f. J BY S. J. ROW. CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1861. YOL. 7.-N0. 30. WHAT THE MEEK HEABT DID. Look out, oh ! weary heart, look out In the wide world and Bee If there thou find'st a laurel wreath, Dr a great work for thee. - !Thcn the weak heart looked sadly out, On scenes of change and strife, .And saw no faine-wreath for its brow, Ho great work for its life "So. little deeds that thronged its path That treaVt took meekly up; ' 'Its meed X)f suffering humbly drank, : And drained tho bitter cup. The quiet life was truly lived, To hare done more it would; But there is written this of such -She bath done what she could." A FLEET MABBIAGE. Lady C. was a beautiful woman, but Lady C was au extravagant woman. She was still sin gle, although rather past extreme youth Like most pretty females, she had loosed too high, and estimated her own loveliness too dearly, and now she refused to . believe that she was not as charming as ever, So, no won der she still remained unmarried. Lady C. had about five thousand pounds in the world. Shu owed about forty thousand pounds; so, with all her wit and beauty, she got into the Fleet, and was likely to remain there. Now in the time I speak of, every lady bad her bead dressed by a barber; and the barber of the Fleet was the handsomest barber in the city of London. Fat Philau was a great ad mi rei of the fair sex; and where's the wonder? Sure Pat was an Irishman. It was o-ie very tine morning, when Pbilan was dressing her captivating head, that ber ladyship took it in to her mind to talk to him, and Pat was well pleased, for Lady O's. teeth were the whitest, and her smiles the brightest in all the world. "So you are not married, Pat," said she. "Niveran inch! your honor's ladyship," says he. ' And wouldn't you like to be married?" again asked she. "Would a duck swim ?" Is there any one you'd prefer " 'Maybe, madam," said he."you niver heard of Kathleen O'Keily, down beyond Donerail. Iler fathet's cousin to O'Donaghow, who's own steward to Mr. Murphy, the under agent to my Lord Kingston, and" "Hush!" says she; "sure I don't want to know who she is. But would she have you if you asked her ?" "Ah, thin, I'd only wish to be alter trying that same." "And w hy don't you ?" Sure, I'm too poor." And Pat heaved a prodigious sigh. Would you like to be rich?" 'Does a dog bark ?" "If I make you rich will yon do as I tell you?" "Mtlle murther! your honor, don't be tan talizing a poor boy i" "Ind-jed, I am not," said Lady C, "So listen. How would you like to marry me?" "Ah, thin, my lady, I believe the King of Kussia himself would be proud to do that sanie.Ieave alone a poor devil like Pat Philan.' "Well, Pat, if you'll marry me to-morrow. I'll give you one thousand pounds." "0, whilabaloo ! whilabaloo! sure I'm mad, or enchanted by the good people," roared Pat, dancing round the room. "But there are conditions," says Lady C. "After our nuptials, you must never see me again, nor claim me as your wife." "1 don't like that," said Pat, for he had been ogling her ladyship most desperately. "But remember Kathleen O'Reily. With the money I give you, you may go and marry her." "That's thrue," says he, "but thin the big amy ?" "I'll never appear against yon," says her ladyship. "Only remember you tnnsttake an oath never to call me your wife after to-mor-rcw, and never to go telling all the story." "Never a word I'll iversay." Well then," says she, "there's ten pounds. Go and buy a license, and leave the rest to me ;" and then she explained to him where he was to go and when- he was to come, and all that. The next day Pat was true to his appoint ment, and found two gentlemen already with her ladyship. Have you got the license ?" says she. "Ilere it is my lady," says he ; and he gave it to ber. She handed it to one of the gentle men who examined it attentively. Then call ing in her two servants, she turned to the gen tleman who was reading. And sure enough, in ten minutes Pat Pbilan was the husband, the legal husband of the lovely Lady C. 'That will do," says she to her husband as he gave her a hearty kiss ; that'll do." "Now sir, give roe my marriage certificate." The old gentleman did so, and bowing respectfully to the five pound note she gave him, he retir ed with his clerk ; for sure enough, I forgot to tell you that he was a parson. "Go and bring me a warden," says my lady to one of her servants. "Yes my lady," and presently the warden appeared. 'Will you be good enough," said Lady C. in a voice that would call a bird off a tree, "will you be good enough to send and fetch me a hackney coach ? I wish to leave this prison immediately." "Your ladyship mnst pay forty thousand pounds before I can let you go." "I am a married woman. Yon can detain y husband but not me." And she smiled at Philan, who began rather to dislike the ap pearance of things. "Pardon me, my lady, it is well known you .are single." "1 tell you I am married." "Where's your husband ?" "There sir," and she pointed to the aston ished barber. "There he stands. Here is my marriage certificate, which yon can peruse at Jour leisure. My servants yonder were wit nesses of the ceremony. Now detain mo at your peril." Thejmden was dumbfounded, and no won der. Poor Philau would have spoken but neither party would let him. The lawyer was consulted. The result was evident. In half ai hour Lady ,C. was free, and Pat Pbilan, ber legitimate husband, a prisoner for debt to the amount of forty thousand pounds. For some me Pat thought be was in a dream, and the "editors thought they were still worse. The "mowing dy tbey had a xnectiag, and finding a they had been tricked, swore they'd de tain poor Pat forever. But as they well knew that he had nothing, and wouldn't feel much ashamed in going through the Insolvent Court, they made the best of a bad bargain and let him go. Well, you must know that about a week af ter this, Paddy Philan was sitting by his little fire and thinking over the wouderful things he had seen, when as sure as death, the postman brought him a letter, the first he had ever re ceived, which he took to a friend of his, one Ryan, a fruit seller, because, you see, he was a great hand at reading writing, to decipher for him. It reads thus : "Go to Doneraile and marry Kathleen O' Reillv. The instant the knot is tied. I fulfill my promise of making you comfortable for life. But as 30U value your life and liberty, never breathe a syllable of what has passed. Remember,"you are In my power if you inclose me your marriage certificate. I send you fif ty pounds for present expenses." O, happy Paddy I didn't he start next day for Cork, and didn't he marry Kathleen and touch a thousand pounds ? By the power he did. And what is more, he took a cottage, which perhaps you know is not a hundred miles from Bruffin, in the county of Limerick ; and i'faix he forgi.t bis first wife entirely, and never told any one but myself, under the promise of secrecy, the storj of bis Fleet Mar riage. The following is too good to be lost. It is often made a subject of complaint that minis ters of the Gospel participate in political mat ters. An anecdote 01 a Air. r teia, wno uvea in Vermont several vears ae-o. contains a (rood reply : As thereverend gentleman went, at a Lime, to ncnnMr. ma vmo. inn niiwur ivnn rn. f.ftivd It tifincr a friend nnrt tiarihfinrr- tint opposite pontics, remarked "1 m sorry, Mr. Field, to see you here." "Why ?" asked Mr. rield. Because," said the officer, Christ s:iid his klnorftnm was mt ttf lliid win IH." "Has no one a right to vote," said Mr. Field, "nnless he belongs to the kingdom of Satan ?" Ibis at once let in a ray of light to the dark ened chambers of the officer's cranium, which he had never thought of before. Teaching by Example. A French gentle man reproached Ins son lor carrying a gold watch in a very careless and exposed man ner; but tho young gentleman persisted in the practice, in spite of parental admonition In a crowd at the theatre, one evening, the old gentleman asked his son to tell him what o'clock it was, and the young man was dis tressed and mortified to hnd his watch had been stolen. "Never mind," said his father, smiling; "I took it m3'self, to show you how easily yon could be robbed here it is 1" He put his hand in his fob to restore it; but lo, and behold, it was gone ! Some thief, more adriot than himself, had appropriated the property. Privateering. We trust that the Govern ment means to adopt no half measures with privateers. The instant execution of the first crew of privateers taken will do more to check this atrocious system than the destruction of ten times the number later. If the first crew escapes through any mistaken clemency, it will be accepted by the whole South as a proof that the Government is afraid. Too much mercy has already been shown to traitors. Judge Robinson ought to have paid with his life for his audacious attempt to sednce over General Scott. The impunity with which this sort of thing is permitted passes with the reb els for imbecility, and the conclusion is very natural. A few days since a traveler stepped into a Bank, and immediately pulled off his hat, coat and cravat. This done, he cast a look at the cashier, who was seated in a corner, "calm as a May morning," and with a commanding shake of the head, said : "Hadn't you better be getting that hot water t" The teller informed him that he was in the wrong shop. "Yon are in a Bank, sir, and not in a barber shop." 'Bank, whew " ejaculated the rather as tonished stranger. "Blame it, they told me it was a place where they shaved people !" Two Wats of Preaching. A young minis ter once, in a sermon addressed to a fashiona ble audience, attacked their pride and extrava gance, as seen in their dresses, ribbons, ruf fles, jeweli, &c. In the evening, talking with the old minister for whom he had preached, 'Father D.," said he, why do you not preach against the pride and vanity of this people for dressing so extravagantly ?" "Ah ! my son," said Father D., while yon are trimming off the top and branches of the the tree, I am endeav oring to cut it up by the roots, and then the whole top dies of itself." An incident occurred in Concord a few even ings ago which is worth mentioning, and which shows the spirit and pluck that some of the Concord girls are made of. A young gent offered to accompany a young lady home from a neighbor's and when asked by the young lady if he had, or intended to volun teer as a soldier in the army, he replied in the negative. Then yon are not the man to wait on me. Do your country some service if you desire my favor." There is the spirit of '76 for you. Hurrah ! for Concord. Yousa America. The Boys and Girls in the common Schools at Ilollidaysburg last week gathered up among themselves, by general contribution, money enough to provide a handsome National flag, and on Wednesday run it up from the cupola of the building, a. midst the most vociferous kind ol cheering. Same day, the boys of Prof. Miller's High School provided a flag and ran it up over the Academy building. Huzza for the spirit of Young America. Quick Work. An instance of the celeriyt of the movement is seen in a company six teen miles from Boston, the commander of which was sitting at his dinner table at 1 o' clock, discussing the possibility of his being ordered out. The door bell rand. It was the order. In three hours afterward (4 P. M. he marched into Faneuil Hall with eighty-five men fully, equipped and ready. A snb-editor announces that the editor of the paper is unwell, and piously adds : "AH good paying subscribers are requested to make mention of him in their prayers the other class need not do it, as the 'prayers of the wicked availeth nothing,' according to good authority." GOV. CTETIN'S SPECIAL MESSAGE. To the Striate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : Gentlemen : The present unparalleled exi gency in the affairs of our country, has induc ed me to call you together at this time. With an actual and armed rebellion in some ot the States of the Union, momentous questions have been thrust npon us which call for your deliberation, and that you should devise means by legislation for the maintenance of tho au thority of the General Government, the honor and dignity of onr State, the protection of our citizens, and the early establishment of peace and order throughout the land. On the day of my induction into the Execn: tivo office, I took occasion to utter the fol lowing sentiment : :No one who knows the history of Pennsylvania, and understands the opinions and feelings of her people, can justly charge us with hostility to our brethren of other States. We regard them as friends and fellow-countrymen, in whose welfare we feel a kindred interest; and we recognize, in their broadest extent, all our constitutional obliga tions to them. These we are ready and will ing to observe generously and fraternally in their letter and spirit, with unswerving fideli ty. Ours is a National Government. It has within the sphere of its action alltbeattri bnces of sovereignty, and among these are the right and duty of self-preservation. It is based upon a compact to which all the people of the United States are parties. It is the result of mutual concessions, which were made for the purpose of securing reciprocal benefits. It acts directly on the people, and they owe it a personal allegiance. No part of the people, no State nor combination of States, can vol untarily secede Ironi the Union, nor absolve themselves from their obligations to it. To permit a State to withdraw at pleasure from the Union, without the consent of the rest, is to confess that our Government is a failure. Pennsylvania can never acquiesce in such a conspiracy, nor assent to a doctrine which in volves the destruction of the Government If the Government is to exist, all the require ments or the Constitution must be obeyed; and it must have power adequate to the en- forcemeut of the supreme law ot the land in every State. It is tho first duty of the nation al authorities to stay the progress of anarchy and enforce the laws, and Pennsylvania, with a united people, will give them au honest, faithful and active support. The people mean to preserve the integrity of the national Union at every hazard." It could scarcely have been anticipated at that time, that we should so soon be called upon for the practical application of these truths in connection with their support and defence by the strong arm of military power. The unexampled promptness and enthusi asm with which Pennsylvania and the other loyal States have responded to the call of the President, and the entire unanimity with which our people demand that the iategrity of the Government shall le preserved, illustrate the duty of the several State and National Governments with a distinctness that cannot be disregarded. The slaughter of northern troops in the city of Baltimore, for the pre tended offence of marching, at the call ot the Federal Government, peaceably, over soil ad mittedly in the Union, and with the ultimate object of defending our common Capital a gainst an armed and rebellious invasion, to gether with the obstruction of our Pennsylva nia troops when despatched on the same pa triotic mission, impose new duties and res ponsibilities upon our State administration. At last advices tho General Government had military possession of the route to Washing ton through Annapolis; bnt the transit of troops had been greatly endangered and de layed, and the safety of Washington itself im minently threatened. This cannot be submit ted to. Whether Maryland may profess to be loyal to the Union or otherwise, there can be permitted no hostile soil, no obstructed thor oughfare, between the States that undoubted ly are loyal and their national seat of govern ment.' There is reason to hope that the route through Baltimore may be no longer closed against the peaceful passage of our people armed and in the service of the Federal Gov ernment. But we must be fully assured of this, and have the uninterrupted enjoyment of a passage to the Capitol by any and every route essential to the purposes of the Govern ment. This must be attained, peaceably if possible, but by force of arms if not accorded. The time is past for temporizing or forbear ing with this rebellion ; the most causeless in historv. The North has not invaded, nor has she sought to invade a single guarantied right of the South. On the contrary all political parties and all administrations have fully rec ognized the binding force of every provision of the great compact between the States, and regardless of our views of State policy, our people have respected them. To predicate a rebellion, therefore, upon any alleged wrong inflicted or sought to be inflicted upon the South is to offer falsehood as an apology for treason. So will tlm civilized world and his tory judge this mad effort to overthrow the most . beneficent structure of human govern ment ever devised by man. The leaders of the rebellion in the Cotton States, which has resulted In the establishment of a provisional organization assuming to discbarge all the functions of governmental power, have mista ken the forbearance of the General Govern ment ; they have accepted a fraternal indul gence as an evidence of weakness, and have insanely looked to a united South, and a divi ded North to give suctess to the wild ambi tion that has led to the seizuie of our national arsenals and arms, the investment and bom bardment of our forts, the plundering of our mints, has invited piracy npon our commerce, and now aims at the possesion of the Nation al Capital. The insurrection must now be met by force of aims; and to re-establish the government upon an enduring basis by asser ting its entire supremacy, to .re-possess the forts and other government property so un lawfully seized and held ; to ensure personal freedom and safety to the people and com merce of the Union in every section, the peo ple of the loyal States demand, as with one voice, and will contend for, as with one heart; and a quarter ot a million of Pennsylvania's sons will answer the call to arms, if need be, to wrest us from a reign of anarchy and plun der, and secure dor themselves and their chil dren, for ages to come, the perpetnity of this government and its beneficent institution. Entertaining these , views and anticipating that moro troops would bo required than the num ber originally .called for, I continued to re ceive companies aoUl we bad raised twenty- three regiments in Pennsylvania, all of which have been mustered i ato the service of the United States. In this anticipation 1 was not mistaken. On Saturday last, an additional requisition was made upon me for twenty-five regiments of infantry and one regiment of cav alry ; and there have been already more com panies tendered than will make up the entire complement. Before the regiments could be clothed, three oi tnem were ordered by the National Govern ment to proceed from this point to Philadel puis, i cannot too highly commend the pa triotism and devotion of the men who, at a moment's warning, and without any prepara nun, uue) :u me oraer. rnree ot the regi ments, unaer similar, circumstances, bv d rection of, and accompanied by officers of the United States army, were transported to Coc keysville, near Baltimore, at which point they remained for two days, and until by directions or tho General Gouernrnent they were order ed back and went into camp at York, where there are now five regiments. Three regiments mustered into service are now encamped at Chambersburg, under orders from the General government; and nve regiments are now in camp at this place, and seven have been or ganized and mustered iuto the service at Phil adelphia. .; The regiments at this place are still suppli ed by the Commissary Department of the State. Their quarters are as comfortable as could be expected, their supply of provisions abundant, and under tho instructions of com petent officers, ihey are rapidly improving in military knowledge and skill. I have made arrangements to clothe all our regiments with 'lie utmost dispute ii consistent with a proper economy, andam most happy to say that before the close of the present week all our people now under arms will be abundantly supplied with good and appropiate uniforms, blankets and other clothing. Four hundred and sixty of our volunteers, the first to reach Washington from any of the states, are now at that c.ty ; ihe&e are now provided for by the General Government ; but I design to send them clothing at the earliest possible opportunity, I am glad to be able to state that these men, in their progress to the National Capital, received no bodily injury, although they were subjected to insult in the city of Baltimore, such as should not have been offered to any law-abiding citizens, much less to loyal men, who, at the call of the Pres ident, had promptly left their own State in the performance of the highest duty and in the service of their country. A large b,ody of un armed men who were not at the time organiz ed as a portion of the militia of this Common wealth, under the command of officers without commissions, attempted under the call of the National Government, as I understand, to reach Washington and were assaulted by arm ed men in tho city of Baltimore, many of their number were seriously wonrded, and four were killed. The larger part of this body re lumed directly to Philadelphia; but many of them were forcibly "detained in Baltimore ; some of them were thrust into prison, and others have not reached their homes. I have the honor to say that the officers and men be have with the utmost gallantry. This body is uow organized into a regiment, and the offi cers are commissioned; they have been ac cepted suto the service, and will go to Wash ington by any route indicated by the Federal Government. I have established a camp at Pittsburgh, at which the troops from Western Pennsylvania will be mustered into service, and organized and diciplined by skillful and experienced officers. I communicate to you with great satisfac tion, the fact that the banks of the Corumon weath have voluntarily tendered any amount of money that may be necessary for the com mon defence and general welfare of the State and the nation in this emergency; and the temporary loan of five hundred thousand dol lars authorized by the Act of the General As sembly of the 17th April, 1SG1, was promptly taken at par. lhe money is not yet exhaust ed ; as it has been impossible to have the ac- couuts properly audited and settled with the accounting and paying officers of the govern ment as required by law, and accounts of this expenditure cannot now be furnished. The Auditor General and State Treasurer have es tablished a system of settlement and payment, of which I entirely approve, that provides am ply for the protection of the State, and to which all parties having claims will be obliged to couform. A niuch larger sum will bo re quired than has been distinctively appropria ted ; but I could not receive nor make engage ments for money without authority of law, and I have called you together, not only to provide for a complete re-organization of the State, but also, that you may give me author ity to pledge the faith of the Commonwealth to borrow such sums of money as you may, in your discretion, deem necessary for these extra ordinary requirements. It is impossible to predict the lengths to which "the madness that rules the hour in the rebellious States shall lead us, or when the calamities which threaten onr hitherto happy country shall ter minate. We know that many of our people have already left the State in the service of the General Government, and that many more must follow. We have a long line of border on States seriously disaffected, which should be protected. To furnish ready support to those who have gone out, and to protect our borders we should have a well regulated mili tary force. I therefore, recommend the im mediate organization, diciplining and arming of at least fifteen regiments of calvalry and in fantry, exclusive ol those called into the ser vice of the United States; as we have already ample warning of tho necessily of being pre pared for any sudden exigency that may arise. I cannot too much impress this npon you. I cannot refrain from alluding to the gener ous manner in which the people of all parts of the State have, from their private means, pro vided for the families of those of our citizens who are underarms. In many parts of the Commonwealth, Grand Juries, and Courts and municipal corporations have recommended the appropriations of moneys from their pub lic funds, for the same commendable purpose. I would recommend the passage of an Act le galizing and authorizing such appropriations and expenditures. It may be expected that, in the present ce- rangement of trade and commerce, ana tne withdrawal of so much industry from its ordi nary and productive channels, the Belling val ue of property generally will be depreciated, and a large portion of our citizens deprived of the ordinary means of meetir g engagements. , Although much forbearance may be expected. from a generous and magnanimous people, yet I feel it my duty to recommend the passage of a judicious law to prevent the sacrifice of property by forced sales in tho collection or debts. You meet together at this special session, surrounded by circumstances involving the most solemn responsibilities ; the recollections of the glories ol the past, the reflections of the gloomy present, and the uncertainty of the fu ture, all alike call upon you to discharge your duty in a spirit of patriotic courage, compre hensive wisdom and firm resolution. Never in the history of our peace-loving Commonwealth have the hearts of our people been so stirred in their depths as at the present moment. And, I feel, that I need hardly say to you, that in the performance of your duties on this oc casion, and in providing the ways and means lor the . maintenance ot our country's glory and our integrity as a nation, you should be inspired by feelings of self-sacrifice, kindred to those which animate the brave men who have devoted thefr lives to the perils of the j battle field, in defence of our nation's flag. j Gentleman, I place" the honor of the State in your hands. And I pray that the Almighty God, who protected our lathers in their efforts to establish this our great constitutional liber ty who has controlled the growth of civiliza tion and Christianity in our midst, niay not now foresake us; that He may watch over j-onr counsels, and may, in His providence, lead those who have left the path of duty, and are acting in open rebellion to the government, back again to perfect loyalty, and restore peace, harmony, and fraternity to our distrac ted country. -A. G. Ccrtin. CALICO PBINTING. No description of machinery at the present day is more ingenious or interesting than that for calico printing. As it leaves the powtr loom, calico is a fabric without any pattern, and of a dull, light bull color. In this state its uses are of course, very limited. It is un fit for outer apparel, or for furniture, or in fact for any purpose for which an ornamental tis sue is required. Jt has also a hairy or downy tissue, and thus presents a coarse and unfin ished appearance. The hairy .ilaments re quire to be removed, and the fabric must be made of a snowy-white before it is likely to become of use to any extent. The downy fila ments are removed in the same manner as those of lace, either by rapidly drawing the material over a sheet of copper at a bright red heat, or by passing it through gas flames ; and the bleaching is accomplished by the rapid agency of chemical force. The calico is boil ed, washed, soaked in a solution of chloride ot lime, then in weak acid, and so alternately, until at length all its impurities are removed, and it becomes as white as could be desired. Thus, in a few hours, by the combiued assis tance of chemical science and a few simple mechanical expedients, the process of bleach ing is effected, which formerly occupied days and even weeks, and was then often imperfect ly employed or performed. After this the bleached calico is ready for the reception of its ornament, and this was formerly impressed upon its surface by means of engraved blocks, charged with color; but a more rapid process Is now employed. The patterns on printed calicoes and similar figured cloths consist, as is apparent on the slightest examination, of a continual repetition of the same figure. This figure, whatever it be, so far as it consists of asingle color is engraved upon a copper roller, the length of which corresponds with the breadth of the calico, and the circumfereuce of which corresponds with tho length of the pattern. In general in such cases, the breadth of the pattern being much less than that of the cloth, it is repeated many times in the width. This pattern is therefore engraved upon the surface of the roller, the length extending completely around it, and being repeated throughout the lehgth of the roller in the same manner as it is intended to appear on he cloth. This roller receives the coloring matter by a certain apparatus which first smears and then wipes it, so as to remove all dye ex cept what fills the Incisions of tho engraving. The cloth is then pressed between this roller and another which has a soft surface, the two being pressed severely together in their line of contact. By this process the color deposit ed in the lines of the engraved roller is trans ferred to the cloth, and the printing is com pleted. A large American flag is suspended across the street at Havre de Graco, bearing the mot to "By the Eternal the Union must and shall be preserved." A native and resident of Ce cil county assures us the Union feeling in that county is intense and unqualified. Louisiana has a fancy block of marble at the Washington monument, to enter into its coi'struction, with the following inscription on its side ? "Presented by the State ol Louis iana ever faithful to the Constitution and the Union." The Adjutant General of Virginia repor ted, a fer days ago, that the State only had arms enough to supply 5,00Q men. .This ag gravates their disappointment in not being able to seize arms at Harper's Ferry. The free colored population of New Oi leans, have resolved to tender their services to the government for the defence ot the State. Gen. Henry Wilson, United States Senator from Massachusetts, !s serving in the Worces ter regiment as a common soldier. "Have I not, my son, give you every ad vantage ?" "Oh, yes, but I couldn't think of taking advantage of you, father." The rebels saved the powder magazine at the Norfolk navy yard, as the slow matches did not burn sufficiently to reach them in time. Allegheny county, Maryland, has instructed its representdtives that if they voto for seces sion, they will be hung when they return home. A Canadian has discovered that the insect found on the common black spruce yields a dye of great beauty resembling cochineal. On the 3d of March, forty millions of Rus sian serfs were liberated. The day before they were all slaves. - The citizens of Elkton, Maryland, have re solved th8t "Cicil county will not secede, let Maryland do what she wiU." A TALE OF THE BEV0LTJTI0N". AX EXCITING IXCIDfcXT. God is everywheie. Ilis words are on tho hearts. He is the battle field or in our peace ful home. Praise be to his holy name. It was on the wilds of Wissahicon, on the day of battle, as the noonday sun came through the thickly clustered leaves, that two men met in deadly conflict near the reefs which rose like the rock of some primeval world, at least one thousand feet above tho waters of tho Wissahicon. The man with the dark brown face, and darker grey eye, flashing wilh dead ly light, and a muscular f'oi ni cl.id in a blue frock of the Revolution is a continental named Warren. The other man with long black hair dropping along his cadaverous face, is clad in a half military costume of a tory refugee. This is a murderer of. Paoli. named Dehaney. They met by accident, and now they fought not with sword and rirle, but with long and deadly hunting knives they struggled, twining and twisting on the green sward. At last the tory is down down on tho turf, with the knee of the continental upon his breast the np raised knife flashed death in his face. "Quarters! I yield," gasped the tory, as the knee was pressed upon his breast, 'spare me, I yield." "My brother," said the patriot in that tone of deadly hate, "my brother cried for quarter at Paoli, and even as ho clung to your knees, yon stuck that knife into his heart. O, I will give you quarters of Paoli." And as his hand raised for the blow, and his teeth were clenched with deadly hate, ho paused for a moment, then pinioned the tory'n arms, and with a rapid stride drugged him to the verge of the rock, and held him quivering over the abyss. 'Mercy !" gasped the tory, turning ashy pale by turns, as that awful gull yawned below. "Merc ! I have a wife and child at home spare me." The continental, with his muscular strentgh gathered for the effort, shook the murder once more over the abyss, then bissed his bitter sneer in his face. "My brother had a wife and two children. The morning after the night of Paoli that wife was a widow, thosc-children fatherless. Would you not like to go and beg your life of that widow and her fatherless children. The proposal made by the continental in mockery and bitter hate, was taken to the wid dow, and to have the priviledge of lagging his life. After a moment's serious thought, the patriotic soldier consented. He bound the tory's arnis still tighter, placed him on -the rocks again, and led him to the woods. A quiet cottage, embossed among the trees, broke on their eyes. They entered the cot tage. There, beside the desolate heaithstone, sat the widow a-nd children. She sat there, a matronly woman of about twenty-three years , with a face faded by care a deep dark eye, and long black hair hanging in a disheveled state about her shoulders. On one side was a dark haired boy of some six years, on the oth. er side a girl one year younger, with light blue eyes. The Bible an old and venerable volume lay open upon the mother's knee. And now the pale face tory flung himself up on his knees, and confessed he had butchered her husband on the night of Paoli, and begged his life at her hands. "Spare me for the sake of my wife child ' He had expected this pitiful moan would touch the widow's heart, but not one relenting gleam softened her face. "The Lord shall judge between us," she 6aid in a cold, icy tone, that froze the murder er's heart. "Look tho Bible is on my lap; I will close the volume, and this boy shall open it, and place his fingers at random upon a Vsjrse." There was a silence. The continental sol dier, who had sworn to avenge his brother's death, stood with dilating eyes and parted lips. The culprit kneeling upon the floor, with his face like discolored clay, felt his heart leap to his throat. Then, in a clear bold voice, the widow read this line from the Old Testament. It was short, yet terrible "That man shall die!" Look ! the brother springs forward to plunge a knife into the murderer's heart, but the torj', pinioned as he is clings to the widow's knees. He begs that one more trial may be made by the little girl, the child of five years old, with the golden hair and laughing eyes. The wid ow consents. There is an awful pause. With a smile in her eye, without knowing what she was doing, the little girl opens the Bible as it lay on her mother's knee ; she turned her face away, and placed her finger upon a line. The awful silence grows deeper. The deep drawn breaths of the brother, and broken gasp of tho murderer, alone disturb the stillness ; the wid ow and dark haired boy were breathless. The little girl, as she caught the feeling of awe from those about her, stood breathless, her face turned aside and her tiny finger resting on the line of life cr death. At length, gath ering courage, the widow bent her eye upon the page and read. It was a line from tho New Testament : "Lore your enemies J" Oh ! book of terrible majesty, and childlike love of sublimity that crushes the heart with rapture you never shone more strongly than there in that lonely cot of the Wissahicon when you saved the murd?rer's heart. Now look how wonderful are the ways ol Heaven. That very night as the widow sat by her fireside sat there with a crushed heart and hot eyelids, thinking of her husband who now lay mouldering -on the drenched Roil of Paoli there was a tap at the .door. She o pened it, and that liusband, living, thongh covered with wounds, was in her arms. He had fallen at Paoli, "out not in death, ho was alive, and his wife ?ay panting on his bosom. That night there was a prayer in the wood em bowed cottage of Wissahicon. The Knights of the Golden Circle have their headquarters in Baltimore, and thence distribute arms, munitions, and clothing to their lodges through the South. A Single Odd Fellow's Lodge, Covenant, No. 35, of New York, have appropriated $2000 to support the families of members who may volunteer. Tho Indiana Legislature on assembling the tthr"day.' though strongly Republican, voted to divide .lhe offices in its gift with the Demo crats. . . The Grave is sacred and hallowed ,Jwhen the grass of the church-yard can cover all memo ry sive that of love.
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