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MOCRAT f LEVI L, TATE, EDITOR. VOL. 17. NO. 47. Select Ipodni, Jt Know a Little Village. 1 know a llltlc village, Where a sunny, sparkling ttreara Murmurs o'er tin shining pebbles I. lite tho music of a dream ; An J I lovo to ico It glisten , In tho sun's bright golden ray Out neither stream nor sunlight Havo brought mo fccto to-day. And I know n tittle cottage Where the summer roses grow, And star-like scented Jessamine, With petals while ns snow ; Where fuathercd songsters chalet tve, A soft and melodious lay Itut neither birds nor flowers, I tvern, Have b.'ouglit iiw here to-day. Mat in that cottage Uwcllntti now A maiden fair and bright, With oyua llko Uow-gcunncd violet, With looks of tunny light j With soul as pure as yun bright stream, And heart ns light and gay And to claim that maiden Tor py bride, I come this road to-day. t'nost hie Nkw York Day-Uook, j THE HISTORY OF THE TORY PARTY, IN THE UNITED STATES. ComplleJ from tho Private Papers and Lottora of tho Fathers of the Ilcpublic. Through xehkh the Federal or Tory Party it Traced, from 177-1 to the I'nscnt Day, IIV Iin.VUY GUKIIA-M, At tlio commencement of the troubles between tho Colonies and tho mother coun try, in the year 1774 for that was about the tima that the Colonies began in earn est to oppose the ail tiitry acts of the English I'u liutiiuin ,y be dated tho origin of patties in tliii country, under die names nf Whigs .m.t Tones. The lat ter, owing to their subsequent conduct, brcame s iuuiviuuuh with ever) thing that was vile and contemptible, and the bare mention of their name caused the heart to hhudder and tho "blood to chill in the veins of every true patriot. They were styled by the parent country, and among them telvos, '"Loyalists," because they were in favor of ''unconditional submission" to tho tyranny of Grout Brittuiu. They were called by tho Whigs or Patriots "Tories," a term taken from an Irish word fcignifyiug a savago, which they have proved themselves to bo from that day to this. Although professing to be the humblest of CL"Utiaus, they tire "wolves iu cheep's clothing." On the other hand, the Whigs were for maintain ing the rights of the people, peaceably, if .possible, and by force, if necessary. Thoy were unconditionally opposed, not to England, as Eugland, but to tho over bearing bigotry and tyratiuy ol England, which were displayed In a marked manner towards our patriotic fathers, who only desired tho tights ol freemen, and wore determined to accept of nothing less. For this noblo end thoy took up arms. They fought tho battles of tho Ilevolutionary AVar ; suffered hunger and thirst; expo sure of health and life j traveled bare-footed over the frozen grounds of our north err. soil, and might have been tracked by tho blood from their frozen feet. Winter after winter, for seven long ycars,tboy struggled, until they gained tho objeot thoy had iu view their independence. No fen bao ever yet described the suf ferings of those noblo men ; no artist has ever portrayed tho horror that surround ed tho hearthstones of those heroio bands, armed in the causa of 'civil liberty and tho rights of man their dwellings burned; their property destroyed ; their wives and daughters ravished by a brutal soldiery; and their foved ones starved to death by thousand- yes, by thousands, for Thom as Jefferson tells us that tleven thousand tverc starved to death in prison ship Jer sey, in this city ; and no ouo kuows how many more, pcrishod in other places. IliBtory is full of it, and be that is dis posed may read as he runs of tho tyranny not only of tho hireling of the British king, who were sworn to do bis bidding, but of tho Tory party, who hated the Whig with a most iuveterate hatred, and gave information of tho whereabouts and numbers of the Patriots. They aotcd as guides for tho British troop3, aud pointod out tho places where tho Whigs resided, helped to pluuder them, and divide tho spoils among their friends, Thoy would bkulk in the doad hour ',ol night, like tho merciless savagsa, burn tho dwollings of their nearest neighbors, rob thorn of their eatllo aud provisions, carry thom to tho English army, an thore sell them thus ?howiug their devotednesj to the Govern ment of Great Britain by pilfering from its supposed enemies, and their decendanta nro living at tho present day, in princely tylc, upon the proceeds of their robber ies and ill-gotten gains ; and as thoy have inherited the property of their predecessors, so havo thoy also imbibsd their pernicious principles, which thoy adhero toasatrong ly at the presant day, as did their illus trious progenitors. From tho closo of tho war to tho adop tion of the present Constitution a period of about soven years our country was in a deplorable condition. Tho Government under the Articles of Confederation, was too weak to sustain itself; Congress had not tho power to raiso money to pay the common debts contracted during tho war ; our credit was well-nigh gone, and some thing had to be done, and dono quickly, or all would ho lost in auarohy. During this period, a largo number of j tho old lories, who' had fled to Nova Sco i tia and other British Provinces during the ; dose ol tha war, were permitted to return I the excitement against them having par tially subsided. Fatal mistake! And : here it might bo rotated that a great many Tories, who were too cowardly to cotno out op'euly in favor of tho encroachments I of England, possessed discretion enough I to keep their mouths closed, for coward ice is invariably tho mother of prudence, I and by their not taking an active part agaiust the Colonics, were permitted to ! remain unmolested in their properly ; but notwithstanding this lenity thoy were j knowa to be Tories at heart, who secretly 'desired the success of tho British arms ; and they always remained such, and their deccdants to this day, with but a very few ! , honorable exceptions. Tho Tories, who i returned from the British Provinces, com menced suits in law to recover their pro crly, which had been connVatcd during and at tho close of the war, (for then as now most of tho Tories wore wealthy,)) and employed Alexander Hamilton as thoir I couusel. One of our historians informed us that a gtcat many of tho old Tories , owed the restitution of their property to j the talents aud genius of Hamilton, whoso j exertions in behalf of. and elevation to tho interests of ihe old Tories, made him their loader. ! To tho old Tories ahovo mentioned, were added a largo importation of British merchants. Mr. Jefferson says : "That in every town and village of any size there were Uriiish merchants and a great many American merchants doius business on Knylish capital." If we now add to the To.ios who were allowed to remain, thoso who came back from the British Provin ces, and to those two classes tho English , merchant referred to above, We shall have, if not a majoiity quite a large mi nority who were in favor of tho English Government as a model. Consequently, this English Tory party were endeavoring , through tho influcnc of thoir wealth and 1 position in society, to bring about a result which they wero unable to accomplish by I tho sword, viz: tho supremacy of tho 1 British rule, or at least a government modeled upon tho English plan. And in proof of this assertion I will Mibmit tho following extracts from the writings of Thomas Jefferson, who says : "But a shortreviow of facts v '" will show, that tho contests of that day were contests of principle between the advocates of republican, anil those of kingly govern- 1 monts, and that had not the former mado the efforts they did, our government would j havo been, eveu at this early day, a very different thing from what the successful issue of those efforts havo made it. t At this meeting (tho eouvaution at Annap olis) a diffcreucc of opinion was evident on the question of a republioan or kindly , government, yet, so general through th0 ' Stales was the sentiment iu favor of the former, that tho friends of tho latter con- ' Cued themselves to a course of obstruc- j tion only, aud delay, to everything propo-1 sed ; they hoped, that nothing being dono ', and all things going from bad to worso, a a kingly government might bo usurped, and submitted to by tho people, as better than anarchy and wars intornal and ex-1 ternal, the certain consequence ol the pres-1 ent want of a general government, Tho effect of their manoeuvres, with tho defec tive attendance of deputies from tho States, rosultcd in tho measuro of calling a more general convention, to bo held at Phila delphia. At this the same party exhibi ted tho samo viows of preventing a gov ernment of coucord, which they foresaw would bo republican, aud of forcing through anarch v their way to inoi;trchy. But tho tnuss of that convention was loo honost, too wise, and too steady to bo baf fled and misled by the manuoeuvres. Ono of these wa a form of Government pro- AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. "TO HOLD AND TRIM THE TORCH BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA posed by Colonel Hamilton thiu, however, was rejeoted ; on which Hamil ton left tho convention, as desperate, and nover returned again uutil near its Coal conclusion." V. 4, p. 414-5. Tho following are extracts from Ham ilton's plan : "Art. 7 The Senate to consist or per sons to sorvo during good behaviour, . c. for life. 'Art. 4. The supremo executiyo au thority oftho United States to be vested in a Governor, to he elected to aervo du ring good behavior, t, c, for life. "Ar. 10. All laws of tho particular States, contrary to tho Constitution or laws of tho United States, to bo utterly void. Aud tho better to prevent such laws being passed, tho Govornor or President of each State shall bo appointed by tho General Government, and shall havo a negative upon tho laws about to bo passed in tho State of which he is Governor or Presi dent." Secret Debates of the Convention, 2ug3 H25 0. Hero, wo have Hamilton, the Toroy'a Counsel, bringing forward aud advocating a monarchical form of government, after a soven years' war for independence. I hive a few more extracts from the wri ting of Mr. Jefferson, which will illustrate more fully that shining light ol the Tory party. Ho says : "November the 9th, 1792. Mr. But ler tells me that he dined last wiuter with Mr. Campbell, from Denmark, in compa ny with Hamilton, Lawrence, Dr. Ship- pen, T. Shippen, and some other person whom ho cannot recoollcct. That after dinuer political principles becamo tho sub ject of conversation ; that Hamilton' de clared openly that there was no stability or security in any Mud of government but amofiarcJiy.'' Y. 4. p. 471 ''French Coxo tolls mo that before Ham ilton went out ol office, or just as he was goiug out, talking with him in his last conversation, among other things on tho subject of thoir differences, 'for my part,' says he, 'I avow myself a monarchist.' January 5ih, 1793, I received a very rc markablo faet, indeed, in our history, from Baldin and Skinner. Before tho estab lishment of our present government, a very extensive combinatiou had taken place in New York and tho Eastern States among that description of people who wero partly monarchical iu principle. ' Del egates in different places had actually had cjusultation on the subjeot of seiziug on the power of government, a:td establishing them by force, had corresponded with oue another, and had sent a deputy to General Washington to solicit his co-operation, Ho refused to join thorn. Tho new con vention was in tho meantime proposed by Virginia, and appointed. They therefore let tho proposed convention go on, not doubting its failure, aud con .deut that on its failure wou'd bo a ttill more favorablo moment for their enterprisa. Thoy theroforo wished it to fail, aud es pecially when Himilton, their leader, brought his plan o( government. This fact throws a blaze of light on tho conduct of several members from Now York and tho Eastern States, in tho Con vention of Annapolis and the Grand Con vention." V. 4, p. 50U-5U4. If tho abovo be true, and Mr. Jefferson most certainly believed it, or ho would novor have recorded it, it shows what kind offrieuds to our country those Tories wore ; aud how nearly those acts corres pond with the aols of the Federal party from the year 1801 to tho year 1815, with which every student ol history is fa miliar. But there s ouo inoro extract from Mr. Jefferson that portrays tho character of Alexander Hamilton, iu its most appropriate color. It is as follows : ''Mr. Smith, a merchant of Hamburg, gives mo the following information : 'Tho St. Andrews Club, of New York, (all Scotch Tories) gave a public dinner lately, Among their guests, Alexander Hamilton, After dinner, tho first toast was the Presi dent of tho United States ; it was drunk without uny particular approbation. The next was George III. Hamilton started to his feet, and insisted on a bumper and three cheers. Tho wholo company accord ingly roso and gavo thieo cheers." Y, 4, p. 512. If this is not sufficient to convince any ouo that Hamilton aud his party were monarchists at heart, and that their object and decire were either to bring us again under tho rule of Great -Britain, or to mould our government to the form of hers, then they aro hard, indeed, to be convin ced. But I doubt if (hero aro any at tho present day who will deny the fact that the Tories loved England more than they did America, and longed to see tho Uy OF TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER COUNTY, feM'A,, when sho would rule this land again. Aftor tho adoption of tho prosent Con stitution, tho parties changed their names, merely for political effcot, for thoy re mained tho samo in principle, as tho se quel will show. The government becom ing puroly Federal on a Republican basis, and tho Tories being well awaro df tho stigma which their acts had fastened for over upon them, stood ready for a change, as they havo ever since, denying and ap parently repudiating their former name and acts as well as their principles, As soon as it becamo certain that the Constitution would bo adopted, they threw up their hats, and called themselves Fed eralists, calculating to Lido thoir former infamy behind a new and .popular name, by tho popularity of whioh, they expected to bo ablo to draw ever to their side j enough Whigs to givo thorn tho control of tho now government; and during Wash ington's administration they Buoccodcd. Thoy were tho popular party, and pro tended to be tho exclusive friends of that good aud great man ; whilo, in reality they were his bitterest euomies. Mr. Jef ferson says : ''That thoy nearly ruined his cliaractor by hanging theirs upon it." They wroto articles for the newspapers of the day, villifying tho President, miscon struing his motives and sneering at his acts, until ho becamo so disgusted, that nothing but tho earnest entreaties of Lis friends prevented him from resigning his office. To these article they would sign ''Kepublican," to lead him to beliovo that that party ware his most bitter enemies. And hero it is proper to state that the Whig, being in favor of a Republican form of government, wero styled Repub licans, out of derision by tho Federals, and which tho latter have twice since becu glad to adopt, and have disgraced it as often. Tho Federalists accused their opponents of everything but honosty, the oame as they do in our own day ; when thoy brand every one a secessionist and a "sympathiser with rebels" who will not nod at their biddings and swallow tho al mighty "nigger." It has been fully proved that oue of the clerks in Hamilton's department of the government, was the author of a num ber of tho articles above mentioned, and Hamilton was strongly suspected of being privy to it. General Washington, by his groat popularity, was elected President unanimously ; he was a good Republican aud strongly iu favor of the Republican principles of our Constitution. Mr. Jef ferson says that he has heard him say re peatedly, "that he would loose tho last drupt of his blood to maintain tho Repub lican form of our Constitution against whomsoever assailed it." But Washing ton knew no party nor section, he knew his country and his country only. '-Informing his Cabinet ho chose two from tho North and two from tho South. The for mer wero Hamilton and Knox ; the lat ter Jefferson and Randolph ; Mr. Jeffer son Secretary of State, aud Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; and iu this po sition Hamilton organized his system of financial corruption. If it should bo ask ed, as it very reasonably might bo, why why it was tL.it Washington, who was strictly honest and patriotic, appointed such a corrupt man as Alexander Hamil ton, and keept him iu offico bo long, the answer may bo given in two ways. The first is, that strictly honest men seldom . i suepect tho integrity of others: therefore, Washington being scrupulously honest himself, did not suspect Hamilton; an old adage says, "that it takes a rogue to catoh a rogue," and in all probability, Wash ington was not at all aware of Hamilton's designs. Tho second answer is, that Hamilton was aide-de-camp to General Washington a long tiino during the Revo lutionary war, and Lis friendship for him was almost unlimited. And it has been said by some of the friends of Hamilton, that many of Washington's letters were found iu Hamilton's baud-writing, and consequently ho was the author of them ; ' it has been further said by tho same, that ! lettors wore found among Hamilton's pa pcr's from General Washington, endorsed ' on tho back, "Dear Hamilton, put this j in stylo for mo." Now if tLis be true, it ' accounts for tho unlimited confidouco Wash- 1 ton Lad in him, and it possibly may bo ' true, for wo all know that tha Father of Lis Country never claimed to bo n learned ; or literary man. Honesty was tho grand ' and mighty feature of Lis character, It will bo interesting, before proceeding ' further, to Lear what Mr. Jcffersou says about that whole eoulod patriot, "Tho truth is, (says ho,) that tho Federalists, protonding to bo tho cxolusivo frieuda of General Washington, have over done what THE DARKENED EAHTH." SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1864. they could to sink his character by hang ing theirs on it, and by representing as tho enemy of Republicans, he, wbo, of all men, is bast entitled to tho appollation of the FutLor of tbat Republic wbich they were endeavoring to subvert and tho Re. publicans to maintain. General Washington was, himself, sincerely a friend, to tho republican principles of our Constitution. His faith, perhaps, in its duration, might not havo been us con fident as mine, but he repeatedly declared to mo, that ho was determinod it should havo a fair chanoo for suocoss, and that ho would lose the last drop of blood in its support against any attempt which might be mado to change it from its repub lican form. Ho mado theso declarations tho oftoner beoauae ho know my suspicions tLat Hamilton Lad other views, and he wished to quiet my jealousies on this sub ject. For Hamilton frankly avowed, that ho considered tho British constitution, with all tho oorruptness of its administration, as thu most perfect model of government which had ever been devised by tho wit of mau. General Washington, after tho retirement of his first Cabinet, and the composition ol his second, entirely Feder al, and at tho head of which was Mr. Pinckoy himself, Lad no opportunity of hearing both sides of any question ; his measures, consequently, took moro of tho hue of tho party in whose hands ho was. rheso measures wero certainly not ap proved by the Republicans, jet wero they not imputed to him, but to the counsellors around him, and his prudence so far re strained their impassioned course, aud lives, that no act of strong mark, during the remainder of his administration, exci ted much dissatisfaction." Vol. 4, p. 4. 0-7. These extracts throw a blazo of light arcuad some of tho acts passed tho first eight years of our government, and exon erate President Washington from all cen sure ; thoy also show us that he was sur rounded by monarchists whoso whole ef fort was to make our government as near that of Eugland as possible, and by mis representing the Democrats, or Repub licans as thoy wore then styled, persuaded him to approve bills, which his own better judgment would havo icjectcd. It will bo proper, while speaking of General Washington, to give a few ex tracts from Mr. Jefferson, howiug tho forms aud ceremonies which the Federal ists endeavored to establish, and compel him to submit to. Mr. Jefferson says : "When ho weut to Vow York he, resis ted for three weeks, tho efforts to intro duce levees. At length lie yielded, and left it to Humphrey's aud some others, to settlo the forms. Accordingly an ante slumber aud presence room wero provided and when those who wero to pay their respects were assembled, the President set out preceded by Humphreys. After pas sing through the ante-chamber, the door of the inner room was thrown opeu, and Humphreys entered first, calling out, with a loud voice, 'The President oftho United States.' The President was so much dis c icertcd with it, that hu did not recover hia cquanira ty the whole time of tho le voo, and when the company was pone, ho said to Humphreys, 'Well, you have taken me in once, but you shall never take me iu a second time." Vol. 4. p. 477. Says tho samo writer : "Mr. Brown gives wo tho following specimen of tho phrenzy which prevailed at New 'York on tho opening of tho government" The first publio ball whioh tool place after the Pres ident's utrival there Colonol Humphreys, Colonel W. S. Smith, and Mrs. Knox, wero to arrange tho ceremonials. Their arrangements wero as lollows: A sufa at tho head of the room, raised on sovcral steps whereon tho President aud Mrs. Washington were io be seated. Tho gen tleman were to dauce iu swords. Each ono, when goiug to danoo, was to lead his partuers to tho foot oftho Bofa,makc a low obebianco to the Fremdcut and his lady, then go and dance, and when done bring his partner again to the foot of tho sofa for now obeisances, and then retiro to thecir chairs ; it was to be understood, too that tha gentlemen should bo dressed in wigs, and Air. Jefferson adds: ''The President was mado to pass an evening which his good seuce rendered a very mis erable ono to him." Vol. 4. p. 437. Thus wo see that at tho very organiza tion of tho government tho Federalists Btrovo to introduce aud foroo upon tho Administration Europeon forms and cere monies, and has there been any other man, less firm and unassuming than tho Father of his Country in tho Presidential ohair, in all probability they would bare suocseded, I havo already ststcd that Hamilton set his engine of corruption in motion, or, in other words, bis financial measures. Of thoso wo will first seo what Mr. Jefferson1 says: "I returned from that mission (mis sion to Franco.) in that fitst year of the new government, Laving landed in Vir ginia in Docembcr, 1789, and proeecded to New York iu March, 1790, to cuter on the oflico of Secretary of State. Here, certainly, I found a Btato of things whioh, of all I bad ever contemplated, I tho least expected. Courtesies of dinner parties given mo, as a stranger newly ar rivod among thom, plaoed mo at oneo iu their familiar society. But I oannot des eribe tho wonder and mortification with which tho table convocation fillod me. Politics wero tho chief topics, and a prcf crenoe of kingly over a republioan govern ment, was evidently tho favorite sontiment. An apostate I could not be, nor yet a hypocrite; and I found tnysolf, for the most part, tho only advocate on tho repub lican sido of tho question, unless among tho guests thote chanced to bo eonio mem ber of that party from the legislative hous es. Hamilton's financial Byutcm had them passed. It had two objects 1st, as a puzzle to oxclude popular understanding and inquiry; 2nd, a maehino for tho cor ruption of tho legislature for he avowed the opinion that mon could ha governed by ono of two motives only, force or interest; lorce, ho cibsorved,in this country -was out of the question, and tho interest, therefore, of the members must bo laid hold of. to keep tho legislature in unison with tho ex ecutive. Anil with grief and Bhamc it must bo acknowledged that thia point waB not without its effect ; that even in this tho birth of our government, somo members wero found Bordid enough to lend their interest, and to look after personal rathe than publio goods" Hero we Lavo tho fact staring us in the face, that our government was inaugura ted in corruption, and that by the vory samo party who have always been tho loudest in denouncing the Domocratio party for corruption. It is very hard, I know,to cee the faults of our friends, whether political or social and even at the present day we hear per sons exclaim thai Hamilton was ono oftho ffrcatest men we ever had in tho country, But according to Mr. Jefferson, who knew him wall, his greatnes consisted mostly in his bciug ablo to rob tho treasury of the United States out of largo sums of money to bestow upon his friends. "It is well known (says Mr. Jefferson,) that during the war, tho greatest difficulty wo encoun tered, was tha want of money or means to pay our soldiers who fought, or our farmers, manufacturers, and merchants, who furnished tho nocessary Bupplies of food and clothing for them, After tho expedient of paper money had exhausted itself, certificatas of debt wore given to the individual oteditor, with assuranco ofpay meut, so soon as the United States should be able. But the distresses of these peo ple oltou obliged them to part with theno for the half, the filth, and even a tenth of their value, aud speculators had made a trade of cozening them from tho holders, by the mott fraudulent praotioes and per Euasious that they would never bo paid. In thu bill for funding and paying these, Hamilton mado no difference between the original holders and tha fraudulent pur chasers of this paper. Groat and just ro puguauec arose at putting those twoolasses of creditors on tho samJ footing, and great exertions were used to pay the former tho full value, and to the latter tho prica only which they had paid, with interest. But this would havo prevented tho gamo which was to bo played, and for whioh was to bo played, aud lor wbich tho mids of greedy members wero already tutored and pre pared. When the trial of strength on the several efforts had indicated the form iu which the bill wound finally pats, this being known within dors sooner than with out, and especially by thoso who wero in distant parts oftho Union, the baso scram ble began. Couriers and rolay horses by land and swift sailing pilot boats by sea, were plying iu all directions. Active part ners and agents wero associated and em ployed in every State, town and country neighborhood, and this papor was brought up for fivo shillings, and even as low as two shillings on tho pound, before tho holder knew that Congress Lad already provided for its redemption at par. Men thus enriched by tho dex terity of a leader, would follow, of ooursa tho chief who was leading thom to fortune and become tho zoalous instrument of all his enterprise," Vol. 4. p. 440-447. I havo given this long extract because the faots which it contains and tho truths it reveals, are too important to be abbreviated. TERMS : $2 00 PER AN NUM VOLUME 27. Ml Select Stow, , .. ,. , T-pj rmr The Rebel Ofllcex'. Toward the closo of a beautiful day, du ring tho invasion of tho North by tha reb el army, a superior officer of that army presented himself at the door of one of the most aristocratic rsidenoes of the place, and respectfully begged a bowl of eoffeo for a siok companion. The lady of tho houso hastoued to praparo it, and present ly ho rooeived at her Lands a largo pitch er of tho refreshing beverage. Ho pledged himself to return shortly, and tho lady, impelled by curiosity, re solved to discover whether ho was truth ful, or whether it was a pretext for regal ing himself with a luxury. Sho saw him tako it to an officer whoso pale counte nance and stooping figure sho Lad noticed, and who drank cup after cup, as if Lis thirst was unquenchable, until tho pitcbor was drained. Immediately 'her visitor turned to bcr.r back tho borrowed artioles, and on reaching the door be said : "May God bless you for your kindness to a suf fering man. Ho is faeble and almost ex hausted and you caunot know Low much this has comforted him." He offered compensation, whicL was re fused. Ho lingered s if wishing an in invitation to tarty, and immediately sotno young ladies, whose curiosity to kco splendid rebel officer," outweighing their fear, nppeared on tho threshold, and among them a little girl of three years. At tho sight of Ler, the sad face oftho confederate brightened, and extending a hand, he said, "Sissy, 1 loft a littlo girl at home, just about your size, and she could sing very sweetly. Can you sing t" ''Yes, Sir." . "Wouldn't you like to sing mo n aoog for my little girl's sako I" "Mamma said you wero a rebol, and had come hero to shoot us, aud burn our houses." "O, no, my littlo dear, I couldn't think of shooting you," Lc replied witL ovident embarrassment. I will take care of you, instead." "Will you! TLon I will sing you my nicest new song," and regarding him as a worthy friend, she placed her hand in his, and looking up into his faco with childish confidence began to sing, with lisping ao cents : "The Union forever, hurrah boys, hurrah t Down with the traitor, up with the star',' with as much assurance as though she had known ho admired tho sentiment, Hia faco took on its former serious, abstracted look, and ho teemed unoouscious that sho had ceased, until ono of the ladies inquired if he would favor them with singing. He consented to join in that grand old hymn which can never die, and ho rcveroutly uncovered his head while they sang : "He Thou, O God, exalted high." and the fullness, and richness, and ex quisite melody of his tones can never bo forgotten by that little company. Ho took leave of tha party, but, as if Laving forgotten himself, turned baok aud inquired : "Will ono of you ladies obligo me by oxchanging a postago stamp, for I wish to communicate with my sister in Washington, which I cannot do with my stamps of currenoy." A lady promptly asecnted, and received tin curiosity, and on discovering traces of his High Mightiness, Jeff. Davis, perchod it on the tip of her finger, and eyeing it askance inquired in the saucy spirit of mischief which her beauty aud graco guar anteed her, "Will it b.te !" ''No, it's warrantad not to bito," ho said smiling at the odduoss of tho ques tion. ''How long are you rebels going to ataj here I" she continued, "Are you in haste to have us go I Wo shall protect you as carefully as your own ! army would do." j "Perhaps so, but we don't ucod prolec- tion, ana mat ts not tne objoot of your coming." "Wo propose to make a tour of tha North, partly on business and partly on pleasure." "Well, but how long will it take you to accomplish your plans I" "Really, I could not Bay ; pcrLaps six weeks, perhaps all summer. Possibly we may like it bo well we may never go baok-" ''No," Bho said, with a burst of passion ate impulse "I Lopo you will nover got back, but your bones will Btrew tho way, and bleach in tha sun all tho way from hero to tLe Potomao." "You aro very bitter, I sLould have ex pected tLat from a Yaukeelady, but hard ly from you," "I am from tho opposite extreme, from CO.NCIA'DKll cm FOURTH 1'AOIi sir