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.VOLUME 16.
THE MECUAMC.
: ; o..'r,..
.Yonder h foes with jurdy tred, :
.Tailing hard tor hi honet bread; .
- .FIpee unrolled and cheeks high flushed.
'Svfcil the ci'y streets yei are horned ; ' i
O ! ile siroDg Diifchanie ! V"
--.The sinawy armed mechanic !
"With bin brod chest swelling 10 the stroke
Ol the hammer syairnt the lusty oak .
vDn-ing the nail wi;b a hearty will-
.Whistling or cajrolling never still
But ever iit labof doing His w 'tir,
1 Who loves the noble mechanic."
.- r f .J"-;-.; ; - - ' "
tThoa!hi! of fire and word of name,
tofr are the allies of eanhly Ume ;
'But to hew lh rock from the vaunting cone,
And to change to bli-sung the fiiolj stone
! These do the mechanic ! ' ."
. 'The sinewy-aimed mechanic.
Giving Ejs baby what God gave bim,
" Force of rooscle arid vigor of limb;
Scornif.g the tear that his boys shall be, .
The pampered weaklings ot luxury, ;
Or his girl- Vir poppets tor mn to see
The irawtiybaekeii irechanic !
7 , . , . . : : . ;
But mind I upeak of the real thing
Not of the ktnd who shmit and ini?
And smoke at the tavern, and core abroad,
And who care lor neither them-elvea uor
. ..God ' - . "
Bnt the trne, the earnest mechanic, -The
clean, while-fouled mechanic;
The man who rcdibe.heari and mind,
White he trames the window and shapes
. the blind, : - x
And oners his tho't with an honest tongue,
Thai is set as true a his hinges are bung;
Tbi is the noblern mi among .
The noble band ol mechanics.
God, the Maker! I reveiend say.
He is a worker both nixht and day
Framer ol skies, and builder of bill,
ileauring world's by the space He fills
He is the master mechanic ;
Making a pataca ol every iur.
Fa"hioiuiit out ol the air, a car ' t
For'the sun 10 red on his royal way, -Over
the fire-white track of the day ;
Yes, God hao latored labor away
Take cheer, then, nobr mecnanic !
A COINCIDENCE.
The fall rain drippedWn 'drdarily The
brown summer roads were heavy with mm, ;
tfnd the gutters, were, overttowm-4, anu trie
Dougos onue nets. - " "
rlowly under 'heir weight of chill water ;
ir.. OIH..I u.1 ir and iha '
. I l ..1. . . u. ........ on. I IrM .
wind a?nr, and 'be
1 I1CIC moo uiu.u"b :
roee vine aUout he j orcb ol Olive Hudson'
" bpme were sti edtling Their, ruaet leaves,
wl vo-siug their bare oraiicbe if in se
cret pain. "There e:aeJ Tin'e disiress,
and all tbe gIorn ot vi in f and weather
'.were reflected in Qlive Hdon' face. Her
pale cheek preMd auil tne window
pane, her heavy, darW eye watching ab-
eniJy the falling rain, and the contracted
lines about the beautiful mouth told ol bad
ness within aud without.
4,A year 4oday,?mnrmured the girl look
ing down the If hgib- ol the dark nau.
Oil
Dick, have you forgotten me 5
It wis the old lovers quarrel. A misur.- j
demanding, recrimiiiation. a parting, and j
onspeaking sorrow dragged through the
'long space of a year. , . y
Olive Hodbor.. was a sweet, grave girl a
farniers. daughterand only child. S.her hnd
grown. JtJp?,pracUcilm'ihib mialed. ;rua
hearted,. and, .wit1 certain posibiilie of
beauty. , A year, before there had been a
dimple and a rose flush upon the cheek that
was pow too lt)in for dimples and very palef
And in, a. year .the Jarge.dark eyes had lot
invir origin iiim. win; iudiuuu.u ii.M.v..
it sweeftWu's of expression, nd" the fore
bead its cairn smooih breadth, and lhoe
cbarma were Olive Hudson's Mrikiug char
acxriflics. Her eje-brows were well mark
ed; and tbe"beavy braids of ber dark hair
had a marrelons glossy 'ichness; but -yet
the face pressed against the cold pme of
ibe farm bouse window would more likely
have been called plain than pretty.
'"Ob I" murmured the girl, pressing her
hand 10 ber heart. 'Ml be could only
know-." . t (
Only the eharp stroke of the rain, drops
against the window answered her moan.
Tbe canary in the cage above ber head
was startled by the sudden- gust ahd gate a
harp cry1 and a fl.itter."' Olive looked up.
"Willys WiUy," she said, caressingly,
don'l be frightened. Here I ara. 1 will
take care of joo. Oh, Willy. 1 love yoo so,
because be used to love you.'1 : .
She pat ber ficger between the wires of
XfrB Cgejnd, te Jilie creatorej sprang ;to,
pecs it,; logging , at it .with all bis slight
strength ontil bis mistress smiled fainlly
tbroogh her tears, .u . - ..
.'Si ly pet are yoo h angry V
The momentary diversion passed The
mile died. The girl turned from tbu bird
and commenced walking the floor.
"ll 1 could see Dick for a" moment only
a'motaent,'" ihe murmured,'"! am sure we
could get at each other's hearts and be re
conciled. I want him so, and I am sure he
BeedVcne. N'o one ever loved him but me.
' ( think no oau in the world can understand
'fciirt jis'l do,' Then isn't it my fault that we
jorr!ed?" T saw wbere'fhe 'mistake' lay,
bai'f wi loproud,' and he thooghl ccie 'un
jataad, and' so -1 ". '
,aSba task ia'.o a' chair, covered ' her face
.witi'ha'r hands, and wept bitterly! - ' ' ' "
' "'Jt was lata iri the afternoon and the room
fceaata 11 with gray gloom. The Jtinkle
of a cow tell rounded up the road as the
cattle alowly came fiorothe fields, where
ihe grj3 had ;rowa scarce and sere ahd
wtiirn,' since rioea, ttsa rain had 4oakd the
foaclr. The noise startled, her from' her
abandon of rief. She roe t7 .' har, feet,
facing qoickly thro agh the yr indow.iio the
barn, where Ur lather -wmI finishioc hisl
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tJuy-'a vrcrk, lh jn turned (jaicS
t-f f-i' s" 6 supper.
hl'zs r.my tcOtr, Olive t
ly for
o 1
bathe'
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BLOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA:
secretly ; not ooe of ihe many who had sur
rounded the girl from childhood, and who
sat daily: wiib her at the same boardJrsam-
ed that sha had a grief or- care beyond the
moment."
Wheti'lhe day'ivork was qnite finished,
and her mother nodded over her knining, ;
while her father went quiie to sleep over '
his Bible. 1 Olive took a candle and stole up
to her own little room. Her cheek was
flushed, her "eyes bad . something of their
own brilliant light, aud her hand tremoled
as she sat down to write. This was .her
letter :
Dear DickV My heart aches so that I
cannot bear it. It is grieving me to death
to have this coldne between us. I was
( bait to blame, Dick, and I ask you to for-
give me. INext weex l 30 to urooaiyn ior a
visit to Aunt Elsie. Will ycu come there,
No. 40 S street, and see jour
- - Otivf.
She did not know the.special address, so
she wrote oflon . the envelope simply,
j "Richard, Brown, New York," sealed it with
L har on little Scotch motto seal of "Dina
forgoi," and laid it by with a sigti. of relief,
for mailing on the morrow.
The next day the letter was mailed.
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'The law office o! Brown and Burleigh was
very quiet. The book keeper was at his
dek and the two copying cleiks ul their.
Mr. Brown tood gazing thoughtfully from
the window.'at.'d M( Burle:gh was in Court.
One would naturally think that Brown's in
tensely occupied niind was intent oponsome
law cae. Not so. Instead be was saying
over nid over to himself, '1 wish I could
see Olive,' and he "was actually
"Longing to escape from stady,'
. To the fair you&g face and ruddy,
And ihft thousand charms belonging
To the'summer day'
Very unpractical of lawyer Brown, but
I very natural, thus to stand dreaming of a
j little rosy cheeked, bloe-eyed dameel far
nff h was ih du'nmn day so cool ana
gniieJ ihj menla, rator of his profession
Rni InwvHi Brown's thnushts would not
:ay in hi office 'in New York, but went
wanderil over the hAirtlAl Beld 0f a coun.
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Irv Mlatp
All at once there came a steady tread op
on thes'air, ami in a -moment a penrfy
postman entered and t'epoited upon Mr.'
Brown' table a number of letters fro.-h
from the alternoon mail.
Brown was a grave leiurely man. . He
! looked at every one. of :he letters before
opening any, and finally examined one 1
quite curiously. j
"A lady's hand mailed at C Whyj
who in the world "'-. . .
He tore it opn. .
It can't be Oiiv " he thonght. "The
careless liule witch don'i write as
well as
Signed
thi y, be b0i:nd.' Why it U hers,
0r,,e assure as fate.". -
He perused it carefully and smiled. Ha
was a grave man of forty, and even his
smile wan a grave smile.
'"Foolish liiilw sensitive puss," he snlilo
qn:zed. "To think ot being grieved at such
a trifle. I never should have thought of it
acain in the world. What i-trange creatures
j women are. s.?e ,er at Brooklyn ? Of
, COQf8e. J if not know sbe bad an aunt
j ,nere ihouah."
Mr Rmxn ti.,1 Oregon lo leave the of- I
fice a few moments later. Pacing through ; lhe inlHiot. dark eyed girl, whose not-.
Naa.i street he ran nearly against a young 1,8 'ned wuh a sm.lw.e bow aud an in
man wf6 waswa Iking as fast as himself. --fhwtarr compliment, were very nrcely
' ''Mr. B-owir" , , , .acquainted..- - .
"Mr. Brown '! ! ' 'There is another Richard Brown in town
'I besf yonr pardon.'.', ; whose post office address is box 285 a tall
"Not. all r I be your." . ' black eyed fellow eh?' and Mr. Brown
"Thuiik yor.. A fine day." - stopped, laughing, ior the Sodden crimson
"Very fine." ' ' - of Olive's face revealed the whola story.
The other Brown had black eyes and ; 'Miss Hudson ,' he said archly, for he was
brown curls, and a plain, proud, fine, youth-'. fond of a qn iet jest, 'it really isn't possible
lul face ol his own The black eye were that yon have quarreled with such a fine
veiy soU and a little saJ after the first flush fellow as that?' '. .
of surprise had passed. A splendid fellow, ' It was such a pleasant, sensible face; and
His name was also Richard. My reader of . such an air ol true dignity about the gernle
coure seizes the connection, discover the ' man that Olive, s finding that Brown knew
coincidence aird anticipate the story.- ' Dick quite well, was now led into telling
' ' ' the whole story of the. quarrel, aod ended
Olive Hudson wax io Brooklin, at tfle rei- with ; ' - '
idence of her aunt, Mr. Elsie Grant- The '1 really most see him immediately..'
old lady's last daughter had just married 'Most you, indeed ? Is it possible that
and left the parental roof, and ' Mrs. Grant you are in love with such an unreasonable
had sent her favorite' niece to spend a . fellow, Miss Olive ?' . - i
month with her, and relieve the quiet and 1 '1 was half to blame, Mr. Brown.'
solitude of the old houe. It was a marvel'- 'On, woman ! women !' sighed the gen
of beauty !rf Olive, brought up amo'ng the J tleman, 'what angels yon are ometiraes ."
simple aVrang'emen toi l'he country. She..- 'No,' said be, suddenly, "I know Mr.
had fine tastes and "the Pe'rsiatf carpets, r Richard Brown so very well, that if7oo will
elvet lounges, and Vdamask , drapery were
sources of quiet pleasure to her. She liked
luxury 'us well a' -any "one- in ihe Vorld,
though she never complained at the ab
sence of it. But no boor which ' she spent
in her aunt's beautiful parlor, or at the
theatres, lectnra rooms or opera houses of
New York, were ba!fJji(rnoch valued by
her a were some, little, moments she had
known is her simple country home, one
year before. ' ' -' "
Ooe of the clearest aod. fairest of the last
October days, sbe sal alone io the luxurious
front parlor, looking absently oat- at the
.windows and then idy atthe. plates of the
book she bald 'upon her lap. . Of course ahe
was thinking 0 Richard Brown wondering
if be' had received . her - letter hoping 1 that
he would come re allyw ailing and listening
lor another summons.1 V. .'" '
Sua had something -io her lap besides the
boo2,' a small velvet miniature case. Once
1 azaiu for miar- times the; opened it, and
looked earnestly:at the face wrthia-ifraDki
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proud lace, wuh irregular'' features
fcf, i.i,ii . , 1 uli
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year," she said io,herselt'. . (,
, Suddenly there caine a sharp, quick' ring
at the door., . She sprang to ber feet her
heart was leaping and boonding like a
! frighteneJ bird. She listened to the servant
going throujjh the hall and unlocking the
door,
Toice
Then came the ' aouud of a man s
Is Mis Pinkney in ?' '
'There is no one of that 'name . stoppiog
here, sir, said the servant respectfoll. ,
, 'lso't MIaPinkney "stopping here !'
No, sir.' , ... . : ..
" 'Isn't this No. 40 V .
It is sir.' . ., .
Isn't it Mrs. Elsie or, ah, I don't know
the name?'
Mrs. Elsie Grant fives here, sir. 1 This is
her bouse.'" " ' ' '
Well, isn't a Miss .Pinkoey expected
here ?' 1 ... i
'I think not, sir.'
Thea.came a long- pause of , perplexity ;
evidently the gentleman was distressed, per
plexed aud disappointed.. Olive stood list
ening attentively just within the pariprdoor.
Said the gentleman at lat ;
'I bad a note Irom ' Miss r Pinkney last
week ; and she informed me that she would
be at this house to-day. - This is certainly
the bouse.' I cau't conceive why she isn't
here.'
Olive's sympathy for the gentleman was
very keen, despite her disappointment, and
she found herself stepping for ward in o the
hall.
'There is 'probably some mistake, sir,'
she commenced to say when her glance fell
upon the notej which he held iu his hand
1: was certainly her own.'
Her heart gave a wild throb She flashed
her eyes over the visitor Irom head to foot,
to see if by any means she could trace a re
semblance between a grave . profeional
gentleman of forty and a cer aiu qa ick mo
tioned - black-eyed young ,min of her ac
quaintance. Never were two more unlike.
'Will you come in, sir?' she said at
last. i
' Mr. Brown followed Olive into the luxuri
ous parlors.
There is some strange miftake, sir,' she
said facing him as soon as he was seated.
M wrote the note you hafe in your band.'
'You are mistaken madam.' It was cer
tainly written by a friend ot mine, Mis Ol
ive Pinkney, and mailed at Corinth,' and
Mr. Brown looked wildly at the tall, slight,
dark-eyed girl wlio claimed to be the origi
nator of the epistle written by his title, blue
eyed lady-love. Indeed, thoughts of in
trigue and coiipiracy flashed upon him as
he roe to his leel, repeating, 'You are mis
taken, madam ' . ......
- Olive could not but smile in spite of her
disappoiulmeiit, and in the midst of her be
wildermeut. 'It can't be a hoax, cir, for I certainly
wrote the note ; bui how this mistake hap
pened Yonr name sir V , as the thought
flashed across her mind.
'Richard Brown, at your service, mad
am.' .
Brown repeated Lis-respectable name
wiih dignity.
Oh, 1 understand now !' exclaimed Olive
and by the time the matter was clearly ex
plained to Brown bow the letter bad (alien
into his hands, tbroogh hi name being the
V I - I o 1
8aJDe w" r ' lower llw)eI Drown "nu
r trust this little affair to me as a friend for a
few days I will stake my reputation
as a
lawyer to -bring the matter all onl fair.'
'1 shall be perfectly willing to trust yon.'
'Then introduce me to your aunt, and go
with me to the opera to night.'
It was done. There in an opera box',
without a lady, sat Dick Brown, listening to
the mbsic silently, and looking so grave and
pale that Olive whispered to companion-
; 'Call him motion to bim, please. I am
sore be will forgive jcae and we shall be
friends.' . " "
. 'Not "at all. Hedeperves twenty-four
hours punishment my dear. He's a very
unreasonable, obstinate-fellow, and I am
going to punish him a ; little. Just be pa
tient, and you shall kiti bim to-morrow
nigbl.' , " ..; - -
' Jot then Dick turned around and saw 01
ive andber-companibn. With an uncon-
scious burning blush of aitatioa," her eyes
fefl before his, aod aiter one long look at
her, he turned away, with al palalace ajxd.1
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flaV&nJ eyea-'V-t
'- Mr' Brown wbnld not give the girl "a
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the house, but she : cried herself ;lo sleep
for joy that night because, she bad looked (
upon his face. .. t . s
The text afternoon, lawyer Brown sat
alone in his office, when the door . was
opened quickly, and in walked Mr D-ck
Brown, having a mein of subdoeil inrtigna-
lkn and haunr. He weot directly to thel
but.lnei'S of inquiring Ohve's addresi. Mr.'
Brown gave it quite readily and courteously,
oiily. Haying, a Dick turned to go
i inink Mis Hudson, will be pleased to
see you, Mr. Brown.'.
'Impertinence, ' mo'.tered Dick. 'How
doe he know whether' ahe will or not1'
It wasn't ball an hour before ha was with
O ie. - And it wasn't any longer than il
took o make explanation and kiss each olb-1
er beforethe quarrst was made up, and so j
ends my Mory the story which lawyer B. j
told his little blue-eyed wife that winter, as
tbey sat together in the cosy little parlor of
their new house-keeping establishment.
folpit Idiosyncrasies. '
The Tablet, a Roman Catholic journal
(aid to be Archbichop McClusky' organ)
in a fine vein of irony thus touches up
what il call the modern New York notiwi ;
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"rREt SUNDAY." . I
"Sunday, with our Liberal,' is a day '
devoted by gei.eral consent to mitcellane
ous lecturing." The hour for the mom part, :
i halt paM ten in the morning, three in the
afternoon or half past eeven in (be evening. ;
The themea at the discretion of the lec
turer, except that il It considered rude, in !
our preftnl mixedpopulation , to introduce J
1 , ,,T P T' '
In v.ew'ol a.lthe views that, now gather j
,0 know the view of any gi.enVpeaker, ,t ,
trnn it rnrnlv n pnniinAril onan raammra
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to say anyining irritatiog aooui -sin- orine
way of gelling rid ot it
Somebody mighX i
drop in and leel hurt at the insinuation.
"Accordingly we find our Sunday lectur
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ers with great consistency have generally
selected aod advertised as good Sunday
leaders Ao'.i-popery (this is the safest)
hea Liberty Temperance Iron clad i General Jackson, is accorded 10 the mean
GreenbdAke Constitutional Amendment j gS aud weakest among them. The merit
the Black Vote our Vice President our I 0 breaking up the Union and forcing on a
Governor our Mayor the last tipped table ' wicked, cruel, murderous civil war.Js re
or the last ualled wrist. . But now that these warded by the greatest boon which the re
linking cymbals have no more changes to public can bes:ow. Fitly to acknon wledge
be rung on ihem we were favored 'last; tilt virtues of the re elected President, and
Sabbath' with eloquent essays by no les
ihan six chosen rhetoricians on the evils of
diny eiree.9 and dingy cellars, with what
bave been called admirable plans for coax
ing slow capitalists to maka six per cent,
oui of eligible 'flats.'
One further reform is necessary.
Let the -Rev.' disappear from the advertis
er's name, and leave doxologies and bene
dictions to ihosSLWbo choose to tall behind
their time. In this equality of torm, lec
tures on seven thirties used up railroad
and 'delicate diseases,' will stand as right
fully aunounced for the 'emancipated Sab
bath a dissertation on the Delude or er
rnous on. the Saints."
Tne Fivk Cradlks A man w
had
ben drn kipfe more ihan-ws yooit tor. him
decided lo aiterr.pl yamm hi t ed -.w ithout
disturbing iii wife ai.d provoking a i--c-lure.
He reached the doorof tn? room,
and alter runrniiaiir g tor a fe-.v pi- mem oti
the mailer, ihousht if he couki reach Ihe
oedpo-i, and hole on to thai while he plip--ped
off hi apparel. Ihe teat woul he accom
plished. I Unfortunately for hi cherne a
craule stoqd in a direct line with tha- ted
poti, aboot the middle of the . floor. Of
coorse. when his shins came in contact
with it, he pitched over it, and upon sain
ing an erect position, ere an etquiliorium
was established, he went over it t?ackward,
in an equally summary manner. Aiiiri he
struggled to his leel and bent foremost ovei
the 30wer of infant happiieo. At length
with the fi'th fall . his patience became ex
hausted, and the obstacle was yet lo be
overcome. In desperation he crievl out to
hi sleeping partner, Wife ! Wile ! how
many cradle have you 201 in the 11 u- ?
I've lalien over five, and here' a itiiher te
fore me I" : ' '
A Goor One Some where in the ontkir
of Hartford there is a Mi-Mon Schnol thai
has the reputation of being ra;her . 'noisy,'
so much so that tho.se appointed to lake
charge of it generally resign in a few week.
Last Sunday, the school being dentute ot
a superintendent, a prominent manufacturer
ot Norwich, Conn., volunteered for the day.
Having called the school to order, and noi
most of them seated,' Boys," said he, mount
ing the platform, "let's see if we can't have
it still," and be put himself in a quiet pos
ture ior the t-chool to imitate. As there wa
1 60me ,'o:, "BoJ
r,. aiu"vie.
-we can have
it stiller, I now,' and walking to the Iront
part ol lhe stage and raising bi hand
"Now let's see it we can't hear a pin drop."
All' was silent, when a little tellow in the
back part of the room, placing himself in
an altitude of breathless attention, spoke
offl: " Let her drop " .
The Meru leature-of the superintendent
are said to have slightly re axed.
A cotemporary has recently applied a
new-name lor 4fpreeing." 'VVben a man
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SeiB DB,UW" " uaj
he i said la be
uuutuuiicu . -
Aae.w,ahes that all, rnankina wom
.. nnir . in.- that ii had onlv one felt
ooe neck ; love, that it bad ooty one rear
and, 1 wo - pain of lips t' grief, to teari
DN E S D AY, MARCH, 29, 1865.
Inangnration Hymn.
All hail the power of Abram's name,
' Let white iolk prostrate fall ;
Bring lorth the colored gentleman,
. And make bim lord of all.
Let white folks no more lift their heads,
' Nor dare hi acts remove
' Ot mishty Lincoln Abram First,
Who treed the ones we love.
Stand by and heed the chieftain's cry
More men we want than that ;
Said he to pompous General Fry,
Where will you "come out at."
My proclarrfation has 'gone forth,
The wheel again must lurn,
-To lake the boobies of the North,'
"To whom it may concern."
Let Constitution and Ihe Rights.
Of States no more be known,
For we have made the Sambo- race
Superior to our own.
For this we've ' iought, for this we've
prayed,
The nation's life have given,
Lord send the while folks all to hell
The niggers all to heaven.
And Lord, when done with earth ;
Give to our chosen band.
Of wooly heads sweet scen'ed crew
A place at thy right hand.
From the Loodun Standard. March 4.
The Second lnanguialhn of Mr. Lincoln.
. Secession Recognized by Congress-Lincoln
Pi ended on'y of lhe Northern State$.
J ,
Abrahara Lincoln ,Ue day Pfoc,amei1'
,or ,htt BecomJ !ime FreruiBnl 0f lhe United ,
Sutes. Tne honor ,0 ,ohn Adams ,
. l .1 i. . j . u:. i Kt-i n.l .
iue aiuer, auu iu u in un mo .. "" .
mQfl ri0ll0rable member of the party trom
uih lhtt RaIinKiio.n. K derived their'
j -I
e..., diM-raceful iraditions and their least
. . t -
onwortuy principles, i Destoweu on ous
whose insignificance alone was the cause
of bis original elevation. The honor re
fimed to eves, one of the successors of
to indicate what are the peculiar claims
which the United Stales have recognized by
, ,ne gid 0f a second term ot office. Andrew
Johnson of Tennessee is cbonen Vice Presi
dent. In those qualities which lht Repub
licans delight to honor, which have eleval-
eu a Lincoln ana gionnen a uunerAnnre w
Johnson has hardly a rival. Lincoln him
self is not more insolently contemptuous of'
law and decency. . Butler himself is not
more brutal, coari-e and cruel. As Military
Governor ot Tonnaee Johnson ha faith
fully imitated the example .et by the late
ruler ot New Orleans ; has tortured tha
helples.-ne ot children and old men, has
humt' ed the pride of the hated Southern
vromii by ihe inuli wnich only Puran
'indir:iveriee could devise and Yankee
rna- liind coold dare to perpetrate ; "and
.'cr !? at.it sundry morejn-t rea-o:js and
-.:fici-n-" tie i re Aan'ed w iih an honorary
omen which make him tor tne tune, in
rack if r.o! in importance, the second per
son hi tn e Union The chair of ihe Senate
that aemb!y which once contained ail
ihl Wd w -et and uonlesl in the United
State, which eveti 10 a late period preserv-
ed noma of the traditions ol belter limes
unJ claimed to rival the dignity of the
Hoiiie of Lord is 10 be filled by the ex-
tailor, who in his rapid advancement, has
never lorgotien the manner and habits suft-
aide to hi origin. Low a the characler ot
the Federal Government had sunk, the cer-
ernonv ot lo-dav inflicts on il a degraJa-
tion hi'herto unknown.
But thi concern only the people of the
Northern Sta e. If they choosy 10 be rul
ed by men who in no other country would
he thought wortrty ot -the lowesi office in
lhe u f t of government, il it pleases them
10 ei over them men whose character and
heiirin 1 .vile the contempt and disgust of
E'-rope e Save no cause lo question the
ti'ne..- of their choice But there is anoth
er aspect i 1 which tne ceremony ol the 4ih
ot March ha a grave significance for for
eijii powers The Government of the
United Sla'es stands trom this moment on a
new basis, and puis forward new preten-
I sj0&8
Mr. Lincoln, in 1S61, pould claim,
wj(h 80me show oi reafcon, lo be President
of the whole thiriy-lour States; for, though
fifteen ol them had unanimously and per
etriptorily rejected him, they had taken part
in the election which led to his triumph.
Mr. Lincoln, in 1865, is manifestly the
President only of the North- Not only
. bave the eleven Confederate State taken
no part whatever in' lhe election, but they
have beu excluded Irom it by lormal and
express legislation -The pseudo Govern
ments of Louisiana and Teuneee chose
delegates to cast the vote of those States ;
aud Uiai vote has been rejected by the Con
Ires at Washinnton. It i formally de
clared that the eleven States which iorm the
Confederacy are out of the Union. ; The
position of the Federal Government is thus
materially changed. At the beginning ot
the war Mr. Seward chose to speak ol the
secessionists'as bands of persons engaged
in insurrection within the boundaries of the
Southern States, and denied,' boih by im
plication and- express terms that the! gov
ernrueats oJ those States had separated and
since the States had no direct and separate
relations with Europe, it was possible Ior
European statesmen, misled by tbe'anatogy
of kingly government, and unable or un
willing to appreciate the bituation of Slates
under a Federal constitution, 40 imagine
that the secession movement was in fact a
rebellion and thai it "was the duty of for
eign powers, until the rebels bad made
good their independence, to recognize the
original pjvernment as still retaining its
authority over the whole of its former ter
ritory. But the circumstances of the pres
ent election have dispelled any such illu
sions. It is formally declared that not cer
tain persons in thb Sonthern States, but
those States themselves as Corporate enti
ties and in their sovereign capacity, have
separated themselves from the Union, and
are no longer entitled to participate in its
privileges. In rejecting the vote of a State
overrun and occupied by Federal armies
Congress has recognized the secession of
thai State. Now, since it is admitted that
the States .in their sovereign capacity bave
broken irom ihe Union, the position of Eu
ropean diplomacy i no longer, even in ap
pearance, tenable. That position was this
that we decline to judge the merits of the
quarrel but awaited the result of the war
before recognizing the seceded State. But
it the States in their corporate character
have' seceded ( we must, by our action, pro
nounce judgment one way or the other. If
we decline 10 recognize them we "pro
nounce that Slates, whose sovereignty and
independence we ourselves by treaty have
acknowledged, have forfeited or abdicated
Iheir tovarei?n rights, and have not lerallv
he fcepi4ra,e themselves from their
, f
late confederates. If we recogniza them,
we pronounce .tat, as toward ourselves at
,eJ reuinheir characler. As a
of m afe qq9
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ibe cae
lA AtilrinrT lliA Itninn Virginia nra.lif 1
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ICDOIIC'i I4IO lllll VI
qum.ng it at pleasure,
and it her sister Stat.a did not do the same, i
it was because they did not conceive that j
there could be any doubt upon the point,
'
I ii refusing, to recognize the Confederate
ta
State, now thai Congress has expressly ac-
anowieogeo ine laci or ineir .secession, we
are pronouncing a judgment Which we, and ,
all the world know to be false j
I f " " uauit nuou ju-
To :reat Mr. Lincoln as President over ; jng (o bed or when leaving a room for a,"
the Srutheru St-tes, in virtue ot the recent short time, of turning the wick down low
election, is to commit ourselves to a whole . j o.d t0 gave a trifle of he con,ompliotl
tissue of absurdities. If those States are ; pf ij. The consequence is that the air ol
portion of Ihe Union, he has not been the room soor. becomes vitiated by the on
elected at all ; for that can be no election consumed oil vapors, by tt.e gas prtduced
from which one third of (be constituent i by combustion, and also by the minnte par.
bodj is excluded. If they are portions of j ,ice9 of ,moke an ,oot whichre thrown
the union, congress couia have no right to .
excIode or dispense with their votes
if!
they no longer belong to the Union, then i
Mr. Lincolo has ne authority over them, !
and his present enterprise is an attempt to (
conquer an independent nation, not to ab- '
due rebels. In a word, either the election '
is valid, in which case the eleven Con fed - j
eraie Slates are not members or the. Union, j
or it is invalid, and the Uuion has no gov- 1
ernmeut whatever. If Mr. Lincoln be law- 1
fully President of the Union, Ihe secession
of the South i a legal tact and Mr. Davis
is leja;ly President of lhe Confederate
Siaies. If we recogniza the present Gov
eritment of tha United States at all we do
by implication recognize the independence
ot ite Sou h. We have of course no hope
trial any sucn argument will influence me 1
policy of the Administration. With that 1
nolicr neither iiiice nor reason has int. 1
thing to do. Il is on ihe comparitivt
fctrength not on the diplomatic or legal rights
of the two confederacies that the action of
Her Majesty's government depends. But
there i a melancholy pleasure in stripping
away the last f-hred of excuse that has hid-
den Irom England the un worthiness of the
putt she has been made to play, and expo-
ing to all eyes the naked hypocrisy of Lord
Rusell'a "Mrict and impartial neutralitv."
Columbcs Cox the Guerrilla This no
torious character ha been prowling about
the southern part of Kenton county for
about three month. Ha claims to bave a
roving commission from the rebel authori
ties 10 enlist men in the rebel service, and
steal horses. His father lives on Cruise's
creek, about seven miles sooth of Indepen
dence, and he has a brother-in-law who
lives a few miles further down the same
creek, in an out of the way place. Many
suppose thai he makes this latter place Lis
headquarters, as he is frequently een.ia
that vicinity. Not long since he made his
appearance at a party at Mr. Seabory
Armstrong's, and played the violin for the
company to dance by. He was on that oc
casion armed with two large navy revolvers,
and boasted of hi ability to go where he
pleased, as he knew every movement made
by the Union forces. There are several oi
the rebel farmer' sons in that vicinity with
him and others who do not belong to his
party hnow all about bis whereabouts, and
keep bim posted. They frequently visit
Covington and learn all they can about mil
itary affairs and post up their leader. These
accomplices frequently get on a spree, and
disturb villages and neighborhoods, and
then disappear, as may be inferred, to the
retreat of their chief.
A letter from Savannah says there are not
twenty Union men in the whole population.-
In a speech in the Honse the other day,
Fercando Wood said thai he calculated the
present and prospective pnblic debt at S7
608 000,000, or more than, the combine
debts of England, France, BosgiatApstriar
NUMBER 23;
Eruption of lonnt Ywnvius Terriffic Spec
tacle. , . ,
Extract of a letter from Florence, Feb 18.
Those who may have seen an eroptioa' "
ot Mount Ltna can form an adequate idea
of this tremendous spectacle. The crater
is abaut six k'ilomeires in circumlerence,
with four horrible, principal mouths; which
eject enormous atones (o a height of inotV
les than one kilometre. The lava'is rather
brittle compared with that of previous erup- '
lions, but has a certain smeU of solpbur
and preserves an intense beau. It flowed
rapidly the first two days? during which it 7
advaneed from 12 to 13 miles. ; Subse., r
queotly 10 this it advanced much slower,
lhe lava making its way under, thal'f first
lormed hde water under frozen river.., A vr
cloud of dust'oiiirg over its course and woe-, ,
to him who met it with the wind blowing -,
towards him The eruption is limited to .
the foot of Moout Fromento, and threatens,
the territory of Piedmonte and.Linguagro-. .
sa two considerable districts. This stream, -.,
of lava, wbieh caused "serieus apprebeh-.
sions for Giarre, divided into seven branches
and destroyed whatever it encountered with ;
incredible voracity. The great proprietors. !
have suffared immense losses, and .Jh-::i
6mall farmers are reduced to , lhe most ex
treme misery. " Descending a email valley :.
the lava formed a bill which covered and-1
joined the two Mounts Arsi, before divided
by a plain, when the lava, dividing in three
6treams. occupied an area of one mile.- It '
is :his braocb which is invading the district -of
Mascali on the north. The breadth of'-,
the lava is not greater than eight nor. less
than six kilometres. On Mount Strunedde
the fire has separated into two streams, the 1
most considerable of which flows in a
northerly direction, and is descending upon,
the village of La Viaa in a stream about a
mile in. breadth. Tha 01 h
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, though lass considerahlA. -till an
Si
apprehensions- It appeared that alter the
firs, eieLl dav. lh- rtrMHfnl .
oc lhe poiol of ceis-ing bu, lfae Bi
o( Ihe g,ht which WM prwcedeJ b
ku .inrm u.iT,,, a
bie storm lasting two days, a great eatth-
n-at- k. . . .
qaake was felt which opened the drate:
wjln jres Tjj.or ,
- A Bad Pbactics Many yersons who use
kerosena lamna am In iha KoK.t . . ...
0rr
Air thus noioned is deadlv in its ef.
lects, and the wonder if that more sersoos
are net immediately and fatally injared ,by
breathing it. Irritation and inflamation' of
the throat and lings, -.headache, dizzinsac
4nd nausea are among its effects.
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Corruption at thb Vert Dooa or thi
White Houk. The Hon. Emerson Eth
ridge, publishes a letter showing that . the
Presidttnt'a nrivatAXtnorif..r,.r rvr..,
has been in ihe habit of receiving money
to admit visitors, and has procured the par
don of rebel prisoners for $10 each. Ether,
idge says that he refuses to admit persons
whose business ha knows to be that of ask
ing release of prisoners, and then proposes
to take the paper and bava the release
granted tor a money consideration. He
gives the history of 00 e transaction of this
kind, in which ha gives the date aud the,
names of the party. What an honest ad-,
mi.ni-traiion of affair we are having under
honest Old Abe !
Fast Age The Erie (Pa,) Dtsp'itch con
tains the following examples of the pro
gressive spirit of the age :
. A man residing in Spring township, Erie
county, buried hi second wife on Tuesday,
November 1. 1864, and on the 12th, eleven
days, after, married a jam. His first wile
died about a year ago, and he was five
weeks in finding a second.
A case which occurred in Dryden, New
York, however, leaves the Erie, Pa., cae
far behind tor enterprise. A man in thai
town bad the mislortooe to loose his wif
on Sunday, on Monday bad married, his
servant girl ; on Tuesday tbey attended the
funeral of the deceased together, I3e new
wife wearng the old one's clothes. .
Is the "Life of ' Wilberforce," is ibe fol
lowing entry in his diary ; "went to hear .
Mr. Foster. Fell much devoted and won
dered at a man who fell asleep during, the.
psalms. During the sermon, wild to tieep,
myself."
A Woman's Elvsicm To make a' young'
lady eix feat deep in hapiness give ber
two canary -bird, twenty yards of silk,' a
crinoline skirt, a nice, cream, several rose
buds, a squeeze of the hand, and the prom
ise of a new bonnet. Ilshe don't melt, it'
will be because she can't.
A cat and a large family of kittens vers)
tha ouly occupants in Fort Sampler wbea
taken possession of by the rederal troop.
Grant's failure to capture Richmond baA '
cost the goverument mere than one hundred
million of dollar.
Joseph Hallkck, a brother to General
Halleck, has enlisted as a private at Miue-
apolis, taking $225 local boo at,, ' '! .7 i .1
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A Madisoo.. lod young lady bs oil land r-t
far which .she has refnsed ao ooohnt wt't
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