VolUirnl lUttnry.
Proldml Lincoln and lluu. Alrtander II
Blrr-lim.
The National blihliinjf Company
hni issued a work entitled "Alcxundc
I. Stephonsin public and private, w i Lit
Letters and t-pecches, liclore, during
and einee tho nr. liy Henry llevo
land. In it wo find tlio following ox
cecdingly interesting correspondence.
which nan nover uelore been published
Air. Cleveland says: "We aro inform.
ed by Mr. Stephens that no person
bad over seen the letters ot Mr. ljin
coin to him until sinuo his return from
Fort Warren In 1805, except his pri
Tate secretaries." The "fur your own
yc" of Mr. Lincoln has beon sacredly
observed, bo far as possible, bo long us
letters are am follows :
From Mr. Lincoln to Mr.f tephenn.
SPRINGFIELD, Nov. 80, I860
lion. A. 11. Stephens ;
AItDkarSih: I bavo read in the
newspapers your speech recently de.
lircrcd (I think) before the Georgia
Ivegisluture,or its assembled members,
It you have revised it, as is probable
I shall be much obliged to you if you
will send mo a copy.
Yours very truly, A. Lincoln.
Krom Mr.titepheus to Mr. Lincoln.
CRAwroangviixE, Dec. 14, 1800,
.. Alt UiAB. Sir s Your abort and po
lite note of tbo iiOth ult , asking fur a
revised copy ol the speech to which
you refer, &c, was not received until
last night. Tbo newspaper report of
the Bpeech has never been revised by
we. The notes of the reporter were
submitted to me, and corrected to
nome extent, before beinrr published
but not so thoroughly as I could have
wished. I he report was substantially
correct. If I had had any idea that
it would have been so extensively cir
culated as it lias been, and boon re
nublishod in so manv nlaces throuirh
f - - j ,- -- - a -
out the country. I should have pre-
pured a copy for the press in tho first
plaeo. liut 1 bad no such thought,
and therefore let the report go as it
-did. There are several inaccuracies
in it, but tho main points appear stiffl
cicntly clear for all practical purposes.
lbe country is certainly in great
peril, and no man ever had heavier or
greater responsibilities resting upon
.him than you have in the present mo
mcntous crisis.
Yours, most respectfully,
A. II. Stephens.
Hon. A. Lincoln, Springfield, III.
Reply of Mr, Lincoln.
For your own eye only.
SmiNUFiELD, Dec. 'LI, 1800.
Mr Dear Sir: Your obliging an
swer to my short note is just received,
lor which please accept my thanks
I fully appreciate tho present peril the
country is in, and the weight of re
sponsibility on mo. Do the people of
the South really entertain fears that a
.Republican Administration would, di
rectly or indirectly, interfere with
their slaves, or with them about their
slaves 7 If any do, I wish to assure
you, as once a friend, and still, I bopo,
not an enemy, that there is no cause
for such fears. The South would be
in no more danger in this respect than
in t4e days of Washington. I sup
pose, however, this does" not inoet the
ase. You think slavery is right, and
ought to be extended ; while we think
is wrong, and ought to be restricted.
That I suppose is the rub. It cer
tainly is the only difference between
us. Yours, very truly,
A. Lincoln.
Mr. Stephen! to Mr. Lincoln.
CtuwroBDSvifcLE, Dee. 30, 1800.
Dear Sir: Yours of the 22d instant
was received two days ago. I hold it
and appreciate it as you intended.
Personally I am not your enemy far
from it; and however widely we may
differ politically, yet I trust we both
have an earnest desire to preserve and
maintain the Union of the States, if
it can be done upon tho principles and
furtherance of the objects upon which
it was formed. It was with such feel
ings on my part that I suggested to
you in my former noto tho heavy re
sponsibility now resting on you, and
with tho same feelings 1 will now take
the liberty of saying, in all frankness
and earnestness, that this great ohieot
can never be attained by lbrce. i'his
is my settled conviction. Consider
tho opinion, weigh it, and pass upon
it for yourself. An error on this point
may lead to tho most disastrous con
sequences. I will also add, that in
my judgment the people of tho South
do not entertain any fears that a Re
publican Administration, or at least
the one about to be inaugurated, would
attempt to interfere, directly or im
mediately, with slavery in the States.
Their apprehension and disquietude
lo not spring from that source They
do not arise from tho fact of the known
anti-slavery opinion of the President
clctl. Washington, Jolferson, and
other Presidents aro generally ad
mitted to have been anti-slavery in
sontimont. But in those days antl
slavery did not enter as an element
into party organisations. (Question of
other kiuds relating to the loro.gn
policy, commerce, finance, and other
legitimate objects of the General Gov
ernment were tho basis of such asso
ciations in their day. The private
opinions of individuals upon tho sub
ject of African slavery, or tho status
of tho negro with us, were not looked
to in the choice of Federal officers any
more than their views upon matters
of religion, or any other subject ovor
which tho Government under tbo
Constitution had no control, lint now
this subject, which is confessedly on
all sides outside of tho constitutional
action of the Government, so far os
the States aro concerned, is made the
"central idea" in tho platform of prin
ciples announced by tho triumphant
party. The leading objects seems to
be, simply and wantonly if you please,
to put the institutions of nearly half
the States under the ban of public
opinion and national condemnation.
1 his, upon general principles, is quite
enough of itself to arouse a spirit not
only of general indignation, but of re
volt, on tho part of the proscribed.
Let me illustrate. It
tonecded, by tho Republicans even,
that Congress cannot interfere with
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present Christian churches prevailed
in all the Southern States, but had no
existence in any ot the Northern
States : undersuch circumstances sup
pose tho peoplo of tho Northern States
should organize' a political party, not
upon a foreign or domestic policy, but
with ono lending idea of condemnation
of tbo doctrines and tenets of that
particular church, and with tho avow
ed object of preventing its extension
into the common territories, even ofter
tho highest judicial tribunal of the
land had decided they had no such
constitutional power! And suppose
that a party so organized should carry
a presidential election I Is it not ap
parent that a genera! feeling of resist
ance to the success, aims and objects
of such a party would necessarily and
rightfully enBuo? Would it not be
the inevitable consequence? And the
more so, if possible, from the admitted
fact that it was a matter beyond their
control, and ono that they ought not,
in the spirit of comity between co
States, to attempt to meddle with. I
submit these thoughts to you for your
calm reflection. We at the (South do
think African slvaery, as it exists with
us, both morally and politically riirht.
This opinion is founded upon tbo in
feriority of the black race. You, how
ever, and perhaps a majority of the
North, think it wrong. Admit the
difference of opinion. Tho aame dif
ference of opinion existed to a more
general extent among tlioso who
formed the Constitution, when it was
made and adopted. I ho changes have
been mainly on our sido. As parties
were not formed on this difference of
opinion then, why should they be
now ? Tho same difference would ol
course exist in the supposed case of
religion, n ncn parties or combina
tions of mon, therefore, so form them
selves, must it not be assumed to arise
not from reason or any sense of justice,
but from fanaticism f The motive can
spring from no other source, and when
men come under the influence of fa
naticism, there is no tolling where
their impulses or passions may lead
them. This is what creates our dis
content and apprehension. You will
also allow me tossy, that it is neither
unnatural or unreasonable, especially
when we see to what extent this reck
less spirit bos already gone. Such, for
instance, as tho avowed disregard and
breach of the Constitution in the pass
ago of the statutes in a number of the
Northern States against the rendition
of fugitives from service, and such ex
bibitionsof madness an the John Brown
raid into Virginia, which has received
so much sympathy from many, and no
open condemnation lrom any ol the
leaiung men ol the present dominant
party. I or a very clear statement of
the prevailing sentiment of tho most
moderate monofthe South upon them,
l roler you to the speech of Senator
Nicholson, of Tennessee, which 1 on-
close to you. Upon a review ot tho
whole, who can say that the general
discontent and apprehension is not
well founded f
In addressing you thus, I would not
have you understand me as being a
personal enemy, but as ono who would
have you do what you can to save our
common country. A word "fitly
spoken" by you now would indeed be
"like apples of gold in pictures of sil-
vor. 1 entreat j-ou, be not deceived
to tho natiiro and extent of the
danger, or as to the remedy. Concil
iation and harmony, in my judgment.
can never bo established by force. Nor
can the Union, under tho Constitution,
be maintained by force. Iho Luion
was formed by the consent of inde
pendent sovereign States. Ultimate
sovereignty still resides with them
separately, which can be resumed, and
will be it their safety, tranquility and
security, in their judgment, require it.
Under our system, as I view it, there
is no lawful power in tho Gonoral Gov
ernment to ooerco a State in case any
of them should throw herself upon her
reservod rights, and resumo tho lull
exercise of her sovereign powers.
Force may perpetuate a Union. That
depends upon tho contingencies of
war. But such a Union would not be
the Union of tho Constitution. It
would be nothing short of a consoli
dated despotism.
Excuse mo for giving you these
views. Excuse tho strong language
used. Nothing but the deep interest
I feel in prospect of the most alarming
dangers now threatening our common
country, could indueo 1110 to do it.
Consider well what I writo, and lot it
bavo such weight with you as, in your
judgment, under all tho responsibility
resting upon you, it merits.
Yours, respectfully,
Alexander II. Stkimiknh.
Hon. A. Lincoln, Springfield, 111.
A good j-o-a-k camo to light tho oth
er evening. in Washington, in relation
to a certain member, noted for his
gallantry. Tho Sergeatit-at-arms, it
seems, called for him at his house,
when the honorablo gentleman's wife
ventured to remonstrato. "What!"
she said, "does Mr. have to go up
to the houso to-night again ? It's too
bail! He tins been up at the House all ,
night long for tho past week, and
comes homo in flic morning looking
wretchedly!" The officer smiled, but
did not explain to tho loving wife, that
there hid been no previous night semon
this irinter yet.
t.avery in tho Statei. It U ennnllv
conceded that Congre cannot cstab.
any I rm oi rd.gious worship.
, mppnie that ,,I1T 0p 0r ,,c
"La mo !" sighed Mrs. Partington,
"hero I have been suffering tho biga
mies of death for three moral weeks.
Fust I was seised with a bleeding
phrenology in the left hemisphere of'
the brain, which was exceeded by a
stoppage of the left ventilator of the
i heart. Thisgavo me an inflammation
lih
.Now
Talk with a Soldier.
"Good morning, Johny I"
"Good morning I"
"You wont to war I believe?"
"Yes, and I got home again alive
and that is more than some of us did.
"Oiud to seo you hack sorry any
01 you were khiou. w uat aid you eu
list for ?
"Well I enlisted to save the Union
Cousin Paul enlisted under a lutor
call to socure the bounty and escape
the draft, for ho wis a poor mun. And
cousin Kill, who owned thut farm up
tue creek, was arm ion, had no money
to get a substitute, and was obliged
to go."
" ell that was tho inconvenience
of being poorl Now tell me what
you tough lor t" . -"To
restore the Union !"
"Did you go into the war to free
the negroes :
"No sir, went to fight fosour flag."
"Could you have conquered without
tho aid ot negro troops I
"Could we bavo conquorcd without
tbo aid of negro troops ? Do you
mean to ask me if tho white men of
,he North aro inferior to the white
men ol the South 7 Do 3-ou mean to
insult mo to insult tho army ?"
"Not a bit of it 1 I only ask for
information, as the Radicals say had it
not been lor the negro, you nover
would bavo won your battles !"
"Tell tho Radical ho lies. Perhaps
if all tho troops had been like him, we
might not have won, but all wcro not
like him .
"Which did tho most service in the
army, tho nhicrs or tho mules?
"A mule was worth adozon tncirors.
and is good for something now when
lltn u'.. iu nvn. an1 a ,,,.,.., . , . , . . . t
iu nut in v.., alii uihovl ln IUt .
The mulo can puy his way the nig
ger can't!"
"W hen j-ou beard thut tho war was
over, what did you think ?
vt ell, all thought the Lmon was
restored, and we could live in peace !'
"How much did you muko by going
to war ?"
"Not much. I had no rich relatives
to push mo ahead except in battle !
When we wenttofightl could always
get a tront view J
"What made tlio soldiers hate the
Democrats so ?"
"owere taught to believe you
were disuuionists. e could not get
a JJcmocrutio paper to road, we
inn st read tlioso airainst vou or nono
and gradually we began to believe all
that Kepublican papers said about
you."
."How do you find us on your re
turn ;
"Wo find you in favor of tho Union,
tho Republicans opposed to it, and
asking us to go into another war to
tight an unarmed, submitted foe, that
a few rich mon may bo made richer
and that more contracts may bo given
to the friends of thoso who live by war
and agitation
"Did tho Republicans keep faith
wan you wniio id tne army i
"Xol TliitvpiD not!"
"Please tell me how and where tbey
deceived you r
"ttcll.sil down on that bench or
log and I will tell you. They asked
me to fight to restore the Union. We
fought till there was no tnoro army
left, and then they tell us our fighting
amounted to nothing, and thut the
Union is not restored !
They said Democrats were disunion
isls, and wo find them all in favor of
tho Union.
They said if wo would go and fight
for thorn, tbey would take care of our
families, and stand all the expense of
the war, and that the rich ones should
and would take care of the poor onos ;
the brave ones ; the patriots.
"Hut bavo not the Republicans kept
their words ?"
"So, not evem ix one respect !
We went to war, wo wcro poor and
had to go. Myself and two cousins.
They took raits of our families by
town tax, taxing our property, our
littlo liii ins whiio wo were lighting.
And after wo bad gono to war, they
gave bonds of tho town end county,
bought them for half their face, and
now demand full pay and interest, and
ns soldiers must now work to pay
their bonds !
And when cousin Bill was drafted
ho had to go and leave his farm. And
when tho tax call camo, to escape tho
draft, they piled tho taxes on the
farms of us who wcro fighting, to raiso
money to exempt lliobo Who dare not
go, and who woro 'smart enough to
keep out at our expense.'
And you sec, now the war is over
with, we coino homo to find tint our
fighting did not restoro the Union,
and so wo had belter staid nt homo,
and voted taxes for somebody clso to
pay I
And we find tho towns and counties
covered with bonds, mortgaged, and
that besido doing all the lighting we
are now made to pay more than our
share of taxes wo aro mndo to sup
port tho niggers we liberated. Wo
are mndo to work to raise gold to lay
in bank for rich men to draw out as
interest on their bonds, which are not
to bo taxed, ho aro working, in
short, to pay ourselves for the luxury
of being shot at ; whilo the 'FRiKNns
of tbo soldiers' (!) were getting rich
nt homo.
And wo find the same Congressmen
who stampeded our army at Bull
Uun, who got rich from the war, vo
ting 1100 bounty to whito soldiers,
f:il0 bounty to bluck ones, and then
stenling two thousand dollars a year
each and running olT with it for us to
settle in extra taxation I"
"Well, what conclusion doyou come
to?"
"I have said this, that I would have
been belter otf to-day had I too staid
at homo, voted faxes on somo other
crty into United Plates Bonds, which
bring big interest and pay no taxes,
and bavo let the rampant, loud-month-od
Abolition agitators and stay-ut-homo-guards,
who aro still for war,
done tho fighting, then, as they may
do next time, for I sball not !"
"Why,uiyd r friend! You are a
bail man 1 You talk like a Democrat !
ou will be culled a traitor!"
"Can"; holp it) that's the way I
feel ; thut is the way it worked in my
case, and I don't intend to vote for
radicalism, aristocracy and unequal
taxation any more. ' But I must go to
work ; tho Bond II older wants his in
terest; the negro buieau must be kept
up; the Congressmen want their ex
tra pay; the uogro tusl have his big
bounty, while? -l hHYt) a llffie one; I
must buy some stamps, and pay taxes
to support the policemen who watch
tho rich man's Bonds, and I must go
to work or before my taxes aro paid
my poor lamiiy will starve. Good
day I"
"Good day, sir. I will send you tho
La Crosso bemoerat, that treasonable
paper. It will just suit your case,
Good day !"
"Good day sir!
Krlurn of a .TtiminK .Wnn.
of tlio bolar, and now I'm sick with
tho chloroform morbus. There's no
blein' like thai of health, partirtihr- lor mau'l property, held office, (poo
Ivwhrn yon're sick." ', ulated, got con'.racti, turned my prop-
The Pretldcntial SurcfmloH
The Houso of Representatives on
Saturday passed the following bill :
tie it enacted, tic, 1 bat in case of
the removal, death, resignation, or in
ability both of the President and Vice
1 resident of tho United States, the
President of tho Senate firo tern., and
in caso there shall be no President of
the Semite, then tho Speaker of tho
House ol Representatives lor tho time
being; and in enso there shall bo no
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, then the Chief Justice ot tho
Supreme Court of tho United States;
and in case there sliull be no Chief
Justice, then tho Justice of tho Su-
fromo Court who shall have been
ongest commissioned, shall act us
President of tho United States, until
the disability bo removed or a Presi
dent be elected and qualified.
Sec. 2. Hint whenever tho office of
President and Vice President shall be
vacant, the Secretary of Stato shall, if
the Senate and House of Itepfesonta-
tives by concurrent resolution so rc
quent and direct, forthwith cnno a
notification thereof to be made to the
Executive of each Stato, and shall also
eauso the same to bo published in at
least one of the newspapers priii ted in
each Stato, specifying that electors of
rresident and Vico J'resident of the
United States shall be appointed in
several States on tlio Tuesday next
after the first Monday in tho month
of November then next ensuing. '
1'rorideJ, That thorc shall bo the
space of sixty days between tho date
of such notification and tho said Tues
day ; but iftiierejhhnll not be the space
of two months between the dato of
such notification and tho said Tues
day, and it tho term for which tho
President and ice 1 resident last in
ofiico wcro elected shall not expire on
the M day ol .March next ensuing,
then the Secretary of State shall spe
cify in tho notification that tho olect
ors shall be appointed on tho Tuesday
next niter tlio first Monday in the
month of November noxt ensuing, at
which time tho electors shaJl uccord
ini'lv bo niiiiointcd : and the electors
shall meet and givo their voto on the
next ensuing after tlieapiKiintment of
electors as aloresaid on the next W ed-
nesday in December, and tbo proceed
ings and duties of said electors and
others shall bo in piirsunnco to tho
directions prescribed by law.
obo. 3. J hut whenever tho ollice of
President and Vico President shall
both becomo vacant, when Congress
is not in session, it shall bo the duty
of tho officer discharging tho duties
and powers of tho cflico of President
forthwith to issue a proclamation con
vening both Houses of tho Congress
of the United Slates within sixty days
after assuming tho duties of President
of tho United States.
tlat She a t ail lo be a Wife t
Has slio a rail to bo a wifo who
thinks moro of her silk dress than her
hildren, and visits her numcry no of-
tencr than onco a day ?
Has that woman a call to bo a wife
who sits rending tho last novel while
her husband stands beforo tho glass
vainly trying to pin together a but
toninss shirt bosom ?
Has thai woman a call to be a wifo
who cries for a caslmioro shawl when
her husband's notes aro being pro
tested ?
Has that woman a rail to be a wifo
who expects her husband lo swallow
diluted coffeo, soggy bread, smoky
tea, and watery potatoes, six days out
of seven ?
Has sho a rail to bo a wife who flirts
with every man sho meets, and re
serves her frowns for thq homo fire
side? Has sho a call to be a wifo who
comes down to breakfast in abomina
ble curl papers.asoiled dressing gown,
and shoes down at tbo heel ?
Has she a call to be a wife who bores
her husband, when bo comes Into the
houso, with t lie history of a broken
teacup, or the possible whereabouts of
a missing broom handle?
Has sho a call to bo a wifo whose
husband's love weighs naught in the
balance with her next door neighbor's
damask curtain or velvet carpet ?
An Indian chiof said ho often heard
tho voices of decened warriors of his J 0( ,j,ri jend Al ias L , who has so luith
Truth Htrsiicer than I'lcttiin A Mas I.iwt
lx l ean Turin up Again.
From an Eastern exchange we copy
the following singular history of a
missing man :
"Many of our readers will recollect
that, some six years ago, this commu
nity was startled to learn that ayonng
man, well known in our best social
circle, tho son of a prominent citizen,
bad Biiddenly and mysteriously disap
peared. The papers for a abort timo
were filled with accounts of this
strange occurrence, and enormous re
wards wcro ofl'orcd by his bereaved
and ugonized family.
Detectives woro sent to every town
in tho Union, and for a whole year
strove If) find somo'clno to the missing
man. He had gone to Now York city
upon business, a. id had stopped as
usual at ono of the largest hotels on
Broadway. About eight o'clock in
tho evening ho gave the key of his
room to the clerk, and went out. He
went out nover to return. Long after
experienced detectives had given up
tho sca'ch, tho family still hoped that
somo day he would return, and the
terrific mystery be unravelled, but
even they in timo camo to accept the
theory that ho had beon fbully mur
dered and bis remains destroyed. Air.
W S , beforo his departure,
was betrothed '.o a charming girl, and
an early day had been fixed for their
union : sho was filled with sorrow.
Tbo blow fell upon her with even
greater force than upon the parents.
of Mr. S., and for six long years past
she has led a secluded 1 i lo, mourning
in sacred privacy her worso than wid
owhood.
A cloud had settled upon her that
was even more gloomy llian it would
have been had death quietly severed
the ties that bound them to each other.
The awful suspense, tho long hopeless
search, the images of terrible murder
which an excited imagination conjured
up, nil mado despair more complete,
and her anguish moro uncontrolablo.
On tho Dlth day of Alarch, Alms L.
received a dispatch from New York,
that was wholly incomprehensible. It
road, "Prepare for an important reve
lation."' Signed "W." In tho midst
of her surprise, a letter was received
in a strungo handwriting, insinuating
that theio was some reason to suppose
that Air. S. was still alive, but, at the
saino time, warning bis family against
hoping tor loo much as there might
bo a mistake. Tho next day a letter
camo from W. himself, station thut
he would be home on that evening.
It would not be becoming lor us to
describe tho joy, the great overpower
ing sense of thankfulness, that swept
through tho hearts ot all tho family
circle, or to dep'ct the touching scene
that ensued at tho meeting which took
place whon ho that was lost returned,
although changed in appearance, it is
true, hut still the sumo true-hearted
man as of old, but with a great sad
ness in bis heart, and a terrible bitter
experience seared into bis life as with
a hot iron. We can only rolato the
strange story that in its marvelous
truth bus no equal in any fiction we
know of, and only proves that there
aro tragedies enacted in our midst
every day that aro without parallel in
literature.
' Air. S. tells the following story : On
the evening of his disappearance ho
left bis hotel about eight o'clock and
proceeded towards Lust River with
the intention of crossing over lo Brook
lyn, where ho proposed spending the
evening. He was sauntering care
lessly along, when his arms were sud
denly pinioned from behind, a gag was
placed in bis mouth, and ho was drag
ged along rapidly through a back
street. Continuing to ninko resist
ance, ho received a blow upon the
head which completely stunned him.
When bo awoko lo consciousness be
found himself in a small boat being
rowed away fiora tho city, which he
could soo in tho distance.
Tbo boat stopped by tho sido of a
largo ship and bo waf rapidly hoisted
up its side, and in an hour afterwards
she put to sea. Remonstrance was
wholly useless, and ho found himself
enrolled as a common sea in an on a
vessel Pound upon a haling voyage
to the Pacific. I here were two others
upon tho vessel, who like himself,
were viplims of a pross gang; they
wcro both couiitry-ineii from tboiute
riorof No York State. One of them,
named Win. Allison, died four years
ago, and was buried in tho oceuu.
It wosld bo impossible to givo the
details of his adventures in our limited
spaeo. S. will publish them himself
at somo future day. Suffice it to sny
that in June, xi, bo was seized with
tho scurvy, and being, it was supposed,
beyond bopool recovery, be was aban
doned upon one of the Alarquesas
Islunds, in the South Sea, by the Cap
tain of (ho whaler. Here he wus
nursed and tared for by the natives,
among whom be lived throe years, but
was wholly unable to communicate
with any vessel, as they detained him
in tho interior of the island. In Au
gust last, however, ho managed to es
cape to the coast, and there finding a
Russian vcbsoI procuring water, ob
tained passage to Hong Kong, which
place lie reached in lbe latter part of
October, and upon proper representa
tion to the American Consul, was fur
nished with means lo return to tho
United States.
As a proper ending to this wonder
ful romance, Air. S. will in the month
of tho ship which was u floating pris
on houso and prosecute them to the
fullest extent of tho law. The firm is
now doing business in the city of Bos
ton, we believe.
Art and Humbug.
Hotliermel'a "Court of Lincoln."
Rothermcl's picture of what (with
a kind of grim fucetiousncss) is called
"Tho Republican Court in tho Days
of Lincoln," was exhibited lust eve
ning to a numerous party of gentle
men associated in somo way with art
and literature. Air. Rothermel, we
aro told, was ongaged on the painting
lor two long years, and bis design ev
idently was to make it a sort of com
panion picture to Huntington's famous
"itepubliean Ormrt'ln the Duya-ol
Washington." Tho artint, it must be
acknowledged, bus done bin work well,
in the main, yet one cannot help re
gretting that he should have lent his
genius which is unquestionably great
to tho provocation of contrasts so
directly calculated to conjure up disa
greeable reflections in the mind of ev
ery American at all regardful of the
honor, the glory, and tho good numc
of bis country. One of thoso disa
greeable reflections is, that there is
nothing in the Court of Lincoln the
picture before us at ull resembling
lbe Court of Washington ; and though
it is scarcely worth the whilo to spe
cifically indicato just where this utter
luck of resemblance is most conspicu
ous, ono cannot help an expression of
surprise that tho artist's ambition
should have tempted him to expend
bis talent upon so unnatural an asso
ciation of ideas. Tho Court of Wash
ington was the focus of brilliant intel
lect, lofty patriotism, and high moral
worth, iu man and woman. The illus
trious names which mado it histori
cally famous will live forever. The
latter day Court, indeed, especially
the heads of somo very good men
peering up in the background, behind
Chase, and Stanton, and Burnside, mid
Curtin and Fremont, and other per
sonages of that description, but iu the
crowd we look, alas, in vuin, for any
considerable number of fitting com
panions for the Hamiltons, the Jays,
the Aladisons, or the Alai-shulls of
other days. True, that is not the ar
tist's fault. He could not create some
thing out of nothing but he need not,
as has already been intimated, have
wantonly employed his trenius in a
work that mukes one realize, to f
painful decree, bow sadly tbo stand
ard of statesmanship, and of all indeed
that confers true glory upon a great
nation, has been loweredj since the
earlierand purerdaysof the Republic
Viewed from this standpoint, wo are
constrained to say, it is, in man- re
spects, a sad picturo and all tho sad
der, because in most of its leading
features it is truo to tho life. Tbo
few relieving countenances that meet
the gaze, in that garish throng for
instance tlioso of tho moribund Gen
eral Scott, tho hernia AlcClellan, the
gallant Admiral Farragut, tho Into
Judge Taney, tho Into John J. Crit
tenden, and a few others -seem to
contemplate tho scene around them,
under tlio influence of melancholy re
flection. No sinilo lights up any of
their faces. Even the caglo eye of
tho old hero or .Mexico has lost its
electriu tiro, and ho sits, or seems to
sit there, Alarius-lik j, ruminating over
tho thick-coming misfortunes of bis
country, without regard to tho low
comedy that is going on around him.
Nor is this all. Tasto and propriety
are alike offended at the showy, if not
tawdry, costumes, and tho ungraceful
attitudes of not a few of tho more
conspicuous female figures. But there,
loo, il is not cerkniu that the artist is
open to reproach. Coiinoiseurs pro
nounco tho picture in this, ns in other
particulars, marvellously true to tho
life and Air. Rothermel, therefore,
should have tho benefit of their better
judgment even tlioui'li one's love of
country, and ono s sense of tbo pro
prieties, and above all, ono's sense of
what is due to the glory and good
name of car beloved country, should
iio inclined to quarrel with tbo con
noiseurs. X. Y, Jlt-press.
!".! anfl Punier.
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Oxi.y A Cum it.
A hiniml jutlgi- mmr lt l.i roarl
One V. r In l.u-v i
WhT-iil in Hi-ik.ln fn fiirpri.a,
Iti.,;ilrrl l him lli nin.
"A cliiM I. hi ii," hi. bmiiir Mti.t,
"Aii'l tin Ill hi" i.v "irt"
"An ii.fjnl V1 " Oil I "," Mill I;
"A 71H In:'. Lui a rrivr."
The young lady who was "driven to
destruction" is now afraid sho will
bavo to walk back.
An officer named Boveniio has been
arresting bar-keepers in Now York
for selling liquor without license
An auctioneer's clerk being direct
ed by bis employer to insert in an ad
vertisement a "fresco by Raflnelle,"
wrote "A Fresh Cow by Rattle !"
It is ubont as sonsiblo a move for a
man to marry without courting, as to
attempt to do business without adver.
Using both will prove abortive.
It is not work thut kills men; it is
worry. Work is healthy ; you cunnot
put more on a man than be can bear.
Jt is not the revolution that destroys
tho machinery, but tho friction.
"I say, boy, where does this right
hand road go to ?" inquired a pedes
triun of u country rustic. "I don't
know, sir," replied tbo boy, "'taint
beon no where since we lived here."
What would you do when first em
ployed to bring an action J" asked an
examiner of a young candidate for
the legal profession. "ABk for money
on account," was tho prompt reply,
Ho passed.
Colonel J. Coss, lately Bued'the Lou
isville Journal for $1U,000, for stating
that his wife had elopod with a cir
cus manager. The Col. has ucccpted
compromise by throwing off ?!1,860 of
bis claim.
The lady who did not think it re
spectable to bring her children up to
work, has lately heard from her two
sons. One of them is a bur-keeper on
a flat-bout, and the other is steward
of a brick yard.
A Western editor thus 'cusses" his
opponent: "Alay his cow give sour
milk, and his hens lay 'bad eggs ;' in
short, may his daughter marry a one
eyed editor, his business go to ruin,
and ho go to Congress."
Little Ada, (whose elder sister and
brother bad beon sent for from tbo
drawing-room) : "I don't seo why I
shouldn't go down stairs as well as
you and Albert I've as much parlor
almost extinct tribo mourning In the
tree-tops when tho wind shook the
branches, and saw the tears of tho
women and children in the rain drops
glistening among the leaves.
AVhero there is love there is jeal
ousr ; and that vhi'di metes the one
the measure of the other.
fully loved him, to tholtar, and may
wo bo there to witness the happy
union of two loving hearts. Air. S. is
curiously tat toed upon his bands and
arms, and hasancokluco of blue prick
ed uon bis neck. His adventures
among the South Sea Islanders, we
may, with permission, some day pub
lish, lis intends to find ths owners
A Heaitih L Lkokm). They tell a
story, that one dny Kabln Judah and
his brethren sat in the court on a fast
day, disputing about rest. Ono said
it was to have attained sufficient
wealth, yet without sin. The second
said il was fame and the praise of ull
men. Tho third said it was the pos
session of power to rule tho Senate.
Tbo fourth, that it must be only in
Iho old age of ono who is rich, power
ful, fumouH, and surrounded by child
ren's children. The fifth said all were
in vain unless a man kept all tho ritual
of Aloses. And Rabbi Judah, tho ven
erable, tbo tallest of tlio brothers,
said : "Ye bare spoken wisely, but one
thing more is necessary. Ho only can
find rest who to all thingsadik'th this
that ho keep tho traditions of the
elders." There sat a fair-haired boy,
playing with lilies in his lap, and
hearing the talk, dropped them in as
tonishment from his bauds and looked
un that boy of twelve and saidij
"Nay, nay, fathers, ho only can find
rest who loves bis brother us himself,
and God with his whole heart and
soul. Ho is greater than fame, wealth
and power; happier than a happy
home without it; better than honored
ago; he is law himself, abovo all traditions."
When Ettio, about Bvo years old,
was being put to bed during the height
of mosquito timo, her mother said to
her: ''Ettio, you must always bo a
good girl, and then, ot nigbi, when
)-ou nro asleep, tho imgels will como
and sing and watch around your bed."
"Oh, yes, ma," said Etlie, "I know
that ; I heard thorn binding around
my heal last mgVit, nd sum of the-n
bit m, too "
blood in my veins as you huve
A Frenchman who had been in In
dia, speaking of tiger-hunts, pleasant
ly remained, " ticn ze frenchman
hunts r.o tigare, ah ! ec sport is grand,
magniliquo I but, wen ze figure bunt
zo Frenchman, oui ! zero is ze very
devil to pay !"
A man met a big Indian on the
plains a few days ugo. The gentle
savago had a largo bundle of scalps,
and the wfiito mun mado bold to ask
him what ho had boon doing. "Ugh 1'
said the noble red man, "me been
skirmishing for waterfalls."
' A countryman on bis first sight of
a locomotive declared that bo thought
it was a devil on wheels. "Faith and
yere worse than meself," said nn Irish
bystander, "for tho first timo that I
ever saw tho creathur, I thought it
was a steamboat hunting for water."
A gentleman, who takes a business
view of most things, when recently
asked respecting a person of qtnto a
poetic temperament, replied, "On I n
is one of those men who have a soar
ing after tho infinite and divings after
the unfathomable, but who never pays
cash.".
"Sail," cried a cirl, lookinir out of
the upper story of a small grocery, ad
dressing another girl, who was trying
to enter ut tho front Joor, "we've all
boon to camp meeting and got con
verted, so when you want milk on
Sunday, you will have fo como in at
the back door."
A picturo in a late number of Punch
represents a fashionable and affection
ate couple, the husband searching vig
orously in his waistcoat pockets. The
young wifo enquires: "Have you lost
your watch, love ?" And ho replies:
"No, darling, I was a new bonnet I
had for you somewhere."
There was a "Topsey" in the police
court nt Detroit, last Friday, in the
shape of a colored girl who was call
ed to tako tho witness stand. Sbo
surveyed the witness box a few mo
ments, and after mounting the highest
portion of it thut she could find, di
rected tho court to "go ahead wid de
sale," evidently supposing that 6ho
was to bo sold.
A gentleman in California having
mad'! a lady a present of a pair of pis
tols, after several trials of skill, tbey
concluded to go through tho forms of
a duel, they took their positions,
fired at the word, and, to the terror of
the lady, the gentleman fell. She
threw herself frantically upon the
corpse, embracing and kiwing it with
every emotion ol endearment. Un
dersuch mngicul influence the gentle
man revived, and rose unhurt from
the ground, and and they arc to be
married.
Ruskis cm Ji has John Ruskin,
in the Crown of Wild Olives, charac
terizes in his trenchant style thoss
who live to make money as imitators
of Judas: We do great injustice to
Iscuriot in thinkingliiin wicked ubove
all common wic kedness. He was only
a common money-lover. like all money
lovers, didn't understand Christ ; could
not make out the worth of Him, or
the meaning ot Him. He didn't want
Him to be killed. He was horror
struck when he found that Christ
would be killed ; threw his money
away instantly, and went and hanged
himself. Row many of our present
money -seekers, think you, would have
the grace to bang themselves, who
ever was killed? But Judas wan a
common, "elfish, muddle-beaded, pil
fering fullow j his band always in the
bag of tho poor, uot caring lor the n.
Ho didn't understand Christ, yet be
lieved in Him, much more than most
of us do; bad seen Him do miracles,
thought He was finite strong enough
to shill for himself, and he. Judas,
might ns well make bis own little by
perquisites out of the affair. Christ
would como out of it Well enough, and
ho have tho thirty-pieces. Nw,tliA
is the money -socking idi li over th$
woild,