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"O&EIlJtor,.
DcS-WIIOLt NO 1G02"
SPEECH FROM GEN. PATTERSON. M submitted to the General-in-Chief hisj
T fa.a .t c I- ' ,i,"L'11 W,IS 10 "handon his present I
Hii Campaign Dofended-Statement of -no of operations, move nil supplies to
the oraers Which he lecemd. rrederick, occupy Maryland Ileightswith
,. 1 -i- 1 . !M,V0'' 1)olleluy's heavy guns, mid a bri
So much has been said in denunciation g.wleof inhmlry !o support them, and .villi 1
ijcn. Fatleron, who was in command f everything else horse.foot and artillery- j
tbe vignity of Harper's Kerry nt llio Across the Potomac at Point of J locks, I
W the battle of M..assa., that eZtZl?it tina forc?,nt 1'0C9 I
,lk, room for the folio.,. synopsis ofu
jwli recently ilelivcied by that gentle.-
It. ......Li fiu 1... II.., 1
no rj-cnio ... 'j .nt ,im.ii, uiill
Jioirslliat the allegation thnt ho ' lost us
Uileof Bull Kun," &c.', isenriuly
ntuilous, and made cither through gross
mornnce or criminal prejudice:
jltPLiludelphin on Saturday afternoon,
K4b ult., the mcmboisof ti e First City
Trfop niei in luuntj niiu .nivMi i inn mr
iilionof the company in 1774. After
raiding at their armory, the Troop
wocceJwi to the Continental Hotel, w here
Infv partook of tho unniversary dir ner.
Lpnru oi cigniy iiiriuoers, in mini
jtidsomo uniform, were seated mound
he table. At the further enil ot the room
.wig llie old thin of the troop, which was
ome through the battle of Trenton and
Princeton.
After llnse had been ably discusseiL
tt. Putleison, in response to a toast und
ihree cheers, made a foiciUe speech, ex
fluning bin reaons for not intercepting
I'ti. Johnson, previous to the battle of
Manassas Junction. He said he was not
aihebiibit of gumg reasons for any thing
did cr did not do, but in the presence
if men of to much intelligence u part, of
lifcniiiniiiud in the idiot t compnign in (he
iliev of Virgitiin, be considered it duo to
!in us well as to himself, to give a short
utftnent of facts.
lie Slanders against Gen Patterson.
Purine the hitter part of July, nil Aug
't,aiul part of September, there was no
iiivlrr against him so gross that it could
Mbe nsM-iletl and reiterated witli inipu
,iiy and swallowed with uviditv. Ti e
.wilt-men ol the troop knew htiA' fal.-e
Sfe flanilers were. Jle had submitted
jtlient m quiet, nhhougli he had the
'mmcnt in his poscsfion lo piovt that
.(diil all that ho wn ordered to do, niul
ra limn any had a right to expect un
it the circumstances in vhicli he and
iiMimmitnd were placed, and be delied
it man, high or low. to put his linger on
ji order disobeyed.
No False 6tf p Made.
The gentlemen of the lioop were wit
jKiof what was done, and ho asserted
uttliey knew to be true that the ol
m s as well conducted. There was not
. ftl-e slep made, nor n bhintler coinmii
), The tkirmislu-i'fc were always in front,
nJtlie flanks w ell protected. 'I'liey were
mglit in no trap, ami fell into iioamb'is
iie. They repeatedly oll'ered tiie enemy
and when they accepted it, they
inl tlietn There was no di feat and no
lelieat villi bis column.
A Full Investigation Demanded,
ltniighl be asked, "Why have yon not
mide ibis statement sooner!" fiecause
i!w publication of the document sooner
xmltl havt been most detrimental to the
lullic iiitcrcbts. Me iireferreil bearing
tbe odium so liberally bestowed on him,
ti!li-r than clear himself at the expense
f the cause in which we are oil engaged.
Tbe tinm hf.d ut lived when the matter
toiiM, without injury to the service, be
itijuired into, and he was determirifd that
iuhould be done, . ml that before long all
tldWuiiicnts referred to should be pub
lilted and spread before the American
Iple, unless those whose du'.y it was to
J 'W thou Id in tho meantime do him jus
iw. Some of the Facts.
He Wt tild state a few facts : On the 2d
Uune I'O took ronitiiiiml at Chambors
On the 4th, lie was informed by
'ut General in Chief that ho considered
lb addit'on to his force of a battery of
willerv.nnd some recti lar infantry, indis-
I'nwhle. IM: the HU of Juno a letter of
iwruclKtns was sent him, in which he was
'M tliat thero must bp no reverse j a
beck or a ilrawn battle it ould be a victo
lyiotfe enemy, filling his heart w ith joy,
Franks with men, ami his magazine
iih Voluntary conti ibit;ions ; ami, there
fcffto take his measures circumspectly,
"Jatti'inpt nothing without a clear pros:
ll of success. Thit was good inslrtic-j-fnfid
inot scnsblc ndvic. (iood or
l, lie was lo obey ; end he did.
Important Orders.
On Friday, the 13th, ha was informed
'ht,on the supposition thnt he would
?tlie river on the next Monday o.
'0'sduy,(irn. McDow ell would be instruc
Wto tnnke a demonstration on Mantissas
suction. He was surprised at the order,
W promptly obeyed. On tho 1'tth he
Relied UagGrstown, and, on the IGth.
f thirds of Ids fores hid crossed the
wiiac. The promised demoustialion
j7 Gen. McDowell, in the direction of
njai Junction, was not made ; and on
f Mtli. just three days after ho had been
Mhe nns expacted to cross, ho was icl
Pplifd by tiio Commander-in-Chief to
Nhim "at once all the regular troops,
'and foot, und the Ithode Island h
fatnt and Jlattery," and told that ho
trong enough without the regulars,
"'lokeep within limits until he could
;'!(y him that he ought to go beyond
m. On the 17th he was again tele
Pifhed, ''We are pressed here. Send the
r l hnva twice called for without de
This was imperative, and the troopi
'"snt, leaving him without a single
fof artillery, and, for the time, a sin
troop of cavalry. It was a gloomy
f but they were ull brought over the
,(r again without loss.
APlan of Opera ions Proposed.
" the 20th of Juno, ho was asked by
Jf'JWeral in-Chief to propose, without
t, plnn of onerationii. On the 2lt
i plan of operations. On the 2lst
tt ZuJZu The
.General's orders should requiie. No re
ply was received: but. on the 27lh. tlm
General lelgrnpked to him thai he HlippO
sed he was dial djy crossing the river in
ptitsuit of the enemy.
The Forces.
On that day thernemy was in condition
10 cross the river in hi pursuit, lie had
fbvir 1,(M)0 men, and from 2U to 24 guns.
ien. Patterson about 10.0011 men and six
guns, I he latter immovable for want of
harness. On the 28th he informed the
General of the strength or the enemy ami
of bis own force: that he would not. on
his own responsibility, attack without nr
tilleiy, but would do so cheerfully and
promptly if ho would uive him nnex'idicit
order to that ellect No order was civen.
On the 2'.th he received harness lor his
single battery of six smooth-bore guns,
and on the ;!0th gave the order to cross.
On the 2d ot July he crossed, met the eu
my ami whipped them.
Pi opositions.
On the nlh of July a council was held,
at which nil thj commanders nt divisions
and brigades, ami chief of s atV, were pres
ent. Col. Stone, tho junior hue officer,
spoke twice and decidedly agi.in.-t an ad
vance, advocating a direel movement
against Sheplicrdstown and Charlestown.
All who sjoke opposed nn advance, and
all voted against one. On the same day
he informed tho General in-Chid of the
condition of atlairs in the valley, ami pro
posed that h should go to Charletiwn
niul occupy Harper's Perry, und asked to
be informed when he would attack Man
assas. On the 12lh he was directed to
gowl ers he bad proposed, ami informed
that Manassas wloud be attacked on Tues
day Kith. On the ljth h3 was telegraph
ed I "If not sfroiv' OlioU'-h to heal tho eit"
emj early next week, mike demonstra-i
lions sons lo detain him in the valley of;
Winchester." He made '.he demonstra-i
tior.s, ami on tho loth, the day G.m. Scott-
- i i , . . , v . , '
sain ue woiiiu nuacK uauasas, tie tirovc
tho enemy's pickets into his intrcncii
nimits til inchui.t-r, aim.) uii tho 17th
marched to Charlestown.
On the l:tth he telegraphed the Getter
alrin Chief that Johnson was in a position
to have his strength doubled just as he
could reach him, and that he would rath
er lose the chance of accomplishing some
thing biilliant than by ha.arding his col
umn, to destroy the fruitsof the campaign
by defeat, closing his telegram t bus : "If
wrong, let me be instructed." I'ut no in
structions canif . This was eight days be
fore the battle of Manassas. On llio ITlli
Gen. Scilt telegraphed: "McDowell's
first day's work bus driven the enemy be
yond Fairfax Court House. To-morrow
the Junction will probably he carried."
Willi this info: iiialioii l.e was happy
Johnson hail been detained the appointed
time, ami the work of Gen. Patterson's
column had ben done.
On tho 11 h. at U in
the morning, he
telegraphed (ien. Scott the condition of
the enemy's force ami of his own, refer ,
ring to his letter of the 10th for full in (ur
ination, and closed the dispatch by asking,
"Shall i attack?" He expected to be at
tacked wheie ho was, and if Manassas was
not to le attacked on that day, rs stated
in Gen. Scott's dispatch of the day previ
ous, he ought lo have been ordered down
forthwith to join in the battle, anil the
attack delayed until he came. He could
have been there on the day that tlu battle
was fought, and his assistance might have
produced a dillerent result,
On tho 20th he telegiapbed that John
son had murched with 3.5,(101.) Confederate
t roof s, and u large artillery forco, in a
south-easterly direction. He immediate
ly telegraphed tho information to (ien.
Scott, nntt knew that he received it the
same day.
Death vkom II vnnornouu. Mr. John
Earnest, nn influential citizen of Norris.
town Pa. died a fo.v days ago, of liydro
phebia. Jle was bitten about a month
since bv a dog w hich had no appearance of
being rabbit), and w hich was accidentally
striim-lnd a short time after. At times du
ring the convulsions and spasnn of the;
deceased, it took the united strength of
four and five men to livid him. When
not in convulsions he was perfectly sensi
ble.and fully conscious of his awful condi
tion. During his lucid intervals he would
warn his attendants to be careful so that
he would do them no harm. From the
first moment of hi- attack till his piid.'ho
declared that there was no hope for him ,
hut in death. J
fiQTThe l!yna'tant a paper published at
Honolulu, Sandwich islands, warns its
readers against the barbarism and shock-'
ing slate of society in the United States,
and contrasts it with the peaceful lite of
the Sandwich Islanders. It is rather hard
tr u o nro sunk so low us to become an ob
ject of pity to tbe Sandwich Islanders.
BiTRev. Henry Ward Beeeher lectured
at the South Baptist Church on Tuesday ,
evening. The society that procured his
services did so.hoping to raise p funds for
a charitable object, to feed the hungry,
and clothe tho naked. The receipts were
Slot"! oflliHtsu:n Mr.Beecher took flOOl
llartjord Omrant, 0A. - !
BffUTerderitess of conscience is always
to bo distinguished from scrupulouniess.
Tho conscience cannot be kept too sensi
ble and tender; but scrupulousness arisos
from bodily or mental infirmity, and ilia e
covers itself in a multitude of ridiculous
and swperstiuous, nq painiui ieeunj.
PRINCIPLES, not
CliKAHKIKIil), PA. WEDNESDAY, DEC 4, I8GS.
A VISIT TO BEAUFORT
The
correspondent of the New York1
repress gives
an account of tho vhit of
Commodoro Dupont ami (.enctal .Sherman ,ie secession cause than any other. They
accompanied by Captain Davis, the fleet , fjtight ennjointly the battle ol Springfield,
captain, Captain John Kodgers and dipt. '; 110,1 wo" ' After that they separated,
(. P. It. Hogers, of the Wabash, and otli-l " " '. "J.0 iei'' having joined
e , ,. . I their forces for a final ellort against P re-
ir o.licers of the navy, on the gunboat I mout, Theso two men are totally dill'er
Seneca, dipt. Amuien, to Beaufort, on tho put in I heir mental organizations. One
12lh. Tho correspondent accompanied ihem is really a Ucneriil of tine natural
the party, and he thus tells about the j oopwtsif y i I ho othr a mere pa. tisan lea-
. ... . .. w dec. . the ffiir is Oen, .Sterling Price,
place and what he saw : Uo is w tllQ golior Qt&oer y(. ti(j rob,
"It is u small place, occupied in summer . els in ront of tho column of Union troops
by many of the wealthiest planters in S. 'as it advances into southwestern Missouri.
Ciirolina, who resort, to ii for its dtlieious ! Flushed with the victory over Lvon at
ocean air ; 2, DUO or more arc usually there
as late in the season Hi November, but in
(he winter the population is not inoro
than live hundred. Tho houses tire most
ly wooden, with stuccoed fronts, spacious
verandahs and high porches ; they stat-d
a Ion 4 the shore in gunk us crowded with
orange and lemon trees, fragrant juss.a
miites, magnolias mid huge cactuses,
gorgeous in crimson und yellow. j
No sooner had we put foot on bhore,
than the melancholy expel iences of the
tlay began. A warehouse or the wharf!
had been broken in and its contents pil
laged ; the i dies of stores of food were
strewn around, empty barrel.-., broken
dours und windows, cases of litpjor or oil
overset, and wanton destruction of every
sort perpetrated upon tho propel ty, and
this was lu a sample of w hat wo v.ero
to meet ut every siep. All the.
I hoiis ami stoie-were rifled ; the poslof-
liee despoiled, and on the doorsteps some
fragments only told what had once been
written. Not a white man was to be seen,
hesic.es those of our own party. Captain
Kodgers, of the Wabash, immediately
. . , i - i . 'i
OistriDUlctl l is nu n arouiiii so as i "iiai
against surpn-e, and gave stnet orucrs
that not an art i( le should be removed
from the village. Negroes who we had 1
seen lielofo landing hail got away
with their plunder, but other groups
lounged around, touched their hats to us,
or in default ol hats, pulled their shaggy
wool, n;id eeme anxious to talk. Wo
a-ked where were the white people: "All
gone, massa, gone the Jay of the light ;
left we behind-" Their story was uni
form. Their ma ters hail tied tv th the
greatest precipitation so soon as the firing
commenced nt Po:t Koyal, Some indeed
had left even earl er, but not one now ro
in.iinrd. Tlny Milcnvorod to persuadu
or force the blacks to iiceonpany thoni.
but in vai.l, tho nt'groes had remained,
and others hail come from tho sui round
ing country, and an indiscriminate pillage
ol the town hail commerceil. The testis
inon v of I hp blacks was unanimous that
the n titters were k
(liliniL' aim itesirnvmg
everything they could lay (heir hands on,
until on the 10th, Capt. Ammen, of tho
pi. Ammen, ol tho
Seneca, llU'l lliriven, llllii 111" nuict-io iiuarus, aim, us sucu, ut iii.ii.l-b his re
threivtened lo shoot them unless they do- pol ls to the ulleged Governor of ilisiouri.
.sistt-il. Om-e, when Jietitcn was addressiiig u
We went through spacious houses where , missouri audience, Sterling Price inter
on a week iil'o families were living in lux- runted the "Old Koman." The latter,
. i i i . in
urv. and saw their costly furniture ties-"
poileu; books ami papers thrown out on
the floors, mirrors broken, safes smashed,
pianoes on the sidewalk, leather beds
ripped open, and even the filth of the ne
groes left lying about in parlors uml bed
ihambers The destruction had been
wanton : in many instances no purposes
of plunder could'have been served, but
simply a love of mischief gratified. The -
flight mast have been very rapid, lor the
curtains were sometimes at tlm windows,
and in nearly every house tho private pa
per and letters remained. Wedding
cards und invitation) lo dinner sometimes
!ay on a dn.wing room table, while the
walls were defaced ami the furniture bro.
ken all around by tho slave population. w hich lies north and we-,1 of San Antonio
Many of the oIlHers went into houses ofj from the incursions of Indians, outlaws
their friends, some into mansions, even, ' and Mexican marauders. For years un
vvhero they hud dined and slept in other i terior to the outbreak of tho Mexican war
tiuv Mr. .at. Iieywiril s ouu.-n mis uiw
of the finest we entered ; unol her was
that or Ktlwiud Khett, where Jiarnwcll
Khett himself hiul often resided.
The blacks told us that tho rebels re
tui nid nearly eveiy day, but only early
in the morning before sunrise, and li
simll numbers. Gens. Drayton ami Gon
zales were said to luue leen in Beaufort
that morr.ing with thirty or forty horse.
"''" .
We came down the river slowly, having
lot two gunboats near the town, ami
stopped on the way lo examine the re
mains of an old Spanish fort, on the
property of John Joyner Smith, and a
live oak grove said to bo the finest in
South Carolina. The grove is spacious
ami magnificent leyoml an) thing of the
sort to bo seen elsewhere. The great
branching oaks stand each apart, so that
their growth is not obstructed, ami broad
promenades between them lead out to the
colton fields. Pendant from the boughs
hungs tho parasitical moss which clusters
so thickly on the orange, the lemon, the
lit-c oak and thd fig tree :' and. heno and
there, on the gre ii sword bencolh, the
little nigger babies were at play. Beyond
the grove, which was pronounced by thoe
most familiar with the South, supoiior to
any in Florida or Georgia, stretched out a
plantation of cottcn, pnrtly picket!. We
viBited the store house, where Ihiity or
forty bales were found, as yet ungiiined;
twoof McCarthy's gins and a steam engine
were there rea'iy to our hands, and a
erowtl of negroes peered their vendees in
ginning. In the quarters of tho blacks
we bought turkeys and poultry, ami eggs,
and saw two men grinding corn at a mill,
exactly as the Kgyptisns ground it 2 00
years ago. Tho"plahtcr's honso . was de
serted by its owner, but we did not enter,
for the slaves had apparently loft its con
tents undisturbed ; enly at Beaufort has
there been known to oceur any of tiie sad
ravtges I have described. It was night
fall before we returned from the excur
sion, so fu'.l of melancholy, und cvrn ap
palling supgestivenoss.
MEN.
The Rebel Leaders in Missouri.
J'i'rmg tlie late contest in Mi.-souri, the
iinm.tLi .4i-a . i i i t
""-li as renei leauors nave
Springfield, by a rapid march uoithward
lie pasicJ all the main positions ol the
Union troops, and struck a successful
blow nt Lexington. There ho took Col.
Mulligan, with full two thousand Union
troops.
Gen. Price's experience as a millitary
leader began uctively with the Mexican
war. lie was one of the appointments
made by Hrigadierihips by President Polk
from civil lite. Up to that lime his pur
suits had been confined to the peaculnl.
unless his attendance upon tiiilui.i iii-js-ters
and holtlin;- a harmless rank in their
ruu,3 bo taken us an cvidcuu-i of proclivi
ty lo human slaughter.
Piict', in piiiauauci) of tho eomman 1
a.i-dgiiud him, headed a column of wes
tern troops in 18 IS, by w ay of New Mexi
co und lvl Paso, into tho Slates ol Olia
liuila and Chihuahua. Indeed he hud
succeeded Gen. Kearney, of the. regtilais,
in command of I he Department ol New
Mexico, after the latter had pressed for
ward lo California, il a crossed t ho Jor
tu.do del Mucrto (journey of death) as the
immense de-ert in I lie koulheaslci n part
of New Mexico is culled, and occupied
(Jiinuaiuu out) iiiunlu tiler lie lelt S.int.ilu.
1 le started in pursuit of the enemy, sta
tinned in force at Santa Ci u. do las lio-
sales, sixty unloj Iroui tlia c;pital of tho
State, or. the morning of tha Mill of March,
liUS, un I reached their position ut day
light on llu in lining -jl the Dili, llo
seems, therul'oie, gifted with the faculty
of attaining distance as w ell as l'romo:il.
I lo pel I iriiitid tlu marc!) ut the heal of
2o0 iiiouuied nu n a iiiareh which, lot
iho iiaie U lasted, wuo ipute I' ltiiil lo l-'ie-mont's
Iroui SauJosolo Los Angelu. Af
ter the delay necessary to bring up his
urlilleiy, he attacked the town on ihu iijth
of Mai eh, tn I continued the siege against
iifjit'iitly cupei ior oiimei-.cal loico until
the fiiemy, commamlt,r and ail, suricn
ilerctl uncouditioiiiillY.
Alur returning to Missouii, lie became
the democrat io candidate for Govermir,
and served lour years as chief magistrate
:)f that Slate V hen iho recent outbreak
against Iho government on
came ' Claib" Jm k.-on' Chiul
ii red, ho be-
came ' Llaiti i at K.-on cihui ot l liu "Mate
. i.. ti i . , , t
turning upon him in the majesty of his
liouine w rath, said :
' You'll yet bo hanged for treason!''
"Old liull'oi.V prophecy seems likely
lo be lullilied.
Price is fully fifty-five years of age, the
possessor of a most in issivo frame; with
hair and beard originally red, he presents
! now a singular shock ol both gray and red
' intermingled.
The other con.sociuto rebel leader to
whom alltisi ;n was made above is lien"
McCullough, heller known us Major of
the Texan Hangers tlia-i in any other
character, lie first obtained celebrity as
the leader of a baud of scouts u hich wcio
employed to delend tho region ol country
, uu nan urt ti ,n'"i. u.i'i, i" it. Mniti ,.3
reckless, dauntless, iii.d i"ilrcpid
He
learned to love the "man-hunt ol Iho prar
ties." He hud many en injury nnd un
forgotten wrong to avenge upon "the mix
ed breeds, the unworthy successors of tho
Aztecs and of Col le.." The disasters of
Mier, Loredo. t ml Santa Fe, were to be
wiped out. No better opportunity could
be nllorded th in in a war backed by the
immense resources of llie United States.
Hence he sei.eil with avidity the oppor
tunity of enlisting his company in (ien.
Henderson's regiment ol "exau Hangers.
In that regiment he served for six moi.ths,
ano after their term of service closed he
ro-enlis!otl a company, and remained up
on Gen. Taylor's line until after the bat
llo of Bueu.i ista
B"fors that battle was fought and won
special and extraordinary ei vice was re
quired of the enterprising oflieers of that
column. Maj. (iaines and Cassius M.CI.iy
were taken at line irnacion, Capt. 1 1 end
lev, at tiie head of a detachment of Yell's
Arkansas cavalry, was taken. No scout
ing party seemod ablo So return, liven
Col. May, with a detachment of four hun
dred men, returned without any definite
information in regard to the numbers or
disposition of the forces of Santa Anna.
lien McCullough, with a few men, was
sent out t reconnoitre lo obtain what was
wanting information, lie sent lack all
his men, retaining only one man. ami en
tered '.he lines alone the enemy being
encamped at the scene of Game's disister.
Next tiny he returnod with full informa
tion of the number of the enemy, of his
guns, cavalry, and munition of war. Tli.s
caused (ien. Taylor lo fallback at once
from gn Nueva to iluena Vista, In the
battle McCullough uore a brnve and gal
lant parr.
Since that timo he has boar, appointed
Marshal of one of I he Districts of Texas,
htii been Commissioner to Utah in con
junction with ex Governor Powell, and
has always onjoyed tho fullest confidence
of the government uulii our recent civil,
convuleious.
THE REBEL MINISTERS
SKliTCH OF JAS. M. MASON.
This gentleman is a native of Virginia,
and was born near Washington. Nov. 3rd
1708. He graduated in 1S18 at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, und soon after
commenced the study of law at William
and Mary College, lie was admitted to
practice in 1820, after a short probation
in the office ot Benjamin Watkins Leigh,
ut Kiehmond. In 1820 his political car
reer commenced with bis election to the
House of Delegates.- Declining a rc-elec-lion
to this position, ho was chosen a mem
ber to the House of Koprf sentntives horn
the district composed of Frederick and
Shenandoah counties, and in 1847 was
elected by tho Virginia Legislature to the
United Stares Senate a position to which
ho has been successively elected every
term sinuo, and was to hold until next
year. On the breaking ot:t of the pres
ent difficulties he took a prominent part
in their development, niul wis chosen to
the Confederate Coiuress from tho liigth
district ol Virginia. During his tctm of
lothee in the tinted .States Senate ho was
I Cha rinan of llio Committee of Foreign
lAllairs, and was thoroughly posted on all
''matters connected w ith( our foreign rela
tions.
SKliTCH OF .TOH H SLIDKLL.
John Slideil is a naiivo of Xew York '
i State, where ho was born about the year
;17'j;i. What would his father, honest obi
John Slideil, tlm tallow chandler, of
I Broadway, sav, were he lo rise from his
I grave, as llio San Jacinto comes up our
harbor with his son, a rebel and a prison
ler? Going to New Orleans "to seek his
fortune," the present John was enabled,
! w ith the education which he had previous
'ly received, to ris i r.tpitlly in is his legal
Istudies, and was admitted lo the bur soon
I after. 1 1 is first public position was that
i tit" United States D;stiiet Attorney at New
Orleans, to which po.-ition ho was ap
pointed by President (Geneial) Jackson,
lie w is elected Ireipiently to the State
Legislature ami whi e a inemlcr of Coii
Igress was appointed Minister Plenipoten
tiary ami r.nvoy -.xlu.oi iliuary lo Mexico,
as a hist meaiH of averting the war which
was just i lieu on the point of breaking
nut .villi thai country. His mis.doii, it U
almost unnecessary to state, was fruitless.
Senator SI idell was an ardent partisan
of the Americanization projet for the ub
sorption of the-Spanish, Mexican nnd In
dian races by the Augtu-taxnn, nnd pur
ti.illy for tins reason was appointed, by
President Pierce, United States Minister
to Central America. Ho subsequently
succeeded Soule in the Ser.ate, w hen the
latter was appointed Minister to Madrid,
and held that position when Loui-iana
I seceded. Ho was ofle:cd the Minister-
ship lo Paris by Buchanan, but declined.
I lie is now a member of the rebel Congress,
fioiu Louisiana. Mr. Slideil is a brotlo
er of Alexander Makensio Slideil,
who, while in command of the United
States brig-of war Sumers, during thetid-mini-lialion
of President Tyler, hung
tr: i i ti. . - ,1
I lUitisiiijiimiu .spent cr nui:j i ue yai ti-iirin,
on suspicion of instig4s3sig a mutiny on
board the ship- a circumstance hich no
doubt will ! c remembered by our readers.
flfti.liverv thinking man will look round
him, when ho reflects on his situation in
this world; and will ask, "What will
meet my case? What is il that 1 want ?
What will satisf) mo? I look at the rich,
and I see Ahab, in tho midst of all Irs
riches, sick at heart for a 'ia.-den of herbs!
I see Dives, after all h'S w ealth, lifting up
his eyes in hell, and begging for a dtop of
water to cool tl e rage of his sulleriius !
I see tho rich fool summoned nwny, in tho
verv moment when he was exulting in his
hoards ! II I look at the wise I see Sol
omon, with all his wisdom, feting like a
fool; and I know, that, if I possessed all
his wist oni. were I left to myself. I should
act as he did. 1 see Ahilhoplinl, with all
his polity, hanging himself for vexation !
l!'I turn to men ol pleasure -I seethe
very sum of all pleasure is, that it is Satt
an's bed into w hich he cast his slaves ! I
see lisnu selling hi" birthright for a mess
of pottage ! 1 seo Solomon, alter all his
enjoyments, leaving his name a scandal to
tho church lo llio latest hip: It I ItiinK
of honor- I take a walk "in Westminster
Abhey there is an end of "II inquiry.
I Thero I walk among the mighlv dead !
And what remains of the greatest man of
my country? A boasting opitaph ! None
ofthesc thing', then, ran satisfy me ! I
'must meet death I must, meet judgment
I must meet God 1 must meet elcrni
' ty '."
f,i"Christians are imbibing so much of
the cast anil temper of the age. that they
seeni to be anxiouly tutoring their chil
dren, and Mreparing them by all manner
I of means, not for a better world, but for
tho present, l et m nothing should the
simplicity "f faith he more unreservedly
exerciscti, than with regard tn children.
Their appointment? and sta'.ions.ye.i, even
their present and eternal happiness or mis
ery, so far as they are influenced by their
estates ami conditions in life, may bo de
cided by tho most minute nnd trivial
events, all of which ure in God's hand, ami
not in ours. An unbelieving spirit per.
vnd'.-s, in this respect, too intimately the
Christian world.
No S rrtit li.vTEB. "Keflrct, my Lreth
ern," exhorted a chaplain, "that whoo
jver fails this diy in battle. sups to-night
in Paradise". The light began, the ranks
wavered, the chaplain took to his heels,
when a soldier reproachfully reminded
him of tho promise I supper in Paradise.
"True, my son," said the chaplain, "hut I
never eat supper.
BPft.The Hartford W says that the
Kov. (?) Henry Wurd Beechor, In his ro
cent lecture in that city, mado this re
mirk, "Our country is now forced to fight
Great Biitain, morally with one hand, and
Ml broke fooiciLwH&xitk with the other."
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rliious Jllisccllanjj.
ESuWo are called to build a spiritual
house. One Mcrkman is not lo busy him
self in telling another hi duly. We are
placed in dillerent circumstances, with
various talents ; and each is culled to do
wlwt he cp.n. Two men, equally accepted
of Gad, may be exceedingly distinct in
in the account which they may give of
their employ.
BSH.Thore is not a nobler sis'ht in thor
world than an ngod and experienced
Christian, who, havirg been sifted in the
sieve of temptation, stands forth as a eon
firmer of the nssa'iltetl testifying, from
his own trials, the reality of religion ; ami
meeting, by his warnings nnd direclior.9
nnd consolations.the casea of all who may
be tempted to doubt it,
fctTWe must make great allowance for
constitution. I could name a man, who,
though a good man, is more unguarded
ir. his longuo than many immoral persons,
shall 1 condemn him ? ho breaks dowiy
here, and almost hero only. On tho oth
er hand, many are to mild ami gentle, as
to make ono wonder how such u character
could be formed, wi'Jiout truo grace en
tering into composition.
D?A. Whatever definitions r.ien have giv
en of religion, lean find nono so accu
rately descriptive of it as this that it i
strjli n belief of the Bible as maintains a
living influence on the heart. Men may
spei ulate, critici-e, aduiiro, dispulo about,
dniibt.or disbelieve the Bible; bularclig--ions
man is such because he so believes il,
as lo carry habitually a practical sense of,
its truths on his mind.
f.-irWe nro too apt to forget our actual
dependence on Providence, for the cirs
cumstuiiccs of every instant, The most
trivial events may determine our sla'o in
the world. Turning up ono street instead
nf another, mr.y bring its into company
with a person whom wo should not other
wise hiive met ; and this may lead to a
train of other events, which may deter
mine the happiness or misery of our liven.
Pot K.uit or IiEI.ioion. lieligion should
influence its possesior in all the relations
of life. Whuleier he does, ho should do
il butter lor being a Christian. Kcligioti
should make one a better stndont, a "Tet
ter master a better parent, u better child,
a belli r man in all respects. Tho pious
but ecceiitiic Koland Hill remarked, ''Ho
would not givo a fin thing for a man's re
ligion w hose cat And dog were not the
bi tter for it "
taj'Tho Christian's fellowship with God
is rather a habit (ban a rnp'me. Ho is a
pilgrim, w ho has Iho habit of looking for
wind to the light before him; ho has the
habit of not looking back; ho has tho
habit of walking steadily in tho way,
whatever "no the weather, and whatever
the road. These are his habits ; and the
Lord of tho Ways is his Guide, Protector,
Friend, and Felicity.
V-'l-l here is no
calling or profession,
in many respects lo a.
' however ensnarinj
Christian mind, provided it bo not in it
self simply unlawful, whorein God haj'
! not frequently raised up fiithful witness
es, w ho have stood forth for examples to
others, in like situations, of the practica
bility of uniting great eminence in tho
Christian life w ith the discharge of tho
'duties of their profession, however difli-
'ctilt,
I CtyjuMpn are to be estimated, as John-
son says, by tho nir.ss ol character. A
i block ol tin may have a grain of silver,
I but still it is tin ; ami a block of silver
I may iiave nn alloy of tin, but still it is
silver, i no mass ot r.njati s character
was excellence ; yet ha was not without
tbe alloy, Ti e mass of Jehu's charaotor
was base ; yet ho h.vl a portion of zeal,
which was directed by God to groat ends.
B:id men are mado tho sumo tiso nf as
sealliihls ; they are employed as means to
erect a building, nnd then ure taken down
and destroyed.
KrvjX-A sound heart is an excellent cisu
ist. Men stand doubt ing w hat (hey shall
tlo, while an evil heart is at the bottom.
If, with St. Paul, they simply did ono
thing, tho way not)ld be plain. A mi"er,
or an ambitious man, knows his points;
and ho bus such a simplicity in tho pur
suit of them, that you seldom find him nt
a loss about tho steps whit 1) he should
lake to attain them. He has acquired a
sort of instinctive habit in his pursuit,
Simplicity and rectitude would havo pre
vented a thousand schisms in the church ;
which havo generally lison from melt
having something tUe in plan and pros
pect, and not the one lilnj.
EruClirislians are too little awaro what
their religion requires from them, with
regard lo their wishes. When wo wish
things to be otherwise than they nro, wo
loso sight of the great practical parts of
the life nf godliness. We wish, ind wish
when, if we havo done all that lies on
us, we shou'.tl fall quietly into tho l.nniU
of (Sot). Such wishing cuts tho very sin
ews of our privileges ami consolations.
You are leaving mo for a time ; nnd you
say you wish you could h-avo me betler.or
leave mo with some asidnnee; but, if it
is right for you to go, it is right for me to
meet what lies on lue. without a wish that
I hud "ess to meet, or were be'ltor able to
meet it.
Estijrlfumnn nature is like Ihesia.whicli
gains by tho II v.r of tho tide in ono place,
what it has lost by the ebb in another. A
man may acquiesce in tho method which
God takes to mortify his priilo ; but ho is
in danger of growing proud of the morti
fication ; and so in other cases.
IrfflMrs. Partington snys that nrthing
dpises her so much as to seo people, who
profess to expect salvation, go to churoit
without thoir purges when a ro-colleclioit
is to bo taken.