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iT W. MOORE.
I B. GOODLANDER. J l
Editor.. ' r
VOL. XX.XII. WHOLE. NO
I do not Like to Sear Him Pray.
I do ii'it like t hi-iir liiia pray, '
Who 1 will itt twenty-llv pi r cent ;
, for that I (Link burruvir niu.v ; ,
' ' lie i'r. ol co pay fur fond and rent ;
jU'ti" llial hixik, wlii''h nil should hi'ej,
Whirli eayi nil after huU be blest, ",
' jit imt M 1 have eyes Iu read,
, , it duca not say, "take inti'tv'St."
1 Ju n it like tu hear hi in pray, ! 7
"Lt blftn on the mduw be!"'
Vt hu never feeli, her hums to any, ,
If itnt u'ertnk you, come to mo," -
- I bale the prayer, Ion I ami lung,
thiU'i uttered for the "orphan's e.kl,"
jly bias wbsiaoee iiiui gruslud by r ,ij,
.Mait f slj with, th H.f d'b feel:
J Jo nut like tu hear him praj, . (
With face na lung a any rail,
V bo never means hia debt, to pur, '
Because lie cafi't be put in jail,
far cauUun ask, tu aritteo bund,
tut frioncl'liip trusts the wurld aluoe;
And he'a a Itnu.e, here'er ho'i found,
Who sever curaes the debt t i own. .
11
I li nut like moli MiiUeim prnyerc
If ron, I hope tu be furgiren :
' hrl' wine tliria upward boars
i I
Ilivy're lo t a mllliun milei from Jlo ivcn.
1 Jo nut like line prnyera to hear,
And, etudied, from thf lipl drpurt ;
Our Father li;iid a ready ear
Lot word. befeT -he li-mra the h.rl.
t - - 1 - ' !'- .1 II I
A VISIT TO THE COUNTRY.
LY AN lltRITUl.ti IH'hD.VNb.
'Si) you wont lc go ii.ti'i the counliy, do
y. iu ?" 1 mid to my iiniuble spouse, u jhe
butivd !ui; Il'iii hi i:iiir'ing the tiiintiung
on our lit l In gill's benuet. The hltlnonu
li.-lf had just asii-id her motlur if alie
irai to wear Unit botinet when she rent
lo fc gruiidmritlier.
'Yi's," my wifj replied. '! think it tvuu!d
U f bi lli'iit to thu cllildiell. They, as
ell is liiyiii-l!, lined chango of air."
"1 stijipo.ie you have fully leuidtd when
atiti nheifl to go," 1 said.
"No," ho :iawred, "I meant first to
fnnmilt with you beloro I came to any d'--liiion."
"Well, that was- wise in you, at le.nt,' 1 !
reitied, "nr tuy priva'o opinion istlmt; 'No," she nn.sweied, "for 1 hud rather
;oU won't iee the country this year, at all I be elsewhere than to in) mother's beeausv
rienU. 1 don't understuud, either, why : I think she has cares enough without my
U cun't remain in the city as well as 1. j iiddinj; tu them. Hut still 1 think it would
osk r.ever heard me. talk of going inio;' more advisubly for r.ie to go to my
the country. Why, 1 j-hould iwtoon tlunkj
nfpimg to Arnca. Itiocity is ntways
ruucti cooler thun the country, mid every
lliin which serve lo iniiko life eudni'Abie
ila fc found in town, while out of it yuu
cmi r:et nothing. If there is one plar 1
dislike Kioto than another, it is the coun
liy." Hut remember, ray de-if,'' aid my wife,
"liiat yuu very often go into iho country
lur a day or tw o at a tiiuoon business ; but
1 never obtain any auolt a change."
(iood graeious !" 1 e.xdni 'lied, "l don't
e liv you should. Vnu hve everything
pravided'fjr you, and yoil have nothing
tudo but slay at home and enjoy yourselt,
aliile I must run theli.sk of losing my life
m isilroails in attending lo business, o as
e enable tne to provid'.- for you and liie
iliil'he n.
"You find time, tliv.t jh, on :ho. oea
ius," my wil'o iaid, "to gl few hours'
hooting; so it. is not always business uloi:o
tlmt kees yiu away."
"Well," 1 said, '-euppose. ( do oceasiou
ally stxl mi hour froi: luisinesa to shoot
r fivi, l,Evn't t a perfect rii,lit to da so ?
Yuu fpiitk as if it were a sin. I'm cci'taln
1 work linid enoiiijh after I -.vv back, t-
pay for the indulgence, You wives, tbo',
iliink tlmt husband) ought to do nothing
f'-O but grille for their families. And
"better theweathcr be hot or old it nint
ers very little to you ; but the inotttcM
June arrives, you, forsooth, begin lo talk
tlioiit llm heat, mid . your he dtli, and
ehaitgBof air for the children, and sum
iiwr complaints, and hint, and insinuate,
and suggest, and finally doeiaro thai you
mu1 go to tho country lo escape that
iKiisterou Fourth of July, with its noise
aii l dirt. You want lo go only for n fe-sr
vs, hut as you get awf y you solllo your
wives down for the entire summer under ,
Jtroeii trin-s. ar.ii kuiu we iioor husbands
"rite to you to ouno ligme, after tho J times tfo bettor aind I can spare the moil
fourth is pased, you answer that it would ey you shall certainly go."
tie dangerous to tike the children back to "1 don't desire to go at nil, now," alio
tli city until the cord weather arrives. So replied ; "it is not likely that I sha'.l be
(he result is that we husbands destroy or.r iKdu or null enough to get ready logo
liColth by baej wcrk, and partahinj of anyivhore, after having waited a tumuli
Mine houtj dinners, hilo you e it m
niuslin cowna. and eat strnwboirics and
"yam, and enjoy yourselves, generally,
''ithoul care aud annoyances of any kind.'
' Well, I confess," said ray wife, "that
Vou have drawn a graphic picture), but One
that is seiirrelv correct, for my fan, l
l've my cares and trouble w hen in the
courtly as well as I do in tow n ; but tho j My wile said nothing 111 rejoinder, lull umJ Care is taken tj keep them ciwnn. 1 lie
ehsnge of life is agreeable and Lunefiiuial, luid down, with a sigh, the bonnet sho ' bedsteads are small iron otitis, w hich hvh
nder.nblps me to in dure the coutiu- i had beer, rctiimming fnr the littlo girl to 0lded up in the day time, making addi
aicnt which is mine the rest of the year."' ear when tdie should . go te visit her I tional room iu the somewhat coi lined
"Well," I fftid, "I don't see how you g:iindniother, and rutting her tiar.dker- quarters.
ill be uble to do this season ; the times ' chief to her eyes, loH the room. j Two hours a day aro allowed lo prison
Me io hard 1 can scarcely obtain money I "Thnt thing i along with." I said to ( or4 fol. exorciso out of J oms iu the open
enough to enublo us to live t home. You mj self, ns the door closed behind nly apace in the centre of tho fort, vui be
know ns well us I do Unit I have met with wife, "und now let me light my cigar.nnd tween six and seven o'clock in tho iiioi n
serious losses during the last few niontlu, ' read the evening papeia." ing and botween five and six o'clock in
hoiv I can pnre a cent for unnocssa . T Tt CTiCT.M ,n it.n' tlla Ver,intf- 1,1 Hie intervals they uro
expenses is moro tlun I em tell." I .2r.V.'! ,)el.lPV? lIn P"Vn ' 1,10 .confined in the rather commodiou.frpiur-
t snail not rcquiro mure man a uuii- i
d.e.l dollar,." ,aii my wife, "to 8,. ready
l shall not require) mare than a nun
'th; and then our board in tho country gave nun ... . i-v. ... i - -ill
not bu much " I luoir servant lo adm mister a Govern-
..i ...... ,.kC .I....: 'nw.ni founded on .lustlco and equality.
t'liilll n 1SU IO Ileal 3 Olt CJ? .UT iiiuio
.1..... ; . ,i i , ... . ,. ' i
""Willi, i sni'i; i can i give you uun.
dred dollar,, and vou nnut conlont your.. !
HUita remaining lu town this butnmor.
iL . . . ...
h. it... in .... .ii...... ..
-, uii vou win noi oijccv io our koiiik, - .. . u i. j. ; ...- ---.;-o ------- . . .
pecia!lv as it will ol cost noythiDg for guilty ol attempting to break down the mit.lintf .through her dortiesties. m kibd
h,,.. .I.i i . .u. ..ui. Government. . 1 1 ' I nca anrl attention, and haa won the es-
,vi, ami our Bjipeuaos lor iuo nuvw . .. . u
hre-smonths will Uacarcely fifty dollari.', . w Th,anirBB.u.otrad.iir.rsbTd.aliBa team of all the) inmate, lor her cocsidcr
'I had rather pay your board (or a year," ia jT,,. oBdiMltfttTi,e)09UstwMk. . b atuiab.lity. . -i - . -i
1675.
1 .tiJ, "at afa-hionaMoi.otfil, than have! Life at Port Lafayette.
wlierTvo, REBEWKM.
iifr jour mother Jives. Idoutseowhv 1'LUV TI1KIK TIVK
you can't. bo contented In May nt hem'n ; , . !
j ith hia, insteu'l of. lwevi-r wuiiiinit to te 1 e ,iave bl'e" fllrnl,ie1 witn
; jviniiitiyour niothrr. Why, it setins to vin? "1,ftresll",! nreo,ll,t of ter ol
, ;ti)onil ouvoiHtlieioonly iiHothiTtJiiv 4"' LnluyeHo by Mr. M. C. Kianley, a
'tinduow v.m wish to and spend tlie recent ""llftte liereof, who miu ' disclnr.
iniiiinu-r ivjtl, her. .Thii i unotl,H.-,.f vn,,.. Ii'4"' uPon n" invesiigntlon of hia case,
moth.:' pouKiuiided Miisi.iit.ck- acHitift
my h.in.in.. Why she. who I,r, ,o or
thivedniifthtorsiit homo with hr
!ou tliciHion. I H.m'r i.i i.i
(.she would be glad you wr off her IiiukU.
As .for having lU children umier their
1 i 4 coiwentto it; Sh t)rtln
mum jv inuuigt'iice, and do.-troy all He
j:ood illoctaof toy tea hin gt. U'lmt grand
ni'itlifr were invetitf.il h,r I d-nrt know.
If there jj one chias of persoiiH I dislike
trnn-o limn Hnothor. it U grmultnothers."
"1 am Inclined to think," a:iid niv wife
inalieioualy. "that if it had not been lor
you, my dear mother noul.J not now have
been i giuiidtnoth.-r. So tljut vu "lime
yoiirtcll li blame, after all. isiiiii K- beeuusp
you niari i"l me."
'Tshaiv I" 1 e.xol
limed, "If I had nut
mariii 'l you some one else would, and
(hen the old hulv. I 1,,,.,. .1... I i.i
have been grandmother l0 U , .,,
imps with red hair."
J wish ntd niv iv if... on iv, , nl, I i 1
' 4 i ' . .. .
l (.'on t tliliUc it ri'spectablo in you to call
my mother an old ludy." .,
J may be niistuken," I sanl, "but it
.teems to ii lh.it u wjinaii tif sixty has o
right t..- be called old. Why, 1 sometimes
ln ik at ynu, and Imagine . pero.'ive truces
of aye in your faee,"
"I am imt so old at you are, nt nil events,
au;t il a-e is leavinj us uuiks upon ine,
it is ouingiojuuruwi! unkinu treatment.
Hul I should like to know wlnuliei- I cm
takti the children und in ike my mother
Visit."
' 1J .w U you knew that y ut mother
wants you 7 " I asked.
Itecaun-," my wife leplied, "he hai
written fr un to cmue."
'1 thoui-ht so," 1 stid : " then all your
talk about goiii,( iut i the counliy to hoard
was niero n.ojiirhiiie.''
niother'e than to rem tin in llio citv dui
iug the hot weather.
"Well, now, my dear," I said, "listen
lo me, 1 have, invited my sister and her
family to pass the month of July with us,
and I received a letter lo day lion her
saving tlmt alio will bu here on t'ie first. o!'
this mouth ; so, uui.cr the circumstances,
1 don't see how it will ho possildo hr you
to leave ho:ue unlit August, and then, it
you like, you can spend a few wueks with
your mother. My aist has i.ot been here
sii.co last August, and her boys aio au.
ious to spend the coming Fourth of July
in tho city. 1 knew it would bj an agree
able chango for her and (hem, a the
country is dull enough wheru they live,
and the Fouilh is always a tupid day in
their viciuiiy.. I ord ued io day," I con
tinued, Hot heeding the sad lofiks of my
wife, nor seaming to notice tho tears that
filled hereye.i, -tilty doilar, wor:h of di e
works, w huh 1 think will bo enough to
keep her i boyS busy nil tho Fourth.
Vi'U lno'i ni if ynu didn't think that tpian
tity ivnut.l bs sutiicient for lliem," 1 said,
HI with n clouded bruw hIih turned her
faoo Iroin me,' gazing ou't of the win
rtow toward tho selling sun, which was,
doubtless, jinking boliiu 1 the mountains
which sheltered th village where her
mother lives. ''I will oiilir tnor-',
if youileeni it necessary."
you thi.iK best," shereilied; "I
have uoibing to ay."
"But what do you think i.bout it!" J
still persisted.
"I think tifty dollars enough," she snid,
''to throw away in fireworks, in suoU hard
time as these."
"Well," 1 cried, '! am glad to sen ynu
have grown economical within a few niin
uto. Itv the wav. vsu had better writo
to your mother and tell her yu can't gn
to her at ureseul ; but hi August, it the
on your sister and Iter six great buy.
Now vou had better aulk a little,'.' 1 1
said; "it hns always been just o since we
were niarriod ; I can't invito any of my :
relations here but you get vexed uhout it. ,
Ai all eventf, my sister and her '.six great I
bovs.' us you call them, aie e-otning here, '
und you will haro tho very best ot it. I
I!niiad States is the creature of the neos
,. , ... .. i ,. i. " fcj
P Th., . aoedl u w he he K abd
, -. , , r-rt
hut AhrHhuni Lincoir. was corn, ror:
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tha faithful exeoution of thu trust he ii,
nd nmst be bcooupwuii. i
ficutivn ajit. Without neiDlf a irauoi.. ui
.. ...... M,,y, ,HH.IUI1 llUlllj..
ponh to tnr.nl lll.it wny ; mid, 'lunreoxtr, '
PRINCIPLES,
CLEAUFIKU), 'PA.
' a ebtHblliil,(;J '-r-tiro innocence of
' ."''ff brout?ht Htt;u,' hi,n'. " ?x'
1 1,1,J"etl '"'n u I'i'rfi'clly loyal Union
man:
Upon the anivnl or the prisoner at
Fort Hamilton he is at once delivered in
to lliejfclmrge of Col. Jiurk nd-lh doc
ument for his couiinitmeiit oxhibitet.
This document comes from eitlmr the Sec
retary cf War or Secretary of State, ac
cording as the piisoner is nno ol war or ol
Stato.- Col. Hurke thereupon ha- the ac
cused feriied ucrosi liie littlo chuntiel
which flows between Foil Hamilton mid
Fort Lafayette, and upon his, arrival in
the latter stronghold lie is given into :he
chnrge of the commanding otlieer, Lieut.
Wood, who writes out a reeeipt for his
prisoner. Atter this formula is over h is
shown to Jiis quarters, w hich of l;Uo have
been the casemates or gun :noins around
'' ."! ,, .'!',,. luo""'" ,
been rieee,niated by the tilling up of the
" . l"'W'- "'
,,!., t M ,.'.
A'"oon as the new comer in lefttohim-
sell he is at once surrounded by his new
lellow pi i-oners mid jdie'l with iiuo-liciis
as to bis tintiie, w hero bo came from ninl
w hat um the charges iigaiusl him, which
usually wind op with an expression en
iho part of :he ir.tcrrog.itoi s of doing nil
they run lo render his slay its agreeable as
possible. The conversation . continues,
and when friendly relations have been
established he is very blandly asked what
he will have for his dinner or supper, nc
coidii:g ti tho hour at which he arrives.
In the sainn breath they extol the deli
cti. Ut character of heef steak, with mush
rooms, and Ltoded chiokea or other sa
vory di.sho , a n t urge him, somo 'o have
ti.e former, others I ho latter. In a mu:o
of a?tuuishinciit at this good trea'tiipntol
crimin ils by the oll'ended Government, he
itates his clioioe or perhaps expresses a
wish fur a little of si v etui of tho dishes
liie.ilinucd, and the character of the wine
: hen come up lor cxtoliueut mid the
w;igs get into iiuilo a disiuto amoiig
theuis. Ives as to the relative ipialitics ol
tho Durgundy, 1'ort, Madcria, Claret, tie.,
w hiuh is given them at dinner. The still
further astonished pi isouer drinks all this
in with considerable pleasure, and begin
niug to gel over tho l.' ight which his ar
te. I and ir.ciireeiiitiou li ivc produced, con
gratulates himself that u stay at Fort I.a
layette ii a capital thing. Hut his food
delusion, at leust the ono produced by his
fellow prisoners, soon vanishes wh'ii the
conversation, which by this time has, ol
course, changed to other subjects, is Mtd'
denly intu ruptcd liy tho signal lot dinner
or supper, and he is c inducicd to his seat
iu the, dining room, w her?, iu place of a
mahogany taldo ith lustrous white dams
ask cloth, silver service ami richly cut
glass ware, till of which his imagination
had conjured up, he uncovers u plain
ileal tabic, unpainled and wit!, out a cloth,
with a tin plate containing a piece ot par
tially cooked pork, n tin cup uf coll'ce und ,
a largu chunk ol bread. As ho centetu.
pi te. this iu ilioin ly, a loud laugh from
liis fellow pi'isouois, w ho, from tho iioor
have been watching his liioveuienis.throws
n littlo light on his disordered intellect,
and he perceives that he has been thovio
l ii ii of a hoax. 'I'his constitutes bis ini
tiation into Fort J.afayettc focieiy, and he
iu turn becomes us eager us thu rest to
"sell" tiu next now comer.
This is one of the ways iu which tbo in
mates unuagu to while uwy the time,
and, in fact, it has leeoino so popular a
rtiong the tu thai the annouiieeiiK.nl in
the daily papers (which, fy tho way, they
receive every morning jygnhu ly before
I'ig'il o'uk'OK,)of any a west at once creates
quite an exeile.ne, uud everything is
prepared to thoroughly initiate the ex
pected individual.
I hose ot the prisoners who have means
alKj f,i..,jds can p iss time iu comparative
comfort. A mess has been cnlabliahcJ by
permission of tho commanding ollioer,
which is uni'wr the control otnt. onlnar.oo
eigeniit a'tilclied to the post. It num
bers about thirty, and at a est of one
dollar a head per diem, the table s sup-f
plied, from market daily with good food
, of ever v dnsaiintiiin. loeelhtr with such
viands and liiiuors ns they mav eliooso to
purciiasn extra.. 'Fhe ..table, ii bttei, in
faoi( thnn such in are provided in wand
ohisj hotels ut fashloiiablo watering places.
sleeping arrangements are ulsi vety
min fortable. Tim matt reuses, bedding,
bl.inkot.s und sheets are ol good quality',
ters which are appropriated to officers
when tho fort is completely garrisoned,
where they amu-e themselves playing
chess, draughts, backgammon, vshis't and
, .w - I I I
,i,. .,.,,i. r ih. rtm n,uv turt, iK,.,,,
the like, read the newspapers, or discuss
:m"ui j . -
roUfiU the last mentioned channel. A t
nine o'clock every light is extinguished
ju . .u. vmmsnii intr ollleer. Is lint a
not MEN.
MONDAY, OCT. 14, I8G1.
ilh thu water occasionally bad on ac
quit of absence of rain, with some de
lects in the conking arrangements, which
aro not sufficient . to tsuprdy the extra
quantity of rutions now in demand, ren
dering them only partially prepared for
edibilny, the prisoners still manage' to
pasa their tini of incarceration in a much
more pleasant manner than is generally
believed, with the exception only of the
privuteersriien, or iiiraies ns they nro
deem ed, who are closely . confined' and
supplied- with government i-atio, Tliey
ara1' not "-denied, however, uny luxury
wj.'jyh , i sent in from outside, nor pro
hlbue'd rroiii "purchasing' auolC as' they
sometimes do by clubbing their limited
funds together. Iltra'.d.
LEXINGTON AFTER THE SURREN
DER. l'ho Missruii fispvLliciH of S.itU'diiy
gives the follow ing iiocount of altalrs iu
Lexington, Mo. ul tor th . sjiituder of CVJ.
Jlullignii :
The scenes around the1 streets of Lex
ington, Friday, utter tlk surrender, begs
gins all description. The how I., of joy and
drunken jubilation, coming from ;',0.W0
thiol t, ,;,ade up a sound scarcely less
than when, two days befoii', IS pieces of
artillery ami ten thousand small arms
were shuttering the air in ono hideous
chorus. The ellicors of the Confederates
were generally gentlemen, and lehnved
as such ; but a- lor the common soldiers
an 1 their course, that evening, 1 don't
believe it could be eipilled were ul! hell to
be turned loofo for u general carnival.
Whisky, of course, was there in men's
brains, in their eyes, brandished in hot.
tics, galloping "like mud ' along tho
street, hour.-ely bellowing over the grand
victory, cursing, Lla.spheining, yelling,
bubbling, hurrahing laying in the gut
ti insulting prisoners, quarreling among
friends thus and more did whisky tin
grand moving spirit that won tho battle,
and then lejoiced over its success.
Wry true, scarcely a hundred of tho
Confederate troop ere uuil'or jied -sc
ircelv two had guns alike no two ex
hibited the same trappings. Here went
one fellow in a shirt of brilliant green, cm
his side an immense caralry sabre, in his
belt two navy revolvers ami a bonie knife,
and slung from bis shoulder .. Sharpe's
rilltt. I.iglit by his side was another, upoii
whoso hip dangled a liht medical sword,'
in his hand ft double barrelled shot gun,
in his boot .in immense scythe, on hts
heel Iho inevitable spu, his wholu ap
pearance from tattered boot, through
which uazed audaciously hi toes, indica
ting that the plundering-) of many a di(
I'erei.t locality make up thu whole, (leji
erally the scldids were armed with shot
g'jns or squirrel rifle ; some had old lock
musket?, a few had Minie pun-', and oth
cu Shai po's or Maynard's rill 's, while ail,
to the poorest, had horses.
The very eUlt nfthe Confederate forces
were there Uetieiuls Price, Ilains, Sln::k,
l'afsons, Harris, (ireon, HarJre, were all
theru Colonels Saunders l'uyn, Heal,
Turner, Craven, Clay, und, in short, 1 be
lieve, the balance of the 35,000 men, all
either colonels jr majors, as I was intro
duced to no one who was not one o," thu
oihut .
Tho treatment extended by the Con
federate officers to the prisoners was both
humiiie and courteous; they protected
them, nheu possible, IVom insult and
plundering, and as much as possible, e X'
tended to them the courtesies w it It which
a chivalrous enemy treats a conquered foe.
1 saw ono ease that shows the Conlcder.
wte stylo of lighting. An oil Texan,
dressed iu buck.-kin anil armed with a
lor.g rille.used logo up lo the works every
morning about seveu o'clock, carrying his
dinner in a lin pail, taking a good po.
silion bu banged a.vay at the Federals till
noon, then rested an hour, ule his dir.uer,
and lesumed operation till six p.m.,
when he returned home lo supper and u
night's sleep. Tho next day a little before
sev-n. su,v iiiui, dinner and rillu in hand,
trudging up street to begin again his rg
ulnr day's work ami in ihis stylo he con
tinued till the surrender.
Hut littlo damage was done to t!ie city.
Col. Anderson's house was literally sprin
kled w ilh grape and musket shot, and the
brick house south of the College was
burnt to tho ground ! mother lost it" roof
und contents ; while all in that immediate
neighborhood retain more or less murks
of the contests,
'l i e dead of the Federals were no, bur
ied till tho next dav ulter tho surrender ;
I , i . . i : .1. , l . l.... ..
una a more iiiiHiifioiuo sigm in. in iue-,u
black ned, hideous corpses 1 never s,aw' of
imagined. Some seventy horses 'Were, al
so kiile I. These, too, wel'o ai hideous
and.dis.'iising in uiaiv 'i.sptiits us the
pour remains of humarr.fy I lint lay about
them all poisoned the air w ith the stench
of decomposition, and shocked terribly
the sensibilities by thur ghastly wounds,
tiieir agonize ! positions, and loathsome
evidences of deoi.y wLiell tharaclci ized
them nil.
Tostace Stami-s. The Post OlVlCO Dj
parlnient ha made a blunder, it is evis
dent, in directing that, ufter a certain
date, the postage stamps hitherto in use
shall not free letters sent by mail. A po
t ige fctump, however small tho amount, us
much lepresents a Government obligation
as a treasury note. The rioto is a promise
to pay ut acertuiu lime; the postage
...... ...i ie i,rnmis.n tri nifrv a letter llll'o'
Iei uiwp ." v - - j .w...
the l'O.'t oflico whenever used,. -.Xoleund
i : A il...
, staii.it) nro -documentary cvuienuu ui.
j nioncy has been paid to the Govornincnt.
To repudiate a treasury note and to repu
diate a postage atampin volvoa thesarneprin.
iciplc.thout'h there is a difference of valji-J
The stamp holder and the noteholder ate
' equally public creditor. .. The Govern-
...,.nt ouikl nilrir. iiIl'A lifW alumna far old.
lUtll ' - - I' -
or, what is still easier, let the old i tamps
1 r . , . . . .. 1 n . . n . i, r n t i. i nl' I
; ree leiieie as ion j m,'j i wui.iu wh,,;
' TERMS
' NEW
The Effect of the Abolition of Slavery
i Upon the North Henry Clay's Opinion
I At this time when a strong effort is bo
, ing made by the Abolition politicians of
I the North, to hive this war take tho turn
(of emancipation-' of tho rieuroes of the
jSouth, it is interesting to read tho opin
ion oi rieiiry tiav. expressed in a letter
written to Kev. Walton Colton, or the
effects of tLut measure. Head it:
Asnusc, Spt. 2, 1843. .
".1y Dear ViV : Allow mo to select a
subject for one of your tracts, which. treat
ed iu your popular and condensed way I
, thitik-woald be Herded-vith great' and
good effect. I mean abolition. .
I "Jt is manifested that the ultras of thai
party uie extremely mischievous, and are
hurrying on the country to fearful conse
quences. They uro hoi to bo conciliated
I by the Whigs. Engrossed with a single
jidea, they me for nothing else . They
t would see the Administration of the Gov-
ei mneiit ci weipitate the nation into abao
, lute ruin before they would given helping
.hand to iirrest its career. They treat
Worst UMll llfllljlili,-,, liwi.t l)ir,.i ,,-l.r.
'treat them best, n ho .so far aroe with
, them as to admit slavery to be an evil.-
Witne-s their conduct towards Mr. iiriggs
und Mr. Adams iu MassaeliUsttU, and to-
' wards me
j "I ill "give you an outline in tho man -
ner I would handle it. Shoiv the ori-m
r,f-l..vr iv,ii...'itu i ,)...;- ,,. ,'i.
liriti.-li tioverniiient. Show how il is dis-
posed of by iho
that is exclusively
Federal Constitution ;
to the States, except
in regi.rd to lUgilives, dneot taxes
nml
leiiresentation. Show that the acitntion
iu the free Stales will first destroy nil hnr
( mopy and finally lead to disunion per
petual war the extermination of the Af
rican race ultimate military despotism.
"liut the rcut aim und object of your
tract should bo lo iw,ii IL: luburimj climes
i'f the Free UluUi vnuvtet Ajulilioii. Depict
the consequence lo then of immediate
! abolition. The slaves, being Frce.would business when no was caue.i uj -uaj. ..
, be dispersed ihroughout the Union, they I Mc.Clellan to act us chief engineov und aid
would ctcr i,uV com'M tUmn wit,', thc free Uor clP. Up,nVi' ,p'101 U;V .ttUcr.' I'.''.0--wdhlUAmen,-,m,th
IrUh, the (;t(-1;m. .noted to a H.igadicr (..cneralship in the,
redact his u'jifs br :rw founded with him, and1' regular army. " .....
tfftet hi, lociatwut mrrU ttundin.. And as i lhe-" vwl0U. VM t'UCral
tto ultras go both for tibolilioni.ni and I Rosecrans has exhibited the most epot
nma'.gamaUou, show that their otject Utol '" i"tcynty. None ever know- him
K . , , I ,.im.a ,.f.....t ,! f snfiilnnert ha aid not
mine iu marriage trie laboring white man
and the laboring black woman to reduce
the white laboring mini to tho despised
'and degraded condition of the black mar
t "I ,v., i,l vi..,- ii,..;,. ..i
.,. i ...i;..:
,i . U" 1111,11.111-, iiiil;iiiiis,
I.i ..... ... . ., e.
iii:d patriotic aim. Thev aro those whom
,.', litis SI-I'il I II l VII. ,1 II MO . UOII I lOlli-lS
oppose colonic ttioi! .' To keep and umul-
i:.,,Il.... ..,..1 vim... .1.. n.i;,:....:
' eainalii toj'ellipr the ttvo i-hcim in vio m.
lion ol God's will, and to keep tho blacks
; here llit they mav interfere with, de
grade and debase Ihft laboring wnite
Show Hint the llrilish Government i cc-
operating -w ith the Abolitionists lor the
purpose of dissolving Iho Union, l i
Vou can make a powerful sit tide that
will be foil in every extremity ol the L'
iiio;i. I am perfectly satisfied it will do
great good. Let me bear from you on
this subject. Henhv Cl.iv,
The Fall of the Leaf.
Yellow nutumn is eeitainly the most
delightful seayin of the year for a '
sojourn in the country. The usually,
pure sir, the transparent atmosphere, tho ,
uiurs arch of neaven, i he rich, ripe Iruits. '
uiego.ueu ears oi im.ian coin, -an-i uie
und tho
gorgeous and vuriegaled tnliage all eoiu
tiine iu producing scenery, tho magic
beauty of which charm the eye uud res
joiccs the heart. And, yet realizing citi
zens ai, i their families return to their
hocus amid all thc monotony eil brick
and mortar streets-, and rr.inglo in the acs
tive uud anxious cai es of busy life. The
natural is excharged for tho artificial
the repose of tho country for the bustli
of the town . There-it much to regret iu
parting trout the nuiu ami wooas i iii.s
.iiii 1 l . . t
tt.,,1,, ,, ni'iniu (iiii'ijiil n: In Mi, 11-1,,-tn lull
nud valley un robed in their richest up
paiel, when the forest is at unco sublime
and gay, with grainy apreauing oaas, ful -.0 , . 0j . IO)U11n,e them to
jr.arkly waving pines, c.dms Ibid int. 1 exertions in ausUining -vur
, Lebanon and the leave, td dazzling '' lvlk.h j,,,, bifCO,I10 ineviuUe, by tho as.
many colored brilliancy thai illumine I hu ! lt of ti10 (.u,1f,.dcrtite States upon Fort,
bosky thickets, as they spatkle and wave j ulllle.
'gracefully lorn tho boughs of the beech, '" F(ii n.cr;t .loii,i0 for iiia
chesteul, dogwood ..nd maple. Did any ,() BI,JlVM vol ttllivilal c-hor l,;,ios( I
true heart ever bij adieu io a charming JiouK, wnnna M loa 3()ltjxlulll,j ear
hillside, or Vidley, which il hud tenderly , . , , ,..,,,.,,.,,-. .) Piu.
a . 11. I . 1
cheiished in the e.uly siiiin.'.er morning,
the midday rumble, or the moonlight eve
Miing walk, wilhiHilnn involunlury sigh,
! perhaps wi'li a starting tear? Tho heart
' throws out its multitude ol'iadiclos on ev.
'cry side. It becomes attached ton tree, a
j landscape, u prattling brook, it waterfall
uud even to some huinblu Vegetable tribe
of the '.'at'den. Tiny lortil lor il a kind
of population inlerit l to the human in
deed, but yet making :i constituent nnd
iinnorlant ingiedient in tho locality we
! love. All the-o. including the favorite
horse, or cow, or dog, are linked together
in the loving idea we hsvo of a residence
in tho eoiinttv. Thev can no more be
" . ,
lunik
seiiarated Iro u it, than one can
, . lOllullllll li,i.-,ifc,.'i. ,- ..." ,
home any where and loiget the dear rel-1 Imfinjrin2 in the slichtest dugroo auy of
alives and friends, that mako it so. We, mrMita.Atai rights,
do r.ot envy tho person who can live in ai w, iUt tll(.p()10i wo shall cordislly
country village, however slriinge ut first,, .. . . U11.i.,t. M: c.umon and
and destitute of all he ever knew, and yet
, j . .f ..II . 1 1 .....
. , ,, , . , . .
yearns not for fellowship, and const raots
, i i.Gnril.mAnla Itn I Ilia ttinn rrt .
no ..iu,. .,1... ....... .o. ...v.v.j....
er, who lloats alon the currents ol iilo
and oil are sailing on its ocoan, none aro
at rest, fear even at anchor, must be con
stan'.ly sundering thopo bonds; and this it
is, which among other couses, spread a
melancholy hue over so many of our days,
till lroin frequent repetition the sober
look grows to bo the settled habit of tho
soul pud countenance. Yet there aro
worse passages in life than sundering sum.
mer ties. Soma of them ii would bo too
much to expect all. may be renewed wheu
nature shall htisclf uwako fioni he: in
try syncope,
$1 25 per Aunum, if paid ;n advance
SEK I ES VOL.. II. NO .13.
A Brief Biography of Gen. Rosecrans.
Gc-tieiul Win. Starke Kosccvans, was
horn in Iho county of Delaware, Stato of
Ohio, on tho sixth of September, 1817.
His ancestors on the father's side were or
iginally from Amsterdam, und on the
mother's they weie.of the ,1'ennsyivaniu.
Hopkinses, ono of whom signed the Dec'
luration of Independence.' At tho age of
eighteen, on his own direct Application to
tho Secretary of Var, (the lion. Joel, Jv,
Poinsett) lie wus appointed a qndol ut
West Folnt in the year.lSS". . He itradu
aled among iluaj o.iiu'l becutup -' brevet
lieutenant of engineers fn 1S42.' ' llifrfirkt
military station was . Fortress Monroe,
w here he remained one year first, assistant
lo Col.- II. Ii. DcKusKoy. in Augutt, 1813
ho married Miss Ann F.liza Ilogeiuari, un
iiceoiuplished and worthy mo.nber bf tho
old New YTrnk family of that caaie, end
was ordered to West Point to act as Assis
tant I'rut'etfcu' oX Kngiueerint fcud 'atu
rnl riiilospphy."
: After ieniair.iiig four years ut tho Acaii
emy, lie was uunsiei reu io iewjor;,
! HlioeJe Islnnd, and made eugmeer in chief
of tli.i .foiliiioulipiisi at tort Adnnis. iu.
rln l .v llvVC hom 1 'i"t0 .J ,', .
Wus with survey of. Sew iedloid
, harbor ami Taunton river, ilas)i.chusetts,
i " J 1 of rortiUcaiiuiis, which he exo-
I out,!a lo thc satislaclion ot tho W ar Do,s
i Durtment. In 1Sj3 hu was tniule oons
structiut! enninee.r tit the Navy Yard, at
Washington, D. C. In Xovotibor,-1330,
he resigned his commission. iu tho army,
and engaged in civil engineering aud ar.
chitecture in tho city of Cincinnati. In
ldiio he accepted the supcrintendeney of
the Canncl Coal Company, of Coal Uivor,
Kanawha Court House, Virginia, und
and Presidency of the Coal River Naviga
tion Company, which he retained until
April, lo5u, when lio removed to Cincin
nati, and engaged in the inanut'uru of coal
oil and nrussiute of liotush. This wus hLs
, "v- - ; - --- - ----
command ; and the writer ol this sketch
i could no1 repress a amile when, among
oerluiu papcu kindly sub-mated io ins
'insncctwii by the umiablo nnd nncoin.
Inlished Mrs.
Kosecians. he lit upon a,
i . .... .. . . ,, , - ,
.,llf.,. ,lli.,l WnsllliilT ton. Aucust 14. lSo-1.
testifying lo Mr. Rosecrans high abilities,
V , . , ,, T II
j i"tegrity and energy, and signed delict
'own
Socially, the General suits to tho re
finement of the gentleman, tho frank,
free spoken manner so taking with our.
Western population. Iu person he is a
httle above the medium height, rather
I thin, und very erect, witli no leiifue so
striking us bis brnad loreueml nno cieur
gray eve. Gen. Rosecrans is a member of
the Rumen Catholic Church. .if.-'i
llVrt-'y.
Ex-President Buchanan on the War.
At a Union meeting ut Haysville.Chcs-
lor county, Pa., tho following letter of
t.x. president was read t
WllrATI.AM,.n.-ar J.uneasler, Fu.,Sept. 2i,
si(. . j ,wvo bl,elJ ljl)n,)le,1 by vour
j. iml iuvitaliull M dnivmrn of the ..o'pro-
,.;, ,.,-,imittee. to attend and address
a Union meeting of tha citizens of Chests
e-r nod Lancaster counties, lo bo held ut
Ilaysville on the 1st of October, This 1
should gladly accept, proceeding as it
does from a much valued portion of my
old cjr.gie.-sioiml district, but advancing
years and the present ttatu of my health
render it impossible.
You correctly estimate the deep Inter
est which I feel, iu common with the eiti
izetis vfho will there bo assembled, in tho
t coluiti0n of our country. I'his is
.... i
indeed serious ; but our recent military
reverses, so far from produeing despon,
deney in the minds ol a loyal uud power
I lieclull, t liOie w illiolll laiiiiues, luiunui-
teer lor the. war, and Join ir.c many uiou-.
sands ol brave and patriotic volunteer
who are alieady in tho f eld.
This is the moment f iraction ; fur pr-vnp!,
furvt'ic and vm'.td action : ali i not for tho
discussion of pan-d proposition!'. These
wo must know, would bo rejected by lh
States that have seoedxl, unless wo. should
oiler to recognize their independence,
wh ch in entirely out ol' iho ipioabn.
ilelter counsels may hereafter prevail,
when these people shull be convinced thnt
the war is conducted, not for their con
qiust or subjugation, but nolely for tho
purpose of bringing Uieui Imclc lo tnoir
ut;.'. , ..,!-: ,1,,. I'.'i.m. without
."- " . , . ,
tlCIOIlUllS ll'li "'l l .,.,."...
; until thai happy day shall nrnve,
i . 1 .i . T , '
glorious Hag, and welcome Ilium us inoin-
ilw, wou,.amy tosuppuit, me iwc
il B men mid means at tho
, C()llu),in(J of me country, in a vig'
ngorom
an J successful prosecution of the war.
Yours, very n spec. tuny.
JAMBS RUCHAX.VN.
' Rev.H. II. Rosecrans, brother of the Gen
eral, is nastor of a Catholic Church at Ciu.
Jrinnati, and oditor of the Telegraph, tho
organ of Aroiioisr.op rurcuti.
CufFive States hell their annual elec
tions on Tucsdaj last, namely, ' Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and Miaesota.