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VOLUME 14.
STIR OF THE NORTH
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w;ithm six months from the time of subscri
bing: two dollars
within. iht year.
in"anVf.'iT0lii J D d,8COn of the saints (Laughter)
unaa&ce permitted uniil all arrearages ar. , . ... .; ' ... .
paid, unless at the option of tbe editor. vlr Cox 1 Wllt Bhow Jou lhat " he he
Ihttrrms of advertising wi '11 be 'as follows ftonest, he is a disunionist. If he will give
One sqjare, twelve lines three times, $(m9 his attention amoment, he will see him-
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POETRY.
XII iilemorlam.
rJli' M"?or' rnuattruyu fataiif
Iry Mrs. Margaret I T. Fi
battle was farfmIy fasin? aro. .
,rba Je4ios of ireasm, omn.niib-r -r.
When the ,rder w heard through9 reanJ
"award, sow. to the charge 10 8TC-
Then mm- wa proved, with
rashdoatheroedrtr,,oW,n;
Vtrhile the .. r.r ....... jwomenvwere mtt.
Aathe foe waacudeavorinslT
brcea to thia.
.h. t!, . the noble and brave
Iif left w.U o..t k a ... "U" d,e ;
-, it ausr
.rW.t 111 B V .
Sir. m v. J 1
Sir. m.. - 3d comrade to nave 1
Vd cur, bin back Jfa peaM he m,ght ,,a-
Ws vcice i. it. ferror"ick to ,mp'0re
That oawai d they'd f and vanquish the foe"
4'Cro fcVwarl brave aJe9 Bor eTer iye cr
T U tte baa henrf""" receivea it death blow."
Ai d onward the-f ud leave him a,one'
Bae otheri Wkifu who wure wtulol or slain ;
St ronf ia lpirlt-he utUred 00 moaa'
jVor eTer wsylrd of his fate to complain.
Be thought of nou,a of tne ctierished onea there.
Of a fatheryOM 'n('ut' sn tmih he had proved,
And of ht"e mother a shade of despair
Flii ted 0 h' UBI' M he called up the loVd.
Ife kn i1 "3 iBtrrs Qiust long for him moarn,
TU')titer lal be had to often caressed ;
He a1' 1,1141 hi body might to thin b borne.
To reP w'Ltl h'? kindred, and there calmly rest.
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K t hou iht d.' the prayer lie. wa taught to repeat,
AJiJ'es'd to "Our Father, by loved onea at home ; .
He f rayed Unit alt in heaven might meet.
Where parting and death should nevermore come.
And of hia tev'd country, the land of the free '
Whe freedom to save bad coat him his life ;
He naked that the friends he had left mi?ht soon sea
Th An;el of peace bring an end to all strife.
And soon bis Redeemer gave tokens of lore, -A
love that iii foretaste of endless delight
Of iaflnjte blis in the mansions above.
Whore ieac is eteruai and sin can ne'er hi ight.
" lli. eotintenanee heaming wilb oalm, holy joy,
AaJ ron;kly inibmissire to Hearen's decrc.
The pro'pecl of death no more cnuld annoy
lie j)ati ntly waited his Saviour to see.
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His flag was triumphant, be heard with delight
1 he po.ns of victory borne on the air
'.Vow t me depart to the mansion of light ;
O Gad. I'm (ontent.Thou hast answered my prayer."
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We vh p fol the fallen, we ruiss him on earth.
- Aim! moarn for the good and noble and brave
AnVction mi t ever remember his worth,
Anl tears bL.1I bedew and honer bis grave.
But not witliout hope, for faith gildes the tomb,
W find our support in the volume of Truth ;
A3 tin hell appear in an immortal bloom,
AU radiaal 'ith glory and unfauliug youib.
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A Peculiarly Rich and Stunning Discussion
2m Demuratie Meeting-at VermVljon, Ohio
. Hon. Sim.. Ox Interrupted hy an Abolition
Doctor1 from Oberlin Ckx questions Ihm
.piendii Political Tilt.
MiJiy of oar readers do not know that
quite a nomber of Republicans were at the
Demscraiic Meeting at Vermillion on the
,. 7ih iaotaot. Tr.e crowd, as have have here
tofore said, was immense ; and in a West
era ELeeerve county, only a fe miles from
tbe seat -oi AbolitionisQi, Oberlin, it could
sat well be otherwise than that a good and
g idly sprinkling of fanatics were on baud,
thongh we do not suppose they would av
erage one to eveiy hundred in attendance.
The Eepubiicans, however being astonish
ed al tb! turo out, claimed that many of
their paiiy attended the meeting. If this :.s
tlia lact, we failed to discover them, as all,
with unit exception, cheered the speakers
and appeared 10 be "at home."
VVbea Mr. Pendleton spoke a certain
learned Doctor, (Bigelow, we believe bis
came ia ) of Oberlin, began, as Cox expres
ten it, ''to propound interrogatories.'' He
" tried some dozen on the Cincinnati Con-
j reestnan, who deftly drew him oat into the
, admission that be didn't want the old Un
ion with slavery. After he bad been lah
i;d into seeming good order by Mr. Pendle
ton, be'again essayed to ''propound" while
Mr. Cox was speaking. The surgical op
eration by which bis hide was taken off and
: his fleBli lacerated, and his bones pounded
' has sever been paralelled in thia part of
-v Vfhe-i Mr. Cox began he took up a posi
tion immediately beneath him; the crowd
' 'pre weJ tip close, and at the first fire all be
came eiiger to hear. Tbe large stand ira
meiiau'ly overcrowded with people. .
Mr. Cox was declaring that, however
wrong jmd disloyal Democrats might be, it
did not become the Western Reserve Re-
publicins to reproach them. He would
take nd lesoon of patriotism from such sedi
tious p?eple. He would not call names;
be would leave it to his opponents, if be
.paid th t the Republicans of the Reserve
ware Abolitionists, nullifiers and Secession
isti, hi wonld prove it, and by their own
Mes.itnny. If he could not convince them
of the virtue of Demtxracy, he would at
,Ieait close their own pharasaical cant about
fha Uaion." The person, said Mr Pendle
i ton dt3 cot kuow, perhaps that he has
be:a sinking over again and ugain Greery'a
goii a'Dout the flag:
Tear down the flaunting lie ;.
; ;Haif-mast the starry Gag, .
1 Insult 00 fehining ky
S'h ka.es pointed ra;."
TLOOMS'BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 18G3.
u-, Pendleton, married a danh-
For l'jet Key, who wrote the Star
tcr dinner. (Cheers) We hare the
PS oar side, (laughter) and thisdts
'reely can't tear it down, even in
Serve.
I do not know who this ma-
fjf our party is, but I will wager
and fifty cents if not paid king 'hat he is from Oberlin.
Nn nhs.ririf inn f n Iran f,. I : .V,.'. .I.-V,, TJ i .
Philips don't you 1
"Yes ; and I can handle you at any
time
fc . f AV WaTIi ,r ttAA a,V.i, I Vi n t
when we get throngb. Judging by the way
your forehend retreata'so rapidly, I hare
bandied vour belters. A lauah Wen
dell Philips said : ,
"Until 1846 we thought ii possible tokill
slavery and save the Uniou " We then
paid; "Over tbe ruin of the American
Church and the Union is tbe only way to
fraedora." . From 1846 to 1861, we preach
ed that lesson. By your admission to
Mr. Penledon that yon are not for thn old
Union, yon have also been hand in hand
with Wendell Philips. Perhaps yon were
honest in it. You do not wish to be pirli
cepts criminss with the poor sinners and
criminals who hold slave, do you eirl
Dr. B 'Never.'
Mr. Cox Then you will not commune
with such sinners in Church, nor unite with
them in State
Dr. B. I would make all men equal be
fore God.
Mr. Cox You thereforejwo'd destroy the
Union rather than to associate religiously
or politically with slaveholder?. What are
you then but a disuniontst 1 f Cheers) You
are a twin brother to Jeff. Davis. (Laughter)
If you hail from Oberlin, you do doubt join
ed with.lbe other saints in commeroating
John Brown's death, or in the dark and
stormy 2d of December, 1859; when Vir
ginia hang him aid sent his soul on the
downward march. (Laughter) Wbei your
Rev. Brewster and your negro orator, Lang
ston, defied the horse thief, and murderer,
you were then, I doubt not.
Mr, B. assented.
Mr. Coi You shouted when Langston
paid ; "But why preserve the Union, since
its only object is to eternalize slavery.
Such a Union is not worth perpetuating
With all my heart I would s&y lei it b
aboliched. I hate a Uuion of thpse Slates
as I hate the devil, for by it I am bereft of
every right as a ci:izen , and denied ail pro
tection for ray personal liberty " Oh ! je,
personal liberty was a great thing for ne
groes, when you defied the Constitution ;
but it is a poor thing for a white man like
Va'landinsham, when the Constitution is
eutraged
At this of your Reserve disun-
ionists and I read it from a pamphlet 1
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printed by your friends it was resolved
(page 8,) that 'in -och a contest and under
such a dire necessity, we may say, let free
dom stand, though the Union be dissolved."
The dire necessiiy was the choking of John
Browu. Becanre Virginia did that, you
would not live with her in the Union. 1
submit it to yon, now, whether you did not
deserve his fate? Cheers
This people will remember the Welling
ton rescue cases. A batch of Revolution
ists of Oberlin strove to break down the
Federal authority right here ThiF man be
fore may have helped rescue the negro boy
John from the United Slates officers. He ia
a pretty person to call on others to npport
the Feperal Government. These Oberlin
rescuars sought like South Carolina, the
agency of the State to do it. The Republi
can Governor Chase and his Attorney Gen
eral helped it on. I have the account of
that meeting in a Republican paper. Here
it is! Here Mr. Cox held up the Ohio
State Journal, of May 26 1859, pretty well j You do not deserve the attention I bestow,
worn. It has seen some service, this pa- j only that von are a type of a class of slan
per: a little tbe worse for the wear like ; derers. Yoa approve of the resolutions, or
the Republican party. Laughter.
Dr. B Let we eee it, if yoa please.
Mr. Cox banded it to tbe Doctor. He
looked it over, wiped his specks and pro
nounced it "genovine."
Mr. Cox This paper says there were
tenor twelve thousand Republicans from
Reserve present. No doubt Oberlin was
there. Laughter Perhaps yon were
there, sir ?
Dr. B Yes, I was ; and am proud of it.
Mr. Cox And yoa approved of their ac
tion and resolutions ?
Dr. B Yea sir, I do and did.
Mr. C Now 1 have you. If I did not
prove yoa to be secessionist, revolutionist
and nullifier. tuen there is no truth in your
statements. I read further that this vast
meeting marched into Cleveland, with ban.
ners. with revolutionary devices and music,
John Brown had not then been bang, else
they woatd have sung bis march instead cf
the "Marsailles." Old men were pot at
the bead of the procession, with flags im
printed with "1796." Then came the Lor
aine county delegation yonr crowd, sir-
of mobocrat against the Union. Yoa were
in it.' Perhaps yoa carried the banner in
scribed "Loraine" oa one side, and on the
other :
Here is the Government-
Let tyrantr beware
. Do yoa remember that ! , Yoa do.. Well
where was the Government? It was not
then in the . Administration oh J no you
had not then got Lincoln and hia Cabinet at
Washington. "Here ia the Government ' ;
jn this mob of Jaw-haters and higher law
Tratb
, revolutionists ? Here is the power to over
throw and destroy. What a commentary !
We Democrats said then as now, that the
Government is not in men ; not in mobs at
; Oberlin, nor agents at Washington ; but in
I Constitution. Cheers We say let iy
! rants beware who violate the governmental
.' hlfl .Tflfl.Fa WFa out elan, I K . I Vl
Government against mobs in Ohio, in 135,
or in New York city in 1363 ; against usur
pations of State authority in 1850, orot Ved
era! authority in 1K63. Cheers. Yei it
is the Democracy that i reproached as dis
loyal by such scam of sedition as floated to
the surface then, and has floated ever since.
This meeting was a type of the Repu'li.
can party It followed Lincoln's doctrine.
Every prominent Republican in Ohio was
there, by persan or letter. You, my sweet
evangelical friend, voted for one ot tbe Com
mittee on Resolutions, Mr. Blake, and made
him Congressman. Chase approved by
speech, and Denoison by lettei, of the meet
ing and iis objects. GiJdtngs was Presi
dent. Perhaps you have heard of him.
Dr. 3 A nobler man dos not breatho.
Mr. C No doubt ou approved of his
course. He told Mr. Ewing in his lelt;r of
the 7th of November, I860, that when he
"held up to the Republicans, the hurttbug
01 dissolution, that he was a coward, and
an unvirile minion rf the slave power"
you thought him a prophet When hu ad
vised you to shoot down the United Stales
officers, with warrants for fugitive slaves,
as pirates, you thought him a loyal patriot.
When he glorified the State habeas ccrpiis,
and the guarantee for the liberty of negroes,
you thought him a wise man. But now,
when your party despise habeas coipus out
rages, personal freedom for white men, and
by the perjury of an Ohio Governor, per
mits a white roan to be banished, not for
crime, but for prevention, you think you
are so high in your loyalty that all Demo
crats are "Copperhead traitors." (Cheers)
So much for Giddings and the inciviem he
taught and you followed
Who else Were-
at this revolutionary meeting ot traitors to
revolutionize "a portion" of -the peiople
against the Federal Government
Here is th Committee on Resolutions:
B. F. Wade. Republican United State Sen
ator; James Monroe, now Consul al Per
nombuco, an Abolitionist and a itittnm:M:
Congressman Blake. Ashley, Edorl n
Philemon Biis; Bascom. Republican edi
toj at Xexia ; Peler Hitchcock tepu;!icnn
Senator; Liautenant Governor R. C Kir,
and a lon list I will not name here. The
whole Republican party were there rt;re
sen ed. D. K. Carter, one of Liti-o!n's ap
pointees to a Judgeship at Washington,
and a loud Union mart now; Root, of San
dusky ; Delano, of Mount Vernon, who
pretendet to be shocked at traitors now ;
Judge Spauldinf, the Cleveland Congress-
maa : 1 renuem Asa aianan 01 uoernn,
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anu oluer" inc'ua'nS lu ub
w -Tr iiv . ..-..
laogston ioaa s orator ior negro iruups
and Governor Chase. These were the
trumpets ot sedition, whose voice inspired
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not. in God s name, she shall not. be made
a hunting ground for slave catchers " Yon
applauded that.
Dr. B assented.
Mr. Cox He said : rtStand steady. trnFt
io God and keep your tpowder dry, and
look for the things that thill 6e.," You had
dry powder too. LaughierJ Chase made
ball cartridges at Columbus. The things
that should be have since been John
Brown revolution, and bloody war for the
negro. Another said : "Let the Federal
authority make the issue and lest the fact
whether tee will execute the laws. They know
not how soon the smonldering volcano will
burst nnder their rotten carcasses." And
you applauded that, now have tha frigid
coolness and brazen effrontery to appear
among us and talk, as you did to Mr. Pen
dleton, about disloyal Democrats Cheers
"Decleration of Independence" an it was
called. You confessed that Do you re
member them 1 Here is one : "That the
enforcement of such laws as the iFugitive
Slaye law, against an uuwilling people,
is productive only of evils threatejicg the
public order and the stability of govern
mental isolations." Yoa hurrahed lor that.
What now of the conscription law? Laugh
ter Some are unwilling to go to war.
That law compels ; yoa would not enforce
it hey Laughter
What a bean'iful specimau of a Copper
head ! Laughter Do yon still approve
of that disloyal resolution? Yoa are all at
once dura. Cheers Yon wore Tery
food of lalking all day. Your speech was
exceedingly free. Your intermeddling in
this meeting lik the intermeddling
generally of your class was very unpleas
ant, disorderly and conspicious-2 Why don't
yoa answer now? Cries of "Hit him
again" "Bully for Cox" "He's nothing
but a nigger thief." I do not mean any
personal attacks opon him. He may be a
nigger thief ! no doubt he and bis superiors
have been making trouble by thsir inter
raedling politics for thirty years ; but he
iadnmbas an oyster now. Won't yoa
please say, now do, whether yoa still far
ther that resolution, Jasi nod ; yis or no.
Not a nod. f Laughter I ana aorry 1
closed yoa up so qaickely, Laughter
Well, the Democracy say; lei all taws be
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oDeyea; uouscnpuuu Mw-fuiuis
Law and all whether we liked them or
not tin may . .ujuuivtieu .u u,
repealed by ataluta,
Cheers We fought
and Right- God and our Country.
all lawlessness and mops in 1859, as we
denounce them now. We stand by the
Federal Union in 1863 as we did in 1859.
when this gentleman and others were
A voice Don't call him a gentleman.
He once said he would be willing to have
a negro to marry one of his daughters
There's ajyoung man here that is ready to
swear he heard it. Laughter
Young man Yes, I be. Cheers and
laughter.
AI r. Cox Never mind that That is a
domestic matter, and connected more with
tasio than polilics. Laughter I siid I
would prove this Oberlin Evangelist to be
a Secessionist. What else do Jeff. Davis
and his confederates hold but that they will
not have United States laws enforced on an
"unwilling people?" This is Lincoln's doc
trine of 1848; and these Reserve disorganiz
ers, aided by Chase,;Delano Dennison &Co.,
have been the friends and aiders of Secessionist-;
for they afforded the pretext and
gave the provocation to Southern revolt.
Cheers.
Con-ull the ordiance of secession, and,
Judge Brinkerhoff's dissenting opinion in
the habeas corpus case from Oberlin, and
you will find this nullification doctrine laid
down almost as recorded in this Republican
platform. It is the State Rights Calhoun
doctrine intensified and eularged far beyond
what Madison ever dreamed, and far be
yond what democrats ever dreamed when
they nsed it in their platforms. Madison
never proposed to make nullification or
secession the remedy for any grievance:
but his remeday, was, as ours is, under the
Constitution and by its amendments. This
was,and "Democratic doc rii.e And Abo
lition made itself as secession did, the sole
judge; above the Supreme Court, above all
Federal auiuority, of all the modes and
measures of redress. Hence when this
man before me approved this heresy, he
became the twin brother of Jeff. Davis.
Laughter and cheers. I do not know
wn,cu 18 1110 Uleue8l revuiuwuu iy bcicj
sion and war, or revolution insidiously by
oinlant A tmlinnnltiin am1 f)hirlin Pthifft
But unlit both heresies are expunged from
the American mind, peace and good will I
will never re'urn j
At tSi inse prt of tbe stand -javn way
it (i'1-cqi.nic ,f is beinit over crowded,
a i l t ' 1 to ihr roonU Fortunately, no i
one wa- .eriously injured, at. hough Mr.
tMtt.etnn s son was
eor.s.uienibie brui-ed
bv others falling noon him. Mr Cox and ;
J - a
your reporter, being "liht weights," re
rnained above. During the coafusion ihe
Oherlm Evanjelisr sTipped cfl, and was
seen no mere. Mr. Cox soon returned,
and closed his speech amid great euthnsi
aam. Such a lesson to Oberlin was much
needed. It was given .vith good humor,
and will long be remembered by the
"saints" and others present.
United Statics Lottery Some facetious
gentleman has perpetrated the following.
The points need no explanation:
United States Lottery! Great induce
meni! Bnltiant 'Schemes!! All Prizes and
j no Blanks'.!! Tickets for this Lottery for
I Aill'. a. PU.c.a 1 nr 1 f .1 i tt pi K II 1 0 ! .tllTf.,
No Internal Reveoue Stamps required.
The drawing of a prize number will enti
tle the iortunate individual to.
1 new highly finished musket;
1 bran new euit of clothes.
1 pair of shoes and stockings;
1 elegant blanket.
1 nice haversack and knapsack
1 nice cartridge box, with 60 rounds of
1 nice tin plate, tin cup, knife, fork and
spoon.
In addition to this, the holder of the lucky
number will have a regular income of S13
per month, and "when this crnel war is
over," will receive a capital prize of
S100.
With such inducements, the mafiaer
hopes to be largely patronized by atf appre
ciating public. This is no humbug, catch
penny institution, but'genuine lottery, in
which the managers will fulfill all they i
promise. I
Legalized by act of Congress, approved ;
March 3, 1863. j
All prizes cashed py the Provost Mar- I
shals of the different districts.
Time ol drawing will be duly announced, !
and any one drawing a prize will be im
mediately notified of the fact.
Colonel J. B. Frt, Manager.
A countryman walking along the streets
of New York, found his progress .lopped
by a close barricade of lumber.
' What is that for ?" said he to a peieon
in the street.
"0, that's to stop the yellow fever."
"Aye, I have often beard of the board of
bealh, but I never saw one before."
BTGOVERNOR CURT1N CAN NOT SE
CURE THE SUPPORT OF EITHER HIS
OWN PARTY OR HIS OFFICE HOLD
ERS. Speech of Alex Cummmgs, before ths
Republican Slate Convention, Aug. 5, 1863.
Mr Curamings is only one ot the many
formerly warm and influential friends of
Curtio, who now are deserting him in the
hour of trial when be most needs their sup
port. So it i. Curtin has made a very un
popular Governor, even with his own party.
Gumming s a leading Republican !
A country paper, in puffing a soap, says
is the "best ever used for cleaning a dirty
man's face. We have tried it, and there
fore wa know.
WOODWARD AND FREEDOM.
Yes, we'll rally round the Flag, boys.
Rail) once aain,
Shouting for Woodward and for freedom ;
We'll rally from the hillsides,
We'll gather from the plains,
Shouting for Woodward and for freedom !
The Union forever ; borrab, boys, hurrah!
Down with Oppression,
Up with the La,w !
While we rally round the Flag, boys.
Rally once again,
Shouting for Woodward and lor. Freedom !
We are rallying to the polls, boys,
Three hundred thousand more,
Shouting for Woodward and for Freedom ;
And we'll march in solid rank?,
As our Fathers did of yore,
Shouting for Woodward and lor Freedom !
The ballot-box forever ! hurrah ! boys hnr
Down with, Oppressiou, (rub!
Up with the Law !
While we rally round the polls, boys,
Ually once again,
Shouting for Woodward and fyr Freedom !
We will welcome to our number
The Honest, True and Brave,
Shouting for Woodward and tor Freedom!
Although he may be poor.
He thall never be a 6lave,
Shouting for Woodward and for freedom !
The Union forever, &.c.
We will hurry to the polN, boys.
From the East and from the West,
Shouting for Woodward and for Freedom,
And we'll teacti Oppression's crew,
With the Nigsers and the rest,
To shout for Woodward and for Freedom !
The ballot-box forever, &c.
Only an Irishmen.
A correspondent of the N. Y. fForll writ
ing from Philadelphia; August 8, says : In
June last, during the excitement caused by
the opening, in a fashionable mansion on
Chestnut street, of a negro recruiting depot,
nnder the auspices of the so-called 'Loyal'
League, 'Cnlontr Thomas, one of the most
active mm:t.rsol that body being asked,
'What do you intend to do with these men V
replied, 'To 6hoot down the G dd d
Irih.'
The gallent colonel's intentions were car
ried into effect on Thursday last. Oa the
Ctellan Hills, the most lovely spot in tbe
vicinity of this city, a choice space of
irou:vi has been taken possession of to
form a nesro ramp.
On Thursday evening list, an Irishman,
living with Mrs John Butler as coachman,
in the immediate vicinity of the camp, was
returning with his wife and three ftnall
children the youngest of seven from an
ineffectual attempt to get off a younger
brother who had been drafted.
Proceeding along a public highway, he
arrived two hundred yards from borne, on
the edge of the wood in which an encamp
ment is located. Here he and his party
were stopped by the challenge of a sentry.
This proved to be a negro on the other side
of the fence separating the camp from the
road Alter answering his challenge, the
negro ordered the pirty to move on. The
woman and the two elder children did so.
The Irishman with the youngest child in
his hand, stayed time enough to remark,
'Woy should I move on. I am on a public
highway.' The negro hailed ihe corporal
of the guard, 'Here's a fellah hyur won't
move on.' The immediate reply was 'Shoot
him.' This order was al once obeyed.
The negro fired; the bullet, narrowly miss
ing the child pas-ed through the Irishman's
wrist, and entered the intestines. The man
fell and died in twenty minutes.
Colonel Wagner, the officer commanding
the regiment has written to Washington
justifying the occurrence on the ground that
the man was an Lifki in.
An Item for thc Home Circle. Some
says, and truly too, that there are few fami
lies, anywhere in which love is not abused
as furnishing the license for impoliteness.
A husband, father, or trother, will speak
harsh words to those be loves best, simply
because the security of love and family
pride keeps him from getting his head
broken. It is a shame that a man will
speak more impolitely, at times to his wife
or sister than he would to ar.y other female,
except a low vicious one. li is thus that
the honest affections of a man's nature
prove to be weaker protection to a woman
ic tbe family circle than tbe restraints of
society, and that a woman usually is in-
debted for the kindest politeness of life to
those not belonging to her own household.
Things ought not to be so. The man who,
because it will not be resented, ioflicls bis
spleen and bad temper upon those of his
heartstone, is a small crowd and a very
mean man. Kind wards are circulating
mediums between true gentlemen and
ladies at home, and no polish exhibited in
society can atone for the harsh language
nd disrespectful treatment too often indulg
ed in between those bound together by
God's own lies of blood, and the more sa
cred bonds of canjugal love.
PATii;.n A street conversation ove;
heard by our reporter.
Demoirat "Good morning Mr. Republi
can. Ready for the draft ?"
Republican "Ready ! If ray distracted
country needs me if she requires the sac
rifice of my life if tbe tottering edifice of
our glorious Union needs to be cemented
with my hearts blood if it is necessary for
preservation that she strides onward to vic
ory over my dead body I hen sir the victim
is ready ! With a heart prepared lor any
fate, and with'a firm trust in Divine Provi
dence, I shall, with a living feeling of doing
my duty, march boldly on to the Collec
tor's office, and. pay my S300 dollar.
Test of Abolitionism.
All U not gold that 6hines, and the loud
est mouthed philanthropist and rsformer
some times caves in when pat to a severe
practical test, like the following:
"I had a brother-in law," said Moses
Parkins, "who was one of the ravenous,
maddest, reddicst hottest Abolitionists you
ever saw. I liked the pesky critter well
enough, and should have been very glad
to see him corne and spend the day, fctchin'
my sister to see me and my wife, ifjhe hadn't
,lowd his tongue to run so 'bout nigger?
and slavery, and the equality of the races,
and the duty overthowing the Constitution
of the United States, and a lot of other
things, some of which made me mad, and
the best of them right sick. I puzzled my
brains a good deal to think how I could
make him shut up his noisy head 'bout
Abolition.
Wall, one time when my brother-in-law
came over to stay, an idea struck me. I
hired a nigger to help me haying time; he
was the biggest, strongest, greatest nigger
you ever see. Black, he was blacker than
a black cat, and jest as shiny as a new
beaver hat. I spoke to him 'Jake,' says
I, 'when you hear the breakfast bell ring
don't say a word, but you jest come into
the parlor and sit down among the folks
and eat your breakfast.' The nigger's eyes
stuck out of his head about a leet. 'Your
jokin massa, sez he, 'I shan't haveo time
to wash myself and change my shirt.' 'So
much the better,' sez L Wall' breakfast
came and so did Jake, and set down 'long
side my brother-in-law. Ho started but
didn't say a word. There want no mistake
about it. Shut your eyea and you'd kuow
it for he was loud, I tell jou. There was
a first-rate chance to talk Abolitionism, but
bro;t.er-in-law never opened his mouth.
' 'Jake,' sez I, 'you be on hand al dinner
j lime,' and he was. He had been workin'
in the medder all the forenoon it was as
hot as hickory and bilin' pitch, and but
I leave the rest to your own imagina
tion. "Wall, in the afternoon, brother in-law
came cp to me madder than a short tailed
bull in hornet lime.
" 'Moae ,' sez he, 'I want to speak to you,'
" 'Sing it out,' sez I.
" 'I han't but few words to say, sez he
'bat if that ere confounded nigger comes to
the table while I'm stopping here I'll clear
out.'
"Jake ate bis supper in the kitchen that
night, but from that day to this I never
heard my brother-in law open bis bead
about Abolitionism. When the emancipa
tion proclamation was issued I thought
he'd let out some, but he didn't, for he
know that Jake was still working on the
Libert? or thic Ballot Illustrated.
The following delectable conversation is re
ported in the Louisville Derzocrat as having
taken place in one of the townships during
the late Kentucky election :
Voter I want to vote.
Judge Are you a loyal man ?
V. I am.
J In favor of suppressing the rebellion
by a vit-orous prosecution of ihe war ?
V. f am.
J. In favor of voting men and money to
prosecute the war ?
V. I am.
J. Are you in Jfavor of supporting the
Federal Administration and the enforce
ment of its laws ?
V No sir; I am opposed to the policy of
the present ad rrir.ist ration.
J Are you willing to take this oath ?
(handing him Col- Foster's oath.)
V. Yes, sir; I will take that oath.
J. Are yon willing to take an oath in ad
dition to support the present administration
ar.d the enforcement of its laws ?
V. No, sir; I will not take such an oath.
J. Then sir, you cannot rote here.
V. I will take an oath prescribed by the
Constitution and laws of Kentucky. I only
want to cast one vote, and that for 'Colonel
M'Henry.
J. .You cin't vote here, sir; ar.d so help
me God, no man shall vote here to-day
without he is willing to swear that he will
support the present administration.
2d V. Judge, will you please inform us,
sir, where you get your authority to require
such an oath as that to be administered ?
J. Thai's my business, sir, and if you
don't leave bete I will fine you.
An Irishman once riding to market with
a sack of potatoes before him seeing that
tbe horse was getting tired, dismounted,
put the potatoes on his own sholders, and
again mounted, saying. "It is better that
be should carry the pailaties, as he was
fresher than the poor baste."
CP-JUDGE WOODWARD IS A CITIZEN
OF UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER.AN
ABLE JURIST, AND A PATRIOTIC GEN
TLEMAN." Philadelphia Inquirer, June 18,
1863, Republican piper)
This is a good endorsement of the Dem
ocratic candidate ior Governor, coming as
it does fiom one of the most influential
Republican journals of the State.
"Halloo my little man," said a gentle
man from a wiudow in the second story in
hia mansion, to a little urchin passing by,
who was gazing up with much apparent
wonder; "I guess you think there is a little
heaven op here, don't yoa bub?" "Well,
yes sir. I should, if I hadn't seen the devi
stick his head out of the window."
Two Doilas per Annum.
NUMBER 47.
A flij Inclination,
I was acquainted with a well-disposed
young geptleman of large fortune, whoaa
j only fault was the habit of swearing such
I a habit that ha often declared that he would
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desire came to tbe ears of a Quaker, who
thereuporshad an interview with the young
gentleman, and said :
"I can core thee of that bad habit."
Whereupon the youth caught hold of the
Quaker's band and gave it a. hearty shake
saying
"How can you perform that miracle ?"
"I can tall ihee, I have heard that Jthou
art just my size ; nobody will know thee
thou shall come to my house, pat on the
cocked hat, the coal without buttons, the
knee-breeches, and the shoe-bucklea ; and
thou wilt find that the strangeness of the
dress will have soch an efiect on theewhen
thou art going 10 talk, that it will .restrain
thee from swearing as thon perhaps know
est, my friend, thatweQuakers nevec
swear."
The youn? man cheerfully assented to
the proposal and accompanied the Quaker
to his house, where, after changing Jhis
clothes, he took his departure in the garbjof
a Quaker and went on his way rejoicing.
Tbe period of the young gentleman's tour
elapsed, and the Quaker, all anxiety, started
to meet him. Having methim,be said
"Well, friend, haw hast thou got on V
"Very well," replied the'yoong man,
"Hast thou bworn so much wiihj that
dress on thee ?"
The young man, rubbing the sleeves of
his coat, replied
"Certainly no!;Jut Iftt a decided incli,
nation to lie."
Homestt the Best PoLrcr I know the
old hoary, moss-grown, orthodox adage
goes lhat "Honesty is the best.policy," but
it is prejty clear.to my mind that most men
are infidels upon this tenet ; for"raosrnea
have a sharp eyeto policy, but few'men
embark on the ship of honesty to reach that
Ellysiao harbor. No thought have I of de
nying that the man of unanswering.integrU
ty will come out best in the long" ran, even
as respeals temporal inleret ; but this doc
trine belongs to the creed of faith, and not
of eight Truth, jealous of her ownceles
tial beauty, often hides her earthly recom.
penses, in order that the soul may be en
amored of herself alone, or if not alone, then
in supreme adherence. Never mind that
she is conducting every one of ber disciple
to thrones and principalities they shall
not always see the issue of the adventuron
pilgrimage, but betimesj shall behold her
clad as if in beggary, ay, scorned and spit
upon and scourged, as if she were a culprit
condemned and given over to victors.
A Good Name The Abolition party hd
a good name. It is an Abolition party in
fact.
It has abolished the Constitution of tbe
United States.
It has abolished the good feelings which
bound the North and South together.
It has abolished the Union ol States.
It has abolished the habeas corpus.
It has abolished the right sf trial by jjry
It has abolished gold and silver coin from
our midst.
It has abolished low prices for all articles
of domestic use.
It has abolished the lives of tens of thou
sands of brave white men.
It has abolished the pease and security
throughout the country.
It has abolished the respect we command
ed abroad as a nation.
It has abolished about all it can abolish,
and the next thing it will abolish itself.
Somerset Union.
PREACHERS Dratted. The Washsngto,
Pa, Review say : There appears to be
a Providence in the recent conscription in
one respect at least A large number of
those blatant pulpit politicans, who have so
earnestly impressed upon others the Chris
tianity of shedding blood, have been con
scripted. Of course they go; those anxious
to wace a war of extermination should not.
hesitate abont "wading ia gore" them
selves. We'll see."
A thouand years aq;o a little star sent
orth a ray of light. Last night it reached
the earth, and gladened a million hearts.
So the true teacher, the true philanthropist
may to day start a ray of light that will
flood tbe minds cf millions in years to
come.
If the man who has got to the top of the
bill by honesty is ashamed to torn about
and look at the lowely road he has travelled,
he deserved to be taken by the neck and
hurled down to the bottom attain.
How the Prince of Waiea popped the
question to the Princess of Denmark
"Please dign to marry me?" And the
fair Dan deigned.
More than twelve thousand deserters
have been arrested and returned to service
in the armv.
A Short time 6ince,a a well-known Ei
glish master in a grammer 6choot was cen
suring his pnpil for the dullness of his com
prehension, and consenting to instruct him,
in a sum in practice he said :
"Is not the price ol a penny loaf alway
a penny V when the boy innocently re
plied, "no, sir, the bakers sell them to for
three palf-pence when thay are uic.