a strife involving lift/or death,
was one of tho most terrible recorded in his
toiy.
Madame Roland wan one evening .nrging-
VbrgDiami to rally the Girondist party at
every hazard to arrest the massacres. “Tho
only hope <of Franco,” said she, “is in the
saorednoss of the law. This atrocious carn
age causes thousands of bosoms to thrill with
horror. All the wise and good in France, -
and in the world, will rise to sustain those
who expose their own hearts as tho barrier to
arrest such’enormities.”
“ 01 wliafavail,” was the snd'reply ofTer
gniaud, “ can soeh exertions be ? Tbe'as
•sassius are supported by all tba power of-the
street. Snob a conflict must necessarily ter
minate in a street light. The cannon are
with our foes. The prominent of the friends'
of the order massacred. Terror will restrain
the rest. We shall only provoke our own de
struction.”
For several days the strife raged in the
Con ,-ention with the utmost intensity, between
■ the Girondists and the Jacobins.
The party whioh oould obtain the majority
would surely consign tho other to tho scaffold.
M. Roland, the Girondist, Minister of tho
Interior, was a man of greiitippwer, but Ma
dame Roland with a brilliancy of genius ael-.
dom surnassed, prepared for him Ms epoeoh
ea in the Convention. France recognized
her marvelous abilities'; the one party regar
ded her with adoration, and the other with,
hate. -Probably never before in tbs history
of the world has a woman occupied suoh a
position. It soon became evident that the
rage of tho Jacobins would descend upon Ma
danio Ridiiud. and she was urged to escape
from Paris. The heroic women replied :
“ I am ashamed to resort to any expedient.
I will neither disguise myself nor make any
attempt at street escape. My enemies may
always find me in my place. H owe my
country an - example of firmness; and II will
give it.”
She remained in 'Pnris-and -soon perished’
upon tho guillotine. The Convention con
sisted of eight hundred men. Twenty-one of
the most illustrious men of’Franoe were con
sidered leaders of tho Girondists. . Tho Jaoo
blns accused them of treason, and overawing
the numbers of the Convection by a mob,
carried, the accusation and condemned them
to death. It was then voted that all Paris
should bo illuminated in-view df tho triumph
of the people. At midnight the whdle Con
vention, in'procession, traversed the brilliant
streets, leading, to graoe their triumph, the
doomed Girondists. They were all then con
signed to the'Conoiorgorio, there to await the
final trial. 'Summer cmino and went, while
illustrious men lingered in their dungeons.—
With fortitude, the record of whioh has em
balmed their‘memories, they struggled to
sustain each other to mast that fate whioh
thov knew could not be doubtful.
At length the hour of final triumph earns.
With the most imposing military array of
infantry, cavalry and artillery, to guord
against-tho possibility of any-oounter revolu
tion, the prironors were-conducted in a long
precesion two 'by two, to the judgment bar.
It was the 30th of October, 1793. At eleven
o’clock at night the verdict was brought in,
ond they were doomed to bo led the next
morning to the guillotine. As .the sentence
■ was pronounced, one of the Girondists, Ya
lane, plunged his dagger,to his heart and tell
lifeless to the floor. 'Another, in’ the delirium
of enthusiasm, shouted: “ This is the most
glorious day of my life !" It waagpidnight
when the victims were conducted pack to the
Conciorgioro. As they marched along their
voices bursted into the Marseilles Hymn, in
tones whioh reverberated through the corri
dors of tho prison, and echoed through the
■streets:
■“ Gome children of your country, oome,
The day of glory dawns on high.
And tyranny has wide unfurled • ■
Her blood-stained banner to tho oky.’’ ,
They were placed in one large hall, and the
lifeless body.of tboir-companion was deposit
ed in one corner, By decree of assembly the
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remains of Vulano were to bo taken with the
rest to tho guillotine, and the axe was to se
ver tho bead from the lifeless body, and all',
the headless trunks were very quietly to
'be interred together. Somo friends or the
Girondists immediately sent to them a sump
tuous banquet, their final funeral repast. A
largo ouken table was spread. Servants en
tered with brilliant lamps. The richest *yi
abds of m» j ats and wines wore brought ijn
Vases of flowers smiled and the costly dishes
appeared one after another, until the board
was covered with luxury and splendor.
In silence they took tuoir places at the ta
ble. They were all men of brilliant intellect
and the most of them eloquent. A priest,
Abbe Lambert, Who Had gained admission,
with his pencil noted down their words, their
actions, their indications, their heroism.—*
The repast was prolonged till the dawn' faintly
entered the grated windows. When the cloth
was removed, and the fruits, the wine, and
the flowers alone remained, the conversation
became animated,.with occasional bursts of
gaiety. A few of the unbelievers in immo
rality endeavored thus to meet their doom.—.
Cut it wasdiikirity unnatural, and unworthy
of tho men and.their condition. Heath is nut
a jbst, and he who attempts to regard it such
does but dishonor Uimsolf.
“ What shall we be doing at tbid time to
morrow?" asked Hacos
“ Wo shall sleep,” responded one, “ after
the fatigues of the day, to awake no more.—
Heath is but un eodless slumber.
“No," “ annihilation is
not our destiny. These bodies perish. These
thoughts never 'die. To-morrow, in other
words, Wo shall have solved tho problem of
the destiny of the human mind,”
All turned toVergniaud us by a common
impulse. His discourse was long, and has
been described as tho most elcoquout ever
uttered by human lips:
“Heath," said he, in conclusion, “ is tho
greatest of life. It introduces us to a noble
existence. Were it not eo there,would f be
something greater than God. It would be
just man imolating himself uselessly and
hopelessly fur his country. No I Vergniaud
is no greater than God. God will not suffer
Vergniaud to-morrow to. ascend the scaffold
but to justify and avenge him iu future ages.”
’. As the light of morn penetrated the dun
geon, some sought a moment’s sleep, others
wrote a last line to friends, while others ga
thered in groups for. conversation. At four
o’clock the gens d’armes entered with the
executioners. Tho hair was out from their
hecks, that it might ’not impede tho axe.—
Gensonno picked up-a lock and sent it to his
wife, saying:
“ Tell her that it is tho only-memorial of
mj love which'lcuu transmit to her; and
that ray'thoughts in death were hers.”
“Vergniaud scratched upon his watch a few
lines of tender remembrance, and sent it to
tho young Judy to whom in a few days he was
to he married. Five rude carts conveyed
them to the scuffoid. Each carUcontained.
fiye persons. The streets through which the
sad procession marched were thronged with
countless thousands. It was one of the most
splendid of October mornings.. As the carts
moved, tho Girondists sang the Maraelllalso-
Tlymnr^Arthlf~eml of eaoh verso there was
a moment’s silence,,aud then the strain was
renewed loud and sonorous. Arrived at the
scaffold, they all embraced. They then re
sumed their funeral chant.
One after another ascended the 'scoffold,
continuing the song until his head fell into
the basket. There was no weakness; no
voice faltered. On each succeeding moment,
as head after head fell, the song grew more,
faint. Vergniaud at last stood alone. Long
confinement had -spread *a deadly ptilor over,
his intellectual features. He ascended the;
stops, the chorus having.died away into a
solo of surpassing richness. For-a moment
he gazed upon the headless bodies of- his
friends. And then, as he surrendered him
self to tho esccutioneor, commenced anew the
strain,
’ “ Cooic children of your country, oomo^.
Tbo day of glory dawns on high."
Tho axe fell, and his lips were silent in
death. Thus perished ihe Girondists. The
history, of the French-Revolution, in all its
sublime annuls, has not a tragedy more thril
ling.
A Model Governor. —Parson Bbownlow,
made Governor of Tennessee, by the force of
Federal bayonets, must make a model Gover
nor, judging by the way he talks. The fol
'lowing isa specimen of his lerocity toward
the Southern people jusbwented by him at!
Nashville:
“•Impoverish the -villains —take all they
have—give their effects to the .Union men
they have crippled and imprisoned—and lot;
them have their “ southern habits.” They 1
swore they would carcv on tho wnruntil they
exhausted their lastdittlo negro and lost their,
lands. Put it to'them is ouradvice,-most re- ;
ligiousl-y—diocce them, and let them know
how Other men feel when rebbed of all they
have I Lee them be punished—let them bo|
impoverished—‘-let them be slain-—and - after
slain, let them be damned I”
How long will it take a brute of this stripe;
to conciliate a bravo, high-spirited, but con
queredtpeoplo ? #
A Sudden Heath. —A young man, barely
twenty-one years of age, who caine to Titus
ville, Pa., from Canada, a few weeks since,
to operate in oil territory, died ou Sunday,
the 27th ult., under Ihe following singular
•circumstances': He was passing the evening
with his customary associates in a private
room, and in cohrse of conversation ho re
marked that by the time he was forty years
of age he should be worth a princely fortune,
and should then retire. One of his compan
ions suggested that be might not live to be
forty years of ago.. The Canadian: replied
that “ they wore not yet ready for him down
there,” pointing downward. Seme one ask
ed him for one of his favorite songs, and he
•complied, beginning with Ifco “l’ve
oome home to die mother-; i’ve come home
to die.” Scarcely had he completed the sen
tence when his head felLu-pon-bis breast, and
be became motionless and *rigid. His com
panions rushed to his side and found that he
was pulseless—-dead*
A Bundle op Mishaps.— A Troy alderman
got married the other day, and had rather a
sad time on his wedding tour. , He was two
days ini-getting to Buffalo, on account of tho
•snow;; 'was m tho American Hotel, in that
ouy, when it was burned down : and on his
way to'Chicago was thrown over an embank
ment twenty feet high by a railroad accident,
badly bruising him and bis now wife. The
couple are now-fn Chicago, recovering from
theU injuries, and getting courage to try the
return trip.
- 0 O? Light infantry movement. Agitating
a cradle with a baby in it
filings I Like jo Set,
I like to see a whole neighborhood get in*
to a quarrel about nothing ; it shows there
are independent spirits in the world.
I like to hear tho character of my friend
slandered; it gives me a chance to defend
him.
I like to hoar long prayers on Sundays ; I
can sleep Letter during the*r£ibainder of the
exercises.
I like to be pr.iised to my face; it makes
me think I am no fool.
•I l.ke to hear religious denominations slan
der each other; it is conclusive evidence that
their cause is good, aud that they are taking
tho best*poBsible tnean9 to-advance in it,
X like to see fifteen or twenty young men
parade themselves in front of the meeting
house on the Sabbath, and stare at tho'ladiea
as they pass ; it shows they bavo read Ches
terfield’s advice to his son.
I like to see young ladies,-laugh and play
at religious meetings; it shows they possess
fine feelings, and take an interest iu serious
matters.
•I like to be surrounded by a.lot of-idlers
when lamiu a hurry ; learns me to ho pa
tient.
I like to have a person" ask me the
and bcioro I have time to speak, answer him
hcU ; it shows he knows mure than I do.
I liko to see church members aroused from
their clumbers to partake of the sacrament,
it shows the spirit is willing but the body is
weak.'
I like to see tho people hunt the taverns
on the Sabbath, talking politics and scandal;
it shows the day is regarded.
1 like to hear the hell toll half the time ;
it tells strangers that wo have one.
I Uko to see people ride for pleasure, go
fishing or hunting on Sunday,—tho better
the day tlie bettor the.de6d.
I like to see young ladies walk-late at
night; it shows they are not at all afraid.
1 like to have a man take a book or news
paper out of my hands ••without asking, it
shows ho knows good manners.
I like to have a man prying into ’my busi
ness; if shows he baa'an inquiring mind.
•I Uko lo see'a niun in company engross
the whole conversation ; it shows he thinks
himself a very smart fellow,
d'like to see young ladies assemble at a
window or door to make witty remarks upon
people, as they pass ; it shows they want to
talk of something they can’t think of.
■1 like to see a young gentleman have an
exhalted opinion of JiioiaaJf; he.is sure there
is one that thinks well of him.
I like, to soo/young ladies slander each oth
er ; it is a sign their characters stand fair.
I like to see one praise himself; it saves
one the trouble of doing it for him.
‘I like to see a man 'take pains to discom
mode the public for the purpose of extorting
money for some benevolent object; it shows
he means to mako the people -generous vi et
armie.
I like to seo two rod-haired sisters quarrel
and fight about an abolition sweet-heart; it
shows that they are spunky.
There are a number .oLpleasanf tlnngs~too~
numerous tb~be mentioned. At present let
the above suffice.
A Salutary Thought. —When I was a
young man there lived in our neighborhood
a farmer, who was usually reported to be
very liberal man, and uncommonly upright
in his dealings. When he had any of the
products of his farm to dispose of, ho made
it an invariable rule makegood measure,
rather more than would be required of him.
One of his friends observing him frequently
doing so questioned him as to why he did it, :
he told him he gave too much, and eaid it
would be 'to his disadvantage* -Now, dear
reader, mark the answer of th'rs good man ; !
“ God has permitted roe but one journey
through the world, aud wheu I am gone 1
cannot return to rectify mistakes.” Think
of this; Theic-.is but onq,,..journey through
life.
Oen. Grant a “ Green ’Un.”-— Tho latest
personal anecdote of Gen, Grant is told of a
recent journey of his in a railroad train,
where he displayed, as usual, none of the,
insignia of his rank. A youthful-book pod-,
ler traversed the oars; crying “Life of Gen
eral Grant.” A mischievous aid pointed to
the General’s seat, suggesting, to the boy
“ that roan might buy a copy." Gen. Grant
turned over the pages of the book, and casu
ally asked, “ Who is this all about?” The
boy, giving him a look of indignation and
disgust, replied, “ You must he darned greeny
not to know Gen. Grom.” After this volley
the Lieutenant-General of course surrendered,
and bought his biography.
865“* The Abolitionists say that the acUnin
istration da the the “ government!" Andy
Johnson, a leg of the government, is-known
to drunk the’inauguration.;—
(How,many others of the “government”
were drunk hasnot been ascertained). Nev-,
orthelsss, Andy Johnson being drunk," the
question arrises, was the “ government"
wl.ole drunk, half drunk, quarter drunk, or
was it only tipsy. Judging ‘from tho pro
ceeding of 'the inauguration, taken all to
gethsr, we should say'that the “ government”
was whole drunk.
Wanted. —The following advertisement,
apneara in the Jamestown Journal:
Wanted —A boy to dearn the printer’s
trade. A boy that “knows a bee from a,
bull’s foot,” and is willing to work without
owning an interest in the office, and dues not
require too much waiting on, can have a
chance in the Journal office. He will not be
expected to take the whole charge of the
business atffirdt. ' ,
Marine.— “ How terrible the ship labors,”
exclaimed a passenger to the captain, as they
stood together in tbe‘bright of the binnaale,
“ what cargo have you got in the hold ?"
“ Petroleum," replied’ the captain, turning
his telescope in his trowsers podket.
“ Oh I ah 1 petroleum !" rejoined the pas
senger, “ that’s rock oil-; no -wonder she
rocks.”
’ SfcSrTbe “oldest inhabitant” has-been
found at last. He exists in the parson of
Joseph Orele, n resident of -Wisconsin, and
is'ora&hundred and thirty-nine years old, as
the record of his baptism in the Catholic
Church at Detroit, where ho was born, it is
said, shows.
(CT* There is this difference between hap
piness and wisdom ; he that thinks himself
the happiest man really is so ; but be that
thinks himself the wisest; is generally 'the
•greatest fool.
HIT - The report that Andy Johnson ‘passed
through Bourbou county, Kentudk-y* on his
way to Washington, is denied ; but it is ad
mitted that a great deal of Bourbon county
pissed throagh hifn.— World. •.
derails of the occupy
TION OF -RICHMOND,
Gossip AboHt Jeff. Davis,
The Cily Set on Fire by Ewelli
Washington, April 5, 8 P. M.— Major-
Gen .2)ix, Eew York: The following tola*
§rum gives oil the details received by this
apartment in relation to the military oper*
ations at Richmond not heretofore published.
E. M. Stanton,
■ ' '' Seo’y. of War. ‘ •
•Aiken’s Landinu, Va., April 5.11.80 A;
M.— Son. E. M. Stanton. Secretary of War'f
Little is known at City point. Afew officers
only are loft, and those are overwhelmed
with work. Lee telegraphed to Davis at i
P. 31. on Sunday, that ho was driven back'
and must evacuate.- This was announced in
church. Davis-had sohLhis furniture provi
ously'at huctionhnd was ready to leave. All.
his leading men got away-that evening.—
The'robel irou clads are exploded, -TheVir
gioia, lies sunk in tlie James river above the
obstructions. ■
Ewell tiet the city on tiro, and'all tho busi
ness portion of Main street to the river was
destroyed. • The bridges across the river were
also destroyed. Many families remain.—
Mrs. Lee remains. • At-Petersburg tho pub
lic stores wore burned and a few bouses
caught tiro bub not much damage was done
•lu the city. The bridges there wore also de
stroyed. Will report fully from Richmond,
Can not get a clour idea of our loss. : The only
general killed is Winthrop. -Potter is dan
gerously wounded iu the.groin, Gen,-Grant
has commanded the armies in person . since
the beginning of operations.
0. A. Dana,
Ast. Sec’y of War.
SECOND OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
The Captures at Richmond.
Washington, April £— lo P; M.— MjJoY
Gen. J?ix: A telegram just received by the
Department from Richmond states that Gen.
Woitzoi captured in Richmond 1,000 well
prisoners and 5.000 rebel wounded were
found in the hospitals.
Five hundred- pieces 6f. artillery <*nd five
thousand stand of arms were captured.
. E. M. Stanton,
; , Soo’y of Wur.
. THIRD OFFICIAL GAZETTE..
The Pursuit of Lee’s Army—Proba
bility of its Entire Destruction—
■ Despatch from Gen. Grant.
Washington, April 5,11 I>. M. —Major
Gen. Dix. New • York : Gen. Grunt telegraphs
to 'this 'Department from .Nottoway Court
House, ar fellows':
“ Last night Gen. Sheridan was on tho
Danville railroad,'south of Amelia, C. H.,
aad Geni Bleade, who was fol
lowing, with the Second and Sixth ■ corps, by
.what is known as the river road, that if the
troops could be got. up in time, he had hopes
of capturing or dispersing the whole of Leo’s
army.
“ 1 am- moving with the left wing com
manded by General Ord by the Cox or direct
Burkoavillo road. We will be'to-uight 'nt'o'r
near Burkesville. 1
I have had no communication with Sher
idan or Meade to-day, but hope to hear very
soon that they have come up with and cap
tured or broken.up tho balance of the Army
of Northern Virginia.
“ In every direction we hear of the men of
that-army going 'hdme, generally without
arms.
■ “ Sheridan reports Leo at Amelia Court
House to day
3S. M. Stanton',
Seo'y of War..
■FOUEXH OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
■lnteresting . Particulars of the’ Occupa-
lion of Richmond.
War IKepaktment, Washington, April 5
Moj, Gen Vix % New York ; The following de
tail respecting the capture of Richmond and
its occupation by the Union forces, have been
telegraphed to this Department irom that
city
Edwin M, Stanton,
Secretary of War.
Geneial Weitzel learned at 3 A. M. on
Monday, that Richmond was being evacuated
and at daylight moved forward, first, taking
care togivo bis men breakfast, in the expec
tation that they might have to tight. Ho
met no opposition and on entering the city
was greeted with a hearty welcome from tbb
mass of the people. •
The Mayor went out to meet him to sur
render the city, buc missed lum on the road.
General ‘'Weitzel' finds much suffering and
poverty among the population. The rich
as well as the poor are destitute of |bod. He
is about to issue supplies to all whotake the
oath. The inhabitants now number about
20,000, about half of them of-African descent,
It is not true thafjeff. ’Davis sold his fur
niture before leaving. ’lt is all in his house,
whore lam now writing. He left at 7P. Mv
by the Danville railroad. All the members
of Ooiigi ess escaped. Hunter has gone home.
Carson Smith went with the army. Judge
Campbell is here. General WehzeUook here
one thousand prisoners, besldes lhe wounded.
These number five thousand, in. nine hos
pitals.' The captured cannon number tft
least five hundred.pieces, five thousand mus
kets have been found in one lot, thirty loco
motives and : threo hundred cars were found
here. The Petersburg railroad bridge is to
tally destroyed, that ui the Danville road par
tially,*bo that connection with Petersburg
•can easily be made in that Jay. All the
rebel vessels arc destroyed except an unfin
ished ram, which has her niuclunery in her
•perfect.
The Tredegar ‘lron Works are Unharmed;
and the machinery is running hero to-day
under Wetizel's orders. Libby prison and
Castle Thunder, have also escaped the fire,
and are -filled with‘rebel prisoners of war.
Most of the editors have-fled, especially John
Mitchell.
The Whig appeared yesterday as a Union
paper, 'with tho'name of its form or proprietors
at the bead.
The theatre opens hero to-night. ‘General
Weitzel desoribes the reception of the Pres
ident yesterday as enlhusias'lio in the ex
treme.
O* Death is the 'liberator of him whom,
'freedom cannot release;, the physician qf
him whom ‘medicine cannot cure-; and the
comforter of him whom time cannot console.
IT” “ Johnny, my boy, onn’tyou eat a lit
morej" . '
“.Wall, perhaps T .could if-I stood up, mo
ther."
NO: 43.