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THE APPLE TREE IV THE LAVE.
i. .t .1 close by where on a leathern hinge
Tii. rate swung back from the grassy lane,
\V!i.-'! the cows come home, when the dusky eve
Its mantle threw over hill and plain.
It. Inranches, knotty and gnarled by time,
W.0.-d to and fro in the idle breeze,
W u the Spring days wove a blushing crown
tit' hi issoins bright for the apple trees.
■„ ,i. i.low fell o'er the crystal stream
I: : all the long, bright Summer days,
; a silver threal, 'mid the waving grass,
I;, tl, . ted hack the golden rays
i if the noonday sun that madly strove
I'. ilrink the fount of the brooklet dry,
T.ut the light clouds showered tear-drops down
Till the glad brook laughed as it glided by.
wr were apples half so sweet,
(iuUh n Russet striped with red,
tieist that fell on the yielding turf
When she shook the branches overhead.
At resting place for youthful friends
W is the apple tree in the days of yore,
\: 1 oft we've sat beneath its shade
Ail talked bright dreams of the future o'er.
\l, i when the warm October sun
-i ; ou tae maple's scarlet robe,
tt it 1 apples sound and fair,
tail round as our own mystic globe.
11: stat.-ly hemlock crowns the hill.
l ie dark pines rise above the plain
1: it ila- one we prize far more than they,
! apple tree in the pasture lane.
e K-.US have passed, and cows no more
i ilia home at night through the grassy lane ;
Ula i t!- gate swung back on leathern hinge
i •; ud and gaze on the far off plain ;
N.i more in list to the music low
1 >1 the crystal stream as it ripples 011,
e l Ihe apple tree ill tho pastille lalio
0 but a dream of the days by-gone.
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A LEGEND OF THE RHINE-
Tin- Rhine is celebrated for the innumera- 1
I ruined castles and monasteries that;
r id mi its batiks, and each lias its his- I
I ry
rinr guide told us of one, an old mouas-j
i v near Lingertield, which 1 thought wor
-1 1a j lace in my note book. I give it 1
I mill interpretation and present it to the j
r- eler, hoping it may meet with approval
in us perusal.
hilling the "Thirty Years' War" which
: iiivulsed Hermany, one fine summer's af
in. n a foot traveler came to the little
. .silciy of the ' Traveler's Best," which
f Iby the roadside on the river's bank.
I- - garb proclaimed him a soldier. High
Si i k hoots were drawn half way up his '
■i -I'- in which a loose pair of breeches
■ themselves, and a rusty breast plate
1 •. •11 his buff leathern jerkin, A broad
ltd! ! iw-crowned hat, from which a single
Black bather depended, was pulled low up-
Oi lull-head. He was armed with sword
ftlzl pistols. I
U Tlieii ■ was something in his martial bear
ami linn tread that seemed to denote
ti iti- ei. So at least thought the little
Buy iiaired luakl uf the hoatlory who j
f ■ 1- ith to serve him ; for she said at
'Hat can 1 serve you with, noble Cap- :
Bun
-\ hagun of Bhenish, and of your best
Bint age, mind, and a bit of something to
gpri 'j' fi"- first place," answered the soldier, I
H* i.atuivdly chuckling the girl under
|R ai like one accqstoined tq that famil-
BR'C . and then a bed for the night."
■ I'a t'u-t 1 can supply you with ; but 1
|R' -er nd, 1 ;i | U sorry to say, I cannot."
H 'as a man'- voice that spoke. They
B'> 1 ecu joined by the landlord of the hos-1
B'i.V— a siiurt purser little man, y ( T q fat ;
Bo' u'n\ a v,. i rj(,-p •
S blien-tiue not?" asked the soldier,
ss '. v throwing himself on the wooden
under the tree that shaded the host- j
|f w 't 'Us branches, whilst the girl went
iioiisc to procure the refreshments
; * :i ;l 1" spoken.
B ■ ausi- every room is engaged, and I
■ ' bt'd left. The young Ba-,
B i"-ln-burg, his sister, and their at ten.
IR "Hi arrive tliis evening. Their con-;
Has here this morning to bespeak the ,
B| ■•••Us unlortunate. But lam not par-
a— 1 am a soldier, as you see—so
"'a bundle of straw in one of the :
I" uid that will content me. 1 '
I cried the host, with un
■ '. v whi- ■ gather surprised the soldier ;
K fi ' s I shall be compelled to make
I ' fi"' Baron's servant's sleep the
I My house is but small, as you
H'' lv ''- : "'d the Baron's retinue is large
blither . a tlee is un excellent
''Hi are used to marching," said the
H /''t' 1 111 attempt at facctiousncss,
| distance will be nothing to you."
H " me," answered the soldier, tap-
K " " keel ot his boot with his heavy
■ d'hard, and all the while subject
-1 ! s t tu a scrutiny of which he was
I ' Us . "1 am not a foot soldier ; and
"Ug imtrehes have been accustomed
H " ur legs instead of two. 1 did not
R ; l " the way on foot."
■ / is your horse?" asked the land-
H . lUU'kly, and with some anxiety the
■" er Bwught '
K 'H'lmiles IvDiahere,"heauswered
B • there is no house there. Why
, leave him?"
•"'l'lv because lie could carry me no
U. O. GOODRICH, Publisher.
VOLUME XXVI.
further, and I had not been in the habit of
carrying him. He was dead."
" Dead !"
" Yes. It happened very strangely.—
These are very troublous times I know,but
I thought the war had not invaded this
quiet proviuce, al least I was told so, and
therefore 1 rode along fearless of danger.
When 1 came to that little glen with rocks
and woods cresting upon either side, 1
thought--a natural idea for a soldier--that
it was a capital place for an ambuscade,
and so it proved, for I scarcely entered it
when two carbines were fired from the
thicket."
"My horse neighed with pain, reared
up, and then fell to the earth, carrying me
along with him. 1 knew that he was badly
hurt, for 1 have bad horses shot under me
before ; so 1 quickly snatched my pistols
from their bolsters, extricated my feet from
the stirrups, and went down quietly with
him. Fortunately he lay stone dead, and
did not kick. I lay motionless on his body
and waited for further developments. Two
men with carbines in their hands emerged
from the thicket and came rapidly toward
me. When they were within ten feet of
me 1 rose and called upon them to surren
der, as I was anxious to learn the cause of
this unprovoked attack, there being noth
ing in my appearance, 1 thought, to sug
gest the idea of booty. But the rascals,who
evidently thought me dead, were so terri
fied that they beat a hasty retreat towards
the woods, so 1 was obliged to send a
couple of bullets after them to stop them ;
and, being an indifferent good shot, they
did stop, and unless some good Christian
gives them burial, they are likely to stop
for some time."
" You shot them both ?" stammered the
landlord ; and his teeth chattered and he
grew very pale, all but the tip of his nose,
which, from contrast with the rest of his
face, looked redder than ever.
" What would you have had me done?"
asked the soldier, in his usual careless toue.
" They might have fired with better suc
cess at some other poor devil of a traveler,
who might not have gut o-ff so easilv as 1
did."
"What could have possessed them to
have fired ou you ?" exclaimed the landlord,
and it almost appeared that he was asking j
himself the question as much as he did the j
soldier.
"Precisely the question 1 asked myself,"
returned the soldier ; "and since you have
mentioned the expected arrival of the young
Baron of Ravcnsburg, 1 think 1 have a clue
to the whole affair. Some outlaws, having
heard of the Baron's journey, have formed
a plan to waylay him. There two
men were sent out as scouts to apprise the
others of his approach. Seeing a solitary
horseman approach, they concluded to
plunder a little on their own account. As
1 was not molested further on my way
hither, the rendezvous of the hand must be
beyond there, consequently the Baron will
reach this house in safety. Now, if you
cannot accommodate roe with a bed, I shall
take up my quarters to-night upon this
bench, for 1 feel it my duty to warn this
young Baron, for 1 know something of his
family, of the danger which threatens him."
The landlord gazed curiously at his un
ceremonious guest. There was no mistak
ing the man. Courage and determination
were highly stamped upon his fair fea
tures.
" You are an oftjcor ?" he aqid iuquiviugly
" Yes,"
" Captain ?"
" Exactly."
" Disbanded ?"
" No."
The uuiet smile that acooiepauied this
answer bewildered the landlord. In fact,
the captain was an enigma that the worthy
host of the " Traveler's Rest" found it im
possible to solve.
The appearance of the maid of the host
lory with a flask of wine and the refresh
ments the captain had ordered, interrupted
the conversation.
The host whispered to the girl, and tfieu
hurried away.
1 What cjid he say to you?" asked the
captain, abruptly, fixing his keen eyes upon
the girl's face.
"To wait upon you while he went up to
the monastery," answered the girl unhesi
tatingly.
"The monastery ?" rejoined the captain,
leisurely inspecting the contents of the flask
of Rhenish, which seemed to be much to
his satisfaction. "That old ruin upon the
hill yonder. Is it then occupied?"
" Oh, yes ; about a year ago a party of
wandering monks, whose monastery had
been destroyed by the aohjicva of tl;e league,
occupied it ; ana they have remained ever
sinco. They call themselves the ' Black
Brotherhood of St. Bruno.' And very pious'
and self-denying men they are, ,too. They
keep wrapped up in an odor of sanctity all
the time. They never hold any communi
cation with the world without ; no stran
ger is admitted beneath their walls ; and
whenever oue of the brotherhood comes
out, he always has his black cowl drawn
closely over his tape. Though I have been
here as long as they have. 1 never yet suw
one with his face uncovered."
" I thought you said your uncle was go
ing there?" remarked the captain, care
lessly sipping his wine.
"Oh ! he duly goes to the puvtoOs wick
et ;he never goes in. He supplies the
monks with food."
" And how many bottles of this capital
wine a month ?"
'• 1 am sure I do pot know how many,
but 1 know that we have more empty flasks
at the end of the week than the number of
travelers could possibly have drank."
" 1 thought so. The close neighborhood
of these good monks accounts for the ex
! cellence of the wine. St. Bruno, your very
good health. Do many travelers pass this
way, sweetheart ?"
" Not many ; and what seems to me
very singular," continued the girl, bending
towards the captain, and speaking in a
low, cautious whisper, "nonethat pas's this
way ever return."
" Indeed ! What kind of a road is it be->
tween this hostelry and the next stopping
place ?"
" Very lonely and desolate."
" Infested by robbers, eli ?"
" 1 believe so, though my uncle assures
travelers there is no danger."
" Who is your uncle—the landlord ?"
" Yes ; I am his niece, Bonita, if you
! please, sir."
" Whether I please or not, is rpote than /
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., JULY 27, 1865.
can say, but ijon please me, my pretty Boni
ta."
He caught her quickly around the waist,
drew her upon his knee, and imprinted a
kiss upon her cherry lips The girl freed
herself from his embrace and retreated in
confusion, but she did not seem very angry
at the liberty the soldier had taken. It
was something to be a handsome captain
even in those days.
The sound of approaching wheels now
attracted their attention, and a light trav
eling carriage, drawn by two horses and
driven by a postillion, and accompanied by
four out-riders, drove up to the hostelry.
The attendants opened the carriage door,
and a young man in the handsome uniform
of Papenheim's Dragoons jumped out and
assisted an elegantly attired young lady
to alight from the carriage. They were
the Baron Ravensburg, Colonel in tin Im
perial service, and his sister, the Countess
Adalia.
The landlord, who had returned from the
monastery, welcomed them, and conducted
them in the hostelry, while two rough look
ing hostlers took charge of the carriage.
The outriders stabled their own animals.
The Captain had observed all that had
passed with a very attentive eye. lie had
expected a much larger escort. The lady
was without a male, and the Baron had but
live attendants ; and yet the landlord told
him there was no accommodations. There
was something wrong.
The Baron came in from the hostlery
followed by Bonita, bearing a fresh tlask of
Rhenish.
" Good evening, Captain," he said cour
teously, touching his plumed beaver with a
graceful action which bespoke the finished
cavalier, "perhaps you will do me the fa
vor to drink this tlask of Renish with me ?"
"With all my heart," answered the Cap
tain cheerfully ; " mine is empty."
The Baron seated himself on the bench,
and Bonita placed the tlask and cups be
fore them.
" Stay !" cried the Captain, as she was I
going ; "how many monks are there in j
yonder convent, my pretty Bonita?"
"Twenty, I think, Captain," she answer- 1
ed.
" Thank you ; that will do."
She went into the house. The Baron re- !
garded the Captain attentively. His ques
tion about the Monks seemed to surprise
him.
" Do you think of retiring from the world,
Captain," he laughingly inquired, " and
taking up your abode in yonder monas
tery ?"
"I ? faith, not 1!" lb; filled the cups in
that careless, olf-handed manner which per
vaded everything he did, and raised his to
his lips. " Your health, Baron Ravens
burg."
" You have the advantage of me," ans
wered Ravensburg, as he responded to the
toast.
" Oh ! call me Captain Bernard "
" 1 passed a dead horse on the road. The
landlord tells me it was yours. I also saw
the bodies of the men slain by you. A nar
row escape, Captain. By-the-way, are you
in the Imperial service ?"
"I am not. To be frank with you, my
sword is at present at liberty."
" Then take service with me. There is
something in your appearance that be
speaks the gentleman and the soldier, and
1 like you. There is a Majority vacant in
my regiment which 1 can promise you."
"On my word, Baron, returned the Cap
tain, smiliug good-humoredly, "you do me
much houor on so brief an acquaintance ;
but we arc likely- to serve together in a
sharp campaign, which is nearer than you
imagine. Whether you or 1 shall take di
rection of the affair depends upon yourself
after you have heard what I have to tell
you."
"In Heaven's name, what do you mean?"
exclaimed Baron Bavensburg in astonish
ment.
" Softly—in a whisper-—there may be
long ears about us. In a word, we are in
a den of cut-throats. Yonder old monas
tery is occupied by a band of robbers in
the disguise of monks. The landlord of
this hostelry is in league with them. They
have been apprised of your coming, and
will either attack you here, or to-morrow
upon the desolate road beyond. As they
know that 1 am here from the landlord, and
may warn you, 1 should not be surprised it
they assailed us here to-night."
"Good Heavens! my poor Adalia ! I
care not if 1 can save her. Twenty of them,
the girl said—and I have but five men—
twenty against six!"
"Excuse me; your calculation is erron
eous. There arc but eighteen against
seven. You have counted two who are
killed, and you have not counted me."
" You will aid me, then. My dear Cap
tain, this is generous."
" My dear Baron it is nothing of the kind,
I merely enter into an alliance with you
for our mutual benefit; as you hive the
strongest party the advantage is decidedly
upon my side, You they might possibly
plunder and sutler to depart, but me they
would certainly kill in revenge for their
Comrades' slaughter."
"Captain, 1 place the direction of this
affair in your hands—myself and people
are at your orders. What is your best
course of aotiuu ?"
Invite me into supper with you when
the landlord announces that it is served. 1
will secure him. Then your people must
secure the hostlers and put them in a sale
place. Then oollect your whole force into
the house and let us barricade it to the
best of our ability Eighteen men will find
it difficult to dislodge seven, even out of
this small framework. Having deprived
the robbers ot all means of obtaining infor
mation in regard to our plans, I will make
the landlord divulge theirs. You have no
idea what a persuasive way 1 have."
This plan was carried out to the letter,
and a pistol held by the firm hand of the
Captain at the head of the guilty ami trem
bling landlord, compelled him to divulge
all. The Baron and his sister were to be
held for ransom, and the Captain killed, he
not being considered worth a ransom. VV hen
all had retired to rest, the landlord was to
admit the robbers into the hostelry.
The Captain laid his plans at once. The
front door was left unfastened, but every
other available aperture was secured as
firmly as was possible under the circum
stances. The Countess and Bonita were
placed in the upper stooy for security, with
i the postilliou as a guard. The Captain,
I Baron, and the others, each armed with a
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
sword and a brace of pistols, occupied the
large apartment on the ground lloor. The
landlord was to admit the robbers one at a
time, as had be< n arranged by the Captain
of the band himself, and as fast as they
entered they were tube secured and gagged
and bound, v l ' killed outright, as circum
stances warranted.
The hour for the attack drew near, and
every heart beat anxiously. The coolest
man of the party was the Captain. Uncon
sciously, he had assumed entire direction
of the affair, and the young Baron and his
followers obeyed him implicitly, seeming to
recognize his fitness for a position without
question.
A stealthy footstep approached the door,
and the landlord, assisted by the cold bar
rel of a pist#!, which felt disagreeably
close to the back of his head, admitted a
robber, who was instantly secured. An
other followed, until it, came to the eighth
--a stout, brawny fellow—who, by a her
culean effort, twisted his throat nut of Cap
tain Bernard's grasp, and shouted at the
top of his lungs :
" We are betrayed !"
Two other robbers who were close be
hind, discharged their carbines in at the
door, and instantly retreated. A yell of
pain answered the discharge, and one man
fell in the hostelry. The door was instantly
shut and barricaded. Lights were brought
forward, and the man who had fallen was
raised. It proved to be the landlord. lie
was quite dead, both bullets having taken
effect in his body.
After a brief consultation the robbers j
advanced in a body against the door, at- j
tempting to hew it open with axes which
they had procured from the stables. They
were met with a fusilade of pistol shots !
that thinned them to one-half before they I
had forced the door, and then it was the j
besieged that sallied forth, and not they
that entered. The survivors of the band
tied.
The light was over. Fifteen of the band
were killed, wounded, and prisoners. The
prisoners were treated with the summary
justice of military times, being shot at sun
rise by the Baron's followers.
The Baron and his sister renewed tin ir
journey in the morning, attended by
Captain Bernard, whom the Baron furnished
with a horse by dismounting one of bis
own followers, and Bonita, whom the Coun
tess had engaged as maid.
The Captain left the Baron at tin: first
stopping place, They parted with mutual
expressions of regret. But they were des
tined to meet again. On the bloody field
of Lutzeno, when Pipsenhoim fell, and his
routed cavalry fled in dismay before the
impetuous charge of the Swedes, Ravens
lung was made prisoner, lie was led be
fore the victor of the well-fought field,
Bernard Von Weimar, who had assumed
command of the Protestant army on the fall
of Gustavus Adolphus, and in the brave
soldier and skilful general he recognized
Captain Bernard, the destroyer of the
" Black Brotherhood."
llow DIM.S UET MAO. -Nine-tenths of the
people are in ignorance in regard to the
premonition of madness in dogs. One of
the earliest signs of madness in dogs, and
one which should always arouse attention
on the part of those in charge of dogs, is a
sullenness combined with fidgetiness.
When it means rahin< (madness)the dog
retires to his bed for several hours, and
may be seen curled up, his face buried be
tween his paws and breast. He shows no
disposition to bite, and will answer to the
call, but he answers slowly and sullenly.
After a while he becomes restless, seeking
out new resting places, and never satisfied
long with one. lie then returns to his bed,
but continually shifts his posture. He
rises up and lies down again, settles his
body in a variety of postures, disposes his
bed with his paws, shaking it in his mouth,
bringing it to a heap, on which he carefully
lays his chest, and then rises up and bundles
it out of his kennel. If at liberty, he will
seem to imagine something lost, and will
eagerly search around with strange vio
lence and indecision. That, dog should he
watched. If ho begins to gaze strangely
about him, as he lies in bed, and if his
countenance is clouded and suspicions, we
may be certain that madness is coining on.
Winded (Ct.) Herald.
REUOION* WITHOUT ROOTS —Much of what
is called religion has no roots. It is sot np
and propped, or it may be inserted in the
soil, but it is not f>laided. It is like the
twigs which in our childhood wc took, and
with gleeful delight put in our mimic gar
dens, but which never grew. A tree is nev
er truly planted if it he dead. Yon can no
more be said to plant a dead tree than a
stone pillar. The pillar may be as deeply
and firmly fixed in the earth as the tree,but
no one would speak of it as planted. It
was in no sympathy with the soil. It is
held up by mechanical pressure and con
straint. A tree is never planted except it
is living and establishes vital affinity with
the soil. \\ hen its roots begin to se ml
forth its tender fibers, and they suck in
their appropriate nutriment from the soil,
and transmit it through trunk and branch
and twig, then it is planted. It has taken
| hold of the earth, and therefore it lives;
but when the earth takes hold of it, and
the tree does not return the friendly grasp,
it is dead. And when it is dead the soil
which once fed its life, rots it just as the
atmosphere, which is our vital air while we
are living, will hasten the putrifacition of
our bodies as soon as our last breath is
! drawn.
UMBER a great tree, close to the village,
two boys found a walnut.
" It belongs to me,* said Ignatius, "for 1
was the first to see it."
" No, it belongs to rue-,'"cried l?enard,"for
1 was the first to pick it up," and so they
began to quarrel in earnest.
" 1 will settle the dispute said an older !
boy who had just come up. He placed liirn-'
self between the two boys, cracking the j
nut in two lie said :
"The piece of shell belongs to him who 1
first saw the nut, the other piece of shell
belongs to him who first picked it up ; but
the kernel I keep for judgiug the case. And
this," he said, as he sat down and laughed,
" is the common end of most lawsuits."
WIIEM a woman has ceased to be attrac
tive by her simple symmetry of form,
she may be fascinating by her sweet wo
manhood.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN THE SOUTH
We print below an able and interesting
letter from a gentleman well known in this
city as an active and inllucntial life-long
| Democrat. Few men are less likely to be
I influenced in favor of negro suffrage by
j preconceived opinions; but the change of
! sentiment produced in bis mind by a short
j intercourse with Southern society is paral
leled by other instances within our knowl
| edge.
It is clear that the initiatory steps to se
cure the restoration of the seceded States
I to their old relations with the Union must
| and will he made, under the auspices of
j their provisional Governors, by the loyal
white men only—the negroes being debar
! red from the right of suffrage by the cons
j titutions and laws in existence prior to se
cession, which regulate the first legal move
ments towards reorganization. But it
nevertheless remains with Congress to pass
judgment upon the reception of members
from the seceded States, and if the senti
i merit described by our correspondent is not
essentially mollified; if it is clearly shown
that the rebels have learned neither wisdom,
patriotism, or the virtue of submission by
the teachings of the war, and that their
only object in " coming back into the Un
ion" is to organize a new insidious politi
cal warfare against tire perpetuity of the
Republic, we apprehend it will be found as
difficult for disunion Senators and Repre
sentatives to regain their seats in Con
gress as it was easy fbr thein to vacate
those positions in 1880-61. The President
clearly had no right to insist upon negro
suffrage as a necessary preliminary to re
organization. lie has given to the people
oftJie South an opportunity to make amends (
for past errors and "crimes by the exhibi
tion of a loyal spirit in future. But if gen- '
cnerosity and magnanimity are to be repaid !
only by new evidences of treachery and j
treason, a remedy even for such baseness j
can be applied:
"MOBILE, Ala., June 21, 1H65,
" I have come down to this part of the 1
country with the intention of casting my
lot witli it for the future, and feel impelled j
to send you a line to tell of my impressions
of the people. I have been, for some six
weeks, in daily contact with Southern peo
ple of all political shades, and, though 1 am
a poor talker, 1 am a good listener, and not ;
a very bad hand at forming conclusions
from a great deal of hearing. 1 came to
the Gull States lull of very line theories'
about tbe necessity of educating the negro
before we could extend to liim tbe privilege
of suffrage. He was ignorant; be was big
oted; lie was prejudiced; lie could not be
trusted with the privilages of a voter until
he had attained a certain standard of edu
cation. Well, sir, I was never farther
away from the truth in my life. I I
have listened by the hour to the familiar,
social, unrestrained talk of Southern people;
and I have been sorry to conclude, from all
that 1 have heard, that the damnable here- :
sy of the State-light doctrine, upon which, j
with imagined evils threatened to the insti-1
tution of slavery, they based their acts ot ,
secession and rebellion, is as deeply rooted j
in their convictions as it ever was. They '
have failed to establish the success of :
their principles at the bayonet's point and ,
the cannon's mouth, but those principles lie ,
as near to the hearts # of the great mass of j
them as ever, and true loyalty to the Gov- j
eminent, as constituting a principle with 1
the mass ol the people at the North, is en- I
t irely foreign to the breasts of the masses j
in the South. The same hostility that was i
openly displayed in arms exists secretly in i
the breasts of the Southern people, and is i
ready at any time to exert itself, no longer '
in overt acts, but in every possible pacific
way to thwart the unity and the progress
of the Republic. On the other hand, the
negro has but one principle and one affec
tion. His principle is that of devotion to
the Union; his affection heart-whole for the
cause that has restored him to manhood.—
No doubts of the justice of the cause cross
his mind. No clouds of casuists' rising ob
scure his vision. Ilis instincts alone point
out to him the path he is to tread as a free
man, and point it out unerringly. Who so
safe to trust with the ballot of a freeman
as he? Can demagogues lead him estray
with arts and sophistries? 1 trow not. —
He may not know so much of book-learning
as his paler-skinned brother, but he is less
likely to be deceived in what pertains to
the advancement of all members of the
human family, himself included. And if
you could see, as 1 have seen, the colored
people of these Southern cities, sitting at
their door-steps, in the moonlight, on hot
evenings, teaching each other to spell and
to count, regardless of the comments of
those who passed by, you would not be slow
in coming to the belief that even the sup
posed amount of education necessary to
! enable them to vote entelligently will not
be long wanting. I, for one, contrary to
all my previous expectations, am fully con
vinced that the only safety for the South is
i in the extension of free suffrage to the
; people of all colors, and 1 mean to throw
myself into the advocacy of this cause with
! all my energy. Far better is the instinct
1 that teaches loyalty to the Union than the
| false education that makes States-rights
| traitors. Shall wc trust the future of our
ooimtn, to the instinct that inevitably leads
1 to the right, or to the educated sophistry
j that inculcates what is false and ruinous ?
We are by no means ready for a recon
struction under the domination of defeated
but unconvinced traitors. We have had a
terrible war; let ns not cast away its fruits.
Lot us have military government in the
Southern States until ihe sentiment of true
loyalty begins to be felt; or, if we must
have civil governments reconstructed, let
those who have every cause to love the
Union not be put aside, while its interests
are confided to the hands of those who have
been its open enemies.— Philadelphia Pre
AM English clergyman was lately depict
ing before a deeply interested audience the
alarming increase of intemperance, when
he astonished his hearers by exclaiming:
" A young woman in my neighborhood died
very suddenly last Sabbath, while I was
preaching the Gospel in a state of intoxica
tion."
OoMi'i..vvr is made of the outrages com
mitted at Mount Vernon by relic hunters.
1 One of these vandals lately cut a pieca
from tire bedstead on which Washington
died. Another defaced a beautiful marble
mantle in the dining hall by breaking off
and stealing one of the carved ornaments.
pei* Annum, in Advance.
A BOY'S TRIALS.
The Springfield Rejndtlican has a capital
article on this subject. Here are some ex
tracts :
• THE FIRST I.OXG-TAII.ED COAT.
We do not believe that any boy put on
bis long-tailed coat without a sense of
shame. He first twists his back half off
looking at it in the glass, and then when
lie steps out of doors it seems to hiin as if
all creation was in a broad grin. The sun
laughs in the sky ; the cows turn to look
I at hiin ; there are'faces at every window ;
his very shadow mocks hiin. • \\ hen he
walks by the cottage where Jane lives, he
dare not look up for his life. The very
boards creak with consciousness of the
strange spectacle, and the old pair ofpants
that stop a light in the garret window nod
with derision, or'if lie is obliged to pass a
group of men and boys, the trial assumes
its most terrific stage. His legs get mixed
up with embarrassment, and the flap of the
dangling appendage is felt upon them,mov
ed by the wind' of hie own agitation ; lie
could not feel worse were it a dish-cloth
worn as a badge of disgrace. It is a hup
py time for him when he gets to church and
sits down with his coat tail under him ; 1
but he is still apprehensive with thinking 1
of the Sunday School, and wonders if any
of the children will ask him to " swing his
long-tail blue."
GOING IIOMB WITH THE GLLTL.S.
The entrance into society may be said to
take place after boyhood has passed away,
yet a multitude take the initiative before
their beards arc presentable. It is a great
trial, either to a tender or tough age. For
an overgrown boy to go to a door, know
ing there are a dozen girls inside, and to
knock or ring with absolute certainty that
in two minutes all their eyes will be up<Tn
him, is a severe test of courage. To go
before these and make a satisfactory tour
of the room stepping on their toes, and then
to sit down and dispose of one's pockets, is
an achievement which few boys can boast.
If a boy can go so far as to measure off ten
yards of tape with one of these girls, and
chance to pass a pleasant evening, but let
him not flatter himself that all the trials of
the evening are over. There comes, at last
the breaking up. The dear girls don their
hoods, and put on their shawls, and look so i
saucy and mischievous and unimpressible,
with them. Then comes the pinch, and the
boy that lias the most pluck makes up to j
the prettiest girl, his heart in his throat,and
his tongue clinging to the roof of his mouth,
and crooking his elbows, stammers the
words, " Shall I see you home ?" She
touching her finger to his arm, and they
walk home about a foot apart, feeling !
as awkward a's a couple of goslings.
As soon as she is safe inside her own doors, ,
he struts home, and lias really been and
gone and done it. Sleep conies to liini at
last, with dreams of Caroline and Calico,
and he awakens in the morning, and finds
the door of life open to him, and the pigs
squeelitig for breakfast.
GOOD FOR ONE POUND. —It is said that in
a dockyard of England a ship of many thou
sand tons was once built, and a large mul
titude assembled to witness the launching.
The wedges were knocked away, but the
immense mass remained motionless. He
fore a feeling of disappointment began to
manifest itself, a little boy ran forward and
commenced pushing against the vessel.— j
llis efforts excited the ridicule of the spec
tators, but lie turned indignantly toward
them saying, " I can push a pound," and
continued bis exertions. They were all that
were needed to overcome the friction ; and
soon the huge ship, yielding to his pressure
gracefully glided into the waves. So many
a great and noble cause stands motionless,
when perhaps the efforts of a child would
have overcome the obstacles that hinder its
progress. A single grain will turn a nice
ly balanced scale. A single word or action,
or glance of the eye, may be fraught with
inestimable consequences. We cannot be
the judges of the amount of our influence.
We ICHOK- not how much it accomplishes.
We cannot be aware through what a wide
circle it may spread.
RE vol it OWN jvo-'iT HAND MAN.—People
who have been bolstered up and levered all
their lives are seldom good for anything in
a crisis. When misfortune conies, they
look around for something to cling to or
lean upon. If the prop snot there, down
they go.
Once down, they are as 'helpless as cap
sized turtles or unhorsed men ia.armor,and
cannot find their feet again without assist
ance.
Such silken fellows no more resemble self
made men, who have fought their way to
position, making difficult their stepping
stones, and deriving determination from
defeat, then vines resemble oaks, or splut
tering rushlights the stars of heaven. Ef
fort persisted in to achievements train a
man to self-reliance, and when be has prov
ed to the world that he can trust himself,
the world will trust hiin.
We say, therefore, that it is unwise to
deprive young men of the advantages which
result from their energetic action,by "boost
ing" them over obstacles which they ought
to surmount alone.
AT a recent election a merchant present
ed himself at the polls, accompanied by a
well-known physician, when, wit'i a view
to avoid taking his turn in the long row of
rotes, the physician interceded for his
friend, and requested that the crowd would
give him the head of the line on the ground
of being under medical treatment. I lie
merchant looked as if he was in the prime
of health, when Fred Walter, penetrating
I the dodge, spoke out :
"Doctor, is that man under your treat
ment?"
"Yes, sir," said the doctor, with exquisiti
politeness, "he is now under my treatment.'
"Then, gentlemen," exclaimed Fred, " le
| the man vote at once, he'll never have au
| other chance."
"Now, waiter, what's to pay?" "Wlia
have you had, sir ?" "Three fish." "Onh
brought up two, sir." "I had three —tw<
trout, and one smelt."
s "Mv gracious !" exclaimed an urchin i:
i New York, on beholding an English cai
* riage with three footmen in livery, " well
I' if it don't take three British t>> make on
nigger."
JOSH BILLINS ON WIT
You ask me to describe wit. I can't dew
it well. It hasn't gut any pedigree, it is
like the wind, blowuth when and where it
listcth. No man can he witty when he
wants to enny inure than he ken be hun gry
when he wants to, it commeth to hiin as
i luve dn/.. he can't tell how nor whi
Wit is wisdom at play, while humor is
only good nature on a frolic.
Wit is like great strength, a dangerous
one.
There is nothing that seems tew suit a
| woman's hartc so much as jewelry.
Some people's brains are located in their
; beds.
We are told that there wasn't enything
made in vain, but 1 have thought that all
i the time spent in manufacturing striped
! snakes and rnuskoeters was waisted.
If there was nothing hut truth in the
| world a phool wild stall just as go - ! a
| chance as a wise man.
Robbers come just like rain, they fail on
I the just and on just.
If a man is as wise as a sarpant, he can
afford to he harmless as a dove.
; The best place to worship Go I—is out of
doors.
We are apt to hai them w.i i wit fuse
■ our advice, and despise tli-in w!i > <1 >.
It is dreadful easy to he a phool—a ::i r
ijan by urn.* arid not kno it.
* Ellegant lezzure—chewing plug terbu
j er, and spitting in a dorg's eye.
Real happiness don't consist so much in
what a man don't have a7. it duz in what he
i don't want.
Fear is the fust lesson lurnt and the last
one forgotten.
Nobody but a phool gets bit twice by tli
same dorg.
A pet lamb always makes a cross ram.
Epitafls are like circus bills, there is
more in the hills than is ever performed.
Peace is the enamel ov the soul.
Tew be healthy—eat onions and go na
ked.
PICTURE OK TIIK RK.I .SEA. —Hogarth was
1 once applied to by a certain nobleman to
paint on his staircase a representation of
the destruction of Pharoah's h >.st in the
Red Sea. In attempting to fix upon the
1 price, Hogarth become disgusted with tier
j miserly conduct of his patron, who was un
willing to give more than half the real val
ue of the picture. At last, out of all pati
ence, he agreed to his terms. In two or
three days the picture was ready. The n •
1 blcmau, Surprised at such expedition, im
mediately called to examine it, and found
the space painted all over red.
"Zounds," said the purchaser, "what
have you here? I ordered a scene <f tie-
Red Sea."
"The Red Sea you have,"said the painter.
" Where are all the Israelites ?"
" They have all gone over."
"And where are the Egyptians ?"
"They are all drowned."
The miser's confusion could only be
equalled by the haste with which he paid
the bill. The biter was bitten.
Ov the day of the President's funeral, a
bron/.ed and weather-beaten soldier, anx
ious to obtain a better view of the proces
sion, happened to step bef-re a part\ !
ladies and gentlemen. One of the gent!-
men nudged hiin on the elbow, at ihc sum.
time observing, "excuse me, sir, but y u
are right in front of us." 1! wing hand
somely in return, the soldier r-'ple d, "I n i
is nothing remarkable with me, sir, f r I
have been in front of you fur three years."
So these iron men, marching with
nonchalance of veterans, are the men wli >
have stood in "front of us for tin-e y< aid."
EUENEZER ADAMS, the tvlel-ratcd Quaker,
on visiting a lad} - frank, whom he l- u. •.
six luonths after the d- at!: of hr !o:- !> i
sitting on a sofa coven 1 with black •! *i .
and in all the dignity of woe. ;-ppi■ • 1.-f
her with great solemnity, an-! g nt!y tak
ing her by the hand, tiius nr.-.-stt -I
"So, friend, I see that tlu u iia>i n-o \< i
forgiven God Almigiity." This a.-enai
reproof had sucli an effect on the per- -n i.
whom it was addressed, that she imin- 'l -
ately laid aside her trappings of grief ai. I
went about her necessary business avoca
tions.
ONE of the best proofs that "size is of no
account" is the following :
A talented African ->f the bout-black per
i suasion, while dancing lige St. Vitus over
a customers boots the other day, observed
bis partner pouring wisely over a uewspa
per, whereupon the following eolloqu* - .
isued :
Erst member of tlie firm.—"Julius, what
do debbil you lookin' at dat paper for ? Wu
' can't read."
"Second member. —"Go away fellah;
• guess I can read. I'se big enough fui dat."
First member.—" Dat ain't 'linffin. \
cow's big enough to catdi mice, but she
can't do it."
FASIIIONAIU.E TAI.K A lady thus address
' ed her servant in the presence <>l a lashi-m
--j able party :
"Mary, relieve that burning luminary - .
| the superincumbent dress that bears up -n
' it."
" Ma'am ?" said Mary, confused at what
her mistress could mean.
| "Take," said the ladv, "from that lniuiu
j ous body its superincumbent weight of e->n
i sunied carbon."
" Ma'am," repeated Mary,
i "Snuffthat candle, you hussy, you," ex
claimed the lady iu haste.
NUMBER!).
THE CLIMAX. —A clergyman in Wisconsin,
one Sunday, informed iiis hearers that In
should divide his discourse into three parts,
the first should he terrilde, the si cond leu--'
ribte, and the third should be terribly horrf
blc. Assuming a dramatic tragic attitude,
he exclaimed, in a startling,agonizing tone,
" What is that I see there Here a little
old woman in black cried out, with a shrill
treble tone,"lt's nothing but my little Hack
dog ; he won't bite nobody."
MEN are born with two eyes, but with
one tongue, in order that they should see
twice as much as they say ; but. from their
conduct one would suppose that they wt re
born with two tongues, and on" eye; for
those talk the most, who have observed the
I least, and obtrude their remarks upon
| everything, who have seen int > n thing.
HE that openly tells his lricnds all that
i he thinks of them, must txpcct that they
will secretly tell his enemies inmh th.i'
they do not think ot him.
A noon one is told ot a Quaki r vo.untt et
in a Virginia skirmish. ( onung in pretty
I close quarters with a rebel, he remarked :
"Friend it's unfortunate, but thee stands
where Fin going to shoot, "and blazing away
down come the rebel.
A BRAVE man—one who isn't at raid to
wear old clothes until lie is able t<> pay for
new.
AN inch in depth of rain is equal to 101
j tons per acre W here are your water puts <