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THE WAYS BURG MESSENGER
PUBLISHED BY
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al lasertion; (ten lines or less counted a squareA
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Waynesburg, Pa.
4111rOrriev. — Main street, one door cast of
thi old 13 ink Building.
Er AII ~usinens In Creole, Washim:ton, anti Fay
• Mu Counties, entrusted to them, will tereive promp
Iliteation.
8 attention wilt he riven to the vil
lainies of Pensions. Itottoty Money, Nark Pay, and
• alline claims against the tlxveroment.
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AIirrOILNICYS ,LND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Waynesburg, Pa.
wo-pmo In the "Wright 11. se," East Dotr.
Collections, Ace.. wilt receive prompt attention. •
-Waynesburg. April 23. 1852—1 y.
DAVID CR A W FORD,
Attentey ><nd founeellor at Law. Mire in the
Owe Ifottoe. Will attend promptly to all business
entrusted to his rare.
Wayaeoligara. ti I y I Sit 3. —I y.
C.L.IILLCR
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Office in the Court House, Way neeburi.
11,1861—1 v.
SOLDIERS' WAR CLAIMS!
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ATTOINIST AT LAW, WATRIZIIIIVIO, PRAIPIA.,
1:1As received from the War Department at Wash
ing/um City. U. C., otritiai ronies of the sevorat
WI passed ii.y Congress, and all the necessary Forms
4811 1111.1r11Clif11111 for the arro.ecntion and erilleetinn of
Passim/vs, B 0 Milli' Y. RA V K PAY. due dirk
elaarmeti and disabled soldiers, their widows. orphan
vadideta, wirtnwed mother.. fathers, AMMs end broth.
it" which business, ill Port doe notirel Will lie attend
Aides promptly and iteenraielvif entrusted to 'tie rare.
efke. No. 1, Campbells Row. April a. 1863.
PHYSICIANS
Dr. T. W. Ross,
3PSWirillo.olza:XL fdEl Mizarge•Csaa,
Waynesburg, (reene Co., Pa.
4414
IITICE AND RSAIDESuE OS AptiN aiIEET.
lain. and nearly opposite the Wright house.
aesberg. Sept. Ct. 1863.
DR. A, a CROSS
31VanLn very respectfully tender his services as a
IPIR
.-YSICIAN AND SURGEON, to the people 01
tise
1 E timalturg and vicinity. Ile hopes by a due alime
nt lineman life and health. and solo attention to
, to merit a share of piddle patronage.
. Wayneahurg. January 8, IM.
WEROPLANTS
WM. A. PORTER,
and Retail Denier in Foreign and Doses
airy Goode. Gnneries, Notions, &e.; Main street.
Sept 111. WM —lv.
MINOR & CO.,
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic. Dry Goods, Gm
Gtasensware, hardware and Notions, opposite
House. Mails street.
AI, 1861-Iy,
LOOT AND SHOE DEALERS
J. D. COSGRAY,
11004-and eltme maker. Main street, nearly opmedte
Vie aillseser's and Prayer's Bank." Every style or
MN" sad dboes constantly on band or made to order.
11, 1861—ty.
S & VARIETIES
JOHN RIUNNELL,
.o=la Groceries and (Inufectinuarisa. and VasWay
imerally, Wilson's ricw Building, Main west.
amp. 11. 101—Iy,
WATCHES AND YZWELILY
S. IL BALLY,
oPlorishe the Wright Honor keeps
1 11111 1 1.11 V. en hand a large and elegant assortment or
11,201.0.apid Jewelry.
=Wailing of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry wit
101110111 Pl Mee. IS.
BOORS• &c.
LEWIS DAY,
Okaderis School and Miarellanenus Honks, Station
ary, Magasimo and rapers; One door rant rt
raga" giant. Main tatront Alrrt 11 lg.;I tv
jII4I,DDIDNEI AND NARNMIS
SAMUEL WALLISTER,
4kaellek, Iderikees and Trunk Maker. eid Bank Build-
AB. NW street.
les. is, tßet
BANK.
FAKERS' & DROVERS' BANK,
• Waynesburg', Ps.
Pres't. J. LAZIAR, Cashier
DISCOUNT DAT.
WEDNESDAY
"NIL 11.
Pc& laging.
paILY
REOPLARLY MAIL
BETHACK
oNNINGI V'ESN
pliNigllll RI CIS' 11111111.
irirsogilimeigned respectfully informs the generous
& wen
Wit having the contract for the carrying , ft he
kollMalso the above pliers, he has placed up .n the
turtr.nerr and commodious limits for the ae.
of the travullna community. One wit
MN "Ndam's Ifonom, Waynesburg, every morn.
spagsgm except-a. st li o'clock. and will arrive
.sriasoling is time foe the Mutt° Pittsburgh,
pig leave Rites' Landing at the same time
ill Wayeroeburg at noon. No pains will be
gellgellillOhlgligoleModation air pairetesti.
TIIIKITIIIY UOUGII3III. Proprietor.
sit 9'M, MI. no. IL
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Nearer Home.
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er :
I'm nearer . to my home to-day
Than I've ever been before.
Nearer my father's house,
Where many mansions be ;
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the jasper sea.
Nearer the bound of life
Where we lay our burdens down
Nearer leaving my cross,
Nearer wearing my crown.
But lying darkly betvreen,
Winding down the night,
Is that dim and unknoven stream
Which leads at last to light.
J Y. pitculls
Father! perfect my trust,
Strengthen my feeble faith ;
Let me fee! as it I trod
The shore of the river death
For even now my feet
May stand upon its brink ;
I may be nearer my home,
Nearer now than I think.
Thy Will be Done !
Thy will be done ;
In devious ways the hurrying stream of life
may run,
Yet still our grateful hearts shall say,
Thy will be done.
Thy will be done ;
It o'er us shine a glad'uiug and a prosperous
El3ll=3El
SUP,
This prayer will make it more divine,
Thy will be done.
Thy will be done ;
If shrouded o'er our path with gloom
Oue contort—one is ours—to breathe
while we adore, -
Thy will be done.
Thy will be done ;
And when life's closing scene shill come,
May angels watt nor ipirits home, thereto
sing around thy throne,
Thy will be done.
Divine Retribution.
God reigms and favote Truth and Rillht.
Mercy and Justice his dalight,
Whoever turns away from sin,
Ills mercy and his grace shall win.
Earth's mightiest things abide his ken.
He deals with nations as with men ;.
But long he waits the supliant's cries,
And long their faith and patience tries ;
Then rises. and with princely hand
Grants freely all their needs demand ;
And treason, perjury and blood
Provoke the vengeance of his rod.
But long before his bolts are sent,
He sends the warning to repent ;
Neglebted long, the moment comes,
Sadden the fatal shaft strikes home.
iortilantouo.
Probable Escape from Permature In-
(Prom the Chicago Trihune of the 2241.]
One of the most curious cases of
trance, resembling death, which has ever
been recorded has just occurred at Hyde
Park, near this city, a case which has
almost baffled the skill of physicians of
known ability and high repute. Dur
ing Wednesday night last, Alexander
McLeod, a young man of seventeen or
eighteen years of age, residing with,
and the soul support of an aged grand
mother, was attacked with severe fits or
vomiting and purging. He did not,
however, appear to be dangerously ill,
and told his relative, who was aroused
from her sleep, to return to her rxun,
or she would make herself sick. The
old lady did so, and, finding that her
grandson soon became quiet, went to
sleep, and thought no more of the oc
currence until morning, when on enter
ing his room, she was horrified at find
ing him dead.
Those who assisted to prepare the
corpse for burial noticed that the flesh
was remarkably pliable and undeath
like ; the eyes remained naturally closed,
the features had nut the rigidity of
death, nor had the face lost its natural
freshness. These circumstances arous
ed the attention of the friends, and Dr.
Bogue, of this city, was summoned to
give his opinio.3 regarding the death of
the youth. After an investigation, he
affirmed that life bad (*.dainty departed,
and that the patient had died of cholera
morbus. On the strength of this de
. vision, an inquest was held upon the re
mains, and a verdict of "died by nat.
nral causes" returned. The body was
then placed in a coffin, and the funeral
ordered the next day. On Friday,
however, blood menmenned to Sow
rather freely front the nose, and the
burial deferred until Sunday afternoon.
In the interim theammo .waa ,oliosel3r
warebed, but Min the features ifebared
*Or "beaky. On isaihr
• swot demos aums rimibed
sher iedif .010WIftwho,hr a in •
theil
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNSDAY, DECEMBER 21,1864.
torment.
was invited to officiate at the burial
services, but when the time for the fu
neral arrived, the friends still declined
to take the responsibility of burying the
belly, and it was left uninterred.
Yesterday evening a number of phy
sicians left the city for the purpose of
thorougly investigating the body. The
body is described as presenting the ap
pearance of resting in a natural sleep—
the eyes have not sunk, nor have the
features set. There is no death-like
smell proceeding front the body, and
the blood appears to still be retained in
the veins. If death has really ensued,
this is one of the most extraordinary
cases which has ever been noticed, and
will repay medical investigation. Mc-
Leod was a young man full of florid
habit. lie had been a member of the
One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Illinois
(hundred day) Infantry, and for some
months previous to being mustered out
lot the service had been in delicate
health. Still no serious consequences
I were anticipated, and the day previous
to his death, if death it be, he was in
usual health and spirits.
Queen Victoria's Appearance.
Of late years, especially since the sad
loss of her husband, Queen Victoria has
undergone a great change both in mind
and body. She never was possessed .3f
great beauty, and the charm ot her pres
ence always arose far more from the
natural expreesiou of an amiable diva
sition, than from her regularity of feature
or grace of manner. Her eyes are blue
and bright, her hair dark, and her com
plexion is now somewhat sallow. It is
marked by deep lines of affliction, and
yet these do not make her expression
less attractive.
In statue she is rather inferior to the
average height. She cares little for
dress; end at Balmoral, Osborne, or at
any of her palaces where she is in the
bosom of her family, she wears plain,
unpretending garments, such as some at
least ot our fair country women would
not allow themselves to be seen in at any
time. She dislikes pomp and display,
and does not often appear in public; nev
er, except when some great State occa
sion seems to demand it. Among all
the Americans who have visited Europe,
very few have seen Victoria, while nearly
every traveler bas looked upon Louis
Napoleon and Eugenia, who are le
quently seen driving about Paris with
the greatest of tivetiotu.
The Lady's Repentance.
In the life of Dr. Raffles, just pub
lished, the following story is told in
connection with a preaching journey in
181.4:—"On our way from Wein to
HawkestGne we passed a house, of
which Mr. Lee told me the following
occurrence :—A young lady, the
daughter of the owner of the house,
Was addressed by a man who though
agreeable to her, rs disliked by her
father. Of course he would not con
sent to their union, and she determined
to elope. The night was ft ed, the
hour came, he placed the ladder to the
window, and, in a few minutes she was
in his arms. They mounted a double
horse, and were soon at some distance
from the house. After a while the
lady broke silence by saying, 'Well, you
see what a proof I have given you of
my affection; I hope you will make
me a good husband.' He was a surly
fellow, and gruffly answered, 'Perhaps
I may, and perhaps not.' She made
him no reply, but, after a silence of a
few minutes, she suddenly exclaimed,
'0 what shall we du? I have left my
money behind me in my room.' Then;
said he, 'we must go back and fetch
it. They Were soon again at the
house, the ladder was again placed, the
lady again remounted, while the ill
natured lover waited below. But she
delayed to come, and so he gently call
ed, 'Are you coming?' when she looted
out of the window, and said, 'Perhaps I
may, and perhaps not;' then shut down
the window, and left him to return up
on the double horse alone. Was not
that a happy thought on the lady's part
a famous joker
A Man Without Money.
A man without money is a body
Without a soul, a wailing death—a spec
tre that frightens everybody• His
countenance is sorrowful, and his con
versation lancruishin2. and tedious. If
he calls upon an acquaintance he never
finds him at home, and if he opens his
month he is interrupted every moment,
so that he may not finish his discourse,
which is feared will end with a call for
money. He is avoided like a person in
fected with disease, and is regarded as
an incumbrance to the earth. Want
wakes him in the morning, and misery
accompanies him to his bed at night.—
The ladies discover that he is an awkward
booby; landlords believe that ho lives
upon air; and if he wants anything froth
a tradesman, he is asked for cash before
delivery.
eirlie that enlarges his curiosity af
ter the works 61 nature demonstrably
the inlets to happiness;
we should °hellish ardor in
the peminit of useful knowledge, and
emesmilber that a blighted spring makes
herree - yor, aid thee the va , fti to
bemeNul sad gay, are aiely hi 7
wasiSri iessre islektilir to sr-
An African College in Africa.
Liberia College, at Monrovia, in
the Republic of Liberia, has now got
well under way, It received its first
impulse from the Massachusetts Coloni
zation Society ie 1849. "Trustees of
Donations for Education in Liberia"
were incorporated at Boston the fol
lowing year. Nine citizens of Liberia
were incorporated in 1851 as Trustees
of the College, to hold its property. A
site of twenty acres was granted and
four thousand acres olla nd also, by the
Government of Liberia .
It was found difficult at first to pro
cure a suitable faculty and President.—
lion. Joseph J. Roberts, for eight years
President of the Republic, was elected
to the College Presidency in 1856.
Not till 1861 were. professors secured.
The college was firmerly inaugurated
in January, 1363. One year afterward
the college opened with seven students,
which number was increased during the
year to thirteen. It now has a Presi
dent and four professors.
The College is on an unsectarian ba
sis. Its trustees are from several de
nominations. The President is a Math
odist, Pr ,, f. Crummu'l is an Episcopa
lian, Prof. Blydeu is a Presbyterian,
and Prof. Freeman is a Congregational
ist. Frof. Blyden's Professorship was
endowed by Joseph Fulton of Ontario
county, N. Y., and the person. who is
appointed upon it must subscribe to
the Confession of Faith of the Presby
terian Church as held by the Old School
General Assembly. This Fulton fund
has reached $29.000. The income pays
the salary of the Professor, $B5O, and
also pays prizes of $125 and $75 to
those studonts who. achieve excellence
in study.
The college buildings stand on the
south-east slope of Cape Musurado,
lookinr , out upon the Atlantic Ocean.
They have been erected from materials
awl funds sent from Boston, at the cost
of $20,000. A library of four thousand
volumes has been collected, of which
six hundred were given by old Harvard.
Good cabinets have been commenced.
It is contemp ated to complete the enc
dowment to one hundred thousand dol.
Lars.
We on the West side of the Ameri
can con! inent, looking out upon the
Pacific Ocean, have been trying to build
a college for about the same length of
time, on the same liberal basis. 'the
Collego of Califon is has about ale
same number of students as its dusky
sister on Cape Mesurado.
Western Africa is teeming with new
enterprise as is Western America.—
The future of the American Race is be
ing born in these very troubulous times,
when the first college classes of Cali
fornia and Africa have been gathered.
When the Centennial of the two Col
leges shall be celebrated, what .changes
will have taken place in the two conti
nents! Which roll of alumni then will
have most moved and blessed the
w ort I ?—Pacific..
An Gasified Man,
There was a strange spectacle at the
depot yesterday—a man, of whom ao
counts were pmblished, years ago, in
newspapers in this country and in med
ical journals in England, who has been
in a state of almust complete ossification
for thirty years• His name is Valentine
Perkins; he was born fifty-two years
since in Henrietta, llionroe county, New
York, but has been a resident for the
last twelve years of Mantua, Portage
county, Ohio. At the age of 11 years
he was thrown from a horse, and his
knee was injured by the fall. From that
time ossification set in, and the process
made advancement joint by joint, for fif
teen years, when it had completed its
work. He is thoroughly and totally os
sified, with the exception that he can
move two of his fingers, and make the
slightest perceptible motion with one or
two of his toes. He has not opened his
jaws for more than thirty years, but still
he cnri talk with ease.
Of course he had be be fed—the food
being pla::ed within the lips and left un
der the guidance of mother nature, who
mysteriously ensures it safe conduct into
the stomach. He lies upon his side up
on a low bed or coach, which serves al
so as a litter, with his foot drawn up
somewhat, and his right band caught up
near his shoulders, lies thus all day long,
shifting his position but once in twenty
four hours, when he is turned over on
the other side. While he is thus com
pletely ossitie , I—a huma n block of lime
stone, as it were—his skin retains its
normal character and condition, and dis
charges the functions perfectly, being,
perhaps, more sensitive, however, to the
touch of any object, as that of a fly or a
hair, than is usually the ease. When the
light strikes the skin of his hands or face,
it looks like marble of a yellowish tinge,
brought up to the highest possible state
of polish. He lies there on his conch
like a recumbent stature
His health is good; he has an eterl
lent appetite, and lives with all s hearty
life. One is naturally carious to know
how lus mind is (templed through all the
dreary hours. He elan? reed, Ik3rike
has been totally blind kw thirty years.
Cut off .from that source, he is neasarr
rily oast ba ds upon Isis memory, sistisk
hat most enseassful development
fsoalti, - Itamseesdisfirksisasob
riessubipstississios stWle l
pr?isody Wass isto-dossme:
has t i l= tt r W
o lo ) ariP nl X 1
*not fa .-a
0 11 Tad uP lilt! dais, smil minx, a*
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will; or as occasion requires, occurrences !
which has faded from the minds of his
friends. llis recollection of localities is '
wonderful. Places that be had visited
years ago, before struck with blindness,
he can now identify as he rides along—
#e vivid a recollection has he of the rel
ative position of things, as bridges,
rivers, &e.
He is very expert at mathematical
calculations, and can with great readi
ness give, for example, the number of
square inches in an area, the number of
whose square feet or rods is given him.
—Cleveland Leader.
Private Letter of General Lee.
The original of the following letter
was found at the Arlington House by a
Federal soldier. As anything relating
to the personal history of the great cap
tains of this war must be of interest to
the public, we give the letter a place in
our columns;
Antriarox House, Aprils, 1852
My Dear Son:-1 am just in the act of
leaving home for New Mexico. My fine
old regiment has been ordered to that
distant region, and I must hasten on to
see that they are properly cared for.—
I have but little to add in reply to your
'letters of March 26, 27 and 28. Your
letters breathe a true spirit of frankness;
they have given myself and your moth
,er great pleasure. You must study to
' be frank with the world; frankness in the
child of honesty and courage. Say just I
what you mean to do on every occasion,
and take it for granted you mean to do
right. If a friend asks a favor, you I
should grant it, if it is reasonable; if not, I
tell him plainly why you cannot; you I
will wrong him and wrong yourself by 1
equivocation of any kind. Never do a
wrong thing to make a friend .or keep
one; the man who requires you to do so,
is dearly purchased at a sacrifice. Deal
kindly, but firmly, with all your class
mates; you will find it the policy whio;i
wears best. Above all du nut appear to
others what you are not. If you have
any fault . so find with any one, tell him,
not others, of what you complain; there
is ao more dangerous experiment than
that of undertaking to be one thing be
fore a man's face and another behind
his back. We should live, act and say
nothing to the injury of any one. It is
not only best as a matter of principle,
but it 18 tim pall tr. Llano° aara Illtmor
In regard to duty, let me, iu conclu
sion of this hasty letter, inform you that
nearly a hundred years ago there was a
day remarkable of gloom and darkness—
still known as Cie dark day—a day when
the light of the son was slowly extin
guished, as if by an eclipse. The Leg
islature of Connecticut was iu session,
and as its members saw the unexpected
and unaccountable darkness coming on,
they shared in the general awe and ter
ror. It was supposed by many that the
last day—the day of judgment had come.
Some one, in the consternation of the
hour, moved an adjournment. Then
there arose an old Puritan legislator,
Davenport, of Stamford, and said, that
if the last day had come, he desired to
be found at his place doing his duty,
and, therefore, moved 'that candles be
brought in so that the house could pro
ceed with its duty, There 'was quiet
ness in that man's mind, the quituess of
heavenly wisdom and inflexible willing
ness to obey present duty. Duty, then,
is the sublimest word in our language.
Do your duty in all things like the old
Puritan. You cannot do more y' n
should never wish'to do less. Never let
me and your mother wear our gray hair
for any lack of duty on your part.
Your affectionate father,
It. E. LEE.
To G. W. Cents Lea.
An Enoch Arden in Real Life.
The correspondent of the Morning
Post, in Brussels, says;
"A circumstance has oecorred here
which in some points resembles the
events out of which the poet Lauieate
has made so much in "Znoch Arden."
About twenty years ago a blacksmith
was oondeninad to an imprisonment of
seven months for an assault of which
he had been found guilty ; and on the
expiration of his term of punishment,
being unwilling to return to his former
employment, he enlisted in the Dutch
army, and shortly afterwards proceed
ed to the colonies of Holland, in the
East Indies; leaving a wife and young
daughter behind him.
Five years after, a comrade who had
served in the .same company arrived
here and told the wife that her hus
band had been killed with a poisoned
arrow by one of the natives. The com
rade and wife, having soon come to an
understanding, were married and had
lived happily together for many years.
Their happiness was, however, inter
rupted afew days ago, when an inch
vidual with white locks made , his ap
pearance in the family circle, which in
cluded seven children. Tuis was the
blacksmith who had been supposed to
be long dead, Tha i seeing how MO W%
stood with his wife sorb frisod, lISSIO
the base boooold of the °Wimp 1 elk
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The Last Hours of Prinoe Albert.
There has been recently published in
tho English papers, an extract from a
letter.written by a friend in Germany,
by a member of the Queen's household,
shortly atter the death of Prince Albert.
The extremely confidential position
which the writer held at the time gives,
it is said, assurance of its perfect relia
bility. The Prince, it will be remem
bered, was suffering from the illness
which carried him to the grave, at the
time the intelligence reached Great
Britian of the seizure of Slidell and Ma-
son on board the Trent. By this ad
( vice, the despatch addressed to the
Antenna Government, on that ocm
. sion, was modified in its tone, that it
might not appear to wear a warlike
aspect. "Let there be no war with
America," "Blessed are the pescema
-1 kers," were, it is understood in Eng
! land, amongst the last words pronounc
t ed by the lips of the Prince Consort.
After describing the grief and fears
of the whole household fur the Queen,
the writer speaks of the personal loss
sustained in the death of Prince Albert.
; "How Anil I miss this conversation
about the children! Ho used often to
I come into the school-room to speak
' about the education of the children, and
he never left me without my feeling
that he had strengthened my hands
and raised the standard I was aiming
at. Nothing mean or frivolous could
exist in the atmosphere i hat surrounded
him ; the conversation could not be
trifling if he was in the room. I dread
the return of Spring for my dear lady.
It was his favorite time of the year—
the opening leaves, the early flowers,
and fresh green were such a delight to
him ; and he so loved to point to their
beauties to his children that will be ter
rible to see them without him. The
children kept his table supplied with
primroses, which he especially loved.
The last Sunday he passed on earth
was a very blessed one for the Princess
Alice to look back upon. He was very
ill and very weak, and she spent the
afternoon alone with him, while the
others were in church. He begged to
have his sofa drawn to the window,
that he might see the sky and clouds
sailing past. lie then asked her to
play to him, and she went through sev
eral of his favorite hymns and ehorals.
After she had played some time, she
musket' moues auo hint Lapse
his hands folded as if in prayer, and his
eyes closed. He lay so long without
moving that she thought he had fallen
asleep. Presently he looked up and
smiled.. She said; 'Were you asleep,
dear papa t' '0 no,' be answered,
'only I have had such sweet thoughts!'
"During his illness, his hands were
often folded in prayer; and, when he I
did not speak, his serene ElO3 showed 1
that the 'happy thoughts' were with f
lihn to the end. The Princess
fortitude has amazed Rs all. She saw 1
from the first that both her father,s and
and mother's firmness depended on her
firmness, and she sat herself to the duty.
He loved to speak openly of his condi
tion,
and had many wishes to express.
He loved to hear hymns and prayers. I
He could not speak to the Queen of
himself, for site could not bear to listen,
and shut her eyes to the danger.. His
daughter saw that she must net iffer
eutly, and she never let her voice falter,
or shed a single tear in his presence.
She sat by him, listened to all he said ;
repeated hymns ; and then, when she
could bear it no longer, would walk I
calmly to the door, and then rush away
to her room, returning soon with the
same calm, pale face, without any ap
pearanee of the agitationithe bad gone
through.
"I have had several interviews with
the poor Queen since. The first time
she said : 'Yonne feel for me, for
you Lave gods thrh this trial.' An
, other tine she aM -- hew onstage it
seemed, when aka looked beck, to see
how much for the len six months the
Prince's mind had denit upon death
and. the future state; thekeenversatkin
had en often turned upon tines subjects,
and they had read tegiethems 'book call
ed 'Heaven our Hoene' which had
interested him very inueh. Hi once
said to her, 'We don't know in what
state we shall meet again but that we
shall recognize each other, and be to
gether in eternity,l am perfectly (*stria.'
It seemed as if it had been intended
to prepare her need and comfort her—
thoegh, of course, it did not strike her
then. She said she was a wonder to
herself, and she was sure it was in an.
ewer to the prayers of her people that
she was sustain. She feared it would
not last, and that, time of ;may were
before her. She said, •Theava not the
bitterness in this trial that I felt when
I lost my mother —I was so , rebellion's
then ; but now I can see the many sad
love that are mized.in my trial. Her
whole thought now is to nalk worthy
of him, and - ber "vat* nonfort to
think that his spirit is always near her,
and knows all tbit, she its flaw'
Never TOOO ale: ti Laws.
NEW SERIES.---VOL. 6, NO. 28.
dialect, Dante and Petrarch being tho
other two.
Sir Henry Spelman neglected the
sciences of his youth, bat COMMINIMMIti
the study of them when be *is Warm
50 and 60 years ease. Mar this time
he became a most learned antiquarian
and lawyer.
Colbert, the famous French mirsister.
at 60 years of age returned to his Latia
and law studies.
•
Ludovioo, at the -great age of. 115,
wrote the memories of his own.times.
A singular exertion, noticed by Tirol
take, who was himself one of - the most
remarkable batsmen of the rogramiag
of age in new studies.
Ogiby, the translator of ilemerited
Virgil, was unacquainted with Latiamid
Greek till be was past the age of 50.
Franklin did not fully comnaoloatis
philosophical pursuits till he had reached
his fiftieth year.
Accorso, a great lawyer, being sold
why he began the study ct law an kl*,
answered that indeed he begin it ilk
but he could therefore master it lie
sooner.
Dryden, in his 68 year, consammatal
the translation of the Iliad, *Sit Us
most pleasing productions were mitt*
in his old age.
The. United States Soprano CooIT
Appointment of Solomon P. Ohl
as Chief Justtoe.
The appointment yesterday of
Chase as Chief Justice completes the NO
ionization of the Supreme Court ofd
United States. The Court is now ends
posed of the following Judges
Salomon P. Chase, of Ohio, Mei
•
Justice; salary $6,500
Nathan Clitoral, of Maine, histookille
Justice; salary $6,000 •
Samuel Nelson, of New York, Assoet:
ate Justice; salary $6,000.
Robert C. Grier, of Pennsylvania; AO ,
sociate Justice; salary $6,000. •
James M. Wayne, of Georgia, AlM
elate Justicv-, salary $6,000.
David Davis, of Illinois, Amato
Justice; salary $6,000. . .
John Cairo°, of Tennessee, An ea*,
Justice; salary $6,000.
Noah IT u.s.wir“,..
Justice; salary 6,000.
Samuel F. Miller, of Loa. Atsecti*
Justice: salary 6,000.
Stephen J. Field, of California, Alski.
date Justice; salary 6,000.
The Court meets on the int Maar
in December of each year at Waal/kir
ton. It is now in session.
The following is a oomph*, list 461 I
Chief Justices of the &weaa thaelosil
the United States pines the year lair
John Jay, commissioned Sepeardidr
20, 1789.
William Cuslikng of illaimelmas*,
Jan. 27, 1798.
Oliver Ellsworth, of Con., Marsh
1796.
John Jay, of New York, Dossiskimew
19, 1800. (Mr. Jay deemed the 1110 6 1
pointment.)
John Marshall, of Virginia, Jannatt 7 ::
31, 1801.
Roger B. Taney, of Maryland, ifarei, P !„
15, 1836. •
Salmon P. Qui" of Ohio, themmimm
6, 1864.
.. -.
The Juniata True Democrat earn .. ,
We publish this week a - letter *Tit ,
Company B, 202 d Pa. Vol. It ice`
be seen by it that there were GS *Ar ''
oast for President and that OS dW
really vote for illegalise., 116 at,
whom come out nadir their *Om' -4,
signature and state that they iipin.l
willing to be . qualified that they illpr„ - 0 !
ted the McClellan and Pea ..„.„
Electoral ticket. This would
Pea
Lincoln 28 votes in the co
make a majority of 18 for ,--I,
Now, by the vote returned Peoehiliilli 4
cotrapaity to the Pro thenotamets Wir•
doe, it appears that only so mew,
were polled, Lincoln receiving Simhatt ..
McClellan 24—making a majority of
10 for Lincoln. How is thief 'lrk
declar4,we n w Itiall need some light o ,
matter.‘, That there was eberrting tit '
the army vote, we believed, bsi I#* •
never imagined for lkwoonsene OM IP '
would be carried ow krtalb *h rill:f"
tent as this. The elecition is a POINI , A
fact farce. And the Admisisteutiumptei
has not been indorsed by the burneit,„
vote of the people. ,
The above adds but another Mtn
to along account of crime*
ted by Abolitionism to snore 111..,.
teatime of power. Ws .odd ain IptiP,. -
whim* with billiilllP ism
i,
monstrous fronds wow
which Lincoln has morred it.
resit -
eutiai oh ."` ~
Tbe swit4t• r,. f ..
and the A. • . 4* '
*km eriblii
r most All , a
1 . 0111 NM 0
ilivor 4014 a l
' l / 4 el the aseiebs ` 1 " .
LIST OF CHIEF arSTICIOR
How4l Is Done.
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