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The first was entitled, "An act for the better regu lating the government of the province of Massachusetts Bay ;" the second was en titled "an act for the impartial aduiinis tration of justice, or for the suppression of riots and tumults in Massachusetts Faithful and true to their meaning, and almost to the very words of these two acts, their lordships in the thirty ninth Congress of the United States passed a statute entitled "an act to provide for the more efficient goverment of the rebel states, to suppress insurrection, disorder and violence, and to punish, or cause to b e p un ished, :,11 di-turbers of the public peace, or criminals." The president placed his veto upon the act ot Congress, and in a Message, stated his r( aems therefor. That message con tains the vetoes and protests ofall the dead rio s and hi roe. of the rev( Num] 1776, and their appeals to the north in be half ot the south. The very first Con• gref-s - (7f the United Colonies of Amei ica pat forth the following appeal and prote,t against these acts to the people of Glum, Br't Whereaci, since the close of the last w.tr, the Britivi Parlijment, claiming a power to bind the people of America by stat ales in all cases whatever, and where at in the last parliament two statutes were made; one entitled, " an act ibr the hotter regulating the government of the province of Massachusetts bay; and an.; other entitled "an act for the impartial iministrati in of justice in the eases of p..rs ms qu:.slioned for any act done by them in the . execution or the law, or fur the suppression of riots and tumults, in the prow nze of Ma aachusetts;bay, witch stallnes are impolitie, unjust, and cruel, as well as nnconstitutional and most dan % gerous and destructive of American rights: The good people of the several colt,- nie: of New Hampshire, .Ma.saehusetts Imy, Rhode Island awl Providence plinta tiros, Connecticut, New York, Ntw Jur st!v, Pennsylvania, Newcastle, Kent, aid - f-aisex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, just y alarmed at the arbitrary proceedings of parinnent, have severally elected, consti tuted, and appointed deputies to meet and teneral Congress, in • the city of hia in order to obtain suet) es.- :a . ):lsliment, as that their religion, laws, n:f I fillerries, may not be subvtr ed, whereupon the deputies so .appointed, he Hz now assembled in a tali arid tree rep t esentation of there colonies, taking into their most serious consideration the best means of altering the ends aforesaid, do, in the first place, as Englishnon tl -risk. diem cestor4 in like cases have u4ually done, for as4erting and vindicating their ri , rlit4 and liberties, declare, "That the inhabi tants of the .E.lglish c•+lonies in Not tti America, by the immutable la ws 11f nature, the principles of the English constitution, and the several charters and compacts, Lave the following rights : Ist. That they are cut cuthhd to lif, lib. (1-.ly. and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent. 2d. That the foundation of English hb crty and of all free government, is a right , m the people to participate-in their council, and as the Efiglis.lilcolunists :Ire not represented in, tile - TritiSh parlia ment; they are entitled to a:free and ex clusive power ollegislation in their sever al proviapiariegislatures, where their right or' representation can alone be pre served.. in all cases of taxation arta inter nal polity. • - 3d. That the respective colonies are en titled to the common law of England; and more especially to the great and in estimable right and 'p'rivilege, of being tried by their peers of the vicinage , accor ding to the course of that law. 4th. That the keeping a standing army in these colonies, in times of peace, wide. out the consent of the legislature of that colony in Which such an army is kept, is against That the acts of Parliament in relation ' in these colonies are violations and in fringetnents of theirrrights, to Which they cannot submit,',lmt in hopes their fellow sahjects in 'Great. Britain wilt , on a revis ion of them, restore us to that state in which both countries find happiness and prosperitY, we 'Nave, fur the , present only resolved to purstie' the follewing peacea ble measures. Torprepare au address to the people of Great Britain,' and a. memo rial to the inhabitant?' of British 'America, and to prepare - a - loy'al addrUss to his D_ est*, George the third.' We giye an ,extract from the address to the people of Great Britain. consigh.r ou4selvoly,,•and do insist. that use arft..as.free as our tellow : eubjects. in Britain; and that no Tower. on earth has a rigkt.,to. take 'our property '-without our consent ; Te claim all tke.kertefitase• cured to the oppiect by, the _reglish Con ! stitution, partieehtAythatiziestiotiblieoie I' 1 . Z . of trial..by - lury, we -bold' it essenti al `to EngliA o liberty.tlint no nn be condemn. ed unheard, or punished' for supposed of fences, without having's!) . opportunity of making his defence. " Let justice and humanity cease to _be the boast of your . nation !' Consult ydur history.-tay,, titrn to the annak of the nany arbitrary states, and: kingdoMs that surround you, and sliew us a single in stance of men being condemned to suffor f. r crinics unkerlid, voigaestioucq, and it bout eten the specious formality of a trial, and that too, by laws made express. Iv fur the purpose, and which had HO VX. istenee at the time ofthe act being com mitted. Now mark propTession the ministerial plait fOr en-lac log us ! Well aw; rethat the attempt to deprive us of that taluable right of trial by jury, to de .stroy our charters, and change our forms of government, would be resisted, the army wassiint to force us to pass under the yoke, and corsent to become slaves, by owning the omnipotence of Parlia• men t. "Let ns beseech you to consider to whlt ;end these pl a ns and measures lead ! Admit that the ministry are alde"to re duce its to slavery. What advantt:res would yon reap from such a contest ? May they trot with the same armies en s ate you?' Nltr wi I you have reason to expect that alter :HAM , : slay' s us, many Of us would refr.s • to n s -..i st i n re . dce.ng you to thestone ghject state. Take care that you do not fill into the pit that is prvpv jog for us. lint we tell )ou that we never Wi 1 Submit 1M he slaves." Cm 'any one further doubt that the stars and stripesthe emblem -of American Nisei v, serve only to conceal the " lit i 1-11 Lion," which opened i s jaws to dev••ur the lives and liherties of uur put t i ot au cestors ?, The (I ig of fri cdom should he removed front the Capi al where Congr e s s passed the Military reconstruction bill, and the 1.1. itish flag should float in its place. Tne British lion is King over America, and his plan is readied out, first to crust the south, and wh en t h e sout h dins prorrte under his feet, woe be us at the north like‘t ise. Trial by jury was abolished first in the north, and met' were "rrpleinned to suffer in prison unheard, without having an opportunity of making their defence." These outr4ges were it viola:ion of the English a well as the American c institution. In the diary and writin! , s of John Adams., long bei'ore the revolw ion he thus speaks of the excellen cy of the liriti.h constitution : He says "In the execution of the laws, the lib erty of the people is guarded by a trial by jury. 'flie people c ho o s e a g r an d jury to make au inquiry and presentment of cri,nes.. Twelve of t must, agree . in ti n ,li ng a I,ill, and the petit jury must try I he Palm. f ,qa,ver again, and fi n d th e per son !ritilty arore he is punished. Inno cence,thert-tnre is -o ,cell prot e ; : t e ,l in this WiSe (7.11:4:11.11C011, tl.at 1,0 man emi punished till twettly four of his nei , libm - s have said upon mutt flirt he was :•iiiity. No mati's liberty or properly ran lie take., Lim IM 12 men in his nu i , hho; Ii od ia .s; o law; t,/ hisolon innkin , :, it ought to be inkea away. Two branches of popular power, voting I. men:lpers of the house of and tt i,i by juries, the one in the leris'a, rive, and the other in the txeentive part of the eonsti:utlon, are as essential and fundamental to the great end of the pros-. ervation of the stil , j,eis liber(3•;and prevent the government from funning In to an olig,arelly or aristoeraey,as the lords and cornitaitSrfre;to prevent its becotninG an absolute 'Monarchy.: These two pow,- jar. powers therefore, arc the heart and thr e e mainspring and .the,centre `wheel, and will : wit, them the body must ;die. The watch must - run down, the goy -I.ernment tonQt become arbitrary, atill.thk, our law books have settled to be the dent ache laws andconstit to ion. " In 'these two powers consist wholly the liberty and security of the people. They have no other tOrtification against wanton, cruel power; no other indeninili• patio:, against beinfr ridden hy horses, fleeced like sheep, worked - like code, and fed and, clothed like swine and hotidds; no Other defence against fines, imprison ments, ' whipping posts, gibbets, -basti nades, and racks. 'This is that constit hapi•eVailed in Ilritaiu from an immense antiquity. It prevailed, anti the iIOUSe of conittions,•and trial by july made a part of it in Sa tones." :loft let the mailer look at the veto sSage of President Lmson, and ray lie doe:i not tell the truth, when he rays, that no people in. five . lintrdred years, who speak the Eug,lisli- language, have borne Kuck ~ ery i t ally as Congress ha-iiuflicted on the 'sow!). N master ever had a control absohne over Ms slaves, 88 this bill gives to the military officers over both white apd co!ored persons." Deprived of the benefit of trial by jury, and ail other cavil laws., They. kayo no fortification again i st wanton, cruel pow; ero derelict; i.ittlicr derect; against. line:i,inipris, onntente, whipping posts, gibbets, bassi; nadnes arid - rac ks.' And:this don - ditiOn. to which the party in,, posveriheasting stboir religion and - stiPeriorAaytticltinn,. and humanity *rho have each taken an oath to obey the Coriititintialief thO"United Stowe, which iseetittiii:tellieiienple'd Vial by:jary, after -thelorma of the t Web 'laare have re• MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, MARC:I'26, 1867. duced ten millions of their own race. The very condition, and worse, that British troops were sent to impost upon our an cestors, who, with one united voice, ex clatmed.." Give - ma Liberty., or give me Death." MAUDE'S -ORDEAL, It was rather an einbarras.ing thing to do but Charley May had din it well and bravely, like a mat). He was nothing . but a clerk at eight hundred dullars a year, verilic'ez-s, he had boldly (laved audi• unee of the portly old mil ionaire, and a•k• ed him Oati•diier as he might, have asked for the milliner girl round the cor ner. Mr. Bryant cooly wiped his pen and laid it iu the cal ved bronzed rack; lie moved back his th:111: a pate or two, looking Charles May In 1 in the face as he did so, with a onions, mocking light in his cold blue eye. "so you want to marry my daughter, cL ? ' " I do, sir," said charley. Ptocol.iugly' handsome he looked ns ho stood there, with the reddish .brown hair 'brown back t cm his square, white fore h'end, the hazy eyes, clear and confident, and the perfectly cot a little apart. Somehow, in the midst of his wrath anti Jeri-inn, old Richard Bryant could not help thinking that were he a girl of eigh teen, lie might possibly have fallen in love VII such a ljingi,t , man as Charles " there any other little trifle, I coital let you ha% e ? sneered the eau-tie old in:::;. "A block of houses, or a Broad- I.nse or co, or any other sinad fa vor ?" " Ynu are hag Ling at me, sir," sMi Charley, eo!oring, yet with a certain quiet flignily.. "I have a,ked you ,si m pi t • Tles ti on ; surely I have the right to a ti :ink answer." "Then listen to me, young man," vi .1 Iliehard Bryant, with :widen abrupt sternness. "You are a• hiring altogether ton I:;gh—you can not have my dr.ugli ter :Mande. V . uw yeti ha% e your ans%%er —go !" enarles May stood for a moment like one upon whom a thumb rbolt had fallen wi t h sad,!ou power, then he turned and walked cpie•!y out of the handsome Gothic, library, ti here the bloc an,l go:d circles of light from the oti2l 'rwindows quivered over the deep critu , on of the 1V1.1.01l carpet, runt the pure mar-- ' Lle t':tee of Pallns and Venus de Milo wate:led hint as 1,0 Well , . • " 'Mande, my love, my darling, what is the matttr ? ' 'l'lle red g;ow of the November sunset emild seateely I,ioree the of ‘e t Lat. itot.g over the plategass t is the t.( 1 .(11%.111 twilight Mr. saw hl4 daughter, with her face Li l.i n ii!ows, :ifid the he:lN V. bluish back etu!s drooping low' ovt r he c aved rose It om). "Tell me, littler, 41augh:er, whnt troub• its tone,' ‘vltil.ered the iin.l eh or, bend 'in:, ft inlly o‘t r the girl. Mande had peter known a moth( r, an,l there wa.4 a enderress in the old undi's tones at that it ant that tt ris aittiost, matttual, She looked nh, wi.h tho stain of fresh: it :tr.. On Ler crimson check. bas guile , igiva—he has gone and left. He Who'?" " Clnirley • And 31ande . Bryant, who had spoken all her lute lung to her father as if he hid been a mother alt.o, hid her face on the kindly breast and cried afresh. " -w was the me; char:'; softly lite:llkt d comment. " I have loon Irting to convince lter It w viry al!sm d till this is,'' said Aunt .liluisc, 'mill)! widow in garnet silk and carbuncle jewilry, who sat I.y, alternate ly quitting ;ritistn at bur I,civ,,:mil ,16111.1:2; :it a gold ca•solcite that litmg at her wart. "Maade," said Mr Bn ant. ! , .invulv, "do von In ...an to tell me that you :windily care ittr that young snip of a eh t k ?" Mande sat up ittilignantly, %%itli light ! ning in her black eyes. • " ("are fur him ! I love him !" " Very improper ! ' groaned aunt ' Elositt. "Aqui, I wish you'd boll yon: tongue!" sputtered Haude, growing- prell ier every mottle:it in her blight iodigti:o " I do love lulu, papa, will) all my heart and soul!" Aunt Eol.e . altered a hollow anti .If*, Bryant. loulictl at. his tlawrliter with a f.tt_al that was half troubled, half anitt4eti. little lily fl iwcr," ho sail, gently, "all this Fotillik 10 MU like a girl's.ro. utauc Maialeßryant is scarcely lined to be the wile Ufa yuting man likcCharles •• Bit why not, papa ?" pleaded piteously. " I lure hint, and I—think lie lure.; nie." " Very probably," said Mr. Bryant, "littt p didit never occur to you how very ,unsuitalle' a wife, you notild make to a ntanAtilio . bas his own way to win in the world ?" " No, papa," said Mande, eagerly. "j can dust furniture, and I can..nntke jelly cake, and omit. Lbaked a cranberry tart." ": Must important...qualifications yet not quite all sufficient," taid' itetilttlier, with the ututost.gravity,r;"t4 lust consider, my deari here; ori the ciiie - huod, is s seW -~-was=-_ ry of eight hundred dollars a year, or.nine, well say. It's just poss'tble that out in Chicago, where ho has gone, they pay nine hundred dollars, a year, and here, on the other, is Missffryant, with her little, white-, useless hands, and her luxurious ideas-, and her diamonds, and her silk diesses. Why, my child, I don't sup. pose you.know what calico means." "Yes, indeed papa," interrupted Mande, earnestly, "I had a pink French calico once, with pink coral buttons that were threelot la rs each—don't von remember?" " YOU a 1/001* Mati'S orris " went on her father, halting her Halo . fuvered hand. "3131,tin; it would be like taking one df the white jnponicas out of the conserva tory, r_nd planting it on a bleak New Eng• land hill, What idea have you of the tri als and sacrifices of lire, my little petted child ?" "Papa!" sobbed the young girl, pas sionatt-iy," I am ready to endure any or deal—to make any sacrifice. What do I care for diamonds and dresses? Papa !" sh e exclaimed, suddenly starting up with an emphasis that made aunt Eloise drop her go!d essence bottle, "you Ihiuk me a mere bin tei fly that cares fur dress and and jewel. only. Now listen to me: Fur one yt ar from this time—for one year, mind—l p edge myself to wear no silks or j:wvls. Will you belitti . e in me at the year's end ? ' " I shalt tirifik you a very evraordina- E y young lady, Maude, but=exense me, darling—l h;t no very strong faith in )011r per,istmiee." '• Yon will see," saia .llanile, shaking her curls triumphantly. " And oh, papa " Maude," said Mr. Bryant, with quiet "IdCCt tell, have already answered yuu— deeree•admits of no appeal." She would not cry any more, this haughty little girl—she was too prood to cry; but she ruse up and went away with compressed lips and eyes whose glitter was sadder far than tears. "I won't be discouraged, for all this," she thouglii. " I will rhow papa that I am something more than a (lo!!." " MatuL ; you are not going to Mrs Herninwav's in that dress !" Mrs. Harlington, snprn•h in wine color (Ted ve:re?, with garnets b:azing round her plump throat and at, her wt i-ts, stood hortitied as 3laudo eatue tripping down stairs. " Why not, aunt Eloise ? I think the tires.s i. very neat.,, Mr. Bryant looked op from his evening paper at the :lender figure in white, float ing. mmlin, w.th white roses hanging in aintmg the hint Mack roils that touched her slinteder?. "I think t.o too," lie snid "Si till' non , vilsu !" ily exc'nitu• (:,1 B-yntit's I) tit ry rose in - her hair !- lon t i,unll havo NVOIII pillk rntin rind glialiiolll/,." ,` I shall wear 110 11101 T Siikg :111(1 jeWek, Milts," Said the little lady, very, 410eidefily. Now, Richard," Faitl ton, turtling to her brother," are on qu iet, to allow this? She will set, hall .New York talkiagr she lideases," stid lite:alert:haw, quietlY, !and' Ilaude gave him a bright, .grateful glance as she flut tered away like Filow White Bird. The next morning a small trial:1111:1r casket uf amethyst velvet lay beside Mantle's plate at the breakfast tal,re. She took it, tip with an inquiring louk at her fat her. " Yenr birth-day, my child," he said, simply. - She opened the casket witli a low Cg• ekilial ion delight as,her eye tell on the %chit() gleam c t a magnificent pearl neck lace. " Oh, pnpa! how splendid this is? Don't t key 10(4; like drops of frozen itioonligh.? An.l I halve ;tlt+•ays so longed for pearl:!' Mrs. Hai ringt on looked on co:Nil:lei:ni -1 r. "They will be the very thinz to vicar to ni_ht with cur white p•ilk dress." "31y white dress!" Mande paused abruptly, while a deep crimson blush stole over her fair forehead. She rose and crept softly around to her father's side. "Papa, I am very flinch obliged to you ---but--but I had rather not take the pearl," ° Not take them, Mande?" " Ne, papa—you remember , my resolu tion." `• Mamie!' exclaimer] aunt Eloise,"you gill tu.ver be so absurd as to refuse that tienti rtec'ace that, a royal prineesA might, b e p r (111,1 to wear, just., because of an idle whim!" "It is not mint Eloise." And no nrnot , nt of coaxin7, or bantor ing could, induce Maud Bryant to take the rub+. " Give mo a bml from the zeeserrato• ry, or a bit (T. a look, such as I used to have wheh I wnsa wets tiling, anti Phi val , 110 it 14, your Sake, nks; Ippg as Llive, bat, I cannot take pearls. St po mierchant with a enriaqs mols• lure in -,his eyes nave her a, kiss, and told her:" m wonldhavo•to o." And As weeks nod months passed on ; anA.N.4o6;.snrronn(led by temptations on every t44e, , tbOnOt or Charley . May, ; and resisted thorn , " Maude," said the old man, suddenly, Ono day,l" when did yOn last bear - from young niy?" • "Last bear from, patia? Never since the day he went away." "Do you mean to tell me that you do -not correspond with him ?" "No, papa; yon told Inc not to, and have obeyed you." " Andliaa tie never written ?" " Never, sir." • " rinil most probably he has firgotten you." " No, papa—l know heihas not forgot ten me." " Yon'ro n carious girl, Maude," slid her lather, caressingly stroking down the bright black curls. "Never mind, pet— when your yonr4of calico is over I'il give you a present that shall please you pass ing well." "I don't %rant tiny present, papa," said llaud wistfully looking up into his face. "Oh, pupa, there is only one thing in the world that I do want." • " And that you know very well you can't. have," said the merchant, sternly. And so the collovy terminated. "Oh, aunt E oise, what. a magnificent silk! real mold color, isn't it I " Yea, I think it is rather handsome," said Mrs. Harrington, complacently. "I ordered it imported myself. See,it shines like a sheet olgoid in the gaslight." " Who is it for ?" " You, to be sure, child—for Oriana Sykes' wedding reception." Maude shook her head demurely. " Why, Maude, what will you wear? You must have a new silk." Maude caught her father's eye fixed earnestly tipon her. In an instant her nii,n was taken. "I shall wear calico, aunt E'oise." " Calico ! to Mrs. Sykes' wedding re cep: ion?" " Why not, annf?" "You dare not, thus defy society." " Dare I not ?.' That was all Mande said. The year of ordeal was up that night, and she had stood bravely to her colors. Mr. Bryant did not often attend par ties, b u t he went to Mrs. Sykes' that eve ning without his daughter's knowledge, and stood leaning against a door casing, watching the brilliant devotees of fashion as they entered in glittering,perfumed throngs—watching them with au anxious t , yo. Would Maude waver now ? Was her wi I no stronger than that of five hund red other women ? Presently she came, as lovely as eve, the throng parting on either side, as she advanced up the room at the side of her portly, vexed•looking aunt llarrington. Whet was the murmur that reached his CArn? Pik calico calico Impossible!— Miss Bryant wear calico, inde-d! Glace, more or moire antique I Actually ( . : ,h e ,,? What a strange whim! But Mamie Bryant looks lovely in anything!" Lovely—she did look lovely in.the soft f o ld s of the F t en e h calico, with her sweet eye fUll of light, and her cheek glowing with soft scariel. Mr. Bryant drew a long sigh of, reiief, and then ordered his carriage lbr home. _ It, was late when,Matide returned, but nevertheless she took a peep into the li brary to see if ber father were still up. " Papa r'' "Cottle in, Maude. Do you know,pet; your year of probation is up to.night ? " "I 'hat call it probation, sir." " Perhaps not. Well, do you remem ber my promising, you a present if you ad hered to VOlir odd notions?". Yes, papa ; but I told you I did not want a present." " y„ii . , l find it in tlio drawing-room, child." "1 won't take it, papa." " yon. Suppose you just taken look at Ail Maiolc went slowly up stairs, o b,,iwnt, iu her f a ther':: gesture. " I wiD not tike ii,.whatever it is,"she thought as she opened the door, "for —my goodness! Charley May!' " 31:nide—my own true love!" And Charley's bright brown eyes were looking into hers—Charley's chestnut moustache was close against her cheek. " NV hat do you think about taking my present now, Miss Mande?''- demanded :\fr. Bryan!, rubbing. his hands gleefully. "I've sent all the way to Chicago for it, and I think yon scent rather pleased with it than otherwise. I tell you what, Char. ley May, you tnly imagine you have been working hard for my daughter all these months, but. she has not been idle. Maude has well earned the happiness of this hour." And Mr. Bryant went down stairs to exp!ain it all to mint Eloise, who was highly mystified as to thestate of affairs. This was the solution of the enigma that FO puzzled the fashionable world a few days subsequently,. when they rend in the papers that - Maude , Bryant, had mar ried no_noke distinguished Orion •than Charley May. Tho following.iton npponrs in a Dublin newspaper: laullarY , ; 7 th at Mayo ) County, gig:W:ll,l4 aged t 2 years,-. a.;strventr: in; tlto faniily „Niilfortlonnuo 17,57; January 5, Mrs. Elizabeth Coleraine, Antrim County, aged 107." 1 ycmumiE xX.M--$00.14tf:04:: It had_ptea96l. God to f011tP051,F4,11-',.e A thing of idiot tuitik Yet to the poor nineeas'pink bo God hath not been nnkind.:' Old - Sarah loved bar helplese4ild, Whom _helplessness made - dear," And life was everything kith Who knew no hope nor fear. She knew hie wants, she understood Rich half artielate'Oallt For he was everything to her, and she to him was all. And so for many a year tbey lived,. Nor knew a w6h bOside, But nge at•lerigth on Sarib Came, And Ake fell inelcand died. -, • Re. tried -. in rain to waken he;,_ . He called her o'er arid o'er • They to'd him she was dead—the wards' To him no import bore. • .- -. . They closed her, eyes and abrond,ed her, While he stood wond'ring bp , . And .when they bore her to the grave Ile fulloived silently. They laid her in tho narrow Louse, And sung the funeral stave; And when the mournful train dispersed, lie loitered by the grave. The rabble boys thatosed to jeer .. When•er they saw poor Ned, • Now stood and.watehed-hini at thi3 graie, And not a word was said. They came and went,and came again, And night at last drew on; Yet still he lingered at the place Till every one had gone. And when be found himself alone. He quick removed the clay, And raised the coffin -in his axing; And bore it swift. away. .• Straight went he tolls motlaer's cot, And laid it On the'floor ; And with the eagerness of joy Liabarred the cottage door. At-once he placed his mother's corpso • Upright in her chair, And then he heaped the hearth and blew The kindling fire with care. She now was in her wonted chair, It was her wonted place, And bright the fire blazed aid flashed, Reflected from her face.• Then bending down he'd feel her hands, Anon her face behold, by,, mother, do you look so pale— • Aud why are you so cold? And when the neighbors on next morn Had forced the cottage door, . Old Sarah's corpse was in'teechair, And Ned's was on the door, • It had pleased:God from this poor boye , His oaLy flood to call; Yet Glid was not unkind to him. • 1: . . For death restored him all I L . When the Constitutional .airtenatnent' Was adopted by the last Cong ress it was given out, by the radical lead ers, and re iterated-time and again during the last campaign, that the amendment should bo a final settlement, of the difficulties -be tween the North and South; but no soon er were the elections over than it was re , : padiated by the very men who were in— strutnental in its passage; and Massachu setts refuses to ratify the amendment. On the. reassembling of Congress, in. Daeember, new schemes of reconstruction were brought forward by the radical lea ders in congress, regardless of their pledge to abide by the constitutional amendment. After three months more of agitation, the Sherman military bill was forced through Congress over the Presi dent's veto, as.tho new radical plan of re construction. This, it was said, would be. a finality:on the - subject. This measure is so harsh and exacting in its provisions, that it was thought by all that the malip nails vindictive, Puritanic fanaticism! which now holds away in Congress would seared)? dare to • go farther, But again the people -were mistaken. ,Proper sitions have already. been :introduced both houses of the fortieth, Congress, inl% ' posing stil further conditionsupor,- the. South, and making the tyranny-whin)) they are attempting to estnbitsb over: thet:seo4 t ion still more galling and despotic.; Flo* long ?.' Oh how long,will - the"Ainericari people patiently submit to these.usurpso lions which, ifeoptinueti,,wili! :most sun. redly result, in the lotal ,nfibrersion.of re 4, publican goy . errpmoot inlhis Country —A wnly) . ol"named Weiss, 'attired' her sel f ntio's 'tipparel, in .14inuniric;' New .Terser, ' a i d"thrash 1,1 Mrs. Miller, ipne liusband; nlong,nmi, ditinoVering ing a tvoinno, ieterf4ired aesieve.lle!wlfe a 81)60. yhtlipirik befer.b, bo p , aeirerd. wbo %Neves': • • _ . Indians on Abe pleinelive , ,tiOf over 3,000 white scalps this 1101/011. , •=st '`VS. A "f 4111 : 11 . 0 2 'sa -tat ZIP3r. inlatail 'itoriEir.l3ollTVET:, Cryingfor Mori.
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