'am iim ! nfry , iiiia&iirth wnMurM - ' in f U U J J v J i in: . XI in BY S B. ROW. CLEARFIELD, PA:, WEDNESDAY, JUNE ,13, 1860. VOL. G.-TJO. 42, HUD EE THE MOON. Under the moon, as the twilight breese, Ripples the water In places of light, We stand on the bridge by the sycamore trees, And list to the voices that come thro' the night. tender the elm row, mi.'tjr and dank, Love's sweet laughter rings from the bank Sprinkled with many a dim red lamp, Stretching away through the distance damp, ilark! 'mid the foliage blosom'd with Jane, 'Tinkles a serenade under tho moon. Under the moon in the village street, (ivwlping groups in the shadows meet, Seated at dusky doorways there, lled-lijped maidens taste of the air: -Whispering now of their lovers' eyes, Blue as the beautiful summer skies ; Whispering now of their flatteries sweet, As autumn's fruitage dropp'd i' the heat, I'nder the cadence, a trembling tune, Soft as their pulses under the moon. Under the moon by the cool sea shore The wind walks over its spacious floor, Courting the snowy-bosomed sails Daintily dipping through azure vales; Over the crisp foam bearing along The musing mariner's midnight song ; As. by the rising helm with bands Lit in the compass lamp he stands, Thinking of those he left at noon, Sad on the green shore under the moon. Under the moon by the dusty road l'acc we on to the old abode ; "The listless splendor floating falls T)rer its sycamor'd roof and walls, Peering into the casement nook Piled with many a brown old book ; Spirits are they whose pages teem AVitb thoughtful ditty and pictured dream, Spirits amid whose silence soon Our own shall slumber under the moon, THE BOBBER'S GKAVE. In tho year 1819, there was in the neighbor hood of Montgomery, in North Wales, an an cient manor house, called Oakfield, which like many of those old structures, losing its original importance and convenience had been converted into a farm house. The late occu pant, one James Morris, had been an indolent and dissipated man ; the farm consequently fell into neglect, and became unprofitable, and he died in debt, leaving his wile and an only uauguicr tu possession 01 me place, ohortiy after his death the widow took into her em ployment a young man from Staffordshire, of the name of John Newton, the hero of this lit tie story, who had been strongly recommend ed to her brother; and well and faithfully did he discharge the duties as bailiff, justifying tlie praise and recommendations she received with him. lie was an utter stranger in that part of the country, seemed studiously to shun all acquaintance with his neighbors, and to uevoto lumself exclusively to the interests of his employer. '. He never left home but to vis it the neighboring fairs and markets, and to attend the parish church, where his presence was regular and his conduct devout. In short, it hough highiy circumspect in his behaviour on all occasions, he was a melancholy, reser ved man ; and even the clergyman of the par- isn, to wiiom lie was always most respectable .in his demeanor, entirely failed in his endea vors to cultivate an acquaintance with him. The farm under bis management, had impro ved and became profitable, and the circum stances of Mrs. 3Iorris, were by his assiduity and skill, both prosperous and flourishing. In iiin manner more man two years had passed, and the widow began to regard him more as a friend and a benefactor than a servant ; and was not sorry to observe her daughter's grow ing affection for him, which appeared to he reciprocal. One evening in November, 1821, being detained longer than usual with his business, at Welshpool, Newton .set out about six o'clock to walk home to Oakfield. It was an exceedingly dark night and he never reach ed home again. The family being very anx ious, and upon inquiring early the following morning at Welshpool, they ascertained that he had been brought back to that town, not Jong alter ins departure from it, by two men named Parker and Pearce, who charged him with highway robbery, accompanied by vio lence, an offence then punished with death. At the trial of the next assizes he was pro nounced guilty, on the testimony of those two persons, which was clear, positive and consis tent thioughout, was sentenced to be hinged, and left for execution. He employed no counsel, and called no witness in his defence; but upon being asked by the judge in his usu al form, It he had anything to say why sen tence of death should not be pronounced up on him V he made, in substance, the following extraordinary speech : "My lord, it is evident all I could say In op position to such testimony would be ain and hopeless. The witnesses are men of respec tability, and their evidence has appeared plain and conclusive, and most solemn protestations of innocence would avail me nothing. I have called no witnesses to character, and upon such evidence the jury could pronounce no other verdict. I blame them not. From my soul too. I forgive those men, upon whose false testimony I have been convicted. But, my lord, I protest most solemnly before this court, before my lordship, and above all, that God in whose presence 1 must shortly appear, am entirely guiltless of the crime lor which , am about to sutler. I hare produced no one to speak in my behalf. Two years have scarce ly passed since I came into this country an nt ter stranger. I have made no acquaintance jiere, oeyond the household in which I have been employed, and where I have endeavored to discharge my defies faithfully, honestly and well. Although I dare not hope and I do not wish that my life shall be spared, yet it is rny devout and earnest desire that the stain of this crime may not rest on my name. I de voutly hope that my good mistress and her H leXCeUcnt daDgl,ter, may yet be convin ced that they have not nourished and befriend- !Y8Way robber- I bave, therefore, in humble devotion, offered a prayer to Heaven, and I believe it has been heard and accepted. future to assert that if I am innocent of the crime for which I suffer, the grass, for one generation at least, will not cover my grave. My lord, I await your sentence without a tnur tnur, without a sorrow, and I devoutly pray that all who hear me now may repent of their Bins and meet me again in Heaven." The unfortunate man was condemned and executed, and buried in Montgomery church yard. Thirty years had passed away when 1 aw it, and the grass had not then covered bis fhaTv 11 is 8itnatei in a remote corner of me church-yard, far removed from all other graves, it is not a raised mound of earth, but " is even with the aurrouDding ground, which lor some distance especially luxuriant, tho herbage being rich and abundant, Nntuerou attempts have, from time to time been made by some who are still alive, and others who have passed away, to bring grass upon that bare spot. Fresh soil has been frequently spread upon it, and seeds of various kind; have been sown, but not a blade had there ev er been known to spring from them, and the soil soon became a smooth, cold and stubborn clay. With respect to the unhappy witnesses it appears mat rarkers ancestor had once owned Oakfield, and that ha had hoped by getting rid of Newton, to remove tho main obstacle there was in his repossessing it, and mat rearce nad, at tne time of Mr. Morris' death, aspired to the hand of his daughter, in whose affections he felt he had been supplant ed uy poor jn ewton. 'i he former soon left the neighborhood, became a drunken and dissolute man, and was ultimately killed in some limo works, while in the act of blasting some rocks Pearce grew sullen and dispirited, his very existence seemed a burden to him, and as the old sexton of Montgomery expressed, "he wasted away from the face of the earth." 1 have not seen the grave since 1850, but I have heard that some person has covered it with a thick turf which has united itself with the surrounding grass, except at the head which is still withered and bare, as if scorch ed by lightning. The prayer, however, of poor Newton, that his grave might remain uncovered for at least one generation, has been beard and his memory vindicated in a most remarkable manner. The name given to the grave was singularly inappropriate ; it should have been called tho grave of the in nocent. The widow, with her daughter, left Oakfield, and went to reside with her brother For some weeks after poor Newton's burial. it is said his grave was, from time to time, found strewed with wild flowers, by whom done was unknown but it was observed that after Jane Morris had left the neighborhood, rot a nower was round on the grave. A young girl about seventeen years of ago. was f ouud wandering about the streets cf Phil adelphia, on Friday, June 1, weeping bitterly. Upon being questioned by an olficer, she sta ted that she was homeless and without friends. Her story was as follows : She was seventeen years of age and a native of Salem, N.J. Two years ago her f rther purchased a plantations near New-Orleans, and, with his family, re moved there. She went to school a few miles rrom home, and a hired man was in the habit of carrying her backward and forward in a wagon. During these rides he succeeded in winning her affections, and in persuading her to elope with him. S he stole 100 belonging to ner tamer, and the couple came to rhiladel phia, where the villain effected her ruin, and after obtaining all her money, and pledging nearly all her clothing, he deserted her. Hav ing no means left, the poor creature was turn ed into the streets by the proprietor of the house where she had been staying. The girl refused to make affidavit against the scoundrel who betrayed her. She was sent to the house of llefuge until her family could, be commu nicated with. There is at present an agitation in progress in North Carolina, on the negro question, which may eventually become an "irrepressi ble conflict" between freedom and slavery. It amounts to this : The non-slaveholders, in their natural desire to regulate their own af fairs in their own way, insist upon taxing this "privileged constitutional property" at the same rate with other property ,while the slave- holders.with a due regard for their own special interests and oligarchic privileges, contend for the exemption of their human chattels from bearing the burden of taxation. The aristocracy of the South, like aristocracy the world over, have thus far eaded the payment of their due proportion of taxes, but the ultra ground taken by them in regard to the peculiar sacred character of their right of property nas aroused the people to demand that they snan, nencctortn, pay taxes on this property. The Louisville Journal savs that fence rails are to be a great political argument of the On position. Lincoln made a rail fence some 30 years-ago, and therefore the axe, the maul, and the wedge are the emblems of patriotism. and we presume the whole North will be dot ted over with rail pens, which, after the cam paign, can be made serviceable to honse sheep. swine, and "other small deer." Who will pre sume to ran at mis use'ot rails ; what partizan pen can write down the influence of rail pens, or where is the politician so cunning of fence as to ward off the logical assaults of a sharp pointed fence rail ? We are beginning to re alize the truth of tho fact that this will be a great country when it is all fenced in ! The tooth that is sweet unon Manlft Snimr. will experience a thrill of satisfaction at. th. news that the crop of that snrcnlrmt fir pt. ceeds that of any other year. Such large quantities have been raised and prices have ruled so low that in many sections the con sumption of foreign sugars has been material ly i e 1 y luicnereu wun. in some towns inJNew Hampshire, Vermont and New York, what would be equal to ten or fifteen hnshPArts of Cuba sugars have been made. Our Cincinnati Astronomers, bv the use of their big glass, have settled conclusively that what have been supposed to be lunar volca noe are nothing but big fires in the moon for frying out hog's fat, and, that what have been taken for seas and lakes are neither more nor less than capacious reservoirs of lard oil. It is expected that the peach crop of Louis iana, this year, will be so laree that the New Orleans market will be overrun, and it is pro posed to ship, by express, peaches to tha North, where they will arrive several weeks in avance of the season here. An iron shutter was blown from a buildin" in Albany, a few days since, and cut off the nose of a passer-by named McCarty. The variation of an inch in the direction of the shutter would have killed him instantly. George Mardox, a Baltimore police officer, was found to bo deranged, on Friday night, and it was necessary to send him to the hospital. The curious cause assigned is "loss ot rest and religious excitement." Some six months since, Leonard Edwards, of Troy, lost a valuable gold watch, which he had laid upon a stand on returning. A few days ago, he found it snugly stowed away in a rat-hole. HOW A TIFE WAS CHOSEN. "Godfrey, old boy," said Henry Clayton, as n imea nis chair back, and put his feet upon iue mantiepiece, "when is the wedding to ie f" " Whose weddins ?" "Miss Laura Somers, or Miss Jenny, which is it ?" , ' "I don't know, I'm sure." "Now don't be mysterious, Godfrey; you know you are a most constant visitor, and all our sei are talking about the match. Don't pretend you have not selected one of the sis ters." "How do you know that either of them will have roe ?" handsome, talented, and with a large' fortune need not be over bashful. Come, be frank, "fUU L ue ansiim. Olfl nw. V rm rnnnir which is me iavored sister t" "Well, frankly then, Henry, I cannot tell you. i have visited the family for several months, as you know, but I cannot decide. Laura is certainly the handsomest, with her black flashing eyes and qneenly manner; but jenny seems, although the youngest, to be the most womanly and useful of the two. Yet I cannot be too sure of that. My entrance is the signal for cordial welcome and smiles, and let me call at what hour I will, they are al ways well dressed, and apparently diseniraffed To be sure I always, in the morning, have to wan somo time before .Laura is visible." "Pop in unexpectedly and notice the inter nai economy." "How can I ? A card at the door will put any lady on her guard, or even the notice of a gentleman visitor." "Go there in disguise. As a washerwoman for instance." "Good I I will!" "Go there as a washerwoman," cried Clay- ion. """Not exactly, but I will obtain atmittance to a morning's privacy." "Well, let me know the result." : Laura and Jenny bomcrs were the only children of a widower, who, although in mod erate circumstances, moved in very fashiona ble society. At the period of my short sketch he was about to supply the lamented Mrs Sotner's place, after nearly ten years mourn ing, and, although a kind, indulgent, father, had no objections to his daughters' marriage, and, indeed, he had told them so. Laura, ot. k nn,. K;-t, nhl..:' A 1 - njiuou uigu spun resented me prouaoie su premacy of a step-mother, had already select ed Godfrey norton as her future husband, and Jenny, who was younger and gentler in spirit, trfed to conquer a carefully concealed prefer ence for the same person. All his attentions were ascribed, by her, to brotherly " regard, mougn every act ot, kindness or courtesy touched her very heart. It was the morning after a laree ball, and the sisters were in the breakfast room togeth er, iaura. ner glossy black hair pushed neg ligently oil her face, with the rough tumbled braids of last evening's elaborate coiffure cath ered loosely into a comb; wearing a soiled wrapper, torn stockings, and presenting rath er an alarming contrast to the brilliant ball room belle, was lounainff on a sofa. - Jennv. in a neat morning dress, with a large gingham - apron, little white collar, and hair smoothly brushed into a neat knot, was washing the breakfast dishes. 'There is an old man at the door with some arunciai nowers, said tne servant openinar tne dining-room door, "will you see him ' "io," said Jenny. . - "Yes," cried Laura, "send him up.".: Jn a few moments the old man came in. lie was poorly clad, with a coarse blue cloak. which was much too large for him. His hair was white, and he wore a beard and moustache of the same snowy hue. Making a low bow he placed the large basket he carried on the table, and opened it. "1 have a bunch of bine flowers here," he said taking them from the basket, "that will just suit your golden hair, Miss," apd he held them before Jenny." "It was my sister' who wished to look at your flowers," said Jenny quietly. " l es, bring them here," was Laura's impe rious command. The old man's eye's followed Jenny, as she washed, wiped and put away the dishes, swept the room and dusted it, and then sat down be side Laura, who was still looking over the basket. "bee. Jenny, this scarlet bunch. Will it not be lovely with a few dark leaves to wear with my new silk." "But," whispered Jenny, "you can't afford it just now." "les, I can. Father gave mo some money yesterday." "fo pay the last dry goods bill." "Well, I can have that carried to my pri vate account." "Oh ! Laura, I hate to hear you talk of that private account. It seems so much like cheat ing father. "Nonsense. It will stand till I am married and then I can easily save it out of iuy house keeping money." "I should not like to marry in debt," said Jenny. The old pedler looked earnestly at the sis ters. "You better take this blue bunch, Miss," he said to'Jenny. "If it ain't convenient to pay for it now, I will call again." "No, I shall not take them." "They are very becoming, mixing with the glossy golden hair, and setting off Jenny's dazzling complexion." "I wish my hair was light," said Laura. "I should like to wear blue. Godfrey Ilor- ton said last night, that forget-me-nots were his favorite flowers." Jenny colored, and placing the bunch again in the basket, said : "Come, Laura decide. You are keeping one waiting whose time ptobably is valuable," then passing a chair, she added, "be seated sir, you look tired." "I am tired, indeed," was the reply. ; .. "I will take this scarlet bunch. ' and these red camelias and this white cluster." said Laura. "But, sister, you cannot afford it." "Yes, I can. Godfrey Horton is rich." The old man bit his lip. - . ; . ' "Think," said Jenny, in a low tone, "if you love bim, bow much it will grieve him if he snouid discover it." "Nonsense! Well, I'll tell yon how to rem edy it. Lend me some money not of the house keeping funds.". ; - 'bo," thought the old man, "the is house keeper. Miss Laura gave mo to understand mat was her post." . -. "Laura i Steal from my father W "Then don't preach." "Hiss Jenny," said a servant, entering at u'ui moment, "the dinner has come." Jenny left the room, and Laura still turned over the gay flowers, while the old man point ed out their various beauties, bis eve in the meantime running ove.r the disordered hair shabby dress, and lazy position, whilst he mentally contrasted them with Jennv's nea attire. "Not decided yet." said Jenny, returning aiier a snort absence. -d . . . .... v "No, come here." , .' ..' . ' "I can't. Father has sent home a calf head and I am afraid to trust it entirely to Marga ret. I must superintend the dinner, make a puaaing, and the parlor must be dusted, and mere is my white mulle to be finished." . "Before I would be tho drudge von are ?" cried Laura. "Drudge ! I have plenty of time for employ ment, and father cannot have a comfortable house, if some one does not superintend these mings. iv hen 1 marry you may do it." and she laughed merrily. ', .;, . "As ir I should not marry first," said Lau ra, "l here. I Dave chosen all I want." - "Shall I call for the chanee ?" said the ned- ler. i snail be happy to put the Miss 5om ers on my list of customers." "les. call airain." " , - So the pedler took up his basket, walked home, threw aside his wig, beard, and disguise and wrote an offer of his hand and heart to Miss Jenny Somers, which was accepted. Lanra Somers has two sources of profound speculation; une is, "Why did Godfrey. IJor ton propose to Jenny instead of mo V The other, "I wonder why that old man never called to be paid for those exepuisite flowers." Atlastic Cabie. Parties interested in the enterprise state that some fifty miles of the Atlantic cable have been taken np, to a point extending seaward fifty miles from the shores of trinity Bay., Fractures were found in the cable just where they had been , indicated by me instruments on snore. : The intention is to nndcrrun a similar length of the wire on the European side, and it is then . thought, by the sanguine promoters of, ocean telesraphine. iiiai me Atlantic caoio will be made to work. Large. Sale of . Old Coins. On Monday evening a large sale of old coins took place in Philadelphia. An experimental United States halt dollar brought $31 50; an experimental unnea stares nair cent, very rare.. broiurM $30 50 ; a New England shilling, dated 1G52, uiuujih com oi me same denomiua tion as the latter sold Iast.December for Sf.fi.. 50, tbaf being the highest price ever paid for a coin oi mis Kind in the United States. Six hundred and ninety-six lots were sold. The largest amount of" specie held by any one Bank in the United States is that by the lians or commerce, jNew l ork, $3,400,000 next, tne Citizens' Bank, New Orleans, $3.- lay.uuu. iue largest cnculation of any one Bank is that of the Citizens' Bank, New Or leans, $4,889,000 : next, the Louisiana State Bank, $2,432,000. The deposits and circula tion together of the Citizens' Bank. New Or leans, at the last report, were $8,580,000. A Stiff Oxe. Thursday's Wheeline Times is responsible for the following whopper : A hailstone, the largest of which we have heard in this section,was yesterday picked up on Mar ket street immediately after the storm of the forenoon. Its precise weight wc did not learn. but its dimensions were such as to. render it barely possible to crowd it into the open head of a meaium sizea. oecr casK. it was a live corner ed star shape. , At the funeral of a child of Geo. n. Grieff. in New Orleans, on the 21st inst., iust as the minister was about to commence the service, a person came from the up stairs apartments and announced that another of his children had but a minute beforo breathed its last: deep sympathy of all present was visibly ap parent, and the ceremony of course put off till next day, when both children were buried together. '- . ' In looking over the proceedings of the Ohio Sunday School Convention, we find the fol lowing resolution, offered by Mr. Smith, a pi ous and promising young lawyer: ' liesolced, lnat a committee of ladies and gentlemen be appointed to raise children for the Sabbath School.. A friend of ours asks tis to reouest Mr. Smith to put him on that committee. We are pleased to learn that the North At lantic Steamship Company have eenevouslv proffered to Lady. Franklin a free passage for. nerseir, her neice and maid, in their magnifi cent steamship Adriatic, on her trip from Southampton to New York. We think she will be met with the same noble spirit by our countrymen, when landed on our shores. There is evidently something in the name of tbe Republican Presidential candidate, for it is good enough to furnish the letters of which the name of the candidate for the Vice Presi dency is composed. Every letter in the name of Hannibal Hamlin may be found in that of Abraham Lincoln the last name of the form er being taken right ont of the middle of that of tho latter. - Counterfeit gold dollars, so well executed as to deceive one-half of those into whose hands they fall, have again been put in circu lation by the bogus coin sbovers. They are both sizes the first, and last dies. On the small coin, the diminutive word 'Liberty, on the cap. is omitted, , Both coins are deficient in weight. .. The subscriptions for Ileenan in New York have already reached $11,000, and several "gentlemen" have pledged that it shall. bo as much as $25,000. ! Strange, how fortune waits upon some men : who , never" earn its ' fa vors ; .while others toil worthily and laborious ly through life, but receive nothing. . Man Is like a snow - ball.. Leave him lying in idleness against the sunny face of prosperity, and all that's good in him melts like butter, but kick him around and he gathers strength with each revolution, until he grows into an avalanche. T. The value of the grape crop of California for the year 18C0 is estimated at $6,000,000. A VISIT TO LINCOLN. After Mr. Lincoln was nominated, a com mittee composed of one delegate from 'each 2tate represented in the Convention was ap pointed to visit and oQiciallv inform him of it action. Mr. Asbmun, the President of the Convention, accompanied the committee. Af ter arriving at fepringfield, the committee vis ited "Honest Old Abe" at his residence,where ne was addressed by Mr. Ashmun, who ten tered him the nomination that had iust been made at Chicago. Mr. Lincoln accepted the nomination in a brief speech. A letter to the Chicago Journal describes what subsequently occurred, as follows : . - Mr.' Ashmun then introduced the delegates personally to Mr. Lincoln, who shook them heartily by the. hand. Gov. Morgan, Mr Blair, Senator Simmons, Mr. Welles, and Mr Jrogg, of Connecticut," were first introdnced then came hearty old Mr. Blakie.of Kentucky Lincoln's native State, and of course they had to compare notes, inquire up old neighbor hoods, and if time had allowed they woul soon have started to tracing out the old pio neer families. Major Ben. Lgeleston, of Cin cinnati, was next, and his greeting and recep tion were equally hearty. . Tall Judge Kelley, ot .Pennsylvania, was then presentod by Mr Ashmun to Mr. Lincoln; As they shook hands, each eyed the other's ample proportions with genuine admiration Lincoln,' for once, stand ing straight as an Indian during this evening, and showing his tall form in its full dignity. " "What's your height ?" inquired Lincoln "Six feet three ; what is your's,' Mr. Lin coln ?" said Judge Kelly, in his round, delib erate tone. . "Six feet four," replied Lincoln. "Then," said Judge Kelley, "Pennsylvania bows to Illinois. My dear man, for j'ears my heart has been aching for a President that I could look up to, and I've found him at last in the land where we thought there were none bnt little giants. ; Mr. Evarts, of New York, expressed very gracefully bis gratification at meeting Mr. Lincoln, whom he had heard at the Cooper In stitute, but where, on account of the pressure and crowd, he had to go away without an in- trodnction. . Mr. Andrew, of Massachusetts, said, "We claim you, Mr. Lincoln, as coming from Mas sachusetts, because all the old Lincoln name are from Plymouth Colony." - "We'll consider it so this erening," said Lincoln. ,. - -- r. "; ' " r , Various others were presented, . when. Mr. Ashmun asked them to come up and introduce themselves. " "Come up, .gentlemen,", said Mr. Judd, "it's nobody but Old Abe Lincoln." The greatest good Reeling prevailed. As the delegates fell .back, each congratulated the other that they had got just the sort of a man. A neatly dressed New Englander remarked to us, "I was afraid I. should meet a gigantic rail-splitter, with the manners of a flat-boatman, and the ugliest face in creation ; and he's a complete gentleman." ".: Mrs. Lincoln received the delegates in the south parlor, where they were severally con ducted after their official duty was performed. It will no doubt be a gratification to those who have not seen this amiable and accomplished lady, to know that she adorns a drawing room, presides over a table, or docs the honors on an occasion like the present. She is a daugh ter of Dr. Todd, formerly of Kentucky, and long one of the prominent citizens of Spring field. She is one of three sisters noted for their beauty and accomplishments. One of them is now the wife of Ninian W. Edwards, Esq., son of old Gov. Edwards. Mrs. Lincoln is now apparently about thirty-five years old ; is a very handsome woman, with a vivacious and graceful manner; is an interesting and often sparkling talker. Standing by her al most gigantic husband, she appears petite, but is really about the average height of ladies. They have three sbns. two of them already mentioned, and an older. one a young man of sixteen or eighteen years, now at Harvard College, Mass. Mr. Lincoln hore himself during tho evening w ith dignitj and ease. His kindly and sincere manner, frank and honest expressions, unaffec ted, pleasant conversation, soon made every one feel at ease, and rendered the hour and a half which they spent with him one of great pleasure to the delegates. He was dressed with perfect neatness,almost elegance-though, as all Illinoisans know, he usually is as plain in bis attire as he is modest and unassuming in his deportment. He stood erect, display ing to excellent advantage his tall and manly figure. -r" Perhaps some reader will be curious to know how "Honest Old Abe" received the news of his nomination. He had been up in the telegraph office during the first and second ballots on Friday morning. As the vote of each State was announced on the platform at Chicago, it was telegraphed to Springfield, and those who were gathered there, figured up tne vote, and hung over the result with the same breathless anxiety as the crowd at the Wig wam. As soon as the second ballot was taken, and before it had been counted and annouced by tho Secretaries, Mr. Lincoln walked over to the Slate Journal Office. Ho was sittiug there conversing while the third ballot was be ing taken. When Carter, of Ohio, announced the change of four votes giving Lincoln a majority, and before the great tumult of ap plause in the Wigwam had fairly begun, it was telegraphed to Springfield. Mr. Wilson, the telegraphic Superintendent, who was in the office, instantly wrote on a scrap of paper, "Mr. Lincoln, yon are nominated on the third ballot," and gave it to a boy who ran with it to Mr, Lincoln. He took the paper in his hand, and looked at it long and silently, not heeding the noisy exnltation of all around, and then rising and putting the note in his vest pocket, he quietly remarked, "There's a little woman down at our house would like to hear this, I'll go down and tell her." From the New York Evening Post. A gentleman .who was among a number f others that went to Springfield, after the ad journment of the Chicago Convention," to call upon the Republican candidate for the Pres idency, has described the visit in a private communication to us, from which we make the following extract : - . . "It had been reported , by some ot Mr. Lin coln's political enemies that be was a man who lived in the 'lowest hoosier style and I thought would see for myself. Accordingly, as soon as tho business of the Convention was closed, I took the cars for Springfield. I found Mr. Lincoln living in a handsome, but not preten tious, double two-story frame bouse, baring a wide h.al . tanning through tho centre, 'with parlors on both sides, neatly, but not ostenta tiously, furnished. It was j'nst such a dwelling as the majority of the well to-do residents of these fine Western towns occupy. Everything abont it had a look of comfort and indepen dence. The library I remarked in passing, particularly, and I was pleased to see long rows of books which told of the scholarly tastes and culture of the family. "Lincoln received us with great, and tome, surprising urbanity. I had seen him before in New York, and brought with me an impression of his awkward and ungainly manner ; but in his own bouse, whero he doubtless feels him self freer than in the strange New York cir cles, he had thrown this off, and appeared easy, if not graceful. He is, as you know, a tall, lank man. with a long neck, and his or dinary movements are unusually angular,even out west. As soon, however, as he gets in terested in conversation, his face lights up and his attitudes and gestures assume a certain dignity and impressiveness. His conversation is fluent, agreeable and polite. You see at once from it that he is a man of decided and original character. His views are all his own; such as he has worked out from a patient and varied scrutiny of life, and not such as he has learned from others. Yet he cannot be call ed opinionated. He listens to others like one eager to learn, and his replies evince at the same time both modesty ami self-reliance. I should say that sound commou sense was tho principal quality of his niind.althongh at times a striking phrase of words reveals a peculiar vein of thought, He tells a story well, with a strong idiomatic smack, and seems to relish humor both in himself and others. Our con versation was mainly political, but of a gener al nature.- One thing Mr. Lincoln remarked which I will venture.to repeat. He said that in the coming presidential canvass be was w holly uncommitted to any cabals or cliques, and that he meant to keep himself free from them and from all pledges and promises. "I had the pleasure, also, of a brief inter view with Mrs. Lincoln, and, in the circum stances these persons,I trust 1 am not trespass ing on the sanctities of private life in saying a word in regard to that lady. Whatever ot awkwardness may be ascribed to her husband, there is none of it in her... On the contrary, she Is quite a pattern of lady-like .courtesy and polish., She converses with freedom and grace, and is thoroughtly aufait in all the little amenities of society. "Mrs. Lincoln be longs, by the mother's side, to the Preston family of Kentucky, has received a liberal and refined education, and should she ever reach t, will adorn the White House. She is, 1 am told, a strict and consistent member of tho Presbyterian Church. "Not a man of us who saw Mr. Lincoln bat was impressed by his ability and character. In illustration of the last let me mention one or two things, which your readers I think will be pleased to hear. Mr. Lincoln's early life, as you know, was passed in the roughest kind of experience on the frontier, and among tho roughest sort of people. Yet, I have been told that, in the lace of all these influences, he is a strictly temperate man, never nsing wine or strong drink; and stranger still, ho does not twist the filthy weed,' nor smoke, nor use profane language oi any kind. When we consider how common these vices are all over tho country, particularly in the West, it must be admitted that it exhibits no little strength of character to have refrained frora them. 1 "Mr. Lincoln is popular with his friends and neighbors; the habitual equity of his mind points him out as a peace-maker and composer of difficulties; his integrity is pro verbial ; his legal abilities are regarded as of the highest order. The soubriquet ot (Honest Old Abe,' has been won by vears of unrizht conduct, and is the popular fiomage to his probity. lie carries the marks of honesty in his face and entire deportment. "I am the more convinced by this personal intercourse with Mr. Lincoln that the action of our Convention was altogether judicious and proper." The Quebec , Chronicle says that the new Parliament House is to be converted into a temporary palace for the Prince of Wales ; that "new furniture is to be put in. Kitchens, cooking utensils, beds, bedding, diningtab.'es, side boards, piano, and tho full accessories of a well furnished house, are to take the place of desks and office stools, and there is to bo an upheaving of things in general." The Pennsylvania Kail road grade Is 810 feet above tide-water at Harrihlmig ; 48S feet at Lewistown ; 619 feet at Huntingdon ; 8S6 feet at Tyrone ; 11C8 at Altoona; at the west end of the Allegheny Mountain tunnel, 21G1 feet : at Greensburg, 1031 ; at tho Canal Bridge, Liberty street, 741. The bottom of the Ohio river at Pittsburgh is 700 feet above tide-water. A letter from Havana states that Fowler, the defaulting Postmaster, is now in IIavan3, where he arrived by steamer frora this city. This sets at rest the various rumors of his hav ing gone to Europe, Brazil and other places, lie has not been generally recognized in Ha vana, but the above information is deemed correct. The Petersburg, Va., Express says : Intel igence from every direction coincides as to the scarcity of the tobacco in this section of Virginia. Not one fourth of a crop, it is thought, will be made in many portions of Dinwid lie, while from the upper counties the complaints aro even worse. An Arabian, who brought a blush to a mai den's checks by the earnestness of his gaze, said to her : "My looks have planted roses into your cheeks; why forbid rue to gather them I The law permits him who sows to reap the harvest." The mere cost of land on . which British railways are constructed has averaged $43,000 per mile as much as the averaged cost of making a railway in the United States. Whcnnrpr rnn nr in donbt which of two things to do, let your decision bo for that which is right. Don't hesitate, but square up to the mark, and do the right thing. . The St. Pan! Pioneer says Minnesota has al- rpftdv had this Tear an immigration of 10.000 actual, settlers, and farming interests were never rooxe. .promising. The Elwoodr Kansas, free Press says that nn Ipr.i linn 9H IMxl -m ifrranf for Plk's I'pJllr bave passed through that town this season. t k V. i I r n
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