By HENRY J. STAULE.
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SONG OF TIIE UNION.
liaise the banner of the Union,
Sound its music, keep the step,
'Tis the signal-flag of gli.ry,
On the land and e'er. the deep.•
Rally, freemen, round the 'Union,.
;lark ! the battle-cry we Lear, .
'Till the covenant of our fatherai
Sound it far and'aound it near;
Fight for it, our precious Union, •
I ris the heritage bequeathed,_
Bought with blood ourfathers treasured,
Dearer than the air they breathed.
Strike a good blow for tiie Union,
Ye who've loved it long and well,
Old nien gray in freedom's service,
Let your blows on treason tell.
Strike a good blow for the Voinn,
Ye whose hearts with passion glow,
Yoting men panting fir distinction,
Lead the battle on the foe.
Ask ye who despise the Union ?
,Ask ye who the traitors ate ?
They,wie those who seek.to break it;
J'udge them by the fruits they bear : .
'latching hate between its seetionl,
Bringing forth fraternal war,
Under cover of religion ;
Such as these the traitors are.
Beat the long:roll of the Union.
Wake the guards and man the walls,
Raise the drawbridge on the foetnen,
Brains for bullets, vptes for balls !
szit'def
JAMES BUCRINAN AT HOME.
We have' been permitted (says the- Albany
Argus) to , take the follovikug extract : from a
private letter.dated at Washington on the 20th
of June:
at Lancaster on professional business,
-1-called-at-iiis,residencer a-mile_and a _half
from - the - city, to see Mr. Buchanan, with
. whom I had been sornewnat acquainted from
his entrance into the United States Senate•in
18;i5. I ,finind him. at Wheatland,
~once a
large farm noted for its yield of the cereal
which conferred its name, now by sub-divis
ions in passing through several generations,
reduced to some thirty.ae,res._ He occupies an
ancient but spacious brick dwelling, surround
ed by a beautiful grove planted by an early
owner. The cultivation is limited to a large.
garden and a few acres of wheat and oats,
while a cow is in full possessio . n of the most beau
tiful hickory grove I ever saw. I found Mr.
13. in his library, the largest room in the
house, which is well filled with books and very
neatly and appropriately fitted up with furni
ture of Pennsylvania oak. lie receives his
company with a courtesy and simplicity that
Inakes every one feel at his ease, though he
never appears undignified. his conversation
ise he uses, as Mr.
idain /auguage to
communicate his thoughts. Ile never con
founds you with language, or words you di)
not understand, nor does he ;Attempt to dazzle
by striking impressions or applying pungent
epithets. His is the clear, explicit Language
of every day life, and which is most heating
all stations.
Everything about him indicates that he
loves order and quiet, and that the tendency
of his mind is in favor of utility. There is
nothing gaudy or frivolous to be found in his
house. Its furniture is plain, substantial and
appropriate to its place and uses. His affec
tion fur his friends is manifested in all parts
of his house. I was much gratified in finding
in his library alikeness of the late Vice Pres
ident King, whom he loved, (and who did
not?) lie declared that he was the most un
selfish man that he ever knew, and that from
f l u intimate acquaintance of thirty years he
:A never kuuwu him to perform a selfish act,
Bachanan's tastes are of the must simple
kind, and he lives, like his neighbors, without
attempting foolish ostentation or wearisome
display. his uniform frugality has crowned
his latter years with a liberal competence,
never contaminated by parsimony. Poverty
and affliction never solicited of him in vain.
Ile has always been liberal and charitable.
He is now G 5 years of age, and has never mar
ried. His family consists of himself and
niece, whose education has been mainly under
his direction, and who accompanied him dur
ing his late mission to England, and whose
know:edge and sense, derived from books,
study and reflection, peculiarly-qualify her to
grace and cheer the firesides of the * Sage of
'Wheatland.
Mr. Buchanan is very frankwith his friends,
and is always ready to avail himself of their
suggestions, when appropriate. I was much
struck with the attachment of his old neigh
bors and friends, and, indeed, of all Pennsyl
vanians, to him personally. I saw no man in
Lancaster who VMS n6t his devoted friend.
You would be surprised to learn the-large
number who voluntarily tell you of his numer
ous acts of kindness to, them, or their parents,
relatives, .or neighbors. Ills old clients are
universally attached to him, and many speak
of his gratuitous professional services in tight
' ing the battles of the poor. A stranger would
suppose that the entire population were his
friends. During a stay of two days at his
house I found him thron4ed with company,,
from early morning till a late hour in the eve
ning, who came to congratulate him, up.in his
-safe-rztarri frcan--gu
nomination. The numerous calla from the
Pennsylvania farmers seemed to afford him
great pleasure. There was an earnest sinceri
ty manifested by them that tonehed the heart.
This deep feeling of attiwiimat vas striking,-
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Ett . ))4 Yeiwopei----babota io X.iichtiqiie, i)j*kcis, eceANA‘4l jmiel4ediice, Sce.
ly illustrated when I was present. A Ken
tucky drover had been to Philadelphia and
sold his cattle to a city dealer. When the bu
siness was closed the latter came with the for
mer to Lancaster, a distance of seventy miles,
apparently for the sole purpose of congratulat
ing Mr. Buchanan and introducing his Western
friend. I was told of other us striking instan
ces of attachment.
I saw many prominent Whigs at his house.
and others on the way, Who openly avowed
their intention to vote for Mr. Buchanan,
The reasons for scvdeing were either personal
attachment, or an a-vowed strong desire to re
press ell agitation and action tending to disu
nion, and a wish to destroy, national harmony
and quiet. They seemed to be confident that
his election would'produce this desirable re
sult. Some referred to our foreign affairs, and
expressed the opinion that his experience,
wisdom, and prudence, would keep them from
falling into confusion, or resulting in con
tention or a stain upon our national honor.
Mr. Buchanan is a large, muscular man,
who enjoys the most perfect health, and is ca
pable of enddring as much labor as a young
'man. During the time I was with him I
heard of no subject of controversy with which
he was not familiar. Ile was early - d istiuguish
eil as a sound lawyer. Ten years' service in
the House and ten h the Senate made him fa
miliar with the legislation and policy of the
country.. Three years' service in Russia and
three in England as minister, and four in the
State Department as Secretary, made him more
familiar with our foreign relations than any °ill
er living man.—From this you will readily be
lieve that it is a treat to -converse with hini on
diplomatic as well as on other subjects, and
that those who spend much time with him de
part greatly wiser than they came. lle in
structs without making one feel that-he does
so, and you - regret when he is called off from
the subject in hand. Had the state of my
business permitted, I should have been but
too _happy to have enjoyed his hospitality and
society for a longer period, and to have profit
ed by conversation: with one so well qualified
to impart wisdom and knowledge.
Like Gen. Jackson, he seems to have noth
ing to conceal. Ile remarked that the time
was when he was anxious to be elected Presi
dent,' but years and the loss cif those who had
served long with him in public life, and who
would have rendered him theameded support-,
had changed his- feeling upon the subject.—
He-had now been made a candidate without
.an effort of his own, and ho felt bound to sub
-mit to the wishes of his friends, and therefore
consented to become the representative of their
principles and wishes. When referring to the
fact that all who entered public life with him
had left the , stage, and he was alone, he seem
en' deeply affected. A new generation had
sprung up around him, to many of whom he
was mush attached, but they had not been his
companions-in-arms in the political conflicts
-of- his-early-life. But the smut-of his early
friends had demanded his services, and he had
no right to refuse. lie inquired with empha
sis, why should I, after forty years turmoil
,and cment of public life, wish to. leave
my quiet home, and assume the responsibilities
and cares incident to the Presidency ? A
sense of duty alone has induced me to accept
the nomination. They tell me that the use of
my name will still the agitated waters, re
store public harmony, by banishing section
alism, and remove all apprehension of disu
nion. For these of I would not only sur
render my own ease and comfort, but cheer
fully lay down my life. Considerations like
these have imposed upon me the duty of yield
ing to the wishes of those who ninst know
what the public good requires, I could not
doubt he spoke what he strongly felt: It tank'
a deep impression upon my mind." I shall
long remember this visit, and whatever may
be the future course of his political fortunes,
killialLnever cease to admire . and venerate
the Union loving Sage of Wheatland." -
Present - Tntirslatioa of the Bible.
The present. translation- of the Bible was
made at the command of King James I ; the
translators were tifty-fOur of the most learned
men of that time, who were divided into five
bodies, of which each was to labor on a par
ticular part of the Bible, which was thus
divided :—The Pentateuch, and the Books of
Judges, Ruth, Samuel, and Kings, to the
Deans of Westminster and St. nulls, Doctors
Saravia, Clark, Lavfiel , l, Leigh, Messrs. Stret
ford, Sussex, Clare,Bedwell. From the Chron
idles to Ecclesiastes, to Dr. Richardson. and
Messrs. Sirlev, Chadderton, Dillingham. Har
rison, Andrews, Spablin ,, ,
_Binge. All the
Prophets and Lamentations t(i`Drs. 'Harding:
Reinolds, Holland, hilly, Messrs. Hereford,
Brett, Fareclowe. All the Epistles to the
Dean of Chester, Drs. lintehinson, spencer,
Messrs. Fenton, Rabbit, Sanderson, Dakins.
The Gospels, Acts, and Apocalypse, to the
Deans of Christ Church, Winchester, Worces
ter, Windsor, Drs: Perin, Ravins, Messrs.
Savile, Harmer. And the Apocryplius, to
Drs. Duport, Braithwaite, Ratcliffe, Messrs.
Ward, Downes, Boyse, Warde. They met at
- Westminster, - Oxford, and Cambridge, as it
was convenient-fur each body. The method
in which they proceeded was thus :—Several
translations of each part were drawn up by
the Members of that body to which it was al
lotted, who then, in a, joint consultation, se
lected three .
of the best, or compiled them out
of the whole number. Thus, in three years
three translations of the whole were sent to
London; then six deputies, two from each
place, were appointed to extract one transla
tion out of the three, which was finished and
printed in the year 1611.
Generous.—A writer in the Burlington Sen
tinel says that in one of the hack towns of a
neighboring State, where it is the custom for
the district school teacher to "boai-d round,"
the following incident occurred, and is vouch
ed for by high authority:
A year or two ago. an allotment being made
in the usual manner for the benefit of the
school mistress, it In.ppened that the prrpor
tion of uric Mall was just two days and a half.
The teacher sat down to dinner on the third
and war hegirming• to- cat, when the man of
the hou ,, e addressed her ac full ilcs :
"Madam, I SU prp,se your 10) a rding time
out wheo you have eaten half a ditimir, but
ft , { I don't want to be mean, you may cat, if
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te-In the reign of about the year
11:;, sheop could f.
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and wheat en,,i1;411 fur the feNing of IUU wen
a whole day cost but a single
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA : MONDAY, JULY 28, 1856.
- Traits that index the wlrole - character of a
man are sometimes seen at a glance; a word,
a look, a single action, tells the whole story,
either for good or evil, of a man or woman,
to all their fellow voyagers through life. We
witnessed an incident a few days ago, which
is certainly worth recording.
The stage was nearly full when it pulled up
to the curbstone to Ow in an old man and a
young woman. Who will move, thought we,
to give, the strangers room? Nutt 'the four
silks on that side ; not the proud, selfish—so
we thought, judging perhaps from dress—
young man on this side. How we wore mis
taken.
"Be careful, father," said his tender guide,
as he'essayed to place his toot upon the step.
•In a moment, the youno• man sprang forward
with an assisting hand, delicately tendered,
with an "Allow me, sir," as ho led hint to a
seat. The poor old man was blind.
h ow. that little act of kindness from a
st anger must have thrilled through the
daughter's heart—she was so extremely, sensi
tive to. the wants and necessities of her be
reaved. father. Still more when the stage
stopped for them to get out, which for a tot
tering step unguided by sight, was more dif
ficult to do unlittruied—just as are all down
ward movements in life. - "Allow me, sir."—
Those words again.
How their pleasant tones thrilled again
from that good heart which prompted the
young man to spring out forward of the blind
man, and take him gently in his arnis down
the steps. .
"Thank you, sir," whispered the daughter.
"God bless you," spnke the father. That old
man—that
only
young man were
taut the only ones made happy by -this little
act of genuine politeness. •
There is a society in existence 'WA); like
most - other associations of the kind, has a
stauding rule that all members who come late,
or absent themselves, shall be fined a certain
sum; unless they are able to give a sufficient
excuse tOr tardiness or absence. On one oc
casion, a menil•er came in after hours, and the
chairman asked him his excuse fintbeing late.
"Really, sir," said he, "I was not able to
get here befere,- - -- Domestic troubles—perplex
ities of mind. I cannot-say wl die
first, thy wife or (laughter." -
"Ah," said the chairman, ex - pressing, much
connnisseration for the father and husband,
"I was not aware of that. Remit-the fine,
Mr. Secretary,- the excuse is a good one."'
The Member consequently took hics seat.—
The next morning another member met him,
and, with feeling, asked him how his wife
and (laughter were?
"In excellent health," replied he.
"How! I thought you said last night that
you did not_know_Arlich one w_auhLdie first?"
-"I did ; and am still in a quandary. Time,
however, will decide the question.".
Shermin, and Randnlph. : ----Mr. Sherman
.was representative in Congress from Connec
ticut ; his business had been that of making
shoes. Joha Randolph, who had Indian
blood in him, rose, and with his usual squeak
ing sounds, said, should like to know what
the gentleman did with his leather apron be
fore he set out:for Washington." Mr. Sher
man replied, imitating the same squeak, 'I
cut it up, sir, to make moccasins for the de
scendants of Pocahontas." ".
11l gratulution.—Maloun, a celebrated
French physician, it is said, was remarkably
fond of drug7ing. Once, having a patient
who diligently and punctually swallowed all
the stiff: he ordered, he was so delighted at
seeing all the vials and pill-boxes empty, that
he shook him by the 111111(1, exclaiming,:—"llly
dear sir,.it r - eallyords me pleasure. Cu 1 --- 7. tr
- yuu, and you ‘l,-, , ;(2rre to be ill!"
An holnlyent .Ifdlirr.—Mr. G. W. Kendall,
of the New Orleans Picayune, is answerable
for the following:
—The most indulgent mother I have heard
of lately lives smite two-and-a-half hours'
drive from San Antonin, on the left. It teas
a long time before she would admit that her
eldest and 'Jest beloved boy, l a refractory and
turbulent little fellow, riefily merited a flagel
lation ; and when she finally gave in that he
was entitled t o 'a, eourse 4,1 . :Trews, she con
tended that he should br! put under the influ
ence of eldornthrm before the saplings Were
applied. Sol+mum, with.all his wisdom, was
bt:hind the presimt f:e-t age in administering
to juvenile delinquents:"
Ac.o-Pre,::entatiouß are getting common.
Th e captain of- a canal boat out we...t has just
been presented with a service of five years in
the penitentiary, in consideration o the dis
tinguished with which lie plundered a
passenger and kicked him overboard.
Lle"'A. country girl corning from the field,
was told hy her cousin that she looked as
fresh as a daisy kissed with dew.
"Well, it wasn't any feller by that name,
but Bill Jones that kissed rue; confound his
picture, I told him that everybody would find
It uut."
"What's the reason you've the wrong
side of your stoking turned out?" said Jim to
Pat the other day.
"The raison—the raison it it?" said Pat,
"it's bekase there's a hole t'tother side uv it."
r l - 7 X."Pa, I planted Rome potat.,eg in our
Arden," said one sd the smart
y outlis of this ; vmer a tion to his father, "and lvhat do vou
think came up?" "Why potatoeB, of course,"
"No sir : There came up a drove of hogs and
eat there all."
PC. -- .2^oite Of Our exchang,es . , in <noticing the
pre,entation,of a b iker cup to a cotempurary,
says:
"He needs no cup. He can drink from any
vessel that contains liquor, whether. the neck
of a bottle, the mouth of a deinijoltirrt - lre sidle
of a keg, or the bung of a barrel."
tqi:;' - Speaking of “seatnless skirt , ," whioli
re now adverti , ed, the Times say -4 that
'anything that will make skirts seero-leo, will
us. ........~
have to f;ass through hoop-frequented streets."
Frmiklin tt , •-iA to say that rich w•i'f
ows were thi; oily IPIUCC of occuud-baud goods
that bold at prime coot.
"TRUTH IS MIGHTY, AND WILL I'REVAIL."
Scene in a Stage Coach.
A Good Excuse.
The Disaster on the North Pentea. Railroad.
Imposing Funeral Ceremonies— The Dead—
: !at:ideals, AT.
The late terrible railroad disaster is still
the übsorbing,topie of interest in Philadelphia.
We-make up from the Bulletin and the Jour
nal of Saturday evening the following addi
tional particulars :
THE SCENES AT THE CTIVIICII
St. Michael's church was the scene this
clowning of a most intense excitement, it hay
• ing been announced that the obsequies of the
dead were to be performed this morning, and
that a high mass was to be celebrated. The
body of the Rev. Sheridan lay in state in frodf,
of the altar at the end'of the main aisle, and
the church wm shrouded in mourning. The
body of the deceased priest lay in a coffin cov
ered with black cloth and studded with silver.
The body Was clad in white flannel, and there
was a small ebony cross placed upon the
breast.. The face presented much its natural
appearance, but it bore unmistakable marks
of the &rad blow that deprived it of life.
The throng commenced pouring into the
building by little after five o'clock this
morning. The people were admitted at the
front door, MO after passing up the main aisle
and around the body they left by another way.
The people crowded m immense numbers
to take a final look at the flwe of their beloved
Pastor—rich and poor—well dressed and
those who were clad poorly—the hard-fea
tured laborer -and the sac, delicate faces of
young girls—were there, all bowed down by
the solemnity of the occasien. There was
scarcely a tearless eve.
Out in the vestibule a small party of the
mouthing people were moaning—not loud,
lint in suppressed sobs, qlle poor holy. over
conic with grief, could be heard to sob "Olt, 1
could not see my two boys, and now I'm sorry ,
I've seen him !"
The coffins containing the bodies of Ryan,
Campbell and others were subsequently
brought in and laid across the tops of the
pews near the altar:
During the time the iodic§ were being
brought ipte, the (rhumb frequent masses for
the dead '*vrere - said. The high mass, was
celebrated- with imposing ceremony. The
oration of I)i'. 3loriarty was listened to with:
intense interest;—the-,e:ongregatiow-i_was fre
quently moved to sobs and tears. The crowd
outside the building was immense, and thou
sands who were anxious to obtain admission
to the church were denied the privilege.
THE SCENE DUHINU THE DELIVERY OP VIE DIS
During the rendition, of the discourse, which
was smoothly - end gracefully delivered, the
audience appeared to listen as to the-words
Of inspiration. Never had an oration more
believing listeners.
- At an allusion to the character of the-de
ceased pastor, as a pries, as a comforter of
his people, as a benelhetor to the neighbor
hood, low thrills of sobbing passed through
the still air of the elrurch like wailS ; when
the orator pictured the
_priest at the bedside
of the sick and fhe children, this dreadful
'sound intensified, increased in force, though
not in loudness, until every heart in the church
appeared to be struggling with au emotion
too powerful for concealment, and every
bosom swelling and sinking with grief. When
the death of Father Sheridan was spoken of—
"dying as a priest should, at the head of his
flock—at his post of duty like a man—pre
pared, as a Christian"—these sounds of grief
broke forth again with equal power. We
never experienced so general and still an ex
pression of sorrow in our life—and one had to
struggle to withstand the current.
A number of females were forced to be taken
out of church, (hiring the delivery of the ora
hot , althouglthe_ll eat_was_nut_sainten so 6.9
it frequently is at similar gatherings. Some
confusion
: also occurred at the arrest, of a
youthful pickpock . et who was caught exercis
ing his }vocation while in the main aisle of the
building.
Immediately after the cOnclusion of the ser
mon, the corpses were borne to the adjoining
graveyard and there interred. As they were
taken to their last resting. place, the crowd
through which the proceAsilm had to pass
gave utterance to their feelings - in the most
violent lamentations. 'lite vast concourse of
persons, after the obse(plie4 were finished,
dispersed without any disorder.
On Saturday morning the funerals of e_ight
other victims touk place, and were all largely
attended.
The total number of dead and missing is
about GO. of the wounded, Bernard 6reen,
Thomas Kelly. a son efJames Dugan, floury
O'Brien and B. Ilonneghan, have died since
Friday morning. A portion of the hotly of a
female way * reoovered on Friday morning; it
was taken frolu: Ilene:lth a fragment of sheet
iron that hail been exposed to intense heat.
INCIDENTS OF THE DISASTER.
Near the scene of the accident stands Mr.
Bitting's hotel. At this house there are sev
eral hoarders, ladies and gentlemen, who have
secured summer lodgings there to avoid the
heated city. The boarders at this hotel were
early at the scene of the disaster, and.rendered
every service in their power, but what was
calculated most to melt the stoutest heart was
the following incident: A little, feeble infant
was found in the ruinsof oneof theears,pitoons
ly crying for its mother. No mother appear
ed to answer the summons--she was doubtless
crushed to death. Quick as thought Mrs. 0.,
One of the boarders at Bitting's, seized the
little sufferer and placed it to her '- own breast,
and there, under the burning rays of the stir',
this 'Miim', robbing perhaps her own infant
of its nourishment, was sustaining this orphan
while all around wag; noise and confusion, and
groans, and suffering, and death.
Among the strange inehrents of this disas
ter was the following: A boy, 15 years of age,
was in the foremost car of the wrecked train.
When the crash t001.....p1a44e 1 --he thrOWn
out through a breA in the car, and esajo
inain;ur~ al. lie was so much scared that he
ran all the way to the city, and he was the
first to carry tlic intelligence of the calamity
to C. I;. Esq., whose family was
on, ts-ho ,
upoothr: tri ii. The"%, all esearted it jury.
Another. bov about the same a,e had
father awl !waler upon tin. train. rpm bear
ing the news he stUrtod from the rity novAlk
to tior svel t e. lie was picked up by the fl
o'clock traiu, when about tea miles from the
FURTHER PARTICULARS
counsn.
THE lIVIII AT,
OTHER FUNERALS.
THE DE 1D
city. he was nearly exhausted when discov
ered.
THE BURNED BODIES.
An eye-witness descrihes,one car which took
fire and which was in Patties in an instant,
As soon as possible the ear was broken open,
but no living soul was left in it. The inmates
wrre all dead and enveloped in the fierce flames.
Ex-Lieut. Davis, searching among the
ashes under some portion of the machinery,
found a few calcined human bones in two
plaees. They were, without doubt, all that
was left of two human beings 1 The remains
q' both eould readily be held in the palm of the
hand.
At the Cohocksink. Station there were Rix
bodies unrecognized. Four of them were
charred so badly that they never can be
known ; the others were those of a boy and - a
woman. The limbs of the female were burn
ed. entirely of and the remains were in a
shocking condition. The boy appears to have
been crushed to death and then badly burned.
All were burned in the most horrible man
ner, and of the whole number there were inn
ny that were so mutilated that there is not the
slightest hope of their being identified.
Very few had'any vestige of clothing left on
their bodies, and the heads and limbs of many
were entirely off. ,
CONDITION OF TUE FAMILIF 4 .I OF TUE VICTIMS.
Most of the sufferers belonged to the hum
bler classes, and their means in many iustan-
COS are illy competent to meet the exigencies
of the occasion. „Exertions are being made,to
provide for thepresort wants of the afflicted
families, and John 'Welsh, Esq., the president
of the•Nerth Pennsylvania Railroad Compa
ny, has contributed $5OO towards the fund.
thier $l.OOO have also been subscribed and
handed in at the Inquirer office.
A Man of (lounge.
Brigandayc in the Public St rcets,—Thonins
Anderson, a young nano from Philadelphia,
while walking from the Bowery through the
upper part of Canal street to Broadway, late on
Monday night, was set upon by two robbers.-
Hearing footsteps .rapidly approaching him
from behind, ho partially' turned round, when
they accosted him with several questions about
the city, and finally demanded his money or his
life. Mr. Anderson, not at all -intimidated,
jocosely remarked. hat she limo! little of the
one and did not care much about the other.-
- The -robbersianeing that-his-object was to par
ley, hoping tliat the !Nice or some one else
might come to his relief, immediately drew
and cocked their pistolS, Tiointing "them, the
one at his head, the other at his heart, 'and
reiterated their demand, giving him two min
utes to- comply with it.
The two minutes past,-and, Anderson only
laughed nt them ; they appeared to consider,
however, notwithstanding theie threat, that it
would be better to rob the stupid follow by
free than to fire upon him, which would prob
ably bring the-police-upon them—so, dropping
their weapons, they approached him for that
purpose.. Anderson sprang back afew steps,
and, in an instant drawing a revolver -upon
them swore that the first man who moved a
hand or stepped a
,fort he would shoot dead.
His tone and manner were unmistakable.—
They tried to apologize, pleading poverty,
etc., and asked him toporn*, thorn to go away
about their business. 'Andersen readily grant
ed their - regtiest, - and took himself suddenly
away, right glad to have escaped from two
robbers with loaded pistols, having himself
only by chance an old revolver in his pocket
which he was taking to a friend.—N. Y. Post.
Costly Bird;
Rev. John F. Edwards, of Richmond. •Vit.,
now in Geneva. Switzerland, visited a jeweler
in the city, and says:
sidle set out on the counter a box. mounted
with massive gold. on the top .there was a
large - ertameli ed - tul - iva ppa-rently--j ma-burst
iug, into full bloom. Ile touched a little spring,
and suddenly the flower expanded into, full
blossom, and right in the heart of it there sprang
up o sweet little bird, of golden plumage. which
began to flutter its tiny winn , s,and sing as I have
thought nothing bat a real bird of flesh and
bones could do : so cheerful, so bird like--=
opening its little beak at every note, and really
singing a hird song, such as is sometimes
heard singing out in the dewy copse at early
morn. The price of this bird was *one thousand
dollars!"
tte'On the banks of the Niger, in Africa,
they have a tree called the Shea, from which
excellent butter is obtained. The tree is like
our oak, and the fruit somewhat resembles the
Spanish olive. The kernel of this fruit is
dried in the sun•and then boiled, and the but
ter thus obtained is whiter, firmer, and of a
richer flavor than that obtained from the cow,
besides keeping sweet a year without salt.
The growth and preparation of this article is
one of the leading ol t iects of African industry,
and constitutes the main article of their com
merce.
A Library qf "Perfect Brick.i."—Col. Raw
linson has just discovered among the ruins of
ancient Babylon an extensive library
not, indeed, printed on paper, but impressed
ou baked bricks—containing many and volum
inous treatises oti k astronomy, mathematics,
ethnology, and Several other most important
branches of knowledge. These treatises con
tain f:u•ts and arguments, which in his opin
ion, will have no small operation-on the study
of the sciences to which they relate, and which
throw a great light on biblical history and
criticism, and the history - of our race.
:lirThe plan put in operation at New York
some week's-ago for the disposition of unpaid
letters addressed to persons 'within the United
Slutrs, being found to work satisfactorily, the
Postmaster General has given directions for
it to be extended to all other offices as early
as practicable. The plan is that when an un
paid letter is dropped into the post office, the
Postmaster-is to in_forifi the person to whom it
is directed, and on said per,,on remitting the
required postage, and prepaying his not,. of
reply, the letter is to be forwarded according
to its direction.
r!=;;, ,- The poor pittanee of seventy years is
not worth hoinr4 a villain for. What matters
it if y ou r neighbor lies iu a splendid tomb?
Slee i vuu in innocence.
ue-It seems that the municipal arrange
ments around the north pole are very strict.
Dr. Kane he was kept from g, , ,ing any
farther by the uurth
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR*
Fremont and Buchanan Platforms---The Con
trast.
TAE FREMONT PLATFORM.
. .
"I look forward to the day when there shill
be a servile insurrection in the , South ;.. when
the black man, armed with British bayonets
and led on by British officer% shall aseerthis
freedom, and wage a war of extermination v,'
against his master ; when the torch of the in.
cella i4.zry shall light up the' towns and 'cities of ,
the South, and blot out the last vestige orals- .
very ; and though I May not mock at theirca
ltunity, nor laugh when their fear cometh„yet
I will hail it is the dawn of apolitical milieu
ium,,,—Jositua 1Z Giddings.
• "The Whig party is not only
.4ead, but
slinks."—Benjamin F. Wade. . '
"1 am willing, in,it certain state-of.circum
stances, TO LET THE UNION suns."—Nat. 1 -1 ;
Banks. -
"On the action of this Convention4cpends
the fate of the country; if the Republicans fall
at the ballot-box, WE WILL RE FORCED TO DRIVE
BACK TOE BLAVEOCRACT WITH FIRE AND
SWORD."—james' Watson Wibb.- '
"The times demand and we must have en
ANTI-SLAVERY CONSTLT UTION, • AN ANTI- S LAVERY
RI tIVE,'AND ANANTI-SLAVERY 00100.AltsOniftir
lingame. •
"I pray daily that this accursed Union may
be dissolved; even if blood hive to
Black Republican Clergyman of Poa9h4vepsil.
"The Uniou is not worth supporting in
connexion with the SonthP—iforaee
"The • Constitution is, a reproach , and a
league with Tophet."— William Lloyd
son. - • - • • •
DeCIIANAN PLAriOll2l.
. "Tho Federal Union—it must, be pteserved:"
—.Andrew, Jackoon;
"Disunion is a 'word Which ought not - to he
'breathed amongst us, even in a ivAisiker. !The
icol:a ought to be considered one:-.Of dieci4ll . 4
'omen, and our Cleildrii shinctil be tionOht Melt
is sacrilege topronOunce Buchanan.
Politics in - the Pulpit.
The Philadelphia - Ledger of the Ist, lays
Quito a: scene of Incitement 'occurred int 1.4
Church of the Epiphany on Sunday night.
during a sermon delivered by Rev:Paley . A.
Tyng,. The reverend gentleman had previ
ously announced that he would , preach a-seri
mon on Kansas affairs, and a large audieneo
gathered in consequence. True to the an
nouncement, Kansas' was the - subjee t'of hie
discourse, arid in the course of has remarks, - 4 *
we are informed that the speaker was 'severe
not only in his reprobation of slavery; but on
the conduct of those who wished-to introduce '
it into Kansas. Ho" denounced -the .federal _
government in a style which was , anything
but decorous, and , certainly very unfit in a
pulpit.
.Some portion .of thercongregation sat
very uneasily under these remarks, and final
ly a respectable membevof the• church felt
called-upon to interrupt and-recall: td1;!;t
ter to his reason. Hnspoke of the sermon as
objectionable in point of matter and in :point
of fact—that it was adeseeretion'oftheirdpit
and the sacred calling-of the clergy : to Intro- _
duce such subjects, and to treat. theni , in 0..
style suited °ill, to political, and partiian
harangues. This' rebu ke Seethed* rather' to '
astonish and disconeert the tlergymanjt lIIp °
paused till the speaker had finished 2his,.,re
marks, then looked upon his vvritten sermon,
skipped . over severalages, and finished
diseourse. The gentleman who adminibtered
the rebuke, has the reputation of Intvingsman- - •
omitted a number of slaveS,. that would have
been worth to him, in money, had he chosen
to hold them, at least $20,0p0. The sermon
has created'quite a disturbance in'the - church.
Some of-the leading members denounce it. -an
an attempt to substitute political tirades in the
pulpit for the teachings of the word of, fled.
We cannot but endorse the Ledger's re-°
marks whefriVadds cannet agree_
with them in opinion, and every calm, and
sensible man must see that the sacred office
of the ministry is in very great'danger of be
ing defiled by being blended with partisan
politics.
.The pulpit is no place fgr discus
signs, the nature of which, joined with the in
firmity of human temper and judgment, ne
cessarily leads to intemperance of thought and
speech. If they aro touched at all it should
be in soothing the angry passions which they
generate, with a view to restore the mastery of
reason and judgment. This is the proper
office of the clergyman, and in matters per
taining to his particular vocation the world
defers to his teachings from respect to his
character and the sacrettoffice he fulfils. But
there is nothing in the pursuits and profession
of a clergyman which gives authority to his
judgment in political questions, or makes 'it
superior to that of any of his congregation,.
There every man stands upon his own private
judgment. He defers to no authority but his
own reason, and presumes to settle the prin
ciple of conduct which should guide him, ac
cording to his own notions of right and wrong, -
of expediency or interest. In nine cases out
of ten the secular judgment in secular affairs,
is more enlightened and correct than the
clerical, because men mixing with the 'world
are better acquainted, with the business of
the world and the principles of human action
which its strifes and interests call continual
ly into play. Hence it is unwise for cleriv
teen to bring themselves in conflict with men'
so much better able to grapple with the
exciting questions of the day, and in
which their interests, pursuits and aspira
tions are so much more deeply centered; It
is a, mistaken judgment to suppose that the
authority which appertains to his divine
teachings carries weight with it into other and
different channels, and the clergynian must
have a very imperfect conception of his olSie
when he attempts to dictate where such 'au-
thority does not exist."
tharShstrizlliaing.—A — 4
am a stranger in a strange place," said a der
, gyman on entering a printing office.
"And you'll be a stranger to a better place,"
replied typo, "if you do not practice adorer
what you preach."
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