13. H. FRAZLER, Publisher.
VOLUME 11.
guoinms gaimiorg,
Da E. L. GARDNER,
nEITHICIiaI AND BIIROSON, Moatsost, Pa. WIC% OrILI,
r wehb's Stara. Boar& at Saarlea HOLM.
Montroat June 9. M.-it
GROVES REYNOLDS,
FASTIMNABLE TAILORS. Shop over Crenate'
rr m, Pu^lit Avenue.
d etuuse, lune 1%180.
DR. CHARLES DECKER,
)9 I , IGIAN A ``, D SURGEON. haring located Monett a
I le, Su.; uebanna COunt. Pa.. 'All Wend to all the
• •Ith watch he may be l'avoreAlorltla promptatasand atteatloa.
1 , at hst re?nince near orange Mott'a, Ern.
Seal. Co., Po., May
JOHN BEAUDIONT,
rrooL CARDER, Cloth Drafter and and Munurachurer, al /be old
IV stund known as Smith". Carding Mucha-a. Tema made
re,wr. when the work to brought,
Jeesup. Iltreh 10. 1815.
Da. G. Z. DIMOCK,
IDSTSICIA ?I and SURGEON, MONTROSE. PL. Offi c e on
r 0•e t r 0 rftn. opposlue the Rlivenzeas (Mace. Months az
Hotel.
wommen Febrzavy Gth,i ess.-lyp
C. M. CRANDALL,
f eN"t(10 ER of Linea-wheels. Woolrbeels, Wheel. l 11eko
fro, &o. Wood-torotng Bono to Only. and
.• .atizt manner. ranting Shop =1 Wheel Factory SoTnur
:rtdry Ellalkilm op Ittalni.
iluctrtre, January SOLO, 1943.-tt
u. S. BENTLEY, JR., NOTARY PUBLIC,
MONTROSE.. PA-,
ryt RES Acknowledgment of Deeds, ?Jortgages, An, for any
stele In the Unitod States. Pension Voucher. and Pay
-,.ktowleclged before him do not require the cm-tilt:rate of the
t the COWL , MOIAII,IO, Jan. 'a 1E63 .--tr.
CHARLES HOLES,
n SALER EN CLOCKS, WATCHES. AND JEWELRY
U Ft..l.sinne dens as asmal, on shori notice and mannahls terms
blde Palle Avenue In F. N. Chandler's Mara
Nimarnse, Nov. 7.1864.
1)u. E. L. HANDRICK, ' -
rrysiciew=d SURGEON, rerpectfully tendert, hla prora.
eir,.. ',vim to the cill=a of Priendraille awl vltlalty. Ot
.th. , ,„„0 , Dr. Lee.. Board.. at J. Iloaford's.
f na,ar...., J my V, 1864.41
. W. SMITH,
3. TrOE.N ET & COICIMELLOR LT LA W and Licaved CIA!.
cl Oeet over Lc'. Dreg [lOl2.
,1 4 ,elaroas J.tiary Mgt
H. BIIHILITT,
D
LALEIt Sta=racy Dry Goods, Crockery, Hardware.
If /1.04. SIOM. OIL. and Patnts, soot nod - Shock HMI
Nns, Buffalo Des, Groceries, Provisions. tr..
A.prll 1564.-if
S. H. SA.YILE & BROnit.llB,
%COT FAGITTREAS of YU!Castings, Castings of all kinds
Ile and obeet Iron Ware, Agricultural luaylalutada.
r , In Dry Goods. Grocerlea, Croctery,
113atrore, Pa., February '23.1864.
BILLINGS STROUD,
F IRE AND LIEU,ITRANCE AGENT. Office in LAtlb
s end or Brick Bionk. Br his absence. bad.
sL :ace .ill be transuctod by C. L. Bross.
Frornsry 1. 1264.—L1
J. D. VAIL, U. D.,
MI En/ PATHIC PHYSICIAN, hae permaaeatly locate]
H
e.lvelf in Montrone. Pa.. .ace he vlil promptly ahead t
.n Lie prol.4on with which be may he farored. °Mee
West of the (loon House near Bentley trjritctia
c ards, Fehuarp 1, Mt-Oct.= an.
A. 0. WARREN,
LrroßS lir AT LAW_, BOUNTY. BACK PAT and PSIS
blubi CLAIM AGERT.: All Pezurion Clairol , carefully pre
(Mice in room formerly occupied by I. Vail, la W. H
Muldbalf, below beur/ia , HotoL
km:ramie. Ts, Feb. 1.1964.-lebl'iyllM.
B. S. ROBERTSON,
AI LMJPALCTITICIZR of BOOTS& SFIOESILeh,
Owego Street. liontroie . ., Po.
Montroas, /moor, 115. 1864.-22
LEWIS KIRBY & E. BACON,
r• LEP constantly on hull • full no ply or ence7 enelletY
11 osousr.nus sad 00N1r&CTIO3XILIVI. By strict atuar
hoidens and linlmeas In deal, they LOpo to merit the liberal
Novena of the public. An OYSTER and RATING SALOON Is
..1 , 11 Pi to the Grocery. *here blealoes.,ln senoononre nerynn3 In es ,
style that the tastes nette enahlle demand . Remember =se,
old Mott Grocery stand, on Main Street, below the P
Montrose, Noy. 17, 16ed.,—mch17,63.41
DR. CALVE C. HALSEY,
DEYSICL!..N AND Ft lIRG rOl5, AND KIWI:ENING Strli.
EON for PENSIONERS. omen oxr the More of J. LTrorr
Aven. Boards at Mr. Etheridge's.
Irrtrse. October. le.f&-tf
D. A. tALDWIN,
TrI , ILIYET AT LAW, and Pensdan, Emmly, and Back Pay
A. Amt. Crcat Bend, filuidatbaaas Cmmty.
tires: Lleud.Ansufft 10.121&-/Y
BOYD & WEBSTER,
DLLII.6 In blows, thane Aye, ITIn. Comm and blutel
lra.. Wart, also, Windom, bash. Panel Doom, Window
alt Lala. Ptne Lmnber, and all klnds of Boththe Mated.le
oottla of Searlel Hotel, and Carpenter thop near the
, 't.nroll.
naanez Pa.. January 1, 1561,-tf
Dn. WILLIAM W. SMITH,
bIIRGEOI7 DENTIST. Oda over the Bantina
(Ze t t ., , , f
I = d e og. a. en 1) . 111 , : a, =Mow
aa—at.o. hetoember, oZhe fartnet/y ol Nanith & bon.
llrao
n., lat. nary 113r.4.-41
E. J. HOGIMS,
11MXITLCTITRZE of all deaciptlons ofWAG•
.11 ONS, CARRIAGES, SLEIGHS. &r, IS the
xr.er:e va , ”*.....,,,hth and of the best materials.
tte etk.r.d of E. U. AUGERS, a fear rods rout
a=a.w. Eltnel lu Slontrone:ari,ere he 1.111 be happy to
th.- of •il who avant anything to his Ilan.
itta.anah. Jame 1.117.9.-tf
DR. JOHN W. COBB,
DE TSICILII and SITHOLON. respnvllnily tunfless bin nurufm
tr toe c Urn. of Sno 41,e2usn. County. Hevllll re mental
ten'::: :Le tuuglcal and ateCIVU trestmrnt d dawns of the
iTt ale E, and any to eon= It O :ninth* to Wen.' 0 9nrntior-n
••••^e at me office ow.. W. J. & 8.11. Eulford'sBl.cra
wspir meet, ell' of J. S. Turbo'''. lloteL
noel. County, Pa., Juan 2!. IEG3.-If
BALDWIN & ALLEN,
iILILI.EItn In PLOVIL, Salt Pork, Fish
C , Lard. Grain, Peed
Clardle, Clover ar.d IlmothX r Seed. Alto 0110CliaLES.
li on:1 =p .E Wefaid
l!entmee. Januarrl, 1864.-tf
Da. G. W. BEACH,
DfiTSICIIN AND SURGEON. having penaanently loot
a: Brooklyn Cont.,. Pa.. tenders his profemlanal yes
x.ez. of Sonquo,9,-”, Camay. on 1.11113 001511110,5131-
. taut& OCCULI[¢2 the OlEct of the Into Ih. 11. Itlolmod
.aPle at Urn. Rkluardlon's.
3, Pa.. Jo. 6. 1964.-17
F. R WEEKS,
paCTIC &L BOOT AHD UWE 1.1.2.11. /1/0 Desk, In
E.:> nnotw , Loather,and fikue Flpflint, E.T.lff/If QomCIL flutr.. :and lllL•pnich. Toro &am obove Searic'm HOWL
3E6/—N
JOSEPH RICE,,
MA Nl.,7Alrr u FIER and DEALER. lo 0.111,171 P, Bed And,
Cab et W hit Ellop touz ot bow 111110 rd
Brvaum
an 5111tonl,OClobet 1.1951.-tt
WM. & WM. E TESSET,
A 7T' , P.NETS AT LAW. linttreet, Pa. Prattle, in Pampa.
LraAfore. Warne, Frna2lnz and Lax,. eountim
Pn., Jan.*. IG. IBGL
ALBERT C ELAM. BERLI N,
riL , TGICT ATTOB.I6IBII 6X D ATT0118:111" GT 1,6 W
' , Mte over tin Store formerly occupied by Fool lineal
, trn.c. Pa..1amr..17 1. 1860.
J. LYONS & SON,
DI 4 LEES DM" GOODS, Ge,
roania.Crockery. Hardware,
Boot; Stetodnom, PL:lnon, and all Und ,, of 3,1
Itg•-tintents, !ihext ,tc. Also carry on the Book Mat.
Ir nll IL brancbca J. LTUde.
Jani.ry 1. 11424. T. J.. LIONS
ABEL TITRRELL,
nc&LEE, IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS.
.1./ Nina, 011., Dvoriudin. Varidandi. ( DA.. -
LOO, (rm.". Cruckery, Gineinme„ Jew-
Fancy Good. l'.. , lumery. Burilleal lottromente, Trim-
Bnyhte, twin for all of the most pops
Pucci Medicine. Montrose, Jamtsea L ISEL
C. 0. FORDELAX,
NCTACTUBSZB of BOOTS &SHOES.: 1ft.0&•..... Pa.
coop IreVat'o Brom. Al buds of work made
and xdone noun}_ Work dor4r lot= MS,
rert'. M.. April 1.1:S1.-11
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
EALEE in BOOTS a STIOES, Leather and nee
a. an ktain et. third door belcrw Searles Mee!. th ",,,
S. Work ranee to order, kod rrpo!trt done neatly.
Ito=trose. Pa— Oeonsber 11.1600.
L H. BURNS,
A TTOENET AT LAW. 41 fla , with W 1111.446 J. TurreiL Ir4q.
opt bearle. Bowl P=666 and r.Cituty Claims =dui.
..."--Amd. Collette. promp l ly made.
1 1e6446416. 1:466.11. 1864.- tr.
B. R. LYONS & CO.,
DE,4•41T23 LAMY 0001DS, 0 acxnuas flawra.
}.."r,:,:cc,41.,;;,..0rtvg oc lott. va n 4 .e ‘ wiro. Ps,
L taollf•
• 1. D. LTD=
kloaume. &unary 1, 11144tf
- -
READ, WATROUS, & FOSTER,
DEALCIts IN DRY ROW" Drags, Medictum Alfats, OW
HAM" , ". Lltccllct7, D.% Claim Watches, Jos
amass, Pmluthery„ La. Brick Blatt. Mostscse.
1.A47.414"2 -
ozliOse. January C. iSa.
PHILA.NDER INES
Fasittoseutt TAnort. Brick L
Bk.*. am Real
&r&r && & Faster, titan', Moat:row Ps.
ti.otrart. Pa.. 3.1 T It left
ctlb ie
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0, the men who fought and bled,
0, the glad and gallant tread,
And the brttht skies overhead.
Belcome home ?
0, the brave returning boys,
0, the overflowhag loss,
And the guns and drums and noise.
Welcome home?
Let the deep voiced cannon roar,
Open every cute and door,
Your oat, happy people, pour.
Welcome home?
Bloom, 0 banners, over all,
Over every roof and wall.
'Float and flow, rise and fall.
Welcome hope I
Splendid column moving down,
Iron vet`rans, soiled and, brown,
Grim herds, St to wear a crown.
Welcome home!
Grim beads, which a wall have been,
Keel:deg sacred things within,
Keeping out the hosts of sin,
Welcome home!
•
There the women stand for hours,
With their white hands fell of flowers,
Raining down the perfumed showers,
On the dear men marching home!
Do son sac him In the line?
Something makes him look divine,
And a glory makes him shine,
Coming home.
Look out where the flag unfurls,
Look out through your tears snd curls,
Give them welcome, happy girls!
Welcome home!
Welcome home from war's alarms,
Welcome to a thousand charms,
Waiting lips and loving arms.
Welcome home
Strong men, with the serious face,
If you saw him In his place,
Marching swift to your embrace,
Coming home,
You would weep with glad surprise
At the dear dead boy that lies
Underneath the Southern skies,
_ Far from home.
Women, with the tender eye,
Weeping while the boys go by,
Well we know what makes you cry,
Weary home!
God be with you In your pain,
You will look and look in vain,
He will never come again
To his home!
So amid ourjoys we weep
For the noble dead who sleep
In the vale and on the steep,
Far from home;
For the chief who fought so well,
For the Christ-like taan - who fell
By the chosen son of Hell,
And went home!
And we thank yen. Slavery's dead,
And the hosts of Wrong are tied,
And the Right prevails Instead.
Welcome borne!
Limb, and tongue, ond press are free,
And the Nation shouts to see
All the glory yet to be.
Welcome home!
CHAIM AT HOME AND ARBOAD.
"Aunt Melinda, please give me a lain," said a
bright looking but shabbily dressed little fellow,
opening the door of Ales. Lane's kitchen.
" Just FCC here," be added polntin,g to a large
rent on the knee of his' tremens, "ma and Will
Brown were playing tag; and fell down and tore
this!"
" Why don't yon run home and get your mother
to mend it., Johnny?" said.MrS. Lane, as she did
her best to bring together the severed parts.
't 0, 'cause mother ain't to home. She's gone to
the Society for Clothing Destitute Children."
"Destitute children?" ejaculated Mrs. Lane, as
she surveyed her nephew from head to foot "ii
you don't come under that class, then never a child
did Why, you are all raga and tatters!"
"I know It, aunt," responded the boy moodily;
" but it ain't ray fault. Mother says she hain't co
time to mend my clothes, and Yew did, the,y'_'d be
Inst as bad the next day; so what's the use. Father
said last night, that I looked like a little heathen,
and he almost wished I was, for mother would think
I was worth looking after a little."
" Have you bad any supper, Johnny?"
" No," said the boy, casting a longing look at the
generous piece of pumpkin pie that his aunt was,
cutting; " mother left some cold victuals on the ta. ,
ble for father and me, but—
" Well," interrupted thegood woman, placing
the pie upon a plate, and adding to it a couple bf
doughnuts she was frying, and a slice of cheese,
`. you Just take this, and mind you don't leave a bit
of it.''
•
John lost no time In obeying his aunt's perempto
ry, but by no means unpleasant injunction, and the
contents of the plate rapidly disappeared before the
energetic assault
" I wish mother stayed at home,Just as you do,
aunt," be said, as he opened the door, casting a
longing look back upon the cheerful, cozy-looking
kitchen;
"I declare!" exclaimed Mrs. Lane, aa, taking up
the rolling-pin, she resumed her labtirg "if it Len t
a shame for Nancy to neglect him am actually
ashamed of him, and his mother an.active member
of half p dozen charitable societies ! As for brother
John he's clean discouraged, and 1 don't wonder at
it. I dont believe he comes home to a warm supper
once a week! It's my belief, that-it's a woman's
business first to lookafterthe comfort of her family;
then, if she have time to do for others , well end
good Charity ought to begin at home, if it don't
stay there!"
" There's Aunt Nancy now, just coming into the
gate," paid her daughter Betsey, as, looking up from
the apples she was paring, she chanced to glance out
of the window.
Indignant as she was, It was not in the good na
tured Mrs Lane's heart to refuse A kindly greeting
to her sister-ha-law, who was evidently too fall of
her own concerns to have noticed any lack of cor
diality, had there been any.
" Flow d'ye do, sister Lexie; how d'ye do, Betsey,"
she Paid, seating herself in the fleet chair she came
to, as if quite exhausted, though her keen black
eyes as bright and sharp as ever. "Always
cooking, I do declare! how it makes my heart
ache to see you spending so much precious time in
caring for the poor perishing body I"
" Folks can 't live withcrut eating," responded
Mrs. Lane, a Attie tartly, as this remark called to
mind what she considered to be her slate's nemisk
fleas in the care of her family. " Leastways, I
haven't found out the other way of living."
" You always did make nine doughnuts, Melinda,"
said Mrs. Shaw, very composedly helping herself to
one.
"These are light as a honey comb," the added, as
she broke It open and proceeded to dispose of it
with evident satisfaction. "I don't know when I
have made any kind of pastry. Professor Spare,
who lectured here last winter, said that they were
very' unhealthy, entirely destroying what he called
the dlegustive apparatus."
"Yes, I now , returned Mrs. Lane, dryly, hus
band invited bins home to tea one da , and I
couldn't perceive that be had - anypartleslar objec
tion to my pies and cakes. Indeed, I remember
thinking, that if that was his ordinary way of eating,
I shouldn't like to be the one to cook for him. And
let folks say what they may, I never will think that
plain, lightpastry, eaten moderately, ever hurt any
body. I always - let my children haven, and they arc
as hearty and robust a sit of boys and girls as you
can end anywhere; as I am sure they wouldn't be
if they were fed on cold, half-cooked victuals, given
to them any way, and just when it happened!"
"It isn't always the rosiest and irtilietdelaildnen
that are the healthiest," said Men Shaw, helpingtotr
self to another doughnnt.. e ` Now I think 01 it, I am
certain that I can see a-Pimple on Betsey's nOso—a
sure proof of over-eating; and John Thomas isn't I
nigh co strong as my Johnny} who iso't more than
a year or so the olden. But I guess ru do my
errand, and be going. I called to Jodi you that we
are go irm - to have a fair foe the hetet of the op.
preseed Poles. I'm on the 'Committee of Atralace
menta ' and really hope, Eater Lane, that you It
taker thl hold and do every th ing in your power to
forwa this noble and Malsewortby object."
"Ito thank you," reed her sisft , -in-law. "I
think I can find objects.of charity nearer home than
Poland."
" But there is a society, of which you area mem
ber, that I think I should like to join," the re
sumed after a moment's thought • "the one for
Clothing and providing for destitute and ,neglected
children."
Mrs. Shaw's countenance lerteldened.
We shall be delighted!" the exclaimed. "The
initiation fee Is only twb dollars, together withihe
weekly payment of only
cents."
" I believe I paid the initiation fee about a year
ago wn th ou g h was first °mu:dim& I did Bud cheer
fully, what I then considered duties nearer
home prevented iny doing morn I will pay it over
apin, - htnarwer, only I, roust hare the Jetridege of
bringing a jisetitute child with me. often see a
litho b roaming about th e *tient, whose forlorn
and ne glected appearance Els my heart With pity."
"Certainly; that is 'what we expo* and liesire
every membft , to do is she has an Opportarity.
We Dave a number of little *Wend plata made,
NVELCIOMM HOME,
" Freedom and Right against Slavery and Wrong."
MONTROSE, SUSQ
and there will be some among them that will fit
him. Our next meeting is just a week from to-day,
remember at `Squire Mayo's."
" There was a merry twinkle in Mrs. Lane's eyes
that night, as she superintended the preparation
for supper, which over and anon deepened into a
smile. But though the children were Barletta to
know "what mother was smiling about," she kept
her own counsel.
The next Wednesday afternoon a score or more
ladles were sealed in 'Squire Mayo's parlor with
busy fingers and still more busy tongues.
"There is Mrs. Lane coming up the walk," ex
claimed Mrs. Mayo, who was seated by the window.
"Just see what a wretched looking boy she Is
leading by the handl It can't be 01111 of leer boys,
for they are all models of neatness."
Mrs. Shaw was too busy distributing work to
even glance out of the window.
"I forgot to tell you, ladles," she said, " that my
sister-tn-law joins our society this afternoon. The
boy with her no doubt Is the one she spoke to me
*boat flua other day as a fit subject for our charity.
take considerable credit to myself," she added
complacently, "fur perscuming ncr to caw step.
Sister Lane Is sucks home body—so wrapped up in
herself and family."
" Mrs. Lane is a kind-hearted womcn," replied an
old lady, who was knitting in one corner of the
room, "and does a great deal of good ins quiet
way."
ity this time Mrs. Lane was In the room
"Good afternoon, ladies" she said glancing
round with a pleasant smile. "Yon see, sister
Shaw, that I kept my word and did not come
alone," she added as that Individual fixed her
eyes in undisguised astonishment upon the boy,
whose reluctant hand she held.
"I found this poor lad," she condoned, " in the
alleyway, playing marbles with a number of profane
and vicious boys 'l
and who were uttering words in
ids hearing that shudder to think of. The black
eye he has got in a light with some of them, in which
it seems that he had the worst. of it. 110 is very
dirty end ragged, as you see. Bet I offer no apology
for bringing him to you in this condition, as I
know your society was formed for the benefit of
such, and trust that under your kindly care he will
soon present another appearance."
Twice did Mrs. Shaw essay to interrupt the speak
er, but anger and shame choked her utterance.
When she had concluded, she sprung to her feet.
" Melinda Lane," she ejaculated, "do you mean
to pretend that you don't know that that is my boy ?"
' 1 - mir boy!" exclaimed Mrs. Lane y starting with
well dissembled amazement, "is it possible ? Now
that I look at him closer, it does look like Johnny.
But who would have thought it? I leave It to you,"
she added, addressing the other ladles , "if the mis
take was not a very natural one, or if ever child,
apparently, stood more in need of your friendly oat
COL
This assertion could not he denied by any present,
certainly not by Mrs. Shaw, who was completely
silenced, though looking unutterable things.
Not long after, she could have been seen, with
poor Johnny '• in tow," taking a roundabout course
in the direction of home, for, unlike her sister-In
law, when she escorted him thither, she went by
the darkest and least frequented streets.
This sharp Out much needed lesson had a most
happy n.Tosit, as was evident not only by Johnny's
improved appearance, hut by the increased comfort
of the whole family. Mrs. 81111 W learned, what, it is
to be feared, too many forget, that no object, how
ever 'praiseworthy, can excuse the wife and mother
in the neglect of borne duties; that as there lies
her truest happiness, so there are found the dearest
objects of her care, who have the first claim upon
her time and affections.
NtflititiErNs(upti)&giAnilloci*sillavgo
I=
Philip II , son of the Emperor Charles V., Was
the most powerful monarch in the world. He was
King of Spain and Portnesik s, He ruled part of
Italy. He was twister of the onntries - now called
Belgium and Holland. He h d Immense posses.
sions In America, the mines of which pouriA count
less treasures Into his coffers. (fee - hundred mil.
lions of human beings owned him for their sov.
ertlgn lord By his marriage with Mary. Queen of
England, he had influence In the realm of Britain,
road by his second marriage with a sister of the King
of Prance, he had a hold upon the policy of that
powerful kingdom. He aspired to the Emperorship
of Germany, which his father bad held before him,
and that distinction was long a principal object of
his policy.
This man, raised by the accident of his birth to the
.ummlt of human grandeur, was as mean and bad a
'man as ever sat upon a those- His person and coun
tenance bore the visible stamp of inferiority. His
manners were ungraceful and ungracious. He was
ignorant, bigoted and licentious, He was cruel be
yond all example, either in ancient or modern times.
Sensual as he was, unfaithful to his marriage vows,
be was the strict observer of all the riots and cere
monies of the church, and had nothing so much at
heart as the extirpation of Protestantism. This be
regarded as his special mission ; and the only means
that he employed, or ever thought of employing,
were the rack, the dungeon, the gibbet and the fag
got, all under the sanction of the Inquisition. This
purpose he pursued with a sullen obstinacy and a
steadfast ferocity horrible to contemplate.
In the Low Countries, as Holland and Belgium
were then called, the doctrines of Luther, when
Philip began to reign in 1555, had made such prog
ress, that probably one half of the people were Pro
testants. Ruling those provinces by viceroys, male
and female foreigners, ignorant of the people they
governed, he stealthily established the Inquisition,
and entered upon the congenial work of destroying
the reformed religion. In the enurse of a few years
twenty thousand persona, most of them people of
blameless livme pezisinal at the scaffold or the stake.
It was a hoon to be only hanged, and the heads
man's stroke was mercy. The rack and tire were
the usual means employed to extort confession, and
to punish heresy. Besides these hideous enormities,
the land was ill governed and heavily burtbened ;
and all interests were considered secondary to the
great business of compelling all the people to sub
scibe to the name creed, and worship in the same
temples, by the same forms.
After enduring these horrors for ten years, the
people, headed by the nobles, rose in arms against
their tyrant, and thus began the firnous war for in
dependence, which lasted so long that no man who
saw its commencement lived to see its termination.
do contest could be more unequal. The Low Coun
tries were inhabited by three millions of people,
and their foe commanded the liven and fortunes of
one hundred millions. Their land had been conquer
ed from the ocean, and owed Its productiveness only
to the Indomitable industry the people. Philip
was lord of fertile kingdoms, and wielded the treas
ures of Mexico and Perm
The great leader of the patriotic forces, during
the first sixteen years of the war, was William,
Prince of Orange, sometimes called the Silent,
from the power be bad to keep his own counsel.
Of the noblemen of those provinces, he was the
richest, the most distingui.hed by descent, the ablest
and the wisest. lie was truly a great man, and as
goodas be was great. Born and bred a Catholic, be
became a Protestant by conviction. Flattered and
cajoled by the King, allied to the throne by Lit
rank, he threw his all into the people's cause,
mortgaging his vast estates to their full value to
maintain an army in the field. A great general, an
able administrator, he was regarded by friend and
foe alike as the main stay of the straggling republic.
Its private life he was amiable and pure, the chaste
husband of one wife, fond of his children one of
the beat of fathers, and all gentleness , court esy, and
charity. History, indeed. presents as with few
characters, at once so strong and so kind, so vigi-
lant and BO so grand and so winning. Among
his friends be was by no means a "Omit " person.
On the contrary he was gay, merry, and Inclined to
conversation.
Exasperated by Isla failure to subdue the prov
inces, Philip, in the twelfth year of the war, pub
lished a ban against the Prince, setting a price
upon ids
"We declare him," he said, " traitor and miscre
ant, enemy of ourselves and country. As such, we
banish biro perpetually from our realms, forbidding
all our subjects of whatever quality, to commun
cate with him op-nly or privately—to administer
to him victuals, drink, tire, or other nee.s.arles.
We allow all to injure him in property or life. We
expose the said %%Main Nassau as an enemy of the
human raco—giving his property to all who may
seize it. And if any one of our subjects, or any
stranger, shall be found an trniently generous hearted
to rid us of this post, delivering him to us alive or
dead, or taking his life, we will came to be furnish
ed .to him immediately after the deed shall have
been done, the sum of twenty-live thousand crowns
ID gold. U he have committed any crime, however
heinous, we promise to pardon him • and if he be
not already noble, we will ennoble him for his
valet"
To this ban the Prince published to Europe a
magnificent reply—temperate, eloquent, withering.
Two years rued. On a day of high festival, as
the Prince was passing from the banquetting hall
conversing With his guests., a very young Milit small,
of dark complexion, pale, Of mean aspect, presented
to him a petition, which he took. The stranger
quickly drew a pistol and discharged It at the neck
et. the Prince, under the right car. The ball passed
through the roof of the mouth and came out under
thelelt jaw, carrying with nay:" teeth. The pistol
Aveldrat t: a : se to t i he beard
man s as u to set It os o f f e t r h %
boaile had the wounded
en; but finding lii,Farkti of
was
burning, he soon surmised the truth, end said: "Do
CO., PA., TUESDAY, TUNE 27, 1865.
not kill blm—l forgive him my death." The assas
sin, however, was Instantly dispatched_, and fell
pierced by thirty-two mortal wounds. Tine Prince,
supported by his friends, walked to his chamber,
where his wound was dressed. It was not mortal'
though ghastly to see. The surgeons found that
the burning of the beard had staunched tee flow of
blood, and to this circumstance they attributed
the Prince'. recovery. It was several month', how
ever, before he had regained his accusteMedMealth.
During the next two years four other attempts
were made upon the life of this great man, which
were frustrated. Another was to be made. These
five warninp had not rendered the Prince timid or
cautious. He constantly said that his life and the
destinies of his country were in the hands of God,
who would infallibly do with both what for both
was best.
In July, 1584, being then fifty-one yettrs of age,
and the father of twelve children, he was residing at ,
the quiet, umbrageous little town of Delft, with his '
wife, resting from the fatigues of government.
There was loitering about the court an Insignificant-
looking man, aged twenty-seven, a short, meagre,
mean-vtaaged, busve. who had come as
bearer of dispet:bea, and represented himself to ne
a Calvinist, the eon of a martyred Protestant, and
himself a persecuted fugitive for his religion. The
Prince gave him money for his necessities, with
part of which he bought a lair of pistols and some
ammunition. This man, a devotee to the ancient
religion, had cherished in his heart for Seven years,
the desire to be the means of ridding the earth of •
the man whom he deemed that religion's most pow.
mini foe. Like the assassin of Henry IV., he had
consecrated hlroselt to the deed before the altar.
High dignitaries of church and state, to whom he
had communicated his design, encouraged him In it,
and procured bins access to the palace of the Prince.
On Tuesday, July 10th, 15.44, at two halite after
noon, the Prince was ascending from Use dining
room, followed by his wife, his sister, and a few
guests, to the apartments above. Suddenly the man
whom we have described, Balthazar by name, step
ped from a dark archway in the stairs, and present.
hag a pistol within a foot or two of the breast of
the Prince, discharged it. Three balls entered his
body. and one of them passed through It and struck
the opposite wail. N lllaut exclaimed In French:
"0, my God, have mercy upon me! 0, my God,
have mercy upon this poor people!"
One of his officers caught him In his arms, and he
was laid upon a couch. Ilia Aster asked him if he
commended his soul to Christ. He faintly answer
ed Yes," and In a few moments expired.
The assassin, dropping his pistol at the Prince's
feet., darted through a side-door, ran down a narrow
lane, and had almost reached the ramparts of the
town, when be fell over a heap of rubbish and was
seized and secured. Upon his person were discov
ered 'wo italated bladders, with which he had de
signed to swim the moat, beyond which his horse
was found, saddled and bridled. When he was
brought bark to the palace, he boldly avowed the
deed, and exulted in It. Ile declared, that If the
act were still to be done, and he were a thousand
leagues away, he would return to do it " Like
David," said he, " I have slain Garth of Gath."
Day after day he was subjeeted to the most excru
elating tortures, but his constancy was never shaken,
and, in the Intervals of his anguish, he e'onversed
with surprising ease, and, it Is said, with eloquence.
His torment never extracted from him so much as
a cry or a groan. lie wrote a detailed confession of
his crime, In which he narrated his conversations
with eminent officers and priests who had urged
him to its commission, and in which he avowed that
the rewards offered in the ban had Influenced him.
He was a marvelous and incomprehensible com
pound of the [mantle and the hireling ruffian
Four days after the murder he was executed in
the barbarons manner of the time. Ills right hand
was bnroed off with a red-hot iron. la six places
his flesh was torn off, to the hone, with red-hot pin
cers. He was disembowelled alive, and his heart
was torn from his bosom and dashed into his face.
Such was his astounding fortitude, that when one
of the executioners was breaking the fatal pistol in
pieces, and a fragment Injured his car and the crowd
burst Into a laugh, a smile was seen upon the face
of the mutilated and dying wretch. tip to the mo
ment when his heart was thrown in his face, his Ups
Were seen to move. "Then," said a spectator, "he
gave up the ghost."
We believe there is no case on record, in which
the assassination of the head of a government per
manently changed the course of events. That of
Julius Ca-sac did not prevent the relapse of Rom
ander the government of oue man, nor prevent its
remaining thus for centuries. The great Richelieu
took up the policy of Henry IV. where that mon
arch left It. So the death of William of Orange,
instead of reducing the Netherlands to despair, in
spired them with new determination, and the war
was continued to a glorious Issue. The Low Coun
tries achieved their Independence, and Spain was
reduced to the rank of a second-rate power. • The
workmen die, but the work goes on."
While the people of the Netherlands were plunged
into grief at the loss of their beloved leader, Philip
11. bestowed the reward promised in the ban upon
the heirs of the assassin, and raised his family to
rank among the grandees of Spain.
leMiainiu: jj:4
Another reason why you should go to church on
Sunday is that you need intellectual nourishment
and stimulus which you can only get there. I sup
pose you do not often consider the fact that the
greatest amount of genuine thinking done In the
world Is done by preachers. I suppose you may
never have reflected, that in the midst of all this
din and business, in the midst of the clamors and
horrors of war, the universal pursuit of amusements,
and the vanities and inanities of fashion, and the
Indulgence of multitudinous vices, there is a class
of self deal ing men of the best education, and the
best talents and habits, who, in their quiet rooms,
are thinking and writing upon the purest and no
blest themes which can engage any mind. Among
these men may he found the finest minds which the
age knows, the most splendid specimens of Intel
lectual power that the world contains. The bright
consummate flower of our American college system
to the American ministry. Among these men are
many who are slow--stupid U you insist upon it—
but there la not one In a thousand of them who do
not know more than you do. You can learn some
thing of them all, while some of them possess brains
and more valuable Intellectual power than you and
all your relatives combined. I tell you, If you sup
pose the American pulpit to be contemptible, you
are very much mistaken. You have stayed away
from it for ten years. During these ten years I have
attended its weekly administrations ; and I have a
better right to speak about it than you have, be
cause I know more about it I tell yon I have re
ceived during these ten years more Intellectual
nourishment and stimulus from the pulpit than
from all other sources combined; yet my every day
pursuits are literary, while yours are not.
There Is something in the pursuits of working
men—l mean men who follow handicraft—which
renders some intellectual feeding on Sunday pecu
liarly necessary. You work all day; and when you
get home at night, you can do nothing but read the
news and indulge In neighborhood gossip. Yon are
obliged to rise early in the morning, and that makes
It necessary that you should go to bed at night.—
You really have no time for intellectual culture ex
cept on Sunday, and then you are always too dull
and tired to sit down to a book. You always go to
sleep over any book that tares upon your brain at
all. Yon know that them is nothing but the living
voice which ran bold your attention ; and you know
that voice can only be beard In the pulpit. The
working-man who shuns the pulpit on the Sabbath,
voluntarily relinquishes the only available intellect
ual nourishment of his life. You need not tell me
that the pulpit has no intellectual nourishment fur
yon; I know better. Philosophy, casulaey,
his
tory-, metaphysics, science, poetry ,— these are ell at
home In the pulpit. All high moralities are taught
there. All sweet charities are inculcated there.—
There are more arguments and illustrations brought
to the support and enforcement of religious truths
than all the other intellectuall magazines of the
world hays at command ; and, quarrel with the facts
as you may, yon must go to church on Sunday, and
bear the preaching, or be an intellectual starveling.
Your bruin Is just as certain to degenerate, your in
tellect is just as certain to grow dull, under this hab
it of staying at home from church, as a pleats to
grow pie when hidden away from the sun.—[J. U.
Holland.
Ton NeXT FOUILTII OP Jur.—We have already
urged that the approaching Fourth of July ehnald
be specially observed throughout the country to a
day of rejoicing for the salion of the national l
and of public acknowledgment to the soldiers of
the Republic for their services on the field of battle.
Governor Parker, of Ntsfr Jersey, wisely following
the example of Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
has hatred a proclamation recommending that the
day shall thus be observed by the people of Mae=
and we trust that New York will not baler
in this eminently proper course. The assassination
of Mr. Lincoln just about thetime that the armies of
the rebellion were dispersed, put all feeling of joy
far away from the public heart. Bat the period has
come when a =timed jubilee and_pablic expression
of thankfulness might be indulged In with profit.
The interval between the present time and the
eightreighth anniversary of Independence Day is
saMetentlgong, if the arrangements for celebra
tion shell at once initiated, . t o enable every city,
town and county in the United States, to prepare a
Programme worthy of the great ortetnti. No more
selected
e rate day than the Fourth of could be
for celebrating the preservation of the Un
ion and honoring the bravo men who have'eurvivea
the =Md.—Y. Y. rim.
°OUR AGE
One of the bravest and best Generals that Europe
ever produced said that be never could snuff a can
dle with his fingers without suffering from the fear
of being burned. lie was not afraid on the battle
field, but he was of scorching his lingers. We once
knew a man who never saw a thunder cloud with
out trembling lest he should he struck by light
ning, and yet when he come to the end of life be
had no fear of death, but welcomed It as be would
rest from a tiresome journey. We have seen a man
faint at the sight of blood, as cheerful in view
of immediate dissolution as though he had been In
vited to a party and was hastening to go. Again
we have seen a strong man wit,' had braved dangers
upon the land and seas, who was absolutely afraid
or being alone in the dark. lie had no fear of any
thing he could see, but a mortal dread of the un
seen. In the loss of the Sultana steamer on the
Mississippi, by which 150(1 peredns canto to their
end, among those saved was a lady, Mrs. Perry,
who, putting or a life-preserver, battened to jump
into the river, where she soon found herself with
half a dozen soldiers clinging to a door, drifting
down the deep and rapid current. Of these men
there was not one that had the least self-possession
but a young soldier, boyish in years, but of a flinti
ly heart, who lifted his voice in wont. of encourage
ment and advice. The others, men who bad faced
death on battle-fields and In repel prisons, were as
babes In that trying hour. They wept aloud, and
the waters echoed back their shrieks of utter des
pair. One of them crawled upon the door and re
mained there, to the imminent peril of the others
and despite their repeated remonstrances. Anoth
er, who observed that Mrs. Perry hull on a firs-pre
server, let go of the door and grasped her area,
forcing her from the door under the water. She
managed to shake Wm off and regain the door, he
taking his place by her aide again. The young he
ro of the hour here remonstrated with the other
soldier, saying that he was ashamed to see him thus
cowardly, after having fought with him on more
than one battle ground. But the other was to thor
oughly overcome by fear to heed the remark, and he
repeated the operation three different times, on
each occasion dragging Mrs. Perry under the water
and nearly strangling her. Happening to see an
other door floating near them, Mrs. Perry attempt
ed to secure it, but as she was about to lay bands
on It, a soldier who had been clinging to it arose to
the surface, and warned her oil She stated that
the other poor refuge was so overcrowded that It
would be impossible for all to cling to It. She then
attempted to esteli hold of the dour, but the soldier
thrust Ler off into the water, and compelled her to
return to the other. After hours of peril they Were
- rescued. This proyes what all most have observed,
that those who are, heroes in one condition, may be
exceedingly timid and fearful In another; as a sailor
who will swing by a rope yarn at a yard arm and
feel perfectly sale, is afraid to follow a carpenter up
on a staging, lest his supportshould give way,
though it may be ever so strong So men that one
hour may he an firm and undaunted as were Napole•
ou's veterans, and as Immovable an the deep-rooted
trees of the forest, may the next be panic-stricken
and run like weak children—as cowardly as whip
ped dogs. Some men's cow-age is through force of
mind which controls their bodies; others through
brute (box, like mad bulls. —.Visrlsoimort Herald.
A Fowl ESCran Barren THAN NoNE —What
over may be the design of England towards other
conntrks, it has always some excuse at hand for its
own position. No matter how unfairly It may a ct,
Its ministers are always ready with an explantlon.
Lord Palmerston, no doubt mach to his own satis
faction, explained how it was that belligerent rights
were accorded so promptly to the rebel States
Poor man he could not help It! The United States
declared the Southern ports blockaded, and no na
tion can legally blockade Its own ports without at
the same time giving the parties in possession of
them the rights of bell'gerents Therefue honest
England, always a stickler for International law,
was compelled to actinlesee In the decLdon of the
United States, The .\ ord. a Paris print, exposes the
hypocrisy of Lord Palmerston and his associates by
the following simple statement. It says:
"This Is not the place to discuss, with Intern
tional code in hand, the value of Lora Pahner.itOn't
eoctrine. We content ourselves with citing a fact
o - hieti proves England even unite recently did not
apply the theories which, according to the First
Lord of the Treasury, halte determined her conduct
in the American war The French government pro
claimed the blockade or certain porta of Italie°.
Did the Cabinet of London dream for all that for an
Instant of recognizing belligerent rights in the cast
of the troops of Juarez" Certainly not, and had the
ex-President taken steps at Loudon, analogous with
those of the government at Richmond, the reply h.
would have , C.C.624,1 it to , t duebtful The clever rather
than serious arguments of Lord Palmerston could
only be Intended, therefore, to remove the unpleas
ant Impression produced In the United States b 1
the promptness of the English government in re
cognizing the secessionists as belligerents, by shelter
log that promptness behind the inexoraide princi
ples of law."
This 's touching the point with a needle, and it is
needless to comment upon St.—Herald.
TICE HOLE IN TIM Bt; r.—!fore remarkable, perhaps,
tii
.ri
011 acco t of its singularity, says Vlgne, in his
travels in lexico and Booth America, is the hole In
the sky, ( or It appear. , to be nothing else,) the dark
space kno , even to those who have not seen them,
that one o the peculiarities of the southern heavens
are dark, arless .paces, but the "coal sack" may
be termed lack In comparison with the surrounding
sky. It Ilea on the left of the cross as It faces an
observer, find nearly trumaring the lower part of its
major ax ii„ which It equals In height. The curious
abruptness and freshness of the . oval shaped and
broken outline of Its entire circumference suggests
the Idea of'lts having been formed by violence. It
looks as theingh the canopy of hts,ven had been
shot through.) The edges of two or three folds of
strata, so to speak, are seen on the loft side, more
particularly in the receding perspective, and gradu
ally leading to and blending in what appears to be
black, light less space beyond. Placed at the south
pole, and so unlike anything In the sky, It has an
aspect of special design where all around is for de
sign. It can be Imagined a place of exit or ingress
for mighty rushing forces; the milt from the light to
a Tophet of outer darkness, or a " black Gehenna,"
with the Cross shining in front of it.
DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT OF A HUNDRED- DOLLAR
GREENBACK —A carefully executed counterfeit ci
the United States legal-tender $lOO greenback note
has made its appearance, and is likely to disturb the
circulation of the whole of that denomination of le
gal tenders on account of the perfection of its work
manship. It is hardly recognizable except by en
expert, or on the closest examination. One of these
connterfelta was paid out to one of our county oM
dais a few days ago by the Bank of the Metropolis,
which had received it from some unknown source,
and had not recognized it as counterfeit Ile also
received it as genuine, and paid it over to a well
known lawyer, by whom it was also taken without
suspicion. This latter gentleman deposited it on
account of the Mount Vernon Bank. It underwent
the scrutiny there of the receiving teller, who did
not recognize oguize it as counterfeit, but.credited It to the
depositor. On a second glance, however, he detected
Its character, and threw it nut It was then re
turned to the Bank of the Metropolis, where, upon
careful and critical examination, It was pronounced
to he good. But, being token from there to the
011 lee of the United States Sub-Treasurer, it was
there pronounced to be counterfeit —.D,aon Trans.
crlyt
_ _ _
A Restranscencz or Mn. LINCOLN.—On the day
of the receipt of the capitulation of Lee, the Cabinet
meting was held an hour earlier than usual. Nei
ther the President nor any member was able, for the
time, to give utterance to his feeling At the sug
gestion of Mr. Lincoln, all dropped on their knees
and offered, in silence and in tears, their humble
and heartfelt acknowledgments to the Almighty for
the triumph be bad granted to the national muse.
The same day, in the afternoon, the President was
in a trams of mind peculiarly happy. To his wife be
said : " The war is now about over ; we have had a
long and wearisome tour years' siege, and we must
travel a little this summer and recruit.. It must be
without toss or display. You mast write Bob that
he must come home and resign his captaincy and
go to Lis books. Let him prepare to earn his living
as I did, depending on his own hands and brains."
Oa this morning of the day of his death kindred con
versations were held as to the manner of spending
tho summer, and what disposition should be made
of "Bob" and " Tad," as be called Ws two sons,
Robert andThaddeas,.—Wattern Christian Advecatc.
'How Ann You, Ctena ?—We bavcn't heard of a
richer thing than was lately perpe trated upon a
bookstore clerk eomething less t n a thousand
miles from Genesee-street bridge': verybody Las
beard jokes ppeerpetrated upon the odd names which
it is tha fashion to bestow upon books now.a day,
but; we venture to ray, nothing richer than this in
cident. A well-known wag stepped In the bookstore
above mentioned, and enquired,. " Have yon ' The
Woman In White ?'" " Yes," replied the clerk.
"AU Alone" coked the searcher after Ilteratara
"Yea,' responded the clerk , • " In the Dark 7 , 0 still
queried the questioner. "Yes, dr," again promptly
answered the attendant. " Well, all I have to say
is," retorted th e wag, " you have a nice thing of it."
I:toed-bye l'
Bow are you, clerk r-vuNg Tilegrvh.
Eir A .men ' s, boots get Nag by Imbibing ester ,
balfro ow doesn't.
MAROM3G HONE.
We are marching home at last,
Now the cruel war le past,
And the time of pr..sce draws near:
Wo are marching home at last,
Now the cruel war Ls part,
To the homes our hearts hold dear.
With our hanners stain.d and torn,
That through many a fight were boron
Where d,atli rained thick and fast,
Now our glorious work is done,
Now the Union C411.1C is won i
We aro marching home at nt.
Marching home to those we love ;
See tho veteran columns move,
Hear the drums uud shrill 1141 a play
Hear our voices ruled in song,
As we proudly march along
On our homeward way.
With our trusty arms we come,
To the aotind of life and drum,
Now the cruel war Is past ;
Light of heart and glad are we,
HI ring served the cause, to ho
Marching home at Lira.
All day long we march till night,
Then beside the camp-tire's
eudcrumth the starry dome,
it is sweet to close oar eyes,
\Voile the night-wind softly sighs,
on our march toward home ;
And In sleep to dream we hear
Friendly voices sounding near,
Bidding welcome as we come,
Till at length the morning' breaks.
And the happy dreamer wakes
To the heating of the drum
Then once more upon the way,
Starch we on at dawn of day,
Now the cruet war La pact;
Light at hmrt and glad are we,
Having proved the Right, to be
Marching home at lent.
=1
ME TURNING OF ME LE&r
"Now that the war Is over," said William, "I
should like to know, for my part, what has been
msme.l t.p all the li , rhting."
" replied Susie, his sister, who liked to say
witty thlnTs even on the most serious subjects,
" Cousin Yrimly has cot a commission,' and Mr
Shoddy his cot rich, and Tom Noddy has trot a
wooden 1,4, which they say ha can skate and danr:e
with, and the Rebels have got whipped! But, mal.
ly," said .he, " I should like to understand a great
deal h.'tter than I do what the ilirtatith; was for, what
brought it shout and all that; and I wish Uncle
Rodman would tell ni."
Thus appealed La, Uncle Rodman laid his crews
paper on the table, placed Ms old sliver-boaved Spec
tunics upon it, crossed his legs, pot his lingers to
gether, looked contemplative, as If putting his
thoughts together at the same time, and finally ad
dressed the young folks of, the household to this
manner
"I am vary glad to hoar you express a wish to
know more about the conflict that is now closing.
It has born the great event of the country, an I you
ought to have a clear general idea of4ts origin and
results. Yon were quite young when it began, for
that was four years ago; and It was not to be exp,:ct
eel that you shottlA then understand what so many
grown peuy,le failed to appreciate. But you are
older now, and the terrible meaning of the war is
clearer to as all than it was num.
" In a word, children, slavery was the cause of the
war, God permitted the war In order that, slavery
might dr, , ,troyed."
"That Ia It, in a nutshell I" cried Susie.
" ‘l , hum the gods would dtztroy,,,iliey first make
mad," quoted William, from some book. he had
been studying.
" That' la true," said Uncle ItOdAthin . t. '° and it
would really seem that slavery had been matte in
sane in order that It might rash to Its own destrue
lion. The rebellion was a stupendous piece of folly,
as well as stupendous wiekeduetrs."
" Mr. Lincoln, and theet”ple who elected him,
had no wish to Interfere with the ' peculiar Inatitu
tlon,' as it was entity', In the States where It exi4ted
four year. ago. Unjust and tnwi'e as It was to ka,i
human beings in bondage, they did not feel that thr
law gavo them any right to take the slaves away
from their masters by force. Many of `u.s would
have been glad to convince the Bouth that It would
hate been better for both slaves and masters—far
better for the Slave States themselves, and for the
whole country—that all men, women, and children
should be free. But that was a truth that the South
would not tolerate, and those who attempted b.
teach it there—even those who were suspected of
believing it—met with the worst treatment; for
even itanglntr was considered too good for an Abe
litionlst. Indeed, alaveholders and slave-tinntere
became so violent, unreasonable, and wicked in their
opposition to all who thought slavery wrong, In
their hatred of free Institutions, and in their at
tempts to carry slavery into new States, and to
catch their slave wherever they cottld be found in
the old Free States, that a few believed, with John
Brown, that it was right to resist force with force,
and go with arms to rescue the ncgroes from the
hands of their masters.
"But the most the Norther. people expected to
do when they mad" Abraham Lincoln President, woe
to keep slavery out of the new States that were
coming Into the Union. That ihc. Southern lescicr
knew. But they would not suhmlt to any such de
crease of their power. Accustomed to ruling their
slaves—accustomed, too, for many years, to ruling
the nation—they had grown arrogant, conceited.
overbearing; they would not abide by the decision
of the ballot bot. which had made Mr. Lincoln Pres
ident; so thee determined to destroy the govern
meat they could not controL They seceded—de
clared their Slates ineepeudent of the old Union,
and formed a new 'Confederacy,' with slavery as Its
comer stone.'
"Even then we had no thouzlit of making war
upon them. The North would never have made war
upon the South. We did not believe in war but
thought that all our troubles should be settled peace
ably by the ballot-box, and according to the Consti.
tutien But the rebel leaders, proud, ambitions,
confident that they could override Northern freemen
as they had override!" their black stares, recklessly,
and most forcibly indeed,made war amtinat us. They
seized forts, arsenals. and navy-yards. which belong.
ed solely to the United States. Fort Sumter, In
Charleston harbor, did not belong to South Carol!.
na, but was the property of the United States gov
ernment;this the rebels opened fire upon, on the
12th of April, BM, and compelled Its surrender.—
Stajor Anderson hauled down the stars and stripes,
and marched Out with his little garrison. The whole
South was jubilant. Th 7 thought they had done
a wonderful thing. The were goir to havelVash
lngton then, and call t c roll of their slaves on
Banker UM Of course the North could not resist
them I Of course, we were too cowardly to fight
Southern gentlemen ! For they bad come to be
'ley° that the slave-owning classes were the only
chivalrous and courageous people of this continent.
"I said. 'the whole South.' But, besides the
leading rebels, and the ignorant masses, deceived
and misled by them, there was a large class of loyal
Unionists In the South, who loved the old govern
ment, and opposed secession. !low many of these
men and women suffered and died, or became eegi.
tivea from their homes, rabies than Join the rebel
MUM 1 If only for their sakes, It was one duty to
preserve the dear old Union thevlami, and not per
mit them to be made citizens of a new Confederacy
against their will. To this cissa belonged Andrew
Johnson, our new President—a Southern man, who
'stood up manfully for the nation in bin wins State
of Tennossoe; who knows all the perfidy, cruelty,
and craft of the traitors, and will, I trust, know
equally well bow to dell with them.
Well, the rebels took up arms and attacked us ;
and there was nothing left for us to do, If we would
preserve our rights, our self-respect, and the respect
of the world, but to tight In self defence. Every
thing was at stake—our existence as station, free
dom, and the brightest bl es sings of civilization; for
the slave power that would have subjugated us be•
longs to the dark ages. Children, there are two,
principles st work In the world : one Is that Of Sher
, ty and love to all men; the other is that of force,
and the tyranny of the strong over the weak. We
have been struggling hens In America to develop the
Oat principle; and if now we had tamely eurrend-'
ercd to tho slave power, which represents the other
principle, how terrible, how disgraceful it would
have been !"
" For my part," cried William, "I am glad we
didn't do anythleg so mean as to submit to the old
traitors 1 Why, Susie, only think - of Its the rebels
bated free sehools—they waisted every , man that
works for a living kept ignorant, jostlike the slaves!
They called us mud-sills, greasy meet:tanks, end all
that, end said one Southern gentleman could whip
ilve env."
"I am isoglad we didn't give up to them I" said
Snide. "I feel just as / do when I have been read
ing a long, sad story, Where there are bad men and
women, and they have everything their own way et
first, and you think nothing can stop them, and you
are so angry with them, and so sorry for the
people they treat so ; but by and by something hap
p_ena, and it's ' so nice to have them finally caught In
their own imp and punished I It makes me feel
glad clear through. ,
" Well. It has turned out so with the rebels. They
have been caught In their own trap, most miserably.
Atad slavery, for which they mode Um war, boo ben
Critattle daft ,betwoen two mlllstonen, .They
tttattown manor an 4 We, - ..Thettog bp*
. .
192.00 per annum* in advance.
ELI AMA
son, they tried war, and at last they tried aassasins-
I lon, which is as mneh worse then open war en that
is worse than peaceful measures in a bad CUM:
They talledin everything. Freedom has triumphed.
Thu great evitof slavery has been swept away, find
we have shown that a mpubllcan government, based
upon the equal rights of all, is the best, the doblest,
the strongest government In the world."
"0, it earns to me that killing President Lincoln
was the worst thing f ever heard or read of in any
hl.tory !" exclaimed Susie.
"My dear, you are right," said Uncle Rodman.
"Even the assassination of a bad ruler is bad enough
but ha was perhaps the most humane and fo r bearin g
ruler as well as one of the kindest-hearted men, Mai
ever lived."
" What tools the rebels were," said William, "tor
everybody says he was their best friend."
" I believe that, children; for it was not table na
ture to hate anybody, or to be actuated by feelings
of vengipmea. Bat the rebellion has stood on its
two legs of folly and crime hem the fret. It was
great lolly and a great crime to make war upon the
government, tO begin with. It was a great folly find'
u great crime to attempt to cut off the head of the
nation by murder to end with. And what !moron
of folly and crime have walked between l
"But the slave power, that brought on this war,
and shed the blood of our brothers, and starved them
Is loathsome prisons, and Inspired the last unparal
leled atrocity—that power hu, been destroyed by Its
own mad unbition. Now we turn over a new leaf
In history. Now we shall have peace founded on
justice. elo much we have gained; and Is It not
worth the cost ? When I look at. the future of
America, I am dazzled by the glorious prospect.
Nu more war, no more batons bondage; liberty and
love for all, a reality then; a great and powerful na
tion—the greatest and 'noel powerful the world has
ever known—setting aside forever the old barbarous
rule of force,,and living up to the golden rule of do
ing to others 1n we would be done by !
•• A new page In human history Indeed,that will be,
children; and let us now begin and live worthy of
that future. You, especially who areyoung, belong
to the new era of justies and human brotherhood ;
and 0, lettbe fart Inspire you now and henceforth
with high aspirations, noble motives, and all gener
ous thoughts and hopes
So saying, Uncle Rodman put on his spectacles,
and took up his newspaper while the children
sat script:oy pondering what he had said.—.. Our
Yining Rae" fur June.
Mr. Hanby Makes a Delegeshnn nv hissalt" and.
Satsv's 'tzar, (wurcn Is IN TIM Brill . UT
Noo Ganser,) May 15th, 1865. f
All the atalla nv the north, and -the belt nv them
reeently subjwogatll, all the Societies, Associaahuna
aud Churchls that ever I heerd uv,hey sent delem4-
shuns for the purple nv voluntrtn' advise 2 Jon
son, the noo Pre.ydent. Peelle' that Noo Oeesy
should not be behind In thee advise biz:less, I elect
ed myself a dale:Test:mu, borrowed a clone shirt, and
traveled 2 Washlnzon. I was annonnat ez "a
delezushun from Noo Gersey," and was to want
ushered let the presents
Wherls the delegrohnn ?" ejakoolatld the Pros
ddent, "hurry 'em up, fur I've 13 more to mean°
this afternoon."
"lNedmo Jenson," said I, Impressively, "I repre
sent Noo Gersey, a stalt that Itez just dun honor to
the deceest Prszydent."
•' Troo," returned he, "rich stalls honor patri
ots—after they sr. dead."
" I resent the lusinoosshun with etc om. Es proot
that the murder uv She Presydent rung the popler
hart of Non Genie!, let me say, sir, that the [Cam
den and Amboy Inektora, at a meetlte called fur
the pumas, abslootely votid 2 carry the corps ovtho
deccest Presydent over the mad for half fare! a hon -
or never he 4 dkordid to may livln er dedlndividlooaL
lint let that para. Noo Gersey needs no speshel
ideeder. Ther she stands. Look at her—cf n hoc
a myeroscope.
"1 corn Androo ez a original Dimokrat, who
whatever uther sins he may hey committed, never
sicrAcht—his tikklt er dilooted Ids whiskey. In be
half ny that Ditnoerasy I (+peek.
"ez hen ben menshund 2 yoo wunst er twist
immense responsibility rests on voorsholdens. The
Felber* straits struggled for Nielr rites, but were
squeleht. They totteht like heroes, but fell been
uv overykweriu numbers agin um. They'r down—,
your Vol heel is on 2 their necks. What will you
do Win you grind cm, or will you be magnaner
ton° °
'• Wnzat we wnz a happy peahen, and we kin bee
Pn fLizla —it rests with sv Yoo mnst consillyate the
llinmer.sy Oar party !"I.rth Is magnanymus. Wo
etalKl ruddy to fergiv yon ter havin drama us, far
havin taxt us to support a tincontoostuael war;
orevidin all stop tow: Woo our Sonthren breth
rin back with jentlie won* They air a high epedt
id and sensitive racy, that kin never bee outdooga-
LH2
. Take cm agln yer brwnm, and don'tboo
innate em by degradin eandlahrins. Glv em a
rhanse 2 tergiv us fer whelk' uv cm. Restore ther
niggeri ; pay tliPr war dot, Invite Magotfin and Vance
and Brown and the rent 'lry the Gernert back 3
thee various capitcds—gtv lee and Forlat andtgorer
gard ther posaLshuns In the reglar army, and pen
alum the disabled contedrit heroes.
• • •
"Thee =isn't be no hanging. Yoo've got that
unfortalt btaitiman Davis—he - fell In. yoor Una be
coz he wezi Ignorant ay the style ov your (lalti.4.
kla's) minyana. He mite bay knode that the nolriak,.
never seed a woman Lakin to the woods witlultk
chaste her. But he inns not be bung Democrby
looks on the matter thus :
" Yon ant hang a man for conaphin agln GUT
ment, oniess he talks up arms.
" Et a Po , take up arms, It's only a riot, and no
handy matter Wept When Abllahniata like John
Brown do I. in Bich cases, hanging Is all= in or
der,
" Ef a number of Malts do It It's a revolooshen.
and them ez yoo capcher must bo treeted ez bellyjig
:remota and priznera or war. To bang printers eV
war, Androo,
is murder.
" This wed probably satisfy the Smith. At the
North, less is required. The Dlmocracy is Peaty
con6lllated. Give our hiders miff in the ofilsis 2
support em, with the privylege nv manegin things 2
soot us, and the troubble is ore. On them terms
we'll support your Admlnishtrashen; or any ether
man's, eosjelly and hardly, and pees will Nin wave
her white pinyuus over the head, and will eantinytoo
2 wave em ontil the &Ahern hart la arida used.
"I hey don—Noo Gersy hen spoke."
I rather spent my words will bare (root. Look
out fur a change of policy.
Purnmutua V. NunT.
Ilis Tate aseiv'T Coua I—it hi an old adage that
he who is horn to be hanged will never be drowned.
If the following story Is true—which we beg leave.
to slightly doubt—the desparlng monsieur will be
compelled to die in his bed or else keep on hying
till doomsday:
A Frenchman, resolved to be 4d of life, went s
tittle before high tide toe post setup by tbe sessilde.
Ile provided himself with a ladder, a rope, a pistol,
a bundle of matches, and a vial of poison. As
cending, the bidder, he tied one end of the rope to
the post, and the other end round his neck; then
he took the poison, set his clothes on firel plat the
muzzle of the pistol to his head, and kielrea awss
the ladder. In kicking down the ladder, he
the
„Olstol so that the ball missed lihrhi/ad and cut
through the rope by which he was suspended; he
fell „into the sea, thus extinguishing the flames of
We clothes, and the sea-water which ho InVeittlatart..
ly swallowed, connteraebui the poi an d
i thns is
spite of his precaution, he remained
L e AM.'
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shot, unpolsoned , unbusd.. and uudrowuc r
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A FIIENCII BTOI:T.—An emoting story Is told Cif
young Parisian artist, who lately
_painted - a por
trait of Duchos, with Which her Meade were not
satisfied. The painter, however; Was mutinied
that he bad succeeded admirably, and proposed that
the question of resemblance or no resemblance
should be lett to a little dog belonging to the Duch
ens, which was agreed to. Accorelngly the picture
wet sent to the hotel of thelady the next day, and
a largo party assembled to witness the teat. The
dog was called In ; and no sooner did he see the
Portrait than he sprang upon it, licked It an OVOT
and showed over demonstration of the gmstestjoy.
The triumph of the painter was complete; aW all
imeent insisted that the picture had been retouched
daring the night which was actually so, the artist
having robbec It over with a thin coating et lard I
The nog's nose was sharper than the critics' eyes.
ti" it 15 proposed that Igo Shall do With ea. Da.
Ms what Daniel 'Webster did' with his scythe. -Dan
te, was =slow for a morn Dam! education than
country school aftor4 , 4l, bus hi s pa, was afraid It
could not be allbniedmind set the young man at farm"
work.- Daniel unwillingly seceded to the parental
requirement, but ono , mowing, resolved
to bring matters to a ells and complained that tho
scythe did not bang to snit tn. Hla Otthertinkered
upon it a while, but upon trial Daniel:was riot WM
fle,l. The old gentleman tried again • but still it
did not bang right. ' So' at last Daniel Was rec to nested
to hang It to snit himself, and be Bring it on
tree and walked off. ,Wo ' believe that the tree atfal
remains; and bears an, iuinual crop of Igor. aPp&c--
New Bayard Mandard.
gm- Brick " Pomeroy says there is coeditor In
Cf 0640 who has k d6O much sweetaera frma
the lips of the alrls, that he is assessed is
soar. aeccrant ot the sweetness he tuts go=
sad the spout* he bis endued.
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