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The Walpurgis Dance al Washington
The night was heavy and mirk,
The moon shone dusky red,.
.The air had an odor or sulphurous smoki,
, And of corpses newly dead
And I saw In fact or dream,
Or both confused in one,
A dance'and a revel and maigne rout
Too hideous for the sun;
And out of it came a cry:
"Blood! blood! blood!
"Let the witches' caldron boil
" With a nation's tears for venter
"Blood! blood! brood!
"kilabby and thick as mud,
" Co sprinkle the hungry soil
"For the carnival of slaughter!'
Beneath the caldron cracked
A pool and whirl or flame:
Around the caldron gambol'il and how rd
A crowd without a name:
Fierce war-zealots and preachers,
Buffoons, contractors, thieves,
Liars, blasphemers and parasites
As thick as the summer leaves,
Rtid still they clamor'd and shouted,
" Blood ! blood! blood
"Let the hell-broth sputter mid ho
•• With a nation's tears for Wit 1 , •1'
Blood! blood! blood!
"'flabby and thick as MI
To spriffick the hungry soli
" For the carnival of slaw:it/ler.-
Naked, obs,,ila and eraid
They screamed and jibed and roar'il
Tlley knew their god was the Devil,
Their king and chief and lord;
And they worshipped at his I . OOIStODI
And said;"Thy kingdom tons,
"When the world shall be in the St n of
•• And be rult,d by bent or drum,
irtini beat flush of i•annon!
" Bloat' Woof o Wood'
- Let the wlti tie Caldron boil
" With a nation's tears I'm. wider
"R/iierd? h.,!. Wood.'
'•:flabby and thick us mud,
"To sprinkk the hungry sod
"For tin. earnival
tIE• tall and le , 11% . 1111./
Stood forward tn,in
.A nd told a rlhald
With a leer to pzlt, It rest,
surd: "I mr thy burns ,
•We inn,t pile it tip 811ete:
.• rest 1110 the fuel to teed It \VIII,
" Ye 111,-nds and rontradt, truer .
And they .shouted with Intel rriolvitlu:
.• blow?!
"Lei 111, 1.411111,h 4011
'• With na
o tions n.ars for Miler
blc.) !
"blabby and ilth•l; a., mod,
•'"I'0 sTrinlth. the hungry soil
"
Ile rut 41‘,V11 hi• It illl4l/1
Thal grew su fair and well,
And chopped tine gracluin , trvt. t.,
"I'u feed his tire 1,1 -
fle titre \v In the el . :lel:fling ~l ii
With in sat
iteasork and linnny and Jlletll,.
T,iherty, Eight :Ind
l\lilh hi. greecly
hlonel
the lAA)
a nal ion'. teltr, I;,r
:nl.l thick
in I.' Ihe ilinlary .veil
Um' ht , (Ili i,i t:ti ,1:111V111.,!'.
I dic 111,,
• I,CI childrl•ii ;tll , l ihri% 0,
\V, CraVc the hinod :111,1
'Fr, bleep
\Vc HI hln.• II •
11-j% n,nrn.
duel 11..• ~ I, ;11 .111Cilkh
• (COI' :2.1•,,c , ll'
an , rhirt li 4, 1 ml 11:11
blowl
"1,,•1 tiro 1,11-broth.
illl 11:tlicm • ,11•zi,
" ! 1,11,,e1 1,1(o)ri
- slabiry and Ilnek us n.nd,
lIIC hungry
" 11, 4,11 . 11i,:ii I , t Nl.tllchlcr!
What more Ihrc lid and Flual
New times may render plain,
Hut if Retribution eon,. ma,
Gibbet, and rope tire vain
Gibbet and rope and dungeon,
Or the whip in ail huurnt hand,
TO lash Site!, OoWaril dregs tlud si . lllll
Affright H through the laud.
Meanwhile the street, re-echo
Their Furious ery for blood
And the witches' caldron hails
With a uation's tears for water!
"Blood! blood! blood
tliabby and thick as mud,
And debts a n d troubles and 1 011.
the carnival of slaughter.
'iiGml';.
UNTO THE DAWN
BY HARRIS BYRNE.
I stood upon the threshold a moment
in half expectancy of greeting, and then
crept noiselessly to the bedside where
Lucy lay asleep. Poor child ! how pale
she looked. Stooping, I kissed her with
a new pang at my heart, and, after
drawing water from the silver faucet,
and arranging the flowers I had brought
her in an alabaster vase 'Amu the table,
I threw myself upon a divan to await
her waking.
A wood fire burned at my feet, though
the room was heated with air, because
the invalid liked its glow and sparkle;
and,,a serpent uncoiled its length from
chandelier to chitloniere, lighting the
apartment with its tongue of flame.
Near me was a small ebony table on
which were scattered articles of virtu,
ail etching from Rome, a value() from
Florenee, interspersed With tine ' vol
umes in blue and gold, suggestive of
Tennyson and Browning.
Over the mantel hung a moonlight
scene by Gignoux, and near it a bit. of
mezzoiinting that held me with a name
less fascination. A sallow sky, a sallow
sea, a stretch of level sands, and strand
ed high above the force of waves and
breakers, where Only the ad va tieing tide
might reach it or the storms of heaven
beat upon it—a haltered hulk, around
which the clinging seaweed twined
lovingly, and in whose crevices tRe
lonely albatross or roving petrel hum
its feathered nest.
The peaceful room, with its perfect
appointments, strilek. me with a sense
of completeness, and I waited patiently ;
'not interpenetrated 'a ith reatfnluess—
rather stagnated with ea lin.
Luey awoke presently, greeting me
with a low cry of welvoine as I sprang
to her side, talked a Willh., she
lingering the flowers I had brought her,
and then, selecting a tuberose and
bending iny head to her level, she would
have played it in my Bair. But I shud
dered, putting away, her hand inexor
ably, as - I said :
"No! no tlow:ers :mil or all
others, nut tuberoses."
"..Not wear tiowcrs! wily itia you
used to." Then, with a look of sudden
pain, as if some remorseful memory
had struck her, Mid shrinking away
from my caresses, she ilium - tin red, " !
I forgot'"
We sat silent iin• n spn,e longer, Imey
tossing restlessly the while. Presently
she resumel--
"Robert carried me down stairs this
morning, for the last time I fear," with
a touch of pathos in her voice. " I tried
to play Les Flours do Printemps, but
my fingers were so still . . I'm yoll Pe
member it '.'
"Could 1 forget?
She turned her face to the wall, sigh- • mom
ing heavily, as thoupTh signaling in the . (.'gorge did not like daneing. He had
air stifled her, and sang, ill a little, no scruples, or anythingof thatsort, but
tender voice— .
li simply was not fond of it. Very well,
l' Oh! sad are they who know not Ipve, hemight do exactly as he pleased, but if
But sadder they wiles,. leaginleggingps
he had no penchant for the amusement
Kiss empty air, :md 'WNW tiineh
The dear„warm mouths of those they love, I had, and it he couldn't dance with me
Waiting, wasting, sintering much." 1 could find somebody that would. We
The tears rose to my eyes. Lucy,j led off in the next quadrille. At its close
turning, saw thin, and with a sudden we retired to a window overlooking the
resolution in her tones, cried; sharply— sea, where we stayed a while, enjoying
"Putout the light. I have sometiting the coolness and commenting upon the
I must tell you, and to-night, and I can- beauty of the scene before us.
not bear that you should look at me." "What are you looking for?" asked
I obeyed wonderingly, sitting where kfleorge, presently.
- .she . could wind. her arms about me, "My handerchief. I came down in
:_thOUgh. - by the faint fire-light I eould ' such a hurry that I must have left it up
•,,,,43ee her face was turned-a Way.- stairs."
_ . _You never wear flowers," she began, "I'll get it for you." •
Jiiii te,...ealni, "but .you used. to ; only . " Well, you may. Ask Annette. for
there . .''givenb-one- you loved; though. it, or if she isn't there, you'll find it on
~ .
..1 - ,*Arci. you. say that once. ..So did th e t a bl e. ”
•• Cinorgeliforford,:and you meant it, too. , - While he 'was gone the , band struck
J. M. COOPER,
VOLUME 65
He was standing behind your chair,
though you did not see him, and point
ing me laughingly to your hair, in which
were the flowers he had given you."
There was a slight "pause, and then
she resumed—
" He was jealous of Harry Voorhees.
There had been a talk of your being an
old flame orhis, and that night at the
hop, when you stood by the window
fanning yourself lazily, and looking
like a queen, Harry Voorhees cattle up
to you, and, after whispering a few
words, carried you off triumphantly for
the first waltz—Les Fleurs du Prin
temps. George Morford was out of the
room at the time, and when he entered
his eyes searched you, for I watched
him, and his face changed. You wore
Harry's flowers, too. That is the reason
why he left you. He was not one of the
kind to have a scene or demand an ex
planation—once convinced of a thing,
that was all of it, though the conviction
might tear his heart out. But he loved
you, he loved you ;" she went on speak
ing rapidly and passionately, as if
hastening to get through, and only In
terrupted by lone, shuddering sobs ;
"and I loved dint! When I thought
you were false I would have comforted
him myself if he had let Inc. After
wards, wham I found out the truth, I
had not the courage to tell you; and
since I have been lying here, and you
have ionic to me, day after day, smiling
so sweetly through all your pain, I have
grown more and more eowardlS - , till to
night I felt as if I most tell you all, and
now you know."
She ended, and there was silence for
a space. I neither shrieketknor sighed,
although it seemed as if the very throb
bing of iny heart must become voieeful.
The ortindu clock upon the mantel told
the hour with a clash of silver hells,
and a great ember on the lire-dogs fell
apart, sending its shower of golden
sparks far out into the room. Then
arose, unwound the (dinging arms that
hound me, and passed out. Out into
the frosty air, where the keen winds
smote me, and the crisp snow (Tackled,
and the white mom paved a path
way of silver for my feet as I walked on
and on as in a dream. the stone
steps of my home T went, clanging the
heavy door behind um, till on the stair
case 1 mei Hell, and iliere I seemed to
wake.
\Viten conte,, tell him
I I Vea Ill':111:11111% :11Id l'flllll , o g , . to
night.-
" les," said Bell, eyeing 'me discon
tentedly, and I passed to my room.
There a sickening odor mot me, and
the air was faint and heavy with the
subtle perl iu ue of Isla•rase and nuthi-
Ilortis. seizing the flowers, in a sort of
rage I Hung then) into the street. rpm
the dressing bureau lay opals
sparks gleaming moekingly through
their veil of mist, like a future's un
reached desire—and on the bed w;ts the
rose-colored tulle I was to have worn to
the evening's fate, the gloves edged with
swan's-down, fringed stislyzitul snowy
slippers. Folding them titi mechani
cally, heedless or crease or 'fracture,
thrust them into the wardrobe.
Then I bethought /11e of something,
ad, unlocking tow of t he compartments
of an etagere, in which were 0 paeket of
letters, a faded Hower or two, a ,:iolitaire
diamond ring, and a great, gleaming
carbuncle—took therefrom a miniature
in II ' velvet ease, and, opening it, looked
into the face I had not seen for eighteen
mouths, the trustful film eyes whose
smile Thad learned to live without--and
burst into tears,
I leorge Morford was not what I was
wont to consider lily style of a man,
being neither handsome, nor witty, nor
fascinating': simply a true, strong and
tender soul I could rely upon and trust
in and love. If he had one fault, it was
a certain lack of self-confidenee com
bined with a sensitiveness that was al
most morbid. Nevertheless, his devo
tion was very unselfish, unexacting,
and it was ocily by the rareness and
gravity of his quite smiles, or the nega
tive tone of his conversation, that
yould discover he was pained by my
thoughtlessness or wounded by a h;u•m
less hit of coquetry.
•I'he summer after our engagement 1
spent, together with my family, at
Newport. 4eorge Came to me as often
as was possible, and one day we had a
lovers' quarrel—something of rare (a - :-
currence, for I had studied him flair
:11111 knew to a nicety just how
far to carry my teasing, and whe're to
cease. Towards nightfall, as we stroll
ed upon the beach, with the white spray
dashing in our faces and the salt-scented
sea breezes clinging to our garments,
there came about a lovers' reconciliation.
Afterwards, when we walked hack to
the hotel, he chanted beside me—
" Behold tue, I ani worthy thy IoN lug, Cow
I love thee. e
I :tni N%-orthy as zi king.'.
" Oh! believe it," he said, pausing at
the door of my rOOlll and looking down
at me pleadingly, " for I love you dear."
There was to be a 110 i) that night, and
1 dressed myself simply, though care
fully, in white, with purple trimnangs.
Ais maid arranged my hair. On the
table was a basket of tiowers—camelias,
fusehias, and a few Spray:: or wisteria—
and near it a bouquet, both Oeorge's
gift, as I supposed.
"Don't put any camelias in my hair,
Annette," I said ; " they are too large.
Take fusehias, and here are a few tube
roses that eau be spared, I guess, to tone
them," taking some from the bouquet,
carefully.
"How brilliant your eyes look,"
said Veil, (taming into the room with
toy mother.
White heeottle,, you," pronounced
the latter, and, after a pause, " Why
(lon't you hurry, child ? (4reorge is
1
seized my gloves and fan, and ran
out to him, saying,—
" Do 1, look well, sir'."'
nheeding.my question, and drowil .g
niyarni through his, he asked—
" Is this the purple-robed Astarte
" Oh! flatterer! ian equivoque,"
answered, as we entered the
laughing,
.
"
up a waltz—Les Fleurs du Printemps—
and Harry Voorhees came to me, say
ing—
" Can you resist that 7"
I demurred a moment. I knew that
George did not like in to dance any of
the fancy dances, except with one of
my family or with him. But then
Harry was almost like a brother—we
had known each other from childhood.
I yielded.
"What a glorious waltz I have had,
George," I said, coming hack to my
seat.
" Have you ? Here is your handker
chief."
" Thank you."
" How warm it is," I presently ob
served, drawing off my gloves; "and I
have forgotten my ring."
" Take mine," said George, dropping
into my hand a ring which I had given
him months before.
His voice startled me, and looking
into his face I shuddered, it looked so
strange, so cold, masked as it were.
"George, what ails you?" I asked,
uickly.
"Nothing . ,"
" Are you ill ?"
"No."
"Aare you the headache?"
" Yes ; a little."
" Can I do anything tot it
" Nothing."
" Conte up stairs and let me bathe
your head with bay ruin."
" I would rather stay here, and so
would you."
I was gileqt after that, hurt and in
dignant. A tuberose fell from my hair
to the floor. George picked it up and
began pulling at it absently. The per
fume reached me. I shall never smell
it again without feeling faint.
Just then Lucy Rutherford sauntered
towards us, leaning upon Harry Voor
hees' arm. Speaking to George, hut
looking at me.
" Are you picking Harry's flowers Cu
pieces hi
.jealousy that they are not
your own asked she.
" 1 ant honored," said the latter, with
a nowt: how, as they passed on.
I turned to fleorge for explanation,
when he suMfenly threw the flower
upon the Horn• and stamped itjant
rather as if it were a venomous insect
than rim., any - ebullition of anger, and,
with a look that I shall never forget—a
look such as we give our beloved dead
ere the coffin lid closes over them fin•-
ever—turning on his heel and was gone.
The first thing I did on reaching my
room that night was to examine the
bouquet I hail left on the table. There,
Half imbedded in leaves and flowers,
was a card with I I
a !Ty V,1“I'l Wl'S' talllt'
on i
I , ml4l, ,011,11111, the word "Thilo-
1.11,11g11t this, .\ tinyttv?"
111,s 1,11.. y. I :ht hail told
on, Al
Luc‘ anal Harry were cousins, and I
suppose he bud deputised her to pre-:ent
the gift, she, of eour,e, imagining that
I would .•ee tile 1 i0111 , 1' , .11:1111C111)011 it.
I grew consider:tidy provoked to think
how ilve4lle..ly i , ensitive Ileorge hail
been, and then "smiled a little as [
thought of how tunnereifully I would
torment hint about it on_the morrow.—
Early on the • following (hty I heard
some one speaking to Roll On the piazza,
just outside my window.
" I wonder what ails I teurge Morford.
He was off the first thing this morning,
white as a sheet, and with his eyes
looking blue thunder."
Weeks after, it reached me that he
had sailed innuediatel- or Calcutta, as
foreign partner of the firm with which
he was connected. That was all. There
was 110 nITVWCII, un regrets, no recrim-
illation, no exptanation, no eonunents,
s o far as I was coneerned, for I would
not allow his name to he mentioned in
my presence. So the mystery was un
solved. There was only silence and
absence, and the waves of the oevan
that rolled between Us.
Meanwhile, life swung - on much as
usual, except that the one element or
happiness had dropped out of it as com
pletely as it . it had never existed. There
\i'ere other things, however—the s\rift
round of fashion, music, and excite
ment, which drowns pain and takes the
place of joy, till in its centre one is
ahmist happy—quite, but for the dead
ebbing or the undercurrent.
The summer after this, Lucy Huffier
tord, my dearest friend and constant
companion, was tlm•owtt front her car
riage, and so fearfully injured that her
life was despaired of. After weeks of
suffering., she was pronounced con
valescent, with the clause.that she could
never rise again of her own volition,
that she would never grow better, and
might at any time become worse, fall
ing gradually into a decline whose end
was death. There were a few natural
longiugs, a few tears, a feW struggles,
as the poor, maimed body and impris
oned soul panted or larger scope, and
then the sweet, moonlight face grew
restful and resigned. It was my chief
est pleasure to visit her, taking flowers
or the little delicacies I had prepared
with my own hands, and giving her
glimpses or that. seemingly far-off
world, whose faintest murmurs only
reached her sick room.
Thus time passed on until Um night
of NVilkil I 11:1Ve spoken—the night
when Litey gave me the first clue to
the mystery which hung round (teorge
Morford's departure. The thought had
presented itself that he was false—a
conviction which, for want of a better,
I had half aceepted, half rejected. Now
understood it all—the flower•, his
norbid sensitiveness, and that he was
jealous of iliirry Voorhees, explained
what else was wanting. The old love
throbbed to life again with keenest
pain; but it was sninething—aye.
everything—lo know my darling was
not unworthy. I comforted myself,
" And yet I know, past all doubting, truly--
A knowledge greater than grief eau dim—
I know, ;IS he loved, he will love me duly—
Yea, better, hotter, than i love hint.-
The next day, remembering with a
pang of remorse how coldly I had left
Lucy in my stupefaction, I hastened to
her. We talked much as usual, hut I
could see that her eyes searched mine
with`' a keen gaze. As I arose to go,
I stooped and kissed her again and
again, saying—
" Dear, I can never thank you suffi
ciently for what you have told me. It
has saved me from despair."
Of what was purely personal in her
confession I never spoke, knowing that.
not even from me would she bear a.
voiceful sympathy with past dreams
and past regrets ; but there was ever a
chord between us deeper than words,
stronger than death, and eternal as love
itself.
The months drifted on until it was
five years since I had looked into George
Morford's face—five years! All my
sisters were married and settled In
homes of their own ; all my compar
ions had mated and n flow to their nests,.,
LANCASTER, PA., TiII:TMDAY . MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1864.
till only Lucy and I wereleft—she lin
gering as if her mission on eartb was
but half accomplished ; I waiting—
waiting for I knew not what.
One evening, neat the end of May, I
went to the opera with Bell and her
husband. Patti sang, Brignoli chanted,
and the audience encored. Music al
ways fills me with a strange, passionate
longing for some intangible happiness
—that impalpable joy which, floating
beyond our reach, is forever sought for
''and forever lost. To-night the slow,
Sick pain increased till all the lights
seemed shining mockeries, and the mu
sic wailing voices of an embodied de
spair,
I was glad when we left the building,
relieved even by Bell's gay appeal to
her husband—
" I'm hungry. Let's go to Millard's
and get some supper." .
To Millard's we went, eat French
creams, and sipped our chocolate out of
little, straight-up-and-down cups that
looked as if they were used in La Val
lier's time, or had been raised to the
lips of dainty Montespan. I was pour
ing water from one of the long-necked
bottles, when Bell uttered an exclama
tion—
" George Morford, ay sure as I'm
alive !"
I followed her gaze till it rested on a
tall, dark figure sauntering listlessly to
wards us from one of the inner saloons.
As lie passed by, looking neither to the
right nor to the left, the light shone
full on a bronzed, bearded face, and the
blue eyes of my quondam lover. I sup-,
pose L might have screamed or fainted,
or have been guilty of Heaven knows
what absurdity, had I not been recalled
to myself by Bell's words=
" What a careless creature you are—
you've spilled that water aII (Wel' your
new dress."
I answered her in a dazed sort of a
way, took a negative part in the con
versation going home, on pretence of
being sleepy, tried to hum a line of
" ! Summer Night !" as I laid my
head upon my pillow, and burst into a
wild fit of passionate weeping.
The next day was one of tropic
warmth and brightness, and towards
sunset vast clouds gathered about the
west, through which an eye of crimson
flame glared bodingly. Lucy's house
was but a step away; and wishing to
visit her and return home again bethre
the storm commenced, I hastened out.
There was an ominous hush in the air,
and, as I passed along, the voices of
children playing in the street sounded
strange and unnatural, like laughter in
a sick room.
Tile invalid sat an "Pen wind"W",
catching what halm sie might from
sultry tweeze and dewless air. As she
turned towards -me, I could see that
some influenee oppressed her—that a
sadden knowledge of a secret prescience
set her all astir. Ere f could fathom
this, a vivid bash of lightning leaped
from a cloud, and, Lucy seeing it, said- T
" The storm has commenced. You
will stay with me to-eight." Theo,
without turning her head, " Do you
know that “eorge Morford is home?"
" Yes. 158 W him last night, myself
unseen."
We sat silent, hearing the jarring
thunders, reeling the cooling breeze,
when Lucy cried in a high, .strung
" Play s(aucthing! Be the David to
exorcise Sao!, for I feel as it I were go
ing mad."
There was a parlor organ in the room,
and I opened it.' Chording, the keys,
at first in pitying compliance—a mere
impulse of human sympathy, the musie
sooned toned itself to the wild stir in
my own heart, wooing it slowly from
its weird harmony with the tempest
without.
As the night advanced, I played on—
old Georgian chants, hymned by the
martyr; amid:dame and torture ; hush
ed hosannas, sung by hunted Walden
ses in the depths of lonely cave and
glen; German ballads, instinct with a
more human pathos—till all the mad
unrest, the hitter longing, the impatient
pain, had vanished, and the angel of
peace folded her wings within my soul.
- When I ceased the storm had spent
itself, and, opening the blinds, a flood
of moonlight, fell athwart the room and
rested on Lucy's face, pale with the c , ±-
haustion of a conquered purpose—glari
tied with the halo of an ineffable peace.
A few nights thcreaftcr, just at dusk,
I sat playing at baekgammon with my
father. ft was very warm, and the
doors and windows were all open. There
was no light in the room, but the hall
lamp was lit, and I s_•at facing it. A
shadow darkened the doorway an in
stant, and, looking up, the light shone
full upon the face of George Morford.
sat white and silent while he came for
ward, shaking hands with my father,
bowing to me and answering the in
numerable questions which my father,
with the proverbial blindness of his sex,.
saw fit to ask. Presently my father
hobbled out of the room, and George
Morford crossed over and sat down be
side me, closing Ids hand over mine
with a firm, quiet clasp. I withdrew it
—lie was taking too much Mr granted.
Fie might bide his time.
" I received a note from your friend
Lucy to-day," he said, " and she has
told me all. Are you mine?" he asked,
after a pause, as if the possibility of fail
ure had just reached him.
No," I answervd, bitttuly ; " you
, •aunot trust me."
He went on, speaking rapid and pas
sionate words of love and supplication;
but the years witnessed against him—
years of hopelessness and desolation,
during which my youth had slipped
from me day by day, and I was inexor
able.
" Then you are willing that I should
return to a dreary existence in a foreign
land, when a single word from you
would give me home. and happiness—
all that my life holds dear?"
"If you wish to, certainly," I an
swered, coldly. " I have no voice in the
matter. George Morford, five years ago
you held your fate in your own hands
you chose what you chose—now abide
by it."
"Well, be it so," he said, with a face
of white despair, and 'wiping his
.brow
as if in physical agony.
He rose to go, and then, bending to
kiss my hand, a great,• scalding tear fell
upon it. We looked, at each other.—
Whether he saw anew pain in my eyes,
or the shadow of an old regret, I cannot
say, certain it is that the next instant
found myself in his arms.
After that, Lucy sank visibly. It
might have been that her mission was
accomplished, or the dying out of some
shadowy hope, oronly the weariness of
the hot, still, perfect days ;_but as June
faded—faded- she.
was with her constantly. George
Morford she refused persistently to see.
I knew why, Iknew that there was a
daily battle and gdatiyfrithriih over an
exhuined . passion, that she thought
heresy to me. I knew that, inexorable
as fate,- she was dying for the sound of
a voice, for - the touch of a hand, for a
look, for a kiss—and yet I might not
speak, Once I came upon her unper
ceived. She was singing to herself in a
little,. plaintive voice, as was her, cos
tom—sometimes songs of earthly sorrow
and despondency ; oftener psalms,- di
vine with faith and Heavenward soar
ing ; to-night a fragment that I well
remembered. I could Catch but half the
words—
"Whose longing lips
Kiss empty air, and never touch .
The dear warm months of those they love,
Waiting, wasting, suffering much."
I stood and thought a moment—then
resolved.. George Morford was down
stairs waiting till I should be ready to
go home. Passing out as softly as Iliad
entered, I called a servant and bade her
tell him'to - come up. Then I went back
to the:room and took my station by Lu
cy's side. George came to the door, ad.:
vaneed and hesitated, looking at me ;
but I beckoned him on, saying, as if
they had met but yesterday—
" Lucy wishes to bid you good-night."
Was ever such a look as she gave him ?
On the borders of eternity, all false dis
guises,feil away, and her very soul leap
ed from her eyes in a wild gaze of pas
sionate imploring. I think be must
have understood her-1 think it must
have been as though their souls had met
in mid air—for he gathered her in his
arms as if she had been a weary dove.
He held there a moment, stooped and
kissed her softly, saying—
" Good-night, Lucy, darling.'
He left her immediately. She lay
perfectly quiet :tiler that.
There was no immediate danger to he
apprehended, the physician had said,
hut with a sort of prescience. 1 resolved
to stag• with her that night. Once I felt
her hands, and they were call in v.
"Are you cold asked.
She lifted to mine her eyes of limit
less content, answering—
"No, dear; I dim'rfeel as
sho u ld ever he CI 'ld again."
I crept beside her, folded her in nit
arms. Nestling close to nie she said
" How good you arc. Kiss inc."
I kissed her, and we slept. Onee in
nab• dream I felt a rush of air and the
stir Of wings. 111 ILo void one called,
beside me one an,Nvereil, and the morn
ing's light showed that my arm , enfold
ed the (lead.
A month thereafter I was Married.
TIIVIV will. 110 great preparation, no
bridesmaids, no wedding favors,. for the
shadow of it sorroNv 4 , verliting to- still.
Standing hy (20rge's side, 1 could , ee
nothing hut lite startling white of hrs
gloves, and could hear nothing but his
sonorous•voiee pronouneing solemn
responses.
And our life currents, so bong parted,
but now mingled, flow seaward through
a laud of limitless content, over \Odell
the love and loss of Lucy hung like a
whit(' cloud over the summer sun, mlly
dimming its eaeess of glory.
GOVERNOR CURTIN'S MESSAGE
HARRISBURG, Aligns( 9.-1 ha e call
ed you together in advance of your ad
journed session for the purpose of tak
ing some action tOr the defense of the
State. From the condnencement of the
rebellion Pennsylvania list done her
whole duty to the Governinent. Lying
as her southern counties do in the im
mediate vieinity of the border, and thus
exposed to sudden invasion, a selfish
policy would have led her to retain a
sufficient part of her ndlitary force for
our defense. In so doing she would
have failed in her duty to the whole
country ; not only would her men have
been withheld from the field of general
operations, hut the loans and taxation
which would have become necessary
would have to a large ex ten t diminished
the ability of her people to comply with
the pecuniary demands of the United
States. She would have also necessari
ly interfered with and hanspere,l all the
military action of the Government, and
made herself, to Anne extent, responsi
ble Ibr any failures and short ( - Timings
that may have occurred in pursuanee of
the policy thus deliberately adopted. -
This State has steadily devoted her men
to the great service. From the
fling she has always been among the
first.. to respond In the calls of the l'n it ed
States, as is shown by her history front
the three months' men and the reserve
corps to the present moment. Thus
faithfully fulfilling all 'her own obliga
tions, she has a right to he defended by
the national force as a part of a comm o n
country. Any other view would he ab
surd and unjust. She, of course, can
not complain When she suffers by the
necessary contingencies a war. The
reflections that have in too many quar
ters been made upon the people of her
southern counties arc most tintbunded.
They were invaded in 18672, when a
Union army, much superior to any force
of the rebels, and ou which they lint of
eonrse a right to rely, was lying in their
immediate vicinity, and north '1 the
Potomac. They were again invaded in
1363, after the defeat of the I forees
under Milroy, at Winchester; and they
have again suffered in 1 after the
defeat of the Union forties under 'rook
and Averell. How conk I an ageleul
tural people in an open country he ex
pected to rise suddenly and beat back
hostile forces wlf let had defeated orgali
iy,ol veteran armies of the Oovernim.nt ?
It is of eolirse expected that the in hithi
ta ts: invaded country will do wind
is in their power to resist the invaders,
and the facts hereinafter stated will
show, I think, that the people of these
counties have not failed in this duty. If
Pennsylvania, lty reason of her geo
draphical position, has required to he
efended by the national forces, it has
only been against the common enemy;
it has never been necessary to weaken
the army in the field by sending heavy
detachments of veterans to save her cit
ies from being devastated by small
hands of ruffians, composed of their own
inhabitants, nor have her people been
disposed to sneer at the great masses of
law-abiding citizens in any other State
who have required such protection.—
Yet, when a brutal enemy, pursuing a
defeated body of Union forces, crosses
our border and burns a defenseless town,
this horrid barbarity, instead of firing
the hearts of all the people of our com
mon conntrv, is actually in some quar
ters made time ocCasion- of mocks and
gibes at the unfortunate sufferers, thous
ands of whom have been rendered
houseless ; and these heartless scoffs
proceed from the very men who, when
the State authorities, foreseeing the
danger; were taking precautionary
measures, ridiculed.the idea of their be
ing any anger, sneered at the exertions
to prepare for meeting it, and succeeded,
to some extent, in thwarting their ef
forts to raise forces.- These men are
themselves morally responsible for the
calamity over which they now chuckle
and rub their hands. It might have
been hoped, nay, we had a right to ex
pect, that the people of the loyal States,
engaged in a common effort to preserve
their Government, and'all that is dear
to freemen, would have fOrgotten, at
least for the time, their wretched local
jealousies, and sympathized with their
loyal fellow-citizens wheiever resident
within the border of our common coun
try. It should be remembered that the
original source of the present rebellion
was in, such jealousies, encouraged for
wicked purposes, by unscrupulous pot
iticians.
The men who for any purpose now
continue to encourage them ought to be
held as public enemies ; enemies of our
Union:And our peace,, and should be
treated;.: as such. Common feelings,
common synipathiee are ."the necessary
foundations of a "ecimmon free Gkovern-
314 i Zaidi
. .
nient. I lain proud to say that the peo
ple of Peru:Ll:Oval - 11a feel every 'brow at
any of her sister States as an assault
upon themselves, and give to them all
that hearty . good-will, the expression of
which is sometimes more important un
der the infliction of calamit - • than mere
material aid.
It is urineceasy to refer to the .ap
proach of the reilel army up the Shen
andoah Valley on the third day of July
last; to the defeat of General Wallace
on the Mciiioceacy, their approach to mid
threatening of the capita), or to their
- destruction of property and pillage of
the counties of Maryland tying on our
harder. These events have passed into
history, and the responsibilities will be
settled by the judgment of the pinple.
At that time a call was made .upo n
Pennsylvania for volunteers to be mus
tered into the service of the United
States,and to serve for one hundred days
in the States of Pennsylvania and Mary
' land and at Washington and its vicinity.
Notwithstanding the embarrassments
which complicated the orders for their
organization and muster, six regiments
were enlisted and organized, and a bat
talion of six companies. The regiments
were withdrawn from the State, the last
leaving the twenty-ninth day of .July.
I desired that at least part of thiS force
should be cent - hied in their service to
the States of Pennsylvania and Mary
land, and made such an application to
the War Departinent: As this propo
sition did not meet their approbation,
it was rejected, and the general order
changed to include the States named
and Washington and its vicinity. No
part of the rebel army at that time had
come within the State. The people of
the border counties were warned and
removed their stock, and at Chambers
burg and at York were organized and
armed for their own protection.
T was not officially informed of the
movements of the Federal armies, and
of course not of the strategy of their
commanders, but it was stated in the
newspapers that the rebel army was
closely pursued after it had crossed the
Potomac. and was retiring up the Val
ley the Shenandoah. Repeated suc
cesses of our troops were also an
nounced, and the people of this State
had just cause to believe that quite suf
ficient Federal force had been thrown
forward for its protection upon the line
of the Potomac.
On Friday, the '2oth day eel duly, the
rebel brigades of Johnson and McCaus
land, consisting of from 2,500 to 3,000
mounted .men with six guns, crossed
the Potomac at Clear Spring ; they corn
unelected crossing at In o'clock, A. M.,
and marched directly one Mercersburg.
There were but forty-five men picketed
in that direetion under the command
of Lieutenant McLean, United States
Army, and as the enemy succeeded ire
cutting the telegraph communicat,ion,
which, from that point, had to pass west
by way of Bedford, no information could
he sent tee General Couch Iw' telegraph,
who was then at Chambersburg.
The head of this c•oltunn reached
Chambersburg at 3 o'clock, A, AI., Oct
Saturday, lhe• It. The rebel brigades
of Vaughn and Jackson, numbering
about 3,900 mounted men, (Tossed the.
Potomac at about the same time, at or
near Williamsport. Part of this ( . 0111-
1111010 ad Valll•Cli 011 nagITSIOWII ; the
main body moved on the road leading.
from Williamsport to Greencastle.
Annilier rebel eolunin of infantry and
artillery crossed the Potomac• simul
taneously at Shephardstown, and moved
towards Leitersburg. General Averell,
who commanded a force, reduced to
about 2,1in0 men, was at Hagerstown,
and lading threatened in front ley
Vaughan and Jackson ; on liis right by
McCausland and Johnson, who also
threatened his rear, and een his left by
the column wh fele crossed at nsle e eph ;e rds_
town, he therefore fel tback medal ( treen
castle. Gen. Averell, it is understood,
was under the orders of Gen. Hunter,
but was kept as fully advised by Gen.
Couch as was possible of the enemy's
movements on his right and tee his rear.
Gen. ('ouch was in Chambersleurg,
where his endre force consisted of sixty
infantry, forty-five cavalry and a sec
tion of a battery of artillery, in all less
than one hundred and fifty men.
The six companies of men enlisted'
for eerie hundred days remaining in the
State, and two eqempanies of cavalry
had, under orders from Washington, as
I am unoftleiallradvised, joined Ayer
ell. 'flee town of Cheimbersburg, was
held until daylight by the small force
under ( "(meta 1 Couch, during which the
Government store's and train weresaved.
Two batteries were then planted by the
enemy, commanding the town, and it
was invested by flee whole. command of
Johnson and McCausland.
At 7 o'clock, A. Al., six companies of
dismounted men, commanded by
;-4eeney, entered the town followed by
monnted men under (Minor. The main
force was in line Or battle, a demand
was made for one hundred thousand
dollars in gold or wive hundred thousand
dollars in I .loverum e n t funds as rai Isom,
and a umnber oitizens were arrested
and held as hostages for its payment.
No offer of money was made by the
citizens of the town, and even if they
had any intention of paying a ransom,
no time w as allowed, as the rebels com;
menced immediately to burn and pillage
the town, disregarding the appeals of
women and children, the aged and in
firm. Even the bodies of the dead were
not protected from their brutality.
It would have been vain for all the
citizens of the town, if armed, to have
attempted, in connection with General
Couch's ;;Inall force, to defend it. G e n.
Couch withdrew - his command and did
not himself leave until the were
actually in the town. Gen. A vorell's
command being within nine miles of
Chambersburg, it was hoped he would
arrive in time to save the town, and
ef - lbrts were made during the night to
communicate with hint.
Tn the meantime the small force of
(ieu. Couch held the enemy at hay.
Gen. Averell marched on Chambers
burg, but did not arrive until after the
town was burned and the enemy had
retired ; he pursued and overtook them
at McConnelsburg in Fulton
. county, in
time to save that place from pillage and
destruction ; he promptly engaged and
defeated them, driving them to Hancock
and across the Potomac.
I commend the houseless and ruined
people . of Chambersburg to the liberal
benevolence of the Legislature, and
suggest that a suitable appropriation he
made for their relief. Similar charity
has heretofore been exercised, in case of
an accidental and destructive fire at
Pittsburgh. I cannot doubt the dispo
sition of the Legislature on the present
occasion.
On the sth day of this mouth a large
rebel alm3 - was in Maryland and at
Various points on the Potomac, as far
back as New Creek, and as there was no
adequate force within the State, I
deemed it my duty on that day to call
for thirty thousand volunteer militia
for domestic protection.
They will he armed, transported and
supplied by the United States ; but as
no provision is made for their payment,
it will be necessary, shouldyou approve
my action, to make an appropriation
for that purpose. , reeling it to be the
duty of the , General Government to
afford full protection to the people of
Pennsylvania and Maryland, by the de
fense of the tine of the Potomac, I united
with Governor Bradford in the follow
ing letter to the President, dated July
21, 1861:
STATE OF MARYLAND, EXECUTIVE
DEPART RENT, ANNAPOLIS, July 21,
1864.—hrti Excellency, Abraham Lin
coln, President of the United States:—
Sir—The frequeut raids across the Po
tomac River, made by portions of _the
rebel army, and the extent of-the dam
age they'have succeeded so frequently
in inflicting, have most injuriously af
fected the people of Maryland and
Pennsylvania in -the neighborhood of
that river, and many of them, it is be
lieved, as the only security atainst such .
losses in the future, are seriously con
sidering the propriety of abandoning
their present him& and seeking safety
atthe North. • - • '•• •
It seeing to us that not merely in this
sectional aspect of the case but. in--its
national _relation, the stkeurity of &his
bordeiline.betweentloyal and rebel
lious States is an objmtlustifying :and.
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NUMBER 32
requiring a di3position of a portion of
the national force with an especial view
to its defense.
-The Potomac River can , only he
Crossed in its ordinary state of water at
some five or six fords, and we propose
enlist from our respective States a
volunteer force that shall be sufficient,
with the aid of the fortifieations w 'Mt
the force itself can speedily construct,
to efteetnally guard them.
All we ask of the Government is that.
the recruits-so raised shall be credited to
the quotas of our severrl States on the
call last made, and be armed, equipped
and supplied as other volunteers in the
service. We are aware that as a general
rule, well founded objections exist to
the enlistment of a force to be exclusive
ly used for home or local defense but
we regard such a service as we now
suggest as an exceptional ease, and the
eomplete protection of that part of our
frontier as of admitted national impor
tance. Soon after-the outbreak of the
rebellion the importance of a special
detense - ol the region bordering- on the
liPer Potomac was recognized by the
Government, sod the , Hon. Francis
Thomas, of Maryland, was authorized
by it to raise three rogiments with the
view to the protection of the counties
on either side of that river. Regiments
were raised hut the subsequent exigen
cies of the service required their en
ployment elsewhere, and they thcretinte
atterd at present no particular security
to that region bra and other mops in
the service.
The necessity, as we think, for some
such peculiar provision has now become
so obvious that we would with great re
spect, but most earnestly, urge upon
your excellency the expediency of ac
ceding to the suggestions we have matle,
and we will immediately set about rais
ing the forces required,, and we have no
doubt they will be promptly procured.
We have the honor to hp! with great
respect, your obedient set?
A. ly nronn,
• A. Ci ' Cr wri N.
The following letter front the Assisi
ant :Acklutant General, dated August
ltint, is the only tel received by ine ltp
to this time:
\VAR DEP.,It TM ENT, A It.J T.l NT ( 1:N-
Eli AL'S 0 FrICE, V SIT I NOToN, D. (~,
August 1, lsn-I. /Ti Erocllcafi,thr r,r6r
crnop of Prmixylvaaki : have the
honor to ‘ twknowledge the receipt of the
joint letter from yourself and the (lov
ernor of Marlaud, dated July 21,
asking authority to raise a volunteer
three in your respective l'llates, to Is ex
elusively used for home and local de
fense, and for guarding the fords of t
Potomac.
In reply, T ant directed by the Blecre
tary of War to inform you that the pro
position has been fully considered, and
that the authority asked for cannot he
grunted. In this connection please see
the act of Congress approved 1 el,ruary
13th, 1862, as promulgated in general
orders No. 15, series of 15,62, front th.s
office. I have the honer to remain, sir,
very respectfully, v our ohcdieul servo
Tints...Nl. VINCENT.
ASSlStalli Adjutant (;(•11er:Ii.
Tenor sent hi , F.x,,•;-
lency the Governor of Maryland, this
date. I low the reason given for the re
fusal to act on this proposition an Ise
made consistent with the •milistitient nt
men for one hundred days, to serve in
Pennsylvania, - Maryland tun] at Wash
ington ;11111 vicinity, is hard to perceive.
(lit the suggestion made hy citizens
of the border 'counties, the following
communication, dated 22d .holy, Int.
was made by Alitlor I leneral 'otich to
the t-leeretary of War.
11.E.knQuAitTEns rite
1 - I.\ HIS • Hrli , ";, July
±, 1 sti4.—/lon. E. M. Sla
of Uwe Sir—During the recent raid
into Maryland the citizens of 'hand(cr
burg turned Out with a determination
to stand by the few soldiers PI eson zind
hold the town against any cavalry force
that might assault it.
Five hundred citizens of York, irres
pective of party, volunteered, \vcre
armed, and went down the Non he(
Central Railroad to guard the bridues
and hold their own. This is slat,' in
order to show you that the border eiti-
Zeus are beginning to realize that by
united action they have the strength to
protect themselves 10a Ist 1 I it,
raiding party.
Inclosed T invite your tillention to :t
letter addressed to the Governor, to
gether with the indorsement, upon the
subject of forming a special corps front
the six border counties most exposed.
If ten thousand men evil thus or
ganized, its existence WOU hp zi pro
tection and give confidence. I am in
formed that the general sentiment of
the people in question is in favor of
something. being (lone at - once, and, a.:
a military measure, think it will be of
essential service to the General Govern
ment, and recommend that the War
Department encourage the movement
by authorizing the loan or issue of uni
forms, provided the law in question is
enacted. It is believed that the militia
law of this state will practically prove
of no value excepting that an enroll
ment will probably he made.
I ant, sir, very respectfully, your obe
dient servant, D. N. Ci)ucii,
Maj. Gen. Commanding Deparment.
HEA . DQUA LITERS DEPARTMENT uF
THE 5U51,21. - ETT NN, , HARRISBURG,
August 4.—A true copy respectfully fur
nished for the information of his Ex
cellency Governor A. G. Curtin.
(Signed) Jolts S. SHULTZ, :1.A..%.
On the same day I approYed, in writ
ing, of the proposition, and t•xpressing
iny opinion that the Legislature would
pass an art in accordance with it at its
adjourned session on the 23d of August.
1 tun furnished with an official copy of
the following reply, dated August hit,
1864, to the proposition of Gen. Couch.
Cory.—War Department, Adjutant
General's Office, Washington, D. C.,
August 1,1864.—. Major General D. N.
Conch, Commanding,• Harrisburg, Pa.:
General—l have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your letter of the Liiid
of July, relative to the United States
providing uniforms Mr a special corps of
militia from certain border counties of
Peensylvania. In reply, I :1111 directed
to inform you that the subject lug; been
carefully considered by the Secretary of
War, Who eamtof sanction the issue of
the clothing in question.
I am, General, very respectfully, y.tur
obedient servant.
r rlfOii. M. Visa l: \T.
Assistant Adjutant ( iencrit
1 - lEADorAntrtats DEPAmmt ENT in'
THE SUSQUEHA NN A, HARRISBURC, A u
gust 6, 1864,—A true copy l'espect
furnished for the Infos - in:thou of his
Excellency, Gpvernor A. (4. ( 'urtin.
(Signed) Jolits S. SHULTZ,
Assistant Adjutant General.
In each of the three years, iste2. I
and 1864, it has been found necessary
to call out the State militia for the de
fense of the State, and this has beets
done with the assent unit assistance of
the General Government. Vrom the
want of organization we have 1,491
obliged to rely exclusively on Volunteer
militia, and with few exeeptions to or
ganize. anew for each occasion.
This has caused confusion and a loss
of much valuable time, and has resulted
in sending to the field men in a g.reat
measure 'undisciplined. , The mililiu hill
passed at the last session is, I think; for
ordinary times, the best militia Sao-we
have ever had, but under the existing
extraordinary circumstances!itseems to
require Modification.
suggest that theassessors be directed
to make an immediate enrollment, clas
sifying the militia as may be thought
hest 'that the officers be 'appointed by
the Governor on the ;recommendation
approved by him of a board of exami
nation, composed of three major-gen
erals for each division, of whom the
major-general of the division shall be
one, the other two to be designated by
the Governor from the adjoining divis
ion, or in such other mode as the Legis
lature may think fit. That in all cases
the officers shall be• seleeted- bY prefer
ence from:officers and .men who have
been in service s , and who shall have
been: honorably discharged by ,the
United States, and' that
,effeetnal pro
-Vision-be rUnde : for-drafting
when- required. -
The•reconunendaticazin:regard to ap=
ril:Amentria pladc - to avoid ,this; ang*
-
• asensibn Mid tOO7 oft - en plaital' RM.
MI=EM
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
33 .1. 7 5.M1zs - AnyEra'nuluxxerrs, 812 a year per
squarer -of eroldinizletrOarterir .41-210,4*Wr':"1
fractions of a.,year„ -
REAL ESTATE, Panama, PEOMIE.TE,HiId' GEN
BRAL A-D VXanaING, 7 cents ajlint - for- -the
first, and 4 cents for each subsequeut_inser,
tion.
PATENT BlicorafracS and other ha - Vied by :lze
column:
One column, I •year,..—.—....—...;41106
Half columml
Third column, 140
Quarter colanna,-... ,
BUSI
one N
ye ESS Oartru, often lines or /wan - - -
Business eards,ll.v.rlines or iess,..one-'
y ern . •
LEGAL AS OTHER. Noxious- 6
• Executors' notices - - •
Administrators' notices,
Assignees' notices, 2.00
Auditors' notices 1.60
Other "Notices," ten lines, or-leSs,
three times
•
nosy which divide military ,:argisniza
lions by the election of alma, and to
secure the services of-the most slceecv
ing and competent men. The ; election
of officers in the voinnteer forces in-the
geld has been found to be injiitiena
the service; whilepromotiens - by setioi•-
it) and appointments of meritorious
privates, have produced bravery and
stimulated to faithfulness in-the- enlisk
ment of new organizations—Thejlotan
adopted of granting authority-to officers
to recruit companies has been seen to
be the best policy. I also recommend ,
that the GoyertfOr be authorized to form,
either by the acceptance of volunteers
or by drafting in such parts of the State
as he may deem expedient, a- special
corps of militia, to consist in due.-pro
portion of cavalry, artillery and itifaii
tcS-7to be kept up to the full number of
fifteen regiments, to be styled Minute
Men, who shall be sworn and mustered
into the service of the State for three
years, and who shall assemble for drill
at staclt times and places as he may
direct ; who shall be clothed, - - armed
and equipped by the State, and:,paid
when assembled for drill or called-WO
service, and who shall at all times be
liable to he called into immediate ser
vice for the defense of the State, inde
pendently of the remainder of the
force Would be subject to sud
den calls the largest part of it should be
organized in the counties lying on.our
exposed horder, and as the people of
these counties have more personal in-
Wrest in their protection, the recom-
OlellNiatioll is made to authorize the Gov
ernor to ate the parts of the State
in which it shall l,r raised, and to save
the inn, and exp.-Ilse of transporting
troops from remote parts of the State,
and subAsienee and pad• in. going:to
and from the Murder.
•A hod, ,or men so organized Willi . /Us
1 4:1 \ etrect ye to prevent raids
and invasion,. The expense of cloth
ing-, arming ao equipping such a force
cannot he correctly ascertained, but the
Quarternth,ter eneral has been directed
to approximate estimates for your in
forimitin ul ich will be independent
of pay amj subsistence.
The state should provide at least Asia
four-gun batteries of field artillery, with
all the modern improvements.
fhc sugg,stion has" been frequently
made by un reflecting persons that the
State :Mould raise a force and keep it
pqinan,ntly in t he field for her defense.
Apart from other considerations, it is
1 , 1 Ire ul.serveil that the expenses of such
a hien-tire Would be quite beyond the
prescnt ability of the state.
_ .
'l%, raise and maintain an army of fif
teen regiments--and any smaller force
N‘ on Id he inadequate—would involve
;in anneal expenditure of more than
lilt eel. millions of dollars.
The plan which 1 have above pro
-1,,,5tql won hi, I think - . give the State ef
th•ietil prweetion, :old ir the Legiala
mit• -.llould think lit to adopt it, the ex
can reality provided for by
.I•gaili40(1 force under the
control 01 [l4- authorities of the State,
and ur:+te•ed into service fot• domestic
w, I,Nould not, a' heretofore,
lose time in arranging for transporta
tion and , upplic.F , with the national
Ho‘•erilment.
\V hen it became necessary to call It
into the field, where, thoroughly organ
ized , it lil be in all its appointments
an arrn;s, which could be increased from
our en ri,lled awl classified citizens.
The plan whiell I have above 'Bug
a-este, i> Ole result of relleetion anctex
periem i• irliieh I have had during the
last I lir e ears, and 1 have felt it to be
nly it for your coneider
atii.ni. of the pa 'Tose of providing for
he nal defense of the State, I, of
course, eannot doubt your approval. If
he I,,gi,lat Ilre should prefer the adop
tion 4 , C ol her plan more efficient
and om uii al than that which I have
prtipti,cd, it will give me pleasure
heartily in earrying itinto
111 :It•rt)l'd I 11, V. iti. till' :la ul 1844.,
lea\ e 2 I,er the- E:tilern armies
agell t for Washington,
and Lieut. Col. antes 1;illiou as aSsis
lant agent at that place, and also for the
Soot Ilwc,tern a r mies, Lieut. Col. James
chum lwriain, as agent at Nashville.
The-, are How actively en-
, :stged in the performance of their-du
ties, and it is itesirahle I hat our people
should he mean' that a part of them
eulisi:sis of the gvaLititoUs collection of
all claims by Pennsylvania volunteers,
,ir their lee ' al representatives, on the
Stale and Nat ion a 1 iVol
tinteers having claims on eitherof these
iovernments, (•all have them collected
through these agents without expense,
and thus he secured from the extortions
Ln whieli it is reared they have some
times hereton.re hem' subjected.
reeeived information froth the
animus the ;state that our sick and
wounded w,.rc soft-ring greatly from
the ,cant of comforts, and even neces
saries, I have heen recently compelled
on the people to contribute sup
plies mainly in kind for their teller; and
it gives tile pleasure to say that this ap
peal has been cheerfully responded to,
as have been all my former appeals to
the same end. It seems impossible to
expand the liberality of our generous
people when lli welt-being of our brave
volunteers is in question.
In my special message of the...ld of
April, I stated the circumstances at
tending the advance by banks and other
corporations .or funds for the payment
of the 'Militia added out in 1863. In
conscyurnce, the Legislature passed the
art of -Ith May, 1864, authorizing a loan
for the purpose of refunding with inter
est the amount thus advanced, in case
Congress should rail to make the neces
sary appropriation at its then current
session.
I regret to say that Congress adjourned
wit hoot making such appropriation.—
The balanee in the Treasury being found
sufficient to reimburse the funds so ad
vanced, without unduly diminishing
the sinking fund, I have deemedit ad
visable not to advertise for proposals for
the loan, and I recommend the Passage
of an art directing the paymentto be
ioade out of tin• money in the Treasury.
As the omission of Congress to act on
this subjeet involved an unprecedented
disregard of the good faith of :the na
tional authorities, I . reconimend that
tine Legislature takes measures for pro
curing an appropriation at the next aeS
,illll of CongresS•
The revenue bill passed at the last
session has been found to be defective
in several points, and T recommend a
ea refill and immediate revision Of it.
The mu ntv bill passed at the latt ses
sion is found to be defective and unjust
in many of its provisions, and, from the
manner in whieli it is administered in
some parts of the State, oppressive on
the people. I therefore recommend a
careful revision of it, as the present ses
sion has been called for the considera
tion of matters of vital public impor
tance.
I nolo ioond them to your earnest and
,txelli , ive attention.
.4-411 W
A tiom Fun SAI.E. — Ilow much we
dislike to read so sad an announcement
in the advertising department of the
papers. Not a house and ground only,
but all the long, cheering menioriesand
tender issoeiat ions of the pluee that en
rich it with a wealth beyond the com
putation of inHiness inen, the traders in
honte-teads and olher (-lasses of real
estate. It is a sorry daY, - ./Or ttJantn, and
the more so for a family, when; he is
obliged to give up his home; :and go
drifting again over the world. 3 _ ; Wo ex
perience like this shucks tire, sensitive
heart. Allgone, nil deserted. : The lights
shilling no more in-the witt4gw. The
familiar faces no longer presed; against .
the - panes.. The . fifes dead iluidlkoneout.
The smoke no more - curlini; 'll.Bm the
chimneys. The dear yoiceswillinot be
heard there again,. thotigh thulium pass
and.repass the house daily, 7 -Ahl there
is indeed no desolation of a,sortik*ethis.
11e must De4tj'har - d - and undeterolied na
tine that can - Confeiniflate7siketi ' , a scene
.}--Without: the einotioku: al'o lose
.oue'is :home i 8 tolose Vearly &IMO earth
J has to 9ff.gr. of 4pplp*PiTwAra
A. G. CURTIN