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HEAD THIS!
A True Statement of "the Issue.
A STRONG AND ELOQUENT SPEECH.
Published by Theodore
A great Union Prayer Meeting for the Claiming Slavery to bo a positive good,
tsountry was held by the people of Raciuo, jt became of necessity, aggressive. It
WUcoiwin, and its vicimty, in tho FiM demauded a reversal of the teachings of
BaptiM Church on Sunday. weei: at which tho Southern pulpits, and they were re
tbe Hon. J amcs II.. Doohttle, U. S. Sena- verscf. It demanded a reversal of tho
tor from thai State, spoke as follows : i teachings of their public schools, and it
Friends, Neighbors and Lellow- , wa3 dono. A reversal of the doctrines
Citizens : The extraordinary ntatc of -ftf nr nnrj nc r,ifl nf rii;:i
our Otiovea country, is uiy ouiy apoio?y :
for responding to;,our mvitaaon to speas demand it has reversed the decisions of
upon that sul.jcct m this place and upon their Qomi:i. tbe acts an(i rcsolutiona of
this, holy Sabtatb day. We arc m the tho Legislative bodies. It admits of no
i.esiuning of a new crisis m Amencan ! other opinion. It reigns supreso, des
nffairs a great criMs, the end of which poti!3 on.j intolerant as the Spanish In
God only kr.ows. We f-tan-l in the pres- , qui5ition jn thc needing States, and con
enco of great events. We are, indeed, . troU tho ea.jing politicians in all tbe
enacting a hintory; and for all tiaie. 'slave State?.
We are about to nettle the great problem j Not contont( however, with controlling
of man's capacity for seit-government, and gtato acioIlt aml aj, dopjegfj it ais0 de.
settlo it forever. It is not iherctoro a ! mamlecl thc control of everv denartment
party qucion, at all, upon which i speak j of tho peral Government," of Congress,
to-day. It lies dcepi r, lar deeper. Itisof the President and of tho Supreme
no let-s than whether the Union and the ,Court It deiIianit.Li 0f Congress the re
Contitution can be maintained; whether peal of thQ j3is30Ur Comprotui.se, and it
wo now have, or have ever bad a govern- waa rt.pe8ie(j. It demanded tho invasion
mcnt, under which any man should de- d subjugation of Kansas by firo thous
ire to live, or (or which he should dare ind men in arES( aDd j, wa3 done It
to die; whether the will of the people eon-1 demanded the enforcement of tbo bloody
fititutionaliy expressed AuAl rule; in short, , Ruffiar! Code and it wa3 enforced. It de
whetber .Prc-iocnts shall be clen byimHnded the ada)i.s0D of Kan-as under
thc peaceful ballot, or be forced upon us , tho Lecompton Constitution, though it
by the bloody bayonet. I carue C0P(.red aj over witu fraud aud per.
That's the question; and, upon that, ljjQrjf andj ag oll tbe word kno VQted
rejoice to say, i-consia ,j,cacs butoneldowrj bv clEOjJt ton thousand majority.
voice to day. From town and hamlet ,, ! In thatj bowevor, for the Srst time, it fail
from native and foreign born, from oid jed. andt thank Godf Kansas Is free. It
anu young. :rom ivt-puoiioan sua emo-
crat, there cotnes bat one re-ponse, ''The
Constitution and thc Union must be main
taincd : Liberty and Union pball
Lie One
and ineparablc, now and forever; what
ever stands in thc way of their preserva
tion, by
pieces.'"
God's help, wc will trampie iuirl5ji holder bj tb5s decision, it demanded
Before such an istue, all mere j r,lpnn,)n,f;Rn nf the nommnnt w.if.
party iseuefl sink out of sight. Mere po
litical ties arc sundered like flas at the
touch of 6re. Henceforth there can be
but one is'ue, for or against the Consti
tution, and upon that there can be no
neutrality. He that is not for them is a
gaiust them.
Without trespasHug, certainly without
intending to trespass upon the feelings of
any one, l may uc pcraixtea 10 say.wnai
ail must now concede, that for core thsn
two-thirds of the last year of Buchanan's ;
Administraf.on, vascilbition and lmbecili- j
tv, to use no harsher term, presided at!
the White House. Iraitors sat in
Cabinet Council, ave, traitor, com
pared with whom Burr and Arnold weru!
patriots aud saints. Treason, open mouth-1
ed. defi-mt and unrebuked, stalked thc
Mrccts of the Federal Capital; infested scjze( QU,. forts an(i nrt!erJal, robbed our
every Department; aud at times in lan- J trcasurj jnU!ted end fired upon our flag,
guage not uusuited to Pandemonium, I andt t0 croKn tbe who!e catal0gue of their
belched out its insolent ravings in both 'criuies, they have inaugurated war against
Houses ofCongress. Our forts and ar- j the Government, and tfareateus to advanco
oenals were left unprotected, m utter dis- j upon aQ(1 sc5ze thc Federal Capital itself,
regard of the prophetic warnings and ear-j Great Qod Almighty 1 shall just ven
ncst remonstrance of Gen. Scott. Large , ccanc0 uIccd forever! That point, be-
quantities oi arms ana ammunuion were
ent south, ou purpose to bo seized by the
rebels. The army was posted beyond
reach; tbo army in Texas placed in com
fP -.1 1
band of a traitor; every ship of war rca
dy for service, except thc Brooklyn, was
sent to distant seas; and even the gallant
Anderson, when pent up in Fort Suter,
was held powerless while traitors were
binding him fas-t, and with thc arms fcto-
len from the gorernment, girding him all
around with batteries to destroy him.
That compelled him to evacuate.
0, my fclloA-citizens, no language can'a 0f our fathers; for the light aud
give utterance to mosc emotions wuica
swell every true American bcart at tbo ,
evacuation oi mac iortress; at rue laKing
down of the Stars and Stripes which floa-!
ted over it, anu euuermg it to go into inojag Go on, then, young men, not a day,
possession of traitors. But, great as is j not an boQr 8boold bc i0ht: fill up the mus
that calamity, it has done a still greater jter ron 0f y0Ur company, ready to make
good. It has opened, at last, to thc eyes i a part 0f tbo Qrflt regimeut from Wiscon
and brought borne to tho hearts of the ibjat One of my sons, old enough to bear
American people, of all parties, in all its ! arc3flj ;8 ready and eager to join you; I
length and breadth and depth, tho dam-gay to jjj, iAs your country calls you,
ning Calhoun treason, which for years, J roy g0Qj fi0( vvith God's blessing upon you,
has been plotting tho overthrow of the ' wjtb str0ng arm and stout heart, fly to
best Government upon earth, and with it jtsstaudard, resolved on victory or death."
tbe last hope of Constitutional Liberty!
for mankind. j Robert Tyler has resigned his office as
Let us not deceive ourselves. rbis q g Oourt and
thing is not tbe growth of a day or a year; left philadeirbia. The whole Tyler
H is tho studied and perMstent work of traitQTSt jame8 Ross Snowdcn
ii J . j i i r i
all disguises, and declare for more than
thirty years they have been steadily at)
this work. Tbe tariff was its pretext in
1830. Then, thank God, there was o
Jnan at the helm. Gen. Jackson was;
j . n- :
induetimearerimeutiuCastlePickney.
Though quelled by bim then, it was only
time. He saw, with a prophets eye, that
t would still livo. "Its pretext, then,";
eaid be, "was the tariff question; its next
pretext will be thc Slavery question." ,
Calhoun found that he could never u-
'n'te outb fr Disunion upon tho tar-
,
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' lies the Southern revolution which wo now
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j Witness, end WblCb threaten to rend and
j destroy everything in its way, even the
Government itself. That new idea is
j t filnrerv is tho cnmmnn lin nf flirt
luat 3QerJ ,s 100 COCimon law 01 the
Constitution the netural and best rela-
uu U1 Y'T11 .r -lJ 'l'u, . ? sn.IU
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uuu auuiu uujij iui iiuc iiiaiituttuus in
the world.
This Calhounism, entering into and
taking possession of his followers, inspir-
n, Annn Tl , u
demanded thc Drd Scott decision rever-
!in all the decisions of the Supreme
i Court, and of cverv State Court. North
nrwl .Qrwifti o A rC n r rk w t A rlmlnicl-tillnn
from Washington -to Polk, and that de
cision was made. Last Winter, madfi
a new Constitution by thc express provis
ions of which this Calhoun idea should
be ador-ted, and tbe institution of Human
Slavery spread all over tbe free territories i
of iucxico and Central America, just fasta I
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as we should acquire them. And what
was more insolent than all else it de
clared that if even this last demand were
granted to save the Union, there was to
be D0 Union aft(?r aj. for :t woud st5Ij
fcpurn with ccrjtc2)T,t tbe idea that the
Constitution gives to the Federal Goveru-
.erjt anv power to enforce its laws in
rodinf Slate
ny
But all these acts aud upurpations
the natural precursors of what we no.w
ree belonging to the past. They are
uow swalled up in the fact that, with arms
in their hands, these conrirstors havo
'y0uud wb,cb forbearance ceases to be a
a vjrtue bas keen reached aud passed
lan toQ ion- a0, alreadv. T WOald be
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as forbearing as any. 1 havo hoped and
prayed that This dreadful cup might pass;
but jr jt must bo drUDk, God's will bo
donc. I WOuld hope and pray and labor
1 jij for a pCaCeful solution of' this great
National trouble, but if blood must flow,
;if jt bo xiis will that we must 'trcad thc
v jce press 0f tbc ficrccnPSS 0f His wrath"
bcfore we reach tbe end, be it sol
yG 6t3nd for the Union and thc Con-
ory 0f nations. We stand for Uousti- j
tutional nbertJ and cqual justice to all
mankind. In such a struggle, if true to
oarselves, God tho Almighty must be with
tribo are traitors,
takes his place,
r
A orugty old bachelor says, tbo talk of
women ;a usuaJy about tbe men. Even
tber )augb ia but "be 1 he I"
t-l:.- .! . t. " -r u Q..Unrn
leaders may yet turn out to be high stnmg
gentlemen.
Bellefonte, tho home of Gov. 'Curtin,
sends three hundred men to defend the
Uniou-with a few more in readiness for
his next call.
CAPTURING 'THE CAPITAL.
! .among tno oauSCS OJ apprehension for
the safety of Washington which esitcd
threo weeks ago. the knowledge that that
,te hnH nnM hnnn
"V "v-u "uruuu wuu "tu
was ntiiffi a nrnniinnnr. nnn
Not forti
'
injy
then, no defenses had been subse
quently provided to protect it now. Fif
ty years ago, it was assailed by foreign
enemies, but communities of friends sur
rounded it. Now, these neighboring
communities were either openly hostile or
were secretly plotting for its destruction.
lhosc upon whom full rolianee was to be
t
Placed or its defense were in the
North.
not armed nor ready to move for its pro
tection, while even its own citizens were
considered disloyal to tho Government.
Bodies of then were known to be organ
ized to aid in banding it over to the re
bel loaders whenever they came up to tho
attack, and the foul residuum of u trai
torous Administration occupied a thou
sand positions in the public oSeoa, in o
pen league with the robcilon, givin to it
all thc aid and comfort which their ofi
cial employments so fully qualified tbem
to afford. High offioors in both army
and navy were known to bo unfaithful,
and were constantly resigning, inos't of
tbem uniting with the public enemy, and
communicating every fact within their
knowledge likely to render the Capital
an easy conquest. The full extent of
this treachery was not kuown a month i
ago; but, as the places left vacant by the
traitors havo been Gllcd by honest men,
its pervading magnitude is rnado appa
rent. It is one ot-tho most shocking rev
elations of crime tho world baa ever seen.
Thus known to bo occupied and surroun
ded by public enemies as was Washing
ton a few dayB ago, while rebel armies
were gathoring in remoter States for its
attack, the public apprehension was in
tensified hv the rerapmbrannn nf ira fnr-
mer humiliation. If it foil so easily bo- defense of Washington, not a regular ?ol
fore the presence of a handful of enemies, 3ier thoro, not a fortress, not a breast
what hoDe could there bo for it when wrk cf any kind within twelve miles.
thousands of fuch were within its gates, 1 All Virginia and Maryland were power
aiding and abettiug other thousands at lcss to savo lt from capture by a mere
its very threshold? Though the danger handful of men. Thc result of this accu
ha now disappeared, yet It will be in- inulated imbecility was thc loss of the na
atruotive to revive the story of the first , tional capital.
hutailiating overthrow of Washington. Ifc is for tho purpose of repeating this
In August, ISM, a British fleet of "avoc of a foreign enemy, only on a lar-
twenty ships, commanded by Admirals '
Cochrane and Cockburn. with about 4,-
500 troop?, under oommand of General
Boss, appeared in the Chesapeake. On
the 21st they landed, without opposition,
at Benedict, on the Patuxent. They had
no cavalry, and but few cannon. They
; marched slowly toward Bladensburg, the
I weather being extremely hot. The in
habitants fled from their villages and
farms without firing a
and the most
exaggerated talcs of the strength of the
- e? , , , ,. ,
invaders gained currency and belief,
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Some of the militia showed themselves
: occasionally a3 they advanced but aban
j doned their positions as tbey came near
them. Washington, was thc center of a
regular military district, and 16,000 men,
mostly from the adjoining Slavo States,
had ocen placed at the disposal of Gcner-
al Winder for its defense But of this
supposed army not one half appeared in
the field, though tho artillery numbered
twenty-four pieces. These men arc de
scribed as being raw and untried none
having ever been in action tho whole
having been hastily collected, when it
was ascertained that a British fleet was
however on tbe coast. The Administra
tion had grossly neglected all warnings
to protect a Capital which they knew to
be defenseless, and had provided little
else than a flotilla of gunboats, under the
commaud of Commodore Barnoy. Of
tbcae, Barney was compelled to destroy
,a Port5oD and cscapo with his sailors,
wnUe tDo rcmainmg vessels tell into the
nnumn'o tinnrta Wnar huH HmiHlnii thn
"J t i
of tbe. ?rlt,sb. aud Wlnder abou-
doned one position after another as they i All sorts of remarks are made some pa
advanced, until ho finally halted at Bla- triotio, some sorrowful, some amusing.
densburg. Here Boss attacked him, at j Ono young girl, much alarmed at the i
noonday on tbo 2JJd, though his men j dca of her male friends being called upon
were exhausted by a long nsaroh under ' to go to war, and perhaps to bo killed in
the sun. The action lasted four hours, ! tho conflict, exclaimed, with tears in her
during which thc British suffered sovere- eyes. "Bow very dreadful it ivoidd be to
verely from Winder.s riflemen, but more
specially from the artillery worked by
"aucjr j
cr company aone duc nan no oxeouiiou
'that these sailors did, the British would
have been defeated. Many of them were
bayoneted at their gun3, the militia gave
way, and Winder ordered a retreat.
Barney continued to fight on, and gave
up only when wounded and made prison
er, losing ten of his guns. Tbo British
made no pursuit. They wore so over
come with tbo excessive heat that they
threw themselves exhausted on tho
ground, where tbey rested until the cool
of the evening, before resuming their
march to Washington.
Thus ignomiuiously closed the batto of
Bladensburg. Winder fell back on
Washington. He next retired within tho
city, then withdrew from tbo Capital it
self, thus retreating seven times m ono
, - - - a - - - - n
dav. As he entered Georgetown, his
j
men were a mere mob. All discipline
bad vanished. Many of tbem fled to
their homes in Virginia, and the army
had ceased to be. When the British on-
terea the city nest morning, mere were
. . . . i
none to oppose them. But slaves and
ruffians had already been active in plan-
denng it. The British, who did not
coutemplatc a permanent occupancy,
were willing to ransom the city and re-
tire. A flag bearing suob a proposal
was on its way to tbe American, Gen.
T t r t .... I
when they were fired on from the win -
-uoss oeing oi tno party which tore it,
uows ot a houso, and ivoss s horso was Law, as it finally passed the Legi.-laturo ba!l be construed to apply to all judg
kiilcd. The houso was quickly entered the night before their adjournment: -rncnts in which a sale by judicial process
by the exasperated enemy, its inmates : An Act rdatins to Judgments and Ezc- ba3 uot becn actually raadi?.
put to mo swora, ana the nuilaing burn
ed. This event banished all disposition
to propose a ransom, and tho work of de
vastation began. Tho Capitol, with tho
Congressional library and many public
documents, perished by fire. Tho Presi
dent's House, with tho Treasury and
State" Department?, shared the same fato.
Tbo Navy-Yard, a new frigate just ready
for launching, a sloop-of-war, schoohers,
bargera, gunboats, and a vast quantity of
scores, machinery, and buildings belong
ing to tho Govornmcnt, were also burned. ;
Great numbers of cannon were destroyed
and thrown into the river. Alexandria
was spared at a high ransom. Tho Pros
ident and hia Cabinet escaped capture by
a precipitate flisht, and nest day the ,
British retired unmolested to their ships,
loaded with booty.
This unexpected e7cnt oocasioned a na
tional panio. It was evident that Balti
more would fall next. Tho alarm there
was indescribable Thousands fled from
it, and a run upon tho banks brought on
a suspension of specio payments, which
caused all the other banks south of New-
England to suspend. Even Philadelphia
becamo alarmed for her safety, and es
tablished camps and threw up fortifica
tions in her vicinity. Coin of all kinds,
even coppers, disappeared from circula
tion, and the currency becamo exclusive
ly a paper one of the vilest and most ir
responsible character. The poverty of
tho national resources was deplorable,
and widely different from what they are
at present. There wcro no rifles, nor e
ven enough flints. Our gunpowder was
greatly inferior to the English. There
I wai not then a cannon mounted for the
ouuiu
nrn n H rv I linn liiH mfnnl.H fr nUnnl
ern
rebellion had intended to attaok
AY
ishiniiton. If successful, they meant
to lay it in ashes, as they knew they
could not hold it. A month ago, it may
have been in danger, but it is impregna
blo now. The enemy within its vitals
has been banished, and though Ma?yland
and Virginia be filled with armed rebels,
yet the Government has power for tho
tremendous emergency. This second at
tempt on Washington should so warm the
country as to make it determined that- it
shall be the last. Tho National Capital
should bo fortified against all foes.
Axe-ident and In-cident.
Nehemiah had a careless habit, while
talking, of tapping everything near him
with whatever he bad in his hand.
Nehemiab, returning, hatchet in hand
from, chopping, called upon neighbor
Jones. I course of conversation he un
lucky chipped a fine table of tho farm
er's. ' ,
See there, you careless lubber," os
claimcd tho farmer, "see what a large
dent you have made in my furniture."
"Yes," meekly answered Nehemiah,
who was something of a wag, "but that
was an Ase-ident.,:
"Very likely," cried tho enraged farm
or, burying bis fist in the offender's phiz,
'and that's an Incidont."
War Talk.
TheVar which is upon us is the groat
topic of couvcrsotion in tho streets, tho
public places, and tho family firesid.
live tvithoul men!"
A Bank Bill
"You call that good, don't you?" said
Mr. Funshaww, offering a 85 noto on a
Providence bank at the bar of ono of our
tela.
"Oh, yes!" replied tho attondant, "it's
good, undoubtedly, but, like Deacon
Cronston's piety when he gets swearing
mad, it is not immediately available!"
firA good story is told, and it is truo,
of a Virginia emigrant, who stopped" ct
Williards a few days ago. There was
considerable doubt in the minds of many
whether tbo man was really what ho rep
resented himself to be, or a spy. He
told eeveral persons who wero standing a
round him that he was so well known in
Virginia a a Union man that SfiOO was
offered for his head. "Why don't you go
back and claim tho reward," asked a wa
who was present. "I would," was tho re-
in CrfnA mrntn " Tt trflQ Yifinrii-
mously agrcod', after this reply, that tho
man's loyalty was abovo suspicion. Cor.
of Post.
Tho growing crops aro in a very flour
iahing condition in all parts of tbc.cdun
try except the fruit crop, which has been
considerably damaged by late frosts.
Stay.
j Ths following is a cony of Cho Stay
ccutions.
Tlis Stay .Law.
Section 1-Be it enacted by the Sen- An unreported Incident of the Secession
ate and House of Representatives of thel 4. , gramme.
thc Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, io A well-knoffD merchant of this city,
General Assembly met, and it is hereby who 1723 lu Ncw Orleans on tho day Lou
enacted by thc authority of the same, an paed tbe secession ordinance, and
That upon all judgments now remaining wlo witucs-ed the illumination in honorof
unsatisfied, or which may be obtained tbattreaaonablo act.haa related to ui, with
within six months from jho passage 0f! "request that wo would suppress names,
this act, or upon which a sale of real cs- i tLe ol!olRg racJ incident, which alike il
tate has not yet been confirmed, there I ludtrate!i tbe traditionary -when a woman
shall be a stay of execution for one year!won't she wonV' characteristic of the
from tho passage hereof, as regards judr. scx. and tho fact that the Union peo
mcnts now existing, and from their dato ' I'lc of tbe So'-tb ba7e at this time 00
as" regards judgments obtained within six: vo,cc ,D tho newspaper reports of the dis
months after tbe date hereof; Provided, un!0n scn. It ho happened, that on
That tho defendant is possessed - of real thc daJ of the illumination the captain of
estate within tho resncntivn -o.intw or : a Mississippi steamboat and his lady were
i counties in which such judgments shall
have been obtained, or in any other coun -
ty within the Commonwealth to which the
said judgment shall have beeu transfer- j
red, nabject to be sold for tho payment'
nf "niJ, : i
any Court, or Judge in vacation, iustice
or alderman harm inri.xdinfinn nf Kr.h!raDU ga, Dlgut- 1 ne UAaries was
judgments, at a fair valuation, a eum effi
cient to pay or satisfy the same over and
above ether incumbrances, and tho amount
exempted from levy and sale on execution ,
or said defendant shall nivn Kr-mniiv fnr
tho navment of thc same, to bo annroved
by the court or a Judge thereof, in vaca
tion, or the Justice or Alderman before
whom the same was obtained or may bo
depending, '.vithin 60 days foo the date
of the judgment or from the passage of
this act, which security shall consist of!
one or coro persons, who shall satisfy
the court, Judge or Justice, by oath or
affirmation, and such other evidences as
may bo required, that thoy are the bona
fide owners of real or personal estate
within the county where such judgment
bas beerreutercd, worth, at a fair valua
tion., doubio the amount of such judg
ment, over and abovo all other debts aud
incumbrances, to which security the plaiu
tiffs, may file exceptions, as now provided
by law, and that in all actions now pend
ing or instituted within twelvemonths af
tor the passage of this act, in any of thc
courts of this Commonwealth, on notes,
bills, bonds, or other instruments, for
tbc payment of money, or for the recov
ery of book debts, wherein tho defendant
or defendants, at any stage of the pro
ceedings, before actual sale by thc Sher
iffs, shall havo filed an affidavit setting
forth that the majority of hi, or their
creditors, whose demands exceed two
thirds of his or their entire indebtedness,
have agreed in writing, to extend tho time
of payment of tho debts duo them respec
tively, the Court shall direot the Pro
thonotary to report tbo terms of the
said extension upon ovideuce submitted
to him by thc defendant or defendants,
and thereupon the Court shall enter an
order in tbe cause that no execution shall
issuo except at tbo periods when and in
the proportions which it shall appear
by. tho report of the Prothonotary that
the majority cf tbe creditors of the de
fondant or defendants, whoso demands
exceed two-tbirds of his or their indebt
edness, havo agreed, as aforesaid, to ex
tend thc tirao of payment of tho dobts
duc them respcctivelv; and Provided,
further, that the provisions of this act
shall extend to judgements entered, or to
ebentercd, as well upon bond and war
rant of attorney, as upon mortgages, to
secure the same, and to any subsequent
grautoo or owner of tho premises so
bound aa well as to tho original obligor
or mortgagor, and 'also to all judgments
or debts upon which stay of execution
has been, or may bo waived by the debt
or, in any original obligation or contract
upon which such judgment bas been or
may hereafter be obtained, or by any
stipulation entered into at any time sep
arate from said obligation or contract;
And, Provided, That nothing iii- "this act
contained shall bc construed to stay any
execution that may bo issued after tho
expiration of sixty days from the passage
of this act for the purpose of collecting
interest duo or to become duo upon any
judgment for any sum uot less than five
hundred dollars heretofore obtained, but
no such execution shall bc issued for less
than six months' arrearages of interest
provided, That th act shall not apply solP
as to stay tho collection of interest on
ad
judgments, interest for thc security for
tho payment of money to widow, or
phans or minors; And, Provided, further,
That this act shall not apply to any judg
ment obtained for the wages of labor, or
to debts contracted after thc passage of
this act, but shall apply to all corpora
tions whether defendants or
collaterals.
Sec. 2. That in all cases in which a
defeudant shall bc entitled to o ttay of
execution, under the provisions of tbi's
nc jind j.uau neglect or refuse to claim
the beucfit thereof, any mortgagee of the
premises levied upon, or other lieu oredi-
tor whose estate therein woulc
uuuuuuieu,
.hail havo '
l ri T-itti t !t n rl nfnnrl n n t rn nlnim i
gucb 8tay of execution
Seo. o. That upon Bll judgments here
tofor entered, or which may hereafter bo
entered upon conditional verdietf.stipula
tiouB, or warrants of attorney, iu action
of ejectment, a like stay of execution
shall be had unon the same terms and
conditions pro.ided in tbe Cr.-t section of
this act.
Sec. 4. That tho proviaions of this act
stoPPiDS at t!'e St- Charles, and occupied
' a iiUUl IUUUJ uu luu luiru uoor iuejun
Uoor of chambers exactly in tho centre
ot the hotel. The Captain was a Union
man, and as the eequal will show so
c. Was
his wife All thc city wa3 agitated
curing tho
afternoon in prospect of tho
j t0 be ijlnaiuatcd, of course Accordingly
joa4B umti uunaS lU0 asrDon a ervanc
' bDOcked at tbc door of tho captain's room,
i J."?" a11 the necessary trappings for
i hGLtlug UP tbe chamber windows. Mrs.
i" --opened the door, when thc follow
ing dialogue ensued:
Lady What haveycu got there!
Servant Candle?, missus, to light your
window for do 'lumination.
L. Well, you can return them to
win re you Irought them from, as I shall
not allow them in this room.
S. (Not to be foiled so easily, resum
ed,) Oh, but massa told me to put up do
"lights and so I's got to put 'cm up.
L. Can't help that; this is my room,
and I shan't allow the wicdows to be illu
minated for what I am opposed to ; so
that ends it.
This closed the first act. The servant
reported to the proprietors, who immedi
ately proceeded to the lady's room with
a view of convincing her of the import
ance of permitting the servant to mako
ready for thegrand ovening light-up. Said
they, "This room ia tho most central in
the entire front, and not to illuminate it
will be to mar seriously the effect of the
whole;" to which the la Jy replied :
"I am sorry, gentlemen to cause you
any inoonvenicnee, but I believe this room
for the time being, is oura by right, and
I moat positively decline, in any, to add
eclat to a great outrage, as I conceive tho
whole disunion movement to bc. My
husband (who was out at the time) is a
Union man, and I am a Union woman,
and this room cannot be illuminated."
A few more words wcro exchanged, which
ended by the lady politely requesting tbe
proprietors to leave the roocs. Deter
mined not to be outdone in a matter of
such grave importance, tho Captain was
next found and appealed to. He heard
their ease: said bis wife had reported him
correctly on the Union question; neverthe
less, he would go with them to the room
and see if tho matter could not be amica
bly arranged. Scene third endued. The
Captain'9 disposition to yield was not
to be seconded by his better-half.
They next proposed to vacate tbe
best chamber in ber favor, in some
other part of tho house, if that would bo
satisfactory, but the lady's "No I" was
still aa prcremptory as ever. H6r point
was gained, and tho St. Charles was
doomed to have a dark fron. chamber.
Pleased with this triumph, Mrs.
devised the following mancevre to make
tho most of ber victory : Summoning a
ervant, she sent him out to procure for
her an American flag, which, at dusk, sho
suspended from her window. This made
the fourth act ia the play, and as the fifth
is always indispensable, it had its place
here. When evening came, tho streets,
animated by a merry throng, wore illumi
nated, but, alasl the St. Charles was dis
figured by it3 sombre chamber, when sud
denly a succession of lamps, suspended
on both sides of thc flag, revealing tho
Stars and Stripes, were lit up, and tho
ensign of tbe Union waved from the con
trc of a hotel illumined in honor of its o
verthrosp ! The effect was to cive tbe im-
prossion that ibe whole house was thus
homage to the American flag; and
hal m0it Scant, is the fact that
tho latter was greeted by tho passing
orowd with vociferous applause. So
much for the firmness of a true Union
woman. Philadelphia Press.
. 'C-
A great curse of American folly ia tho
1 foil v. or. in many ms-tancca. rather tho
u corpora-,": -" ' - . . rT
bolders 0fi crime ot appearance mamng. How ma
ny a ruined family might be well doing
and happily circumstanced but for their
folly, how many a crime would never,
have teen committed if it had not been
for this social curnc I
A Dandy boing told that he would soon
i havo to wear a wis.-os ho was getting
, . i.j. ., ,.xt i f
r.a escla,med mdignantly, "No, sirI
j"Thero is a class of rocaover ready
to pump you to any extent, if. you only
give tuem a nuuuiy.
o who. enters- upon .a . careeriof
crime must probably come to either a
a halt or halter.