' j ! f DQIIO'TS ftnd Fifty Cents paid ''v ‘ifililn three months; after which Three DoUars X ~*«.. *S 0 l-gj, be charged. These terms will be rigidly ad- : , _ ijSfcd to In every instance. No subscription dls- 1 1 ' ' -- v "- " " : ' - -- ------ ~ of the Editor!™ 868 nrc pald| xmlosB ■* BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1860. YOL. 52.- (tfneval KnfotrwatCon. ~ sldent—Andrew Johnson, o President—L. S. Foster, retary of State-Wm. H Seward, retary of Interior—.his. Harlan. S of Treasury-Hugh MoCullocli. rotary ofwar-Edwln JvT. Stanton, retary of Navy-Gldcon Wells. Master General —Wm, Dennison, d as?fnrncy General—Janies S. Speed. f Justice of the United States—Salmon P rj-Mnse. 1 STATE GOVERNMENT. jAvcnior—Andrew G. Curtin. 4cretaO' of State-EU Slifer. mrvoyor General—-JP. Ban. imlitor General—lsaac folenker. inornejvGenernl—Win. M. Meredith. General—A. H Bussell. *'■*lll to Treasurer— Henry 1). Moore. /relief Sustice of the Supreme Court—George W. ;‘ »a\sffivtes—James Thompson, William Strong, M. Head, Daniel Agneiv. COUNTY OFFICERS. Judge—Hon. James H. Graham. hfiusoclale Judges—Hon. Michael CockUn, Hon. ; '' ; “" UB kriclAttorney-C. E. Maglaughlln. SDthonotmy— Samuel Shlroman. .rknnd Recorder—Ephraim Cornman. [gister—George W. North. In suerlll— J ohn Jacobs. 111 ii tv Treasurer—Lovl Eelgler. ,roner—David Smith, viscounty Commissioners—John McCoy, Henry , .tmrns. Alex. 1 1 . Meek. [ l*'ierk-Jamcs Armstrong, f ' laAttoruey —M. C. Herman. i , ■apoorllouseDirectors—C.Hartman, \V. Wherry, tiUmathan Snyder, t ■’^reward—Henry Snyder. I’ii Auditors— l). B. Stevlek, J. A. Hcherllg, Chris t ''Jfifiu Dietz. _ F £-f Physician to Jail—Dr. S. P. Ziegler, r j /] Physician to Poor House-Dr. M. P. Ziegler. BOROUGH OFFICERS. X)i f'hiel Burgess—violin Campbell. Assistant Burgess—William J. Cameron. 1 Town Council—East Ward, J. W. D. Gulden, mlrew B. ZJcgler, Geo. Wetzel, Chos. U. Hotter, irnct Holßnaii: West Ward, A. K. Keem, John ays, Robt. M. Black, S. D. Hillman; Clerk, Jus. Masonhammer. Borough Treasurer—David Coriinmn. High Constable—Emanuel Swartz; Ward Con jbles—East Ward, Andrew Martin ; West Ward, lines Widner. Assessor —William Nouker, fi’S Auditor—A. K. Bloater. Collector—Andrew Kerr; Ward Collectors ?:3East Ward, Jacob Goodyear; West Ward, H. 11, •'■^VllilamK. r>.| Street Commissioner —Patrick Madden. justices o t the Peace—A. L. Bponsler, David i‘.?Wllh„ Abnn. Dehuir, Michael Holcomb. Lamp Lighters—Alex. F. Meek, ccvl Albert, 1 CHURCHES. First Presbvtcriun Church, northwest uuglc of Centre Square. Kev. Conway P. Wing, Pastor.— »'Services every Sunday morning at il o'clock, A. ■dU, and 7 o’clock, P. M. 0 second Presbyterian Church, corner of south V 'Himovor and Pomfret streets, itev. John C. Bliss, f pastor. Services commence at 11 o’clock, A. M., Samd 7 o’clock. P. M. „ , i;f St John’s Church, (Prot. Episcopal) northeast toimde of Centre Square. Kev. F. J. Clerc, Kector. at 11 o’clock, A. M., and. 7 o’clock P. M. •‘•5 English Lutheran Church, Bedford, between ■%\luln and Louther streets. llov. Saml. Spx'ccher, tffkwtor. Services at 11 o'clock A. M., and -jo'clock P. if. I German Keformed Church, Louther, between and Pitt streets. Kev. Samuel Philips, 1 Services at II o’clock A. M., and 0 o’clock Methodist E. Church, (first charge) corner of Main and Pitt streets. Rev Thomas H. Sherlock, I Pastor. Services at 11 o’clock A. M., and 7 oclock P. M. Methodist E. Church, (second charge) Rev. S. L. Bowman, Pastor. Services In Emory M. E. Church at 11 o’clock A. M. and P. M. Church of God Chapel, southwest cor. of West .street and Chapel Alley. Kev. B. F. Beck, Pas tor; Services at 11 A. M., and P. M. St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Pomfret, near East street. Father Gerdeimm. Services every other Sabbath, at 10 o'clock. Vespers at S P. M. German Lutheran Church, corner of Pomfret mid Bedford streets. Kev. Kuhn, Pastor.— Services at II o clock A. M. 45“ When changes in the above are necessary, the proper persons are requested to notify us. DICKINSON COLLEGE. | Uev Herman M. Johnson, I). I)., President and : Professor of Moral Science and Biblical Lltera ■ lure. Samuel D. Hillman, A. M., Professor of Math matics. v John K. StaymanJ A. M., Professor of the Latin '■ and French Languages. , Hon. James H. Graham, LL. 11., Professor of taw. Charles P. Himes, A. M., Professor of Natural Science and Curator of the Museum. Kev, James A. McCauley, A. M. Professor of the Greek aud German Languages. Kev. Bernard H. Fadall, I). D., Professor of Phi losophy aud the English Language./ Kev. Henry C.Cheston, A. M., Principal of the Grammar School. A. M. Trimmer, Principal of the Commercial Department. C. Watson MoKeehan, Assistant In Grammar School, and Teacher of Penmanship. BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS. K, Corninan: President; James Hamilton, H. Sax ton, R. C. woodward, Henry Newshain, C. P. Humerleh, Sect.y; J. W. Eby, Treasurer; John Bpalir, Messenger. Meet on tile first Monday of each mouth atH o’clock A. M., at Education Hall. CORPORATIONS. U Carlisle Deposit Bank.—President, R. M. Hen i;f derson: Cashier, J. P. Hossler; Tellers, L. A. ‘s Smith, W.;A.;Cox, Jno. L. Waggoner; Messenger, , | Jno, Underwood; Directors, It. M. Henderson, ' | President; R; C. woodward, W. W. Hale, William • | Line, Joiur Zug, John Stuart, Jr., Abm. Hosier, | Henry Baxton, Skiles Woodburn. T First ■National Bank.—President, Hon. Samuel . Hepburn; Cashier, Joseph Hotter: Tellers, Messrs. yi Sinead Orr, and Brenneman; Directors, Samuel J Hepburn, William Kerr, John a. Sterllt, W. B. & Mullln, John B. Leidig, Isaac Brenneman, W, F (a Sadler. T Cumberland Valley Railroad Company,—Pres -1 Idem, Frederick Watts; Secretary and Treas ■ urer, Edward M. Biddle; Superintendent, O, K, Lull. Passenger trains three times a day. Gaf nsle Accommodation, Eastward, leaves Carlisle a 55 A. M., arriving at Carlisle 5.29 P. M. Through v trains Eastward, 10.10 A. ISL, and. 2.10 P. M. West ward at 9.27 A. M., and 2.65 F. M. i- Carlisle Gas and Water Company.—President, - Lemuel Todd; Treasurer, A. In Bponsler; Super : Jateudent, George Wise; Directors, F. Watts, E. E; ;L Biddle, Henry Saxton, R. O. Woodward, J. B. .j Bratton, Wm. M. Penrose, Peter, Spahr. -■ SOCIETIES. Cumberland Star Lodge No. 197. A. Y. M., mees at Marion'Hall on the 2d and fill Tuesdays of ev ery month. St. John’s Lodge No. 2CO, A. Y. M., meets on the third Thursday of every mouth, at .Marion Hall. Carlisle Lodge No. 91; I. O. of O. F. Meets Mon day at Trout's Building. Letort Lodge No. 03, X. O. of G. T. Meets every Thursday evening in Rheem’s Hall, 3d story. FIRE COMPANIES. 'The' Union Fire Company* was organized in 1789. House in Louther between Pitt and Hano ver streets. The Cumberland Fire Company was instituted Februory 18, 1809. House in Bedford, between Main and Pomfret streets. The Good Will Fire Company was instituted in March, 1855. House In Pomfret, near Hanover sheet. - TUo Empire Hook and Ladder Company was instituted In 1859. House In Fltt, near Main ot. AND DESPATCH. THE JOB PRINTING OFFICE Connected with the Amkkican VoLtrsTEEK, has just been supplied with the most modern spaci menspf Type Issued from tlie Eastern Foundries and, in connection with the Jobbing Office of tlie •Democrat, which’has been united with it, com- prises the greatest variety of JOB TYPE to be found In any Office in Southern Pennsylvania. Onr workmen, in taste and promptness, cannot be excelled in the County. Wo are now prepared to execute all sorts of 'vork usually done in ft First Class Office, such as: «AIJS BILLS, POSTERS, CIRCULARS, PROGRAMMES, BUSINESS CARDS, INVITATION CARD S BANK CHECKS, LEGAL BLANKS, ... PAPER BOOKS, BILLS OF LADING. pamphlets, *C., Ac. Minting in colors AND plain printing, 011 PRINTING of every description, short notice and reasonable rates. '*** Oidora sent by mail, accompanied by the c Wti,i?Ul ho promptly attended to A 11FK lIIHTOIIY A HKArTIt'UL STORY OF WOMAN'S FIDKMTV “ There’s Iloaemary—that’s for remembrance. I loved Robert us I never could love again. I was an orphan, and friendless. Being quick with my needle, I had come to Boston hoping to find work there.— Somehow chance favored me—for I found a comfortable boarding-place, and by means of my landlady, a paying run of custom. I went out by the day to finish off dresses, sewing with dress-makers sometimes, and more after they had got through and gone away. Xtobcrt Eden boarded in the same house with me, and lie liked me from the first. How proud I was of his liking, the handsome, manly follow! He was clerk in a store, and he got through every night at six o’clock; and often, if he could find out where I was sewing, lie would come and walk home with me. This was be fore we were engaged. Afterward, of course, ho came every night, ns a regular thing. But I never shall forget how it used to be during those first months be fore he had asked me to marry him. I never quite knew whether he would come or not, so it was something pleasant to think and wonder about ns X sat over ihy work. Then when I saw that he was really waiting, how shy I used to be and how demurely I used to walk along with my eyes down until he joined .me, and then look up at him as if X were altogeth er surprised! It was an innocent little deception which harmed no one. I don’t know why I speak of it, only sometimes I like to go over all those old days in my thoughts, and every ono of their little memories seem bright and sweet as fresh blossoms. I had known Robert six months, when one night, instead of going home at once, as usual, lie asked me to go out to Mount Auburn with him. The days were at their longest; it was only half-past six, and there would be plenty of time for a ramble among those llowery paths before they would shut the gates and leave the dead people to their still night-slumber. I was glad enough to go anywhere with him ; and it was very pleasant to get out of town, and spend the long June twi light among country sights and sounds. So we went off at once. How beautiful it was, walking about in those lovely grounds, with the day just drawing to a close. There were flowers everywhere—flowers growing up joyous ly mid shaking odor out of their crimson and purple cups upon the still air, em blems of glad, grateful life —and flowers, too, broken from their stems, and laid up on the graves, offerings of love and of memory, to give forth there the sad sweetness of their expiring breath, and then fade, emblems these of death and woe. It was there, among the flowers and the graves, that Robert told me how dearly he had grown to love me, and asked me to belong to him forever. Yes, I remem ber he said that —belong to him forever. That meant, did it not, through life and through death? Surely it bound me— when I had promised him —for all time, and all eternity as well. It was strange, but in the midst of my great, deep joy, a thought came over mo —what if this troth-plighting among the graves were an omen—what if it should be for death and not for life ? But I tried to banish this foreboding. I knew I was’ superstitious, naturally, so I would not let myself utter the haunting thought to Robert. When the time came for the gates to be shut wo went out arm in arm, we two who belonged to each other for evermore. We walked about for a while under the trees there in old Cambridge before we went back to town, and the moon poured down on us a flood of silver light. It seemed to us that we had never seen such moonlight—that we walked under new heavens and upon a new earth. Wlien we got home we told our ladlady —good Mrs. Coleswortlry, who had been so kind to me—of our betrothal. Robert said frankness was best in such matters, as in ail others. We could not be mar ried just yet. His salary was small, and he must save enough to begin house keeping in a quiet way. In the mean time he would want, of course, to be with me as much as possible, and so it was well our relation should be understood, and then there should be no room for gossip. That New Year, however, the firm he worked for, raised his salary, so that he saved the money we needed sooner than we had any hope, and wo were married the next summer, a year after, our be trothal. Then Robert took me home.— We had three rooms—a chamber, akitch in, and a little parlor. We thought of a spare bedroom, as first, but I had no friends who were likely to come and see us, neither had Robert; so we saved that expense. What a bright, cheery home we had! How much pride and pleasure we took in every little convenience and adornment! We thought we were just as happy as we could be; hut when anoth er year went by, and with the June roses came a baby girl to look up at us with her shy sweet eyes, full of strange baby wis dom, we found that we could be happier still. I wanted to call the little thing Rose, because she came when the roses came, and Robert wanted to call her Ma ry, because that was my name; so we compromised and called her Rosemary. I think you never saw just sdoli a baby —never, surely,-unless' you have had a first baby of your own. . She was such a round, rosy, fat, dimpled, loving, sunny, bird-like little creature, with wise, still ways too, that kept you wondering how the world looked to her, and what she was thinking about. She was a perpetu al novelty and entertainment to us. We never tired of speculating about her. And so ten months went by us most happily, until it was the March after little Rose mary came. Then Robert took a sudden, violent cold. It came on to rain one day while he was at the store. He had to go out to attend to business, and having no over shoes or umbrella, went home to me at night so hoarse he could hardly speak. — It was his last day’s work. Let me hurry over these few terrible weeks of suffering and suspense through which I nursed him. Ho died in the last of April. Before he went away from us little Rosemary had learned to say ‘ ‘ papa. ’ ’ She said it to him just before he died, and I never can forget the way his face kiu dledwith alife-like brightness which made me almost hope to hold him back a little longer from death. He reached out his arms, those thin, weak arms, and I laid the child in them. “ God bless you,” he said, “ my darling, my little darling! God bless you, ana keep from all evil.” Then he began to cough, and I took her away, where she had learned to sit pa tiently hour after hour, never troubling any one. When the coughing spell was over he closed his eyes, and I heard him say in a low voice : “ The angels do always behold the face of their father;” and I knew he was thinking of his little one, and what her lot would be when he was gone. Just at the last he turned his eyes to me, and said in weak, faint tones: “ You’have been my true wife, Mary.— You have walked with me dowu to the very brink of tlie river. You must go back alone.” With those words ho made a sign for me to kiss him, and ‘bending down I pressed my lips to his, that even then quivered beneath my touch, and faintly returned my pressure. When I lifted up my head lie was dead. X hud been alone a month before 1 had courage to look about me, or think at ail what I was going to do. Tile firm had been very kind. They continued Rob ert's pay through his sickness, and for two’months afterward, making up the half year. Of course that was all I could have expected of them, and more—l must take care of myself and my little girl.— Robert had left a little money, but that I did not mean to touch. I felt that it ought to remain as a provision against any time of peculiar need, or for Rosema ry if I should die. So 1 wont round among my old customers and procured the promise of as much work as I could do. to hike home, for it waft of course out of the question to leave my child and go out all day, as I used to do. When I saw how kind they all were to mo, and felt very sorry for me, I began to realize how many good hearts there are in the world. For two years I got along nicely. To be sure it left an awful void in my life to take Robert out of it, but I remembered that I had promised to belong to him for ever; so I felt that I was only waiting.— My little one was a great comfort. She looked at me with her father’s eyes, and there was a curious likeness in her words and ways to his, which sometimes glad dened and sometimes saddened my heart. Her constitution was very trail. She had been a fat, dimpled baby enough; but after she could run alone she grew slen der, and her skin was almost transparent. But she was never really ill, until the summer two years after her father died. Their she became so delicate that sire re quired a great deal of my time. I thought at first that it was because she was cut ting a long delayed double tooth, but soon I began to fear there was graver cause for alarm. I sent for a doctor, a kind, father ly man—Dr. Grant his name was—and ho told me that her spine was affected, and tire disease was of such a nature that she would require the closest care and at tention to save her life. And even then hut ho did not finish the sentence. Book ing into my face I think he could not have the nerve to do so. I used to hold her in my arms more than half the time by night and by day. Of course I could not sew much, anil the money Robert had left dwindled away.— I began to wander how I could keep want from tire door. One day Dr. Grant came and seemed to have something in partic ular to say. He had been very kind to my little Rosemary, and she and I had both grown fond of him in a certain way, and were always glad to see him. But’ 1 never could tell you the shock it was when lie asked me to marry him. I had known nothing of his history hitherto, but he told me now that he was a widower, and a lonely, childless man, and that he had learned to love me and fnine bettor than anything else in the world. He wanted to marry me at once, and take us home with him, whore Rosemary could have every care and luxury, and where my lot should be eased of all such burdens as ho could bear in my stead. While he talked I was terribly tempted. The home he offered seemed to promise such rest, such relief from care, and the torturing anxiety how to do my duty to my child aud get my daily bread at the same time; I thought of my little one most of all. 1 knew that she needed so much that I could not give her. Perhaps it would save her life. Had I a right to refuse ? And yet I knew I did not love Dr. Grant. I dared not answer him on any momentary impulse. So I told him if he would go away and give me time to think, I would sec him again on the mor row. He held my hand a moment with grave tenderness. “ Remember, Mrs. Eden,” he said, “ that whatever way you may decide I shall not be the less your friend. If you can find it in your heart to come to my home and let me care for you, I shall be happy indeed, and I will do my host to make you so.” All that night, until the gray dawn lightened the heavens, 1 sat holding my little one in my arms and thinking. I went over and over all the advantages of the case—most of all what It would do for Rosemary to be in a home of plenty, sur rounded with every appliance of ease and luxury, constantly watched, moreover, by a kind and skillful physician, whose interest in her, I knew, would only be second to mine. All this on one side. On the other, the stern fact that I did not love Dr. Grant —the holy, and ever present memory that I had promised to belong to Robert Eden forever. Could I break that vow? Would he forget me if, even for his child’s sake, I suffered any other man to press the lips on which his dying kiss still lingered? Then I thought further. Filled as my heart was with fond memories of the dead, thrilling to that remembered love, as it never would to the strongest utterances of any living man’s passion, should I not be wronging Dr. Grant’s noble nature un pardonabiy if I gave him a hand which held no heart —vowed a fealty which was only lip-deep? At last, just in the gray dawning, I made up my mind that I would be faithful and true at any cost, and trust all to God, even Rosemary. I would not sirfagainst my womanhood pur chasing comforts for her, at the price of my fidelity to a vow I have plighted to her farther. I knew that I had decided rightly by the great peace which flowed into my heart. I lay down on my bed, with my girl still in my arms, and I seem ed to feel —was it all fancy ? —the presence of one I could not see, to hear a well known, well-loved voice murmur: “Through life and through death 1 my beloved, thou hast been faithful.” Then I slept the long, deep sleep of ex haustion ; and when I awoke Rosemary was watching me, with her great wide open eyes, and it was almost time for Dr. Grant to come. I showed him honestly all my heart, and when he understood fully that I nev er could have given him such love as he craved, ho tola me I had done right— that any other course would have been in justice to myself, to him, and to the dead. But if I could not bq; his wife, he said I must be to him as his sister —I must.suffer him to provide for all my necessities, for he should not let me sew any more until —he stopped an instant, and then finish ed iiis sei .. ace—until the girl is bet ter. But, in spite of his attempt to spare my feelings, it struck iu a moment to my heart that ho felt convinced she would never be any better in this world. With that thought all my independence, all my sensitive pride, was silenced. I felt as willing to accept the heip he offered, as I was grateful for his kindness. I could not give one hour more of my darlings short life to anything but care of her. I knew he wanted to assist me—was alike willing and able." I took his generous hand and raised it to my lips. "May God reward you!” I said, “I know I, I never can, and yot 1 accept your offering as frankly as it is made.” So all the rest of that summer I tended my poor little fading flower, and Dr. Grant supplied our wants like a brother. What days those were! —those long, still ones, in which I held her, from morning till night, clasped in my arms, which never wearied of tlrcir burden ! A strange, almost unnatural wisdom seemed to de velop in the little three-year’s child, who was living her short life so fast. I had long talks to her about death and Heaven, the home where her father waited— where she, too, would be waiting for me soon. At-last the end came. She had been growing more like an angel every day, at length the angels called her home. Tier little arms clasped my neck for the last time —her lips pressed .mine—and her baby voice bid me good bye. ily darling, oh my darling! She has slept these two years beside her father. I am looking forward al ways through all the tumult of life to the day when I, too, can go home. I boar life's burden patiently—l try to do my duty in the station to which it has pleased God to call for me, but my heart and my hopes are where Robert waits ; and with him my little Rosemary—not sure, I think, that heaven is heaven until X join them there! Hoiuuuee Accident — A Young GiH Jioasied Ativc. —A shocking accident re sulting in the deatli of nyoung lady, occur red in Hopkins, Allegany county, Michi gan, on the firstinst. Miss Adeline Hill. aged 1-1 years, only daughter oLlsac Hill, started for school on the morning of that day,and had not gone more than forty rods from her home, -when a puff of smoke came up from under her cloths, immedi ately followed by a flame of fire. She ran to a snow drift blose by, with the inten tion of rolling herself in the snow and thus putting out the fire, but owing to the hardness of the crust, she was unable to do so, and she started, completely envelop ed in flames from her burning cloths, for home, screaming os she ran, for help. Mrs. Bradly, a neighbor, hearing her screams, hastened to the assistance of the poor girl. When she reached the burn ing victim, the agony of the gjrl was so intense that she seized her friend around the neck, beseeching her for help. Here, Mrs. 8., seeing not only the perilous con dition of the girl but of herself, broke from the embrace ofthedistraeledsufl'erer, and with great difficulty keptherat arm’s length until she succeeded in tearing her garments from the suffering girl. The poor girl was burned to a crisp from her feet to her waist: her stockings and under clothing having been burned completely off her person. The girl lived in terrible agony until the morning of the 3d hist., when she died. — Midiliyan Pniwmif. OlklklkS AN» KN IkS. IVic must suppose that men value red noses, judging from the expense they arc to get them. Few of our ladies have traveled exten sively, but nearly all of them have taken tea in China. One of our exchanges gives an account of a child being born with throe tongues. Our devil wants to know if it's a girl. Why is the toothache like an unan swerable argument?—Because it makes people hold their jaw. The crow is a brave bird; lie never shows the white feather. It is easy to say grace—but not half so easy to possess it. A .man with a long head is not apt to lie head-long. Foixy would do but little mischief if it were confined to fools. When colors are costly, prudes can’t afford to blush for their erring sisters. Which is the best way of retaining a woman’s affections? Bv not returning them. Why is Adelina Patti's voice like a crown?—Because its replete with pre cious tone*. Why is sympathy like blind man’s butt’? It is a fellow feeling for a fellow creature. When sitting alone by the side of a beautiful woman, one cares little how grasping she is. A Man can't help what happens behind his back, as the scamp said when he was kicked out of the door at a dance. A Western exchange says, “ A young lady of this city, a short time ago, hung herself to a limb—of tire law.” If the body is, as the old author calls it, “ the bridegroom of the mind,” many bodies are worse married than Socrates was. It may be said of many a fellow that when he sees whisky his mouth waters, and when ho sees water his mouth whis kies. AVhy make it a reproach to any one that he has “ changed his tune?” What sort of a singer would he be who never did so ? “ Drunkenness is folly,” wrote a tem perance advocate. The compositor made it to read “ drunkenness is jolly.” Both were right. Queen Victoria has conferred the honor of Knighthood upon Edward Jor dan a black man, Perhaps Nighthood would have been more appropriate. An exchange says when that load of Massachusetts women reaches Oregon it is proposed to found a city and call it She cargo. Break a woman's heart, and she will smile and forgive you. Break a joke up on her face, and she declares war—war to the scissors. Josh Bii.t.inos says he always advises short sermons, especially on a hot Sunday. If a minister can’t strike oil in boring forty minutes, he has either got a poor gimblet, or else he Is boring in the wrong place. “The times are hard, wife, and I find it difficult to keep my nose above water.” “You could easily keep your nose above water, husband, if you didn’t keep it so often above brandy.” A Lawyer is something of a carpenter. He can file a bill, split a hair, make an entry, get up a ease, frame an indictment, empanel a jury, put them in a box, nail a witness, hammer a judge, bore a court, and such things. How romantic young people are when they court. Till girls get married, all they think necessary to happiness are moonlight evenings, - a few hollyhocks, and a red brick bird cage, surrounded by honeysuckles and grapevines. Ox one occasion, Curran was associated with a barrister, who was remarkably tall and slender, and had originally intended to take holy orders. The Judge who pre sided, observed that the case under con sideration involved a question of ecclesi astical law. “Then,” said Curran, “X can refer your lordship to a high authori ty behind me, who was once intended for the church, though”—in 'a whisper to a friend beside him—“ in my opinion he was fitter for the steeple," The Fireside.— I The firo-aido has al ways been regarded as tho altar of home —the seat of all domestic virtues. Hound that hallowed spot are supposed to be nourished all those tender feelings and sentiments which soften tho harder feat ures of humanity. There it is that tho true father, the true mother, the true sis ter, and tile true brother are grown, and there it is that society looks for its bright est ornaments, No patriot or philanthro pist, worthy of fbe name, ever sprung from any other soil, or was really mould ed by any other iunueuce. veto or the rumen i.vs m - nii.i. itr.vr i’iiksidk.nt Johnson’s messagi- 7'« ihr. ,Scna/r of lilt. Vnitcd S/dlrs : 1 have examined with c are the bill which lias been passed by the two Hous es ofU'ongress, toamendan aotentitled an act to establish a bureau for the relief of troedinon and refugees, and for other pur poses. Having, with much regret, come to the conclusion that it would not be con sistent with the public welfare to give my approval to the measure, I return the bill to the Senate with my objections to its becoming a law. I might call to mind in advance of these objections that there is no immediate necessity for the propos ed measure. The act to establish a bureau for the relief of the freedmeu and refu gees, which was approved in the month of Starch last, has not yet expired. It was thought stringent, and extreme enough for the purpose in view in time of war. Before it ceases to have etlecl, further experience may assist to guide us to a wise conclusion as to the policy to he adopted in time of peace. I share with Congress the strongest desire to secure to the freednien (ho full enjoyment oft heir freedom and their prosperity, and their entire independence and equality in ma king contracts for their labor; but the bill before me contains provisions which, in my opinion, are not warranted by the Constitution and are not well suited to accomplish the end in view. The bill proposes to establish, by authority of Con gress, military jurisdiction overall parts of the United States containing refugees and'freedmeu. it would, by its very na ture, apply with the most force to those parts of the United Btatts in which the freedmeu most abound —and it expressly extends the existing temporary jurisdic tion of the Freedman's Bureau, with greatly enlarged powers, over those (States in which the ordinary course of judicial proceedings has been' interrupted by the rebellion. The source from which’ this military jurisdiction is to emanate is none other than the President of the United States, acting through the War Depart ment and the Commissioner of the Kreed men’s Bureau. The agents to carry out this military jurisdiction are to he select ed either from the army or from civil life ; the country is to be divided into districts and sub-districts, and the number of sala ried agents to be employed may be equal to tlic number of counties or parishes in all the United States where freedmeu or refugees are to bo found. The subjects over which this military jurisdiction is to extend in every parlol the United Stales, includes protection to all employees, agents and officers of this bureau in tho exercise of the duties imposed upon them by the bill in the eleven Stales, It is fur ther to extend over all eases affecting freedmeu and refugees discriminated against by local laws, custom or,prejudice. In those eleven States the bill subjects any white person who may lie charged with depriving a freednien of any civil rights or immunities belonging (o'white persons, to imprisonment or line, or both, without, however,detiniuglhecivil rights and immunities which are thus to be se cured to the freedman by military law. This military jurisdiction also extends to all questions that may arise respecting contracts. The agent who is thus to ex ercise the office of a judge may be a stran ger, entirely ignorant of the laws of the place, and exposed to Ihe errors of judg ment to which all men are liable. Tho exercise of power, over which there is no legal supervision, by so vast a number of agents as is contemplated by this bill, must, by the very nature of man, beat tended by acts of caprice, injustice and passion. The trials having their origin under this bill, are to take place without the in tervention of a jury and without any fixed rules of law or evidence. The rules on which offenses are to lie heard and deter mined by the numerous agents are such rules and regulations as the President through the War Department shall pre scribe. No previous presentment is required, nor any indictment charging tlie commis sion of a crime against tire laws, but the trial must proceed on charges and speci fications. The punishment will lie, not what the law declares, but such as a court martial may think proper, and from these arbitrary tribunals there lies no appeal, no writ of error, to any of the courts in which the Constitution of the United States vests.exclusively the judicial pow er of the country. While 'the territory and the classes of actions and offenses that are made subject to this measure are so extensive, the bill itself, should it become a law, will have no limitation in point of time, but will form part of (he permanent legislation of the. country. J cannot reconcile a system of military jurisdiction of this kind with t lie words of tlic Constitution which declare that “no person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime un less on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, excepting easesarising in the ■land, or naval forces, or in the militia, when in service in time of war or public dan ger,” ami that “ in all criminal proceed ings the accused shall enjoy the right to a.speedy and public triaf by an impartial jury of the State or district wherein the crime shall have been committed.” The safeguards which the experience and wisdom of ages taught our fathers to establish as securities for the protection of the innocent, the punishment of the guil ty, and tlie equal administration ofjustiee, are to be set aside, and for the sake of a more vigorous interposition in behalf of justice, we are to take (lie risk of the ma ny acts of injustice that would necessari ly follow from an almost countless num ber of agents established in every parish or county in nearly a third of tile Slates of the Union, over whose decisions there is tube no supervision or control by the Federal courts. The power that would be thus placed in the hands of the President is such as in time of peace certainly ought never to be entrusted to any one man. if it be asked whether the creation of such a tri bunal in a Stale was warranted as a meas ure of war, the question immediately pre sents itself whether we are still engaged in war. Lot us not unnecessarily disturb the commerce and credit and industry of the country, by declaring to the Ameri can people and to the world that the Uni ted States are still in a condition of civil war. At present there is ho part of our country in which the authority of the United States is disputed. Offenses that may be committed by individuals should not work a forfeiture of the rights of whole communities. Tho community has re turned, or is returning, to a state of peace and industry. Tho rebellion was at an end. The measure, therefore, seems to be as inconsistent with tho actual condition of the country as it is at variance with the Constitution of jthe United States. If passing from general considerations, we examine the bill in detail; it is open to weighty objections. In time of war it was eminently proper that wc should pro vide for those who wore passing sudden ly from a condition of bondage to a state o'f freedom, but this bill proposes to make the Freedmen's Bureau, established by tho act of 1805, one of many great and ex- I traordiunry military measures to suppress a formidable rebellion, a permanent branch of the public administration, with its pow- 1 ers greatly enlarged. j I have no reason to suppose, and I do not understand it to be alleged, that the act of March, 1805, has proved deficient for the purpose for which it was passed, although lit thm timo, mul for a consider able period thereafter, the Ctovornment of the United States remained unacknowl edged in most of the States whose inhab itants hud been involved in the rebellion. The institution of slavery, for the militn ry destruction of which the Frecdmen’s Bureau was called into existence ns an auxiliary, has been already eHeetually and finally abrogated throughout the whole country by an amendment of the' Constitution of the United States, and practically its eradiation has received the assent and concurrence of most of those States in which it at any time had an ex istence. lam not therefore, able to,dis cern in the condition of the country any thing to jfvstify an apprehension tliat the powers and agencies of the Freedmen’s Bureau, which were elleetive for the pro tection of freedmen and refugees during the actual continuance of hostilities, will now in a time of peace, and after the abo lition of slavery, prove inadequate to (lie same proper ends. IT 1 am correct in those views, there can lie no immediate necessity for the enlargement of the pow ers of the bureau for which provision is made in the lull. The third section of the bill authorizes a general and unlimited grant of support to the destitute and Mut tering refugees and freedmen, their wives and children. Succeeding sections make provisions for the rent or purchase of lan ded estates for freedmen, and for the erec tion for (heir benefit of suitable buildings fur asylums .and. schools, the expenses to be defrayed from tiro Treasufy of the whole people. The Congress of’the Uni ted States lias never heretofore thought itself empowered to establish any laws beyond the limits of the District of Colum bia except for the benelil of our disabled soldiers and sailors. It lias never found ed schools for any class of our own people, not even for the orphans of those who have fallen in defense of the Union, but lias left the care of their education to (lie much more competent and efficient con trol of the States, of communities, of pri vate associations and of individuals. It has never deemed itself authorized to ex pend the public money for tlie rent or purchase of houses for the thousands, not to say millions, of the white race, who are honestly toiling from day to day foT, then subsistence. A system for the sup port of indigent persons in the United Slates was never contemplated by (lie au thors of the Constitution. Nor’ean any good reason lie advanced, why, as a per manent establishment, it should be found ed for one class or color of people more than foranother. Pending the war many refugees and freedmen received support from the government, hut it was never intended that they should henceforth be fed, clothed, educated and sheltered by -the United States. The idea on which the slaves were assisted to freedom was that on becoming free they would be a self-sustaining population, and any legis lation that shall imply that they are not expected to attain a self-sustaining con dition, must have a tendency injurious alike to their character and their pros perity. The appointment of an agent for every county and parisln will create an immense patronage, and the expense of the numerous oilieers and their clerks to be appointed by (lie President, will be great in the beginning, with a tendency steadily to increase. The appropriations asked by the Froedmeu’s Bureau as now established for (lie year l.Stili amount to 511,74b,mi11, and it may be safely estimated that the cost to lie incurred under the pending bill will require double that amount, more than the entire sum ex pended in any one year under the admin istration of the second Adams. If the presence of agents ill every par ish or comity is to lie considered ns a war measure, opposition, or. even resistance, might lie provoked, so that to give effect to their jurisdiction troops would have to be stationed within reach of every one of them, and thus a large standing force lie rendered necessary. Large appropria tions would, therefore, lie mjHired to sus tain and enforce military jurisdiction in every county or parish from the Potomac to the Rio (irandc. Tile condition of our fiscal affairs is encouraging, hut in order to sustain the present measure of public confidence, it is necessary Unit we prac tice not merely customary economy, but, as far as possiide, severe retrenchment. — In addition to the objections already sta ted, the tilth section of the hill proposes to take away land from its former owners without any legal proceedings being first had, contrary to that provision of the Constitution which declares Unit no per son shall lie deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law' It does not appear that a part of the laud to which this seetiou refers may not lie owned hy minors or persons of unsound mind, or by those who have been faithful to all their' obligations as citizens of the United States, if any portion of the land is held by such persons, it is not compe tent for any authority to deprive them of it. If on the other hand it bo found that tlic property is liable to confiscation, e n then it cannot lie appropriated to public purposes, until, by due process of law, it slndl have been declared forfeited to the government. There is still further objection to the bill, on grounds seriously nlleeting tire class of persons to whom it is designed to bring relief. It will tend to steep the mind of the freedman in a state of uncer tain expectation and restlessness, while to those among whom he lives it will lie a source of constant and vague apprehen sion. Undoubtedly tile freedman should lie protected, but lie should lie protected by thceivilnuthorities, mid especially byth'n exercise of all the constitutional powers of the courts of the United States and of the States. His condition is not so ex posed as may at first lie imagined. He is in a portion of the country where ids la bor cannot well be spared. Competition for his services from planters, from those who are constructing or repairing rail roads, and from capitalists in his vicinage or from oilier States, will enable him to command almost his own terms, lie al so possesses a perfect right to change his place of abode, and if, therefore, he does not find in one community or State a mode of life suitable to his desires, or proper remuneration for his labor, lie can move toanother, where that labor is more esteemed and better rewarded. In truth, however, such Statu, induced by its own Wauls and interests, will do what is necessary and proper to retain within its borders all the labor that is needed for the development of Us resour ces. The laws that regulate supply and demand will maintain ilieir force’, and the wajres of the laborer will be regulated thereby. There is no danger that the ex ceedingly great demand for labor will not operate in favor of the laborer, neither is suliicient consideration given to the abili ty of tlio freeduum to protect and take care of themselves. it is no more Ilian justice to them to be lieve, that as they nave received their freedom with moderation and forbearance, so they will distinguish themselves for their industry and thrift, and soon show to the world that in a'coudition of freed om they arc Self-sustaining, capable of se lecting’ t heir own employment and their own plaees of abode, of insisting for them selves on a proper remuneration, and of establishing and maintaining their own asylums and schools. It is earnestly hoped that instead of wasting away, they will, by their own efforts, establish for themselves it condition of respectability and prosperity, tt is certain that they can attain to that condition only through their own merits and actions. ADVERTISING TERMS. 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In this connection the query presents itself, whether the system proposed by Ihchill will not, when put into complete operation, practically transfer the entire care, support and control of four millions of emancipated slaves to agents, over seers or task masters, who, appointed at Washington, arc to be located in every county and parish throughout the United States containing freedmen and refugees Such a system would inevitably tend to a concentration of power in the .Executive, which would enable him, if so disposed, to control the action of this numerous class, and to use them for tile attainment of ins own political ends. f cannot but add another very grave objection to the bill. The Constitution imperatively declares, in connection wltip taxation, that cacti State shall have at least one representative, and fixes the rule for the number to which in future times each State shall be entitled; it also provides Unit the Senate of .the United States shall be composed of two Senator,-. from eacli State, and adds with peculiar force, that no State, without its consent, shall lie deprived of its equal suffrage in tile Semite. The original act was ueces suritdly passed in the absence of the States chiefly to bo alfected,.because their people were then contumaciously engaged in tlie rebellion. Mow the case "is changed, and some, at least, of tlie States are attending Congress by loyal representation soliciting the al lowance of the constitutional right of re presentation. At tlie time, however, of the consideration and the passage of this bill, there was no Senator or Representa tive in Congress from the eleven Stales which are to he mainly affected by its provisions. The very fact that reports were and are made against the good dis position of the country is an additional reason why they need, and should have representation in Congress, to explain their condition, reply to accusations, and assist by their local knowledge in perfect ing measures immediately affecting them selves, while the liberty of deliberation would then lie free, ami Congress would have full power to decide according to its judgment, there could be no objection urged that the Stales most interested hud 'not been permitted to be heard. The principle is firmly fixed in the minds of tlie American people that there should lie no taxation without representation. Great burdens have now to ho borne by all the country, and wo may best demand that they shall be borne without murmur when they are voted by it majority of tile representatives of all the people. J would not interfere with the unquestionable right of Congress to judge and act for itself of the elections, returns and quali fications of its own members, hut that au thority .cannot be construed as including the right to shut out, in time of peace, any State from tlie representation to which it is entitled by tlie Constitution at present. All the people of eleven States are ex cluded ; those who were moat faithful during tlie war not less than others. The State of Tennessee, for instance, whose authorities engaged in rebellion, was re stored to all her constitutional relations to tlie Union by the patriotism and energy of her injured and betrayed people. Be fore the war was brought to a termina tion they had placed themselves in rela tion with tlie General Government; had established a Btate Government of their own, and as they were not included in the emancipation proclamation, they, by their own net, had amended their Consti tution so as to abolish shivery within tlie limits of their oVu State. 1 know no reason why the State of Tennessee, for example, should not fully enjoy all her constitutional relations to the United States. The President of the United States stands toward the country in a somewhat different attitude from that of any member of Congress chosen from a single district or State. The Pre sident is chosen by the people of all the States. Pleven States are not at this time represented in either brunch of Con gress, and it would seem to be his duty on all proper occasions, to present their jusi claims to Congress. There always will lie ditferenoes ul opinion in the community, and individu als may lie guilty of transgressions of the law ; hut these do not constitute valid ob jections against the right of a State to re presentation, and would in no wise in terfere with the discretion of Congress with regard to the (iiialilications of mem bers, but I hold it my duty to recommend to you in tlic interest of the Union, tile admission of every State to its share in public legislation'when, however insub ordinate, insurgent or rebellious its peo ple may have been, it presents itself, not only in an attitude of loyalty and harmo ny, but in the persons of representatives whose loyalty cannot be questioned under any existing constitutional or legal test. It is plain that an indefinite or perma nent exclusion of any part of the country from representation must be attended by a spirit of disquiet and complaint. It is unwise and dangerous to pursue a course of measures which will unite a very largo section of tlic country, however imich the latter may preponderate. The course of emigration, the development of industry and business and natural causes will raise up at the South men as devoted to the Union ns those of any other part of the land, lint if they are all excluded from Congress if in a permanent statute they are declared not lo lie in full eonstitution- relations to the country, they may tliink they have cause to become a unit in feeling and sentiment against the gov ernment. Under the political education of American people, the idea is inherent and ineradicable that tile consent of the majority of the whole people, is necessary to secure a willing acquiescence in legis lation. The bill under consideration refers to certain of the States us though they hud not “ been fully restored in all their eonstitn- ional relations to the United States.” If they have not, let ns at once act togeth er to .secure that desirable end at tlic ear- liest possible moment. It is hardly nec essary for me to inform Congress that in my own judgment most of those Slates, so far at least as it is dependent on their own action, have already been fully restored, and are to be deemed as entitled to enjoy their constitutional lights as 1110111116115 of the Union. Reasoning from the Constitution itself, and from the actual situation of the coun try, I feel not only entitled but hound to assume that with the Federal courts re stored, and those of the several Stales in the full exercise of their functions, the rights and interest of all classes of the people will, with tlie aid of the military. in case of resistance to tile law, he essenti ally protected against unconstitutional in fringement and violation. . • Should (his expectation unhappily fail, which 1 do mil anticipate, then the ICxeeu iive is already fully armed with the pow ers conferred by the act of March, ISIJo, establishing the Freedmen’s Bureau, and hereafter, as heretofore, lie can employ the land and naval forces of the country to suppress insurrection, or to overcome obstructions to the laws, in accordance with the Constitution. 1 return the hill to tile Senate in tile earnest hope Unit a measure involving questions and interests so important to tlio country will not become a law, unless upon deliberate consultation by the peo ple it iduill receive the sanction of an en lightened public judgment. Axmmw Joiinshx. Washington, I). 0., Fob. 18, 181U1. BST Honesty is the best of policy. JOB PRINTING.
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