THE JEFFERSOMIAM
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VOL. 26.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA.; JANUARY 23, IS63.
NO.43.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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THE UNION VOLUNTEER.
BY II. LANG FORD.
CHAPTER XVII.
. MORE TEAKS.
" Yon haTe broken my heart."
"Father!"
" My hairs are grey with sorrow, my
eyes dim and sightless oh Lollotha! "
Camillia wept. She allowed her tears
to flow freely they are as healing to
the sufferer when all hope is past, and
the trials of life darken round us : we
might write a whole volume on the word,
. Tears," and fabricate a moral into every
line. Everybody has shed tears all
know and feel their reviving power, and
a seek in their soothing outflow, a con-
namiK nm!J fc.,.ir L
; T", , , -?V
knelt upon the floor, and laid her
I head upon her father s knees: she knew
j not the 6tor7 of her own sorrow, but she
wept as lovers generally do one feel
ing, one object, and the rest of the world
is unheeded. Love and tears are com
pounded from virtue naturally, and they
are kindred in their effects they exalt,
beautify, and make happy.
She sobbed with that low, tender sound
of broken affection, and indulged in the
peace-giving swell, which, as it were,
raises the heart above its own anguish.
For a moment she lifted her soft, melan
choly eyes to the face of her father, and
faltered in sad tones of supplication :
44 Father, as you loved mother have
pity. Austin is kind and dutiful, forgive
him. The fault is mine, and you may
punish me, but mother, whom you always
loved, will be offended. In heaven she
will be sad when you have driven her
child away. Is it not noble and generous
to forgive? "
But he answered not, and in the same
strain she continued :
44 1 will love you for him, father, and
do every thing that you desire to make
you happy; so that he may return, and
be in your confidence as before. I will
heal your heart, and restore your grey
hair with my tears if you will again love
him. He is truehcarted, gentle and
kind, and too young to be away in these
cruel wars. If you have sorrow for him
I will recompense with affection; if an
ger, I will soothe it with my weeping.
If you love him I will in my gratitude
love you in return. Your looks are cold
and sorrowful, and if the parent is sad,
who shall rejoice over his children? "
And Btill he was silent. Thoughts
more worldly were now working in his
mind, and he heeded not her appeal.
Keen and bitter should be the affliction,
that could soften down his cold spirit;
and keener still, that could sink it into
sorrow and melancholy. If our hearts on
ly spoke what we felt, our world would
be quite different from what it appears,
and should lead us to more happiness in
pursuit of the one thing necessary. Her
was a being in whom Truth never found
a resting-place a man whose creed was
avarice, his occupation crime, and his
career a blot upon the high destiny of his
race. How many thousands are similar
at this very hour; and how few are there
who would not be willing to pursue the
same end? As long as the laws cannot
find us out, we are accounted honorable
and upright.
41 If he should die in the wars, father,
think of that; surely, father, you will al
low him to return, now that you have
considered. How lonely will your heart
seem then, 1 gone, too, and with my hus
band none left to keep you happy. You
are not cruel to him I know, but you are
troubled in the course he took and would
punish him; but oh! think of evil men
in battle let Austin come home again.
We shall all be happy."
And, with childlike simplicity, she
tried to soften down his resentiment, and
gain his consent. She looked fondly
into his face, the tears still shining in her
soft melancholy eyes, and her cheeks rosy
in the passionate overflow of her heart.
She knelt at his feet with that endearing
beseechfulnees with which children pray,
and she asked pardon for her brother in
tender and supplicating tones. He no
ticed her at last, and moaned rather than
spoke:
44 Other children are a blessing to their
parents, but mine are 6orrow. They
know not bow to obey, or love them;
they thiok they are wiser, and they des
pise instruction and advice; but they
shall find out that there is a bitter alter
native behind, which they must be wil
ling to accept. I loved the boy, and
formed great plans for his advancement,
but he has refused and acted for himself.
Henceforth he is none of mine you,
too, must forget him I have said it."
44 Forgive me, father, but I cannot. ' I
love him too fondly to willingly disregard
him, and caunot fulfill your desire.
Should you frown upon me, I will glad
ly suffer for his sake, and pray that you
may find out his merits as I do, Austin
js painfully sensitive when offended; gen
tie when loved, and coble when regarded
Father, I love bita.
44 Why? Is he your lover? "
Camillia's cheek reddened, and she past
her eves downward for a moment; then
raising them, as tho hectic deepened oq
1 her fair cheek' Sbe Mid' calm,J:
(t father, and J love him,
' IIe 3 mJ brother our infancies ; ended
I together, aq4 oar loves begun. bRouId
not I continue q regard bj.3 affection.
It is unchangeable."
" He is your lover." And. be probed
her heart, and his eyes read her answer
in the mantling blush, which overspread
her face and neck. She was silent, and
he continued : -
44 You are lovers then but tell me,
who told you that you were not brother
and sister?"
And the crimson passed slowly from
her cheek, and the clear paleness returned.
The thought had never struck her
It was now strange, delightful, and in
toxicating in suspense. He noticed her
'eyes dilating with wonder, and said, qui-
latlna
44 You love him, Camillia, and it is
proper that you should when were you
informed of not being brother and sister?"
44 Never : but is it so, father? why not
telV'us?"
44 You love Austin. lie needs your
affection no longer the earth is damp
and fresh over his grave. A sandy swamp
by the Rapidan is his resting-place he
idead!"
"Austin?"
44 Austin. He to whom you have given
your heart, has passed from the world
dishonorable. It is the end of traitors
he fled to our enemies and joined them
thank God he is dead 1 "
No tear, or sob, or sign of sorrow, be
trayed her emotion; no outbreak of la
mentation found vent at her lips. She
would treasure such .a sorrow, and live
upon it. Her material being was unaf
fected by the loss, and could not suffer.
Within was a fountain, whose source
would never run dry while bloom and
youth remained to nourish its exhilarat
ing supply, and inflame the spirit with
that longing for eternal bliss, which only
the just experience.
44 You loved him your brother. So
shall unholy alliances end. You dared
to foster a passion without understanding
its extent, and miserable indeed shall be
your punishment. The renegade is
dead, thank God, another blot is wiped
off the name of Cameon : but for him I
would be happy to-day my voice
would be heard among men, and my in
fluence felt everywhere. He has ruined
me, and in my shame I will rejoice in
his death."
44 Mercy ! "
44 He deserves none. His course was
dishonorable aud treacherous, he smote
his father, and was smitten."
"Father!"
14 You loved him as a lover. You
trusted him even to extremity. He is
dead now, and your eyes are dry.
Strange world ! there are vermin on the
surface, whose whole existence is pity.
Tears come down when a word is spoken
ungently; but when friends die they are
examining their last testimony to ascer
tain the amount of property bequeathed
them. You have wept nightly for many
weeks about nothing your fancied love
brother is now dead, and you drop no
tear on his memory."
Camillia shed no tear; happy for her
if she could. Her eyes burned in the
parching film that overspread her sight;
and an emotion, which no tears could dis
solve, lay icy at . her heart. Now she
could smile at grief, and force open with
a cruel hand (he stern and bitter thral
dom of her life. Evenly did her woes
meet the last poise her destiny remain
ed fixed, and as it were, her being now
passed through the valley of the Shadow
of Death.
44 Your lover is dead. How came it
that you loved him? Brothers are only
respected by their sisters, not loved.
Did he regard you with the same pas
sion?" " Ah! he loved me loved me more
than life. I see the blush now, that of
ten burned on his cheek when he whis
pered it in my ear nothing was left me
but to love him in return."
44 Your brother?"
44 My Austin."
44 Fie, child! forget him, and be sorry
for what you have done. Here, he has
returned your tokens."
The crimpled flowers, her picture, and
the letter of warning, which Austin re
ceived from some unknown friend when
he lay wounded in the old farmhouse by
the Rappahannock, and which Edgerton
appropriated to himself on the night of
the abduction. She eagerly received
them from his hand and looked upon
them; then at his face, and beheld that
his countenance had turned pale. An
acclamation was at her lips, but seeing
the visible change wrought upon him,
she restrained herself.
He watched her for some minutes,
probably awaiting some remark in order
to hurl his reproaches the more bitter:
fortunately she desisted, and, after some
delay, he found he must, break tho si
lence himself.
44 You are lovers the thought is
dreadful; leagued against your father
it's sacrilege! How can you be true to
one another, when you are falso to me.
lou have calculated on my death the
joint possession of my property, and a
guilty alliance by marriage: we shall see
how you will prosper; but oh! you shall
pass through persecution and darkness
before you realize your plans! "
Camillia was exhausted in an effort to
speak. He had risen from his 6eat, and
wag about to depart
,4 Bo prepared to wait upon Mr. Edger
ton in half au hour," he observed, and
closing tho door," he hurried from tho
chamber, leaving fcer to cherish, ber sor
row alone.
. CHAPTER XVIII.
AUSTIN 18 TO DIE.
TLc Rebvl army lay encamped by the
Rapidan, fatigued by the vigorous retreat
from Gettysburg, and disconsolate in so
trying and painful a repulse. Days pass
ed before the authorities entered upon
inquiries respecting the nature of pris
oners they had captured, or allotting any
particular mode of treatment to any as a
class. Austin, from the beginning, an
ticipated that no special investigation
would be brought to bear upon his case,
and for that reason, only troubled himself
about the one thing that lay upon his
heart the death of Gascomber. He
had been permitted to attend him on his
death-bed, and, from the conversation of
the dying man, concluded that his joy of
life was over, and that henceforth he
lived only to become a prey to his mis
fortune. Of again meeting with Costardo
he had little hope except amidst the up
roar of battle, and then only as an enemy.
A special guard had been placed over
him since their encampment, which 'shut
out all prospect of escape.' It was then
that he lamented the loss of his friend:
for he knew, that, had he lived, nothing
would be left undone to provide for his
safety. He was attended by the guard
on the third day, when the Provost Mar
shall entered with a paper in his hand,
and notified the prisoner to get ready and
appear under escort at the headquarters
of the General commanding.
Austin was marched out amidst the
hissings and reproaches of the soldiery,
and conveyed to the tent of the General.
After the usual parole the prisoner was
ushered in, and confronted the tribunal
who were to examine and decide upon his
case. General Lee presided; assisted byi
the associate commanders, Longstreet and
Ewell. The prisoner was placed forward,
and his trial commenced. He was charg
ed as being a spy that he deserted the
Union lines for the purpose of procuring
information as to the position of their en
emies; and that he killed six of the guard
while on neutral ground. Austin pleaded
44 Not Guilty," when a summary statement
of the officer who had arrested him was
given and verified by several witnesses.
The Court paused in its proceedings, 'and
General Lee, laying down his pen, inter
rogated the prisoner thus:
44 You are a native of the South."
44 1 am."
"The State?"
44 Louisiana."
44 How came you to appear in that uni
form; your"interests are ours why be
tray them? "
44 Motives free and honorable led me to
pursue tne course l did tne name ot
traitor I spurn, and give back to those
who look upon me as such. Ifladvocated
what is deemed to be wrong by my coun
trymen, the responsibility is with me.
While I am free I shall act independ
ently of other men, nor espouse an evil
cause, only because a community think
otherwise. I love my country more ar
dently than her best warriors, but I will
not partake in her desolation and ruin.
I will not sanction her rebellion."
44 You are an honorable man."
44 As Brutus was."
44 You are indicted as a spy. There
are circumstances in your case which
prove you to be so. Are you ready to
die?" .
44 1 fear it not; it was ever near me;
but your condemning me is unjust the
crime of aiding my friend and country
man in his distress is honorable. I am a
soldier no spy."
44 You murdered six men, refused cer
tain documents to the officer to examine,
I cannot see any thing honorable in your
case but what gives proof to our suspi
cions that you are a spy."
44 1 deny the crime of murder legally.
I encountered six men as a soldier, and as
a soldier I slew them."
44 But the.papers?"
44 They were, private documents. I re
fused them to be officially inspected
they contained nothing criminal."
44 You kept them?"
" I swallowed them."
44 Your letters you read, mark, learn,
and inwardly digest them."
A light smile passed over Austin's face
at the remark, and a general laugh was
heard from every one presently the ex
amination was renewed:
44 And you pretend to affirm that you
were seeking aid for the wounded, and to
relieve one man you slew six, that one
being your enemy. What is honorable
or benevolent in this instance? "
44 Every thing, personally; but which
may not be recounted here. The mattcx
was of importance to myself, and to further
it I so acted."
The Court at this juncture ordered the
prisoner to be removed, and then proceed
ed to examine the case in its separate
parts. After a short deliberation, Aus
tin was again placed forward, and again
General Lee addressed the prisoner on
the part of the tribune. He said:
44 Austin Cameon, after a careful and
protracted investigation of your case, in
which you had all the privileges of de
fence fully open to you, and in which you
were examined with partiality aTid a de
sire to be merciful; you are notwithstand
ing, found guilty of the crime brought
against you, and the penalty thereof is
death. It were needless to. enter into
any particulars respecting the nature of
your offence; it h aggravated by the very
position you hold, and the uniform you
wear. The Court has already decided
that you are to die at sunrise to-morrow.
You are to be conducted to tho parade
ground, and in the presence of the army
you are to be shot. You might have en
tered upon a more honorable career, au J
!served your country faithfully. It has
happened otherwise the Court has de
creed that you must die, and meanwhile
you may acquit yourself as authorized.
Remove the prisoner! "
Austin was hurried from the Court,
conducted "back to his solitary prison
house, to watch, with overloaded bosom,
the first glimpse of morning appear in
the far east. The hours passed slowly by,
and evening grew into midnight, but no
sigh, or sign of emotion, ever betrayed
any anxiety in his thoughts. He sat be
tween two soldiers, from whose lips no
word of commiseration came; and noth
ing was heard to break the profound still
ness, but the heavy tramp of the guard
outside, as he marched up and down.
Austin gave himself up to thought, and
reviewed his sad career from the begin
ning. WTith death now before him he-!
was indifferent to every thing; but one
form rose up Before him in all her endear
ing loveliness, and damped his resolution
to appear firm in his last moments. The
revelation of Gascomber, with regard to
her being abride, and perhaps a widow,
appalled his spirits; and for some time
he indulged in the hope that near as he
was to his end, some unforeseen circum
stance might yet hold out a prospect of
deliverance, and restore him once more to
the world and all its1 social enjoyments.
The night was wearing away one, two,
three o'clock; and the chill of morning
settled upon his weary limbs. How
many are the sighs of the captive? Is
there any music in the clink of the chain
any rest in the bonds of cold iron?
How many at this instant are mourning
in fetters, with no hope of deliverance
save that of death ? How many look for
ward to the coming year, which is to end
a long and ignominious captivity; andhow
few of us commiserate with their situa
tion, or labor by one imbecile act to re
trieve thousands from a similar ruin. The
deeds of Howard are lauded; but none
are ambitious to follow in the same ca
reer. Morning clear and sunshiny. By
the cold waters of the Rapidan the Rebel
army was drawn up in the form of an
immense square; the centre being occu
pied by the staff and others, whose duty
it was to execute the last, extremity of
the law. Twelve men stood apart with
presented arms, and Austin knelt upon
the dewy sward a few yards off. The
sentence was being read aloud, and the
word to 44 Fire " about being given, when
an officer rode to the front, and approach
ing the spot where the condemned pris
oner was kneeling, said in a low tone:
44 You are to die there is no hope ! "
(7b be continued in our ncxtS)
Advice to a Dyspeptic.
You have asked me to prescribe for
you. You expect medicine, perhaps you
hope for whisky, just now tho rage for
chronic maladies, but I shall give you
nothing to swallow ; you have swallowed
too much already. Of all the maladies,
dyspepsia is the most distressing ; to get
rid of its horrors you would part with
your right arm ; I believe you, but would
you par? with a portion of your table
luxuries ? I fear not ; but presuming
you are in earnest, I will prescribe for
you.
1. Rise early, dres3 warm and go out
if strong, walk ; if weak, saunter. Drink
cold water three times of cold baths this
is best for dyspepsia; after half an hour
or more, come ia for breakfast.
2. For breakfast eat a piece of good
steak half as large as your hand, a slice
of coarse bread and a baked apple ; eat
very slowly ; talk very pleasantly with
your neighbors ; read cheerfully comments
ot journals ; avoid hot biscuits and strong
coffee ; drink nothing.
3. Digest for an hour, and then to your
work ; I trust it is in the open air. Work
hard till noon, and then rest body and
mind till dinner; sleep little; drink wa
ter. 4. For dinner two or three o'clock
cat a slice of beef or mutton or fish as
large as your hand, a potato, two or three
spoonfuls of other vegetables,- a slice of
coarse bread ; give more than half an hour
to this meal ; use no drink.
5. After dinner play anaconda for an
hour; now for the social, ior pleasant
games a good time.
C. No supper a little toast and tea,
even for supper will make your recovery
every slow.
7. In a warm room, bathe your skin
with cold water, hastily, and go to bed in
a well ventilated room before nine o'clock.
Follow this prescription for three
months and your stomach will so far re
cover that you can indulge for some time
in all sorts of irregular and gluttonous
eating; or if you have resolved, in the
fear of heaven, to present your bodies,
living sicrifices, holy aud acccptablo unto
God, and will contiuue to eat and work
like a Christian, your distressing malady
will soou be forgottcu. Dio Lewis, M.
D.
A pair of boots was recently manufac
tured in Lockport for a resident of Nia
gara county, tho foot measuring twelve
inches in length, five iuches across the
t all of the foot, and the heels are three
end a quarter iuches wide.
Thcro is said to be a dog in New Al
bany, Ind., who a specially found of p!ay
ing on the piano. He gets ou the stool,
strikes the keys with his paws, throws hi
head back, aud gccw3 to enjoy hituscll
thoroughly. .
Pat and the Deacon.
A few months ago, as Deacon Icgalls,
of Swampseott, Rhode Island, was travel
ling through tho western part of the State
of New York, he fell in with an Irishman,
who had lately arrived in this country,
and was in search of a brother who had
come before him, and settled in some of
the diggings in that part of the country.
Pat was a strong man, a true Roman
Catholic, and had never seen the interest
of a Protestant church.
It was a pleasant Sunday morning that
brother Ingalls met Pat, "who inquired,
the road to the nearest church.
Ingalls was a pious man. HetoIJPaS
he was going to church, and invited his
new made friend to keep him company
thither, his destination being a small
meeting house near by. There was a
great revival there at the time, and one
of the deacons who was a very small mau
in stature, invite'd brother Ingalls to take
a sent in his pew. He accepted the in
vitation, followed by Pat, who looked in
vain for the altar, &c. After he was seat
ed, he turned round to brother Ingalls,
and in a whisper that could be heard alL
round, he inquired
"Sure, and isn't this a herratic church?'"
"Hush !" said IngaUs ; 4iif you speak a
word they will put you out."
"Divil a word will I speak at all, at all,"
replied Pat. "
The meeting was opened by a prayer
by the postor.
Pat was eyeing him very closely, whenr
an old gentleman, who was standing in
the pew directly in front of Pat, shouted
"Amen V
"Hist, ye divil !" rejoined Pat, in his .
loud whisper, which was heard by the
minister, "be dacent, and don't make a
blockhead of yourself!"
The parson grew more fervent in his
devotions. Presently the deacon uttered
an audbile groan "Amen !"
"Hist, ye ' blackguard ! Have ye no
daceney at all V said Pat, at the same
time giving him a punch in the ribs,
which caused him to lose his equilibrium.
The minister stopped, and extending
his hands in a suppliant manner, said
"Brethem, we cannot be disturbed iu
this way. 'Will some one put that maa-
out r
"Yes, your riverence," shouted Pat,
"I will do it."
And suiting the action to the wordvhe
collared be deacon, and to the utter hor
ror of the paster, brother Ingalls and the
whole congregation, he dragged him up
the aisle, and with a tremendous kick sent
him into the vestibule of the church.
How to Teach Faith.
The following remarks are well worth
the attention of preachers :
44I must say I have myself been often
grieved and bewildered by the way iu
which "faith and 4ibelieving" are preach
ed to the untaught and unbelieving. I
shall never forget hearing an earnest man
say, 44If I had to give the essence of the
Gospel in one verse, it would not be even
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved," but, "The Sou f
Man is ""come to seek and to save that
which was lost ?" You may say, "Did
not Paul preach this." Yes; but it was
in answer to the Spirit taught to cry,
"what shall I do V Being much among
the poor, I am increasingly convinced
that it is the living, personal Christ, hia
love and his words, we must give not
abstractions ; they must have the concrete
God's love in Christ their faith. A
dear young woman said tome a short
time since, just before she died, "I shall
never forget your telling us one after
noon that God wanted to save us more,
than he wanted to bo saved." Some ono
had lent her "The Blood of Jesus;" and
she said how it had comforted her. Sbo
had been looking to her faith, instead of
to Jesus simply. Adolph Saphir's little
book, "Christ and the Scriptures", set this
forth beautifully. "Japthetio abstrac
tions" will not do. It is a solemn sub
ject. The Lord teach us."
Feeding Rusty Straw.
Says a correspondent from Wyoming
county, New York : "Tell your reader
to betwarc of feeding rusty straw to their
stock. I had some experience iu thU
line last winter with three colt?, which
had free access to a stack of rusty String
what straw. They came near djiugftluir
coats were rough, and staring swellings,
filled with thin pus, or water, appeared
on their limbs and some of their bodies
and they also seemed to have a difficulty
in tho head and nostrils. Change of feed
and good care alone got them through to
grass, but they were much injurned. I
havo also seen cattle do very poorly when
feeding on rusty straw, though they wero
stabled and fed hay, ect., nights and
mornings. I think farmers should be
careful in feeding or allowiusr their stock,
to eat this ; tho best use for it is to bed
with." Rural Xeio YorJcer.
A Model Letter.
The following letter is a perfect model
in its way : "Dear Brother : I've got
one of the handsomest farms iu the State,
and it is nearly paid for Crops are good ;
prices ucver were better. We have had
i glorious revival of religion in our church
an 1 both our children (the Lord be praU
eJ) arc converted. Father got to be rath
er au incumbriuco, aud last week I took
him to the poorhouse. Your affectionate,
brother." '
Henry Ward Beeeher redi from a
Ic.-k in his church made of olive wuoUj,
I oui the Mount ol Oliver.
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