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VOL. XXXI. WHOLE NO.
THE SOBER SECOND THOUGHT.
BY T. 8. ARTHUR.
' I musthavo it, Charles,' said the hand
tome little wifo of Mr, Whitman. 'So
don't put on that sober face.'
Did I put on a sober face?' asked the
husband, with an attempt to Bmile Hint
was anything but a success.
'Yes, sober its a man on trial for life.
Why, it's as long as the moral law. There,
dear, cloar it up, and look as if you had
at least one friend in the world. What
money lovers you men aro,'
' How much will it cost?' inquired Mr.
Whitman. There was another effort to
look cheerful and acquiescent.
'About forty dollars,' was answored,
with just a little faltering in the lady's
voice, forsho knew the sum would 6eem
extravagant.
'Forty dollars! Why, Ada, do you
think I am made of monoy ?' Mr. Whit
man's countenance underwent a remarka
ble change, of expression.
'I declare, Charles,' said his wife, a little
impatiently, 'you lock at me as if 1 were
an object of fear instead of affcelion. I
don't think this kind of you ; I've only
had three silk dresses since we were mar
tied. Amy Blight has had six or seven
during the same period, and every one of
hers cost more than mine. I know you
think me extravagant, but I wish you had
wife like some women 1 could name. I
rather think you'd find out tho difference
before long.'
'There, thcro, pet, don't talk to mo in
that fashion. I'll bring you tho money
at dinner time, that is, if
' No ifs or bufs, if you please. The sen
tenco is complete without them. Thank
you, dear 1 I'll go this afternoon and buy
the silk. So don't fail to brink the money
I was in at Silkskin's yesterday, and sa-w
oaoof thesweotest patterns I ever laid
eyes on, Just suits my complexion. 1
shall be inconsolable if it's gone. You
won't disappoint me?'
And Mrs. Whitman laid her soft hand
on the arm of her husband, and smiled
with sweet persuasion in his face.
' 0, no. You shall have the money,"
laid Mr. Whitman, turning off from his
wife, ns she thought, a little abruptly, and
hurried from her presence.
'That's the ivny it is always!' said Mr.
Whitman, her w hole manner chancing, ns
the sound of the dosing street door came
jarring upon her ears. 'Just say money
to Charles, and at once there is a cloud in
the sky .'
She sat down pouting and half angry.
. ' Forty dollars for a new dress!' men
tally ejaculated the husband of vain, pret
ty, Mrs. Whitman, as she shut tho door
after him. ' 1 promised to settle tho coal
bill to-day thirty-three- dollars but
don't kiuw whero tho money is to come
from. The coal is burnt up, and more
must be ordered. O, dear ! I'm discour
aged. Every year I fall behindhand.
This winter I did hope to get a little hi
advance, but if forty-dollar silk dres-'cs are
the order of the day. there is nn end to
that devoutly to bo wi-hed for circum
stance. Debt debt! How I always have
nhrunk from it; but steadily now it is
doting its Iiriarian onus around me, and
uy cos dieting chest labors in respiration.
Oh, it I could but disentangle myself now,
while 1 have tho strength of early man
hood, and while tho bonds that hold mo
we weak. If Ada could only flee as I sec
if I could only make- her understand my
position. Alas, that is hopeless, 1 fear,
And Mr. Whitman hurried his steps,
because his heait beat quicker and his
thnnnlila wm-o nndulv excited.
Not long after Mr. Whitman loft the
bouse, tho city postmaster delivered a
Utter to his address. His wifo examined
the writing on tho en volopo, which was
in a bold, masculine hand, nud said to
berrelf:
' 1 wonder who thin can bo from V
Something more than curiosity moved
ser. There intruded on her mind a feel
tor, of disquiet as if tho missive bore un
pleasant news for her husband. The
lamp thowed it lobe acily letter. A few
times of late such letters came to lira ad
dress, and sho had noticed that h a had
toad thorn hurriedly, thrust them without
remark into his pocket, and became silont
tad sober faced.
Mrs. Whitman turned the letter over
tad over Benin in r ;r hand, In a thought-
fol way, and as she did so tho imago of
ber husband, sober faced and silent as he
tad become lor most of the time of late,
presented itself with unusual vividness,
wakening sympathy in her heart.
'Poor Charles 1' she said, as the feeling
Increased ; ' I am afraid something is going
wrong with him.'
Placing the letter on the mantel-piece,
"We he could seo it when he came in,
Whitman entered upon some house
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hold duties, but a straugt- impression, as to the lower end of one of the long show
of a weight, lay upon her heart a scene 'cases.
of impending evil, a vague, troubled (lis-1 Mrs. Whitman drew from her watch
turbanco of her usual inward self-satisfiu pocket a lady's wideband chain, and lay
t'011, j ing them on the show case, said, ot the
If tho thought of Mrs. Whitman recur- same time holding out the bill she had
red, as was natural, to tho elegant sk '. taken from the envelope addressed to her
dress of which she was to become the husba d
owner on that day, she did not feel tho J 4 1 rannot afford to wear this watch my
proud satisfaction her vain heart experi- husband's circumstances are too limited.
enced a little whilo before,
of i's beauty had faded. "
Something
---.
'If I only knew what the lotter conn
tained,' she said half an hour after it had
come in, her mind still feeling tho pros-
tiro which had come down upon it so
strangely as it seems to be.
She went to tho mantel-piece, took up
the letter, and examined the superscrip
tion. It gavo her no light. Steadily it
crept growing on her that its contents
were of a nature to trouble her husband.
' IIo's been a little mysterious of late,'
she said to herself. This idea affected her
very unploasantly. ' Ho grows more silont
and reserved,' sho added, s though under
a feverish excitement. 'More withdrawn,
as it were, and less interested in what goes
on around liim. His coldness chills me.
at times, and his irritation hurts me.'
She drew a long sigh. Then with an
almost startling vividness came before her
mind in contrast, her tender, loving,
cheerful husband of three years befcro,
and her quiot, silent, sober faced husband j
of to-day.
'Something has gono wrong with him,'
sho said aloud. ns the feeling grew stronger.
'What can it be?'
The letter was in her hand.
'This may givo me light.' And with
careful fingers she opened the envelope,
not breaking the paper, so that she could
seal it again, if she desired to do so. Thcro
was a bill for sixty dollars, and a comrau.
nication from tho person sending the bill,
lie was a jeweler ;
If this is not settled otonco,' he wrote.
1 1 shall put tho nccount in suit. It has
been standing over a year, and I am tired
of getting excuses instead of noney.'
The bill was for a lady's watch, which
Mrs. Whitman had almost compelled her
husl and to purchase.
Not paid for ! Is it possible?' exclaim
ed tho little woman in blank astonish
ment, while tho blood mounted to her
forehead.
Then tho sat down to think. Light
began to come into her mind. As she sal
thus thinking, a second letter fur her hus
band came in from the penny postman.
She opened it without hesitation. An
other bill and another dunning letter!
' Not paid ! is it possible ?' She repeated
the ejaculation. It. was a bill for twenty
five dollars for gaiters and slippers which
had been standing for three or four
months.
' This will never do,' said she, awaken
ing 'never never.' And she thrust the
two letters into her pocket in a resolute
way. From that hour until the return of
her husband at dinner time, Mrs. Whit
man did an unusual amount of thinking
for her little brain. She saw the moment
ho entered That tho morning clowd had
not passed from his brow.
'Here's tho money for that new dress,'
he said, taking a small roll of bills from
his vest pocket, and handing them to
Ada as ho came in. Ho did not kiss her,
nor s;nilo in tho eld bright way, But
his voice was culm and cheerful. A kiss
and a smile would have been more
prccicus just then to the young wifo than
a hundred silk dresses. Sho took tho
money, saying
' Thank you, dear ; it's kind of you to
regard my w ishes.'
Something in Ada's voice and' manner
caused Mr. Whitman to lift his eyes, wilh Cos(,y .j,, ana jewels may be very pleas
a look of inquiry, to her face. Dut sho anl luings but they arc too dearly bought
turned aside, bo that she could not rcadj whon they como ftt tho m.ice of a hus
its expression. band' embarrassment, montal disquietude
Ho was graver and more silent than m nv10nation. Too often lho gay young
usual, and ale with scarcely an appearance .fo wcm.g lhcm (l3 Uie eifcP of tIieS0 un.
cf appetite. happy conditions. Tranquil hearts and
Come homo early, dear,' said Mrs. sunnyi,om68 nro procious things; too prc-
Whitman, as shfc- walked to tho door Willi '
her husband, after dinner.
'Are you impatient to have mo admire
your now silk dress?' he replied with a
faint attempt to smile.
Yes. It will be something splendid,'
she answered.
lie turned from her quickly and left the
house. A few minutes she stood, with a
house. A lew aiiuuira ouo my.. -
ttughtful face, her nrind ind
whole tnannei completely changed. Then
sho went to her room and commenced
Two
hours later and we una nor in a
l..lni atira nn P.l-nnjlwnV.
J . , i , i i, ,i,Wa.,
d the proprietor of the store, who knew in Stuttgard ; to drink one is like swallow- j the strange question now belore he ue
a me proprietor o. in , ! ing an angry cat ; te other like pulling' publican managers is. whether Mr. Zm-
Snlyhe cola U tobecoma "tho hnd Of tho great
'on i aau a urnrii 1 1 1 vim i riio uuuiww
PRINCIPLES,
CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY MARCH G, I3GI.
I' tell you so frankly. It should never
it, ...... i , . i . i , ....
i.uvu liul-ii iHircimseu, uut n too indulgent
husband yielded to tho importunities of a
foolish yoang wife. I say this to take tho
blame from him. Now, sir, meet this in
fairness to . yourself. Toko back the
watch, nnd say how much I shall pay you
besides."
Tho jeweller dropped his eyes to think.
The case lock him a little by surprise Ho
stood for nearly a minuto, then took tho
bill and watch and said :
' Wait a moment,' and went to a desk
near by,
' Will that do?' Ho had como forward
again, and now presented her with a re
ceipted bill. His faco woro a pleasant ex
pression. ' How much shall I pay you V naked
Mrs. Whitman, drawing out her pocket
book.
' Nothing. The watch is not defaced.'
' You have done a kind act, sir,' said
Jlis. Whitman, with a trembling voice. ,
'I hopo you will not think unfavorably of
my husband. It's no fault of his that it
has not been paid. Good morning, iir.'
Mrs
Whitman dre.v her veil over her ,
faco, and went
heart, from tho store. The p'.easun she,
had experienced on receiving ler watch
was not to be compared wilh that now folt
in purling with it. From the jeweller's
store sho went to tho boot-maker's, and
paid Ihe bill of twenty-five dollars ; from
thence to tho milliner's and settled for
the last new bonnet.
1 know you'ro dying to see my new
JO J
dress,' said Mrs. Whitman, gaily, as she
drew her arms within that of her husband
nn bis nnr.onrnnnn tlint ercnini?. Come
,. . i , i .. .
over to our bed-room and let me show it.
Come along! Don't hang back, Charles,
as if you were afraid.'
Charles Whitman went with his wife
passively, looking moro liko a man on his
way lo receive sentence tlrm in cxpcol.v
tion of a pleasant sight. His thoughts
were hitler.
'.'hall my Ada become lo.;t to me?' he
said in his heart ' lost to mo in a world of
folly, fiisliion, and extravagance.'
'Sit down, Charles.' ' Sho led him to a
large cushioned chair, i'lio brightness of
her countenance departed. Sho took
something, in a hurried way, from a
drawer, and catching up a footstool, placed
it on tho floor near him, and looked ten
derly and lovingly into his face. Then
she handed him the jeweller's bill.
' It is receipted you see.' her voice flut
tered a little.
'Ada! how is this? What does it mean ?'
lie flushed and grew eager.
'I returned tho ateh, and Mr. II. re
ceipted th bill. I would have paid for
it but he said that it was uninjured, and
asked notlu ii;.'
'Oh, Ada!"
"And this is receipted, also; and this,"
handing I ho other bill sho had paid. 'And
now my dear,' sho added quickly, 'how
do you liko my new drs? Isn't it beau.,
tiful ?'
Wo leave the explanation nnd scene
that followed to the reader's imagination
If uny fair lady, however, who, like Ada;
lias been drawing too ncaviiy on nor nus-i
band's slender income for silks and jewels
is at a loss to realize tho scene let her try
Ada's experiment. Our word for it, she
will find a new and clad.cxneriotice ill life
. v n nienns t0 bo foolishly burden
ed r.nd clouded by tho weak vanity rd
lote of show. Keep this in mind, ye fair,
ones, who have husbands in moderate cir
cumstances. Do not let your prido and
pleasure oppress them. Rich clothing,
costly l ices and gems, aro poor substi
tutes for smiling peace, and hearts un
snaaoweq oy caro. iuko vue lessun inu
Iton, in your own experience, of the
: folIy we hay0 bcen trying to expose "d
shadowed bv caro. Toke the lesson nnd
BQuSomo queer fellow who has tried
'em savs i "There are two sorti of
wino
i y
not MEN,
THE LIGHT-HOUSE.
The scetio was more bonutiful far to my eye
Tlinnifdny in its irido had arrayed it ;
The lanfl broozo blow mild, aml'tho azuroarclied,
lily
Looked puro at tho spirit Iliat mado it
Th o murmur rose wilt as I silently gazed
On the thadowy wavna' playful motion,
From the dim distant hill whoro tho boaoon firo
blazed,
Liko a ttar in tho midst of tho ocean.
No lunger tho joy of tho gailor boy'i bronst
AViui Urard in his wildly brenthed numbers:
Tho anf-bird bad flown to its wave pirdled nest,
And the fisherman sunk to hit siumben.
Ono moment I gazed from tho hill' goiitlo slopo,
All hn.-hcd was tho billows' commoiion,
And I thought that tho lijjht-houso lookod lovo
ly as hopo,
Tho star on life's tremulous ocean.
Tho lime id lonjr past and tho scono iiafur,
Yet when my head rests on tho pillow.
Will memory somotiino rekindle tho star
-I Mat blazed on tho breast of the billow.
In life's closing hour, when the trembling soul
flio
And death stills the heart's last emotion.
0 then may tho Sernph of Morcy rfriso
Liko a etar on eternity's ocean !
THE NATIONAL TROUBLES.
A MtOJECTED I'NO.V l'ARTV-
-LINCOLN TO HE
TUE LEADER.
The Washington correspondent of tho
New York Timet puts forth the following
suggestion :
Wiiicii shall he the Union ItRTr ?
Intense interest is manifesto I on all
sides hero in refnrnnnn In tliiaij.no Tt
terms cviJent that there is to be a division tnon
It between the porter of Mr. Lincoln, ami
ihat it is impossible to thorovuh 1. harmonize the
two it iiu;s of the Pupublican parti, f the late
campaign. Jn a word, 1 110 question pond
ing is one as to whether Mr. I incoln shall
',' " 1 10 country, or uucuier a parly
tw.. ,v in.-.uu wiui uc jiL-i niiiieu iu roaoy coHceiveu, a oittor natrcu to1" tno
grow up in hostility to his Administra, ' vholo South- Like those cowards, Orec
lion. If tho President elect shall deter- , ,,. , ,, . . '
mino to initiate a policy sati.ifatory to tho Jy illckm;l. Sumner and Burhngame
Union men of tho Border State.?, ho will ; who have been put and kept in covontry
have atonco a strong body of supporters j by tho South, ho will bo most likely to
in the South nnd.hU, party will bo a na. I pailt for rov nml lo nJ t a
tinn.'il ninl lint 11 urct mnnl nun ni Mini, m c 1 1
appearance or in pnirit
In that M-pnf ho
uVouu,rUl"y 'e.. toseiect t wo .
'lint, ml L'K'OI'V I I'Alll I nnilfiBcrift n n, 1 Vril h
If. 0:1 tho other hand, the Vw
A fliiitiic- tft I Inn Ju In lin m i . 1 , 1 i u 1 . wl .
in.lv i.tlu.. nf I li ,.- rnllinr II. nn n
the necessities of tho future if all men1!,
,, ,.,. ,,.i .1
the liotdoi States aro to be denied, the
u. luiih aaiwi. iv 111; UlilUil 1IIUII Ul
Cabinet will noecsaiily bo formed exclu
sively cf men who persist in lighting over
again 'the battle won in November last.
I'lio threo "real heads of tho Ropiibli-.
can
partv are Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Seward,
and Horace Oroelcy. That there nro ses victory on either the on or tho other it but compromise, mitual accommoda.
l ions dilVercnees in that party no one is , 8llo. Their motives are alike mean "nil tjo, renewed anJ jorpctual amity. Pa
surprised to hear. Indications of tho-o . mcrcci ny ; j ct, should I he rmii-Orr dy ' (ri(jl ((-. ih-l(jUi
differences developed themselves inline-
diately after Mr. Lincoln's election. Hut
we were not prepared to find them so
distinctly acknowledged in a Republican
paper, ns t hoy aro in tho above extinct
from tho No.v York Times, Il feo;rs
that "il it if impost bh to harmon'ze the.
tion vihiyi nf ihe Republican party." Th
quarrel then U at its last utago and "dis
solution" seems imminent.
When Mr. Lincoln reached Washing",
ton, he put himself under the milita'-y
gu.iidians'.'.ip ofOenoral Scott, but under
I he political and social guardianship ol
a r i . i i ti
01 jur. ftewaru, who h supposed uy many
.11.. p.. . . . I f2J AHiuu viiu unu UUOUIVS9, o
to head the compromise w,,.g of the he- Dispatches ..-on, Major Anderson report 0u, 80mowtat homely maxim ; but never
publican party. Seward seems to be not everything quiet. He was allowed to re-: lhe,cssone thnt contain, ft deal of use
only lus liemier, but his pilot and ccive marketing and other necoaries f, iMlBUl(ln, w.n.hB.iidUilW
ciceronp.
But tho ubiquitous (Irccley, that terri
ble nnn of war, when last heard from was
in Washington, h iving jml held a long
interview, iicloss conference of three
hours duration with Mr. Lincoln.
S.i it uooni tints between Seward, the
1 i i i,.. ..r , .
11 1 P(,
Uriu UlUtll , lliu C11IU 11 I'.HMVI VI U1U I1U
compromise, no concession" wing, poor
Lincoln i buffeted about in the most
cruel manner.
It teems in ndlition toother disagree
ments that Seward and Greeley aro nt
daggers drawn in regard to Lincoln's
shameful llegira. toward and General
Scott advised it ; Greeley altogether dis
approves it. lie says, oi if forgetful of
his own recent flight from his St. Loui3
engagement, that Mr. Lincoln ought not
to have swerved from tho plan first laid
down that he "ought to have como
through bydayliyht if one hundred guns had
been pointed at him." He furthermore says:
If the alleged conspiracy was real, (he seems
to doubt it,) Mr Lincoln may live a hundred
years, V ITHOUT FINDIXQ AN0T11EUS0 GOOD A
CHANCE TO DIE.
H to follow a man's example bean evi
dence ot tho exemplar's influonce, then
i , ... . . , n
b fce but imiutoJ
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Louis mob.
But itppears, from the above extract,
that in these days of strange occurrences,
TERMS
Union party of (he country, or whether a
party upon that issue shall bo permitted
to graw up in hostility to his administration,"
This is the great question that now ag'n
tates tho Republican party, Evidently
the figtit waxes warm. Has it como to
this, that tho author of tho "irrepressible
conflict" is called upon by his party to re
press it- that the champion of the Chics-
go platform i3 called upon to abandon it
that tho advpeate of tho negio is called
upen to desert him, and to "subordinate
Republicanism to Union i" Can he m; ke
such a sacrifice ? Can ho give up the Isaac
of his heart ? Can ho rise "to the heigh
of this great, argument ?" and putting hi
"foot" (that monstrous fool !) upon the
neck of abolitionism, exclaim in tho lan
guage of Virginia's motto "sic semper tyran
nis." If he can do this, then indeed des
pite his impure English, despito his vul.
gar jokes, despite his ignominious flight
from Ilanisburg on the underground rail'
road, he will honor both Abr'iham of the
Bible and Lincoln of the revolution, whose
dual representative he is in namo if in
nothing elso.
We frankly avow that wo nro not so
0;'ctlulou3 to behove that Mr. Lincoln is
capable either of any high act of patriot-
, sm' 01 ofany masterly stroke of policy
, Ho will pursuo no magnanimous course of
C. !,;., in... i.n .1 . .
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, " . "7" "
110 ,vi11 l'e (1"ven and lashed into it.
Wo fear that having ids mind filled with
1 -I. Ci . ,
1 ! , . ' ouuiern conspirators,
mm luuiing uj.ii no 13 laoooou uy uie
1 1? 1 .mi t 1 . . 1
win concede, neuas noi ai
in omer 10 secure it. uowanu
are
xuacueu,(
'e.nmn (a ... I... f. t i
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. to 11,1 himself Of lllB 0110111103.
At lest, this quarrel between the two
wings u not a noble controversy as to .
prmcip.es. It w not a gran 1 battle for the'
Union and the Constitution. Il is a base '
and disgraceful fight over I lie spoils, be 1
twecn corrupt and graspin.rt dernngoL'tiea. '
This strife must soon be terminated bv a '
( W1"S prevai!, we may yet haven now loaso .
of Union. Peniuyh-Mian.
affairs at Charleston. j
Tho Hon. Jeff. Davis is reported to liilvo
' arrived at Charleston, with tho view lo
effect arrangements to guard against tho
possibility of an attack upon Tort Sum
ter at least until lho character of Mr.
Lincoln.'s inaugural shall bo known. If
its tone be pacific, there will be :io attack
on Fort Suinptcr. If otherwise, they sny
an attack will bo immediately made, in
which cafo Mr. Davis would take com-
mand of tiic 01 my in person, and Con.
....
'iwiggstake command at. Charleston.
iCllllg
from Charleston, and had
course with tho city lie di
Washington 's birthday was celebrated much vexation that is inseparably con
at Char'eston with unusual enthusiasm, 1 nectcd with an officious, meddlesome na
Major Anderson also fired n salute of thir-' turo.
ty-four guns from Fort Sumter. '
,, , ... p ri i . How to Meet Slander. A black smith
J ho collector of lho port of Charleston ... , , , , . ,.
... . , ,- .. . ii i , having been slandered, was advised to ap
cives ollicial notice that all vessels from, . , lT
Z . , p,. i. 11 i i p y lo tho courts for redress. He replied.
States not members of the Confederated 1 , . ,
, ... with true wisdom, "1 shall never sue any
States of America, except lexas, will . , ,
, i r. ,i i , i ii body for slander. I can go into my short
from and after this date bo regaidd as ,
, , i i.i and work out a better character in si
foreign vessels, and us such, must enter, . , , , , .
! , ,- , , -,i n .i 1 months than I could get in a court-nous
'.ilno mil- li,.o ninl pf.in.ilir .lh nil 1 in
laws and regulations in forco en tho fust
of November last. All duties must be
paid in gold and silver.
The Mercury of tho 2 d says; Thespo
cial dispatches of tho Mercury, announcing
that a stealthy reinforcement of Fort
Sumter had been determined on, and that
federal troops, in boats, might bo expect
ed at a;.y moment that circumstances
bUouia Happen to lavor meir aucmpi to
reach tho fort, were confirmed about nine
j o'clock last night by telegrams received
by liio uovcrnor. norii;.aiterwaras ais
patohes came up from Fort Moultrio, sta
ling that tho Lieutenant in charge of the
harbor watch had reported that ho was
informed by a pilot that the steamship
Daniel Webster had been seen by him off
Caps Romain at noon. Notice was imme
diately given to tho different posts. Gen.
eral Dunnovant and Captain Hamilton
proceeded immediately to Fort Moultrio.
Major Stovons repaired to the Morris Is
land batteries. Everything wns got into
readiness for the expected visitors. Up
to the Lour at whick Tvo go to press (half-
$1 23 per Annum, if paid in advance.
NEW SERIES VOL. I. NO 33.
past four o'clock) there has been nothing
seen either of the Daniel Webster or her
boats.
WHICH SHALL 11 e preserved ?
The plain question now presented to
tho North is, shall tho Republican parly
or the Union break? Tho New York
Tribune says that tho Republican platform
must be lived up to or the Union is bro
ken into fragments. The Democratic par
ty and tho .conservative Republicans say
that tho Union must bo preserved at all
hazard., no matter wliat becomes ol party
organizations and party platforms. It is
a eimplo question of value. Which is
worth tho most, tho Union or tho Repub
lican party ? We have managed to live
happily and prosperously without a Re.
publican party for many years, and can
do so for many yean to como j but can we
live without the Union ? When the real
ity of this i3suo is fully realized, wo im-
agine thcro aro very few men living In the
Stato of Tonnsylvania who who would not
rather see tho Republican party sink into
nothingness, than that tho Union should
bo broken into fragments and the country
converted Into the theatre of a bloody
fratricidal war.
"Compromise not only destroy! the
govcrnnientond destroys tho Union, it
destroys the Republican party," says the
Tribune. Well, if the Republican party is
so inimical to the interests of the Southern
States that it cannot survive a peaceful
settlement ol tho troubles it has created
and cherished, it ought to perish; When
ever a party gains the ascendancy In a
country whose organic law was created by
compromise, thai cannot afford to perpet
unto tho existence of the nation in the
same- spirit of mutual accommodation,
this fact affords sufficient evidence that it
was constructed upon a wrong basis.
Thcro is nothing left tor it but to do right
or break. If it persists in wrong doing, U
deserves annihilation.
If tho Union is not to be preserved by
compromise, because compromise would
injure the Republican party, how can it
bo preserved f Forc6 will not do it.
Successful war would not do it, for it would
end in 0ll0 siJo b(,hlg tUo victorf and lho
,iip- ,,, f,nrluilftIan,l i.l.U wm.1,1
prove destructive of a Union of equals.
Unsuccessful war would not do it; for it
would establish tho independence of a
Southern Confederacy. Nothinu can do
ByFort Monrco, which is intended to
defend Norfolk, Va., is the largost in tho
country. The walls are more thnn a mile
in circuit, very thick an! high, surround
ed by a boat which is from 40 to a 100
feet wide, with 8 feet of water, drawbridges
and outer batteries. It mounts some
300 heavy guns, has mortars for throwing
shells, furnace for heating balls, 4o. The
walls enclose iomo" twenty-five acres.
In tho centre is the parade groundf
and all around nro tho quarters of the
troops.
fi.aT"'Mind your own business, " is an
fnl instruction Men who altocd to their
all the inter-' vn nfrairB usually find themselves profi-sn'u-
tublv employed, and in the end avoid
m a year."
CSy-Sotno one blamed Dr. Marsh for
changing his mind. "Well," said h
that's the difference between a man
and a jickass lho jackass can't change
his mind, and a man can it's a human
privilege."
J5ay Merit is never so conspicuous
wbcu it springs from obscurity, just as th
moon nevor looks so lustrous as when i
emerges from a cloud.
Bgylf a man could be conscicus of all
that is said of him in ais absence, he wouhl
probably becomo a very modost man, in
deed 1
JBST-Wife, (oomplainingly,) "I havn't
more than a third of the bed." Husband,
(triumphautly) "That's all the law 1
lows you."
Bisk.It is a strango way of showing otn
humble reverenco and love for the Crea .
tor to be perpetually condemning and rc
viling everything that he has treated.'