riming :
cow cip!ttmaiscscoar paueccoatia upuqusorzt,„
Neatly vouf Promptiy as the
01710 E, LRBARON, P - nn'A
Twni-establbhment henow , Implied with an extensive
assortment of JOB TYPE, which win be Increased es the
patronage demands. It can now turn out l'aurrnos, of
*very description, la a neat and expeditious manner—
.and on very reeeonable terms.. Such m
Pamphlets, Cheeks,
Business Cards, Handbills,
Circulars, Labels,
sill Headings, Blanks,
Programmes, Bills -of Pare,
. Invitations, Tickets, &e., &c.
kit Dusdrof kllicie";;Commen and Judgmentls
115 4 a„ atattrn4r l Onlh i r bolt paper , constantly p rinte d
ept
for sale.kt t lintilog, at prices "to sult the times!'
se 4 Onbildribttdmpried of the LEBANON ADVERTISER
One Dollar and aqlnif a Year.
4iddrfils, Wu. BF. papen.nrileb,
fror Rent.
S 011
. R 0 . 2;9 N t o o s b 2 r a ti e
0 4 ti n a na L w E BUILD. vr
IWILSIrs. Jacob B. Raman: • Felsruary 13471;61."
FOR RENT.
AFINE STORE ROOM, in Walnut street, Let,-
anon. Possession Glyen ateany time. Rent
Low. Apply to JOHN GASSER.
Lebanon, Feb. 27,1691,-3t.
FOR RENT
Alargo tyro story double Stone Dwelling Rotuma
In Market, street, with large Lot and Garden. r.
APP/Y to : • 'JOHN W.
Jhelum . nolarmar '
" 'ENT. •
rtvt titISINESS ROOM, suitable for a hardware
'lt or clothing Store or any other kind of Limbless,
near the corner of Cumberland and Plank Road streets,
'lately occupied by. 11. W. Mindoro's Cabinet Ware, la or
for rent by the undersigned: .
Posseendon of the above given at any time. Apply to
Lebanon. Jan. 2a, 1800. JOUN RATIOif..
==l
tv4v. .
- 1114 Subscriber o r ff i c a rs n r Ar t nn e r st i t t l r e ti all i Mal i oothdu
ta1 t i,114,71.0 41 phnty, N and fltrtly i in t lterhe n l 3 fr r m Gv n e .
0 ip, Lc Men &mil* hennaed by antisor Ech-
ars And Oulltbill, benjonin Ayethrlt, Vanier i iffi
tr -tend others, containing one hundred and
Donbe.• ••• and A quarter, with the appur- WI
testy-eight acre.. - - swo story log dwelling-house,
tonances, consisting or t. . • Al welling house, a new
(weather boarded ) a 134 story 10g'.. .. . —.tor- power
beniebarn ,Other out-bnlidings, and a-new ~... . .„
saw mill. ' For terms, itc.i which will be easy, Apply ....
G. MATCIIII4, Agent.
Plnegrovey April 20,1559-tr.
VALUABLE BOROUGH PROPERTY AT
; •• , I'
; ; tr ira.i E S ALE.
, , • 111 1
i t
t int sub or' VISA at Private Sale, the following
Beal Mate, Nitwits, on Mulberry street, in the
*rough of Lebonon, viz:
A PART LOT Olt PIRGE OP GROUND, front•
Ing 25 feet 8 Inehrs on sold Mulberry street, and
running batik to an alley, on which Is erected a
new BRIOK HOUSE,
21 by 4EI feet including a two-story back building, ih 1t h
necessary out•buildlugs. Tho house Is thalhod In tho
best style and the location Is a very pleasant one. It
will be sold en easy terms. For - particulars apply to
Lebanon Aug. 18,1869. IL 8. HAMMOND.
Out-Lots at Private Sale , :
WILL be sold et Private Sale,
8 ACRES•OF LAND,
situated In Long tano, near the borough line, in Corn
wall tOWnshifr. itadJolns the land of Widow Fulmer,
on the I.lOrthllitin.Atkins end :John Krause on the East.
Thou isra ono story LOG HOUSE, weather boarded,
erected on the land, and a good WELL in the garden.—
The land hes trip stone's for quarries. This tract will
Mae ader/ bopie for a small family.
ft is freo from Ground Bent. Good title will bp
given. ADAM lIITCUER.
14, tract Is now coveted with tine gram, half
Of which will be given to tho purchaser.
• :blown, Juno 13, 1800,
PUBLIC SALE.
W-Mbo Sold at the resklenco of the subscriber in
Mary - street, ouo square sonth of George Faber's
store, on ,34 TIJR/21;. 441./ip/1 16...1801, at 1 o'clock,
I'. Id., theallnirrinr 1 ousehot&mull Nitehen Furniture,
viz i—BEDS and BEDSTEADS, 3 Tablee, Chairs,
1141141eqt CliPb°°r.4. / 4 0lcillit elapses,
t. tor, Ilrum,Ad rpflul, Carpet, 3
bu e erl ripe Collper - Brettle, Iron kettle*,
Meat Stood, Tubs, Crockery, and may other articles too
numerous to mention.
Conditions of sale'will be made known by
• .1 1 :41Iffitett, Aimee. BENJAMIN isrunEß.
- Terms.—Por purchases over $3 five months' credit
will - be levee. tLobatlon, Feb. 27, 1860.
Plll/ 14.11(3 SA LE
OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
WILL be sold at public sale, at the residence of 11.
alissagett. In North Lebanon bortmgh , Lebanon
county. Fn., ocC.Prftfay; March. 15, 1801 the following
Personal FropeitY;Nit —ITIANO. I TWO
HORSE SPRING WAGON, 1 BUGOY,COW,
WheeLbarrows, Yorks, Halters and Cow-
Aaiun, Sodding, Ilarness, BEDS and BED
STEADS, BUREAUS, Bonk Case, Desks. Tables, Chests,
Chain., Kitchen Cupboards, Iron and Copper Kettles,
Stoves with Pipe, rube, Darras and Stands, a large
number of valuable BOOKS, and a varloty of HOUSE
AtlNm KaT C t E o E ommFUnßeN a IT I URE ton numerous to men.
o'cb , ck, P, id., when th o
conditions of sale will be made known by
N. Lebanon, Feb..l3, 'tit J. 11. MISSEMER•
Administrator's Notice.
wrOTICE is hereby given that lettere of Administra-
IN 'Minn.& bottle non, on the Estate of Joseph Zim
merman, lets of Cornwell township, Lebanon county,
Fa., deed., have been grented to the undersigned. All
persons, therefore hat,ing cloima ,against .said Estate+,
will please preelent them, 'sad' MO& Indebted are re
tilteeted td niakapement:
JOHN•IE fIAUCH, ifiltedulattator-de beetle non.
Feb. 0, Mil. Lebanon, Lebanon county,
• Adttlinistrator s Notice.
NoTleri.ileit:o2, given that letterof Administra -
floe 6t1 4 1 tate of JanineGriffin:late of Lba
non borough, Lebanon county, Pa., dec'd., have been
granted to the Undersigned, of the borough andcounty
aforesaid, All persons, therefore, havingeialms egaMat
maid Fatale, will pleeee present them, end thodlimlebt
ed are requested to make payment.
JACOB pI(NCg, Administrator.
Lebanon, February 0, 1861
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
ESTATE OF JOHN FEES AND WIFE. -4he under
signed, Auditor, appointed by the Court of Cora-
Mon Pleas of Lebanon count to distribute ance
In tbo bends of Peter Zimme y,
rman, assignee thebal
of John
we, to end among tied o f
of the said John Fees,
il e l s attend to the duties of ble appol..tment, at his of
fice, In the borough or Lebanon, on Saturday, March
28, 1861 1 at 1 o'clock, P. N., at - sebloh time end place all
persons baying claims will lena prosent them.
ISAAC lIOFFEIt, Auditor.
Lebanon, February 13,1861.
AUDITOR'S I
FoSTATE ON HENRY it. itlISSEMER.—'fhe under.
sisimall,AuOlfortappointakby Aloe Court of Cum,'
n riot lobjan elf county, to distribite the balance
In tlitalianibi of Jonathan EA; and eeorge - F. Hiller;
Aisigneea of Fleury H. Misname and wife, to and
among the oreditora of said 'Henry Dlissemer, will
attend to the duties of his appointment, at his offi ce,
the W6St WaTd, bOroUgh of Lebanon, ou Tuesday, the
1001 day ti March, 1801, at 10 o'clo A". H., at which
time and place all persons interested will please attend.
Lebanon, Feb, 20, 'Ol. JOSEPH OLEI3I, Auditor.
.11411 TOW 8 .11°O.TICE.
IDETA,TE OF AMOS M. RUN HEL.--The undereigacd,
J 24 Auditor, appointed by the Court of Common Pleas
of Lebanon county, to distribute the Intone° in the
halide of Elias N. Kunkel, Assignee of Amos X. Kun
kel, to and among the creditors of said Autos M. Kun
kel, will attend to the duties of his appointment, It his
oboe, in the West Ward, borough of Lebanon, on Thurs
day, the 2let day of Illarch, 1061, at 10 o'clock, A. M., at
which time and piace ell pa rsone Interested will plena°
attend. JOSEPH. OLEI.II, Auditor.
Lebanon• Feb..o • '6l.
Hiram W. Bank,
010111BLY OF .1"1N ESTOAYN. I,BBANON COUNTY,
Would respectfully luform his friends, and the pub.
IC, that he has connect. , -Muted!' with Mr. bowta, In
tile TOBACCO, SNUFF A‘: SEGAItBUSINESS,
4No. 138 North 'Third Street, Phila,
where hewn! be glad to receive customers, and will
sell at rates that will proweestiefactory.
Philadelphia, July 12, 1860.
.01'113 ! FITS!! FITS I 1 I
a. 11. intCHEr,
FASlllatsr.A.l3'LF. TALOR,
N C.Wriberland - utiarl:f opposite Dm Black
Iferne hotel, Lebanon, Pa.
ALL work done up with nobles' and dinpatch, and
entire satisfaction guaranteed.
A.4r1111 leao
itafaitritAp.
a, o,,,,maay b a r rstitoyed •to • the Corals . of Cum
' ddatood street and Do Alley, In fonck'sr New
all , whara he will keep an assortment of Cloth,
aessamsres, and Vatings, Alsoready v
mode clothing and
furnishing goods suds an Blasts, llone, °loes, Hand er
. chleol,.Neckties, de., of which-mill be sold as
tbsap as et any otioMsaink„ esst, in Lebanon.
01,19TOILKIL WOlt didliw-promptly, and good
fl Guaranteed.
5. 8. RAMSAY.
sablinou April 18, 1900.
sir Fashionable Tailoring!
lo*mot norreig would reentetfulli int' rtn
?the Cltizene oil he cfp,,that ha" fia, Ekil.lo`l l .ED
le TAlLOBlNEtr.ntkilieli fOa , ClUStarliimi Street, two
dere East of Fneger'e Store, and opponito the Weehing ,
ton MR*, where all putout's who wish garments made
up in the Meet forthlonable styieand beat manner, e in-
vited to call. lle has lately received the Now York , Phil- 1
adelpldu,,Vnehijud. ionitgp,rePafts ot _
• ' 7 STPArg and Sacomer :Fashions,
'And as he halation° but the beet workmen employed he
SliScaulore that all Wotirk,entrueted to him , will be Zone
'in e„eatisfacitory t o anor.
011rith hielhanke to hie old cUstomers
Publicheir pat.
renege herdtalrejlie respectfully solicits &von
I.o4iitaClNSl--Juet,received and for sale the N.York
Rod pfruogoita, Report.of Spring £ Summer Fashions.
Tailors wiehlug the raihlona ebould let the eubscriber
know of tlokihet, so that he can make hie
iIOVIN arrangensenAN. to
Accordingly. 1511.1.
telmoon, Apr
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DLOCKS .
41111lair.ty DaY,
Ejoitt Day,
Ticce ty Hoary
01.0CKS ,
Just illiefetiVed at
13L,Alitiglarshy Stara,
lasbaston Pa.
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VOL 39,
Or, de/Oita/ adieSe.
NOUTII E. CORNEA of Plank rend and Guilford Streets
/1101tT13 LVAANON, PENN'A..
-
To. IMP %Mao.
HO ye tbli:stocoine and drink. ?fordaice cool
raineratseater o thd - Choir* vintage, snethelinifest malt
liquors gram my bar. And 5 . 6 hungry come and eat, as
the table Is loaded with the most substantial fare, and
the richest delicacies of the'
season crown my board—
Come man and beast; any house is always open to the
stranger and the friend, and fer 'animals the bestof pro
render, fine stabling, and attest hostlers, are eyer.
ready at my stables.
North Labanon,Sopt You rs I_B . ResPeAkITY,
. 14,59. "'WRY BOLTZ.
am
WALVIIT STREET
MU. AHEAD TX Vre
Cheapest, Bat &kcted, and Largest S 4 o r
WALL PAPERSN A .
Window Shades, Curtains, ito, l
rE UNDERSIG,NED having in connection will; it s
BOON AND
. §TATIONERY &TONE,
ptirchased the entire stock of WALL PAPERS of Mout?.
WALT& & Mem and W. G. WARD, and hating also in
Gently reechoed large surplice from . New York and Phil
adelphia, Including the latest and most handsome styles
of
Paper Hangings, Borders; Decorations,
Panelinp, Fire Board Prints,
Window Curtains, •
Shldes, 4.c., +a,
now manufactured. Ills stock preseutathe beat assort
ment of Papers, lioth in style and quality, Hutt has ever
been seen in Lebanon, end as he has bought most of his
Papers at reclined rates, fur emu, he Is able tb sell. Wall
Paper at cheaper rates than they can be obtained at any
other place. He hits also made arrangements with the
hest Paper Hangers in I,cipall.oll to put up paper fur
him. if desired, at the shorts st notice on the most roes
unable terms. - _
Give him a cell and be coypuced.
4111 — Itemember the Place, at the New Bookstor e i n :
in/nut ~.,..' & r'
4 afou deers sou of Kerninny's Hard-
warf Mora. ~ r."I• it 3 NRYMILLER.
Lebtindh, April 4, 166 •
Sooks and Statim
porium,
AND
TRACHERSt ILEAPVARITERSI
AVW.CoIa NieNeargiV 7 4l
HAS REMOVED
_
lies removed his Book Store to Market Square, Lebanon
'NAT HERE may
be of had, sc , o o n l J u t zriab Le o terms uoo general
test and MSC 6:I.L.A.NEOGS BOOKS °goal' des ' eriP i tron ". . a "
Copy• Books, Cypherizigllooks, lad Ur and paper bound
Pass Books, and every variety of TATIONERY, au.,
wholesale and retail
The following New Books, &r.:
Humboldt's Cosmos, in 5 vols.
areeley's Political Text Book ter 1800.
Everybody's Lawyer.
Rutledge.
• The Throne of David.
Seise' Book of Forms. of,
History of the Edited Brethren Church.
Helps for tbe Pulpit. ' 4 4
The Homilist.
Whedond's Commentary.
Ititrkitt's Notes.
Different Hymn Books, (German and English).
Chatechisms, (German OW English).
Testaments—large and steall,(Elennan and English)
Bibles—different sizes, . do do
Dictionaries—Webster's and Worcester's.
Dictionaries—different atzw,r(Gorman & English).
Cook Books.
Books on Oareening, Grapes,4c.
ALMANACS.
Lancaster. German and English . ; Philadelphia, differ•
eat kinds; Reading Almanac; the,Lutherae, (German
and English,) and the Evangelical froth Ohio.
Lebanon, September 27.1860.
Illustrated Horse Doctor
BE1?3 an accurate and detailed account of the vari
ous diseases to which the equine race are subjected
together with the latest mode of treatment, and ell
the requisite prescriptions, written in plain English,
by EDWARD MAY ILEW. •
Published in Eleven Monthly Parts at 25 cents. For
Sala at IL. U. RCIIDEL'S Book Store, Lebanon, Pa.
Tim following arliclos. nii in one box, are Bold at U
It.ECKDBVB Book Store for El% cents,
Requisites for every family.
SPALDICNonnG o S
e PREP A p
aRndE B D
sh.G.LUEs
EXTRA ADHESIVE MUCILAGE,
With MASTIC Cap and Brush.
DANIEL'S INDELLIBLE INK,
In Cone Buttlesovith CLOTH STRETCHER.
lar• ALL OUARANTNEBOB TUE BEST QUALITY.
BOOKS! BOOKS!! BOOKS!!!
11611,. Now is the timeto pro Pure Cheap Books. IL
RCEDBL will furnish any of HARPER & publican
Lions until the 15th of March, 1161, at a discount of 20
per cent, from the regular retail prices. Conn and ex
amine his catalogues and leave your orders.
Just published and received for sale at the Book
tore of H. U. Enda, THE FAMILY PRAYER, FOR MORNING
AND EVENING, AND TUE FWGIVALS OF 211 E CIGHLEtt YEAR.
Prices—Muslin, 50 cents; gmbossed Morocco, Gilt edges,
87 cents A.nttnue, paneled sides, $1.25; Turkey, full
gilt sides and back, $1.75.
'Abadan, Feb. 27,1881.
WINE AND LIQUOR
'7117 0 lift. 1E:1
Av. iv: o,o'w-of-Market Sind • Water streets, Lebanon. Pa.
LR. DEEO, AO, respectfully informs his friends
s and the public, that be has talreb the above
stand, formerly occupied by Emailiel Reigert, and large
ly Increased the stock df WINES AND LIQUORS, with
' selec t ions from the CHOICEST BRANDS and
L'A 7: .9 qualities now in the market. lily assortfreent
• consists of Ortard, lierffiesy, Piuet Castillion,
T. Himes, Illarett, Pellevolsion, J. J. Depuy
Co., A. Sergnette fi Co.
WINES .—Cbarepagne, Old Oporto, Burgundy, Claret,
Sherry, Madeira, Lisbon,. Tenoritfe, Hoek, Muscat and
Malaga, of various brands and qualities.
Holland Oln, 'Scheid= Schnapps, Jamaica Spirits,
Scotch and Irish Whiskeys; Peach, Apple, Lavender,
Blackberry, Cherry,Ginger and. Raspberry BRANDIES;
Cordials, 'Sloe Bitters, Amsterdam Bitters, Aa, 4a. -
Also constantly on Land a superior quality of Old
Wheat ' , Bourbon, Malt and Monongahela WHISKEYS,
of the very best qualities, and Pure Cider Vinegar.
From long experience he flatters himself thfit he'will
he able to render satisfaction to all who may patrorfixe
the new firm, and the reputation acquired fur furnish
ing the hest brands of LIQUORS, at the lowest prices,
will be maintained. All articles sold at this establish
ment will be whet they are represented:
Lebanon, *jartuary fl; jB6l-3tn.
4. w
.I,eba non Valley Institute , "
Annville, Lebanon county, Penn'a.
WELTS INSTITUTION, interrupted in its progress by
j_ the death of its late proprietor, Prof. HAISLIAOOR,
has boon re.organDed, It Is hoped permanently, under
the Superintendence of
W. J. BURNSIDE A. 111
•
TUE ENSUING QUARTER will coinmence,on Mon
day, April Bth. The Fall Session will open on Monday,
July 21.1.
TUE DESIGN of the School is to mast, as far as may
be, the requirements of a progressive age. The course
of study being so arranged and extended that pupils of
any age or degree of advancement may be entered to
nearly equaladvantago, and embracing In its different
departments of those Branches of Education most
useful or desirable in the different spheres of life.—
THE ENG USD. DEPARTMENT designed mainly to
Impart a thorough, practical' education, which may be
turned to account in the transaction of business.—
TUX asestcat. IMPAnutcsf embracing the study of the
Classics, ancient and modern, with a view to cultivate
the taste—to rlipe and elevate the mind, or as a basis
to the study of what are called the learned professions.
A NORMAL on TRACIIERS' DEPARTMSMT, in which an expe
rience of more than twelve pare, in schools or various
grades and in different sections of the Union, will be
drawn upon in familiar lectures, illustration and exam
ple, to impart a knowledge of the ART OF MORINO.
TILE.DISCIPLUCE LS gentle but firm. .No No unneces-
Nary restraints aro Instituted for the sake of mere effect,
—but such as aro deemed conducive to the moral or men
tal welfare of the student will be rigidly enforced. d . Stu
dente from abroad can board, (melees othervriseesired)
in the ramify of the principal. And over these &paren
tal control will be exercised_ during their stay- They
will not be allowed to be absent - from the Institute at
toseasonable hours; terviitt-lterverns or places of amuse
nt without permission ; or to ho absent from their
placeilu school ou apy prefest ept sickness or, per
mission of parent or guardian.
THE LOCATION is pleasant., healthful and secluded;
in a flourishing little village--surrounded by a pictur
esque and highry cultivated district. It is twenty miles
Eastward of Harrisburg, and Within view of the .poba
non Valley Railroad, which .connects lfarrisburg"and
Reading,. and forms a link in the great chaM of rail-.
roads taftween New York end "the West."
VIE INSTITUTE is a ipaclous: Ihreestory, Brick
structure—planned and built espressly for a boarding
school. The furniture of the school-rooms is nearly
new, and of the kinds most approved. for uso and com
fort. The etridents, rooms are large and convenient,
and will be occupied frenorally by two students each.
STU DIES and Defining, Reading and Elo
cotion, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geog
raPhY, Distary, Composition .and Declamation, Rook
Keeping, M.-Amur Mien, Algebra, Geometry,a Che
Physi inistry,
Natural Philosophy, Astronomy , Ana tom y
Surveying, Plano and Spherical Trigonometry,
A d ol-
Logic, Rhetoric, Moral Science, Latin, Greek, French,
and Musio.
EXPkINSES for Board,Weshing;Tultion; Lights, dc.,
per quarter of 11 weeks, $35. For' Tuition .alone. Per
quarter, $5 to 10. Additional for ancient and modern
languages, each hta ; for Altus% $5.
nd they will be
STUDENTS can enter at any time, a
cbargeti fret the time 'of entering. Text Books
Wlll be maned to Students at a small charge for use, or
furnished at city retail prices,.
•
Any
obtained hi addresiting.the principal
, J. inJANOIDE,
February - „..
IMany years have pa.sted 2.9 by,
Like the flowing water,
But I drink life's stream to-day
With the farmer's daughter.
1 ig e ettanonto •
TRU_ ,
A
' , 'BRAVE MAN.
---
I calve to .' ifornia to join my el
der brother, A `'e had been a resident
there'for some : ars , and most of the
time engaged in ,'.nching. We lived
not very far from'he town of Stock
ton, yet we were I.' ;lost in the deso
lation of the prairie ; ' There was but
little to break the . .
rospect to the
dreary slopes of tht: Coast Range
iiiountains, but here a, -, there a seat
tered hotigtk of the hol,-„%anehers, or
the soiled tent of d Alex n vaquere,
looking like a speck on t: plain.
One evening I was wa ing t:be
dusty road .or patch for a g li li)se of •
my brother Robert returnii, from i
the neighboring town of Stoe :on.— ;
In the falling- shades of the n 'ht I
recognized Robert s iiding acres, _the ;
plain, butsaw, with surprise, a bu t y,
or some sort of nondescript vehL e,
closely following at the heels of m •
brother's galloping mustang.
The,stranger in the buggy leisure.'
ly got but at the enclosure, and tak
ing my brother's arm in the most af
fe&tiona e manner, proceeded towards
the how , Where I stood a little ern
b4rrasse at the unusual sight of a
' st'unge % itor. -
13.
rothe. Ted,' said Robert, 'I want
to make u acquainted with Dr.
As ton, a ' y particular friend; he
is -the Sher- of the county, and I
have, told h. ~so much about the cu
riosity of a
,' e on,the prairies like
1 what'he has' n in 'the States,' that
he has come .to see us.'
ery 'E tn.
I gave the riff a friendly greet
ing. pr. Asia ; a l arg e, strong man
of ma_ nificenti -pique, returned it
with c ; vdial s tations, stretching
his han: towar:. ;',e with the anima
tion of 01 friem:
I like im y for the circum.
stance of hakint:Ynds so heartily.
Then he
'l5 BO g ; ,I, and so full of
mirth an •. leedot I he Sheriff talk.
ed a grea; his fain ag ,—
First he t !led to h :*rt of ranching,
then of ti ;normci, j rofits of rais
ing hogs, ; then)‘: adventures in
the mines Jalifoi
I ventur o suga
a l r eady ple ..t1 with I\
things I ha , tee in
above all ot , e curiod
see 'the dig,,;...)
'Ah,' rema' ,, cl Robe
can tell you of lit
than any one ' , e in Chi
erybody knoN, D r.
Rul
call him in.
You see, Ned, yot
representativi roes• ml
a man—let To . , i t , no ,
you ?—who
ficulty, overeo , very tY
puts himself iUHt, of e 4
in danger.'
The iloctor
mered. ; I percei,
quick admiration
open, manly face
i
I felt that it wa•O ,
man, more than
it at firat,• with t
tion upon it that
the countenance
courage.
The parties m
I)r. Ashton talk ,
after supper, an'
his rambling,
gathered that he
in the Mexican
traveled over the
that country to
after being a 'peol
mines, and after be
victim of the most
acies, he had been
preserve his life thr
made me tremble, a.
stantial testimony of
being elected to the S ,
of the most flouristii
State,
'The tightest encou
in my life,' continued
his rambling narrative,
*as first elected by the
execute the laws we had
themines. •The.first thi
was to arrest the men,:
man I had to arrest
desperade, who had plc
-to pay his debts but we
Theo fellow was backed
ple and it got to he a sor
affair. All the French!
mines swore he shouldn
and they put him in
storeS, and stood at_the wr
their rifles and guns. I d
that he should be taken,
' men, I don't swear,) but I
thought the time was come
me to act the man or to see
brought on the laws,: and br
myself, you see, as officer of
I 'had plenty of backing, to ,
side. But.that was the, di.
did not want blood—indeed• I
Those on my side were for a :
;. and as they kept .00 . 1
battle •.
the house where the
,v
LEBANON, PA., WEDNESDAY, IVIARCII 18, 1861.
noire Nottrg.
KITTY-31TDZIL
Kneeling by the stream I sax'
Kate, the farmer's daughter,
Drinking—in her rosy palm
Dipping up the water.
She had UM:millet hat aside,
Bare her arms and shoulder,
Each unconscious charm displayed
Mode my lord tho balder.
So I Slowly, tenderly,
Wont and knelt beside her—'
.Drank with her from out the stream—
Blushing Kitty Ryder:
And I said, "The poets think
Lire 13 liken river.
Shall we not Its Ovate: drink
Always, loyc, together T"
that I was
nany strange
ifoi'nia, but,
wanted to
'theDoctor
the mines
Ev
' as they
,istricts.—
e of the
ilifornia;
oc., will
rery dif
my, and
cried
1
tO • tV With
Joker,
,psi his
\ e
Bed wit ' blush.
trace of .' brave
1,1 look( upon
t!bright spira
i; fails U mark
'.le, and nder
the *lse.
ore slipper,
that, in
way. I
;fly served
.he had
:Mons of
and that
iff iu the
designed
conspir
lough to
-ds that
.n a sub
favor in
, of one
of the
Imen were with their gun, putting
) me at their ~Sead, and • shouting like
I devils, I really.didn't know what to
do. I kept-them back out of reach
of the firei , and called a council.—
Some of thOm were for pressing right
, on, and I no,sponer commanded them
1 ' to stop than I,few fellows commenced
callirig out diet I was afraid. Well,
the reflection bn my courage stung
me for an jtittant; but the next mo•
meat I tholght, how much was at
I stake, and lAlidn't answer a word
a t
back.
me. Thei.
saw
themdoubting
lookeddoubtfully bngmy
I manhood, ; aid, that was another sharp
thing; but ' , kept cool, and felt 4ny- i
self somehOW `sustained by my own
thoughts, and by my own knowing
what I was: Sol
,said very coolly •
'Gentlemen,.itayour lives t am afraid I
for, and .not...mine. If you march
right against that house, the French I
can shoot yon' from the WindoWs and
the loopholes they have made - before
half of you ean get up to them. • I
am notgoinktb`a
o,ck 604 I- AM only
I consideringlieW AO move fOrWard.— I
If any of 'these, brave gentlemen who 1
consider me a coWard, chbose to rush
on, they . can go.' You•may bet that I
not .one of them moved. YoU see
the question was hoW to got to the
house, for there was no cover to ap- i
proach it under; it wasone of the 1
i
! big stores in the mines standing .off
by ltself. I kept thinking of this,
and also thinking about having a
1 bloody battle to accuse myself Of to I.
I arrest one Frenchmen. I was in a l '
terrible place to be sure,-with a croWd c
clamorin g to me to lead theni on.— !
' god knows I would have given my i
own life•at that instant just to have I
saved men that- I loved a little better
than they did theiraelves. As the
crowd pressed -me, a little Irishman I
touched me on the arm j looked .
around, and he said to me Very &wily, !
though he was as white as a sheet : I
'Dr. Rash, I know yoUr heart. I
know a brave man,', no matter what
:
I\the crowd is callingotit. '-There ain't
,but; one way to get at these French: 1
, L en, without sacrificing half the
lei wd, and-that is for some man to 1
1 try to run a keg of powder under the i
j lieu ; and I an the first man, sir, 1'
that vill try it!'
l '1 I )Iced at the little fellow -again.
I knee, that . he could- be. trusted for
a true an, for he was as pale as
i death, m showed that ho just knew
exactly NI let he was risking: I took 1
. him by' th hand. A thought struck'
ime as quie as lightning.- 'l'll do
I better than hat myself/. I called out.
I 1 handed my, gun to a man in the.
crowd, and then my revolver to the
little Irishman ; telling him to shoot
down the first .
rst man that dared to fol
low me. .The people looked puzzled.
Unarmed as I was, I walked down
slowly & steadily towards the French
men, the crowd calling out and even
begging me to come back. But I
knew what I was about; I knew hu
mannature; I boasted that these
men would not shoot me down an.
armed, if I.could only walk right up
to them without a sign of -fear.— i
That, you see, is human nature. I
would not carry any flag' of truce;
they might have shot me down with
that' I knew that the biggest vil
lains are more apt to respect a mark
of daring than ariy thing else. So, ,
with my arms hanging by my side, I i
walked straight on towards them.— i
They commenced shouting at' me as I
I was advancing, and as I neared the'
range of their guns,the thought
i
came over me that they would shoot 1 .
me anyhow; I walked on. I felt
that one faltering step, one turn of
the head, would seal at fate on the I
instant. I came nearer and nearer, I
and still they didn't shoot, I 'could I
hear the men in the house encourag- i
ing each other to kill me. In - a mo-
merit I might be' pierced with thirty 1
bullets. • One motion, one sign of fear I
would have broken the spell. Terri- I
ble you may think it was, this wait
ing•for the sudden paling of death at
the pull of a trigger. • Sat I kept my
step right on. I didn't ask them to
listen to me, but, when in close speak
ing
distance, I drew myself up, and
there, with thirty or forty- guns still
pointed at my heart, I spoke to them
near thirty minutes; I told-them what
my object was; that - the laws were
for the good of all - that were in the
mines, and would have to be obeyed; I
that I had come to speak to thona
without arms,
and in nothing but the
simple trust that they . would not kill
me for trying to save bloodshed on
both sides ; that they could kill me
then if they ever knew me to be false
to any of them; but if they =would
trust my pledge I would give it to
them on my life that if they surren
dered the debtor no insult should be
offered, him, and no revenge taken
upon them or - their property. It was
enough, before I had finished speak
ing they lowered their guns,the deist
or was passed into my custody, and
they came out, ; every man who would
have murdered Me before, anxious:to
take me by the hand. I felt that I
had•saved . many human lives by the
single risk ,of my own, and I tell you
I never felt so flushed and glad at the
success of any other hazard in my life.'
And this was the county sheriff's
simple
of-true courage. I look
emdauifl o
o a n n s t d tll i y h noble thoughtthat faceeven if ot.
the he b
l'ctug a n d
o f i o u r a t l g i h a h e d t
l u ) %. n o m d n . : 3 l. chivalry'sof banne rs btt : l e f g h s r
e i e l greatest t e a e o s i u l
td l
d pgr6 ri liz o de :
have better deserved the title won by
his rustic heroism—the proudest title
on earth—that:of TRVLY BRAVE MAN
fi 'end
start
—A CUICE.FOR BIGAMY.-By theancient
law of Hungary a mail convicted of big
amy' was 'condemned to liVe With both
wives in the house; the crime was in con
tence, extremely rare.
—Husbands Mid lette'r peper ,Shottid al
tie Well ruled:. .
THE HEIR AT LAW
The Bonaparte case now upon trial
in Paris. (you must not suppose that
this means the empire of Louis Napo
leon) is one in which we are all inter
ested as Americans, for an American,
'worn an is a party to the suit. The
Madam Jerome:Bonaparte, Miss
Patterson, of Baltimore, and her son,
I Mr,,Jerome Bonaparte, of_ the same
1 city, claim their
share, of the proper
ty of the late husband and father, the
! old Prince Jerome. The point of the
tease is, that if their claim is sustained
I the second' marriage and its issue are
vitiated, and those ornaments of hu
man
society, the Princess Mathilde, ,
Madame Demidoff, and the Prince i
! Napoleon, son-in-law of Victor Email- ,
uel , are themsclvesplaced in the doubt-1
1 ful position which they have hitherto
I assigned to the Baltimore Bonapartes.
!'Oh the 24th of December, 1803, Je
rome , Bonaparte, brother =of the First 1
Consul of France, was married by the
to
I
an ! Catheließiehop, of Baltimore
110 Eliiaheth Patterson, in the prey-
enee of witne'Sses and - according to
lain. ' NeWs of the interesting event ;
was sent to France; but nobody was
sufficiently interested to:protest, and
! the year 1804 passed without corn
plaint
from any side. But when the
first Conan l expanded into the Raper- 1
or he was determined to have no for-
sign plebeian taint in the imperial !
blood, and he compelled hig mother
.to declare that her consent had not
been asked, while he wrote brother
Jerome that he would allow Miss Pat
terson
twelVe thonsand dellars a year 1
on condition that:ahe should not adopt!
the imperial family name. The au- ;
gust monarch wrote, at the same time,
in the same way, to his brother Lu-
cien, who had also tainted the blood
imperial by marrying a woman he
loved. Brother - Lucien replied that
he had a great regard for brother Na.-
poleon, but he would rather kill his
family with his own hand than stoop
to the infamy of dishonoring his wife
and disinheriting his children—and he
never did. .
Brother Jerome appears to have
sent no reply to Napoleon; but having
crossed the sea and sent his wife to
Holland wrote affectionate letters to
her; while she passing over to Eng
land, gave birth ,there in July. 1806,
to the present Mr. Bonaparte, of Bal
timore. Shd remained in England nn-':
ti( the November of' that year, still
getting the pleasant letters from her
husband; and in November she re
turned with her son to the United
States. Meanwhile the Emperor had
asked Pope Pius Seventh to annul I
the marriage, which his Holiness for-1
cibly refused to do.
But meanwhile, also, the Elector of
Wurtemburg, bad become King of
Wurtemburg, by the treaty of Pres.
burg, and his daughter,
the Princess I
Royal, was a desirable bride for Na
poleon's brother Jerome. So, on the
let of June, the Archbishop of Paris
did what the Pope had refused - to do,
and annulled the Baltimore marriage.
Oil the 16th of July Jerome wrote a
few complimentary lines—only four
or. five—to his young wife, ,hinting
nothing of the future, but cold and
commonplace. It was the last letter
he wrote to her; and on the 12th of
August in the next year, Brother Jo
rome married the Wurtemburg.Prin
cess, and in the following December
was proclaimed King of Westphalia.
In May, 1808, the King sent to Bal
timore for his- son, and wrote to his
wife that he should never forget the I
tender ties, etc., etc.; but Madame
Bonaparte refused to surrender her
child: The King 'wrote again in
November, offering to make her a
pyincess, and "our son" a prince, if
she would-come and live near him and
his now wife. With womanly honor
Madame. Bonaparte refuted to answer
his insults. In February, 1812, King
Jerome tried it again, and his wife an
swered him, in January, 1813, by ob
taining a divorce by act of the Mary. I
land Legislature, "reserving her own'
rights, and those_ of_her son."
In 1819 Madame Bonaparte went
to Europe, and was received_ by the
family as one of them. Joseph pro-1
posed his daughter as a bride for her I
son; and the relations between all j
the membert of the Bonaparte house
recognized Jerome of Baltimore as
the son of his father;- and when Mr. I
Bonaparto went to Paris, in 1854,the
Einperor presented him with a paper
of state declaring that "Mr. Jerome
Bonaparte is to be considered in
France as legitimate." But the Wur.l
temburg branch were alarmed and
the next year prayed that' the
more Bonapartes should "exercise no
rights which belong to the legitimate
issue," and should therefore drop the
family name. The "Family Council"
decreed that they should boar the
name, but have no. rights of succes
sion. At the same time honors were
offered to the sou of Mr. Bonaparte,
of Baltimore, as "Mr. Bonaparte Pat
terson." He declined them; and his
father wrote a most manly letter to
the Emperor. "As 1 was legitimate.
ly born, he says, "and as I have al
ways been acknowledged as such by
my family, by the laws of all coun
tries, and bytbo whole world, - it would
be the extreme of baseness and- die.
I honor-on my part tb accept a brevet of
bastardy." "' •
The peculiar importance of this
case is that the Prince Napoleon is
the heir apparent after the. Prince
Imperial. But if. his father's first
marriage was legal, and the issue
therefore legitimate, Mr. -Bonaparte
of Baltimore, is at least the -elder
brother; and if the legitimate elder
litt n h g er i„ ,
r t i h n e c n o: tjie
: next heir after the
y
'—The of Democracy says:—
"The unanimous voice of the Democracy
is Arm'uS,:with,Jilttice before:you arm
us with - Bayonets." " "
WHOLE NO. 612.
NOW IS THE. TIME
"NOV yet," said a little boy, as he
was busy with his bat and ball,
"when I grow older I shall think about
my soul."
The„little boy grew to be a young
matt
"Not:yet," said the young man; I
ani noW about to enter into trade;
whensec my business prOsper, then
robe:ll4mi% more time than now."
Busin - ese did prosper.
"Not yet," said* the man of busi
ness; my children must have my care;
when they are settled down. in life,
then I-shall.be better able to attend
to religion."
He lived to be a grey-headed old
man.
"Not - yet," still he cried; "I shall
soon retire' from trade, and then I
shall haVe nothing else to do but to
read and pray."
And soon he died; he put off to an
other time what should have been
done whei . a-ehi id. He lived without
God, and , ho died without hope..
A BAD NOR - T. — Agentleman was
dining with a friend, when a most
dreadful storm arose. In hopes of
abatement, the entertainment was
prolonged to the latest possible hour;
but at length it was over, and the
storm showed "no signs f ceasing,
but on the contrary, grew worse and
worse. The host..insisted upon his
guest's acceptance of a lodging for
the 'night, in view of the impossibility
of his reaching his home.
The guest complied, but in a few
minutes was missed from the parlor.
In half an hour he re-appeared,
drenched with rain. .
"Where, in Heaven's name, have
you been ?" „asked the host, viewing
the singular object, which looked like
a doe , around the paws and - a weeping
willow about the head.
I!" said he,_ quickly shaking off
the water, ‘4 have been at home to
tell my wife that as it is such a bad
nightT should not -return.
"COME THENISELVES.—The three
Oregon Presidential Electors could
not consent to appoint a messenger
to bring their vote to Washington, as
the mileage [over $15,000] was too
nice a plum to give away, so they all
three came on."
Each of these Republican Electors,
therefore, got $5,000 from the Trea
sury. One of them draws the whole
and divides it with his two colleagesl
This is the keenest political operation
we have lately seen.
A Docat 1 - 11/SBAND.—In Portland,
Oregon, there is a man who lived with
his wife several years, and they had
several children. At last she got tir
ed of him, 4 10 proposed that they
should get a divorce. He said he had
no objection if she would support
him. She agreed to do so, and they
were divorce. She is now married
to another man, and supports her
former husband by retaining him in
the family as a servant.
A LONG SIGHT.—Two sparks from
London, while enjoying themselves
among the heathen in Argyleshire,
last autumn, came upon a decent
looking shepherd, reading on the: top
of a hill. They accosted him by re
marking:-
'YOu have a fine view here; you
will sec a great way.'
'Ou aye, on aye, a ferry great way.'
! you will see America here r
'Farrer than that,' said Donald.
! how's that!' -
'ou, just wait till the mist gangs
area, an' you'll seem the mune?'
SPEECH OF
REV. JOHN W. NEVIN
OF LANCASTER,
Delivered in the Democratic Convention
held at Harrisburg, Feb. 21 and 22, '6l.
Mr. Preaident and G'entlman of the Ctorut ntion
It hardly necessary for me to say that I am no
party man; no politician, in the ordinary sense
of the term. I have never before addressed a
meeting like the present; and it is, I assure you,
with no small amount of diffidence and self-dis
trust that I venture, in obedience to your call, to
come before you now in this public way. In or
dinary times, I should nut have considered myself
atliberty, indeed, to take part in the proceedings
of any such political body. But, Mr. President,
these are not ordinary times. We are in the
midst of a crisis which goes beyond all ordinary
party questions and issues—a crisis which is rad
ical and revolutionary in its nature—a crisis
which reaches to the very foundations of our poli
ce' existence, and which, in this view, challenges
the concern and invokes the active interest of
every man in the country, in his personal char
teeter of citizen and patriot. The time has come
when all who have any interest at stake on the
safety of the country aro hound to apply both
mind and heart to the perilous condition of the
country, and to join hand, also, so fat as God
may have given them any sort of power for the
purpose, to the solemn, all necessary task of sav
ing it, if it still be possible, from hopeless con
fusion and ruin.
One of the most discouraging things, in fact,
connected with our national troubles is just the
fact that it has been found so difficult, I might.
say impracticable, thus far, to establish, in this
wily, any direct communication between these
troubles and the general mind of the people.—
Men chosen on old party issues to represent the
people, and bound themselves by party platforms
made to suit the purposes of other times alto
gether, and having no fitness. whatever for the
revolutionary crisis which is upon us now, have
insisted on considering themselves the only true
representatives of the people still, in these chang
ed circumstances — and to make the matter worse,
have insisted also on making their old platforms
the necessary rule and measure of this represen
tation. Could we well conceive of any greater
absurdity? The very idea of pretending to deal
with the life and death question through which
the nation is now passing, by the mechanical for
mules and stereotyped shibboleths of a platform
which was got up for political purposes in a time .
of comparative quietness and peace, deserve to
be set down as the most arrant political quackery.
As little as one might hope to stay the course of
deadly fever by administering pills prepared for
an ordinary fit of indigestion, so little may it be
imagined that the life of the nation is to be sav
ed now.by any similiar doses of party doctrine
and rule. For my own part, I can have no pa
tience with any platform of the past year applied
to our present eirenmatances in any such Me
ehardeal way. Away with-all such Procrustes'
beds,,employed to tyrannize in such a time
as this:Oyer the free minds .of free men. No
true publiC man,"l.tiiii bald to . say, no politician
worthy of the Italie, bo Stator:ham of broad and
comprehensive views,can be willing at the pres
ent time to stand.party bound, the slave of dead
formulas and abstractions. :What the country
now needs is, above all things; to: be 'delivered
Itb anon glistrtistr.
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If thepostage is not paid in advance, rates axe doubled,
from all patent nostrums of this sort. A living
revolution, to be guided aright, calls for the free,
living activity of living men. It is a great mis
fortune then, I repeat, that the representatives
the people chosen before these troubles, and
governing themselves, as it would seem, for the
most part, by party views and principles belotg
ing to a different state of things altogether,
should claim, nevertheless, to be the only true
exponents now of the popular mind and will
through all these convulsions and dangers, and
so refuse, week after week,and month after,month
to make room for the people to utter their feel
ings in regard to them, iu their own name, and
with their own proper voice.
Never was there a time in the history of the
country when it was more important that the
people, in their original private capacity and
character, should have an opportunity, not Only
of thinking for themselves on the affairs of the
nation, but of expressing also their collective
thoughts and wishes in a perfectly free manner,
untrammeled by all party technicalities and
watchwords. The national trouble now upon as
is organic, constitutional. having to do with the
very life of the body politic. It requires for its
help, therefore, an organic movement on the part
of the nation itself. The people must put them
selves in motion. They cannot he saved by their
rulers—least of all, by professional politicians.—
If saved at all, they must, under God's blessing,
save thems.elveti.
In these circumstances, sir, there has been is
the hearts-of many, for-some time past, a grow
ing desire, an inward cry I may say, for some fit
occasion and opportunity through which to have
the souse— the present sense of the people taken
on the subject of our national difficulties as they
now stand. With this feeling I have all along
sympathized from the bottom of my heart. Es
pecially has it appeared to me desirable and im
portant that the mind of Pennsylvania should be
made known in this way; not by consulting her
Representatives either at Washington or at Har
risburg, and not by appealing to her last State
vote given when no one dreamed of what has
since come to pass; but by scouring for the peo.
pie at large the opportunity of speaking directly
I fur themselves, in full view of our public affairs
as they show themselves nt the present time. I'
have waited anxiously. for some movement look
ing to this end, which might be without regard
to party altogether, having for its object simply
an unbiassed expression of the people, so far as
they should see fit to give utterance to it in such
a free way. In this hope and wish, however, I
have found myself, along with thousands and tens
of thousands of others ' wofully disappointed. It
has required in the end, us we all know, a move
ment of the Democratic party, in its established
party organization, to meet in any way what we
have seen to be the crying necessity of our great
and mighty State at this time--an opportunity
for hearing and knowing directly from the pee.
pie themselves their mind and feeling with re
gard to the present crisis. In this view, I could
out but hail with satiefaction the calling of this
National,Convention ; and, when ray fellow-citi
zens saw proper to send ate here as one of their
delegates, knowing as I did the special object of
the occasion, and having full sympathy with it
in my heart, I felt it to be for me in the present
juncture a duty, not only of patriotism, but of
religion also, not to refuse the appointment.—
Such is the spirit in which I now find myself a
member of your large and respectable body.—
For me this is no simply Democratic Convention.
lam willing to allow it, indeed, all due honor
and respect, under this time venerable title.—
But I see in it far more than this. For me it is
the organ of the universal conservative spirit of
Pennsylvania. It is the firstform absolutely in
which the people of this State have had it in their
power to speak for themselves on the state of the
Nation, since the beginning of our present trou
bles. In this respect it may be said to carry with
it now more weight than the existing Legislature
of the State, or its representation in the Nation
al Congress.. For these et best show only what
the will of a bare majority of the people was In ,
former and altogether different times; whereas
this body springs directly and immediately from
the present will of the people. It is born, we
may soy, out of the burdened heart of the coun
try, as it now stands. It comes fresh from the
people, and is animated with the existing soul
and breath of the people more than any organi
zation besides. There can he no question, more
over, but that it represents in reality now by far
the argest portion of the population of the S tate.
For very many thousands, forgetting all party
names stud distinctions, it is as I have just de
clared it to be for myself, no Democratic Con
vention at all, strictly, hut a Convention repre,
senting the whole conservatism of Pennsylvania,
in which all other questions are for the time sunk
in the one great purpose of securing the preser
vation and peace of the country. Looking at it.
in such a light, they aro ready to rally around it
with their hearts, and to bid it God speed ha its
mission of patriotism and love.
In view of all circumstances, then, the present
Convention well deserves to be considered of
much more than ordinary significance and mo
ment. Let it only be true and faithful to itself;
lot it be but united and harmonious in its action;
let it show itself wise, judicious, calm, earnest,
and firm in its declarations, holding itself strict.
ly to the one great object of its coming together;
and, beyond all question or doubt, its voice will
be heard and felt as a voice of authority and
power—healing and refreshing power—through
out the length and breadth of the land. It will
be met with a cordial, grateful response from all
the mountain tops, and valleys, and plains of this
broad Commonwealth. It will be recognized
throughout the Nation, as the true and genuine
voice of glorious old Pennsylvania, the Keystone
State.
Two grand questions—the second turning on ti`
wrong answer given practically to the first—loud
ly bespeak now oar solemn attention. The Al
ternatives set before us in the first are, eompro
mice or separation. In case of seperation; the
alternatives in the next place are peaceful divi
sion, or coercion and civil war. The queations
we are bound to look steadily in the face, and to
meet with some explicit answer in our minds.—
With the progress of events they are rushing ev
ery day, of themselves, to a practical solutlon.
We owe it to ourselves to consider bow the solu
tion in either ease ought to come; and by some
rational dertermination of this beforehand, to see
that so far at least as may depend on ourselves,
the conclusion shall not overtake us blindly and
with helpless surprise.
The first a lternati ve.as just said is compromise
with the Southern States, or seperation. In this
simple form precisely the issue is now before the
eunetry. It is perfectly idle to resist the idea of
compromise, and yet dream of an ultimate con
tinuation of our national existence. in some form
that shall be found to involve in the end the sub
inissison of the South to the wrong which it now
supposes itself to be suffering at the bands of
the North. Those who allow themselves to be
lieve that the South may be eithercheated or forc
ed into any such submission, betray a wonder
ful want of acquaintance with the actual sense
and meaning of the diffeulty which now needs to
be composed and settled between the Northern
and Southern sections of the country. And it is
hardly necessary to say, the question here reghtds
not simply the States whieb have already gone
into secession, but the slave-holding States in
general.. The Border, States South, it is true,
have thus far made a noble stand against the
spirit of disunion; bet we have no right in the
world to presume on this as any assurance that
they will remain in the Union under all circum
stances, and without regard further to the South
ern idea of Southern rights. The very object of
their patience and forbearance has been to allow
time and opportunity for the amioableadjustment
of their rights in the bosom of the Union itself.
Let the North refuse to meet them in any such
spirit of honorable compromise, and it is perfect
ly , certain that they will also in. a short time
withdraw, and join themselves to the new Con.
federacy of the South. The separation in thie
wholesale form - it must assuredly come,iT there is
to be no compromise. This is the terrible alter
nativO—this, and nothing else then this—to
which in fact all eeek to drive the nation who
set themselves to oppose the policy of what are
called conecesionctiVAhn dissatisfied spirit of the
South. Let the 113rialf4tif ate/dilemma be well
considered and well understood. The watchword',
no compromise, means simply in other words nee
. ther more nor less, Disunion—two confederaeitta
instead of one.
Those who oppose compromise speak of it of
ten as though it were intended to mean mere con
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cession, the giving up of en acknowledged right.
on the one side to humor seine perversity ot
weakness on the other side. This, however, is
itself a wrong done to the South in this ease_ be-,
fore us,
,bjolt must be felt to be wrong, and so
given 140 , 1tfole any real progress whatever'can
be thitimitytheizerk of solid and lasting.ioneile
iation. .. - Cmitpr - in . , here moans nomeseltalg*
ble ternis,'of o .'ftic those whtehliiiebust
,ed before betwe . ,''' ' orthen rinikVollglititilstir.
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