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EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1866
NUMBER 41.
Oficcs.
Itown,
V. Spnngf,
; TinJhT.
or I'OST OFFICES.
Post Master. Districts .
Steven L. Evans, Carroll.
M. l. Watrner. Chest.
A. G. Crooka, Taylor.
It. II. Brown, Wnshint'n.
John Thompson, Ebenshurg.
C. Jeffries, White.
-- Ti ri O
n 3 .ulils, rcirr jtrrnaii, f"."! unit.
J. M. Christy, (Jallitzin.
Win Tiley, Jr., Washt'n.
F.. Roberts, Johnst'wn.
M. Adlesberger, Loretto.
A. Durbin, MunPter.
M. J. Piatt, Susq'han.
Ftnn. Wharton, Clenrf.ld.
George Berkey, Richland.
A. Shoemaker, Washt'n.
B. F. Slick, Croyle.
Wm. M'Oonnell, Wnsht'n.
J. K. Shryock, S'merhill.
ck,
-.own,
J,
er,
viJle,
iftistine,
Level,
iin,
nerhill,
it,
ore,
1
L m -m m m v v t w f rwi wm o
i',rrcri'rn Rkv. T. M. Bilbos, Pastor.
inir every Sabbatb morninp; at 10
und in the evening at 7 o'clock. Sab-
f'chool at 9 o'clock, A. 31. rrnyer meet-
ery Thursday evening at 6 o clock.
irhurch Rev. A. Baker.
er in charge. Rev. J. Pershisq, As-
Preaching every alternate babbatn
i.at 10 J o'clock. Sabbath School at 9
A. M. Trayt-P meeting every Wednes-
oning. at 7 o clock.
h Independent Tizr Ll. R. Powell,
- . - . , . ft L .ll. T . A
Preaching everv rmonaiu morning m
. . . " o ..i i-
,.l- onr in tne evening m u u viutiv.
b School fat 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
t on the f.rst Monday evening of each
k un'l on every Tuesday, Thursday and
i: evening, excepting the first week in
:ontb.
infrtic Methodist Rev. Morgan Ell!9,
Trenching every Sabbath evening at
3 o'clock. Sabbath School at V o'clock,
Piaver meeting every Friday evening,
lock. Society every Tuesday evening
:!ock.
;,,.,TlEr. W. Llotd, Pa?tor. Prcacb
rv Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
leuJ.tr r.avtisl2V.Y. . David Evass,
l'reaching every Sabbath evening at
;. Sabbath School at at 1 b clock, 1. M..
,V Rev. R. C. ChuirtY, Pastor.
Yf c?very Sabbath morning at 10$ o'clock
lfVrs at 4 o'clock in the evening.
i:iii:sri'rg 31 AILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.
ii, through, daily, a.
, wny, " at
through, " at
way, " at
MAILS CLOSE
daily, Rt
9.35 P. M.
9 35 P. M.
9.25 A. M.
D.25 A. M.
8.00 P. M.
at 8.00 P. M
The mails from Grnnt, Carrolltown,
t.rnre on .Monday. eunesuav ana
of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
e F-bensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
.urJnys, at & o'clock, A. M.
4ILROAII SC'IIKni't.K.
CRESSON STATION'.
Iar.1
-3.ilt. F.rnress leaves at
rbila. Einres3 "
New Voik Exp.
Fnst Line
I'ay Express
Aitoor.a Accom.
Piiila. Express
FutA Line
ly P.xpress
Linc.nnati Lx.
Altoona Acrcm.
8.25 A. M.
9.23 A. M.
9.52 A. M.
9.54 P. M.
i.36 P M.
4.15 P. M.
P. 40 P. M.
2.30 A. M.
7.1 G A. M.
1.53 P. M
1.21 P. M.
i' or a" tv ornrens.
; of the Cciirls President lion. Geo.
Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
Henry C. Dcvine.
""'t.- Geo. C. K. Zahm.
t and Recorder Jaraes Oriffin.
James Myer3.
1 Attorney. John F. Barnes.
C invuxsioners John Campbell, Ed-
:ss, E. R, Dunhegah.
vr Barnabas M'Permit.
T'Ufe Directors George M'Cullough.
rvla, Joseph Dai'.ey.
J-.me Treasurer George C. K. Zahn:
" Fran. P. Tierney, Jno. A: Keh-
i'nul Brail if r.
iSurrryor. Henry Scanlan.
. -William Flattery.
ifi'e Appraiser John Cox.
of Common Schools J. F. ConJou.
OfFltCRS.
610
fSDl-RC KOU
AT UBGB.
''-James A. Moore.
' of the react Harrison Kinkead,
:J. Waters.
Directors D. W. Evans, J. A. Moore,
i Davis, David J. Jones, Tilliam M.
Jftwes, jr.
'? Treasurer Geo. W. Oatman.
'o Counril Saml. Singleton.
f Commissioner David Davis.
EAST WARD.
Council A. Y. Jones, John O. Evans,
Davis. Charles Owen3, Rk Jonen, jr.
Thomas Todd,
o Election Wm. D. Dnvis.
for David E. Evans, Daul. J. Davis.
' Thomas J. Davis.
WEST WARD.
Council John Lloyd, Samuel Stiles,
a Kinkead, John E. Scanlan, George
iLJe Barnabas M'Dermit.
f " Election. John D. Thomas.
fw.William I!. Sechler, George W.
tr Joshua D. Parrish.
SOCIETIES, &C.
11. Summit Lodge No. 312 A. Y. M.
Masonic Hall, Ebensburg, on the
uesday of each month, at 7 J o'clock,
- F.Hipbiand Lodge No. 428 I. O.
s in Odd Fellows' Hall, Ebensburg,
fdnesday evening.
r Highland Division No. 84 Son of
mte meets in Temperance Hall. Eb-
F tvery Saturday evening.
15 OF SUBSCRIPTION
TO
"THE ALLEGIIANIAN :"
$2.00 IN ADVANCE,
if .vox pajd ; ADYNCr:.
Gone to Sea.
She sat in the kitchen alone,
Fast twirling the thread and the reel,
And 6he Bang in a faint, low tone
Her song by the old linen wheel.
The sun 6lanted through on her hair,
Where time had drifted the enow
O'er the wrinkles ploughed up by his shear,
And her tone was tender and low
"done to sea gone to sea!"
Whirr, whirr, whirr, went the wheel.
"He'll never come back to me!"
Whirr, whirr, whirr, went the wheel.
She sat by the half open door,
As the sailors hallooed On the street
A3 they came from the ship, on shore,
Alei t for remembered feet,
Till her eyes grew tired and red
And the days were long, were long,
And the year3 went dragging away
As she crooned her snatches of song
"Gone to sea gone to sea 1"
Whirr, whirr, whirr, went the wheel.
'He'll never come back to me !"
Whirr whirr, whirr, went the wheel.
Th sea ran wild in the night,
The winds shook the crazy pane,
As she flared her flickf ring light
Far out in the driving rain ;
And the wind in the chimney rung,
And the good ship came not back,
And the night wore on as she sung
While tho treadle kept time with its clack
"Gone to sea gone to seal"
Whiir. whirr, whirr, went the wheel.
"n'll never come back to me I"
Whirr, whirr, whirr, went the wheel.
The cottage grew mossy and old,
The shingles were rotting away,
The door-stones were yellow with mould,
Thefences half down with decay;
And her go-n was threadbare and thin
She waited so long, so long,
And her mind Vas cra?ed with the uin
Of the treadle, the wheel, and song.
"Gone to sea gone to fea !"
Whirr, whirr, whirr, went the wheel.
"He'il never come tia'cL to mc !"
Whirr, whirr, wnirr, went the wheel.
Tlio Tox-xx "11
It was in the spring of 18G4 that the
incidents which-I am ab.ut to relate
occurred. I was at that time postmaster
in the town of I . An unusually
warm spell of weather had carried away
much of the snow, left the roads very
muddy, and rendered the traveling very
bad. I thought it this as I cJosed the
shutters about 0 o'clock in the evening,
and also remembered that, as it was
Wednesday, the fagc from C was
due. at 8, p. m , hut owing to the bud
going it was not yvt in. I therefore de
termined that I would, as I had often
done before, lock the front door and the
uoor between the inner and outer rooms,
and, leaving a light burning, go to sleep,
trusting to the driver to wake me by rat
tlinj; tho door.
It seemed but a few niorneijts, so sound
ly had I slept, ere I was awakened by a
pounding on the door. Glancing at the
clock, which stood opposite, I discovered,
however, that It was one o'clock in the
morning, and that I had boon asleep near
ly four hours. As T hurried toward the
door, I put my hand into my pocket for
the key an-d found it was empty. The
two door keys and both the keys of my
fafe, all of which I had when I went to
sleep, were gone Stepping to the rear
door, in the lock of which I always kept
the'key, I also fouud that locked and the
key gone. This so surprised mc that for
a few seconds I remained on the spot, nt
terly unable to solve the mystery. From
this state I was aroused by renewed
pounding on the door. There was but
one available mode of exit from my pris
on, and that was through a side window.
Throwiug up the sash, I sprang out and
hurried round to where I expected to find
tho driver. Mysteries seemed to have no
end, for instead of meeting the driver, I
came, upon an excited crowd of about
twenty. My appearance wa the signal
fdr all to commence telling me the cause
of their excitsment. Silence was, how
ever, nt last obtained, and then the
sheriff told me iu as? few words as possible
the state of affairs.
It seems that oce of the physicians of
the town, Dr. Smith, was returning from
a prolonged visit to a patient, and when
about a mile from the town, heard in tho
road ahead of him', a pistol shot. Hurry
ing on, he found about half a mile further
on, the stage, for which 1 was waiting,
drawn up by the side of the road, and in
the middle of the road the body of a man.
Bringing his lantern near the face, he
iound that it was the driver, acd that he
was dead, having been shot through the
head. He found the robes, &c, scattered
around on the ground, as was also the
mail bag, but the latter hai been unlock
ed, not cut open, and the contents were
gone. He lifted the body up and placed
it in the stage, and was just starting on
for assistance, when he saw a revolver
lying near by, which, from thd fact that
one barrel had been discharged, he de
cided was the weapon with which the deed
had been committed. Arrived in town,
he aroused the Sheriff and a few neigh
bors ; and while some were dispatched
with the Doctor after the body, the Sher
iff and others had gone to my house after
me. Finding I was not there, they came
to the office, and just as I joined them the
body arrived.
This was the substance of the facta re
lated to me. It seemed strange thac the
Sherifi should have gone to my house in
stead of after the body, and I was about
to express myself, when he stepped for
ward, and, laying his hand upon my
shoulder, said :
"I arrest you, John Blanchard, for the
ruurdef of Charles Smith etage driver."
If he should have struck me, I should
net have been more surprised. I tried to
reason with him, but although very civil,
he was equally firm, aud the result was I
spent the remainder of the uight in the
county jail, which building was situated
iu L , that being the shire town. The
examination the next morning elicited the
following curious facts:
When the sheriff searched my person,
he was surprised to find no keys, and in
deed'Yio wallet or memorandum book.
Sending to my assistant, he obtained the
door keys, but the safe keys could not be
found, and my clerk declared that I al
ways carried them with me. Upon en
tering, they found that the letters were all
gone, the money drawer emptyj and a few
stamps, which the clerk informed them we
always left out of the safe at night, mis
sing. And no trace could be found of
the safe keyB. Supposing that I had dis
posed of them in order that the traces of
my guilt, which it whs taken for granted
1 had concealed in the safe, could not be
discoered, they brought a locksmith, and
after much labor forced the lock. This
labor served only to show them that the
sate had been completely rifled, and the
sum of three thousand dollars, which had
been iu it the night before, was gone.
I found that the causes which led to
suspicions being fastened upon me were
the thiee following :
First, the revolver with which the deed
was committed had upon the butt a silver
plate, on which was engraved my came.
The clerk took oath that the weapon wa
mine, and tint I always kept it in the
olficj. When they produced it, I co.nld
not doubt for a moment that it did belong
to me. Second, that the bag was unlock
ed and not cut open, showing that it must
have been dune by torae unc having in his
possesion a bnitcd States mail key'.
Third, that 1 had not been at home dur
ing the evening, and that when summon
ed at the post ofSce, I delayed so long in
making my appearance.
To combat these facts, I argued that the
state of the office proved conclusively that
it had been, robbed; and without doubt
the keys and revolver had been taken at
that lime. Also, that no trace of any of
the stolen articles was found about me, my
liou-e, or my office; and that further, if I
had desired tr rob the mail I might have
waited until it hud arrived at the office,
and thus saved myself the cri.ne of mur
der. Against the third statement, I told
the reason of my remaining in the office
so late, and brought forward witnesses to
prove that I often did so on Weduesdjy
evenings, in order that the mail might be
delayed as iittle ai possible. Further,
that the reason of my remaining so long
in the office was that I could uotopen the
door, and brought forward the faet that
the keys were missing, to sustain my dec
laratioo.
Although these arguments were by no
means fully, satisfactory to those who took
the ground that I was guilty, still they
were so far believed in that I was released
on bail of five thousand dollars, which I
readily obtained. By consent of the
Post office Department, I turned the af
fairs of the office over to my assistant. I
was thus left tree to pursue every means
to prove my innocence, which I felt could
only be doue by discovering the guilty
party.
I accordingly placed the best detectives
at work, with orders to communicate to
me the first suspicion that they enter
tained, for I found that it was anything
btit comfortable to be looked upon as a
murderer, although I knew that I was in
nocent. Thus three weeks passed without any
thing of intercut occilrring, and at the end
of that time I could endure the suspense
bo longer. Therefore I wrote to an old
friend of mine, who was then on the de
tective force of P , at and together
we set about the search.
A week passed without bringing more
to light, and causing us to despond, for
we feared the ruuiderer had so covered
his track it would be impossible to discov
er him. "We had becu at work two days
in the city of G , aud being about to
leave, I eutcred the hotel office to settle.
Having no small bill, there was consider
able change handed back, and among it a
ten dollar bill, which had been torn in two.
As I turned it carelessly over, I found
that the parts had been fastened together
with the margin of a couple of postage
stamps, which had printed upon it 'No.
15 Plate," but the "No." and "Plate"
had been crossed out, and substituted in
their place was "Mar." and "1364," mak
ing it read "Mar. 15 1864," which was
the day before the robbery atd murder.
This may seem all common enough, but
to tne it was a ray of light and hope ; for
tho change was in my own hand writing.
I aho remembered perfectly well making
the change; also, that I' had placed my
initials on the underside, and that the
crill must have been in the safe at the
time of Jthe robbery. Calling my friend,
we went into a side room, and there care
fully removed the paper. On the other
side we discovered, as I had expected, the
letters "J. B." much blurred from wet
ting, but still legible. My friend agreed
with me that it was a very important dis
covery, and in order to press it forward,
we called in the landlord and questioned
him.
He remembered having received the
bill that morning, and had rather ques
tioned taking it on account of the fare.
On being asked to describe the man, he
said :
"As near as I recollect, he was about
five feet teu inches in height, and quite
stout in proportion. He was dressed
entirely in black. The only peculiar
mark that I noticed was a deep scar run
ning across his face, and his left eye was
gone the place being supplied by a piece
of black silk, which he showed very plain
ly when he winked."
I think I must have started very per
ceptibly when I heard this description,
for I reeognized the man immediately as
a runner for the firm of Bagley & Xason,
of Boston, who had been in our town for
about a week previous to the murder, and
had l?ft the same morning. His own
name was James Burr.ham.
As we could learn nothing more from
the landlord, save that he ordered the
hackman to drive to the Boston depot, we
dismissed him and held a consultation.
We both agreed that it was best to go
immediately to Boston, see Bagley &
Nason, and, if possible, learn of Burn
ham's whereabouts. Carrying out this
plan, we learned from the firm the follow
ing facts :
.lames Burnbam was a good, reliable
business man. He had been in their
employment for about fifteen years, and
they were willing to tru.st him with any
amount of their funds. He was now in
Vermont, where he had bjen since leav
ing L , and had not, tc their certain
knowledge, been at G .
This rather perplexed us, but at st
we determined that he must have de
ceived. his employers; and although wc
did not think that we had sufficient cause
to arrest him, still we determined tj track
hitu For this purpose, we went t) Ver
mont, and fell in with him at Montpelier.
For a week we observed his every motion,
but at the end of that time had discovered
uothing, save that he would stay iu the
town aboiit one week longer. Feeling
that my friend was fully capable of watch
ing him alone, I had determined to go to
Boston to sec if I could learn anything
new; and accordingly on the morning of
the 21st of April, left, having first
arranged a system of cypher, by which we
could communicate with each other if
occasion required.
Early on the morning of the 22J, I
was standing on the steps of the Hotel,
when a paper dropped at my feet, appa
rently from one of the upper windows.
Stooping down I picked it up, but discov
ered that it was but an empty envelope,
and wa3 about to drop it again, when the
name upon it caught my eye. It was that
of a leading merchant of h . Looking
up at the window, I sw to my surprise
the face of James Burnham, and that he
turned deadly pale when he saw m.e.
Fvelinir certain now that ho knew my
errand, I saw that it wou!d be safe to let
him escape no longer. I immediately
determined -on having him arrested at
all hazards. Hurriedly writing a dispatch,
which to the operator would read, "Join
me in Portland to-morrow. Immediately
upon the receipt of this you may close the
bargain which I spoke to you about yes
terday ;" but to my friend, "James Burn
ham is in Boston. Why are you not?
I have a clue. Shall arrest him immedi
ate'y" I sent it to the telegraph office,
and then hurried to the police station.
Here I told my story in as few words as
possible, and in fifteen minutes more was
at the door of the room from which the
envelope had come. A noise as of some
one moving rapidly about told U3 that the
occupant was still there.
The door of the room was not fastened,
but as the officers approached, Burnham
sprang forward to lock it ; but they were
too qvick for him, and had entered before
he could gtt it done. As we came in he
stepped back, and in no gentle tones
demanded the cause of the intrusion. In
answer to him, one of the officers said :
"I arrest you, James Burnham, for the
murder of Charles Smith and the robbery
of the post office at L , on the night of
the ICth cf March last'
The effect was instantaneous. He
turned deadly pale, and sank into a chair,
near by, but after a. moment roused him
self and said :
"You have mistaken your man. My
name is not James Burnham, but William
Chase."
We considered this, however, aa but an
attempt to bully us, and he was accord
ingly led away. The search which fol
lowed brought to light considerable money
in bills, and a number of checks, many of
them payable to certain merchants io L ,
and some of them from citizens of L ,
payable to persona living id Boston.
I immediately telegrapbed the particu
lars of the arrest to my frieud. and he
I joined me the next morning ; but stran-
Kest of all, James Burubam came with
him, ad I then saw that it was a mistaken
identity. Bt it was not to be wondered
at, for I think I never saw two men that
looked more alike. We also telegraphed
to the landlord at G , and learned a
thin we had neglected before, namely,
that the man who had passed the torn
bill went by the name ot William Chase.
Little more remains to be told. The
man, findiug that there was no hope for
him, made confession soon after his arrest.
From this it appeared that he was a noto
rious criminal, who, after some bold deed,
had been lying for a time in the country,
and that while there, accidentally hearing
that valuable mail matter would arrive in
the mail from C , had determined on a
Iittlo professional busines, and had accor
dingly come to L . There he saw me
receive a large payment of money on the
14th ot March, and had that evening,
after I shut up, entered the office, and
removing the keys from my pocket, and
getting possession of the revolver, robbed
me as described, and made off with the
booty, still retaining the keys, which we
found in his possession. From the office
he had gone up the road, met the stage,
and found that he could not accomplish
his purpose without committing murder,
and theu opening the bag, had just time
to secrete himself wheu the doctor came
along. By a wide circuit ho came back
to Boston, and arrived there by another
train on the same evening that I did.
When I picked up the envelope, he rec
oguized me, and made up his mind that
he had better leave) and was preparing to
when arrested.
A few more days saw me back to L ,
my innocence fully established, but I
could not be prevailed upon to again
auaie the duties of postmaster, and my
former assistant was appointed. As for
William Chase, he was executed the fol
lowing July. '
Gen. Slierzuan Takes (lie Stand
and Testifies as to His Early
Career.
At the commencement of Dartmouth
College, on the 19th ultimo, Major-General
Sherman was present by special in
vitation, and delivered a speech to the
graduating class. In this speech, the
General indulged io a retrospective view
of his earlier career, which cannot but
prove intensely interesting to those famil
iar with his services in the late war. He
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen : It is beyond
my power or the power of uny living crea
ture to fill one-half the picture your
worthy President has jusj painted. I am
afraid you are doing what was done in the
early part of the war, elevating men far
above their ability and letting them down
pretty hard. Nevertheless, as in former
parts of my life, I will try and discharge
the duty assigned ro me humbly and to
the best of my ability, and turn with
pleasure to the men to whom wo have
been listening with so much delight. The
array of ladies and gentleman before us,
of .mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers,
attests the interest that is felt in you and
the hopes entertained of you. now that you
are about leaving your teachers, who have
been fitted by former experiences, by the
study o'i bjoks, and by association with
cither men, to impart knowledge to you
that will fit you for the life before you.
Unfortunately for me, I was not so favor
ed as you have been, and I regret it uow
and shall regret it to the end of time. I
was compelled to pick up what little
kuowledge I possess by grasping it. as it
were, through brambles, and I sometimes
had my hand pretty sharply pricked, too.
You have had those around vou who have
gladly told you everything you desired to
know, whose minds were well stored with
the richest learnin g of the past. And now,'
young men, you must look out for your
selves. Your ship is about to sail on an
unknown sea. You have your charts and
compass; see that you steer your course
property, that you watch your comp-iss,
and do not allow your minds to be turned
aside Dy the scudding of the sea or the
winds across your sails, but foliOw your
compass, and you wiil just as ourely arrive
at your destination as honesty will pro
duce a good man. My young friends, I
remember that twenty-six years ago I
stood as you now stand, about to go forth
to do whatever might fall to my share, aud
I now find myself here in the presence of
men who were graduates of this College
before I was born. It appears to me al
most like sacrilege for me to stand up in
their presence and attempt to give advice
or instruction, and I would not presume
to say one word had not your honored
President asked nie to do it ; probably fur
some reason unknown to mc. When I
graduated, I was told, in plain Knglish
not in Latin that I had finished, and was
qualified iu natural philosophy, chemistry,
mathematics, and so forth. :To prove
that I was so qualified, I was sent down to
Florida to catch Indian. I did not see
the logic of it then, nor do I now ; but I
had to go. I went from place to place in
that country, aud, finally, I brought up in
Charleston ; and whether I had a tore
sight of what was coming, if that could be,
or whether it was by the directing hand
of Providence, who rules all things, I
a sectional war.
of in Charleston
joked over it at
certainly was a wanderer in those days,
and hunted through the marshes of tho
Santee, the Edisto and the Savannah
Ilivers, obtaining knowledge which has
since been of value to the nation. Again,
by what seemed a Provideutial accident,
I was sent to take testimony about some
lost saddles and bridles value, nothing;
but nevertheless those lo"t saddles and
bridles took me into a region of country,
the knowledge of which afterward proved
to be of the greatest iuiportauce to the
people of New Hampshire and the whole
civilized world. I went to Marietta and
Chattanooga and stayed six weeks, and in
that short time gained knowledge which
has since, I think, repaid the mile
age paid me oi ton cents per mile. '
Shortly afterward, just about 20 yeari
ago, I remember sitting with many" young
officers Braxton Bragg was one at tho
dining table of the Hon. James Pettigrew
I believe the best Uuion man present will
no doubt the loyalty of Mr. Pettigrew,
for he was loyal in 1831. He was the
only loyal. intelligent man in Charleston
during the rebellion, and he is ioyal now,
Mr. Pettigrew listened to our complaints
that our future looked poor, and that the
only promise held out to us was a brevet
major commission and command of some
Iittlo past on the New England coast.
He told us, "Gentlemen, do not be alarm
ed; there is a Providence guides this
world, and you young men will yet have
to await an opportunity to put your talents
to use." Ilis language gave us encour
agement. The Mexican war-soon broke
out, and I was sent to California, where
in my wanderings I saw" the fir.-t pieces
of gold discovered, and watched its mag
ical effect upon the whole world. The
discovery of that gold gave miilions to
America, and I doubt much whether, if
that gold had not been discovered, the
nation would have managed to work out
the problem of finance which the war of
Rebellion had raised, and preserved its
present gbriou position. That gold gave
us wealth and credit abroad, and a strength
and durability which survived the war.
After some years I again went South, and
all at once I paused to see and feel in tho
very air that we were upon the verge of
I had heard it rpoken
We had laughed and
the mess table. I had
heard it discussed by politicians ; I had
heard Gen. Scott say we were upoa the
eve of war; but my mind never realized
it until the Spring or Summer of 1860,
when I was in New Orleans and Baton
llouge. Then, for the first time, I saw
that it was not all talk. That cry of
wolf, wolf, .meant something, and that
civil war was upon us sure enough; and
what has been the issuo ? You all know
it has been a short war to the world at
large, but long enough to us during those
dark days which formed the early part of'
it. I will net review it. Let history
take charge of it. All I will say is that
in that war arose men, one by one, equal
to the emergency, until the war closed
and the nation was saved. And now,
3'oung gentlemen, I ask you to look at
these men and your future. They are like
yourselves. Look at Gen. Grant, a mod
est, plain, bold, brave, unchanging gen
tleman, with the simple idea to do
what is right, and nothing will turn him
aside from that. A more modest man
than George Thomas exists not on earth.
If ho were preseut, you could not begin
to get him to stand up here; Phil. Sheri
dan Would infinitely rather, with saber in
hand, ride down the rebel lines than enter
this room and stand in my place. Gen.
Meade is an accomplished gentleman and
scholar, and would fill this place far better
than I. Thus you see that during the
war men have ri-.en to the higho-t posi
tions, and stand there now, not one of
whom pretends to be above you; ai'd this
teaches the simple lesson that with hon
esty of purpose you cn master every
problem if you go at if with a good pur
pose and a determination to do so. There
is no doubt of that, iu my judgment. It
requires, of course, a great intellect to
become a renowned judge or lawyer or
man of science, but for a man of business
for the thousand and one employments
that give tone aL-d temper to the country, -any
young man, with a good, earnest
heart, cau ma-ter them. For the art of
war, in which renown seems thrust upon
us, all that is required is nerve, honor, '
courage and faith in the flag that wius
and wins always. I will not occupy mora
of your time, for I have seen 'adics aud
gentlemen standing here far five long
hours, patiently, and you must be tired.
I know yoii will say amen to the words I '
have f-poken to these young men and give
them a parting and cheerful word as they
leave your little village of Hanover and
start out into that world which is not so
dark and full of bad people as h been
represented. Thero are a great many
good people in the world. You will find
them whereveT you go, for they are all
pretty much as God Almighty designed
them. Therefore, young gentlemen, wish
ing you a happy passage through the sea
of lite, I bid you farewell.
rSf- If we would have the kindness of
others, we must endure their follies. He
who canuot persuade himseif to with
draw from society must bo content to pay
a tribute of hU time to bia multitude ui
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