Personal Qnnllliosof I*r«*l«lent
Lincoln.
Speech of Hon. Edward Everett
At the Grand Banquet (linen hy the Bos
ton Men hunt*, in Honor of th Officers 1
of the Kearsnreje.
At the grand banquet, given by the I
merchants of Boston, iu honor of the of- |
ficers of the Kearsarge, Tuesday evening |
last, the following was among tho regular j
torists:
The Prr'idmt of the J HiteJ Statu — j
Called for the second time to the most
exalted office iu the gift of the people,
may ho so administer the high trust as to I
receive the support of the whole country, !
and restore to the Union the blessings ;
of a speedy, honorable and lasting -
peace.
lion. Edward Everett was called upon
to respond to this sentiment, and on ri
sing to speak was greeted with hearty and !
prolonged applause.
IU.MARI.S or HON. triWAitn VVK.KI.IT.
Mn. CHAIRMAN : 1 am highly compli
mented by being called upou to respond
to tile toast in honor of the President
of the United States. Having already
had an opportunity in Fanetiil Hall of'
paving a grateful tribute of respect to
Captain Winslow and his gallant asso
ciates, 1 shall leave this noble topic to
the gentlemen who will follow me and,
who arc so well able to do it justice, and
confine myself to the specific duty which
von have assigned me. The toast is cer
tainly one which I am sure will be wel
comed by every gentleman at the table, j
whatever differences of political opinion !
may prevail here. You pay this mark of
respect to the President, not as the suc
cessful candidate, after a severely contest
ed election, but as the constitutional head
of the Government of the country, tho
Supreme Executive officer of the United
States, the Commander-in-Chief' of the
army and navy, and the personal represen
tative of the people in the family of na
tions. In the honors you pay to the Pres- j
ident. you honor yourselves; it is a be
coming mark of respect on the part ol a |
people thus to recognize the object of the
people's choice.
This mark of respect is never with
held from the Head of Government in
England. .ISot only at home in Great j
Britain, but in the world-encompassing
cireut of her dominions, wherever a fes- •
live entertainment is held, tho health of
the Queen is
"Iu their flowing cups freslilv remem
bered."
ft would be unbecoming indeed, if hon
ors cheerfully paid, irrespective of party,
to an hereditary sovereign, were withheld
from the chief magistrate of a great re
public, elevated to that position by the
voice of the people. Tho sovereign, who
rules by the right of birth, has come in
to the world like the meanest of. his sub
ject. but a civic act like that of this day
week, by which twenty-two millions of
freemen, citizens of twenty-two States,
associated in one great Republican Union, :
established over a territory as vast as \
Europe, have assembled on an appointed
day, in their respective towns, cities, and I
villages, after an ardent canvass, with all
ihc excitements of a civil war kindling
throughout the country, and without tu
mult. violence, or (lie display of militarv
force, have elected the constitutional
head of the State, is a spectacle of moral
sublimity not surpassed in the annals of
the world!
Mr. Chairman, I do not agree with
those who maintain that the idea of loy
alty has no place iu a republic.. 1 regard
it.on the eontratv. as one of theelcmeuts
of the patriotic sentiment, which surelv |
ought to prevail with augmented force,
on the part of the citizens of a State,
.where all governments ultimately rests on
popular choice. Loyalty, in fact, in is
primitive meaning is fcaltv to the law.
and as such surely Carrie- with it. as a
necessary consequence, the duty of be
coming respect, iu their several degrees,
to these who, on behalf of the people,
make, administer and execute the law.
On any other principle, it would follow
that the marks of rospcct paid to a •
European king and queen were paid, not
to the office, but to the person of the in- I
dividual. Now though at the present
time the throne of England is filled by a '
sovereign lady, who, by all the womanly |
not loss than all the queenly virtues is
also enthroned in the hearts of her sub
jects. Mr. Thackery's lecture on the four
Georges are too well remembered not to
prove cither that loyalty is not a senti- j
» incut which mainly regards the person of
the sovereign, or if it is, that public sen
timcnt in England during two successive
reigns—to go no further back.—must j
have been strangely misdirected.
l!ut 1 would not have it inferred, from
these remarks, that the President of the ;
United States, in whose honor you have
proposed the toast to which you have
called me to respond, is entitled to this |
mark of respect only in his official capaci- j
ty. Now that the struggle is past, lam 1
sure that no liberal-minded person, how- I
ever opposed to liiiu politically (and you
know. sir. that 1 belong to''the Presi-j
dent'sopposition.") will be unwilling that, j
in performing the duty you have devolv
ed upon uie. 1 should say that 1 recog- j
nize iu liiiu a full measure of the quali
ties, which entitled him to the personal
respect of the people, who have just giv
en him a proof of their confidence, not
extended to any of his predecessors in
this generation. It is no small proof of
this, that he has passed through the fiery i
ordeal of the roceet canvass, and stood
the storm of detraction from hundreds of
vigorous fJTid hostile presses, and had so
little said against him (I speak now of
personal qualities), which deserves even
au answer. There is no one of his prede
cessors, uot even Washington, of whom
as many and as reproachful things have
not been said, unless ]iorhaps it-bo Mr.
Monroe, who hail the happiness to fall up
on "the era of good feeling," aud who
was, in no one quality, either as a man or
a President.superior to Mr. Lincoln. The
President gave ample proof of his intel
lectual capacity, when he contested a seat
in the Senate of the United States with
Judge Douglas. When I sat in thcSen
atc with Judge Douglas. I thought him'
k for business and debate, the equal of tin
ablest of that body, but his speeches iu
senatorial congress, were iu no res-poet
to Mr. Lincoln's. I believe tl •
to be entirely conseioutious in |
of his high trust, aud that. ,
under circumstances of unparalclled diffi
culty.he has administered the Govornment,
with the deepest sense of responsibility
Ito his country and his God. lie is emi
nently kind-hearted. lam sure bespoke
j the truth, the other day, when ho said
' that he had never willingly planted a
j thorn in any man's bosom. He is one of
the most laborious aud indefatigable men
i in the country, and that he has been able
i to sustain himself under as great a load
| of care as was ever laid upon the head or
the heart of a living man. is in no small
degree owing to the fact that the vindic
tive and angry passions form no part of
his nature, and that a kindly and playful
] spirit mingles its sweetness with the aus
, tere eup of public duty
It may seem hardly worth while to no
tice the descriptions, which represent the
President as a person of uncouth appear
| anee and manners. But as Mr. Burke
I did not think it out of place, iu the most
j magnificent discourse in the English lan
; guagc, to comment on the appearance,
manners, and conversation of the exiled
1 French princes, r will t ike the liberty to
' say, that on the only social occasion I cv
| or had the honor to be in the company of
i the President, viz.. the commemoration at
Gettysburg, he sat at table at the house
of my friend David W ills, Esq., by the
side of several distinguished persons, la
dies and gentlemen, foreigners and Amcr
i ieatiß, among them the French Minister
, at Washington, since appointed French
1 Ambassador at Madrid, aud the .Vdmiral
i of the French fleet, and that in gentle-
I manly appearance, manners and eouvcrsa
, tion, he was the peer of any man at the
s table.
The most important objection urged
i against Mr. Lincoln is that personally he
lacks fixedness of purpose, and that his
i cabinet and administration have wanted
j unity of counsel. I tTiiuk I shall offend
no candid opponent (I certainly am no
partisan myself) if I remind you that
precisely the same charge on the same
grounds might be brought against Wash
ington and his administration. Under
circumstances vastly cmharassing, he
placed in his cabinet and kept there
as long as they could be induced to
I stay, the two political leaders (Jeffer
son and Hamilton) not merely of dif
ferent wings of the same political con-
I nection, but the heads of two radi
cally opposite parties. Mr. Monroe, ;
though elected himself by an almost
unanimous vote, allowed Lis cabinet I
j to contain three rival candidates for !
! the succession who differed radically
on almost every political question.—
it rarely happens in popular govern
ments, that any "other course is prac
ticable in difficult times. In England
where the theory and practice of par
lamentary government have been i
maturing for ages, there has seldom
been a cabinet, in which the same
distance has not existed. It does at j
the present time in the cabinet of j
Lord Palmerston.
i At any rate, our friends of the
party opposed to Mr. Lincoln, at the
late election,must exercise some char
ity towards him in tit respect. It i
was made up of two wings entertain- !
ing diametrically opposite views of I
the policy which ought to be pursued
in the present difficult crisis of affairs
and no little strategical skill wis re
quired to produce even a show of uni
ty sufficient foi>thc purpose of the
election.
, But 1 forbear. The election, in
all but its formalities, is decided. It
is due to both parties to say that they
accept the result, the one its defeat
and the other its victory, with mod
eration and equanimity. It is in thi,*
spirit alone that our common country
; cart be carried through its great tri
al. The last hope of the hostile lea
ders is in our* division. With sure j
indications of a cordial union on our j
| part, "down their idle weapons will
j drop," or be wrested from their hands
j by the indignant and weary masses,
. whom they have betrayed into this
( desolating war.
Let us, then, Mr. Chairman, study
; the things that make for peace, in the
first instasee with each other as the
surest means of an honorable and a
lasting peace with our deluded coun
trymen. It rejoiced my heart the
evening, at the opening of the Fair,
to be followed on the platform by my
life long friend Winthrop, who filled
the same place on the unsuccessful
electoral ticket,that I do in that which
has prevailed, and whose admirable
! speech commanded the entire svm
| patliy of the audience. A fair ap-
I peal has been made to the people, to
! which tliey have responded in terms
I not to be mistaken. Let the success
ful party continue to abstain from
j all unkindly exultation, and the de
j fcatcd.from all bitter partisan war
fare. General Grant has declared
i that the late election is worth a pitch
ed battle, not surely because it is tr
party triumph, but beause it is the
trumpet tone of the People's voice,
i affirming the immortal maziui of Gen.
Jackson, that the Union must 'and
i x/uill be preserved. Let our brave
officers, seamen and soldiers, on the
the sea, feel that they are striking,
not for this or that man, for this or
that party, but for the whole country
and when our gallant guests, who Bow
honor us with their company, go forth
again to. other conflicts and other
triumphs, let them go with the the
assurance that they carry with them
the hearts of a L'nitcd People.
Mr. Evelett was frequently inter
rupted during the delivery of his ad
dress with demonstrations of appro
ual, and at the mention of President
Lincoln's name the audience several
times rose and gave cheer upon cheer.
fit®* An eoaentrid beggar thus lacou
ioally addressedu lady : " Will you. «»'-
; ma. give me a drink of water—for lam
! so hungry that I dou'tkuow where to
[ stay to night."
<Thc American <£itiscn.
THOMAS ROBINSON, I FLIITORS
I CYRUS E. ANDERSON, EDLTORS
-51. W . SI'K Vlt, l*nbllNlicr.
BUTLER PA.
WEI>XK»I>A \ XOV. SS.IHIU.
"Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One
and'nseparable. - ' —D. Webster.
«*>• To- morrow, (Thursday) is Thaoks
j giving day, we hope our people will boar
this in mind, and observe it properly.
fL'i; Gen. MeClcllan has resigned his
| position as Major General, in I S. Ar
-1 my, and it has been bestowed upon (ten.
i Sheridan —this is as it should be. He
cent movement* seem to indicate that
MeClcllan will be supported by his party
in the New Jersey Legislature, tor 1 . S.
Senator; to this we have no objections—
let the " l/ittle Giant" show his hand asa
statesman.
Jfi,)"• Our friends are continually inqui
ring of lis how the election has gone—
they, of course, know that it lias gone all
right, but they seem to never tire hearing
good news; to all therefore, we wish to
say. that Delaware, New Jersey and Ken
tucky. have gone for McClellan, and that
<7.'/ the lest have gone the other way by
various majorities. < )l?i< ial returns come
in slowly, and wo thought it unnecessary
to give further figures until we can lay
the official before our readers. Seymour
is beaten in New York by about 9,500. —
The next Congress will be almost three
fourths liepublican.
in Imiiwlj.
In the Pittsburgh Commcrcialuf Mon
day, we find the following :
" While there is nothing positive on
which to ba.-e it.the belief seems to be
general, that the. President will, without
lunch delay, mn'ie to the rebels an offer
of peace. It seems to be understood that
some of the'leading points in Gen. But
ler's lale speech will be embraced in it.and
that Commissioners, selected from both
parties in the late Presidential canvass,
will soon be on their way to Richmond
bearing the ultimatum of Mr. Lincoln."
For our own part, wc have not seen suf
ficient evidence to induce ns to believe
that such an amnesty is to be offered to
the " Richmond Authorities." We don't
believe that the people ever thought of
such a result attending the great victory
just achieved over both open and covert
treason. It is within our memory that
the < 'irmmrrriul became strongly impress
ed that, us rt mutter of policy, the Ad
ministration should have made an offer of
Amnesty before the election, so that wc
could have the benefit of this special plea
before the people. Still the Government
preferred abiding by its ''To whom it
may Concern." Mr. Lincoln said that
the restoration of the Union, and the de
struction of the corner stone of the rq
bellion—Slavery, should be made the ba
sis of nog >:ia,tion i'.ir adjustment, while
" Little Mac" and his Chicago friends de
clared that the restoration of the Union
should be the only condition. Between
these two positions the people have deci
ded—and by a voice too emphatic to be
misunderstood. We don't believe tho Ad
ministration would, for a moment, think
of compromising away the verdict of the
people, thus emphatically expressed. "Not
because tho people wish a protracted war
for the purpose of liberating the slave ;
but because they believe that a lastiug
peace and a permanent reunion never can
be had while Slavery, as the support of
an aristocratic cast in society, remains.—
And on this point, it will not do to tell us
that the Proclamation of January OIJ.
has abolished Slavery, and that the courts
will so declare. On this point there is
quite a difference of opinion, souie hold
ing that the Proclamation is unconstitu
tional, and therefore void ; others that it
operates so far as the flrmies advance and
give practical effect to it by actual lib
eration. while others still insist that it has,
from its date, given leyat liberty to every
slave who was embraced iu its provisions
—these different opinions will be enter
tained by Judges, as others ! is it right
to leave this vexed question iu this un
settled way? We. think not; and on
this . point we arc pleased to know, that
the people have spoken—their voice can
not be misunderstood.
Our neighbor of the Commercial, has
failed to guess at the Democrutx who shall
be the bearers-of dispatches—whether
Seymour, Vallaudigham, or Ben Wood—
but time will tell. For our own part we
don't believe that there will ever be an
amnesty offered to the whole people of
the South, including their leaders. Jef
ferson Davis, speut at least eight years of
his public life as Secretary of War under
the Administration of Pierce, and United
States Senator during that of Buchanan,
preparing for the deltruction of the Union,
aud the violation of the Constitution, both
of which he had sworn to protect and de
feud ! He and those who encouraged him
both North and South, are responsible for
all the uiisfortuucs which have befallen
! our country. Will the people ever agree
■ that he shall conic back and take hi? scat
in the Senate of the United States? Cer
! tainly not; nor do we believe the Govern
ment thinks of such a thing. We have
uo doubt the people are in favor of an
early peace, nor have they any feeling of
i hatred or revenge towards the masses of
the Southern people; they would glad Iv
extend to them the right hand of fellow
ship, but they would spurn the agency of
j Jefferson Davis, as a mediator or repre
sentative of any kind in this business of
reconciliation; his hands are too deeply
stained with the blood of the loyal North,
and iu this we believe the Government
shares the sympathy of the people. Mr.
Seward, speaking doubtless for the Gov
ernment, said in his Auburn speech
touching this very point, a short time be
fore the election :
j "On the other hand, Ido expect pro
i positions uf peace with a restoration of the
j Union ft) come not from the Confederates
j in authority or through them, but from
citizens and States under and' behind
them. And I expect such propositions
I from citizens and States to coiue over the
Confederates iu power, just sofakt as those
| citizens and States shall be delivered by
the Federal arms, from the usurpations
|by which they are now oppressed. All
1 the world knows, that so far as the I'resi
i dent is concerned, all such applications
' will receive just such an answer as it be
! comes a great, magnanimous and humane
I people to grant to brethren who have
: come back from their wanderings, to seek
a shelter in the common ark of our na
tional security and happiness.''
K was with these sentiments so dis
tinctly avowed, -that the people declared
I their confidence in the wisdom of the
t Administration unabated, and we feel
confident that they are the sentiments of
the Government to-day, as they were
two months ago. While they are en
tertained, there is little prospects of
a commission being accredited to '•//;*
Excellency Jefferson Davis'' aud his reb
el government.
Nohlfer's OrpliuiiM.
It is perhaps not generally known, that
last winter, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company donated fifty thousand dollars
to the State of Pennsylvania, towards the
education and maintenance of the desti
tute Orphan children of deceased soldiers.
The Legislature authorized the Governor
to accept the same, and appropriate it in
the manner thought best. lie consequent
ly appointed the Hon. Thomas 11. Bur
rows, of Lancaster county, to submit a
plan, and superintend said expenditure.
Mr. Burrows has appointed a superintend
ing committee in each county, who are
requested to receive the applications, if
any, from such county, and forward the
same to him, with such other information
and advice as they may deem proper.—
John 11. Negley, Esq.. Mr. Win. Camp
bell. Mrs. Rachel Nibloek, Mrs. John N.
Purviuuce, and Mrs. Cyrus E. Anderson,
have been selected aud requested to act
for llutler county.
The committee have had sent to them
blank forms for making any applications,
which can be pi'ocured from either of
them, and we have no doubt they will do
all in their power to carry out this just,
humane, and patriotic object. We have
good schools in our county, which if need
be, can be used for this noble purpose.
The following is the act of Assembly,
and the plan adopted for carrying it into
effect, which will more fully explain the
object in view, and the manner of ma
king application :
ACT
Relating to the Education and Mainte
nance of Soldiers' Orphans; with the
plan for carrying the same into opera
tion.
,l/i Act authorizing the Governor tn oc
apt the Donation of ihc I'ennsylcaiiia
Railroad Company.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by T he Sen
ah and House of Representatives of the
■ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met, audit is hcrcbH cn-
I acted by the authority of the same : That
the Governor of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania be and is hereby authori
zed to accept the sum of fifty thousand
•dollars donated by the Pennsylvania Rail
j road Company, for the education and
i maintenance of destitute Orphan Children
[ of deceased soldiers aud sailors; aud ap
j propriatc the same in such a manner as
' lie may deem best calculated to aceom
| plish the object designed by said dona
tion. The accounts of said disbursements
to be settled iu the usual manner by the
Auditor General, and the Governor, to
make report of the same to the next Leg
islature. II K.NRT 0- JOHNSON.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN P. PENNY,
Speaker of tlu: Senate.
Approved the sixth day of May, Anno
Domini, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four. A. G. CURTIN.
PLAN FOR CARRYING INTO EFFECT THE
ACT FOB THE EDUCATION AND MAIN
TENANCE OF Soi.tiiEKS' ORPHANS.
I . Of the persons entitled to the benefit
of the Act:
These will be :■=—children of either hex
uuder the age of fiften, resident in Penn
sylvania at the time of The application,
aud dependent upon either public or pri
vate charity fur support, or on the exer
tions of a mother or other ]>erßou destitute
of means to afford proper education and
maintenance ;—of fathers who have been
killed, or died of wounds received, or of
disease contracted in the sarvicc of the
United States, whether in volunteer or
militia regiments # of this State, or iu the
regular Army or the Naval service of the
United States, but who were at the time
of entering such service, actual bona tide
residents of Pennsylvania.
11. Of admission to the beic/its of the
Act:
This will be by application by the
mother, if living, or it not by the guar
dian or next friend, in the form prescrib
ed by the Superintendent of orphans, set
ting forth the name, age, place of nativi
ty and present residence of the child,
with the extent of destitution, the name
of the father and of his regiment or ves
sel, his rank and the manner and time of
his death, —accompanied by an affidavit
to the facts set forth ; —to be presented to
the Common School Directors of the dis
trict in which the orphan resides, for ap
proval or disapproval according to the
facts of the case, and if disapproved, to
be returned with a statement of the rea
sons therefor, bift if approved to lie so cer
tified by the President and Secretary and
transmitted to the Superintending Com
mittee of the proper county, by whom it
shall be transmitted to the Superintend
ent of Orphan*, with such suggestions
and remarks as shall enable him to make
the proper disposition of the case; and
when approved by him, an order to be
issued by him foradmis'sion tosuch school
as he shall designate. Orphans tinder six
years of age to be placed in such nearest
institution for the more juvenile class as
may be proper for and will admit them
on terms to lie arranged.by the Superin
tendent; and those above that age to be
•font to the more advanced schools here
after described; —but in both cases re
gard to be had, as far as possible, to the
religious denomination i r faith of thuiqf
parents.
111. Of the kind of Education and
Maintenance ;
The orphans will be clad in a neat
pitiu uniform dress, according to sex, and
supplied with comfortable lodgings, a
sufficiency of wholesome food, and proper
attendance when sick ; —they will be
physically developed.—the boys by mili
tary drill of gymnastic training accord
ing to age, and the girls by calisthcnic
and other suitable exercises;—they will
be habituated to industry and the use of
, tools while at school by the various house
hold and domestic pursuits and yicchani
cal and horticultural employments. suit
able to the respective sexes ; —they \vill
receive a full course of intellectual cul
-1 ture in the ordinary branches of a useful
j English education, —having especial ref
! erence to fundamental principles and
I practical results; —and they will be care
fully trained in moral and religious prin
| ciples,—the latter as nearly approached
; as may be to the known denominational
i preference of the parents.
IV. Of the schools to be employed w n-
I dcr the Ad :
For the orphans under six years of age
i suitable institutions, in any .part of the
' State, that will receive them on proper
i terms and afford them fitting training and
I maintenance, will be employed, and they
' will be ]ilaced therein till arrival at the
| age of six years.
For the orphans over six years of age,
| one school will be selected when practi
cable in'eaeh of the twelve Normal School
' Districts, of sufficient capacity to aecom-
I inoilate all the orphans of that age iu the
I proper district, and having the necessary
: appliances to impart the physical, indus
, trial intellectual and moral training, ne
i ccssary to render them intelligent citizens
| and useful members of society ; but if one
j such institut ion cannot be secured in each
j district, a sufficient number of a smaller
; clu:-s will be accepted,—preferring such
as will admit the largest numbered' Or
i pltan.-i and afford the best instructions and
I accommodations, —the compensation iu
each ease to be such as shall have been
previously agreed on between the Insti
tution and the Superintendent, having
| reference as well to a reasonable economy
j as to a just remuneration for the services
j rendered, and to be paid quarterly on the
i rendition of full and sufficient accounts
I and vouchers : —clothing, books and med
ical attendance to be supplied by the
State or the several institutions, as the
Superintendent shall decide ; and all eon
tracts for the education and maintenance
of Orphans to terminate tor such causes
and after such notice as shall be therein
specified.
V. Of the control of the Orphan* in the
schools :
The details of Edueatioif and •Mainte
nance will be in the hands of the Prin
cipal of each school, subject to the regu
lations adopted by the Superintendent
and the visitation of the proper Superin
tending Committee. Each school will
keep a record of all applications for ap
prentices or employees from amongst its
Orphan pupils; but none shall be bound
or otherwise put out to any employment,
without his or her own application and
that of the parent, guardian or next friend,
and the concurrence of the Superintend
ing Committee of the proper county. All
contracts or apprenticeship or for employ
ment to be, as soon as legal authority shall
be obtaiued therefor, between the Su
perintendent and Master or employer, and
contain a reservation of power to annul
the contract iu case of failure on the part
of the master or employer to fulfil all the
stipulations. And the Superintendent will
keep a record of the name, master, trade,
term and residence of each apprentice or
employee thus sent from school.
VI. Of tin fund uote at command un
der the Act:
This is believed to be sufficient to com
mence this humane, just and patriotic uu
doitaking, but the plan now recommend
ed canuol be kept long enough iu opera
tion to prod 111% any useful results, unless
sufficient additions be made to it by the
public authorities or private liberalitv, or
by agencies similar to that which made
the first liberal donation. It is hoped that
this will be done, and that the undertak
ing will be continued till all our desti
tute Soldiers' Orphans shall be placed in
a condition to meet the trials of life, on
an equal footing with thechildrcn of those
for whom their fathers died.
All accounts of the expenditure of 'he
fund will be settled by the Auditor Gen
eral, in the usual manner.
.VII. Of the Administration of the
Trust under the Act:
The School Directors seem to be the
proper board first to receive and scruti
nize the application for admission ; repre
senting as they do every part of the dis
trict, one member at least will be cogni
zant of the facts of each case ; and their
action can take plaeo at their regular
meetings without any additional labor to
themselves, aud to the great convenience
of the applicants.
The Superintending Committee ofeach
county, will consist of 3, 5, or 7, accord
ing to circumstances, be composed of both
sexes, and will bfe appointed with the ap
proval of the Governor. It will receive
the application, and transmit it with such
remarks and explanations as may be use
ful. to the Superintendent, and will also
periodically visit the school in its county
ur district containing Soldiers' Orphans, j
and make report of its condition and of
such matters as may be promotive of their I
welfare. , * j
'I lie Superintendent will perform the |
duties in this plan specifitid, as well as ;
such others as its full and successful op- i
eration shall render necessary and proper, j
Kspecially he will visit the schools in !
which the orphans are placed, as often as j
consistent with the other duties; and, as I
the business of the trust will, except that >
of visitation, be mainly ..transacted by j
written correspondence, no office need, j
liir the present at least, be established at i
llarrisburg. All communications will ;
therefore IK; addressed t<> him at Laucas- !
tor. Titos. 11. KUIIHIIWKK,
>S'u/tt. iif Orfiluint.
Lancaster, Pa., .June lIKH,
i viii y < orr<*H|><tiMl«'iii'<'.
CAJIT M.AU SOUTH HIKE KAILI«>AI>, ■
Nov 10, lx<>4
I.SSHS. KIHTHIIK: —WhiIe kitting in
my little log shanty, thinking of the glo
rious*reHult of the *th inst, I thought I
would like to see the Citizen, to learn how
the citizens of my own native county cast
their votes on that day, but at the same ;
time, 1 felt that they would vote as the
soldiers and sailors fight—for the Union.
It is very encouraging to the soldiers to
know that they are sustained by their lib
erty and Union loving friends at. home.—
Hut lielieving the friends at home arc al
ways willing to hear something from the
army, and from friftids ITfce, I will en
deavor to write a short letter and let you
know how we are gcttiug along. 1 would
state that the {Sutler county boys of my
own regiineut, (155 th) are all well and
looking well, and in good spirits. I would
mention S. B. Gamble, as looking ex
ceedingly robust anil hearty, and as brave
a boy as treads the soil of Virginia, and
the Morrison boys, though small in stat
ure, yet every inch asoldier, always cheer
ful and ever up to the march in line of
duty. 1 might name othors, but will on
ly add, better soldiers are not to be found
than the Butler boys, and you may know
that they are uot demoralized from the
way they cast their votes—for the Union.
They still love the old flag, and desire the
j union of alt the States. Of course there
are a few that would be willing to have
peace on any terms, so that they might
get out of this, but they are far and few
between. I would state wc are comforta
bly located about two miles to the left of
where we cut the VVeldon railroad, aud
some two miles from South Side road.—
It is astonishing to see the improvements
the army makes wherever it goes; it does
uot take long to clear off the wood-land
and get it ready for tilling the soil. But
I suppose the .Jonnics, as we call them,
would much rather we would leave that
job undone. Here the bills and rolling
land is covered with Pine, but the ravines
and hollows have quite a variety of kinds,
a good deal of Poplar. Well, the sold
iers arc building good comfortable shan
ties, and I think if the army remains
here all winter, there will not be a tree to
|be seen. The country here has not been
very thickly settled, although it is so
| close to Petersburg. I was going to say
that I hardly knew how to account for it,
I but it is very easy to give a reason, that
great evil Slavery, has been the cause
where it has been, few school houses and
churches are to be seen. Well, I hope
all the Slave States will see the evil of
the institution, and follow the good ex
ample of '• My Maryland." When we
loft the Weldon railroad, and made a left
flank movement to where we are at pres
ent, the country had the appearance of a
wilderness, but now it looks like a city.
The wood-land cut off, and the soldiers
with log houses, and also the Military
railroad, has made its appearance, and the
cars come running along, that, with the
regular rotine of military duty, make
times lively, aud one almost forgets lie is
soldiering. 1 might multiply words, aud
lengthen out this letter, but I will not
weary your patience; sol will close by
saying, I am, as ever,
Yours, with respects, &c., W.
Jte#~The Boston Jjuunial tells of a mu
sical prodigy now in that region, a man
entirely blind, a graduate of the Ohio
! Institute for the Blind. Ilis bass notes,
it is said, are lower than those of any oth- j
er man in the world, while he eau also
sing with perfect ease the highest tenor
notes. He plays the cornet beautifully
with one hand, and accompanies it with
the other on the piano or melodeon. Some
gentlemen in Boston have heard him,
and state that he has mtisical powers such
as have been rarely, if ever, given to :
uian. He is a man of culture aud edu- ■
cation, well informed in politics and his
tory of tlje country, and has an uublcui
ished moral character.
jjfeijr A celebrated New York doctor
prescribed for au old patient, " syrup of
birthoru," aud wrote his prescription in
the"u>ual cabalistic characters, "Syr.
lthaui. Cath." On inquiring if she had
taken the medicine, a thunder cloud dark
ened her eyes, and she exclaimed, " No 1
ain't going to take your syrup of ram cats
for any body under heaven."
Till) CALM.
BY 11KV. J. P. M'LARKN.
After a summer storm, the farmer walks
out to see what effect it has had on his
fields. He finds, perhaps, some of his
fences prostrated ; and here and there a
spot of over-rank wheat "lodged dow*n,"
aud his corn looking a little touscled and
straggly, but no great damage done. An
hour's work replaces the rails, the wheat
rights itself as soon as the sun dries off its
extra load of moisture, the corn roWs short
ly "dress up," like soldiers iu line, and
the earth rejoices in the streugth, fresh
ness and purity it has received frote the
lately pouring heavens. Kxhilerated and
grateful, in the sunshine alid cihta, Mr.
Sparrowgrass cannot but admit to him'
self, that rain storms, even with the ac
companiment of thunder and lightning,
are "good things to have in the country."
Our quadrennial election gales haver
just passed. The questions at issue wore
of vast importance, the interests involved
were weighty and valuable ; the feeling
elicited was earnest and deep. The op
position of parties was decided; the con
test was conducted with the greatest vig
or. It wrsa grand sight to contemplate.
The eyes of the civilized world were upon
it. 'flic sleek aristocracy of England,
who still hold that Keptfblicffn Govern
ment, is a mere theory, au experiment,
an illusion, bad their peculiar "opes" and
' hidcas ' about it. The forlorn aristoc
racy of rebctdom anticipated refreshing
scene* oi violence aud bio dshed. at least
a faint counterpart of those which their
insane ambition h:rs introduced among
themselves. The wicked threatened, pel
haps |.lot,ed, atrocities; the timorous ap
prehended their occurrence; the prudent
warded them off. Those who have cou
templatcTl the progress of the recent po
litical contest u itli the highest thoughts
of God and of the people's probity, have
been the most assured, and the event has
justified their confidence.
The matter is nettled. The election is
made. And a historic review of the cam
paign demands the acknowledgement that
it was conducted with more quietness and
less clamor than wc have usually had
during the Presidential canvass. Though
it was the first we have »ver had during
the pendency of a war. if we except the
inconsiderable and distant Mexican war,
And though iu this election the war of the
rebellion was the essential element of the
contest, yet we have passed through the
coutest smoothly aud safely. The inter*
ests at stake were too solemn to admit
much of pageautry, and while our breth
! ren were on the bloody field or piuing
with famine in robel prisons, our hearts
j were too heavy for songs.
There was probably less demagogism
i iu this election than iu most that have
I preceded it., and what there was of this
| selfish impertinence was, iu the main,
| nobly spurned. The people were guided
' by their own convictions, and, with the
I impulse of a true patriotism, they wore en
-1 aided to act wisely and strongly. There
i was, undoubtedly, a corrupt clique of poli
ticians in the North who favored acquies
cence in the claims of the Southern con-
I spirators who brought on the rebellion.
: The conviction of this, iu the people s
[ mind, occasioned the defeat of the party,
whose once honorable name these politi
cians had usurped. They seem, indeed,
to have had some fears that this convic
tion existed among those who venerated
that name, and this fear suggested the
chicanery of their deceptive motto, "The
Union at all hazards." This pretense,
while a proof of their own duplicity, was
a tribute to the good sense and patriot
ism of the great body of our people. The
haze created by the seeming discrepancy
between their nominee and those who
nominated him, probably misled some
honest voters but not enough to compen
sate for tlie trick. It is a further tribute
to the probity and patriotism of our peo
ple, that the most rabid sympathizers with
the Kebels, have seldom dared to shock
their loyal minds by the advocacy aud ap
proval of results which their measures
obviously tended.
The election is made. It has been done'
coolly, quietly, wisely. Gratitude is due
to God, both for the result and the pro
cess, and the manner of it. It has been
blazoned on the banners of both parties,-
that the Union shall be preserved.. Let
both join with renewed energy in mak
ing that promise and aspiration good. J,et
the ot'J feeling of brotherhood, that uni
versally thrilled the loyal heart of the
nation in 1801. be restored. Let us unite
to support the Government in its one
great aim, to suppress the rebellion, aud
restore the Union. Let us do this, that
sweet |ieace may the sooner smile ou our
land, that our Southern brethren may be
freed from the iron despotism that is con
suming them, that our brave defenders
may return to their homes. .
The last hope of the conspirators was a
divided North. A cloud, if not an utter
blight, has been put on that hope by the
late election. The acquiescence of the
people of the United States in the con
stitutional decision, has never bten with
held but oace. The guilty few who have
deluged our country with blood are the
exception —au eternal horror to the world.
The eyes of the world are upon us. The
graceful subsidence of party excitement,
the coalescence of party elements iu patri
otic purposes, the union of the people af
ter party strifes, arc things that do not
exist and are not understood except among
intelligent and free people. The success
of party give* no right to indulge pro
voking boasts, the defeat becomes tri
umph by cheerful acquiescence.
A " WIIAT-18-IT?" —A very curious
sea monster, iudced, was taken in the har
bor of New Bedford, last Friday after
noon. It is now iu New Bedford, anil
its possessors say they will take it to Bos
ton to exhibit at the Natioual Sailors''
Fair now in progress there. The fish,
the like of which all the old shipmasters
in New Bedford say they never saw be
fore, weighs about four hundred pounds,
and is thirteen feet in length, of which
niuc feet taper down to a serpent-like tail.
It has the mouth of a shark, with two
rows of teeth, a fin on the back, aud a
full eye like a bullock. In color an! mo
tion it resembled a serpent in the water,
audit is believed to be the great sea-ser
pent snake, whose mysterious visits have
periodically created so much excitement
alongshore, and which until now has c!u
dvt'l his bnUed pursuers.