H. H. FRA.ZIER, Publisher.
VOLUME 11.
uointoo girectoll.
JOHN BEAITMONT,
IVOOL OLRT Kn , Cloth Dneser, illonstfacturer. at the old
vend known el Smith's 0.1114 Mac Moe. Tams toads
when the wort le brouget,
liana
DR. G. Z. DIMOCK,
P MITSIOIAN Rod SURGEON, MONTROSE, PR ONCe w otmet. oSooolto tho Rarornacuur 021oe. Boards I
south's hotel.
Moranae, Feboso7 alb, 1 883.-Irp
C. AL CRANDA.LL,
A NUFACTUILETI of Linen-wheel.. Wool vbeelc Wbeel.
...IL Lead.. Clock-me* Ae. ere. Wcrod.turnind done to order. and
manner. 1 orolng bbop and Wheel Factory In dame
- d-v Bal idmd. up nacre.
onma.e. January Both, Idf.S.-tt
B. S. BENTLEY, JR., NOTARY PUBLIC,
morrnosic.
rp• K Acknowledgment of Dards, Mortgages, &e., to any
t lu the Untied Malec Pe on Voltaic:re and ray Per
, o‘r 4
Irdkutt before him do not require the cerneekte of the
tut thc Court. Alontrwn, Jut.; thus
CHARLES HOLES,
EALER IN CLOCKS, WATCHES, AND JEWELRY
Y Repairing done VI 0.1111.‘i, on short no•.ke sad frasonable terms
can aide Public Avenue M F. B. Chandler's btnre.
.tows, Pa.. Nov. 7. Mi.
Da & L ELINDRICK,
/PI - 81MAF' and !SURGEON.
.i,.....TriefS co the. citizens of reendaville and virdully. 01.
- , ht , ft“ . of Dr. Lea. Boards id J. Bodoni'.
r -t-navtl!c. July 97,1311.-Lf
E. W. SMITH,
170111e1ST O COMeIiMLLOII AT LAW and Llpeteed (Up,
A v r. OITICe Cr., Lea". Dragv e r.
Depot .I.nen ' BB..
EL SUBMIT,
A tA LER in StgAtl Fsnc7 Dry Goods. Ozoekerff, Hardware,
I,n, t•ten.ea. O tt, and Paints, Boots and !Moen, Rau
rum tinflllo 810.1616. Pmvtaloas.
If:gore% Apnl 11.. 11364.4 f
S. H. SAYRE & BROTHERS,
TANI FACTURICIIS of HUI eastlnga, Castings of .11 kind
it ,Lcv..-e Tin and Stmet Iron Ware, Aa i rkultured Inuplemenda,
in Dry Goods. (iron-ries, Crockery, &n.
41,,roaci, February tn,11384.
BILLINGS STROUD,
I.Zt l i o liMief. 3, AG 97. 1th liltece la Lea.
ft ulu tntneacted by C. L. Brown. sa't'e,
bud.
Fr:rtavy L,
J. D. VAIL, M. D.,
.111 60rA THIC PHYttII'IAN, tote catty located
tunweli litontrner. P. where he wtll promptly attend to
tr. prohwalon wrth which he may he favored. °dice
h...ideno• Wrat of the Ooort Hoare. nwir Beatley lejltctia.
0 aroac, Febnary 1, Bat.-Oct. SI. 1011.
A. 0. WARREN,
TToRN ET AT LAW, BOUNTY. BACK PAT and PEN
C A 1.11 AGENT. All Pexalon Claims earth:llly prs
4,13, .7 mr.m formerly occupied. by Dr. Via. 111 W. II
helow Searle'. Rotel.
Yet,. 1. 186L-4t,17y1 18611.
S. S. ROBERTSON,
LNUFACTITELER of BOOTS a 191 - 1.07L1S fl
Owego Street, Montrose, Pa.
,trose. January la, 1804.-tf
LEWIS KIRBY et E. BACON,
VIP constantly 011 Woad a fall Ripply of every variety of
I ERIN and CONFECTIONERIES. By Arles aUen
.ew and fairnees In deal, they hope to merit the liberal
of the public. An OYSTER and EATING SALOON I,
tr lb. Ur neary. where blvalyea. In seems, ale served In ev.
scut taste, of the pOhllr demand. Retnembes=ott
M ott Grocery stand , on Math Street, below the P
•
hI
trine. NJ, t 7. IS63.—rochl7,ta.-tf
Da. CALVIN C. HALSEY,
I q.1 , 11. - .AN AND RURGEON, AND EXAMINING SITIF
6 ~ N for PENSIGNERS. Office over toe store of J.Lycass
r. Public Avenue Boards at Mr. Etheridge's.
a.trLue... k.l.ototr. 1E39., I
D. A. BALDWIN,
7TORNET AT LAW, and PeradolL Batmry awl Back Pal
; Great Betel, Swayzelac. °malty,
t.iteat A wpm% 10. I.ft.-17
BOYD & WF,BBTER,
&ALARA iri Stoves, Stove Pipe, Tin, Copps". tad Abe.
iron W an; also, Wtadovr Sash, Pond Door, Malloy
•14. loon. ?Isle Lnalscr,_and all ksnd. of Bnildlog 'Materials
.ssols tooth of somclea Hotel, and Carpenter Shot' tear the
c.
KTIMS, Pa., ]assay 1, 1664.-ll
Da JOHN W. COBB,
I TSICIMi and SURGEON. ranee/Italy Lenders bbe aerates,
' • tne citizens of S.quenanna County. Raving bad about •
•• euce :Le 0 idled States Arm,, U Sunman, awed&
• orn , /1,-n to SU ROMA'. OPERATIONS.
nr" on Maple Scree, KIWI of J. K. Tar-fall's RoteL
Coady, Pa_ June 'IL', 1853--tf
Dn. WILLIAM W. SMITH,
flil ° 3 ° o l 'oo r '„ !` l 7 , (17 . 2g 1 'N. - t' "h q e";k l ' 2
b. performed In Ms taus] good nyie t td
I:member. tate formerly of El. Stahl at SO.
mtroee. January 1, 1664.—xf
E. J. ROGERS,
LICITFAIII2III.T.It of all deartptlona of WAG
UNS, thiItELIAGES, BLEIGHS, arc, In the
stele of Wwkmaneirp and of the toot materials.
Icrawc etand of E. 11 FP , (1/ EILS, n few rods nut
bawler Hotel It Al latruee. where tea. 1.11 be happy to ea
the rata of all who want mytalng to hL Una.
khtrose. June 1, 1e,63.-tf
B&LDWLN & ALLEN,
!SALEM in FLOUR, &sit.. Fork, Fish, Lard, Grain, Feed
C.abdift Clover and Tlmsthy sc•ed. Also GROCERIES,
, • sl , lanses, Snrupl., Tea and Cot). West nide d
n-n, one d .0• Ike ' IONV J. EtilCr
mt Janus..-y I, 1844..-tf
DR. G. W. BEACH,
, 11 , 1 , 1 J AND r ÜBOICON. Nine permanently Ins:sited
t. .e.f A! Brooklyn Center. Ps.. tenders hts professional ra
^ •• 40.2 of goug,Jaaura. County. on tems wmdahs‘sf•
tk,cupt. the ofd. of the late D. B. Mauna
•, Art. At Mrs. Itiecantson's.
Pa., June 6.1en4.
F. B. WEEKS, ,
itA , TiCAL BOOT LITR SHOE MAKER; ILO Deals? in
Nn.a.a. Leather, and Stose Findings. Repairing dons
and dispatch. Two doors stave bearls'a Rote.
n ~ Jaioao-r 1. IRS4.-tf
JOSEPH RICE,
`, VIVER cod Dt 1, LER ft OH AIRS, Bedsteads.
1 a toot Ware. &hop four mile. east of New Milford
if October 1. 1861-tf
Dits. PATRICK & GARDNER,
AN it AND n ltegrEONS, .111 attend faithfully sue
nenct eto r.O nun:Aces trust may he elitrostod to their Me,
eend • - tirstr with the Wire* triremes And deforroitter
Al ,near
retina. "per-tit:iron. and rili Surgicmil Dleeseese partici.
tend, Office LIVC7 Wenh's Store. Ocoee hour. f tom he.
E. PATRICK, Jr..
E. 1.. GAB.DIi ES.
WM. & WM. H. JESSUP,
=I
TT‘ , F.NE7e , AT LAW, 114.ttrose, P.. Practice It SUP
Wayne, Wyoming and loss , sne Conzettat.
.1., I'a_ ittua27 Irt, IE4I.
ALBERT CiIA3IBERLIN,
.TitICT ATTOItNET ATTOILINEY AT LAW.—
et, th. store tmeeTty occupied by Post Brothers.
Jury 1.
J. LYONS & SON,
A en —SKS DBY GDODS. fircoeiee.Crockery.Hertheare
MeoKleords. M. 0.. sod all kinds of Boa-
Awn,. net NI Waif. O. carry on the Book Bind
• ol! tte oranches. LTONL
w, Januar) 1. 154. 2. 4. LT0311..
.r. i
'
ABEL TLRRELL,
Let: I‘ftt - Cie. %I tII:INES, CHEM/a/WS.
• ao, e btntrit. Vartilebee, Wiuderm 01.6.
Otorbery. 01.. ware, Wtat-Pbborr. J.
Perfumer). tturzlcal Inetrtnnentb Trnr
11,1tuee &c_—aud Agent for alt cf me moat pope,.
l'atem Medici:um. Montrose. J. 0217 1. to
C. 0. FORDHAM,
NUFNCTrItEII of It. KITS & SHOES, llontruee ro.
nopp over DeNVltt'v ',dm All tluds of work made
add reprdrota door nvotly. NVork dote when prom.
Momrose. AOoII 1.1£111.-if
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
ALKII le BOOTS Ak anal rind
r. a„ On M. 17: takrd twlim 1. 0-Zrlea lintel. Lab
W,rt rzi,.. l t, to order, Ind rev.,lßilg done neatly.
Ihx.rembe, IS. IS‘u.
L H. BURNS, '
TT$ %RA FY AT LAW. ova with Wiliam.. I
r$ $ I 1,-neicrn AAA .11.uu$AY
1 ,, • . r'rrr • $.. 1.-r ly made.
• $1... r 0... I r
B. IL LIONS it.
A! G• , . , l;;AlyßOCearr.s. BOOTI 4 .
Carpets. UV tlioths, WAG sad Ps.
ut:.. s.ore on U. east side of Public Avesta.
a. D. LTOSS.
IS=
READ, WATROES, & FOSTER,
.ALEKS IN DRY ' , DOM,. Drugs. Medkind. Patsy olk
thrdvr.re, ,Irockery, Iron, Cloaks, Watcbm, Jew.
wur npWce, Perfumery, etc.. Brick Block, klantriarz.
r. !soA. WASAOOO 10.70.11/.
JAIII:ArY let&
PHILANDER LINES,
Tt &ISLE. TAILOR, Rick Block. om
r.,10 rune,. e Nome, hi untruse. lAL
stn., Fa.. July 27. 15.22.
JOHN GROVES,
I
, t l ";zsm(LE TAILOR. Shop opposite the Iteput
";::;:::'P'..`.. I =f 2,Vidt,At
T 1 4 I 4 ,' , 'IV
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4INNie-lENN\ N.,
I • -_ -
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Let the natlon•weep.
As they bear the martyr
To his last, long sleep!
Aye, let the nation weep
Another such as he
We nevermore shall see
This aide eternity.
,Aye, let the nation weep,
And let the slow bells toll
For the noblest soul
That ever dwelt In man,
Or ever led the van
Of Freedom's hosts to victory,
And rang the charge of Liberty.
Well may the nation weep
And shudder at the stroke ,
That all their slumbering wrath awoke.
What wretch so Impious as to dare
To smite the leader of the people's choice,
Or seek totartn a single hair
Of him whose heart, whose hand, whose voice,
Were all employed to work the nation's good,
And stop the flow of fratricidal blood ?
Perchance be did not seem
So great to those who deem
A traitor or a Nero
May still appear a hero
If he but wear a classic face
Or ape the•superticial grace
That marks the scion of a titled race ;
Not such was he for whom we mourn ;
From wealth or rank he was not bum,
Nor heir to patrimonial lands
Tilled by the bondman'e weary hands ;
His was the celestial beauty
Of a soul that does Its duty;
Noble patriot, husband, father,
He did not strive to gather
The laurels of a wild ambition,
That only yield a vain fruition ;
To benefit mankind—this was hie aim,
To labor and to live unstained with blame—
He died without a blot upon his name.
Let all the weary and oppressed,
From North and South and East and West,
For whom his great heart yearned,
For whom his spirit burned,
To giro their sufferings rest,
Let all arise with lamentation,
And with bis own beloved nation
Bequeath the fame
Of Lincoln's name—
A heritage for veneration.—
To the remotest generation.
Aye, let the nation weep,
While the slow bells tall,
And the cannon roll
For the funeral knoll
Of his mighty soul?
Ye cannot break the slumber deep
That wraps his limbs in quiet sleep;
He cannot hear
The crowds that tread
Around his bier,
Nor see the tears they shed;
For he never more shall dwell
Among the people that he loved so well ;
Let the nation's sorrow have its way
For him who was the nation's stay.
Our hearts are sad, our eyes are dim ;
We hoped long years of rest for him,
To enjoy the pence for which he wrought,
The peace with his own life-blood bought.
Bet he has rest,
Among the blest.
And with the Christ he loved.
Enough--his task was done .
•
us For remains to guard his tomb,
To bid the willow wave
Aronnd the sacred grave
Of him who loosed the slave,
And weave the fame
Of Lincoln's name
With that of Washington ;
They shell ever shine, twin stars of glory,
With andimmedeplandor,in our nation's story.
SPEECH Or HON. 1% R,,EITREETEN,
On Being Called Out by the Piromen.• Proem,
stun in !Montrose. ira the measiosi of the Cel.
ebration of the Capture of Lees Army. Mon
day Evening, April 10th, 1863.
Fellow Cinema —Yon have called upon me to-nlght
to mingle with you in the common rejoicing we
must all feel at. the news of the victory of our ar
mica Words are inadequate to express my feelings
on this occasion. No language can picture the joy
that thrills every patriot's bosom on this memora
ble day in our nation's history. To-day all doubt Is
removed- The cloud of sorrow that bas weighed
down our hearts so long Is being lifted, and we catch
a glimpse nf the glorious sunlight shining as it did
in the days of peace and prosperity. Tried in the
fiery furnace of affliction, our people have been
found true to their trust and worthy the heritage of
a free country. To-day thenation'a pulse beats
high with joy, and from valley to valley It brings a
feeling of relief and thankfulness to every house
hold throughout the land.
But while we mutually congratulate each other
that the long-wished-tor day of our country's peace
and happiness is dawning, let us not forget the
means by which that end has been attained. Almost
a Tear ago the heroic General Grant tracked his
bloody way from the Rapidan to Petersburg, and he
has held his bon grip on the throat of rebellion un
til it has died In the "last ditch" And General
Sheridan, the greatest General the war has
, yet pro.
duced ; voice—" Bully for little Phil ' Three
cheers were given for Sheridan,) whether we re
member him as, covered with dust and burning with
anxiety for the fate of his army, he thundered on
the road from Winchester, met and turned his fly
ing troop and converted disastrous defeat Into a glfe
lion victory, or when we consider his last achieve
ment of heading off Lee's army and putting the fin
ishing stroke to the Rebellion, we must still admire
the Iron will and dauntless energy that raised him
from a Lieutenant to one of the greatest Generals of
this or any other age.
I need not tell von not to forget General Sherman.
He is the General who commands the army that has
yet to learn what it is to be defeated. From the
banks of the Tennessee he fought his way step by
step till be planted our victorious banner on the walls
nf Atlanta From Atlanta he swept through to the
sea, dividing the Confederacy and striking terror to
the heart of Rebellion. Pausing but a brief time,
his victorious legions pursued their way to the
heart of South Camllea, add struck the ironteel of
war on the hearthstones of those who that laid the
diabolical plot of treason. The only reason he did
not take Richmond was because Grant and Sheridan
had taken it before he had time to get there.
The statesman as well as the General has had a
part in title great victory. Abraham Lincoln will
be remembered 'by every citizen as the man who has
stood at the helm of the ship of State in all the
tearful peril through which she has just mussed. His
integrity of purpose and kindness of heart have
given him a hosting place the affections of the
people. Entruste d by • free people with the care
and protection of a great nation, he has nobly ful
filled the trust. they have given him. When the
light that is now dawning upon us has ripened Into
perfect day, when the bitter enmity of partisan feel
in passed sway and we shall look with unbias
ed judgment at the deeds that have been done, then
Abraham Lincoln will receive the tribute of grate
ful thankfulness from the unanimous voice of the
nation. . .
. .
nut while we honor our generale and nue states
men we will ever vemaniber the private soldiers. Nos
bly have they battled (or their country's freedom.—
Many are sleeping their last sleep in unmarked
graves in Southern soil. Many are resting by their
once happy homes among the free hills of New Eng
land where the solemn music of the ocean ever
sounds the anthem of liberty. (scattered all over
our broad land are those little mounds, sacred to the
muse of liberty, and the best evidence to the world
that a In* people will Still maintain a free govern
ment.
Rot while we unite ID sorrow with the mourning
eves, we do not lament the soldier's death as thong
he had fallen in a useleks struggle- True, bit eyes
will never behold the glory of the great Republic,
but the victory for which a soldier Mos is his. Am
erica, again rejoleing in her freedom, will never for
get her soldiers The living will never want while
She bag a dollar in her treasury, and the noble fallen
Will ever he rememtiered and honored by tus. The
soldier's widow will never ark in min, and bin or
phan will be the adopted child of the nation. We
have shown to the woild that a people who lore
their country will voltintswily die in Redder:use. The
graves of our citizen soldiers will be the noblest
monuments to the anise of liberty ever reared since
man Bret learned to oppreas bla fellow man, and he
roism became a virtue.
A word more and I Will detain you to longer.—
The thick clouds of war that bare enveloped ua fo r
four years are indeed breaking, and soon the sunlight
of peace willwain thine upon us In a ll Pa glory.—
Be ours the ta4 , then, to watch Yell what it hat
coat so much to maintain. Shoal the free govern
ment of Amcri , a till, the gentue of liberty with its
dying 'van mi r • • r its way back to heaven.
minium moots.
IM=!
REPORTED HT I. R. HUFFS.
" Freedom and Right against Slavery and Wrong."
MONTROSE, SUSQ. CO., PA., TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1865.
the temple of liberty fixed on • firmer foundation
than ever, and every block cemented with the best
blood of her bravest sans, she will still stand as the
lighthouse of freedom, whose rays will Illumine the
whole world, and still cheer the oppressed of every
land.
Fellow citizens, with the most heartfelt thankful
ness, which I cannot express in words, but which I
know you must all feel, allow me to bid you all good
night.
q:uf :i1►.T~i:i:l:ri~4:~a:1:~~:~~~
♦ Legend of the Rhine
The Rhine la celebrated for the innumerable ruined
castles and monasteries that stand on IM banks, and
each has Its history.
Oar guide told ns one of an old monastery near
Lingerfield which I thought worthy of a place in my
note-book. I give It my own interpretation and pre
sent It to the reader, hoping it may wet with ap
proval in Its perusal.
During the "Thirty Tears' War" which convulsed
Germany, one line summer's afternoon a foot trav
eller came to the little hostelry of the "Traveller's
Rest," which stood by the roadside on the river's
bank. His garb proclaimed him the soldier. High
black boots were drawn half way up his thighs, in
which a lame pair of breeches lost themselves, and
a rusty breastplate covered his bluff leathern jerkin.
A broad-leafed, low-crowned hat, from which a sin
gle black feather depended, was pulled low upon his
forehead. He was armed with sword and plate's.
There was something In his martial bearing and
firm tread that 'mewed to denote the officer. So at
least thought the little sunny-haired maid of the
hostelry who came forth to serve him ; for she said
at once.
" What can I serve you with, noble Captain.
"A flagon of Rhenish, and of your best vintage,
mind, and a bit of something to eat., in the drat
ilace," answered the soldier good naturedly chuck
ng the girl under the chin, like one accustomed to
that familiarity; "and then a bed for the night."
" The first I can supply you with ; but the second,
I am sorry to say, I cannot."
It waa a man's voice that sphke. They had been
joined by the landlord of the hostelry—a short, pur
sey little man with a tat face and a red nose.
"And wherefore not ?" asked the soldier, care
lessly throwing himself upon the wooden bench
under the tree that shadowed the hostelry with
Its branches; whilst the girl went Into the house to
procure the refreshments he had bespoken
"Because every room is engaged, and I have not
a spare bed left. The young Baron Ravensburg, his
sister, and their attendants, will arrive this evening.
Their courier was here this morning to bespeak the
rooms."
" That's unfortunate. But I am not particular—
I am a soldier, as you see—so give me a bundle of
straw In one of the outhouses, and that shall con
tent me."
" Impo.sible!" cried the host with an alacrity
which rather surprised the soldier; "even as It I.
shall be compelled to make some of the Baron's ser-
vante sleep in the open air. My house is but small,
as you perceive, and the Baron's retinue Is large.
Ten miles further on there Is an excellent Inn. You
are used to marching," continued the host with an
attempt at facetiousness, "and the distance will be
nothing to you."
"Excuse me," answered the soldier, tapping the
heel of his boot with his heavy steel scabbard, and
all the while subjecting the landlord to a scutiny of
which he was unconscious, "I am not a foot-Soldier;
and In my long marches I have been accustomed to
use four legs Instead of two. I did not come all the
way here on toot."
"
Where Is your horse r asked the landlord,
quickly, and with some anxiety, the soldier
thought
"Some two miles from here," he answered, care-
!mall%
"Two miles fh:MTI here!" echoed the landlord;
"there la no house there. Why did you leave
him ?"
"Simply because he could carry me no farther,
and I had not been In the habit of carrying lam.
He was acad."
"Yea. It happened very strangely. These are
troublons times, I know, but I thought the war had
not invaded this quiet province, at least I was told
so, and therefore I rode Meng tearless of danger.
When I came to that little glen with the rocks and
woods cresting it upon either side, I thought—a
natural Idea for a soldier—that It was a capital place
for an ambuscade, and so It proved; for I had
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. I knew he was badly hurt, for I
have had horses shot under me before ; so I quickly
snatched my pistols from their holsters, extricated
my feet from the stirrups, and went down quietly
with him. Fortunately he fell 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 towards me. When they were within ten
feet of me I arose, with a pistol in each hand, and
called upon them to surrender, as I was anxious to
learn the cause of this unprovoked attack, there being
nothing in my appearance, I thought. to suggest the
Idea of booty. But the rascals, who evidently
thought me dead, were so terrified that they beat a
hasty retreat towards the wood, so I was obliged to '
send a couple of bullets after them to stop them ;
and being an indifferent good shot they did atop;
and unless some good Christian gives them burial,
they are likely to stop there some time."
"Yon 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 do?" asked the
soldier, in his usual careless tone. "They might
have fired with better success at some other poor
devil of a traveller, who might not have got off so
easily as I did."
" What could have possessed them to have fired
upon your exclaimed the landlord, and it almost
appeared that he was asking himself the question
BB much as he did the soldier.
" Precisely the question I asked myself," returned
the soldier; • and since you have mentioned the ex
ected arrival of the young Barran of Bavensburg,
ffrink - l ' ha - ve a clue to the, whole affair. Some out
laws, having heard of the Baron's Journey, have
formed a plan to waylay him. Those two men were
sent forward as scout. to apprise the others of the
Baron's approach. Seeing a solitary horseman ao
proach, they concluded to plunder a little n their
own aocount. As I was not molested further on my
way hither, the rendezvous of the band must be be
yond hero, consequently the Baron will reach this
house in safety - . Now ' if you cannot accommodate
me with a bed, I shall take up my quarters to-night
upon this bench, for I feel It my duty to warn this
young Baron, for I know something of ins family,
of the danger which threatens him.'
The landlord gazed curiously at his unceremoni
ous guest. There was no 111i 0 . 1, 1”r thoman. Courage
and decision were legibly stamped upon his tine cut
features
" Yon are en officer r he said, inquiringly.
" Yes."
"Captain ?"
" Exactly."
" Dlthandedr
urn"
The quiet smite that accompanied this answer be
wildered the landlord. In fact, the Captain was an
enigma that the worthy host of the "Traveller's
Rest" found lospoasthie to solve.
The appearance of the maid of the hostelry with a
flask of wine sad the refreshments the Captain had
ordered, interrupted the conversation.
The host whispered to the girl and then hurried
away.
" What did he say to yon?" asked the Captain
abruptly, fixing his keen eyes upon the girl's face.
" To wait upon you while he went up to the mon
astery" answered the girl, unhesitatingly.
"The monastery?" rejoined the Captain, leisure
ly Inspecting the contents of the flask of Rhenish,
which seemed to be much to his astislaction. "That
old ruin upon the bill yonder? is It then oc
cupied ?"
" Oh, yes; about a year agn a party of wandering
monks, whose monastery had been destroyed by the
soldiers of the league, occupied it ; and they have
remained ever since. They mill themselies the ' Black
Brotherhood of Bi. Bruno.' And very pious and
self-denying men they are, too. They keep tam
selves wrapped up In an odor of sanctity all the time.
They never hold any communication with the world
without; no stranger is ever admitted beneath their
walls; and whenever one of the brotherhood comes
out, he always has his black cowl drawn closely
over his face Though I have been here as long as
they have, I have never yet seen one with his face
uncovered."
" 1 tLougllt you Bald your unclowru!goluir there,
remarked the Captain, Carelesnly elopkig higi wine:
"Oh! he only gate to the porter's wicket; he
never goes in. He 'supplies the monks with food."
"And how many bottles of thin capital wine a
Month?"
" I em sure 1 don't know how many, but I know
that we have more empty flasks at the cud of the
week than the number of travellers could possibly
have drank."
"1 thought so. The close neighborhood of these
good monks accounts for the excellence of the wine,
Bt. Bruno, your very good health. Do many travel
tem peas this way, sweetheart 4"
" Not many ; and what seems to me very singu
lar." continued the girl, bending towards the Cap
tain and speaking in a low, cautious whisper,
" none that pass this way ever return."
a itinti of a road is It between this
- • olvq•?"
"o titer
" Infested by robbers, eb 7"
" I believe so, though uncle always assures travel
lera that there la no dangly."
" Who is uncle—the landlord?"
"Yes; I am his niece, Bonita, tl you pease, sir."
"Whether / please or not, is more than I can say;
but you please me, my pretty Bonita."
Be caught ber quitkly around the waist, drew her
upon his knee, and imprinted a kiss upon her cher
ry 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 ligtt travelling carriage drawn
by two horses and driven by a postilion, and accom
panied by four outriders, drove up to the hostelry.
The attendants opened the carriage done, end a
young man in the handsomenniforni of Pappenhelnis
dragoons Jumped lightly out and assisted an ele
gantly attired young lady from the carriage. They
were the Baron Itavenaburg, Colonel In the Imperial
service, and his slater, the Countess !Walla.
The landlord, who had returned from the monas
tery, welcomed them, conducted them into the tom-
telry, while two rough-looking ostlers took charge
of the carriage. The outriders stabled their own
animals.
The Captain had observed all that passed with an
attentive eye. He had expected a much larger es
cort. The lady was without a maid, and the Baron
had but five attendants, and yet the landlord had
told him there was no accommodation. There was
something wrong.
The Baron came from the hostelry followed by
Bonita, bearing a fresh flask of Rhenish.
"Good evening, Captain," he mid, courteously,
touching his plumed beaver with a graceful action
which bespoke the finished cavalier: "perhaps you
will do me the favor to drink this flank of Blemish
with me ?"
" With all my heart," answered the Captain,
cheerfully ; " mine Is empty."
The Raron seated himself on the bench, and
Bonita placed the flasks and cups before them.
"Stay I" cried the captain, as she was going;
"how many monks are there in yonder convent,
my pretty Bonita t"
"Twenty, I think, Captain," she answered.
" Thank you; that will do."
She went Into the house. The Baron regarded
the Captain attentively. His question about the
monks seemed to surprise him.
"Do you think of retiring from the world, Cap•
taln," he laughingly inquired, "and taking up your
abode in yonder monastery ?"
" l'faith, not I." Be tined the cups In that care
less, offhanded manner which pervaded everything
he did, and raised Ida to his lips. " Tour health,
Boron Rsvensburg."
" You have the advantage of me," answered Bar
enaburg, as he responded to the toast.
"Oh ! call me Captain Bernard."
" I passed a dead horse on the road. The land
lord tells me It was yours. I also saw the Nunes of
tho men slain by you. A narrow escape, Captain.
By the way, are von in the Imperial service ?"
' I fun not. To be frank with you, my sword is
at present at liberty."
" Then take service with me. There Is something
In - your appearance which beipeaks the gentleman
and the soldier, and I like you. There is a Majority
vacant In my regiment which I can promise you."
"On my word, Baron," returned the Captain,
smiling good humoredly, " you do me much honor
on so brief acquaintance; but we are likely to serve
together in a sharp campaign, which is nearer than
yon imagine. Whether you or I shall take the di
rection of the affair depends upon yourself after you
have heard what I have to tell yon."
" In Beacon's name what do you meant" exclaim
ed Ravensbarg in astonishment.
"Softly—ln a whisper—there may be long Para
about ea. In a word we are to a den of cobthroata.
Yonder old monastery is occupied by a band of rob
bers in the dieguLse of monka. The landlord of this
hostelry is in league with them.' They have been op
rteed of your coming, and will either attack you
ere, or tomorrow upon the desolate road beyond
AL they .itnePsJ4.l gay.rumu`uuc uframptusda gthey
assailed us here to-night."
"Great Heaven I my poor Adana! I care not it I
can rave her. Twenty of them, the girl cold—and 1
have hat dve men—twenty against eLt !"
" Excuse me ; your calculation is erroneous. There
are but eighteen against seven. You have counted
twn who are killed, and you have not counted me."
"You will aid me, then ?" My dear Captain, thin
is f:ele.roug."
My dear Baron, It is nothing of the kind. I
merely enter into an alliance with you for our mu
tual benefit, and as you have the strongest party the
advantage Is decidedly upon my side. You they
might possibly plunder and suffer to depart, but
me they would certainly kill in revenge for their
comrades' slaughter."
"Captain, I place the direction of this affair In
your hands—myself and people at your orders. What
is our best course of action.
" Invite me in to snyper with you when the land
lord announces that it Is served. I will secure him.
Then your people must secure the ostlers and put
them in a Mite place. Then collect your whnle force
within the house and let na barricade it to the best
of our ability. Eighteen men will and it difficult to
dislodge seven, even out of this small wooden frame
work. Having deprived the robbers of all means of
obtaining information In retard to our plans, I will
make the landlord divulge their.. You have no idea
what a persuasive way I have."
This plan was carried out to the letter, and a pis
tol held by the firm hand of the Captain at the head
of the guilty and trembling landlord, compelled him
to divulge all. The attack was to be made that very
night. The Baron and his slater were to be held fur
ransom, and the Captain killed, he not being con
sidered worth a ransom. When all had retired to
mitt 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 tin
der the eireumstances. The Countess and Bonita
were placed In the upper story for security, with
the postilion as a guard. The CYptain, Baron, and
the others, each armed with a sword and a brace of
pistols, occupied the large apartment on the ground
floor. 'The landlord vas to admit the robbers one
at a time, as had been arranged by the captain of the
band himself, and as fast as they entered they were
to be seeuerd, gagged and bound., or killed outright,
as circumstances warranted.
The hour for the attack drew near, and every
heart beat anxiously. The content man of the party
was the Captain. Unconsciously. he bad assumed
the entire direction of the affair, and the young
Baron and his followers, obeyed implicitly, seeming
to recognise his fitness for the position without
question.
A stealthy footstep approached the door, and the
landlord, assisted by the cold barrel of a pistol,
which felt disagreeably close to the back of his Maid,
admitted a robher, who was instantly secured.
Another followed, and another, until It came to the
eighth—a stout, brawny fellow—who, by a herculean
effort, twisted his throat out of (Uiptain Bernard's
grasp, and shouted, at the top of his hangs:
" We are betrayed I"
Two other robbers who were close behind dis
charged their carbines In at the door, and instantly
retreated. A yell of pale answered the discharge,
and one man fell in the hostelry . The door was in
stantly shut and barricaded. Lights were brought
forward, and the man who had fallen was raised. It
proved to be the landlord. He was quite dead,
both millets having taken effect in his body.
After a brief consultation the robbers advanced in
a hody against the door, attempting to hew it open
with axes which they had procured from the sta
bles. They were met by a fasilade of pistol shots
from within that thinned their numbers one-half
before the door was forced, and then It was the be
sieged that sallied forth, and not they that entered.
The survivors of the band fled.
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 courier by the Baron's followers.
The Baron and Ida sister renewed their Journey in
the morning being attended by Captain Bernard,
whom the Baron furnished with a home by dis
mounting one of his own followers, and Bonita,
whom the Uri:inters had engaged as maid.
The Captain left the Baron at the first stopping
place. They parted with mutual expressions of re
gret. But they were destined to meet again. On
the bloody field of .I..utzen, when PappenheLm
and his rooted cavalry fled In dismay before the im
petuous charge of the Swedes, Raveresburg was made
prisoner. He was led before the victor of the well
fought field, Bernard Von Weimar, who had amain
ed the command of the Protestant army on the fall
of Gustavus Adolphus, and in that brave soldier and
skilful general he recognized Captain Bernard, the
destroyer faiths "Black Brotherhood."
Igr Various instances have been cited to prove
how lazy a man may be and live, but It remans for a
Michigander to cap the climax.. One hot day du
ring the heated term of last summer, one Mr. V—,
of Jackson county, was observed to throw himself
on the grass under the spreading branches of a shade
tree, and to exclaim emphatically to tdma.tf, there !
breathe if you want to—l shant I"
per Nothing was so much dreaded in our school
boy days u to be punished by sitting between two
girls Ah, the force of education! In alter years
we learn to submit to such Mimi wit hout shedding
a tear.
r4r Beware of P man who bates a whole WO
w,..hrui,l
VMMM!!
THE LATE n==T.
Intoreattng Romloteconee• of Wa Lilo.
Boar years ago, President Lincoln, when present
at the raising of the National Flag at Independence
Hall, Philadelphia, uttered these words :
" I have often inquired of myself what great prin
ciple or idea it was that kept this Confederaey so
long together. It was something in the Declaration
of Independence giving liberty, not only to the peo
ple of this country, but hope to the world toren fu
ture time. It was that which gave promise that in
due time the weights should be lilted from the shoul
ders of all men, and that 41 should have an equal
chum • • • • •
Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon
that basis? If It cam I will consider myself one of
the happiest men in the world If I can help to save
It. But If this country cannot be saved without
giving up that principle, I was about to say I would
rather be assassinated upon the Tot, than to surrender
if.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S FAVORITE POEM.
Mr. F. B. Carpenter, the well-known painter of
"The Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabi
net," has written a note in relation to a poem much
admired by Mr. Lincoln. He says:
"I have been urged by several friends to send you
the Inclosed poem, written down by myself, from
Mr. Lincoln's lips, and although It may not be new
to all of your readers, the events of the last week
give It now a peculiar interest.
The circumstances under which this copy was
written are these: "I was with the President alone,
one etening in his room, during the time that I
was
painting_ my large picture at the White House, last
year. He presently threw aside his pen and papers
and began to talk to me of Shakespeare. He sent
little " Tad," his son, to the library to bring a copy
of the plays, and then read to me several of his fa
vorite passages, showing genuine appreciation of the
great poet. Relapsing into a sadder strain he laid
the book aside, and leaning back In his chair, said :
"There is a poem which has been a great favorite
with me for years, which was first shown to me
when a young man by a friend, and which r after
wards saw and cut from a newspaper, and learned
by heart. I would," he continued, " give a great
deal to know who wrote it, but I have never been
able to ascertain."
Then half closing his eye• he repeated to me the
lines which I Inclose to you. Greatly pleased and
Interested, I told him I would like, If ever an op
portnnity occurred, to write them down from his
lips. He said he would sometime try to give them
to me. A few days afterward he asked me to accom
pany him to the temporary studio of Mr. nwarne,
the sculptor, who was making a bust of him at the
Treasury Department While he was sitting for the
bust I was suddenly reminded of the poem, and said
to him that then would be a good time to dictate
It to me. Re complied, and sitting upon some
books at his feet, as nearly as I ran remember, I
wrote the lines down, one by one, from his lips.
With great regard, very truly yours,
r. B. CAI/m.lmm
0, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud 1
Oh ! why should the spirit or mortal be proud
Like a swift, dotting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,
He passeth from life to his rest in the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,
Be scattered around and together be laid ;
And the young, and the old, and the low, and the
high,
Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie.
The Infant and mother attended and loved,
The mother that Infant's affection who proved;
The husband that mother and Infant who bleased,
Each, all, are away in their dwellings of rest.
The hand of the king that the sceptre bath borne,
The brow of the priest that the mitre bath worn,
The eye of the sage, and the heart of the brave,
Are hidden and limit in the depths of the grave.
The pmaant whose lot was to sow and to reap,
The beggar who wandered le search of his bread,
Rave faded away like the grans that we tread.
So the multitude goes like the flower or the weed
That withers away to let others succeed behold,
Tothe multitude cornea, even those we behold,
To repeat every tale that has often been told.
For we are the same that our fathers have been,
We eee the game eights that our fathers have seen;
We drink the mime stream and view the game ann,
And run the same course our tathers have run.
The thottehts we are thinking our fathers would
think,
From the death we are shrinking our fathers would
shrink,
To the life we arc clinging they also would cling,
But It speeds for us all like a bird on the wing.
They loved, but the story we cannot unfold,
Th.y scorned, bat the heart of the haughty is cold;
They grieved, but no wail from their slumber will
Come,
They Joyed, but the tongue of their gladness is
umb.
They died ; aye' they died ; we things that are now,
That walk on the turf that Iles over their brow,
And make in their dwellings a transient abode,
Meet the things that they met on their pilgrimage
Yea! hope and despondency, pleasiure and pain,
We mingle together In sunshine slid rats ;
And the smile and the tear, the song and the dirge,
Still follow each other, like surge upon surge.
'Tis the wink of an eye, the draught of a
breath
From the blossom of health to the paleness of
death,
From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud,
Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud!
r►sswsil. SPEECII TO 111 6P6IRGPILLD PUIVIDS OA
SETTING OUT IGI WASHINGTON.
My Friends:—No one not in my position can a•
predate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this
people I owe all that I am. Hers I have lived more
than a quarter of II century ; here my children were
born, and here one of them lies buried. I know
not how soon I shall see yon again. A duty devolves
upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which
has devolved on any other man since the days of
Washington. He never would have strceeecied ex
cept for the aid of Divine Providence, upon whom
he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed
without the same Divine aid which sustained him,
and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance
for support ; and I hope von, my friends, will all
pray that I may receive tliat Divine assistance, with
out which I cannot succeed, but with which success
is certain. Again 1 bid you all an affectionate fare
welL
LETTER FRAM THE ARK! Or THE POTOMAC.
CAiiPDV THE 1418 T PL., NZAB 130B8S3TIL1B,
Va.., March 15th, 1865,
Editor:—Since my last, one of the most ac
tive, exciting, and glorious campaigns has been in
progress that ever was witnessed by the Army of the
Potomac, the results of which cannot be fully real
ized until the trump of peace shall sound its joyful
note..
On the 2,1 of this month the Rebel lines in Pout
Petersburg were broken,
and a grand stampede of
the Rebel army followed, leaving Richmond and Pe
tershnrg an easy prey fur our army, on the morning
of She Sd. As you have had the ull particulars of
the matter I will only dwell upon • f
few items of in
terest.
Grant, not even stopping to count the trophies, I
Pushed the enemy with all speed. Everything went
to dhow that they had left In great confusion. Ma
ny of their tents were lett standing. Every mile, I
may say, of the road from Richmond to the termin
us of the march, showed evidences of panic and
haste. Wagons, shells, ammunition of every kind
was abandoned as their skeleton teams falls,' them.
Sheridan, with his dashing cavalry, captured from
one to five hundred of their wagons each day. I
counted two hundred and thirty In one place. Ab
mham's boys captured shirts, drawers, and every
thing one could think of, too numerous to mention.
Thousands of prisoners were captured each day, rio
that on the 9th, the day t hat Lee surrendered, accord
ing to their own estimate of the rebel force, they
had lost 35,009 men.
The Uth of March will long be rectembered by
those belonging to the Army of the Potomac as the
most exciting, day In the history of their lives.—
Many a brave heart was melted to tears. General
Meade, as he announced the joyful tidings, could
not resist a flood of tears. What a grand display
the old star-spangled Banners made, unfurled to the
breeze by the strong arms that had borne them In
deadly conflict.
Derailing cheers, waving of flags, shaking of ~
hands; Galatea tired by artillery, dze., were the differ
ent ways of demonstrating the great joy that filled
each hrart. I could think of nothing but the long- I
meter doxolggy, " Praise God from whom all bless-
Inge flow—. %Thy should we not 'spice as we an-
Urinate an exchange of a field of deadly conflict
for a quiet home with those we love. The creek of
the deadly musket, the harsh notes of the war-Bugle
and the screaming of horrid did's, was soon to be
sac ringed for sweet words of consolation dropped
from the lips of the dear ones at home.
Friends, rejoice with ea We cantle down at night
and feel confident of a Elg in night's rest. No one
to fear, as our foes oredisarmed and disbanded.
Copperheads, weep and wall, you will receive no
more consoling extracts from th e Richmond Rona-
Inns, or the Magri:ow Deco
A shadow of gloom prevails in the army this
morning on 'vaunt of a dispatch that President
Lincoln, Secretary Seward, and his son, had been
assassinated in Wallington.
We are expecting every day to bear that Johnston
has surrendered to Sherman as a large cavalry force
from this army has by this time no doubt been plac•
ed In a position to demand It.
For three or four days It has been pretty wet, and
the mud has been very deep—almost impasaable.
Trains captured from the enemy are passing as I
write. The mules look like the last rose of Summer,
can hantly draw an empty wagon.
Paroled prisoners from the Rebel army arc scatter
ing through the country to their homes, feeling glad
that the war la—as they say—ended.
Negroes from all parts of the State are flocking to
our army, feeling that the day of Jubilee la surely
come.
The most comical and interesting thing I saw In
the whole campaign was' Negro Brain Band playing
for a very aristocratic Es.vesh gentleman—as he calls
himself. Their selections of music showed our,
plainly that they enjoyed the joke One piece was
entitled " Down with the Traitor," another, " Old
John Brown."
The rain tow ceased, and It to again pleasant- Hop
ing to hear the sweet not.l of peace socone z zT ). ain
petite,
;plum y 44)0 010,11/11411
On an evening proceeding Thanksgiving many
years ago, two students left the college with the
most foul intent of procuring some of the dnctor'e
fine and fat chickens, that roosted in a tree adjoin
ing his house. When they arrive Sat the spot, one
of them amended the tree, while the other stood
with the bag ready to receive the plunder. It so
happened that the doctor himself had Just left the
house, with the view of scouring the same chickens
for his Thanksgiving dinner. The rogue under the
tree hearing some one approaching immediately
crept away, without notifying his companion among
the branches. The doctor mane up silently, and
was immediately saluted from above as follows:
Are yon I,
" Yes." responded the Dr., dissembling hie voice
as much as possible.
The other laying his hands on the old rooster, ex.
claimed :
" Here Ls old Prex, will you have him!"
" Pass him along," was the reply, and he was soon
In the doctor's hag.
"Hanes mare Pres," said the unconscious eta
dent, gobbing a fine old hen by the neck, " will you
have her Y"
" Yen,'• said the doctor.
" Here's son Jeho, will you have hlm
COS
" Here's daughter Sal, take her ?" and 8o on nn•
tit be had gone regalarly through with the doctor's
family and chickene.
The old man walked off In one direction with the
plunder, while the student, well.satlstled with the
night's work, came down and streaked It for the col
lege. Great was his astonishment to learn from hie
companion that he had not got any chickens—that
if he gave them to any one It mast have been to Dr.
Nott.
Expulsion, flues and disgrace were uppermost In
their thoughts until the next forenoon, when both
received a polite Invitation from their President re
questing the pleasure of their company to a Thanks•
giving dinner. Tn decline was Impossible, so with
hearts full of anxiety for the result they-wended
their wey to the house, where they were pleasantly
received by the nid gentleman, and with a large par
ty were soon seated around the festive board. Atter
asking a blessing. the doctor rose from his seat, and
taking the carving-knife, turned with a smile to the
roues, arni said:
Young gentlemen, here is old Prex, and marm
Prex, son John, and daughter Sal," at the same
time touching successively the respective chickens,
" to which will you be helped?"
The mortification of the roguish students may be
Imagined.
...... rt .a.waiLUALCIIii ann.
The Pignut of the Jew, ever wandering, and nev
er dying, even from the crucifixion of Jesus to the
present day, spread over many European countries.
The accounts, however, as In all fables, do not agree.
One version is this :
When Jesus was led to death, opnressed by the
weight of the cross, he wished to rest himself near
the gate, at the house of Alumnems. This man,
however, sprang forward and thrust Him away.—
Jesus turned towards him, saving:
"I shall rest, but thou shalt move on until my re
turn."
And from that time he has bad no rest, and is ob
aged incessantly to wander about.
Another version is that given by Matthias Farad.
enthis, a monk of the thirteenth century. When
Jesus was led from the tribunal of Pliatius to death
the doorkeeper, named Cartaftlious, pushed him
from behind with his feet, saying:
" Walk on, Jesus quickly: why dost than tarry"
Jeans looked at him gravely and said : "I wait
on, but thou shalt tarry till I come "
And this man, still alive, wanders from place to
place, in constant dread of the wrath to come.
Still a third legend adds, that this wandering JOll
falls sick every hundred years, bat recovers and re
news his strength; hence it is, even after so man)
centuries, that he does not look much older than a
septuagenarian.
Thus much for the legends. Not one of the an.
dent authors make even mention of such an ac
count. The first who reports such a thing is a monk
of the thirteenth century, when, as Is known, the
world was tilled with pions action, even to disgust.
However, the story has spread far and wide, so that
it has become a proverb, "He runs about like a
wandering Jew."
A VISIT TO FSDEDENT LMOOLN.
You pass Into the President's room of business
through an ante-room, which has, no doubt, been
paced by many an applicant for office, and many an
intriguer. There is no formality—nothing In the
shape of a guard; and, If this man t really a tyrant
" worse than Robespierre," he must have great con
fidence In the long sufferance of his kind. The
room is a common office-room—the only ornament
that struck the writer's eye being a large photograph
of John Bright.
The President's face and figure are well-known by
likenesses and caricatures. The large-honed and sin
ewy frame, six feet roar inches In height, Is probably
that of the yeomanry of the north of England—the
district from which Lincoln's name suggests that hit
torerathers came—made spare and gnant by the ell
mate of America. The face, in like manner, denote ,
an English yeoman's solidity of character and good
sense, with something superadded from the enter
prising life and sharp habits of the western Yankee.
The brutal fidelity of the photograph, as usual, has
given the features of the original, but left out the
expression. It was one of kindness, and, except
when specially moved to mirth, of seriousness and
care. The manner and address are perfectly simple,
modest and unaffected, and therefore free from vul
garity in the eyes of all who are not vulgar them
selves.
In the course of the conversation he told two or
three stories—if stories they could be called—always
by way of illustrating some remark he bad made,
rather than for the sake of the anecdote itself. The
writer recognized in this propensity, as he thought,
not a particularly jocular temperament, much lees an
addiction to brutal levity, such as would call for a
comic song among soldiers' graves, but the humor
of the West, and e.peci•ily of a Western man ac
costumed to address popular audiences, and to en
force his Ideas by vivid and homely Illustrations.
You must have studied the American character—
' and Indeed the English character, of which It Is the
offspring—very superficially if you do not know that
important levity of expression, even in speaking of
subjects, is Perfectly compatible with
great earnestness and seriousness beneath. The lan
gauge of the President, like his demeanor, was per
fectly simple ; he did not let fall a single coarse or
vulgar phrase, and ail his words had a meanl.
liilfussor Goldfein Math, Mackmillan'a Maga
' rine. _ .
AN °molest. Dust..—Old Col. S.—, of Wis
consin. was an odd genius, a queer compound el
comic seriousness, Replete with Jokes both origi
nal and selected the m wee not slow in hatchlng them
up, and dealing out In small doses on different
occasion,
One evening, at a party, a young gentleman, up o n
whom the Colonel had told some cutting Jokes, eat
ing himself Insulted, challenged the Colonel to
mortal combat.
The challenge was accepted.
Ravinglin choice of weapons , and the appoint
ment of lb place of meeting, the Colonel told the
young Man to repair the following morning at six
o'clock to a certain spot, and added that he would
see that the weapons were there.
The following morning', at the appointed time, the
young man repaired to the Indicated spot (said spot
being among the lead mines, was furrowed with
mineral holes.)
Well., youngster." said the Colonel, sticking his
hands in his pockets and ejecting a superfluous SUP
ply of tobacco Juke from his capacious mouth, "are
i you ready ?"
1 Receiving en aftlrminattve answer, he continued
" Here's where we're to tight," Indicating a mineral
1 shaft near by,whlch was atleast slaty feet deep," and
here see our weapons," pointing to a pile of rocks.
'You're to go down that ar' hole and throw rocks
up, and Pm going to stay up here and throw rocks
dow."
I la all manecesseee to add that the challenge vu
withdrawn.
62.00 per annum, in advance.
NUMBER 18.
LETTER PROM OlLia A. PEASE
Camp (lath Regt, Pa. Vet. Vo ls .
Near Berke Station, April 19th, 1805.
Me Editor: 1 will try Melee yen an account of the
doings of the Sth Corps In the Campaign thakended
In the defeat and capture of the Arm } of Northern
Virginia. We le ft our camps near Hatcher's Run
on the 29th of March, and marched to the Boynton
Plank where we met the enemy. Oar First Division
went in on the Vaughn Road and charged the rebels
three times, driving them from theleworks to the
third charge. Our division, the 30 went in on the
left, and finding only • Picket line trove it back •
mile. The 56th and 88th P. V. V. had the honor of
driving them off the field.
We entrenched the Boynton Road on the 30t6.
and nn the net advanced our line. The 2d Diehl=
on the lead went into line of battle In a deaden-
Our Division was pest forming its line when the
Rebs came on us, driving in our pickets on the
lett and oar line on the right We fell backs nl
followed by the Reba, to a creek which we crosse d
and formed In line of battle on the other shin Our
first Division came up and two or three batteries of
artillery, and when the Reba appeared on the hill
opposite we opened fire on them with canister sad
musketry. They returned the fire for about an
hoar, when they gave way. Our boys followed
them three miles, driving them off the flak
Next day we Joined Gen. !Meriden. At 4p, m.
a charge was made by the Cavalry and our Corps
under lien. Warren, the whole under Sheridan—
Twenty-nine thousand men went into the charge.
Orders were given not to fire a shot, and the bat
tle was fought with the arms at the Right Shoulder
except the skirmishers who did the firir
We crossed the White-Oak Road and wheeled to the
left, coming down on the rear of the enemy like •
hurricane, driving them in all directions, capturing
the works and 8 or 10 000 men, 13 pieces of trill - -
lery, an ambulance train and a train of wagons
loaded with hoe cake or corn bread. We drove
them clear off the field. The cavalry followed them
up. We went into camp for the night. We took
the south side Road next day, and had a skirmish
that night at 9 p , re., with Heath's Division.
We marchen for the Danville R. R., passing the
ruins of rebel artillery, wagons, ammunition, and
mules on the road, as well as dead and wounded
rebels. The cavalry was fighting all the time. We
took the Danville R. R. on the 4th, before Lee had
arrived on his way from Richmond, and captured
and burned 300 wago4a, took 100 males, 3 or 4000
priaonere, and 6 Armstrong guns. From that day_
till the 10th of the month we followed
i
his artillery and wagons, whole trains atl ee dix=
capturing his men 10 and 12,000 at a time. At last
on the morning of the 10th, at 10 o'clock, all firing
'topped and we heard Lee had surrendered 19,000
men and only eight thnuaand muskets. Our
Brigade took charge of the captured wagon train,
to bring it to this place. We found the mules near
ly dead, having had nothing to eat for four days.
We bad nothing to give them, so we pulled out.
We passed through the Rebel camps, sod the men
' were as bad off as the moles. We had nothing to
cat ; so we could give them nothing.. We marched
all that day with nothing to eat Next day we got
some eorn for the mules and roasted some on the
ear and made some coffee. Our Ist Lieutenant,
orderly f3ergeant,and myself set down to • pot of cof
fee and roast corn. We eat until we could not
work our jaws any longer, then we lay down and
slept We were without hard tack three daya.—
I suppose it was on account of the roads being so
bud that the ration wagons cnnid not come op.—
We were five days marching forty mem. About
half the mules gave out on the march. 1 don't
know how the rebels get along with loaded wagons.
We couldn't get along more than 8 miles a day with
empty ones.
To-day the Flags are all et halt mast In mourning
for the death of our much-loved and respected Pra.i.
dent.
Nothing mild have luippened to make the sol
diers teel more sorovrtni than the death of Mr. 1.14-
coin.
JOHN O'GBOAT
In the reign of James IV. of enotiand,three broth
ers, Malcolm, Gavin, and John de Great, natives o['.
Holland, came to the coast of Caltimest, with a let.
tel In Latin from that monarch, recommending
them to the protection and countenance of his sub
jects hereabout. They got possession of a large dia.
trict of land, and In process of time multiplied and
prospered until they numbered eight different pro
prietors by the name of Groat. On one of the an
nual dinners, instituted to commemorate their arri
val in Caithness, a dispute arose as to the right of
precedency In taking the door, and the head of the
table. This waxed very serious, and threatened to
break up these annual gatherings. Bat the wtsdnm
and virtue of John prevented this rupture. He
made a touching speech to them, soothing their an
gry spirits with lan appeal to the common and pro
dons memories of their native land, and to all their
joint expression in this. Ifs entreated them to re
turn to their homes quieflY, and he would remedy
the current difficulty at the next meetln,g. Won by
his kindly spirit and words, they complied with hL
request. In the interval, John had a house express
ly built for the purpose, of an octagonal form, with
eight doors and windows. He then placed a table
of oak, of the same shape, in the middle, and when
the next meeting took place, he desired each of the
Groat families to enter at his own door, and sit at
the head of his own table. This happy and buten
ions plan restored good feeling and a pleasant toot
ing to the sensitive families, and gave to the good
Dutchman's name an interest which It will carry
with it forever —Ettutr &mar?.
" Row Om l"—" For the first live years of my pro
fessional We," once said a gentleman to us, "I had
to row against wind and stream and tide." "And
what did on do?" was our question. "Do," re
plied be, "do? why I rowed to be sure." And
so he did row on, end to agi porpoise too, matil
he came to en sea, took favorable breezes, and
brought his v oy age toe most successful termination.
leaving behin dhim a moat enviable reputation for
worth and wisdom, impressing the mark of his
strong mind and ezexlient character deep and clear
on the community In which he lived, and obtained
an immortality worth more than a monarch's clown
In the memory of thousands. Ells remark deserves
to be remembered as a motto. The great business
of all Is to " TOR 012" with unflinching courage and
steady perseverance. All trades and professions
have their difficulties, and almost every indlvldnal
meets with di.monragements. The only way, there
fore, to go ahead Is to " row on." Decision of
character, determination of will, the resolution to
press on, when sure we are on the right track or In
pursuit of a good and honorable end, this Is the
secret of living so as to come out at last safe and
I sound.
Ax ENGLISII CURB con Dnossassess.—There
a famous prescription in use In England, for the
cure of drunkenness, by which thousands are said
to have been assisted in recovering themselves.
The reclept came into notoriety through the efforts
of John Vine Hall, commander of the Great Eastern
steamship. Ho had Gallen into such habitual drunk
enness, that his most earnest efforts to reclaim him
self proved unavailing. At length he sought the
advice of an eminent physician, who gave him •
prescription which he followed faithfully for seven
months, and at the end of that time he had lost all
desire for liquor, slthongh he had been for many
years led captive by a most debasing appetite. The
reclept, which he afterwards published, and by
which so many other drunkards have been misted
to reform, is as follows :
Sulphate of iron, 5 grains ; magnesia, 10 grains;
spirit of nutmeg, 1 drachm, twice a day. Thin
preparation acts as a tonic and stimulant, and so
partially supplies the place of the accustomed Ilq
nor, and prevents that absolute physical and moral
prostration that follows a sudden breaking off Irom
the use of stimulating drinks.
riir The following odd Illustration Is from s late
sermon of Rev. Philips Illoolts, of Trinity Church.
Philadelphia:
`There was once en Arab who bad the devil for
his servant. When his term of service had expired.
the devil begged as his reward to kiss the shoulders
of his muter. The request was grsnted, but Out of
the spot where the devil's lips had touched sprang
serpents, which ever darted their tangs Into the
breast of the unhappy man. He strove to tear them
away, but could not for the agony. The devU of
slavery had kissed the strong shoulders of this Re
public, and the serpents that sprung from by dmil.
lips are preying upon her life. It Ls agony to
tear th e m od; but It is sure death to let them re.
main. Despite our angtileti, wo have taken courage
to rid os of the abomination."
Vir " Fail!" said a humeri= Irishman the nth.
er day hi the Petroleum dlgglogs,yo may call
Ameriky a continent II ye plaze, but term Male
ft's a beautiful Ile- land.
lir A shrewd eotemporary says : We ininnOS
Impress too strongly upon on correapondeana, when
In doubt.whether the postage of a leasr is single or
double, the force of the old proverb, ' Two bead*
are better than one.' "
lam' Alum or vinegar to good to set colon s red.
Enron, or yellow.
- woman I MT Cliaal id a attltibill ado