El
'• "TILL HE COMM."
He come-0! letillielgiirdi
4Linger on the tremblingiatorda;
la the little while lietritteii
In their golden light lie n;
Let ps think how Ileaven'aialtOme
Lie;.beyond that—" Till eitiiiie."
Wlken the weary ones we lo've
:Enter on their - rest above, •
...ifieems the earth" so poor and...vast,
AU our joy be overcasts
„Rush, be every murmur dumb*;
sit is only—" Till Ha come.”
'Clouds and conflicts round us press;
- Would we have' one sorrow less?
All the sharpness -of the cross;
AU that tell the world is loss,
• !Death, and darkness, and the tomb,
'Only whisper—.. Til l: He come."
-lee, the feast' of love is spread,
Drink the wine and break the bread
- - 111weet memorials—till the :Lord
Dell us round his Heavenl3 'board:
Some from earth, from glory some,
lieverpd He come."
IMAM OF A HOUSEKEEPER.
.
'I have a detail of very homely' grievanCes
sa present, bill such as they are, many a heart
*ill feel them to be heavy, the trials of a
'laiusekeeper.
N"Poh! ' says ono of the lords of creation,
-taking a cigar out of his mouth, and twirling
It between his two first _fingers, "what a
. fuss these women do make, of this simple
•matter of managing a family! I can't see
for my life, as there is'anything so extraor
dinary to be done, in this matter of house
keeping—only .three meals a day to be got
.and cleared off, and' it really seems to take
A pp the whole of their mind from morning till
night. - I could keep house without so much
if
N allurry, I know. , .
,ow prithee, good' brother, listen to my
• Very, and see how much you know about, it.
rcame to this enlightened west about a year
since, and vas duly established, in aitomfor
' table couatry residence within a mile and a
littlf of the city, and there commenced the
enjoyment of domestic felicity. I had been
married about three months, and had been
previously in love in the most approved ro
mantic way with all the proprieties of moon
light walks, serenades, sentimental billet - -
. aoux, mid everlasting attachment.
After having been allowed, as I said, abeut,
ree months to get over this sort of thing,'
d to prepare for realities I was. located for
as aforesaid., My family consisted of
says if and husband, a female friend as a vis
itor,ft d two brothers of my good man, who
were e aged - with him in business. - •
, I pass ver the two or threa"first daysspent
in that prOcess of hammering boxes, break
, -lug c,rockert knocking things down and
ticking them tip again; which is commonly
*ailed getting o housekeeping ; as usual
carpets were- sew and stretched, laid down
. mid taken up to b sewed over, things were
, reformed, transform., nd conformed, till at
last asettled order begto appear. But now
;rime up the great poin of all. During our
a‘n t\
IWohfusion, we had coo Kd and eaten our,
• twills in a very miscellaneous and pastoral
wanner, eating now from the top of- a barrel
_ laid now from a fire-board, lad • • n two chairs.
and drinking some from tea c• is and some
, - from saucers, and some-from to •• biers, and
' some from a pitcher big enough to b drown
ed in, and sleeping,'some on sofas, a . • some
en straggling beds and mattrasses,, t c
down--here and there, wherever there wt.
.room. All these pleasant barbarities w: e
'now at an end—the house waiin order—th;
dishes put up in their places—threp regular'
meals to' be administered each day, all in an
trderly civilized form—beds were to be made
, -:-:rooms swept and dusted dishes washed—
knives scoured, and all the etcetera to be at
tended to. Now for, getting "help" as Mrs.
Vrollope says, and whe•.e and how were we
' lo,get i 1.,• we knew very few persons in the
deity, and hOw were we to accomplish the
smatter.' At length the "house of employ
ment" was mentioned, and my husband was
liiiputched thither regularly every day for a
• . week, while I in the meantime, was very
- Early dispatched, by theabundance of work
At home. At length one evening as I was
alining completely exhausted, thinking of re
lenting to the last femine expedient for sup
porting life, viz :,,Ai „good fit of crying, my
husband made his appearance with a most
triumphant air at the door "There ! Mar
, sent ! I have got youa couple at last—cook
'Mid chambermaid!" so saying he flourished
, -open the door, and gave to my view the
picture of a little, dry, snuffy •lookflig old
woman,and a great staring Dutch
girl in a
Preen bonnet with red ribbons—mouth wide
' *pen, and hands and feet that would have
-made a Greekscalptor open his mouth too.
- I - addressed forthwith a few words of en-
Epuragement to each of this cultivated looking
. gonple. and proceeded to ask their names,
deal forthwith the old woman began to snilf
:_. ilelind to wipe her face with what was left of
as old silk poCket handkerchief, preparatory
to.speaking, while the young lady opened
- o r mouth wider, and looked around with a
° llaghtened air, as if .meditlitirig an esaape.—
Afteisome preliminaries,however I found out
that my old woman was Mrs. Tibbins, and
Hebe's name was Kotterin; also that she
,know much more Dutch than English, and
not any 'too much of either. The old lady
Ives the cook—l ventured a few inquiries—
" Had she ever cooked ?"
' "Yes ma'am, sartin ; she had lived at two
',II* three places in the city." _ .
' " I expect, my dear," said my husband
. confidently "that she is an experienced cook,
gild so your troubles are Over, and he went
. to reading
. his newspaper. I said no more,
but determined to wait till morning. The
_breakfast, to be sure, did not do much honor
. lathe talents of my official, but Awes the
Jirst time, and the place was new to her.
- After brea kfast was cleared away, I .proceed
lid to give directions for dinner ; -it was mere
* a plain joint of meat, I said, to be roasted
-4 the tin oven. The experienced cook look
lid tit me, with a stare of entire vacuity--"the
. tin oven," I repeated, " standa there, ' point
. trig to it.
•, . _
sho walked up to it and touched it with
~
, Ismeh an appearance of suspicidn as if it - had
been an electrical battery, and then looked
• • round at me with a look of such helpless ig
norance that my soul was moved—" I never
twee one of them things before," said she.
" Never saw is tin oven !" I exclaimed. "I
thought you said you had cooked in two or
three families. o
-
"They does not have such things as them,
though," rejoined my old lady. Nothing
' Was to be done, but to i nstruct her into the
philosophy of the case, and havin;spitted
l i).1 joint, aid given immberless directions, I
. st*lked off to my room • to superintend the
. operations of : Kotterin, to whom I had COM..
• initted the making of my bed and the sweep
. •ing of my room, it never having come into
.f,sey head that, there could be a wro;. , g way of
,iaaking a bed, and to this day it is a, piarvel
to-me how any one could arrange pillows and
Aunts to make such a nondescript appearance
simian now present 11. • One glance shoisod
- -me that Kotterin also was just caught, and
, --- -.
that I had termuch to-, do in h,
as that of day'eld lady. - --•
-...ltilfCthen the door bell ratiL 4 Oh, there
, . , ...,
is the door hell !" I eieltiiin 4....4'run Sot--'
terini and,sbexv them into the Parlor.'
'Kcitterin started to 'run, as 4ireeted, and
then stopped, and stood looking round on all,
the doors, and on mewith a wtrifully puzzled
air=" the street , door," said t, foliating to
ward the entry. - Kotterinl
liundered into
the entry, and stood gazing ul .with' a look
of stupid wonder , at the-bell ringing without
hands, while I went to the door and let-in
the company, before she could 'fairly be made
to understand the connection between the
ringing anti the phenomena of admission.
As dinner time. approached, I sent word
into the kitchen to have it sent on; but recol
lecting tfie state of the' heads of department
there, I soon followed my oWn orders. I
found the tin oven standing Out-in.the mid
dle of the kitchen, and •my cook seated a.la
r Turk in front of it contemplating the roast
Meat;'with 'full as puzzled an 1 air as
.in the
'explainedmorning. I once more 'eiPlaed the mys
tery of taking it off, and assiSted her-to get
it on to the platter,,though somewhat cooled
by having been so long set out for inspection.
I wapt standing holding the spit in my hands,
when Kotterin, 'who had heard the door bell
ringing, and was determinedithis time to be
in seasom ran into the hall, and soon re
turning opened the kitchen door, and politely
ushered in three or four fashionable looking
ladies, exclaiming, "here sh is !" As these
were strangers from the city who had come
e t
to make their first call, this ptroduction was
failrom proving an eligible, ne—the look of
thunderstruck astonishme t with which- I
greeted their first appearance as I stood
brandishing the spit, and the. terrified snuf
fling and staring of poor Mrs. Tilibons, who,
had again recourse to her old pocket hand
kerchief, almost entirely. vanquished their^
gravity, and it was evident that they were
on the point-of a broad laugh ;so recovering
my self-possession, I apolomi6d, and led the
way to the parlor.
.
In these few incidents be a specimen ofthe
four mortal weeks that I spent with these
helps, during which time did almost as
. .
=
much work, tvith twice as Much anxiety, as
when there was nobody there, and yet every
thing went wrong besides. The young gen. ,
Vemen complained of the pa'tehes of .stareli
grimmed to their collars, and the streaks of
black coal ironed into their) dickies, while
one week every pocket handkerchief in the
house was starched so stiff that you might as
well have carried an earthen plate hi your
pocket—the tumblers looked muddy—the
plates were never washed clean or wiped dry,
unless I attended to each one and as to eat
ing and drinking we experienced a variety
that we bad not before considered possible. '
At length the old Woman franistied from
the stage and was succeeded by a knowing,
r
active,. capable damsel with temper like a
steel tray, Who remained with Inc just one
week, and then went of in a ft+ of spite. To
her succeeded a rosy, good - natured, merry
i,
.
lass, who broke the crockery burnt the din
ner, tore the clothes in ironi g, and knocked
down everything that stoodi her way about
the house, without at all dis omposing her
self about the matte , -. One might she took
the stopper from ft barrel o' molasses and
came singing off up stairs, while the molasses
ran soberly out into the cellar bottom all
night, till by morning it was in a state of
universal emancipation. litaxing done this, ,
and also dispatched an-entire Set of tea things,
by letting the waiter fall, she one day made
,
her disappearance. ,
.
. ,
Then for a wonder, there r , elit° my• lot a
v t.
tidy efficient trained Engli h 'gir,l—pretty
and genteel and neat, kno ing lbw to do
everything, and with the sw etest femper'in
the world. "Now," said Ito myself, d'l
ball rest from my labors.{' Every thing
a out the house began to go iright, and look
ed` as clean and genteel as II ry'sf own pieity
self. But alas, this .period f repose was in
terrupted by the vision of . st clever, trim
looking oung man, who or Some weeks
could be heard ,scraping is boots at -the
kitchen d every Sunday n ght—aid at lest
Miss Mary, itir some smiling and blushing,
gave me to un crstand that She Must leave m
IEO3
Iwo weeks. \
"Why Mar,y,"\said I, f(
chievous, "don't ybu like tl
"Oh yes, ina'iim.'N
"Then why do you look
"I am not going to arioth
4 ' What, Mary, are yoh
trade?"
"No ma'am•"
"Why then what do you mean to dot;'
"I expect to keep house myself ma'am ; "
said she, laughing and blushing." ,
"Oh be said I, "that ii it""— and se in
two - weeks I lost the best little girl in 'the
world—peace`to her memory. .
After this came an interregnum, which
put me in mind of the chapter in Chronicles
that I used to read with great delight when
a,ehild, where Basha and "g,liih, and Tibni,
1.
and Zimri, and Omri, one after the other
came on to the throne of srael, all in ,the
.compass of half-dozen verses.- Wis had one
old woman who staid a week and went-away
with the misery' in her toOth--one young
woman who ran away andjgot married—,one
cook, who came at night and Went off before
light in the inorning—one very 'clever girl,
who staid srmenth,and then went away be
cause her mother was sick--.4anothcr who staid
six weeks, and was taken *ith the fever her
self, and during all this eine who can speak
the damage and destructiOn wrought isv the
domestic paraphernalia, by passing-through
these multiplied hands? j
,
What shall we do? Shill we give up hou
ses, have no furniture to take care of,' keep
merely a bag of meal, a porridge pot, and a
pudding stick, and sit, in our tent, door 1.14
real patriarchal independence.
Box. HENRY S. RANbALL, of Cortland
Village, New York, and author of a "Life of
Jefferson," writing to a filend, says: "Alas!
how his descendants are divided in this war!
All his grandsons go with the South. Geo.
Wvthe Randolph, late Confederate Secretary
of War, is one of these—Misled on this ques
tion, but a noble min. So is his older broth
er, Thomas J. Randolph. D. Ben. Ran:.
doph I never met: • All hiS grariddaughters
but one (she is a• resident of - New York) are
r
firmly for . the Union, a d ,so are their htis
bands, where they aroma ried. Two of them
have sons in our armies, who are liable any
day to meet their kinsmen in battle. N. P.
Trist, who married Virg
_nia Randolph,. is a
devoted Union man. lie has la daughter
married to a Confedertite . She stands up .
resolutely for tlid Union, and would.if the
scaffold. was before her. j But I forget these
details do not interest yon, as they do me."
THE Union men of Tennessee do' not per
pier
their brainAvith raidnementsithich vex
our Northern politicians!: A few ••days'ago
they met in "Nashiille and adoptbd the fol
lowing, via: •
• Restdved, That we consider slavery . as
.the
original cause( of:this unnatural war; and
that in its emanciipation . *e see the only, sal
iition and preservation of the trnion of our
fitters, of our freedom, and of the gitaf prin
ciples laid down in tlielleelaration of lud4-
pendence.
'4l)e _irranklin ilci3ositoi i, Otkember 9, 1863.
;A OMNI° or MIME STRONG.
r 4epartraeq.
just 6 Strong; of the Supreme Court, a
life7long Democrat and a supporter of his
associate Woodward at the late election, de . -
Ipirered an ()Pinion affirming the constitu
tionality of the conscription law, in opposi
tiOn to the decision of the niajorify of the
dliurt ,as .delivered by Lowrie, Woodward
and Thompson. As the opinion of- Judge
Strong wilklAnibejudgment of the courtwhen
'Jahn Agbia takes thEi plane Of: :Lowrie,
we 'give' :the concluding, and material portion
of it., It will be seen that he disposes of
the petty sophOtry4d'Arkibbtei• of W'ood-•
war and Lowrie with . a manliness that
s ntrt . ::,A - Wes - Aand upright Judge.
e says : • - •
1 - . •
It was urged in the.'srgurnent iliat' Oief...
c On of perbotittni giViiew..in'the t ailreleSisitir
i vasion of the right.ecivil libility. The
guntrineVelt inittange i forgetfulness
what civil liberty is. •In 'ever free goir
nment the citizen, or i Satojei3i., surrenders Li
brtion of his absolute' tights in order_thae
e remainder may be pVeerted:aritt preierv
. There car_ be no Ebv,:erntheni at -‘all , .
here the subtretaintli upeestrained liberty
act as he uses, Mid la nildersei:. oblige-,
t[ion to the *ate. Thitti,e :11n4oubtedlY.-the
hest governnt; whictrinlpfltes the feive4t
estraints, bile it sendrearainple protection
If' all, under_it. But "ticieevernment-has ever
sisted, no re - canexigOvitlinut a right tottni
ersonal fifflitary shrkcei of all its" able'
°died men'. The right, to eivilliberty.in.:
is ;country, never- Included a right to. et- -
mption Volm such Z•zitivte r e. Before the Fe
deral Constitution wiuNrai.ed; the citizens , of
'the diffeQt States, 'owed it follie
.govern
meats under Which ; they lived, end it was
exacted. The -militlro sy.ste*pf the States
'then asserted it, and they have 'eniktinued%to
assert it-ever -since. 'They assert it,rio%' No
One doubts lie peeler' of a State to Compel its
militia intarsonitl Service, end' no one has
ever contendW that-such compulsion invades
any right of civil liberty, On the.contrary,
it is conceded 'that the right of civil liberty is"
Subject to.such power in the Stategovern
ments, and the'histerY of the peeled linaiedi
atel3.- antecedent td the stdOpOn..orthe-Fed
eral Constitution showOhat it Was then ad
mitted. Is civil libeity i now a different thing
from what it was when the I ;onstitution was
formed ? It - is better =iprotected' by the pro
visions of the' Constitution, but are the obli
gatione.Of-si Citizen '"to iiii - y .
less:now than they were then? This cannot
be maintained. If, then, coercion into mili
try service was no invasion of the rights of
civil liberty enjoyed by the people of the
States, before the Federal Constitution had
any existence, it cannot be no*.
~i
Again, it is insisted that if the power gv
en to Congress to raise and support armies
be construed to warrant the compulsion of
Citizens. into military service, it must beheld
to authorize arbitrary seizures of property
for the support of the. army. The ss force of
the objectign is not apparent. Confessedly
the army must be raised by legal means.
By such means it must also .14 supported.
It has already ;been shown that enrollment '
and draft are not illegal ; that to make them
illegal, a 'prohibition must be foioid in the
letter or in the spirit of the Constitution. Ar
bitrary seizures of priVate property for the
support of the army are illegal and prohibit
ed.' 'Net only dues the, Constitution point
out the mode in Ahich provision shall be
made for the support of the army, ~but in
numerous -prOvisions, it protects the .13eOple
against deprivation of property witlibut coin
-1 ensation' and due course of law. Exemp
tion from such seizures was alwaYS - an assert
ed and generally an admitted right, while
exemption - from liability to being compelled
to the performance of military, SerViee was,
as bet i seen, never claimed. There are,
therefore, limitations upon the means which
may be used for the Support of the army,'
while none are imposed upon the means of
raising it.
.: .
Again, it is said this act of Congress ii a
violation of the Constitution, because It
makes a drafted man punishable as a deser
ter before he is mustered into service.' The
contrary was declared by Chief Justice Mar
shall, when delivering the judgment of the
Supreme Court of the United States in
Houston vs. Moore, 5 Wheaton. Under the
. act of 1795, the drafted men were not declar
ed to be subject to military law until mus
tered into service This is - the act of.which
Judge Story speaks -in his commentaries.
But in-the opinion of Jude Marshall, Con-.
gress might have declared them in service
from the time of the draft, precisely what
this act of Congress does. Judge Marshall's
opinion, of course, explodes this objection.
The argument most.pressed, in support of
the alleged unconstitutionality of the act of
COngress is that it -interferes with the reserv
ed rights of 'the States over their own militia.
It is.said the draft takeS, a portion. of those
who owe military service to the States, and
thus diminishes the power of the States, to
protect themselves. The States, it is claim
ed,. retain'the principal power over the miii
i tin, and therefore the power given to Con
green to raise armies must be so construed as
not to destroy or impair that power 'of the
States. If, say the complainants, Congress
I may draft into their-armies, and compel the :
service of a portion of the State militia, they .
may take the whole, and thuS the entire
power of the - States over them be annulled
for wapt . ot any subject upon which it can
act. I have stated the argument quite -as
strongly as it was presented. It is more
plausible than sound. It asstnnes the very
matter which is the question in debate. It
ignores the fact that Congress has. also the
power over those who constitute the militia.
The militia of the States is also that of the
general Government. It is the whole able
bodied population capable of bearing arms,
whether organiked or not. Over it certain
powers are given to Congress, and others are
reserved to the States. Besides the power of
calling it'forth, for certain dethied uses, Con
gresa may provide for its otganilation, arm
ing, and-cliscipline, as well as for governing
such 'portion as May be employed in its Ser
vice. It ii the Material and thepnly materi
al contemplated by the constitution,. out of
-which the armies of thePederal government
are to be raised.. Whether gathered by coer
cion or enlistnient, they'are equally taken
• out of those who form a part of the 'militia
of the States. Taking a given number by
draft no more conflicts with the reserved
power of the States, than does taking the
lame number of men in pursuance a their
own contract. No citizen . can deprive a
State of her rights without her consent.
None _could, therefore, - voluntary enlist
,if
.taking ,a militia man, into: military service in
the army of the United States is in confliet
with any State rights over the militia.
Those rights, whatever they may be, it is
obvious. cannot be effected -by the mode of
taking. It is clear that the States hold their
'power over the militia; subordinate to the .
pawer of Congress to 'raise 'armies out of the
population that constitutes it. Were it not
ao,.the delegation of the power of Congress
Would have been an -empty gift Armies
fling a little mia •
place?"be ,
car .anotlik?"
ler place.?'
)going to'learn a
can be raisd . front, no,othar,aource. Enlist- ;
nients in other "lands'ale seileialliftiolilbitk
ed by foreign eniistment, 'seta, and- evett-
Where they are not; they may, under the laW
of nations, involve a breach of neutrality.
luslly, therefore, may it be saidthe objection
now under consideration begs the question in
debate.
- It assumes a right in the State which has
no existence, to wit: a right to hold all the
population; that • constitute militia men ex
'empt froin-being taken. in any way • into the
-of the United States., When, it is
said= if any portion of the militia may be
'ni,s,ersell into su4l - 41.itliry - sprhee, whole
-may, it is 'but a repetition of the common,
but very weak argument against the exis
•tence of-tiny Power in,either The State or Gen
eral G t oVeinnient. lt" applies as well to a
denial of power to_ raise-armies by voluntary
enlistment,.
,It is as coneeivabkritharhigh
niogyeS - pittnotism„cac - indueetlkents held,
out-thy the Federal;Go - verinnenti, inight.draW
int,S,ltatnititarY.Arvicolfailelitirq able bolL
leali4itiiation of &Mate, as that: ithe whole
1?"6-'-'draffed. -Wc_are_ not _to - _deny_ the
bilsterice - of a Tiower,because it may possibly
'be iinuiselyexereisetl T ,hor are we to presume
that abusea_will take, place. - EspeCially are
we 7ndt fit - liberty - to do„sp in this case, in
`iieW dfthe tact that tbretreneral Govern
rrichPis - finder' CoiorstiCalonal - obligations . to
proVide fdr the Amnion defence olthe coun
try, and to s guarintee to eacliState a repub
lican foini of goVernmentf ! - ...Phat-wca;ld be
to iniPose.ii - ditty, and 4egiy the.poWer to per- -
-forth it. •
These urg tkli - the objections, deserving of
'notiet . ,,,thathavebeen urged against the power
of CongrOitrt compel the complainants, into'
.inflifOrserviee in the aftny.. kritiw of no
Others of unyArnportanee. %They utterly fail
to show that' there is anythinw b in either the
,„
letter ert4 Spirit• the',COnstitution to re
strict the - power to "raise armies," given
gaperallYf:tiYany . particultir mode of exercise.
For-the reason given, then, I think- the pro
visions of the act Of;'Congress, under which
these Complainants have been enrolled and
drafted, must be held to lie stich as it is with
in the ConstitutiOnal power of Congress, to
enact. It follows that. - nrithinm has been
dinie, or is.proposed to,be derie-1; the.defen
- dantSi that it is contrary to hiw„ or prejudi
cial to'the rights of the complainants.
An attempt was made on the argument fo
maintain that thosetVrovisiOns of the act of
Congress which allow, a drlifted man - to com
mitts•by the payment of $3OO are in violation
of the Constitution. But 'this' is outside of
the case before us. By these provisions the
complainants are-not injuriously affected, and
the bills do not complain of anything done,
or proposed to be done under them. It is
the cumpulsory service which. the plaintiffs
resist; they do not complain that there is a
'mode provided of ridding themselves of it.
If it be conceded Congress cannot provide
for commutation of Military service, by the
payment of a,:istipulated sum of money, or
cannot/do it in the_ way adopted in this en
actment, the concession in no manner affects
the directions given for compulsion into ser
vice. Let, it be that the provision for com
mutation is unauthorized, those for enroll
ment and draft are such as Congress had
power to enact. It is well settled that part
of a statute may be unconstitutional, and the
remainder in force. Iby no means, how
ever, mean- to be understood as conceding,
that any part of this. act is unconstitutional,
I think it might easily be shown that every
part of it is a legitimate exercise of the power
vested in Congress, but I decline to discuss
the question, because it is not raised in the
cases before us. •
,•Nor,while holding the opinions expressed,
.that no rights of OA:complainants are untaw-,
fully invaded or threatened, is it necessary
to \ consider the power or propriety of inter T
erence by this court, on motion to unpin Fed
eral officers against the perform.ance of a
duty. imposed upon them in plain' terms by
an 'act of Congress. Upon that subject I
express no opinion. I have said enough to
show that the complainants are not entitled
to the injunctions for which theyask, and I
think they should be denied.
THE PRAYER AT GETTYSBIIRG.
One of the most impressive incidents of the
dedicatory ceremonies at Gettysburg;on the
19th ult., was the delivery of the prayer by
Rev. T'homas H. Stockton, Chaplain, of the .
House,of Representatives. When the vener
able man commenced his invocation the im
mense crowd was surging to and fro, settling'
into its place ; but as soon as the clear tones
of his voice began to ascend the multitude
became huished into the most profdund lenee.
The-white. locks; pale face, and attenuated
forr r n of the speaker, gave him the appearance
of one who holds. communion with the spirit
land.' All were fascinated by the spectacle,
and melted fq they , sublime eloquence of the
prayer, attestilrg by tears that would not be
repressed that their souls were penetrated:
• . PRAYER BY °REV. TTS. 11. STOCKTON.
Oh God,' our Father, for-the sake of Thy
Son, 'our Sayler, inspire us with Thy Spirit,
and sanctify ,us to the right fUltilment of the
duties of this occasion.
We come to dedicate this new historic cen
tre as a .National Cemetery. If all depart•
meets of the one Government which Thou
hest, ordained over our Union, and df the
many Governments which Thou bast subor
dinated to the "Union s be here represented—
if all classes, relations and interests of our
blended brotherhood and people stand sever
ally and thoroughly apparent in Thy prei
ence, we trust it is because Thou has called
us;, that Thy _blessings await. us, and that
Thy designs may be embodied in practical
result of the incalculable and imperishable
good.
And so with Thy Holy Apostle and with
the Church, of all land. 4. and ages, we unite
in the ascription " Blessed be God, even the
Father of our Lord,Tesus Christ—the Father
of mercies and the God of all comfort—who
comforteth us in all our tribulations that we
may be able to comfort them which are in
any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we
ourselves are comforted,Of God."
In emulation of all angels, in fellowship
With all saints, and in sympathy with all
•suffere_is, in remembrance of Thy works, in
reverence of Thy ways, and in accordance
with ThY'Word, we loveand Magnify Thine
'infinite perfections, Thy creative glory, Thy
redeeming grace, Thy providential goodness,
and the progressively richer and fairer devd-,
opments of Thy supreme, universal and over
lasting administration.
In behalf of . all Inimanity, whose ideal is
Divine—whose first memory is Thy image
losti and whose last hope is Thy image re
stored and especially in behalf of our min
nation, whose history las"been so - favored—
Whote mission is so' sublime, and whose fu
ture is 'so attractive—we thank Theerfor the
upppeakablepatience of Thy compass on, and
for the exceeding greatness Of The, loving
kindness.
In' contemplation of Eden, - 'Calvary and
,41paven—of Christ in the 40d—on Cross
and on the Throne—nay, more, of Christ as
coming wartLiiizoll-subduing Power and
Olor"yorct,gra l prolong our homage. '
-$Y thy, alter oNiatrifice, and on this
of deliverence-4risthis mount of salvation=
within the, fiery line of these mu
nitions of 'roeki,ylooking back to the'dark
days of fear. and trembling, and to the rap
ture of - relief f that came after, we multiply
our thanksgiving and confess our obligations
to renew and perfect our personal and social
consecration of-Thy service and glory.
Oh !:bad" it 'not - been for God ! For, le,
our enemies, they came unresisted—multitu
dirieus,, mighty, flushed with'victory and
sure cifSuccess. 'They exulted on our moun
tains—they reveled in our valleys—:they
feasted — theyrested—they slept—they waked
1 --they grew stronger, prouder and- bolder
every day.
They spread abroad, they concentrated
here ; they looked beyond this horizon tothe
stores of wealth ; to the Ittyints of pleasure
and to , the gems of power in our capital and
chief cities. . ; They prepared to cast the chain
of shivery around the form of freedom and to
bind life and death together forever. Their
premature triumph was the mockery of God
and man ; one more victory and all was
theirs. But i behind these hills was heard the
feebler march of a smaller but still pursuing
host. Onward they hurried day and night
for their country and their God—footsore,
way worn, htingry, thirsty, faint—but not in
heart—they tame to dare all, to bear all, and
to do all that is possible td heroes.
At first they met the blast on the plain
and bent before it like the trees, but then,led
by thy hand:to these hills, they took their
stand on these rocks and remained as firm
and immovable as they. In vain were they
assaulted. All art, all violence, all despera
tion failed to dislodge them". .Ballied, bruised
and broken, their enemies recoiled, retired
and disappeared.
Glory for this rescue! But, oh,' the slain !
In the freshness and fullness of their young
and manly life—with such sweet memories
of father and mother, brother - and sister,-
wife and children, maiden and - friends; from
the coasts beneath the 'Eastern star, from the,
shores of Northern lakes and rivers, fromthe
flowers of Western prairies, from the homes
'of the midway and the border, they came
here to die for us and for mankind.
Alas! how little we can do for them We
come with humility of prayer, with the pa
thetic eloquenceinf venerable wisdom, with
the tender beauty of poetry, with the plain
tive harmony of music, with, the honest
tribute of our Chief Magistrate, and withall
this honorable attendance; but our best hOpe
is in Thy blessing, oh, Lord our God! Bless
us, oh, our Father—bless the bereaved,
whether absent or present—bless our sick
and wounded soldiers and sailori—bless all
our rulers and people—bless our army and
navy !
Bless the o.iforts to suppress this rebellion,
and bless all the, associations of this day and
place and scene: briiirer.,..,4s the trees are
not dead thOugh their foliage is gone, so our
heroes are not dead though theirformi have
fallen: with their proper personality, they are
all with Thee, and the spirit, of their exam
ple is here..
It fills the air, it fills our hearts, and - long
as time shall last it will hover in these skies
and rest on this landka.pe. And theOr
grims'of our own land and of all lands will
be thrilled with its 'inspiration and increase
and confirm their devotion to Liberty, Re
ligion, and God. _
A SPANISH CONGRAI'I7LATION.
On the Bth of February'last, one thousand
nine hundred and sixty, citizens of. Barcelona,
Spain, addressed a letsoo4 Pt _sident Lin
coln.filled with , - congratulations .at the issue
of the Emancipation Proclamation. The
signers deSignatedthensaelves as the pem
ocrats of Barcelona." The letter was writ
ten in a tasteful :and elegant album of two
hundred pages, handsomely mounted and
claped with silver., Th'se Spanish demo-
Crats offer their sincere congratulations to
the President, in the name of .humanity, re
gretting, however, that those Slave humanity
States
which were exempted from the'operation of
'the Proclamation should not have been
more prompt to support the measure by
manumitting their slaves. '"ln this man
ner," they say, "the triumph of the illuari-
Ous repUblic the model of tree people, would
have been complete, by blotting out the
infamous stain which has sullied the starred
banner of your democratic Institutions."
- To this Missive Secretary Seward.returned
an answer under date of Aug. lst,ln the name
of President Lindoln. After expressing the
thanks of the President'for the manifestation
of respect and good will by the Barcelona
democrats, Mr. Seward has this highly patri-
Otic, diplomatic; and constitutionally express
ed paragraph: -
-
"If, in his necessary efforts to bring peace
to n disordered country, he has incidentally
promoted the cause of humanity, no occasion
can be more propitious for sincere, congratu
lations." •
Secretary - Seward concludes his reply with
a compliment• to the democracy of the " free
citizens, of Barcelona." The correspondence
is interesting as indicating the drift of the
sympathies of those of democratic principles
in other countries than our own, and illus
trating the careful style . of our Secretary of
State. -
. IN DANIEL recent Union
ratification speech occurs the following,
"Scripture Didk" is still alive and kicking:
"And yet they tell us that it is the Demo
cratic ticket, and the Demoeratic party
Perhapsiit is ! •Weal said Mr. Weller,
'is wary good if 'you know the woman
as made it, and is sure it ain't kittens.'—
Democracy,_ too, is a most excellent senti
ment;and inculcates many . sublime truths,
but it is well enough to take .heed at whose
hands you receive it, and be reasonably cer
tain that there are no claws beneath the
tempting covering of pastry."
PETROLEUM Nostay; writes that the De•
mocracy in this 'county, since the Octeher
election,. have "changed their, base," and
among others adopted the following resolu
'
Lion:
Resolved, That•we ain't ez much conseined
iibout- out •habis corpusses ez ao wuz afore
the elecshen."Cincinnati Gazette.
IN Itichnand, lately, a bonnet sold. for
$BOO. The following appears in the Rich
mond Despatch: " Wanted to sell privately,
by a lady who is going out of mourning,' as
excellent black• French merino Idress, not
soiled. Any one wishing td examine the
dress can have it sent to' theii residence by
addressing a note to • Alpha,''Dispatch office.
Price $250."
CONFEDERATE currency has so depreciated
'that the Richmond people say, "rtyou go to
the market you have to take your money in
the basket, and tarry your beef in the pocket
book. g
TnE brzrve man is one who isn't afraid to
Wear old clothes until he is able to pay for
new.
..ir4;4 l let4l!
5 7 2Q'5. , --The , Secretary of
thitTresitiy has nit-yet given notice co any in•
tsution to - withdiXitr,thli pekittLir Loan from S tle at Ns,
and until ten &moat - Eel *given, the undersigned, att
"GENERAL SUBSCRIPTION AtihNT;', will ctuttintni
to supply the public.
The whole amount of the Loan authoriat d le rib,
Hundred Millions or Dollare. NEARLY - .FOUR OUR;
DRED MILLIONS HAVE BEEN ALREADY
BED 108 AND PA ID INTO TUE TREASURY; isiostlz
within -Umlaut seviii months.. The large...ernand-,from
abroad,atd the rat idly increasing home demand furriest&
the Intsisforcirculationby National BanWingAtocKtiatiotte
noir: organizing in all pais of the" country,' ; will; Inn
very short period, ab.,orKthe balange. Sales have latb
ly ranged front ten to fifteen millions weekly. frequent
ly exceeding tines millions daily, and as ft.ht well know)
that the Secretaryof the Treasury has ample and .un , ,
failing resources in the Duties on Imports and Interitil
Revenues, and in the Woe or the Interest bearing Legal
Tender Treasury Notes. it is almost a certainty that be
will not find it necessary, for a long time to come, to
seek a market far any other long or permanent 15i0 .1 4-
THE INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL \ON w ilicu -
PAYABLE IN GitILD:
Prudence and self interest must force the minds or
thossoutemplating the formation of National Banking
!associations, as well as the minds Of alt who hare bib
Money on their hands, to - the prompt conclusion that
they should lois, no time In subscribing twthis mesh
popular Loan. It willsoon be beyond their. reach, ADA
advatice to handsome premium, as was the result wits
the **Yen Thirty" Loan, whim it was ell ts - ald and eon*
no lonYer be subscribed ir at par, -
IT IS A SIX Phlit CENT. LOAN, TIM INTRUST
AND PRINCIPAL PAYABLE IN COIN, Till/S-114,1).
INO OVER NINE PER CENT. PER,ANNUAI at tfri
present rate of premium on coin.
The Government requires all duties on imports to UP
paid in Coin; these duties have for a long tittle, pea
amounted to over a Querter cf allion of *liars daily
a Elll3l neat% three times greater than_ that requited
the payment of the inttrest on a I the 5-2 t 's and otho
permanent Loans. So that it Is hoped that the entpltte
tioln in the Treaeury, at no distant day, will enable 174
United States to resume ape& Is payments upon all Mt
bilities.
The Loan le =lied 5-20 from' the fact that ,whilst the
Bonds may run tar 20 years yet the ()averment bee - i
right to pay them of ill Gold at p ir, at any time afteit
years.,
. _ . .
TDB INTEREST IS PAID HALF-YEARLY its: Ue
the first day of November and May.
Subscribers can have Coupon Bonds, which are parr
bieto bearer, and are $5O, slot , $5OO and $lOOO, or Res.
istered Bonds of same denominations, and in addition
$5,000 and $lO,OOO. For Banking purposes and for tte
vestments of Trimt.monies the • Registered Bondis'alle
preferable.
These 5-20'e cannot be taxed by States, cities, town;
or Counties, and the 'vernal en t tax on them to only
one•and.a-half per cent., oh the amount of lumina:, whoa
the - int:emelt the holder exceeds Six-Ail:mired dollen
per annum; •'
all ether investments, such as income frill-
Mortgages. Railrold Stock and Bonds; „etc:. Must pogir
from three to live per cent. tax on the income:
Banks and Bankers throughout the Country will ttosP-
Untie to dispose of the Boasts; and all orders by mail Ilf
otherwise, promptly attended to. •
The Inconvenience of a few days' delay in the deliver,
of, the Bonds is unavoidable, the demand being so grief"
but SS, ictereat commences from the day of subscriplit"...
no loss is occasioned, and every effort is being nottlit.ii
diminish the delay: ' JAN
••,ttlascription Agent;
114 South Third Street ,PhOadelphta. ,
doc23t
MYERS &BRAND.-Final Notice,.
—All perms owing tbe'llnlt. on Book aczeint
A of e. are urgently requested to cell at the Store and pa
np before the let of January, 1881,as it isimpossible ter
me to - call in person 'on boa persons ; motry of whom
would say call again. One ris4. from each Win answer
many of what have had a ccedit from 8 , months to./
years; have nelthei time nor inclination to forbear lapse -
er.with those who hare abnsed the credit system. Thdlat
who feel It a duty to call and pay will have my thanks
and those who don't call may rest zosuretlthal suit *fir
be brought without respect to persons. A word to tit.
wise is sufficient.' Come along I am waiting to 1884._
' decs2,44 - SAMUEL 01'244.
AND MECHANIC'
BAVI2`OB BANK, Chambers:burp,' Diremigsr.l4,
1863.—The annual Election for toirectors.will beheld ob
Saturday, the 26th of December, between the' bonnet:l
and 4 o'clisik, P.M. JOHN AItMKPRONO,
R. a. FISHER, President. [dec24.l[,'! Tt easurthr
Matt* ant jelseiro.
AUGHINBAUGH'S .
■ • WATCH
JEWELRY ESTABLISHMENT,
•
SLAIN STREET, ADJOIMG THE POST, OFF Ole
• aramberibury, Penna.
The undersigned would respectfully call attentiede.:.4.:
hie preeent stock consisting of
WATCHES,
Gold and Silverof American and European Mann
of all qualities andstyles and at the lowest
CLOCKS =
Yn great variety. Parlor, Mantel, Office, &0., 411 k -
JEWELRY.
The newest and most desirable styles of Onyx, Corallieri
Pearl, Gold Chains, bracelets. Finger Rings. GrMl
Thimbles, Sleeve..lln Mons, Necklaces, Armlet/,
Masonic it Odd Fellmis Breast Pins, hc., &O.
- MOURNING AND JET JEWELRY.
A splendid stock and newest 'Myles.
SILVER. AND PLATED WARE. • ,
Consisting of Tea Sets, rasters, Mugs, Spoons, Forßw r illlle
GOLD PENS • ,
From the Beet and moat celebrated Manufactories'.
FANCY GOODS.
A very largo and attractive stock.
CLITLIPA AND POCKET KNIVES.
Rodgers superior Pen knives of different gurus
and prices.
GOLD, SILVER AND STEEL SPECTACLES.
The long experience of the undersigned irithe 'select*
and adaptation of Glasses, enables Litt to suit them to
any. eight.
At no time have the people of this county had a sates
attractive and extensive Stock to select frtan than le now
presented 'at the establishment of the undersigned,
Every article is new and of the latest style and will ND
sold at the very lowest price. An eXaminatiouis sone*
ed before purchasing elsewhere.
Repairing done at the shortest notice by awmge.
tent and skilful workmen. - - .
B. AVG/llNDAtitht
sopt 23] 2d door South of Post Office. charob'g.
oRRIS TIE A S AND BRIDAL
PRESENTS.O HENRY mato_
Nu. 520 ARCH STREET,- PH IL A D ELPHIFA. •
has always a large stock of
WATCHES, for Ladles and Gentlemee— , in Gold lOC
Silver
PINE ZEWELRY.of the meet fashion abler y es.
SOLID SILVER-WARE, is greatro riety, and
ROGER'SSuperiorTlateti Spoons, Folko, ea., ebb.
tape 30-4=
-W. SCOTT,: GENTLEMEN - II
FURNISHING STORE. and SHIRT HANOPACI.
OltY, No. 814 Chestnut Street, Four doors belOw the
.oontinental." Philadelphia. Particularnttention gives
totirdered Shirts - . A perfect lit guaranteed.: Persons At
distance can order by tho following Shirt Meatus*.
Size around the Neck :
"" Chest under the Arms :
M' " Waist:
" Wrist. :
Length of Arms (bent) fromeentre of back
,to middle of hand : -
Length of Blom et Side
NI
(4 shrt
BEIDELMAN, , •
- - WHOLESALE GPACIOI. A.
PRODUCE COMMISSION MEROLIAN **
No. 703 MARKET & N 0.2 NORTH 7th ST., 8111141:4
Invites the attention of merchants to his lartteAnd,well
assorted stock of Sugars. Syrups, Tens. and Coffees all 07
which - Will be sold at lowest market fates. Ocruntry
buyers and sellers will find itdo their a drantage.te gift
him a call. --:'
Pride currents contalninzall the varieties of the idly.
ket to be had of 8. S. SfiftrOOK, Ohamhorsbnrg. •
sopt.23 • • : -
TO_ TILE OF
Notice Is berehygiTen that the undetidg,o44
s - day entered into partnership, in the - Coach-01Am
bneiness, in all Itsvarious branches • under thy hinnita
refiror,& Foltz. The said ftrm will do laisineft fit Ate
stand lately occupied by P. Henry Meer, . &
Co.,
would respectfully solicit a continttancet 'the - nab*
patronage. P. HENRY ; P.RINFKL-
N0y.6,1861, - C.C. FOLTZ.
A ELTON & C. 0.,
A
comnssioN MESA:MOM
arid Dealers in
MATHER, SUMAC, SHEEP AND oath SKIS, '
ITo.434`Narth Third Street, Philadelphia.
Leather, Sumac and Skins. bought or sold esi' Coraniit-
Mon. Adranees made on Consignments. [40:2•3161
he -
x by given that the underaigded have entered tote
.partnereldp In thin itardwate and Cutlery tandems St tbe
eh; ititbd of Myers Aram", where we are prepared" to
ftutdxh
in'
to our line as cheap - as any -other
bonne in the county. Special Indncementa are *red ler
cult sabur motto will be quick sales andShortprogils. 4
JACOB - 9: BRANUM...
GEOROBVILACIL
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