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BLOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16.! 1865.
NUMBER 43.
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THE OlD STORY.
My heart is chilled. and my pulse is low,
But often and often will memory go, ,
Like a blind child lost in a waste of enow
Back to the days when I loved, yoo eo,
.The beautiful long ago.
I sit here dreaming through and through,
The blissful memory shared with yoa
"The sweet sweet days when our lore was
new, 1
When t was trustful and yoo were trae
. The beautiful days, but few.
Blest or wretched, fettered or free,
Why should I care how your life may te,
. Or whether you wander by land or sea?
I only know yoo are dead to me,
Ever and hopelessly.
. Ohhow often at day rs decline,.
I washed from my window the curtaining
Tine,
To see from our lattice the lamplight shine,
Type of a message that hall divine
Flashed Uom your heart to mine.
Once more the starlight i silvering all
Ttie roses sleep by the garden wall
Toe night bird warbles his madrigal
And hear again through the sweet air fall
' The evening bugle call.
But summers" will vanish and years will
- wane, -And
bring no light to your window pane
No gracious sunshine noT patient rain.
Can bring dead love back to life again
I call up the pat in vain.
My heart is heavy mj heart is old,
na ma. proves uros, wmco co.in.e-j goiu,
1 watch no longer your curtain' told,
The window is dark and the night is cold,
And the story forever told. I
l.i . 1 . I i-
A 31 j del Editor.
He must know all about his own country,
hifr own Siate, his own county, and other
counties, Slates, and coontnes. He must
know every even: cf the current hour, must
remember everything' he ever said or heard
of during bi lite. He most be familiar
with all Jhe ' records of past history, and
prepared to urter prophesies as to the future
a much harder task than many imagine
it he wishes to avoid being thought mad or
foolish. He must be fully and thoughtfully
posted in all the innumerable ologies, o So
phies, orgraphies, into which the limitless
domain of so-called or truly-called science
is divided. He roost know every great man
of- history, every hero, god, or goddess of
ancient mythology, and of the paganism of
all times. He- must remember the name of
every poet, and be able to quota allihe po
etry that ha ever been written ; be thor
oughly versed in all religious controversies
and doctrines ot the old and after times.
He must andera and every practical ques
tion of all periods, and the names and bis
lories of each agita'or and party leader. He
must know all opinions prevalent or explod.
ed, and believe most ol them. In short, be
must be a walking; cyclopedia of knowl
edge, a locomotive magazine of everybody's
belief. He must be both a changeling and
unchangeable in his principles. lib must
never beconverted from bis opinions, and
yet must be,ready trt embrace every prin
ciple or issue propounded to him. Impos
sible as. such a character is, until the world
sees such a man, it will never be satisfied
that it has ever seen a model editor. The
world is the most shameless, unreasonable
old rascal of a tyrant that ever sat upon a
throne. OAzo Statesman. .
An item is afloat to the effect that a peti
tion is oa . foot in Minnesota asking that
women be allowed to vote, whereupon an
ongallant editor of the Philadelphia
Inq'iirtr remarks ' thi . is going rathr too
fast.- Ex; .-. ; ,
If the servicesof the" Inqnirer are needed"
1! the Mi.nnesotians have to do is to pot
t-he word nejjo or colored before the word
woman, and -ibe Inquirer will chime in
lustily.- ; ' . :
"Eots." said Uncle Peter, as he examined
the points of the beast, "I don't see bat one
reason why that mare can't trot ber mile in
three minutes." Tbey gathered around to
hear his oraca'ar opinion ; and one inquired
'what is it.?": "Why," he replied,, "the
distance is too great for so short a time."
Gt.v. Gest is reported, to have said, in
a conversation with the Mexican Minister a
few days ago "the French will have to leav
Mexico."
An Irishman who hang out a striped pet
tiest for a Sag, was asked what it meant
'Why, sure," said he, fit's the insblim of
tbacruntry I lore."
t!?ar, I will bet yoa anything that
J ci cir.'t t:U rtich is iht l:;zi cf my new J
Increase of Crime.
Tfce close o( the war seems lo have ush
ered in, all over the country, a carnival of
murder, robbery and all the degrees of law
lessness and crime. Murderers, thieves
and assassins Infest our communi ie to an
extent that threatens to disorganize society,
enters the machinery of jutice be strength-
Sped to meet the emergency. The people
have lived under a condition of intense ex
citement during the past'foor year, and
have been made familiar with the recital of
deeds of violence and bloodshed; and per
haps they do not realize the appalling na
ture of the criminal record that inaugurates
the reign of peace. But when it is considered
thai the police returns exhibit a statement
of twenty thousand arrests made within the
past three months in this ciry alone, and
when the public journals, day after day.
recount the swelling list of offences against
the persons and property of citizens, it is
impossible to avoid the conclusion that the
moral atmosphere has been tainted with
fresh elements of poison.
Various explanations are offered of this
astounding increase of crime. Some assert
that it is owing to the disbandment of the
great armies of the North and South, abrupt
ly transferring wild and reckless character
from the camp to civil life. Many of the
soldiers engaged in the late struggle were
men of respectable antecedents, generally
honest and industrious members of the
working class. But it is not to be denied
that the Federal ranks were partly recruited
from the refuse of foreign populations and
numbered thousands of adventurers, despe
radoes, cut-purses and cut-throats Irom the
Old World. Toward the close of the war
the chief incentive to enlistment was mon
ey, and the enormous bounties paid attract
ed the rnercenaryspirits of the wnrld to the
Federal standard. A new branch of villainy
was creatad by this circumstance, and
bounty brokerage and bounty jumping be
came a profession that was pursued with
consummate tact and great success. Those
men now find their occupation pone. When
their trade was lively they maoe great gains
and became habituated to a costly and lux
urious existence. Such fellow will keep
op their. routine ol life a all hazards. Honest
labor of course, i? oct of the question; and
fi .ding the fountain ol their profile suddenly
sealed, tbey do not Scruple to enter other
ch3nncl3 of professional knavery.
Tne,e men WQ afg confiJent are the sar
ro!erS( burg,ars? ,he reck!e!,8 ruffi(JS lhat
arJ ioh- the neigborhood of our great
cities. For the most part, the returning sol
diers, those, e mean, who enlisted to'fight
and not to jump the bounty, are qnietly re-
samtng the avocations of peaceful life.
There is no trouble to be apprehended from
a soldier lhat has done his dstjy in the field;
but from the fkulkers, the bounty jumpers
Bnd the bounty brokers, there is. more'
mischief to be proviled' against than, per
haps, onr quiet, law-abiding citizens are
aware of.
Our commnnities must be protected
agains. these deperidoes, and, if the min
isters of j'istice are not equal to the task,
tlten let the natural laws of self protection
prevail.; Let it be understood, here, that
law and order is to prevail, and it will not
be difficult to awe the evil disposed iiro
good behavior. The people have burden
enough to bear, as consequences ol civil
strife, without putting np with the outrages
of gangs of scoundreU who probably have
been taught to believe, by their experience
thus fir. th 3 1 the civil law in this country
has been canceled. New Yoik News.
Is a town in Connecticut resides a man
who made a fortune in the milk business by
not giving full measure. .As he grew rich
be thought he would change hi6 occupetion
to something more respectable, and accord
ingly booghl-a gri-t-roill. In conversation
with his wile be said he did not feel right
about the cheating which he had practiced
in the milk business, and wished some way
could be devised whereby he could repay
! in the grist mill what he had cheated in the
i other. At last they settled on the following
plan, which was to have measures made
which they took toll with as mueh too large
as the milk measures were too small.
"Isr," said Mrs. Partington, ''how do
they find out the difference between the
earth and the sun ? '
"Oh," said the young hopeful, "they cal
culate a quarter of the distance and then
multiply by iour."
"Doctor," said a peron once to a Surse
oo, ''mj daughter had a terrible fit this
morning; she continued half an hour with
out knowledge or understanding "
"Oh," replied the doctor, "never mind
that ; many people continue so all their
lives." '
In the Norwegian mines, miners present
themselves on Saturday evening to the in
spector, who, having 'settled accounts with
each, writes in white chalk on his black
back the sum due to bint. The man goes
to the cashier, who also turns bim around,
and pays bim without saying a word.
A rouNO woman in Henry co , Missouri,
not yet sixteen, is cultivating sixteen acres
ol core this season. She does all the work
herself, including ploughing and hoeing
She has undertaken, the mnly job to edu
cate herself. y -
Why are ladies who ride in railway car
riages reserved "for ladies only" never in
time ? Give it op I TLen I'll tell you. It j
From the New York Daily News.
To nis. Excellency. ASUKEW JOimOS, Preis
dent of the 1'nitrd States:
To you, Sir, President of the United
Sta e, not by the expresion of the will ol
the people, bat by the learful agency o! an
aaein. we appeal in behalf of the repub
licanism of our country. The peculiar cir
cumstances of vour accession to nower malin
ypu a, directly than your predecessor,
the representative of the will of God. The
people have therefore the right to expect
from you, to demand from you, an admin
istration unhampered by partisan influen
ces, and guided by a solemn appreciation of
the intention of that Providence that has in
vested you with responsibilities greater than
have ever devolved upon mortal man.
Your authority is not the creature of suffrage;
no, Sir; you are annoiuted with human blood
as the conservator of the political attributes
of the Republic. We are a-vare that, scr
rounded as you are by evil counselors and
partisan intriguers, and tangled irfjhe meh
es of apolicy that is not ol your conception,
nor of your development, the appeal of a
journalist who is under the ban ol the dom
inant party, will have no force beyond its
influence upon yourjpwn conscience; but ii
is to that conscience that we address our
selves,aud to the purer essence of your man
hood, your judgment, and your American
i era, in those hours of self-communion, when
)ou are free to consult your own convic
tions. You have been educated in a Democrat
ic school, and the earnest and able political,
efforts of your early manhood Lave been in
vindication of Democratic principles. Has
the acquisition of power made yoa an apos
tate from the creed under whose inspiration
you burst the tramels of low birth and pov
erty, and emerged from obscu rity into the
sunlight of fame ? We do not believe it.
We are convinced that the tenor of your an
tecedents exhibits the true nature of your '
present political laiit: The words and the '
sentiments that yoo have uttered in behall John P. Reed, Jr., a young lawyer, who-e
of Democracy are too eloquent, too strongly ' parents reside in this place, and who was
impregnated with the quality of truth and about to begin the practice of his profession
candor.to admit of the supposition that they ' in one ot the Eastern cities In order that
were spoken for expediency or to subserve you may have a correct sta ement of the
a mere personal ambition. We regard you lacts connected with this unfortunate occur
as a Democrat at heart, and therefore we ! rence, 1 wilt relate them as gathered from
are not hopeless in appealing to you.in your the testimony of eye-witnesses, and will
day of power, to fulfill the promise of your, also give the nature of the causes whicti led
antecedents. f j to the unhappy result. About the time the
We do not a.k you to espouse the Demo- ; ate war broke out J. P. Reed, Jr., having
cralic caase in a partisan significance. Yoa I graduated at Franklin and Marrshal Col
.were elected to the Vice Presidency by f lege, in this S ate, entered the office of a
Clack Republican votes and yoo were e!e- j distinguished legal firm in Toronto, Canada,
vateJ to theTresidcncy by the crime ol an tor the purpose of studying the prolession
assassin. Yoo ara not beholden to the De- j ct ,be law. Remaining there d-jrmg the
mocracy for the position yoa r.ow hold, and pender.cy of the war, young Reed was
the Democracy have no partisan claim np- ! crar,ed, but upon h:s return o this place, in
on you beyond whatis involved in the ider.- tne fpring, reported, and was perrnited to
tityof your opinions wit!, theirs. They ex- pul in a 8abs.ilu.e. Silicosis return here
pect therefore less from yon than if you had : 80me of ,he mejjeSame penp'.e cf this
been raised to the Execntive chair by their ! plaCe have ,r;eJ in Tarios ways to annoy
suffrages.. But they expect, and they have anj iaituU hirilt eTen trea'enir.g to drive
the riaht to expect, that you vindicite the : h-irn 03t Df ,own Among thee was Crou-e
republicanism of the common country. Sir, j lh(, deceased. These ino!'s, however,
look at the record of the Federal Adminis- j were not heeded by Re I. Bat a few weeks
tration sit.te the close of the war, and, upon ag(7f nis Prolher, Mengel Ree J, a student of
jour corcience, answer, has it been repub-; med,cine in your city, re-urned to h'n lather's
lican in spirit or in mbstar ce ? When yoo I nouse in ,hiil p!acei intending to spend the
were ir.vest-d with Presidency, there was , 8Dmmer hera Mengel had been captured
no organized armed opposition to the Fed- in ,he surnmer of 1S63, by the rebels, at
eral authority The Southern Confederacy J McConnellsburg, whither he had gone on a
find been conquered, its armies had surren
dered, the Southern people were helples,
submissive and disposed to renew the re
lations of intersection fraternity and
concord. Yoa were inaugurated at the
threshold of peace, and your mission was
one that the patriot could fulfill with joy and
pride, for it was simply to accept the prof
fered hand of friendship, to efface the traces
of civil strife, to set in motion the machine
ry of recuperation, and lo reinstate the peo
ple in the full enjoyment of their republi
canism. The glorious opportunity was
yours to commence your administration by
the abrogation of arbitrary power and the
resumption of the formula, of our political
system. You were restrained Ly no plea ot
military necessity. The discords ol war
were hushed; the sweet accents of peace,
beseeching a hab'taiion iri our land, were
echoed by the voices of the exhausted and
bereaved pnpulauoia who, at the North and
at the South, ask to jnin hands in fellowship
and in oblivion of past antagonism. It was
given to yon, Sir, as the fir.-l act of your au
thority, to set the Executive seal upon this
bond of reconciled brotherhood; but alas!
have you not suffered the sacred summons
to pass, if not unheeded, at least unobeyed?
It was ofT-red to you, by the hand of Provi
dence to open the doors of American bas
tiles and to strike the word forever from our
vocabnlary; to restore judicial, forms, and to
compel tha snbordination of the military to
the civil authorsy; to give back to the peo
ple their writ of habeas corpus and their lull
riid'hts of citizenship; to exercise the Godlike
prerogative ol clemency toward your con
quered coontryme n; to say to the world, and
to attest it by the results of a wise and con
ciliatory policy; the Republic has emerged
from the ordeal of civil strife robed in the
glory and beneficence of her republicanism.
Such, Sir, was the ta-k to which the acci
dent allotted yon; but it has not been ac
complished. We address you r.ot in the
spirit of censure or reproacbp for we are too
well aware that when yoa ascended the
Executive chair, it was woven about with a
web that embarrased. and i thwarted your in
vidual inclinations, and prevented the Exe
cutive hand from obeying the dictates of the
Executive heart. But, Sir, we have receiv-
ml ihn imnrasninn. from ihfl stadv of roar
antecedents, that you are a man of nerve,cf j
and action; and we ask you, has not the time
come for you to rast off from the Adminis
trative discipline lhat was studied and ar
ranged before you came into office and lo
throw some'liing of your individuality into
the Administrative pol'cy ? 'Weafk of you,
in the name of the people, the concession,
since we must ask for it, of their republi
canism. We ask, in the spirit ol entreaty,
what the people have the right to demand,
and to attain by every means that ars with
in the reach ol freemen to assert their free
dom. The United states are not governed
in accordancs with the intention or the law
of republicanim. We ask you to remedy
this; to terminate the reign of arbitrary pow -er;
to give us back our civil courts in lieu of
military tribunals ; to restore the rights ol
citizenship; to forbid that our national for
tresses shall-be prostituted by conversion to
dungeons where American citizens can be
hidden Irom legal process ; to extend the
hand cf friendship to the Southern people
now willing and anxintu to resume their al
legimceYi the Federal authority ; to throw
A-i!e the goad and tne la .h, a nnwonhv of
enlightenment anil ' Chn-'ianity wieldir.2 a
conqueror's power over a race ot equals ar.d
of countrj men; to ue the golden opportun
ities of victory for lhe promotion of mutual
coofi lence and respect; and io knock away
the hhores and spurs of military ruie, that
keep.the ship of state docked in absolutism,
permitting the Republic to .glide again into
the smooth current of self go vernrnent
We ask this of you, Andrew Johnson, in the
hope lhat you are a well wisher of the Re
public, and that yoa will deserve well of
the Republic.
From the Philadelphia Age.
Tlie Bedford Traicdy.
Bedfo.hd, Pa, Aug. 1, 1S65.
A 6ad tragedy was enacted here to-day.
Jacoo Crouse, a resident of this plasce, was
killed by a shot Irom a pistol in the hands of
visit, and trying to escape from them, he
was carried 'with them to Gettysburg, at the
battle of which place he was recaptured by
the Federal traops, and, after a Ehort confine
ment in Fort Delaware, released, uncondi
tionally. This was made a pretext by some
parlies, to claim lhat he had enlisted in the
rebel service, and since his return here,
Crouse and others have been persistent in
insulting him on the street,, and even when
walkings with ladies, by crying out "rebel,"
"traitor," "How are you, Johnny," &c.
On Saturday last Mengel Reed was sitting
quietly in front ol his lather's office. Cron se
ttle deceased, walked by, saying, "How are I
jou, J inny ?" Mange! j imped up and .aid,
1 I will o.me you if ymi inu t m-" ajain !"
-e.,
Jr.
,flr.r-,.7 thlf at'erc-ition
bet wee ti ti's tr-xher ar.d Oou-e rvi between
tiiern and a.-krd wiint was ihe mat'er.
Menjel t.a d, " Hii-i fe lo v h in"ii ted me
Hg-iin." John P. a -bed. Crou-e, ''Did you?"
Cruuse replied, ''Yes, I dn:' !' Whereupon
John P struck Crouse ar.d knocked him
duwn. The peace officers interfering, the
fiht was stopped. On Saturday evening)
Crouse fell upon Schell W.'Reed, a younger
brother, and was beating him terribly, when
J P. Reed, Jr., came to the rescue, and
again knocked Crouse down several limes,
other parties again separating the combat
ants. Thus matters stood ntitil this morn
ing, when as J. P. Reed, Jr., was about
turning Irom Pitt street into Juliana street,
Crouse met him and spoke to hiai in an
insulting manner, at the same time pulling
off his coat and picking up two large 6lones.
Reed waved his band towards Crouse, say
ing, "Let me alone, I want nothing more to
do with jou!'' and turning away from him
was about crossi ng the street, when Crousa
following, struck bim in the side with a
stone, which nearly fell him lo the ground.
Reed recovered himself, and as Crouse was j
aoout io strike him with another stone, shot I
u: l .l , . l-ii- i '
him throogh the breast, killing hirn almost
instantly. Reed at once turrendered him
self to the civil authorities, and is now con
fined in our county prison.
Yours, Truth.
In Richmond no one is allowed to marry
without first taking ihe oath of allegiance.
Such are the orders of grandmother Hallock.
What next?
Will babies have to take tie
Correspondence of the Cincinnati GizcUe.
A si:a-isl!d sex$atiox.
I Congoei at Churcji African PsalmodyMix
ed lycrsh'pof God, Mr.. Chase, and General
Sax!07iA Curious Scene.
THE SEA-I'LAND SLAVES.
The most degraded slaves in the South, it
has been commonly testified by Southerners
themselves, were to be found in South Car
olina and on the sugar plantations in the
southwest. Of the South Carolina slaves,
the most ignorant and debased, beyond all
question, were those on the Sea Islands
about Port Royal, engaged In unhealthy
work, to which none but the coarsest of
fiber were likely to be subjected, ard steep
ed in the normal ignorance of the rice
swamp and the cotton field, they were like
wise isolated on their islands and shut out
from that mysterious transmission of intel
ligence concerning their own interests
which seemed to permeate like a magnetic
current all large communities of negroe".
They were nearly all of the pure Congo
type ; there was no mixture of white blood;
intelligent mechanics and ' smart niggers"
generally were too valuable to be sent here.
A VISIT TO TUB CKNTHAI, ISLAND CHCKCH.
Oversowing all the churchyard, flooding
the rad through which our carriages coald
hardly be driven, and backing up against
the graveyard, were the negroes, gay with
holiday ature, many colored kerchiels and
the best their earnings (and the sutler's ex
tortions) would permit them to buy The
woods back of the church were filled with
carts and wagons, the horees were unhar
nessed and lied lo the trees and fed ; their
owners were gathered in groups about the
carts discussing the condition of the cotton
crop or the price Gum had paid lot "that
new mar," and how much""A'nt Sukie was
gtttin down to Bufor for dern' dis year's pnl
lets."
THE ST. HELENA CHURCH.
The interior of the low plain brick church
was deserted, the deacons having decided
that there was not room for the throng in
attendance an event, as we afterwards
learned,- of almost constant occurrence.
Three times in the week these people had
filled ihe "praise meetings'-on their respect
ive plantations, and already there had been
another such meeting on Sunday before
j they star'eJ to church ; yet here was a great
throng which the church could not contain,
and still the roads fur miles in each direc
tion s a armed with those yet coming.
THE "MEETIN-."
While onr party stood locking about this
scene of the past, a white-wooled deacon
came, with the politeness il not the grace
of an old-world master ot ceremonies, to
summon us to one of the present. "De peo
ple is gathered, sah, Snd was ready tor de
services to bein." There was a not un
natural seusa ioti as the major generals, ihe
chief ju-tice, and the ladies of "the party
were led through the crowd to the little
platform under the live oaks ; but it was
when Rev. Dr. Fuller, "ole masa Rich
ard" made his appearance, lhat the won
dering stare brightened and eyes grew
moist, and ancient regresses could be
heard vehemently whispering "bress de
Led, bress de Lod !" ' Heberily Master!"
"Gra-e-ate King !" No word had been sent
of our coming, and it was but within the
Ial half hour that the old slaves of Dr.
Fuller had heaid that he was to address
them. There, was no way of estimating
ihe number of those in attendance he had
owned between two and three hundred, but
probably half of them were now at Beau
fort. Every adult negro in the assemblage,
however, seemed to know him.
Ihe scene was a striking one. In front
of us was the old church : behind, the new
school house. Half. a dozen superb live
oaks spread their gnarled branches over us,
the filvery. pendolous streamers ol Span
ish mo-s floating down and flecking with
t'e sunlight the upturned faces of the great
congregation of negroes, while the breezes
rnalj niojrnful music among the leaves
and the mocking birds sent back a livelier
refrain. The valley betweec the platform I
and the church was fi nally packed with ne- J
groes, all starditig, and as the deacon told
u ; "eacah far the Wud."" They clustered, j
too. about the cla'lorm. leaned over the
railing" behind and at the sides, and spread
away in all directions among the cans and
wagons lhat formed a sort of outer line of
defenses and shut in the scene. The car s
were of every color and cut and age. There
were a few straw hats on the heads of the
younger females, and co'tnn gloves, gaudy
calico dresses and crinolines were abund
ant ; but ihe older ones clung to the many
colored handkerchief, wound turban-wise
about the head, and affected gowns that
clung closely to their not graceful figures.
Altogether they were dressed as well as the
average cf day laborers' families at the
North would be, but in a taste that even
6uch Northern families would pronounce
barbarous.
A quaint old African, clad in cotton
checks and boed with many years of cot
ton hoeing, stepped out on the platform
where all the party had been seated. Lean-
ing like a patriarch on his cane, ana gently
f p . :r.
swaying his body to and fro " over il as if to
keep time, be struck up, in a shrill, cracked
voice, a curiously monotonous melodv, in
which, in a moment, the whole congrega
tion were energetically joining. For the
firt time, I observed what had often been
told me (though I had never before realized
it; that the language of these sea islanders
(and I am told that, tb some extent, the
same is true of the majority ol plantation j
telligtble patois. Listening oarefully to the
swaying old leader, I found it almost im
possible for a tifno to make 'out his mean- J
ing ; and the vocal contortions to which the '
simplest words seemed to subject him was j
a study t tiafwcjiUI have amazed a phonetic
lecturer. The words were those of an old
song which our soldiers found them sing-'
ing shortly after the fall of Bay Point :
"Ma-a-assa Fullah a sittin on de tree ob life,
Ma-a-asea Fullah a sittin on de tree ob life,
Roll, Jordan, roll.
Ma-a-assa Fullah a sittin on de' tree ob life,
Roll, Jordan, roll. ".
Ma a-assa Fullah a sittin on de trea ob life,
Ro-o oil, Jordan, roll,
Ro-o-oll, Jordan, roll, i
Ro-o-oll, Jordan, roll."
And so on, with repetitions lhat promised
to be endless. The grateful negroes had
cherished the memory of Dr. Fuller, who
had abandoned .his large legal practice to
preach to them ; and long after hi depart
ure to the North had" still kept his name
green among ihem, by thus associating it
with their ideas of heaven. But as free
dom came, and no Dr Fuller with it, they
gradually forgot their old benefactor and
snbstiiu'ed l-e name of the new one. To
them, General Saxton was law, and order,
and riuht ; be secured ther plantations ;
he got them rations ; decided disputes de
fended privileges, maintained quiet and
was the embodiment of j'istice ; and 6o ii
gradually came to pas9 that "General Sax
by,"as, wiih a ludicrous persistence, they
still call him, took the p!a of "Ma-a-assa
Fullah" in the song. The presence of the
good doctor recalled their old love, and
they gave him the first place ; but they
could not depose their latter favorite and
great benefactor, and so after, interminable
repetitions, wo came to the second stanza :
'Gen-e-ul Sa a-axby a si'tin on de tree ob life,
Gen-e ul Sa a-axby a Mliin on do tree ob life
Roll, Jordan, roll, '
Gen e ul Sa a-a.xby a sittin on de tree ob Ufa
Roll, Jordan, roll,
Gen-e-cl Sa -axby a sittin on de tree ob life
Ro-o-oll Jordan, roll,
Ro-o-oll, Jordan, roll,
Ro c-oll, Jordan, r o o-oll !"
The patriarchal old ATrican, swaying on
his cane before the congregation, threw the
whole power of his lungs into the harsh
tones with which the concluding ' ro-o-oli"
was given, and then came the great feat of
lhe African reception to the viitors. Wher
ever we had been the negroes appeared to
know something ol Mr. Chase. Their ioev
were very vague, but they thought that ir.
someway ho was a great lar-e friend of'
theirs, who had dor.c something or another
far them, what they scarcely knew, and
was to be held beside "Linkura" in their
esteem. So now with a droll look of intel
ligence toward the crowd, and particulary
toward a group of open-faced, enthusiastic
young follows, who seemed to be the main
dependence for promptly supplying the
volume of sound, lhe antique leader struck
out, in harsher tones, and more indescriba
bly bewildering difficultic; of pronuncia
tion than ever :
"Me-is-tah Che-a-ase a sittin on de tree ob
life,
Me-is-ta-ah Che-a-se a sittin on de tree ob
life,
Roll, Jordan, roll,
Me-is-ta-ah Che-a-ase a sittitfon de tree ob
lite,
Rc!I, Jordan, roll,
Me-is-ta-ah Che-a-ase a bittin on de tree ob
life,
Roll, Jordan, roll,
Roll. Jordan, roll,
Ro-o-oll, Jordan, ro o-oll !"
The chorus was sung with a vehemence
that pierced the ears, and swayed the leaf
lets of the live oaks above our heads ; while
picaninnies crowed and their mothers smil- ;
ed, and there was a general bustle in lhe j
crowd, and all fixed beaming eyes who
has not admired the deep, liquid ox-eye of ,
the southern negro? upon the embararass- ;
ed Chief Justice, whom they were estab-1
lishing, in all his avoirdupois, on the iden
tical limb where Dr. Fuller and General (
"Saxby" were already perched. And then j
a plain, bald-head, middle-aged black !
proacher, who had doubtless, a lew years !
bark been at leas: "a twelve hundred do!-
lar rngjrr,'' came reverend' forward and ;
commenced a prayer. The congregation :
devoutly t or.x.l their heads, a few inter- '
rnpted with an occasional "Amen,'' or!
Glory," but the most kept respectful st- J
letice. The prayer was simple full of rep
etitions, abounding in Scripture language, ,
not always appropriately used; and on iho j
whole, I was in doubl whether either speck-
er or congregation fully nnders'ood il all - J
Their was no mistaking the sincerity ol the
devotion ; but it seemed to be mainly emo
tional rather than intellectual ; and might,
therefore, well give rise to inquiries as to
what effect this abounding religion had on
the matter of stealing tweet potatoes, or
taking care of their wives and children du
ring the week.
THE PLANTER AMONG HIS SLAVES.
But there was a scene that showed how,
if not anxious to return to their old masters,
they were still sometimes glad to have their
old masters return to them. Dr. Foller rose
to pronounce the benediction, and rever
ently bowed their heads, the proud moth
er and their hopefol children, likely plan
tation bands, gray headed and gray bearded
patriarchs like one who stood at elbow, and
black though he was, looked so like the 1
busts we have of Homer that I could hardly i
realize him to be merely a "worn out ne-J
gro ;" bowed all together before God, the j
freedmen and the major generals, the tfir- j
baned young women from the plantations
and the flower of Northern schools and so-.
ciely the wooly headed urchins who could
somebody, and the Chief Jostice of the
United States.
The few words of blessing were soon
said ; and then came the rush to the stand,
"to speak to Massa Richard." Men and
women pressed forward indiscriminataly ;
the good doctor in a moment found both"
his hands busy, snd stood like a patriarchal
shepherd amid his flock. They poshed op
against him, kissed bis hands, passed their
fingers over his hair, crowded about to get
a word of recognition. "Sure yoo 'member
me, Massa Rich'd, I'm Tom." "Laws,
Massa Rich'd, I mind ye when ye's a little
on " "Don't ye mind, Massa Rich'd, when
I used to gwine out gonnin' wid ye?''
"How's ye been dis long time?" "'Pears
like we's never gwine To see 'on any more ;
but, bress de Lord, you'm cum." ' On,
we's giiting on cuml'able like, but aint 'oa
gwine to cum back and preach lo us some
times?" So the ktring of interrogatories
and salotations stretched out, ' I bavn't lik
ed him much," said an officer of our cutter,
standing near, whose rough and ready oaths
had sometimes provoked the rebuke of the
dominie, "but I take back every harsh
thought. I'd give all I'm worth or ever
hope to be worth in the world, to be loved
ty as many people as love hirn."
RURAL SCENES ON ST. HELENA.
Leaving the crowd still thronging about
the doctor, we drove out beyond the church
half a mile, to a village of cabins, which
the negroes have christened "? axtonville "
It contained a single Mreet.bct that is a mile
and a half long. Eich house is surrounded
by its little plat of potatoes and corn, back
of the house, stretched off to the timber in
the distance, is the narrow little parallelo
gram of land, called the plantation, averag
ing from thirty to forty acres, planted in
cotton, ar.d in nearly every case in the high
est possible state of cultivation. Poultry
swarmed about the cabins, but no swine
were to be seen, and no fences were need
ed to divide one plantation from the other.
Retnrninc, we found the roads al'rve
with the gayly dressed groups of freedmen,
going hone from the "meetin," and foil of
animated talk about things they had seen
and heard.
There was constantly the most deferen
tial courtesy. The old women seemed de
lighted if they coa'd. secure a recognition,
and not a man of the hundreds on the
road passed wiihout lifting or at least touch
ing li s hat. Whenever we approached a
gate irm? negro near us would rna ahead
to rpen it, tot theri was no servant in th
air with which he did it. He seemed ratbv.
in bearing and attitude to say, "I'm a nran
and just as good before the law as yon are ;
but I respect yoo, because yoa are all
friends of ours, and because you know mora
than I do." These people can never be
made slaves again. Tbey have tasted too
long of freedom to submit to be driven.
But perhaps their danger is in a not very
dissimilar direction They are grateful and
confiding; and they ma) prove easily led.
An old negress whom we passed alter
we had crossed back to Lady's Island, fol
lowed us wearily on foot through lhe broil
ing sun, clear Ndown to the landing. "I
want to see Massa Richard I used to be
long to him," was her only explanation.
Ot another congregation of these strange
people, and cf some genera) facts concern
ing their condition, an account most be de
ferred for another day. Agate.
Cariosities of Taxation.
There are some very peculiar fluctuations
noticeable in the returns made to the assess
ors of internal revenue, and the difference
in the income of one year over another are
startling commentaries on the uncertainties"
cf business. One man iu Nsw York who
had no property to speak of in 1863 returns
an income of S94;C00 in 1864. He has ev
idently been successful in oil or stocks. One
large mercantile house made sales to the
amount of forty-two millions of dollars,
and the leading partner's income was six
hundred thousand dollars. A. T. Stewart,
in 1S64, made sales to the amount ol thirty
nine millions, on which he made only
tauu.uuu. in ist4 tne same marchant re
turned an income of
one million eight bna
dred thousand dollars.
These facts are remarkable, not only as
showing the iramene business transacted,
buj also as evidence of the dizzy changes
to which collossal fortunes are liable. Some
of ibese merchants, no doubt, have acquir
ed their wealth in the legitimate channels
of trade. For many years they have shown
rare ability, great discrimination in ma
ncceuvering heavy stocks of goods, as a
competent general handles hundreds of thou
sands of men. But on ocean princes, mul
li'ndes of smaller craft meet shipwreck ev
ery day. Then hgain there are teeming
argosies, laden with silks and pearls, fair to
the sight but dangerous on trial, that are
overwhelmed at the first gale. There is
something unhealthy and feverish io the
idea of a man's growing into an income of
eighty thousand dollars in a single year;
and the result of such loftiness generally
proves it to be true, that real wealth is best
acquired by patient industry.
Tbe:reaury of the United States has re-'
ceived some assistance to this war, from
many a golden babble, shining in the mor a
ing sun but for a moment. Adventurers in
in pursuit of an heiress, men ambitious of
social position. fat young blades who de
sired to astonish the world, or to effect loans
on doubtful securities, have returned large
incomes and paid tax accordingly. The
fellow who dealt in lard and who slipped
away to Europe -the other day with half
a million of other people's property, was
taxed for an income of $15,000 in 1883,
and for twice as much in 1864, and this
was a part of the false foundation on which,
he built up bis credit. Such things ars
by no mea8 new,, bat the tax collector
brings them before us in a novel form, snd
people thereby led to wonder and to mor-