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A Grandmother
Isn't it a nice thing to be a „grand
mother? To have six little feet come
pattering to meet ydu when yol, get ,
home; to be rejuvejiated with kisses;
and have little legs and arms coiling
round you, like clinging vines, and
swaying you to and fro like rollicking
winds, while merry Laughter and
clamor for precedence breaks forth like
clashing, jubilant fountains.
Isn't it a happy thing to he a grand
mother? to have young hands laid in
your lap 'when they are weary, and
young, ears listening for "sing a song of
sixpence," and little legs astride your
knee, galloping to the time of
Ride a jack horse
To llarhurry cross,
To see what Charlie can bny --
A penny brown loaf;
A sweet sugar'eake,
And a half-penny apple pie.
Did not our grandmother sing that
same for us fifty years ago? Are we
one day older just now than We wore .
then?
Then to have the little pink toes come
out the stockings, and put up at us
temptingly-, for
Ifintra mintra, cunt corn,
Apple-seed and apple-thorn
Wire briar, limber-lock,
Five gray gceso in a flock,
and so On to the end of that delectable
story.
Isn't it joyful to be a grandintither?
To sit in your son's or daughter's best
parlor, flfling the great arm-chair in the
centre, which has been set for you by
such kindly hands, and looking up into
the four-loot mirror on the wall, to see
yourself, in the midst of a cluster of
;,-oung life—fresh as the apple blooms
that surround the central stem. To see
yourself—gray hairs, wrinkles, shadow
and all ; but what of it You see, too,
whore the shine of your May-day locks
have gone to, as you stroke back F'an
nie's bonnie brown hair;" and the
roses which you delighted in at fifteen
have only transferred themselves to her
plump cheeks. Lizzie has the laughing
blue of your eyes ; while Charlie, as he
mounts the ellairback, awl collies rol
licking down over your shout, ler in your
lap, smashing your head-gear and tear
ing away pins :old fastenings, makes
you wonder lin m? you can have one nerve
of power left, with which to catch such
a bundle of frOlic, and save it front an
nihilation. Hu is your own again.
Isn't it a paternal thing to be a grand
mother ? To see all 4 yourself dupli
cated and triplicated, over and over ; to
find every missing energy, every ripple
of a laugh, every flash of feeling, every
atom of the I don't care,vvery intinites
shoal pill of mischief and mirth, which
made merry childhood's days to you—
living, glowing, growing, mid swelling
into a life beyond; awl worth living for
in a half-dozen other.
And do,wo grudge our darlings these
treasures, once all ours ? Not a whit
more than we would grudge the eandies
and sweet-meats that we have .no taste
for, now that the uphill of life is done
with, and we are travelling down to
ward its sunset rest.
fsn't it a holy thing to he a grand
mother? To bring the wisdom of a
lifetime, like rich, ripe fruit, fin• the
hands of those we love; to turn the
young feet from danger, and fix the
yomigeyes upon the heautiful; to watch,
to guide, to guArd ; to sing sweet 'tilla
ble: to pride and folly ; to snatch the
tentptations of passion from unwary
fingers, to teach the young hands to he
useful, the young heart to be brave, and
the soul to be pure and trust fn God.
Gh, it is good to he a grandmother, to
card, and spin, and weave all that is
left that is good of the old garment of
our own lives into the new fabrics which
shall be clothed, and adorn many others
wit() shall stand in our places when we
shall be no more. But woe unto her
who makes shoddy of her work.
Sizing Down the Age of Man and Woman.
The man that dies youngest, as might
lw expected, perhaps, is the railway
braltesman. His average age is only 27.
Yet this must he taken with some al
lowanee, from the tact that hardly any
but young and active men arc employed
in the capacity. At the saine age dies
the factory workwontaff, through the
combined influence of confined air,
sedentary posture, scant wages, and un
remitting toil. Then comes the rail
way baggage man, who is smashed on
an average at 30. Milliners and dress
makers live but little longer. The
average or the one is 32, and the other
The engineer, the fireman, the
conductor, the powder-maker, the well
digger, and factory operative, all of
whom are exposed to sudden and violent
deaths, die on-an average under the age
of 35. The cutler, the dyer, the leather
dresser, the apothecary, the confectioner,
the cigar maker, the printer, the silver
smith, the painter, the shoe cutter, the
engraver, and the machinist, all of
whom lead confined lives in an un
wholesomeatmosphere, do not reach the
average age of 4)). The musician blows
his breath all out or his body at 41).
Then conies trades that are active or in
a pure air. The baker lives to an
average age of 43, the butcher to 49; the
brickmaker to 47, the carpenter to 49, the
furnace man to 42, the mason to 48, the
stone cutter to 43, the tanner to 49,
the tinsmith to 41, the weaver to
44, the drover to 40, the cook,
to 45, the inn-keeper to 46, the la
borer to 44, the domestio servant ( fe
male) to 43, the tailor to 43, the tailoress
to 41. Why should the barber live till
So, if not to show the virtue there is in
personal neatness and soap and water?
Those who average over half a century
among mechanics are those who keep
their muscles and lungs in healthful and
moderate exercise, and not troubled
with weighty cares. The blacksmith
hammers till 31, the cooper till shi, and
the wheelright till 50. The miller lives
to be whitened with the age of 61. The
rope-maker lengthens the thread of his
to 55. Merchants, wholesale and retail,
to 52. Professional men live longer than
is generally supposed. Litigation kills
clients sometimes, but seldom lawyers,
for they avemige 53. Physicians prove
their usefulness by prolonging their
own lives to the same period. The
sailor averages 411, the caulker 64, the
sailmaker 32, the stevedore 36, the ferry
man 65, and the pilot 64. A dispensa
tion of Providence that " Maine Law "
men may consider inComprehensible
that brewers and distillers live to the
ripe old age of 64. Last and longest
lived comes paupers, 67, and "gentle
men " 68. The only two classes that do
nothing for thelthelves and live on their
neighbors outlast all the rest.
A CURIOrS THOUGHT.— A little boy
Sitting near a window where the sun
shone brightly, eating , bread and milk,
suddenly
,galled out, 'Oh mother, Pin
full of , glory; 'for I have sWillowed
whole.tkpeopful of sunshine."
J. M. Coopin,
ALFRED SANDERSON
VOLUME 65.
During the progress of the French Re-
volution, there were two parties which
arose, and for a long time contested for
the supremacy, the Girondists and the
Jacobins. The mob of Paris was at the
disposal of the Jacobins, and sustained
them in their most atrocious measures.
"We must," said Murat, one of the
leaders of the Jacobins, " strike intothe
hearts of our foes. It is our only safety."
The Girondists attempted to arrest the
progress of the frightful massacres in
which the .Jacobins were engaging.
They thus expOsed themselves to the
dangerous charge of heing in sympathy
with the aristocrats. The strife which
ensued, a strife involving life or death,
was one Of the most tern terrihie recorded in
history.
Madame Roland was one evening uty
ing Vergniaud to rally the Girondists
party at every litizard . to arrest the mas
sacre,. "Tie only hope of France," said
she " is in the sacredness of the law.
This atrocious carnage causes thousands
of bosoms to thrill with horror. All the
wise and good in France, and in the
world, will rise to, sustain those who ex
pose their own hearts as a barrier to
arrest such enormities."
" Of what avail," was the sad reply of
Vergniaud, "can such exertions be?—
The assassins are supported by all the
power of the street. :-zueli a conflict
must necessarily terminate in a street
tight. 'l'l cannon are with our foi,,t
The prominent of the friends of order
are massacred. Terror will restrain the
rest. We shall only provoke our own
destruction.''
For several days the strife raged in the
Convention with the utmost intensity,
betwven theOirondiskano the.lavobins
The party which could obtain the ma
jority would surely consign the other to
the scallhld. M. Roland, the I:irondist
Minister of the Interior, was a man of
great power, hut Madame Roland, with
a brilliance of genius seldom surpassed,
prepared for him his speeches in the
Convention. Vranee reeognize.l her
marvelous abilities; the one party re
garded her with adoration, and the other
with hate. Prolnibly never bei'ore in
the history or the world has a woman
occupied such a position. It soon be
came evident that the rage of the Jaco
bins would ,leseeml - hpon Madame Ro
land, and she was urged to escape from
Paris. The heroic woman replied:
" I am ashamed to resort to any ex
pedient. I kill neither disguise iny , elt
nor make any attempt at street eseape.
enemies may find 1111'11 . 1W:1y, in my
place. I ()we my country an exiimple of
firnin(),), and I will give• it."
She remained in Paris, and soon per
ished upon the guillotine. The Con
vention consisted of eight hundred men.
Twenty-one of the most illustrious men
of France were considered leaders of the
Girondists. The Jacobins accused them
of treason, and overawing the members
of the Convention by a mob, carried
the accusation, and etindenined them to
death. It was then voted that all Paris
should he illuminated in view of the
triumph of the people. At midnight
the whole Convention, in procession,
traversed the brilliant streets, leading,
to grace their triumph, the doomed Gi
rondists. They were all then consign
ed to the Conciergerie, there to await
the final trial. Summer cameand went,
while illustrious men lingered in their
dungeons. With fort hude., the record
of which has embalmed their memories,
they struggled to sustain each other to
meet that fate tvhirli they knew could
not lie doubtful.
At length the hour of final triumph
came. With the most imposing mili
tary array of iillantry, cavalry,artillery,
to guard against Ow possibility of any
counter revolution, the prisoners were
condticted in a long procession, two by
two, to the judgment bar. It was the
:ioth of October, 179:i. At eleven o'clock
at night the verdict was brought in,and
they were doomed to he led the next
morning to the guillotine. As the 'sen
tence was pronounced, one of the “i
-rondists, Valane, plunged his dagger to
his heart, and fell lifeless to the floor.—
Another in the delirium or enthusiasm,
shouted: "This is the most glorious
da}• or my life!" It was midnight
when the victims vy ere conducted hock
to the Conciergerie. As they marched
along, their voices loirst into the Mar
seilloise _Hymn, in tones which rever
berated through the corridors of th.t.,
prison, and echoed through the streets:
"Conte children of your country CM:II
The day of glory dawns on high,
And tyranny has wide unfurled
Her hlood-stained banner in the sky
They were placed in one large hall,
and the lifeless body of their companion
was deposited in one corner. Ily decree
of the assembly the remains of Valane
were to lie taken with the rest, to the
guillotine, and the axe was to sever his
head from the lifeless, body, and all the
headless trucks were to be interred to
gether. Some friends of the (tire Mists
immediately sent to them a sumptuous
banquet, tl❑cir final funeral repast. A
large oaken table was spread. Servants
entered with brilliant lamps. The rich
est viands of meats and wines were
brought in. Vases of flowers smiled
where flowers never bloomed before and
the costly dishes appeared one after
another, until the board was eovered
with luxury and splendor.
In silence they took their places at the
table. They were all men of brilliant
intellect, and most of tlieiu eloquent.
.\ priest, Abbe Lambert, who had gain
ed admission, with his peneil noted
down their words, their actions, their
indications of heroism. The repast was
prolonged Lill the dawn faintly entered
the grated windows. When the cloth
was removed, and the fruits, the wine,
and the flowers :dont , remained, thecon
versation became animated, with occa
sional bursts of gayety. A few of the
unbelievers in inunortallity endeavored
thus to meet their doom. But it was
hilarity unnatural, and 1111W4)rthy of the
men and their condition. Death is not
a rest, and he who attempts to so regard
it does hut dishonor himself.
What. shall \t - i• he doing at this time
norrow ?" asked Daeos.
We shall sleep," responded one, "af
the fatigues of the day, to wake up
more. Death is but an endless slum-
" No," rejoined Fonehet, " annihila
tion is not our destiny. These bodies
perish. These though ts never die. To
morrow, in other words,we shall think,
feel, and act. We shall have solved the
problem of the destiny of the human
mind."
All turne,cl to Vergniaud as by a com
mon impulse. His discourse was long,
and has been - deseribed as the most elo
quent whiCh was ever uttered by hu
man lips: " Death," said he, in conclu
sion `.‘ is the.greatest act oflitb. It in
troduces us to a noble existence` - Were
it'not so, their would be gomettiing
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Execution or the Girondist
BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT
greater than God. It would be just
1 man inolating hiniself uselessly and
I hopelessly for his country. No ! Verg
niaud is no greater than God. God will
not suffer Vergniaud to-inorrow to
asc.end the scaffold but to justify and
avenge him in future ages.
As the light. of day penetrated the
dungeon, some sought a moment's
sleep, others wrote a last line to friends,
while others gathered in groups for con
versation. At four o'clock the gene d'
armes entered with the executioners.
The hair was cut from their necks, that
it might not impede the axej Gensonne
picked up a lock and sent it to his wife,
saying:
" Tell her that it is the only memo
rial of my love which I can transmit to
her,; and that my thoughts in death
were hers
Vergniaud scratched upon his watch
a few lines or tender remembrance, and
sent it to the young lady to whom in a
few days he was to be married. Five
rude carts conveyed them to the scaffold.
Each cart contained five persons. The
streets through which the sad procession
passed were thronged with countless
thousands. It was one of the most
splendid of October mornings. As the
cars moved, the Girondists sang the
Marseillaise Hymn. At the end of each
verse there was a mollient's silence,and
then the strain was renewed loud :And
sonorous. Arrived at the scaftbld, they
all embraced. They then resumed their
funeral chant.
meafter another aseended t he scaftbld,
continuing the song till his head fell
into the basket. There was no weak
ness. No voice faltered; on each suc
ceeding moment, as head after head fell,
the song grew more faint. Verg-
Maud at last stood alone. Long con
finement had spread a deadly pallor
over his intellectual features. Ile as
cended the steps, the chorus having
now died away into a solo of surpass
ing richness. For a moment he gazed
upon the headless bodies of his friends.
A h,then,as lie surrended him-telf to the
eset•utioner, commenced anew thestrain
=UM
The axt tell, and his lips were silent
in Meath. Thus perished the l;irondists.
The history of the Freneh Revolution,
in all itssuhlime annals,lue , not it tragedy
limn. thrilling.
Emil) Intereoursc
Phis is a sore subject to touch. One
feels like treading on a hundred corns
all at ollUc. Nearly every family has
its sorespot—its dark corner—its private
closet, carefully' locked up and the in
terior hidden friar the light of day. It
seems strange to say tliat most family ,
difficulties arise from the ignorance of
the different members of each other,
and yet it is sadly true. Many families
live together for years, and separate,
knowing less of each other's secret
motives, and the springs which
guide action, than of others who have
liVed together• outside the family circle.
Small jealousies, petty selfishness creep
in and produce cstraligrinclii, which
frequently ntur the halipille, , s of a life
time.
There is little appreciation of the
divine beauty and loving graceful pos
sibilities of the family relation. it is so
ettninion a fact that we lose sight of its
wisdom, just as we forget to he thankful
that the sun shines, or that the dew and
rain fall. 'Phe sweet name of mother,
brother, sister, falls upon the ear With
out meaning, while we are constantly
associated with them, anti in the habit
ual enjoyment of their kind offices; it
is only long after, When, perhaps, some
bright eyes have become dimmed, and
the weary, tired heart seeks its rest
amongstrangers, that the magic of house
hold names, and the deep, tender mean
ing of the household relationship is
really felt.
Of course, the fault of this lies with
the parents. Precept is of little use
without example. Some parents think
it beneath their dignity to prefix a re
quest with "If you please,'' or Flare
the kindness," and then wonder why
their children cannot he "mannerly
like other people. NVe hare known the
sons of a poor widow, who on no ac
count would have permitted themselves
to sit do'wn to table with their mother,
without first arranging their toilet in
the best manner their circumstances
would permit, never suffered her, no
mater what the temptation, to attend
church or her weekly prayer meeting
alone. This consideration extended to
their minutest :lets of their daily life,
and was most 'charming to see. The
mother, it is hardly necessary 11, say,
was a lady by birth and education, and
had carefully practiced toward her
children that respect for their feelings,
and thoughtfulness for their comfort,
which she afterward received from
them.
The great W:1111 in families is justice
and reciprocity and that forbearance
which it is necessary for inortals always
to exercise towards oath other. We
willingly- from others, but we
are not willing :o ,jvc it in return. We
establish a claim on some incidental
circumstance, or the bare tact of rela
tionship, and impose burthens and ac
cept kindness without a thought of ob
ligation on our own part. Children
make the life of their parents one of
never-ending toil and anxiety, and often
refuse even the poor reward of their
love and confidence. Sisters demand
aid, protection and favors of all sorts
from their brothers, and if asked to
make their shirts, and mend their shoe,
or even hem their handkerchief in re
turn, would have a thousand excuses,
or, perhaps, flatly refuse the needed
service.
Habitual politeness is a valuable ele
nent of family intercourse. . course,
urle ; speech is less excusable, addressed
o a gather,, mother, brother or sister,
ban if used to a stranger or a simple
'equal n tan ce, and yet how common
t is.
• All about Dimples
I)implcs an• the perpetual smiles of
Nature the very eunningest device
and lurking-place of Love. When earth
is dimpled by dells and valleys, italways
seems to laugh when the ocean is dim
pled by the breeze, it speaks with joy
beneath the sunshine of heaven. We
cannot look for frowns on a dimpled
face; frowns and dimples will not as
sociate together. How soft, how roguish,
how beautiful are the dimples in the
elbows and shoulders, the pretty hands
and feet of the rosy baby. Mothers dote
upon those darling dimples, and delight
to kiss them. But perfect dimples, en
chanting at least tothe eyes of an enthu
siastic young man, are those wh come
peeping out of the cheeks around the
mouth of the " sweet seventeen,7 when
sweet seventeen essays .some arch pro,
yoking sally, peeping snit and : tlying•
away the - moment. after,
.coming .and
going wi4s. the 2494,8„. !Wft,chlpg,-
gvivictry; . .
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY .MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1864.
Home, Sweet llomet
" Violet Vane" (a, prkty name thus
pleasantly pictures itA "There is no
place like home, after all. No matter
where you have been, or how gayly the
time has passed, when at last you come
back to your own hoUse, and set foot
upon the familiar lloor, and take your
seat. at the family tabli,, you rejoice.—
.
Man is a house-loving animal to nature.
You may have been in finer places, and
fed on daintier viands; but the charm
of ownership hangs out out your .some
what faded curtains, Ind those tables
and chairs, scratched by children's fin
gers and grazed by little restless boots ;
and, somehow, pork and beans,or apple
dumplings, taste bettei at home than
auy fine-made dishes elsewhere, though
they were superintended by a jewel of
a French cook. Peop?e sleep best in
their own beds also, and only look like
themselves, to their own eyes, in their
own looking-glasses. Did you ever
notice thatit wasalway4o ? Mrs. Jane
Smith's mirror causes you to look
broad and fat, and Mrs. Sue Jones'
glass makes you apPear long and thin.
At your friend's in Boston, you al
ways fancied one side of your face out
of drawing ; and when Lou were at your
Quaker cousin's, in Philadelphia, they
had a sad-colored mirro'f, which made
you look upon yoursq as a ghst.—
When, for the first time,: you catch sight
of yourself in your owe looking-glass,
you feel like saying, low are you ?
I haven't seen you for anage It is
very odd, too, but to a woman, nobody's
tea is like her own. There does not
seen, possibility. of making any great
difference where people buy the same
quality and use the same quantity, yet
the results arc as various; as the disposi
tions of the tea brewers. You never en
joy any one's tea as yen do that you
make yourself, or have- made. 'Then,
away from home, you sue always obliged
to on yourgood behavior,' Sauey things
rise lo your lips, and aree choked down.
You feel like making a !merry remark
or allusion, mid restrain:4 - ourself. Ten
to one you would not be understood,
and some solemn individual among
your auditors would " beg your pardon,
but would you he kind enough to say
that again You are never in what
we believe psychologists call " the
spleen. " in strangers, and when you
reach iane, after a long absence, the
truth of this is very apparent. A glance
is better understood the=n a sentence
anywhere else, and "youL,folks" always
know when you are fun and in
earnest. Not to be °bilked to sit bolt
upright and smile even if yon have the
headache: to talk whether You have
anything to say or not; to laugh at
anything comical Without hurting any
One's feelings; and to lie cross, if you
W:1111 to enjoy that lu.Sury, without
offending anyliody—these are some of
the luxuries of a return home, and who
does not appreciate ihene
Deformity of Female Fee 4 in Tartary
A work recently publislipl in London,
under the title of " Travels on Horse
baek in Mantchou Tartary," tluts de
scribes a peep at the " dear little feet" of
the Tartar belles : " Curiosity once
compelled me to he one ota party in ex
amining an uneovered tot,.. The young
woman was not at first very ready to
remove he shoe and the. collection of
hands around the liinh to: : :Aatisfy the re
quest we made, hut a few dbllars quickly
reduced her reticence, ant also induced
another to increase the exhibition. It
wa, , no treat. The removal of bandages
was like the exhumation :of a half-de
composed body, and made our party
close their mouthsand hold their nostrils
much to the augmented listonishinenf of
the young ladies, while :we stretched
our :leeks to SP(' all as .tuiekly as possi
ble. No toe Wit: , \ISHII(' b i t the big toe:
the others had been doubled under the
sole, with Which, after weeks of suffer
ing. and excruciating latin, they lied be
come ilm.rporated and we)•e not to he
distinguished from it excel by the num
ber of white seams and sca-rs that deeply
furrowed he sk n. The in ..t.ep was sadly
marked hy the vestiges of large ulcers
thathad covered the surtae, consequent
on the violence used to b6ul it into a
lump, and form as well as ! . .0101: was like
a dumpling: whilst the from the
foot to the knee, was witll.2red and tine
eid as that of one long pafilyzed. The
display was repugnant ire every; way.
We fled, and have been careful ever
since to he absent when iviny more of
these Hying - mummies were about to he
unrolled."
One of Lamb's Best
Lamb onto convulsed a company with
an anecdote of Coleridge, which, with
out doubt, he hatched in 4is hoax-lov
ing brain. " I was," he said , "going
from my house at Enfield: to the East
India House one morning; when I met
Coleridge on his way to pay me a visit.
He was brimful of some new idea, and,
in spite of toy assuring him that the
time was precious, he drew nie within
the gate of an unoccupied garden by
the road-side, and there, sl,eltered from
observation by a hedge (I; evergreens,
he took me by the button of my coat,
and, closing his eyes, commenced an
eloquent discourse, waving his right
hand gently as the musical words flowed
in an unbroken stream from his lips. I
listened entranced ; but the striking
(dock recalled nie to a sense of duty. I
saw it was of no use to attempt to break
away ; so, taking advantao of his ab
sorption in his subject, ar:d, with my
penknife, quietly severing my button
from my coat, I deeamped, Five hours
afterwards, in passing, theitame garden,
on my way home, I heard (oleridge's
voice ; and, on looking in, there he was
with closed eyes, the button in his
fingers, and the right hand gracefully
waving, just as when T left him. He
had never missed me." e.
Who'll Have the Itoney.
The following reminds iste of a scene
I once witnessed on a MiMssippi river
steamer. There was, as isitsual, a large
party engaged at play in the cabin—very
high play—stimulated by strong passion
and strong drink ; and a dispute arose
as to the rightful winner of the pool.
The discussion was very violent, and
the language used of the strongest, and
intimations were exchanged that when
once on shore the matter should be de
termined by an appeal to something be
sides. words—when suddenly an im
mensely large man—so tali that he tow 7
ered by a head above his fellows—arose,
and draw ing-h imself up to his full height
cried out—" I'll have none of this !
Ilere's how it's to be"-anil' he struck
the-table with his list a blow that made
it resound, Every gentlOnaan in this
cabin has his revolver and his boWie:- .
knife ; let us put out the lights -and Wee
who'll have the money !"Q is rieeiii4so
to itayliow quick the proposal simttetydtai sa~~plasy,
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I A Peep at the Isiipertal:Family of reance.
A line autiunn- is' nearly 'always' one
of the privilege's of the Parisian climate;
I as a compensation for the generally bad
1 spring ; but last year the spring arrived
iearlier and more beautiful than usual,
1 so that I could scarce remember whether
i there was any winter at all in Paris,
and if the chimneys were built for any
l other purpose than a support for hand
sonic pendules and candelabra, which
must be found on every floor, for the
true Parisian would sooner eat a dish
less at dinner than go Without his gar
niteur de cheminee.
The train conveyed mein five minutes
from the Avenue de Plmperatriee to St.
Cloud, forit is thither I willask the'read
er to accompany me. For some days
the tri-color flag had been floating again
front the centre of the palace; their
majesties had, therefore:, returned, and
Iwould remain till the end of October,
when they would proceed as Willa! to
Compiegne for the grandes chases. St.
Cloud, therefore, has regained its old
priviliges; the grand alley down on the
Seine is still open to the public, but the
rest of the park, with the garden and
building, is closed. The life there is no
less busy, but of different description.
Everywhere soldiers; the Guides, in
their bright red and green uniforms ;
the Gnarl Is, in their tall bearskin caps ;
and the Cent Gardes, with their flash
ing silver helmets; and all arms eon
stantly en grande tenue, on account of ,
the vicinity of their majesties. Alto
gether, about two thousand men of all
arms for the protection of three persons
among them a woman and a child. But
this is in strict accordance with court
ceremonial, " When the king sleeps a
thousand eyes are awake for him ;" is it
surprising then, that the numheroleyes ,
should he doubled for an emperor ; al
though Napoleon, as it seems, ,de,.. ) ,,;
very little, for lie has a tremendous deal
to do? Who knows whether he often
enp i y s the blessings or home; at any
rate, iny friend I Ire captain drew me to
the open window, but so that Wl' were
concealed by the curtains and said,
"There you have an imperial family
picture."
The empress was close before us on
the tipper terrace, which is connected
with her apartments by a light iron
bridge. This bridge was entirely con
(Titled by a wild vine, whose splendid
dark - red leaves were the sole thing that
reminded me of autumn. The terrace
was still covered with tin gayest flowers,
and the orange and pomegranate trees .
stood in the open air. In the centre,
near a perfect mound of flowers, the
empress was seated in One of those
pretty wire-work chairs, which are so
elegantly III:1111` in Paris; ill front other
lay, on a similar table, a hook and some
needlework in a phi in basket. Her
majesty I I owe these details to my lady
readers, and the captain's window may
not he placed at lily disposal again in a
hurry) wore a bhlek silk dress with lilac
flounces, growing wider to the bottom,
and a practised female eye Won :II
once have counted sixteen of them. The
sleeves were very wide, and the small
lace cap, platted quite nn the link of the
head, had very long and broad lilac rib
bons, also falling down behind. On a
scat close by lay a Sh:IWI, bright green
with white palms, evidently a sostly
Cashmere production. Bright green
white? many a reader will ask, as the
colors do not harmonise with the lilac
flounces; but I report faithfully. The
face of the exalted lady was sickly and
pale, the noble profile, whit•li appears so
classical in marble busts of the empress,
was still the same; and so was the rich,
full,light hair, but in the features there
was a sorrow, and the pallor NVllSlllninst
painful to look on.
A cheerful vont Past was offered by the
youthful prince; he was playing with a
snow-whit e dog, which imprudently
leaped on the lapof the empress ! What
does a dog know of the etiquette of a
court .' The prinee is a remarkably
handsonic boy tall, and well-grown for
his age, with curly hair, a round fresh
face with clever oyes, and very like one
of Raphael's angels ; tit the saute time
his manner is admirable, and there is
grape in all his movements. Ile wore
the red browsers of his corporal's uniform
and over them a small blouse, pale yel
low with blue embroidery, which lie
came him well. In the hack-ground sat
two ladies, in one of whom I recognized '
Madamßruat,"Gouvernant t les I: 4 .nfa I its
de France." At this moment the emper
or slowly crossed the iron bridge; an old
white-haired gentleman accompanied
him; Mocquard, the chief of his cabinet.
The emperor said a few words brchini
and then dismissed him, with a kindly
wave of the hand. Moequard, after
making a (Imp bow, disappeared. The
little prince ran to meet his father, and
the dog harked at the emperor most
improperly. The latter raised his son
from the ground, kissed him on the
forehead, then took his hand, and
walked with hint to his mother. The
empress rose, and the couple walked
along the dower-beds in conversation,
with the prince behind him. The Vlll
peror was hi civilian dress, with hat and
gloves and the traditional lilac i2aletot—
a fashion which the King of Holland
left him on his visit. The emperor
looked remarkably stout; his face was
as usual, dark and stern, and the heavy
moustache rendered it still sterner.—
Still, he seemed to be in good spirits ;
he often laid his hand on the prince's
curly head, and pointed to several of
the flower-pots, as if telling him the
names of the plants. The empress soon
seated herself again at her former seat ;
the emperor tonic a chair by her side,
and took out a portfolio, in which he
wrote, though without interrupting his
conversation with the• empress. Th 6
little prince was very busy with his
mother's work-basket, and listened the
while to his parents' conversation ; the
dog, impatient as usual, had leaped on
the shawl, and was lying cozily upon it.
I was only able to watch this family
scene for a moment from 'behind the
captain's curtain ; a father, a mother, a
sportive child, not forgetting the white
lapsdog, and nothing but flowers around,
and a deep blue, southern sky over
them, full of sunshine ! The palace on
the left conceals the view of' Paris, that
beautiful, terrible Paris, over which
that plainly altered man rules, and that
playing lad will rule hereafter. Who
knows what the emperor has just noted
in his pocket-book? In half an hour
there a council, and the eyes of
Europe are turned to Paris and this one
man.
The little prince suddenly addressed
a question to his father, who shakes his
head in refusal; but the , boy leave on
his knee, and begs and coaxes, and at
last draws his mother into the embrace.'
At last the emperor appears to give:4 , y,
and consent; the - fa-we; at feast, leips
abolli-alerr4rjhli-J076*6/1* tolife
1 4*fool ill Y lol6 . 0 3a r e Fa l . 3, ,iith
tit.')94P,Aslkiiite,stritfraf.4
lee' and begin's honing long before their
majesties notice him. Monsieur Moe
quart! annonees thlit the ministers are
assembled, and awaiting the emperor.
His Majesty rises, kiss:es his son, and
seems,to repeat his promise; then he
tillers the empres.s his arm, and escorts
her over the bridge to her apartments.
The prince remains on the terraea -with
the two other ladies and lapdog, while
M. Moegnard disappears again in the
side allee.
" It is high
. time for us to he otr," the
captain said to me, "tin I have the in
spection, and must fetch the parole be
fore his majesty leaves. The emperor
has Ordered a phieton, and intends tip
drive himself."
The captain then aceompanied me
down stairs and across the courtyard, to
the great gates, where the porters and
footmen (owed to me most politely. A
moment later I was standing pn the
outer terraee and looking down into the
harraek-yard beneath, where the rappel
was being sounded, and hundreds of
glittering suld.i'•rs Wilt htn•ricdly run
ning about.
Ott the sane• day I read the following
notiee in an evening paper:
"The emperor came this afternoon
fr om st. Cloud to Paris, in order to in
spect the new Boulevard lu Prinee Eu
gene. He was in a light open phieton,
Illlddrove himself.. The Prinee Imperial
was seated by his side—the first thne he
has aceompanied his majesty on such a
drive. The earriage was without escort,
and there were only two footmen be
hind. His majesty was received with
loud shouts on all' the boulevards, and
puhlie were delightedatthe pleasant
salutes whieh the little pH OfrOred on
all sides.-
It was this, then, the little prin., had
asked and coaxed from his father a
trip with papa, anal not, as usual, iLi 0
large, stupid four-horse 'tote coach,
surrounded by clattering dragoon= and
galloping aides-de-camp.
Pretty little child ! 'fwenty years ago
the Comte de Paris was playing on the
nano• spot, as handsome as you, and
merry and envied as you. ?out- more
than tlfty years ago another lwantiful
boy, whom his proud father (Tented a
king in his cradle, also played on that
terrace. He was even Palled the most
ffulonate child in the world, heeause the
world would he his inheritance. Helms
long been dead, and his name alone
passes like a pale shadow through his
tory, like that other unfortunate prince
who ,lied at wretched Math in the Tem
ple. I treat Frnnee is lifirsh and cowl to
the heirs of her throne --those tloWerk
which the mild October has hitherto
sparlsl, n single freest c•cnt nip and kill,
and leaVe nothing, Wu wild , lestruetion
—and t he child who sported under them
will then succumb, like Brent. to iron,
inexorable rate.
Fifteen Great Mistakes
It is a great mistake to set up our own
standard of right and of wrong, and
judge people aeeordingly. It is a great
mistake to D11.'11 , 1.11'0 Iho enjoyments. of
others hy our own ; toexpect uniformity
of opinion in this world ; to look for
,judgment and experience in y9uth ; to
endeavor to mould all dispositMns alike;
nol to yield in immaterial trifles; to
look for perfection in our actions; to
worry ourselves and others with what
cannot he remedied ; not to alleviate all
that needs alleviation as far as lies it i
our power; 1101 to make alloWllllCeS tin•
the int - 1111th ics of others; to consider
everything impossilde which we vannot
perform; to believe only what our finite
minds eau grasp; to expect to he able
to al nderstand everything. The greatest
of all mistakes is to live only for Time,
and that when any moment Ditty hooch
11. , into Eternity.
The Great Tragedian
Tle•t ':difornia editors are a ulcer set.
A sample of their treatment of McKean
Buchanan prove: , it. When announced
to visit a certain up-country toWil, ,11110
of ' , III spoke of him in :
" The 1;(f/iti»udr Doom , . are
happy to state that the tale:: e.I .In:eri
ca:: tragedian. MeNean Buchanan, sup
ported by a talented stock company, will
shortly pay our town a visit., cte."
On the retnrn trip, )11.. Buchanan
having failed to come down," us
munificently as wasexpeeted, or having
exhibited evident partiality for a rival
newspaper, we have -
" Thula:an Alnehanau, with his one
horse shows, WaS here a few nights ago,
we understand. .1s usual the attendance
was slim. Bucket::: is about played out
with our intelligent ::td dileritninating
eommunitv."
The Value of Accuracy
It is the result of every days experi
ence that steady attention to matters of
detail lies at the root of the human pro
gress; and that diligence, above all, is
the mother of good luck. Accuracy- is
also of much importance, and an invari
able mark of good training in a man.
Accuracy in observation, aceuraey in
speech, accuracy in the transaction of
atliiirs. What is Moue in business 'mist
be well done ; for it is better to aec•ont
plish perfectly a small amount of work,
than to half do ten times as much. A
wise loan used to say, " Stay a
little then we may make an end
the sooner." Too little atten
tion, however, is paid to this highly
important quality of accuracy. As a
man eminent in practical science lately
observed to us, "it is astonishing how
feW people I have met in the course of
my experience who can define a fact
accurately." Vet in business affairs, it
is the manner in which even small
matters are transacted that often de
cides men for or against you. With
virtue, capacity, and good conduct in
other respects, the person who is hab
itually inaccurate cannot be trusted ;
his work has to he gone over again; and
he thus causes endless annoyance, vex
ation and trouble.
—A lady, whose style of piety was
more affected than attractive, once took
a friend to task, for wearing feathers.
"Rut.," said the friend, "why are my
feathers any more objectionable than
the brilliant artificial flowers hi your
own bonnet ?" "0," replied the censori
ous lady. " Christians must draw the
line somewhere, and I draw it at feath
ers."
kir An Abolition election board at
Newton Hamilton, Mifflin county, re
jected the votes of two Democrats, who
had been two years out of the military
service, because they could not produce
their discharge papers, to show that
they were not deserters,- although they
had paid all their taxes within two
years. A friend rode sixteen relies after
their dischargepapers, and returned ten
minutes . before the, polls closed, and
tikue.-liiiviim circumvented these Abo
litiorr:?-44oldiers' friends," gut the Sol
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pioctilmito%.
A Brilliant Passage
During the Northrop;;Kelly debate
previous to the recent election in this
State, Mr. IsTorthop, in reply to Judge
Kelly's strictures on the Demoeratie
party, introduced the following brilliant
and telling illustration :
No, sir, the 'Demodratie party is - not
dead. But if you will pardon me, -sir,
(addressing Judge Kelly), grill allude
to an illustration given by yourself, in
your place in Congress, In which you
typified the utter destruction or the
Democratic party beyond the hope of
resurrection. It is contained in a speech
made by you on the 41st of May, 1862.
You there gave the gentlenien of Con
gress your view with regard to the
vitality of the Democratic party, and
you illustrated it %cry beautifully—if
your thetity had only been a correct
one! You spoke about your travels in
Switzerland, and said that you had
there seen a desolate vale, where no
blade of grass grew ; and you asked the
guide what had cawed all that desola
tion in that valley among the moun
tains. He told you that beneath that
broken avalanche or rock and earth had
onee stood the little village of Golden ;
but that suddenly a land slide bad come
down from the mountains completely
crushing that little village with all its
inhabitants. You remarked that there
was nothing to induce the antiquarian
to make researches into lie debts or
that debris. Then you contin ued by
saying so it was with the Democratic
party—that it had been overwhelmed,
and that no human enero , or enter
prise could .ever resurrect it Irmo the
ruins beneath which it was buried.
"Well, sir, in accidentally reading that
passage from yotirspeech, I was remind
ed of another illustration which I
thought would more appropriately repre
sent the Demoera tie party. I refer to an
incident which had its place in my own
country, for unfortunately, perhaps, I
have not been abroad. I remember, sir
—you may also—that some years tigo
there was a little frame house that stood
on the side 01 one of those grand old
mountains in New Hampshire. :I'lll ,
family who temmted that little house
were one day suddenly startled by a
thundering noise and overshadowing
darkness. Hastening to the window,
they saw that a fearful landslides was
descending maul their billable little
home. Theyrushed out btfiwere speedi
ly overtaken by that terrible avalanche
of earth and stone, and were crushed
and buried beneath hand perished there.
The next day, however, tile scene reveal
ed amid all its terrible desolation, the
little frame-house, still intact, standing
there; above and behind it was a rock;
the moving mass when it rolled down,
seeming to threaten the sure overwhelm
ing of the trail tenement, struck that
rock and divided, leaving the house
uninjured—and there it remains to this
day. There, in that little house, we have
the fitting type of Ihe Denmeratie party.
Humble though it may be, it has the
rock of the Constitution above it as its
sure protection ; and all the landslides,
or the Wai' slides, that can be brought. to
bear upon it Nvill never do more than
crush those who may leave it."
Miscellaneous items
The Jtoliana of Milan has been
seized for publishing Mazzini's letter In
the Italiana.
The Pope is well, taking his daily
drives and walks as usual. Having
made the circuit of Monte Pineio on
foot, he descended the long and steep
stair of Trinita, di Monti and entered
his carriage in the Piazza di Spagna.—
His Holiness has not yet given his an
swer to the notification of the conven
tion. It is understood that the sn hjeet
is still under consideration.
The Londonderry (Ireland) Scoin,
states that there is at present On view
i n the Masonie Hall of that town "Beek
w ith's series of paintings representing
the battles and incidents of the Belfast
riots, which are viewed with painful
interest in consequence of the melan
choly scenes which they represent!"
The Prussian Moniteur contains a de
cree instituting a new military decora
tion called the Cross of the Assault of
Duppel. It is in bronze, and will be
given to all the generals, officers, sub
officers and soldiers who took an :WI iye
part in that feat of arms.
The President of the Republieof Para
guay has sent to the Prussian Govern
ment five thousand pounds of tea for the
Prussian army. The Present will he de
livered by an ()Meer Paraguay.
A madman had been addressing lel ters
iu cypher to the King of Prussia. Ile
could not for some time he discovered,
and some consternation was felt, as no
man could find a key to the cypher. Ile
was, however, accidentally discovered,
and gave the required key, which show
ed a great deal of ingenuity hi the con
struction of the cyphers, and that they
wererespectful letters and rather elegant
in thought.
The famous swallow painted 1;y Carl
Venet on the ceiling of
_the Cafe Voy,
Paris, is the cause of a law suit. The
landlady opposed at a late bankruptcy
sale of the tenant's effects the right the
latter claimed to sell it. The tenant
fimuded his claim on the fact that the
swallow was painted after the lease he
holds was signed and the landlord con
tends that, by being painted on the ceil
ing, the swallow has become nitc pro
pride immobaßce—i. c., a fixture. The
affair has been provisonally decided in
favor of the plaintiff, . who, should he
gain his suit, will not have much to
boast of, for the original swallow has
long since disappeared under at least
wenty different coats of paint.
"Mary Atm Pitman
The Detroit I''rrr Prow, in the sub
joined paragraph, advises the public+
who is Mary Ann Pitman, the principal
witness used by .Judge Advocate General
Holt in his report of the Great Western
Conspiracy. The editor of the Free
Press vouches that these filets are
with
in his own knowledge :
Mary Ann Pitman, the " Southern
Lady " referred to in Judge Holes in
famous report, is a mulatto girl, and was
taken from a plantation about ten miles
from Fort Pillow. She drinks, cliews
tobacco, smokes, dresses in men's cloth
ing when necessary, and is. addicted to
all the yiees of a woman who is a reg
ular camp -follower. She is shrewd, un
scrupulous and vicious to the last degree
—will not hesitate at anything for pay.
All this must have been known to Mr.
Stanton and Judge Holt, and yet they
have the impudence and during to issue
such a report against a million of loyal
Northern men on the testimony of such
an abandoned witness.
He who waits to do a great deal of
good at once will never do anything.
Life is made up of little things. It is
very rarely, that au occasion is offered
for doing a great deal at once. True
greatness consists in being great in little
things. Drops make the ocean, and the
greatest works are done by littler. If
we would do much good in the world,
we must he willing to do good in little
things.
OW" The Gardiner (Me.) Journal is
exasperated at the fearful potato stories
that are going the.rounds, and revenges
itself as follows : " A friend is digging
around one for us, and will bring it down
as soon as he is able to remove it. it is
in a somewhat damaged condition, as a
yoke of oxen had been feeding on it two
days before he commenced digging
-1 A young bride dropped dead, in the
streets of Harkforti; the other day, from
diseaaa'of hgaff;
Etntfriar ro ,uv araw .,,
40tionit of it
• A l t i alliltX . ..• - ;• ;,;
first., and 4 cents torreaoti• idt
tton. _ _ _ _ _____
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Pool ATENT IflEmarifEiCtitid ether adver'S 0Y ,454
One column, I year; '• ' „LifiSe,
Hair column, 1 year...-.-
'Third column, 1 year,. • •• • 40' •••;7;
Quarter •„; .lO
puerttEss rnvor terilines or . iess one Fear •-
Business Cat - •&,flve lines or less, one • • '
year
LEGAL AND OTILER NOTICES— • -
Executors' notices
Administratcas' notices.... 2.0 d , •
Assignees' n0tice5,...... .. —... 2.00 ••,
Auditors' notices, _ 1.50. " • •
' Other "Notices," ten'llnes, or less. '
three times, ............ . . 1..60
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Murder 11111 Out--The 6i - 601111e plead 1 '
Cattle Dealer. • , - -
The way in which secret crime reseals' -
itself is A4nderfttl. The stain of!Illood
will not out. The very means taken to,
conceal it expose and 'fix it upon, the
guilty.
Such is the conscious restlessness of guilt,
It spills itself, in fearing to he spilt. E.
A ease is now under examination in
Albany which shows what trivial cir
cumstances lead to the deteOtion of-:the
secret murderer. Owen Then - it:igen, ,a
cattle dealer of this city, accustomed to'
purchase in the Albany market, - ustially
carried on his person $4,000 or .55,000,0 n
his visits there. On the 16th of Set.t.M-l!
ber he had been engaged all day at West ,
Albany, hut had made no purchaSes.
went out in the evening with a strang
cc to look at some cattle that had- Come
from Saratoga, and were placed in the
most remote pens in the market. Next
day at sunrise he was found dying, his,
head broken with a slung-shot it istalp;'
posed ; his money, 51,200, and a check
for : ,4 :;,2ti0, gone. Who had done the
the deed Who was the stranger that
hail taken 'Thompson off to show him
the eat tle ? A man witlf a slouched hat
had been seen with Thompson. He had
hant ereil hint about hefting, and offered
to stake thousands upon Lincoln's elec,,
tics. Thompson otlig•ed to put up any
amount on the other side. He produced
Iris well-stutli•d wallet, and it was• no
t feed the stranger stuck to him MI /lay
alter this.
One of the t rovers, Renter, of Tribe's
ill, recollected the man who had ask
ed hint, "Didn't you keep bar some
w hexes ? Havn't I seen you before ?"
But though the magistrates of Albany
oared a reward of Ssino,'and the drovers
added ",non m it, there was no clue to
the murilerer.
.\ month afterwards, as the drover
(looter Was rifling in the ears to Sche
neetady, he fell into accidental conver
sation with a passenger, who, after a few
brief won ts,ahrtipt ly asked him
you kept har somewheres I - lavn't 1
seen you IWl i ere ?" " l'es:," he replied ;
must hate seen you at West Albany."
The passenger denied this.; but Center
replied, " Yes, I am sure, and I arrest
you as the murderer of Thompson."
The inait's Alit 'plied hat had been re
plaeed by a not her, his mustaehe bad dis
appeared, Ids dress was different. It
h‘ as the elueslion , the aecent, the tone
of voice, that were the marks of identi-
fica t ion.
After the arrest, other proofs cans•.
Gordon, arrested, had been spending
money recently with great freedom. He
had pail nut two bills of one hundred
dollars each on the Park Bank, at which
Thompson had dealings. He wasu shift
less, dishonest inns. He had carried a
had ell:tractor into the army, and made
it worse there. He was traced to Sche
nectady the night of the murder, and
probably 'an down to the depot, after
the erinie, and took the train. The ser
vant girl, the black barber, and others
at t he Drovers' Hotel, identify him with
mono or less positiveness.
All countries have their traditional
stories of munler detected by some such
casual expression as that let fall in this
case. There is all old Trish story of a
servant-maid who went to steal some
linen from her master to make her a
lint her heart misgiving her, she
exclaimed, " better go naked to bed,
with a clean conscience!" But that
same night there was robbery and mur
der in the house, which remained un
detected, till one (lay, going to the well,
she saw two 11011 there, one of whom
exclaimed, " better go naked to bed,
With a dean conscience." Conviction
and hanging. (mil that story of course.
In Auber's opera of " Fra Diavolo" the
plot turns upon this incident. Zerlina,
undressing for the nighthefore the glass,
unconscious ()I' the presence of the rob-
wrs, sings
Pot. n servant, 1 heno's no denying
Here's a shape that's not much tss !
There is
When one boasts such a figure as this!
•
l'ln sure there, nre shale 11107 e amiss.-
In the morning, at the fete, Beppo and
listen catch up the words and mopking
ly sing it as they meet her; and there
upon follows the arrest and catastrophe,
the tableaux of the robbers seized by the
ettrabineers, and justice triumphant.
But not upon this single'thread alone
did justice depend for its clue. There
was gathering about Gordon a web
woven by his own guilty hands,, in
which he would have been involved.
Many eyes had watched him before his
crime, and not a few followed his traces
afterward. Tliere is a moral to this tale
of blood. 'Phis man, a dissolute, cow
ardly thief in his youth, went to the
wars, and came hack with a lesson in
blood toadd to his evil knowledge. How
many such characters, tempted into the
ranks I .y bounties, are to return to their'
former homes, schooled in these bloody
hist ruet ions ?
A Southern View.
VI I Ili. S;,Vallnah Republican. Nov. a.
We would oe among the last to en
courage a false hope, or to IUIIOIIT people
into that lethargy that naturally results
from a sense of security. We haveever
maintained that there was no hope of
peace except through the success of our
urns. With the tide against us there is
no party among our enemies, not even
t he most confirmed of "copperheads' , or
slavery propagandists" as the reasonable
met' at the North are termed in derision,
that would think for amomentofacced
tug to any terms of adjustment that we
could accept wit h honor. Victory is our
sheet anchor, and the only dependence.
Our legions triumphant and our flag
dotal ng proudly lathe faceof aeonquered
foe, will he the only true harbingers of
peace. The North will never let us go
so long as there is a hope left of restoring
a I. Tnion that has made them prosperous,.
rich, and insolent.
All men at the North, not thoroughly
demented, must now see the utter hope
lessness of the struggle to subdue us
hack into an unwilling Union with them.
For nearly four years have they striven
with all their vast powers and unliniit
ed resources to make us recant the deck
la ra t oil that we are of right, and intend
to be, a free, separate and independent,:,
people, and to-day finds us successfully
resisting all their attacks, and strongor .
by far than we were at the be
The campaign of the present fall to
be the last th row of the die, and they
gathered up all their energies for the
hloody task ; and yet where stand the "
respective armies to-day? Sherinan, for
awhile successful has been compelled to.
abandon virtually all his conquests
( teorgia, mid is now engaged in a life and
death struggle Visa v e h is army from
star
vation on the one hand, and destruction`
on the other. (4rant, after six months'''.
effort, such as au army never made
before, and causing the soil of Virginia,.
to turn red with the blood of his nearly
t wo hundred thousandslain andwound-:
.etl, is still before Richmond and Peterk- -
burg. balked and thwarted in all his-!
plans, and for the first time confronted
by a three equal to his own.
We have no doubt of the re-election
ofeLineoln, and believe such a result to
the contest would be best for us. Again-'
firmly seated in power, he would have
Ito motive to pursue a contest that has ~
grown hopeless, and at the same time ~
ruinous to his government and people.
His interests, and the interests of his
nation, will be in the path of peace,and
a disembarrassed second sober thought
will likely lead him to pause in hisH
career of madness. He has already.,
publicly intimated his willingness to
make peace provided the people will
take the responsibility, and it is butoue
step further to take the responsibility
himself. The election of Lincoln:iv/11 , 5
at least accomplish one valuable-pur
pose : with us it will set to rest forever
all issues but one--subjugation Or inde,7.-
pendence. There will be no Other
ternative. On the other hand t *itliAl
the noble spirits at his back,' we cOnfeis il
we could never contemplate the: cOlt,=,__
urgency of .3fcClellan's success. thith.o - 14t, ( i
nn indincarc shudder at ttia.P(tilliTh'"
consequences of such aneVent.'
Vir "I have a place for everytiking
you ought to know it," said 4 inaZri OAT)
man, who was looking for hisloOt-juilth
after his wife was in bed. Yesilh.22ols
she, "and I ought to know Avherig yoq
keep Your late hopti;_ht4 1-iicnittP ia-':)=Lcr