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THE COTTAfJE DOOR.
How sweet tha rent that labor yields
The humble and the por,
Whore iti th patriarch ef th fields
Before hit eottnga door I
Tb lark ii singing in tha eky,
Tha iwtllowa in tba cures,
And lore is beaming in each eye
Dentath tba sumiaer leave !
Tba air amid hii fragrant bowari
Supplies unpurchased henlth,
And hearts are bounding 'mid tha flowors,
Mura doar to Liui than wealth I
fttea, like the blessed sun light, plsys
Around his humble cot,
And bnppy nights and ehaerful days
Pifidebla lowly lot.
And whoa tba Tillage Sabbath bell
Ring out upon the gale,
The father bows hit head to tell
The musio of iti tale ,
A fresher verdure seems to fill
The fair and dewy sod,
And orery infant tongue is still
To hear the word of Uod.,
Ob, happy hearts ! to hitn who (tills
The ravens when they ory,
And makes the lily 'neatb the hills
Ho glorious to the eye
The trusting patriarch prays to bless
His labors with increase ;
Such "wnya are the ways of ploasnntnoss,
And all such paths a'e peace !"
j From the Probytorian.
I A VOICE FROM A PEW.
i Intended for the Ear of the Pulpit,
j ' We have just laid down a morning pas
per oontaiuing a tervwn, (bo culled,) dcliv
I ercd on a lute Subbath. We read far
f enough to find it was merely a jotitical
spceei, doubtless on the right Bide, but
none the less a political speech. We then
ginned over it from beginning to end,
and found that Christ, solvation and bea-
- veu. wore not once named in it. Vet ma-
l ii y good people listened to und admired it
who, in our opinion, might as well have
passed their hub bath morning at home in
reading a daily paper.
This kind of preaching is becoming tad
y prevalent at the present time. Some
jiiilpitH uevcrgivea Sermon that is not
somewhat tainted bv the carnal warfare.
If they keep to the text as to the matter
of thediscourse, they borrow ttietr liiiaiti
erv fjyuitho battle field. We bear the can
non boom in the distance, and see the flash -of
the fire as their metaphors are ex
pressed one by one. This is not as it should !
bo. We read of 'nan and rumors of wars'
!x days and seven ; and wheu the holy
th dawns upon us we liusten to tho
nary, wishing to put away all thought
f wiir except to remember our distracted
niiiiiry at i he throne ot grace. We long to
l. -ir of the peaco thut passeth understand
lini; :" of tho "rest that remuineili for tho
jK-oj.ie ofUod." Why should we bo fed
(n husks, jrhen hungering for the breud
illi.'e 0 ! ye political preacher.-, if a dy.
i:g man should send for you and ask your
rpiritual counsel, would you hold uptn
'.meriean Hag before his dim eyes and eay,
"b'.'lvve on this aud ye shall be saved" ?
Ye' I.'; is i ; whi-.t you are practically doing
verv .kbUuill lo neribUinu Eiuners. ne
;,, ,uv.ir I.,,-, nr il.,n . but. wb do
not with to noe them in the phioo of the
cross. You know not tho number the va. '
l icty of sorrows brought to you on the Sab-.
bath. Could you look Into tho hearts be
fore you, you would be opalled. Not
those who walk in sable robes alone are!
mr.n,n.., j. "Tim hr-nrt knoweth its own 1
bitterness;" ofien the pang is deepest tbrt
i is most conceaieo. u mat you won hi,
; with tender band, seek a medicine for ev
! ery wound !
Not long ince, with heavy heart, we
f visited a neighboring sanctuary, nnd lieaul
: a sermon from the text "1 am tho biead
' of life." 0, we thought, this is just what
we need! How great was, our dUuppoinN
' tnont to find that holy text, one used so
,'ofton for solemn communion services, pur
verted to suit a political harangue. ''Bread
is from corn, and corn is king, ns well as
cotton," as the argument of the discourse.
But we deserved it. We had wandered
5 from our own church. Thank God, there are
" atill some pulpits where the "bread" is
' yet dispensed in all its life-giving proper
' ties ; and our pulpit is such a one. There
is ''milk for bates," and "meat for strong
:: men," to every cne ft portion ia his season.
But O ! ye inconsiderate preachers, who,
1 from a mistahen idea of duty, or worse, a
desire for popularity, descend from your
1 high office, and preach upon the exciting
J topics of the day remember Paul, who
I said, "I determined to know nothing
! among you Rave Jesus Christ, and him
crucified." Beware lest it be Baid to
you at the last, "Ye led not the flock.
Tbe diseased liavo ye not strengthened,
neither have ye healed that which was
eick, neither have ye bound up that which
was broken, neither have ye brought that
which waa driven away, neither have ye
Bought that which was lost."
"J ItfSTOtuTiox or Decomposed Bodies.
, The human body, in so advanced a state
Y I of decomposition as to be entirely unre-
irs I cognizable, can now be bo restored bv
oYji chemical meant aa to present an almost
couiplotely natural appearance. This pro.
iCt i cesi was lately practiced with success in
ft London, in the case of a body found in the
I. Thamei, which was uspected to be that
r, f ofan escaped murderer, who had commit.
l3, f ted suicide. After the body had been sub-
t jocted to the rew process, the witness
I wore able to swear that he was not the
j supposed murderer.
I Bon Mot. Tbe Washington (.rr, in
spired by the recent Federal victories, in-
dulgoi in the following bon mot ;
j,. TlIE TWO BURGS.
i V ICKSBCRO I GlTTTSBCRq !
i To whom iball we Qratf tho Macule of
: prune r
THE WAR NEWS.
Till', mi;(;i; ok ciiaui.f.hton.
Correspondence of the N, Y. limes.
The IT. S. steam transport Arago, Henry
A. (iadeen, commanding, fiom 1'ort Koyal,
S. Carolina, at lU:.'j(J a. m., and Charleston
Bar at5 r. u., on Thursday, July 13, arriv
ed at this port yesterday afternoon, bring
ing 10U first and 172 second cluss passen
gers, the usual mails, and having Uie prize
steamer Emma iu tow.
Tbo intelligence by the Arago confirms
the telegram already published from reb
el sources respecting the second assault
upon Foi t Wagner, on Morris Island, by
lien, (iilmore'b forces aud the monitors,
mortar schooners and gunboats, under
Admiral Dahlgren. Aftor the first un
success ul assault ou the 10th instant, Gen.
Gilmore lost no time ii; throwing up bat'
lories on Morris Island, within bOU yards
of Tort Wagner, in order to reduce it by
siege. Jn the morning of the 18lh, twelvo
or tit Icon heavy guns weia iu position, be
side eight or ten mortars. Gen. Gilmore,
therefore, detorniined to commence the
attack, which was opened at 11 a. m.
The bombardment was conducted in a
spirited manner, Gilmore's batteries ini
tiating the work, and Admiral Dublgren'B
five monitors, the Ironsides, two niorlur
schooners and three wooden gunboats,
quickly joining in the engagement.
I he enemy replied briskly from Fort
Wagner und Battery Boe, just beyond the
Cumming's l'oint, while bumter kept up
a sharp lire from her southwestern face,
among which were two rilled pieces of
heavy calibre. Most of. the tiro of the
relijtla ivna ilire,-f Ail iitmti tlie Afmi i I nra And
. fc . I
the other naval vessels, only an occasions
al shell being sent towards the batteries.
Although the .ron clods were repeatedly I " """'J LU"",3"'U uaiuo ua uus
struck, they suflered very little real dam- j ever bpen 'ougbt.
age, and the only losses in the batteries Our casualties, as may reasonably bo ex
were a lieutenant of the 7Glh 1'ennsylva-' VUd, were very large. The lis', of kiU
nia regiment, who was killed by a chance led, wounded and missing foots up fiftttn
shot, and the wounding or six of the gun- ' h'inlrcd afid thirty
Detii J Among the killed are Col. rutnnm, of
Soon after 4 o'clock the firing from Fort 11,0 Scve,,tl1 -N'''"' Hampshire ; Col. Shaw,
Wainier ceased. Jt was then known that
our brave fellows had succeeded in dis
mounting one gun, und it was also pretty
well ascertained that another of the rebel
pieces had bunt. These facts led to tho
supposition that the enemy hud evacuated
the work, and it was determined to als
teinpt its occupation. For this purpose
two brigades, consisting of tho 7th Con
necticut, the 3d New Hampshire, tbe 9tli
Maine, tho 7(ith Pennsylvania, and tho
48th New York regiments, under Brig.
Gen Strong, and the 7th New Hampshire.
jClh Connecticut, G'2d Ohio, 100th N. York
nnd 54th Massachusetts, coloreH, under
Col. Putnam, who had been tinder arms
all dny, screened from the enemy behind a
rang'! of sand hills, in the rear of our
works, were ordered forward.
'1 li 14 was at dusk, and both brigades
were formed in lino on tbe beach, the
regiments being disposed in columns, ex
cept tLe colored regiment which for some
I reason was given the post of extreme hon-
er and danger in the advance, and wn
drawn np " '' twiito, exposing its
' full from to the enemy. This movement
1 of the troops was observed by Sumter, and
firo was opened on thorn, happily without
doing eny injury, as the shells went u.-cr
Hie heads of the men.
Gen. Strong's brigade under this lire
moved along tho bencn at a slow time for
about three piaileis of a mile, when the
men weio ordered to lie down. Iu this
. I rvrwtlirm It.AV i-Amn itiMtf t:ilf:in lirmr Stin-i.
ter meanwhilo beins joined in the cannon
ade by the rebels in Battery Bee, but
without ell'i-et upon our troops. It was
now quite dark, and the order was given
for botu brigades to advance, Gen.Strong's
leading and Ool. Putnam's within sup
porting distance. The troops went for
ward at quick time and in deep silence,
until the 54ih Massachusetts, led by the
callantCol. fhaw, was within
two bun
drcd yards ot the work, when the men
gave a fierce yell and rushed up theglftcis, 1
closely followed by the other regiments of:
' I tia hr ..-ii rt
1 he enemy, hitherto silent as the grave,
while our men were sivarminu over (lie
glacis, opened upon them furiously with
gmpe, cuniiisier, udu a continuous luwuauo
ui small urius.
The negroes, however, plunged on re
gardless of this murderous reception, and
many of them crossed the ditch, although
it contained four feet of water, gaining the
parapet. Ihey were dislodged, however,
in a few minutes with hand grenades, and deadlv fire of the war, when so many ofii
rctired heller skelter, leaving more than cers and so many of the rank and file were
hall their number, including their colonel, filled. It must be remembered, too, that
dead upon the field. this ossuult was made in the night a ve-
ThoOth Connecticut regiment, under ry dark night even the light of the strrs
Lieut. Col. Rodman, was next in support was obscurod by tbo bl icknesi of a heavy
of the 54th, and they uUo suffered terribly, thunderstorm, tnd the enemy could be
boing compollcd to retire after a stubborn distinguished from our on men only by
contest. The ttth Maine, which was next1 tho light of a bursting shell and tho flash
in line was broken up by the passage of ' of the howitzer and the musket. TheMlh
the remnant of the repulsed colored regi-
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ment through its lines, and retired in con
fusion, excepting three companies which
nobly stood their ground.
It now devolved upon the 3d New
Hampshire regiment to push forward, and
led by Gen. Strong and Col. Jackson in
persou, tho gallant follows dashed up
against the fort. Three compnios actu.
ally gained the ditch, aud wading threugh
the water found shelter agaiost the ems
bankment. Here was the critical point of
tbe assault aud the second, which should
have been up snd ready to support their
comrades of the first, were unaccountably
delayed. Gen. Strong then gave the ol der
to foil btck and lie down on the glacis,
which was obeyed without confusion. '
It waa while waiting here, exposed to
the heavy tire, that Geo. Strong was
wounded. A fragment of shell entered
his thigb, passing entirely through the
fleshy part and making a serious wound,
although the bone escaped, fracture. The
breast of Col. Jackson's coat wm torn ofl'
b. uivBitiua iiuie uy piwi ui encii,
slightly wounding him. Neithor of these
brave men would lie down to escape the
rain of metal, but stood unflinchingly
throughout, eliciting the unbounded ad
miration of their men. Finding that the
supports did not come, Gen. Strong pave
the order for his men to retire, and they
left the field in perfect order.
A little while afterwards the other bri
gade came up, and made up for their aps
parent turdiness by glorious deeds ot valor.
Kubliing impotuously up the glacis, unde
terred by the fury of the enemy, whose
hr rM ottn4ermitted for a second, sev
eral of the regiments succeeded in crossing
the ditch, scaling the parnpot und descend
ing tho fort. Here a hand'-to-hand cons
diet ensued. Our men fought with des,
peration, and were able to drive the ene
my from one side of the work to seek
shelter between the traverses, while they
held possession for something more than
an hour. This unparalleled piece of gal
lantry was unfortunately of no advantage,
Tho enemy rallied, and having rocoived
largii reinforcements, made a charge upon
the band of heroes, and expelled them
from their nobly won position by tho sheer
force of numbers. One of the regiments
engaged in this brilliant dah was the 4m1i
New York, Col. Burton, and it came out
almost decimated. Tho most distressing
part o) its disatrous treatment is, that tho
enemy did not intlict tho damage. It was
the result of a mittake on the part of one
of our regiments. The 48th was among
the first to enter the fort, and was fired
upon by a regiment that gained the para
pet some minutes later, under the suppo
sition that it was tho enemy.
About midnight tbe order was given to
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a": vurr ,ul" 1L" uu l" luo rluu
Plts outside of our own works, having en-
1 'uu'1" .uassacnuseiis ; wcui.
Col. Green, of thoForty. eighth New York;
Adjutant I,ibby, of the ThiidNew Hamp
shire. General Seymour was wounded in the
foot, while directing movements in the
field.
Colonel Barton, or the Forty-eighth
New Yoik, was wounded in the thigh by
i ball, which llattened against the bone.
Lt. Col. Rodman, of tho 8th Conn., was
seriouslv wounded.
Lt. Col. Bedell, of the 3d N. II was ta
ken prisoner.
The day after the fight, the steamers
Cosmopolitan nnd Mary Benton were dis
patched to Hilton Head with the wounded,
und i vei v house in Beaulort is occupied
as a hospital.
Our dead bodies were buried on Mon
day, nt leosU. that portion of them that
were on the field within the limits that
our burying parly was allowed to approach
the rebel works. Those who foil on the
glacis and in the ditch were interred by
tho enemy.
Individual instances of heroism duiing
the contest were numerous. Among oth
ers it is mentioned that- the color-bearer
of the 54th Massachusetts stood nobly up
on tho glac's with his flag, endeavoring to
rally the men, and finding the task use
less, ho walked to the reur, still holding
the flag fdoft with remarkable deliberation
regardless altogether of the fearful conse
quences.
The siege has not been suspended.
operations nre in progress which General
Gilmore is confident will result- in success.
The following extracts arefiom the cor
respondent of the N, Y. Trllunc:
When tho brigade made the assault
(on. Strong gallantly rode at its head.
when it tell back, broken, torn and bleed
ing, Major Plimpton, of Ilia Third New
Hampshire, was tho highest commission
oil oflicer to command it. Gen. Strong,
Col. Shaw. Col. Chalfield. Colonel Barton.
' 1 r-l T.n A 1 rn 1.
en. Stories are flying about that this te
' ninmr, nml Mm. , n.-rlmonf Virnbn nml run
I that but for the frightened Mtb Massa-
cliusetts (colored) wo would have carried
tbe fort ; that the 9th Maine did not re
fleet much honor upon tho gallant State
she represents, and a thousand other roa
sons which I care not to enumerate. It is
absurd to my these men did not fight, and
were not exposed to perhaps the most
Massachusetts (negro) WBnt boldlv into
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battle, for the second time, commanded
by their bravo Colonel, but came out of it
led by no higher officer than the boy, Lt.
Iligginson.
Another Assault and Repulse Desperate
Fighting.
The 1st brigade, under the lead of Gen.
Strong, failed to take the fort. It was now
the turn of Col. Putnam, commanding the
second brigade, composed of the 7th New
Hampshire, the C2d Ohio, Col. Steele, the
07th Ohio, Col. Vorhoes, and the 100th
New York, Col. Danely, to make the at-
tempt. But alas! the t-isk was too much
tor turn, inrougn tne same terrioie nre
he led his men to, over and into the fort.
and for an hour held one half of it, fight
ing every moment of that time with tho
utmost desperation, and, as with the first
bngade.it was not until ho himself fell
killed, and nearly all his officers wounded,
and no roioforcements arriving, that his
men foil back, and tho rebel shout and
cheer of victory was heard above tho roar
, ui Dumier nnu mo guns from Cummincs
I l'oint. , K
In this second assault, by Col. Tutnum's
brigade, Col. Turner, of finn r:;i,nnr.'.
stutl, stood at the side of Colonel Putnam
when ho fell, and with his voice and sword
urged on tho thinned ranks to the final
charge. But it was too late. Tho 3d brig
ade, Gen. Stevenson's whs not on band.
lt was maduess for the 2d to lomain Inn.
Iger underso deadly a fire, and the thought
oi mrrenuunng in a body to the enemy
could not for a moment be entertained.
To fight UVir way back to the intrench,
ment was all that could bo done, and in
this retreat many a poor fellow fell, never
to riso again.
Without a doubt many of our men fell
from our own fire. The darkness was so
intense, the roar of artillery so loud, the
tlight of grape and canister shot so rapid
aud destructive, that it was obsolutely iih.
possible to preserve order in the ranks of
individual companies, to say nothing of
the regiments.
More than half the time we were in the
fort the fight -sas'simply a hand to hand
one, as the wounds received by many clear
ly indicate. Some have sword thrusts,
some are hacked on the head, some are
stabbed with bayonets, and a few were
knocked down with the butt-end of mus
kets, but recovered in time to get away
with swollen beads. There was terrible
fighting to get into the fort, and terrible
fighting to get out of it. The cowardly
stood no better ehaneo for their lives tlmn
the fearless, Evon if they surrendered,
the shell of Sumter were thickly falling
around them in the darkness, and as pris
oners they could not be safo, until victory,
decisive and unquestioned, rested with
one or tbe other belligerent.
Closing iSctnrt.
1 he battle is over; it is midnieht : the
ocean beach is crowded with the dead, the
dying and tho wounded. It is with ditli
culty you can urge your horse through to
Jiighthouse Inlet, taint lights are glim
mering ir. the sand holes and rifle nits to
right as you pass don to the beach. In
these holes many a poor wounded and
bleeding soldier hs laid down to his last
sleep. Friends are bending over them to
stanch their wounds, or bind un their
shattered limbs, but tho deatblv elate
from sunken eyes tells that their kind
services aro all in vain.
Written at Washington City Under the
Nose of Lincoln f
Why is Be wot Amik?ted akd Eanishrd,?
Martin F. Conway, an Abolition racm-
ber of Congress, from the State of Kansas,
has recently written n letter dated from
the city of Washington to the editor of
the New oik lribune, in which he uses
the following language:
thus the war became a fuduro and ut
terly ceased to bear upon the question of
tho subjugation of the South in any man
ner whatsoever ; aW tiw, whatever mm lie
said to tU contrary, there, are Jew rcjledi.a
minds which have not come to the conclusion ihat
KrajT'lTlE INDEPENDENCE OF TH K
iOUTH IS AN ESTABLISHED FACT!
&?Tu hether recovnhed or not. I heart one instant, but it is repeating in
the war f..r tho future, therefo.-o, bo- its civil conduct that blunder in its m;li
comes simnlv an initrumcni in thr. Land or tary conduct which held back McDowell
political managers to effect the results favorable
to tmr own personal ends-
As to the L hum, J inula not give a cent for
it, unless it stood as guarantee for freedom
for every man, woman nnd child within
its entire jurisdiction. consider the idea
that eventhing viust be snirifir.ed to the Union
as utterly pmstcrous. What was the Union
made lor that wo should sacrilico oun
selves to i! ? I, for
excused. As things
ono, would beg to be
rtand.JIWOULD
NlOX-Vrtato freedom
SACRIFICE THE UNION U) freedom
any morning before breakfast.
Very tiuly, yours,
M. F. CONWAY
Washington, May 2'J, 18G3.
Meaning and Use of Bayous. We have
heard and read of lute a great deal about
bayous, and many people don't know what
to make ol them, nor whether they are
" fish, flesh, fowl, or ted herrings." Some
imagine them to be the vast swamps lying
between the Mississippi and its tributa-
ries, or between any river nnd tho uplands;
and but tew aro acquainted witn the tact;
mat tney are me oiisiioots oi large rivers
along the low and alluvial bottoms ot the
Southwest.
The word is French, and means a gut or
channel, and many of them are as jagged
nndscipentinein their course is the intes -
I - - -
i tines themselves, and a good deal longer
in their measurement- Snmn nf iliem fur
example, will strike away from the parent'
waters nnd make a long voyago of discov-
ery through the unknown interior of the '
country; und after visiting the most outs '
landish places, hero and there and overy-
where, bending and doubling, then curv. '
ing themselves into all sorts of fantastic
shapes, return once more to tho bosom of
j jreds of miles from the original starting
their movner. otten scores and even nun -
point of their wanderiua. They are most
ly sluggish streams, not very doeji nor
very wide, and it was the knowledge that
these bayous formed a net-work of com
munication with all the Mississippi couns
try which suggested to tho mind of Ad
miral Porter the idea of sending an expe.
dition to try and reach the Y'azoo river,
between Yazoo City and Vicksburg, thro'
one or more of these convenient channels.
arMr. L;ncoln, only four years ago,
1 wrote to a committee of Boston Eepubli-
.. fniin,
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"Those who dpny freodora to others, deserves
ft not for themselves, and under ijml (iod can.
not tony rtai it."
How nuch longer then, can he, denying
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as he docs, freedom to others" "under a
just God" expect "to rotain it" himself?
Exchange
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From the New York World.
SOUTHERN SYMPATHY.
A lively French writer represents a Qua
ker saying to a dog, whose inopportune
barking had disturbed bis courtship, "1
will not harm thee, for my religion denies
revenge, but 1 will show thee how a Qua
ker can punish." He thereupon leads tho
animal quietly to the gate, and raises the
cry of " mad dog;" whereupon the pass
ers with sticks and s ton as assuil and uot
troy the unfortunate brute.
This Administration Iris adopted this
Quaker policy towards liberty. Willing
to wound, and yet afraid to s'rike, it hopes
by the catch word of "southern sympa
thy to direct tho honest impulses of ha
tred to rebellion for a dishonest use. No
sympathizer with rebellion exists in the
free States. J t is as idle to pretend that
such a state of feeling can be found as to
assert that there is a preference of stones
to bread for food. It is no more in the
nature of things than a square circle.
Men no more sympathize with rebellion
than they woo the Asiatic choloru or in
fest their veins with black vomit. There
does exist a class of thinkers, insignificant
in numbers, and which only administra
tive mudnesscan make important, holding
r ii. l .i. u..: r it.
UUlll UIU 1K-LI11J1I1UU Lllllt mu lU13 ui .no 11. .i t l
i .ir . . . . 7 a .. , i ,i , lhey proceeded to the house, and there
Republican party was Anarch v, and that;. ' , , .1 . .
it must work out those natural rMulli10BRU;7V77w"u'7,?
u- , , i . 'iti ii .. i Beveral bushels of pnvuta and political
which necessarily and inevitably flow, ... , , v--ii . i ..:
, , . .. , ,, , J . . 1 pnpors written by traitors North and traw
from such a basis; that therefore, every J ' 0..,i, r , t ,,
, ,. ,1 '... tors South. Some of llieso papers were
day o war would give it mora power of . , , . , , .'. ,
i p ... , .. . r.. r broucht into camp, ana served as novel
mischief, and that the disintegration of ... b, r . in-i
, . , i . literature for our oflicors and men.
the Unmn which accompanied its nceesN,' ... ,,,. 0.,i ii1i(
nivfii iv, mio v.u .v. ..v .- ....... v
the exorcise of it. We honed, and belie
ved, that these men were mistaken ; but
they were as honest in their opinions as
the President in his, and were entitled to
tbe same right of expression as ho, and to
,,
the same rieht of protection from
country in its exercise as he had when a
private citizen. The right of perfectly
free public discussson is ns essential to a
free State as the law of gravitation to crea
tion. War and pence are subjects of com
mon interests to us all; we aro the jury
to render a verdict. If we can only hear
arguments on one Bide, how are we to
form a sensible conclusion? To suppose
that wo cannot deduce correct results is
to insult the intelligence of tho whole
community.
The great wrong we reproach to tho
seceded States is infidelity to the Demo
cratic faith, that truth will overcomo
error. Yei tho Administration which
makes war upon one section of tho Union
for rebelling against the Constitution, is
now itself in rubellion against the Consti
tution. It admits thus that it was origin
i n ally in the right, not by principle but
by accident. It compels us Democrats to
nnnnm it. in tlm vr-rv interests of tbnt
f-nnaliliilinn u'litr-li rn- a w ill, il. unit ml In
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uphold. Wo have not budfed ono inch
from our position; we stand on the Con
stitution and refuse to abandon it, and to
follow the Administration into the lu!y
rintli it has entered. It has changed the
rollc' ln wl"cl agreed, and nnds Mull
"s because we reuse to lollow its
, downward path to froh diesoluliou nnd
coriam ueswuciioii. e nave never iosi
nd saetl Richmond. A fear has come
jover n, unu, iiko mi uie panic su icKen n
uoesexacuy wuat u ougiu not 10 uo.
Originally strong in the common consent
of tho people, impregnable when it rested
on the Constitution, why is it that, in two
short years, this Admiuistration has secu
red a powerful opposition and intonsely
vindictive personal enmities. Xliocryof
'Southern sympathy w.ll not answer.-
'e ws hat sympathy two years ago?
how did lt mamtest itself ? Hint cry is
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damaging than nil the other untruths
whirl, have been perpetrated or permit-
ted. If there bo a Urge party in tho free
; States which holds the South just.t.ed
in seeession. nnd reioieen in it ftueeiH4
luen the houth must he in the right.
Such will bo the verdict of Europe.
Then, instend of this war being a great
content for the Constitution it would sim
ply be a repetition of tho old clash fac
tions which have hitherto convuUed re-
' publics ; it would simply prove that self
government is uciusion. ii is nan enongn
to nave sucu n tcim-nce pn,nuuui.i-u uy
mo enemies oi ireeaom, it is urcauiui to
I hear it re-echoed, but it is terrible to find
; the Administration certifying to its truths
'. by repressing free discussion. There is
' akout as much probability of a mn con-
( - - .
, vineing the people of theso Moles that
the South is all nirht anu the North all
wrong, as of an inf.int conxing tho moon
from its firmament by tho c.tger grasping
of its little fingers ; but if any man should
be found to discourse on such a text we
do riot know ony way so effectual to make
believers in his theory as to choke his
u'.torance or punish his attempt. It will
not do for tho Administration to accuse
;ir "" " t-u iu uuij uu
sosingularly manifested ; it ill not do to
charee that faith with coldness which
shudders at a blow given to the Constitus
tion by hands sworn to protect it ; lt will
not do for the priest who mocks at the
Gown to charge others with impiety. If
from bumble suggestion of right it hat
driven tbe democracy into fierce denuni
ciation of wrocg ; if it has made war on
the Government by every moans known
to the Constitution and the law as essen
tial for that party as for the Government
to war upon the rebellion, Lt is not our
fault. There is ono thing dearer than
Union it is liberty. We don't intend 10
' cive up either the one or the othor, and
h f ... .:n
we no lnors uimK lco uoverni.ie...
j succeed in conquering our liberties limn
: rcml?llt!flU'. which
1 the mingled madness and weakness wdicu
iecra i0 rule tha hour we are compelled to
ia choir there will not be one momontof
(hesitation. The moment the American
people arrive at the conclusion which
Gen. Burnsido has announced, that they
must deposit their liberty during this war
and take it out of pawn only aftor victory,
that instant secession is a " fixed fact."
Tho history of the world does not show
ono example of liberty returned, and this
people is now about to make the experi
ment. We all recollect tbe fable of the
horso and tho man. and stories cannot bo
Copperhead under his recent majesty, wo
think that we may safely quote from
Eop .-
A horso, in a contest with a wolf asked
the assistance of a man, who on j-imping
on his back soon dispatched the enemy.
The horse, with many thanks, requested
the rider to dismount. "Oh, no 1" waa
the reply ; " if you do not know that you
have a good master, I know that 1 have
a good servant."
Horses have been ridden since that date.
Skizlre of Jeff. Davis' Private Libra
ry. A correspondent of the New York
Herald writes from near Jackson, Misa.,
July 12, fs follows:
"Yesterday a company of caraliy cscois
ling a foraging train learned from a negro
tho whereabouts of Jeff. Davis's library.
gold-.honded walking canos were found,
one of them presented to Davis by Franks
lin Tierce ; on another one was the in
scription, "From a Soldier to a Soldier's
Friend." In many of tho letters the sub
ject of secession was warmly discussed.
noma ui mete ICHC13 uuiu utiuiv us jai nn
1852. Many of the more prominont wi'i
lers accept "the separation of the North
and the South as a foregono conclusion,
but only disagree as to how and when it
should Le done. Davis is alluded to as
tho political Moses in this measure, and
the allusions to him would seem as if ho
was looked upon in the light of a demi
god."
Tub Death or Mr. Crittendev. The
Hon. John .1. Crittenden, who died on
Sunday, nl his residence in Fran fort, Ky-,
was in the 77th yor of his age, and ro
tained his faculties to the last moment,
dying without pain or struggle. Mr.
Crittenden's history is loo well known to
be repeated hero in detail. He was born
in Woodford county, Kentucky, was bred
to the law, established his business at
Franfort was elected to the Legislature in
18 10, and to the United States Senate in
1817, whore he Btayed only two years, lb
1S;55 he was again chosen Senator; re
signed in 1841, and went into President
Harrison's cubinot as Attorney General:
He was Tylerlzed in the fall of tbat year,
and at once returned to the Senate to fill
tho remainder of Henry Clay's term. In
148 he resigned and was elected Gover
nor of Kentucky by the old Whig party.
President Fillmoae made him again At
torney General, where ho remained until
President Tierce came in, when he once
more returned to the Senate for the term
ending in 1801. His latest political la
bors were devoted to the attempt to pacify
tbe people of tho South, by tho celebratod
conipiomiso shieb is known by bis name.
Exaltivo tue Nr.ono J o Tceqiievillo
in his celebrated work on the "Domocracy
of Americn," in speaking of tho negroes,
inado this remark :
" Whenever the whiles and blacks have
1;m, t itJ )0 Slime State, history
,iM , , nU '
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iii-'in, via; t, injij itiu vTjijht: uy rciuuu
f their intelfCtU!li guperiorUy, were
el ,,,, lhe Llack theyVeduced
them- d wl)en, byenson of
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blacks lcame stronger than the while,.
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the blacks rose and murdered the whites.
There is no othor historical account be
tweon the two."
CigyH lias been disclosed that tbo
'' l?nion Lenguo" of Chicago has applied
to the Governor of that State, through a
L'cntlotnan who occuoies a seat on the
bencll of the Superior Court, for firearms
t0 put into the hands
put into the hands of lhe members of
tho '-Lenguo," and to bo used by thorn,
not against the rebels, but against tho
"copperheads."
The Chicago 7W says, tbat if thoGoT
ernor grants the request thus to furnish
HIIVI SjlHlltl,' hllV )l'UVUI lilllO - IUI IIMl
nrm9 t0 n secret political party, the dem
m . . . ...
ocracy or tho city will bo compelled iu
ell' def unco to provide arms for them
selves nt their own expense.
iLife must be pretty fast in some of
our cities, if we are to judge by tho foltaw
ing item from a contemporary :
" We foel bound to deny that ono of
ojr lawyers put on his door, " irons to
bury my wife, be back in half an hotir."
But candor compels us to say that one oi'
our lumbering merchants, tho last sick
ness of his wife occurring in the luisiest
season, was only able to get in in timo for
tho t-ccond prayer at her funeral."
Relieved troh Dutv. Capt. James M
CutU, or the 11th Infantry, charged with
spying through the keyhole of a lady'a
room at the Burnott House, Cincinnati,
hat boen relieved from duty as judge ad
vocate of the department of Ohio, by com
mand of General Burnside. Major Henry
L. Burnett, Second Ohio Cavalry, has been
appointed judge advocate in placeofCults.
11 -X. I". Tana.
BODuThe letters that spell debt are th
initials of the sentence, "Dun Every Jh id -Trice,"
and the lettors Hint spoil TTodi;
are the initials of the sentence, ''Call Beg -ularly
Lvery Day I'll Trust."
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