VOLUME 2. Amnesty Proclamation. The Oath Administered to Rebels. Persons Excepted f>em its Provisions, Highly Important Official Document WASHINGTON, May 29, 1865. PROCLAMATION By the President of the United States of America : WHEREAS, The President of the Uni ted States, cn tne Bth day of December. 1863, and on the 26th day of March, 1864, did, with the object to suppress the existing rebellion and induce all persons to return to their loyalty, and restore the authority of the United Stats*, issue proclamations offeriqganwestyapd pardon to certiin persons who had directly or by implication participated in the said rebellion ; and, WHEREAS, Many persons who had so engaged in said rebellion, have since the issue of said proclamations, failed or neg lected to take the benefits offered fhereby, and WAF.REAS, Many persons who have been justly deprived ot all claim to am nesty and pardon there under, by reason of their participation directly or by itn plica'ion in said rebellion and continued hostility to the government of the United States since the date of said proclamation, now desire to apply for and obtain am nesty and pardon. To the cnJ, therefore, that the author it; of the Government of the United .State* may he restored, and that peace, order and freedom may he established, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the I. nited States, do proclaim and declare that I hereby grant to all persons who have di rectly or indirectly participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, amnesty and pardon, with the restoration of all rights ot property, ex cept in cases where legal proceedings, under the laws of the United ijt.ites pro viding for the coniscation of propeity ot persons engaged in rebellion, have beet) instituted, but on the condition, never the ess, that every such person sljijll take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, and thenceforward keep and maintain said oath inviolate, and which oath shall be registered for permanent preservation, and shall'be of the tenor jnd effect following, to ait: I do soifimnly swear or affiitn in pres ence of Almighty God, that I will hence forth faithfully defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will in like m'inner abide by, and faithfully sup port all 1 iws and proclamations which have been made during the existing re bellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves, so help me God. The following classes of persons are cxcepHid from tlie benefits of this procla mation : First—All who are or shall have been pretended diplomatic officers, or other wise Domestic or Foreign Agents of the pretended Confederate Government. Second—All who left Judicial offices under the United States to aid the r - bellion. Third—All who shall b&»«; been Mili tary or Naval officers of the pretended Confederate Government, above the rank of Colonei, in the army or navy. Fourth—All who left seats in the Con gress of the United States to aid the re bellion. Fifth—All who resigned or tendered resignations of ilieir commissions in the army and navy of the United States, to do duty in assist ng the rebellion. Sixth All who have engaged in any wiy in treating otherwise than lawfully is prisoners of war persons found iu the United service as officers, seamen, or in other oapacity. Seventh—All persons who have been or are away from tho United States for the puroosu of aiding the rebellion. J Kighth All itiilitaryand naval officers in the rebel service who were educated by the overnment at the Military Acedemy at West Point or the United Sta'es Na val Academy. Ninth—All persons who held the pre tended offices of Governors of States in insurrection against the United States, and all persons who left their homes du ring the jurisdiction and protection of the United States line, into the so' called Contiederate States, lor purpose of aiding the rebellion. Teuth —All persons who have been engaged iu the destruction of the corn 'meice of the United States* on the high seas, destroying the commerce of the United States upen the lakes or'rivers that separate tlit British provinces from the United Stutes. Eleveutii—All who at UM time when they seek to take the oath pit AMERICAN CITIZEN. scribed, are in military naval or civil confinement, or custody or under bonds of civil, military or naval authorities or agents of the United States,as prisonersof war or persons debarred for offense either before or after conviction. Twelfth —All persons who have parti cipatcd in said rebellion, and the estima ted value of whose property is over twen ty thousand dollars. Thirteen —All persons who have taken the oath of amnesty as prescribed in the President's proclamation of December 18, I*o3, or an oath of allegiance to the Gov ernment of the United States since the date of said proclamation, and who have thenceforth kept and maintained the same inviolate, provided that special ob jection way be made to for pardon by any person, and such eletneney will be as liberally extended as may be consistent with the 'acts of the case, and the peace and dignity of the United States. The Secretary of State will establish rules and regulations for administering and recording the said amnesty oath so as to insure its benefits to the people, and guard the government against a raid. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed, Pone at the City of Washington the 29th day of May in the year ot our Lord, 181)5, and of the Independence of the United States the 89th. ANDlll'iW* JOHNSON. Uy the President. WM. 11. SEWARD, Secretary of State. --- ■». The Third Series of the 7.30 Loan, The great success of the 73 J Loan must always he looked upon as one of the njo-t powerful evidences of the strength of the United States Government, and of its strong hold upou the confidence and affections of t''e people. On Saturday, May loth, the susbcriptions were over thirty million dollars , and for the week ending on that day, over ninety eiyht mil lion i/ullart. and iu the three months that the Loan has been in charge of Mr. JAY COOILK, over Jilt hundred million dollars. These large receipts will enable the Treas ury to pay oil' our armies as they are dis banded, and to rapidly discharge the va rious obligations that have been incurred during the war. History will show that a great war-debt to individuals has never before been so promptly paid ; and wo think all will agree tliat Seoretary Mo Culloch deserves great credit for the abil ity he has manifested, not ogly in secur ing the means, but for the financial skill he hasdisplaycd in so directing these vast receipts and disbursements as not for a moment to disturb the equilibrium of commerce, embarrass individuals, or in any way tigljtetj the money market. It is doubtless true that the Secretary of the Treasury miuht have negotiated there mainder of his loans at six per cent, in terest instead ot 7.30, but so much valu able time would necessarily have been lost in popularizing a new loan that the great objpet of the Government, viz., an imme diate supply of money sufficient to pay all the debts incident to the war. would have beeu defeated ; and besides, the difference of iuterest would not have been equal to the three days' expenses. The policy may have looked 'penny wise," but the best financial authorities, as well as com mon sense, pronounced it "pound foolish." As it is—aud will be, no soldier will go home without his green acks, and the floating debt in the shape of vouchers requisitions, ice., will be wiped out as rap idly as the proper officers can audit aud adjust the accounts. The • ecojjd Series of the 7 30 Loan was exhausted on Satnrday, May 13th On Monday, the Secretary of the Treas ury authorized JAY COOKE, the general Subscription Agent for U. S. Securities, to receive subscriptions for S-!3O,OUO,UUU of a Third Series, which is all that is au thorized by Congress, and is without doubt the last loan at this high rate ot interest that will be offered by tte £roy ernment. There is no change iq the terms or con ditions ot this Third Series, except that the Government reserves the right of pay ing interest at sij per cent, in gold in stead of seven and three-tenths in curren cj*-a right which would presuppose a return to specie payments, and make six per cent, in gold even better than the higher rate in currency—a consummation most devoutly to be wished. The privilege of converting the notes into 5.20 six per cent, gold bonds at the eml of thre<> years, or receiving payment at maturity, at the iiuider's optiou, is re tailed Thejirst day of the Third Series open ed with a subscription within a fraction of five millions, and the jjiontb of June will certainly see tile lust of the out of market. How parly in June we can not predict, but parties wtio wisn to wake sure ot a portion would do well to be in tune. I 1 all particulars be found iu our advertising columns. "Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our 'jty as we understand it"— V LINCOLN. BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 18G5. Resident's Proclamation. State Government of N. Carolina, Wm. W. Holden Appointed Governor, WASHINGTON, May 29. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. —WHEREAS, The fourth section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States de clares the United Stales shall guarantee to every State in the Union a Republican form of Government, and shall protect them against invasion and domestic viola tion. And WAEREAB, The President ol the Uni ted States is, by the Constitution, made Commander-ip Cllijjf of the Army and Navy, as well as Chief Executive Officer of the United Stales, arid is bouud by solemn uath faithfully to execute the of fice of President of the United Sta*es and take care that the law 3 be faithfully executed ai«4 WHEREAS, The rebellion which has been waged by a portion of the people of the United Slates against the properly constituted auth rities o't the Govern ment thereof, in the most violent and re volting form, but these organised and ant ed fqrpes havp.pow almost overcome the people of the State of North Carolina of all civil Government; and, WHEREAS, IT becomes necessary to carry out and enforce the obligations ol the L'uited States to tlie people in North Carolina in securing a Republican form of Government, now, Therefore, iu obe .ieuce.to tlie solemn duties imposed by tlie Constitution ol tlie United fetates, and lor the purpose ol eu abling local people of said Siaie to organ ize a Sjtate Government, whereby peace may be established, domestic tranquility ou tiO.sured and loyal citizens protected in all their rights ol' iiie, liberty and property. 1. Andrew Johnson, President of the United States aud Couimander-iu-Cltief ot the army and navy ot the United States, do hereby appoint Wm W. 11 olden Pro visional Governor of the State of North Carolina, whose duty it shall be at the earliest practicable period, to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be nec essary and proper for convening a con vention, com pi sod if delegates to be chosen by that portion of the people ol said State remaining loyal to the United States, for the purpose of altering or amending the (Jon titut on, 'eof. aud will' authority to exercise within the boundary limits of said State, the power necessary and proper to enable such loyal people of North (,'aroliua to restore to its constitutional privilege, and to present such 112 rtn of State Government as will entitle Ihe State to the protection of the United States, and, therefore, that people to protection by the United States against invasion, insurrection and domestic vio lence : provided that, in any election hereafter held for the choosing of dele gates to anj State 'convention as afore said, no person shall be eligible as a mem ber of such convention, unless he shall previously have taken and subscribed to the oath ol amnesty, as set forth in the President's proclamation, May 27, 1805. Second—That the Secretary of State ptoceed to putin force all laws of the United States. The Administration, whereof, belong to the State Department applicable to the geographical limits afore- Third—That the Secretary of Treas ury proceed to nominate »or appointment Assessors of taxes and Collectors of cus toms and internal revenue alio such other officers of the Treasury Department as are authorize 1 by law, and put ii. execu tion the revenue laws of the United States, within the geographical limits afoiesaid. On mak.ug ilie appointment preference shall be given to loyal persons residing within the «Ji~tiii t» where their respective offices are performed; but where suitable residents of the districts shall not be found, then persons residing in other States or districts shall be up' pointed. Fourth—That the Postmaster General proposed to establish post routes, and put in execution tlie postal laws of the Uui ted States within the said State, giviug loyal residents the prelerence of appjiut metments from other States. Fifth—That the District Judge for the Judicial District in which North Carolina is included, proceed to hold courts within said State in accordance with the provis ion of the act of Congress, the Attorney Geueral will iustruet the proper officer to libel and bring to judgment, confiscation and sale, ptojierty subject to confiscation and euforce the administration of justice within said State iu ail matters with ifie cognixanceand jurisdiction of the Federal Courts Sixth—That the Secretary of the Navy take possession of all public property be longing to the Navy Department within said geographical limits, and putin ope rati in ail acts of Congress relative to na val affairs having application to said State. Seventh—That the Secretary of Inte rior putin force the laws relating to the Interior Department, applicable to tfce ge ographical limits aforesaid. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be.affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this 20th day of May, A. D., 1865, aud of tiie independ ence of the United States the eighty ninth. [itgued] ANDREW JOHNSON, By the President, W. U. SEWARD. Sec'y of State. Places for our Returning Veterans. A large proportion of our veteran troops will, according fo the wise policy of the Government, be soon disbanded. We look for their return from ihtf severe but useful service in which they have been engaged, and hope to see them greeted with thank illness and joy by the people at home. Mos.t of these nun, now reck oned as veteran soldiers, were, within the period of four years past, occupied in the pursuits of ordinary industry. They came from the shops, offices, stores, factories and farms of our country Many of them bad. up to the time of their volunteering for the de ense of the country against its domestic foes, never handled or fired a gun They could construct engines, or run thctn; they could turn a furrow they could keep a school; they understood ge.'jnetry ; tliey could woik i-kilfully at trades; but they were no soldiers. They did not know how to march ; they could not tell '• right shouldei shijt" form " order arms." dt.l not know how to inarch ; they anqld u hag n „ ver re „ cll(Jl( be l..re j„ „ ny „,v Jer not tell '• right fhouldei ah;|f. w form country . | u essential character was '• ordor al ius. never before no displayed, nor its influence They are now as good soldiers as the upon liumm character seen .su s nkingly world ever saw. In all military qualities It has 112. mcuted the uiost causeless and they arc equal to anjrof the famous corps Jen pious rebellion ever undertaken by which have been eminent anion# veteran man. It has instigated innumerablemur troops. They may be less showily uni ders of men for daring to be tue o the formed than the pet. regiments that at- governinent'hat had protected them in tend on royalty, but for endurance, bra- enjoyment of life and liberty ; it has at very, movement, reliableness—\\ ellin# .emptcd a wide spread system ol iucen ton's u Old r.uards, 'or-- Horse Guards,' diarism of" cities, town;: and ic- vlsj it cannot excel then:. has made efforts t» int.o In eo c nit t^iuu Tiny are corn in# home They have and disease over the wh le country; it homes. The country has kept them in has oflcied rewards iu public prims for mind of their citizenship while fjiey were the assassination of leading ineij. >loro, in the field. They hive voted while tlie\ it has accomplished the assassination of were fighting. They have kept up their the ruler of our country. It his tnur old identity. They will ere lon# resume tiered thou-an Is of prisoners of war by a their former places at the plow, in the deliberately planned scheme of starvation, shop, at the counter, at the school. VY hat proofs has it not given to all na- But there will We embraced in the "ons and to all time of its nature i-nd in number of returning veterans many who flueuce .' What crime can coinpaie in will be unable to pursue their lontier em niaguitude and pnoruiity with the delib ployments. Some have lost their right t ' ll,,e " l " 1 continued murder of prisoners hand, others are enfeebled by disease, of war? Ilistiry does not record that crutches support many a strong body ; such a terrible crime was ever committed some are racked with rheumatism ; a l,elijru It is a crime of such an atrocjoui. large number have broken physical con- enormity that it cannot bo forgotten, stitutions • Prisoners have been slain on the field of . , battle, or in cold blood after victory. Soldiers, so far as we know their char- J ... , . LI, lint no history of heathen or christian acters ana wishes, uesirenot to he burdens . • r , . , ,« ~ nations has ever recorded that any people or beneficiaries ol the country, but prefer . . , . , , ' i- i i hid ever before shown such depravity as to share the independence which they ' , , 111. i.l • to conAivc in its councils and execute by nave helped to preserve, and earn their , - , , . its offi'-ers such a scheme of murder by own subsistence., in any honorable way ■, . ' ... starvation. Can it be that this was per that is open tQ them, in common with - 1 initted, that men miuht see that silvery otiicrs. , . , . J links men to a lower abyss than it ever Wo do not advise men who are able to , . , „ , reacneu before; prosecute any business towbich they are in- ~ ii-u.i_-.ri ' J .... Having seen and felt this tearful revo clined, to seek public i ffice for a liveli , . ~ . -. , , 1 lution in its terrible hour, can we as a hood nut there are many of our men , . „ . .' J jieop',3 be safe, if we do not us a people who are competent todischarge the duties . . .. , r u s e all the means in our power to utterly of such offices, who are disqualified by . , . . ~ . „ 1 J exterminate and root out the influence wounds or infirmities from the severe la- , . ~ . , . . ihat could produce such cr mes. li is bors of body or mind. These may justly ||ot neceß , aril „ the uieu lhut huve jieUeJ claim appointment to .uch positions, both t(j th|H influeucc lhat we wou , d olterml . as a means of usefulness and support. uat(j uk fc|t uuw # c , laracteristlc They, of course, have the right on the , 4 ' uur Bge that principles huve become -core of citizenship, but the preference is of mure i(UJ , thau eve r before, and claimed for then, on the grounds of ser- men re | alivu | J of lesg Afld it is the vice dune, privations borne, and physical p r j uc jp|e a ud the uitlueuce of slavery that disabilities incurred, f'>r the country. we should exterminate, without a thought The plga does not, we trust, require to be o j' werC y. pressed, in order to secure us considera-, Al?(i lt is that the question of.dif tion by the people, and by those official ficult y octu s . How s baU this be accTui functionaries who have appointing pow- pished if the political powei iu the South ers. The mere suggestion is sufficient. leujaius ; u tlie hau j ß ol those who have Hut this suggestion is not intended to buberto wielded it !—fills. Com. embrace army officers alone. Our re#i- «« i» merits embrace numbers of private sol- Ihe L>x> of. iHii JiiußlSLWON.——By diers who, in all intellectual and moral the surrender of Kirby Smith, the last ot qualities, are the equals or superiors of rebel generals in the field, by which the average of officers. These have had all the rebel mil.tary and naval forces west the hardest lot in military service, .nd of the Mississippi river, are extinguished, , . „ the Ureat .Rebellion is at an end, and the have received a small Herpetui(y Union, on the basia ot pay. Their olaijn is, therefore, stronger Universal Freedom, insured. 'I bus ha in thei" behalf. slavery and its kindred curse, "Mate ... . , , c 1 lliuhts.'" talleu never to rise ill. We have hopes of eeeini; ourmen, who r,. ° . V. 'Ve now en reiog uuou a career.as have been so long distinguished for their u Dilt i»u.of i'roeperity aud Ureatne-a, a> military achievenienta. so-'n mingling in the Kquality ol \i, bei .re the law of the quiet, peaceful scenes of life, sharing tlie|iuisuit ol l.iie Lil n l ll iji.ui - ih comforts they have »o long an iso ''' L ' l;l I '* Hih *l»e | rtcMici's, tlie hupe> ain! ilie cuiiauiiiUwiidui . FAST DAY SERMON, Preached in Butler, Pa., June Ist, 1805, on account of the assassination of Pres ident Lincoln. BY REV. LOYAL YOUNG, D. D. Victory turned unto mourning. 1 Samuel. 19;2. " And the Tictory that day waa turned unto mourning unto all the people." Absalom's rebellion was the darkest page in Jewish history. It was pot up in the spirit of ambition, and carried on with reckless arrogance and hate. It was a causeless assault upon one of the ludst mild and benignant of governments. Under the pretext of beiag oppressed, and under promise of greater justice to the people, Absalom succeeded in ing away the earls of multitudes of the subjects of David; and induced them to declare in his favor. -'And the conspir acy was strong; for the people iDcieased continually with Absalom." who had been in Da vid's Cabinet, (to speak in modern style) joined the conspirators. David's nephew. Atnasa, treacherously turned against his uncle, and became the leader of Abea lom's army They at length joined battle in the wil derness; iu the wood of Ephraim ; east of the Jordan; where the kings troops were victorious, and 20,000 of Absalom's forces were slain. He, himself caught in the branches of an oak, had three darts thrust into his heart, by Joab, David's General; and thus miserablv perished. There was cause for great rejoicing that the lawful and good government had thus been preserved, and that rebellion had been overthrown. But because the king's son had been slain the outward demon strat.iirap of joy were not indulged in.— " And the victory that day was turned un'o moijrniijg unto all the people." There are many points of resemblance between that ancient rebellion and the result of it, and the rebellion so recently put down in our own country. Both "ere got up in the spirit of ambition, and car riod on in bate. The latter ng well as the forme . wis a causeless assault up n one ol lie most mild and benignant of gov einuionts. Tbe leaders, like Ab-aloni, preten led that the people had injustice done them, which they were seeking to red ress Some that hal stood ln;.'h like Ahitho- I'hel all.l Ani isa, in the Cabinet afid in tlie aimy; headed the conspiracy. After ter rible slaughter, the govornmeiit succeed ed.—and (lie laws are established. lial David been assassinated after the victory, the parallel would have been al most couiplote. Now, a§ then, the victory is turned in to mourning. Then, however, the mourn ing arose from the death of the Couspir. ator, simply because he was the Chief Ruler's son; and because of the king's sorrow. Now the uiouri iug arises from the death of the Chief Ruler hii*.s»lf, fallen by the hand of a ruthless assassin, employed, no doubt, by meu in the inter est of the rebellioa. Let us consider, First—Our causes for mourning and humiliation. Second —Our causes for rejoicing and thanksgiving. The first cause for mourning apd hu uiiliation, and thqp 'o which Presidem Johnson especially refers, is tlie death by assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Thea rocityof the deed, the relation which President Lincoln held to his coun try, and his great excellence of character, all conspire to fill the laud with grief and humiliation. The civilized world stands aghast at the magnitude of the crime. Suthasen sation has, perhaps, never before been felt anion* men, at the death of any one. Political mejo who differed from him on great national subjects, as well as those who approved of his doings, unite in ac knowledging his great worth, and in hon oring his memory. We have accumulating evideijcp that President Lincoln was a good man in the best sense—that he was a God-fearing and a pious man. When he left home to en ter upon his high office to which the peo ple had called him, you remember, with what earnestness he asked for the prayers of his old neighbors and his fe.ilr.gr citi zens. He was eminently humane and mag nanimous. What a different spirit did he breathe from that of his antagonist, Jefferson Davis The latter, tp addres siug his countrymen on fin way to his >i«urped authority, said : -/The time for It- 'UipniUtise is past, and we are no 1 * de- I term ned to 'maintain uur position, an 1 I make aii who .oppose us juiell Suuther*. powder and ttfl Southern steel." This was lung before the at tuck or I' ' Suujpter. ' ■« On his way to assume the duties of of ac«j as I're-iii ":t ol tho United Stales. Mr. . IL itddlks u ilia COUUU jU.sU, NUMBER 26. said : " Now, in my view of tho present aspect of affairs, there need be no blood shed or war. r i here is no neceisity for it. lam not in favor of such a course, and may say in advance that there will bp no blood-shed, unless it be forced upon the government.and then it will bo compelled ' to act in self defence." At that very time the New York Ob server, said : " In behalf' of tbe christian people of this country, in behalf of civ ilization, religion, commerce, huiranttjr and freedom, we thauk Mr. Lincoln for those noble We send them out in coutrast with tho word 9 of Mr. Jeffer son Davis, an 1 we wish to Write thetn distinctly and hold then up in the sight of Heaven and earth, that all tnen may know on whom the responsibility rests if the country is plunged into the horror* of civil war." And then listen, once more, to tho clos*ng words of his first inaugural. "We must ijot be enemies. In your hands, my dissatisfied follow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. You have no oath register ed in Heaven to destroy the while I have the most solemn one to pre serve. protect and defend it. • ' Tho mystic chords of memory, streti h« ing from every battle field and patr ot grave to every living heart in this broa'd land, will swell the chorus af the Union, when again touched as surely they will be, by tho better angels of our nature." Throughout all his presidency not a vengeful word did he speak. K7en the New i'ork World, a paper that most bit terly assailed him while living, says:— " The loss of such a man in such a crisis : of a man who possessed So large and grow ing a share of the public confidence, ajd whose administration had recently bor rowed new lustre from the crowning achievements of our armies : of a ruler whose victories were inspiring with the wise «nd paternal magnamnity which sought to make the conciliation as cordial as the strife had bean deadly ; the loss of such a President at such a conjuncture, is uu affecting dispensation which bows a disappointed and stricken nation ins r row more deep, sincere and universal, than ever before supplicaled the compas sion of pitying Heaven." Butlneet} nc.f offer further extracts from the voice of the universal press of the laud. Suffice it to say, that Mr. Lin coln did say, to a question concerning hi» personal piety, asked by a minister,' that he had given his heart to God ; or conxe. cr'ted himself to Christ at Uetiysl urg, when sun the graves of the martyr ed dead."' It has been objected to his piety thaj he often attended the toeatru. and wjg jistsijmg to a play when assassinated. '" t 1 have always been opposed to theatri cal performances, and my mind is un changed on that subject, Hut we have a clue to the conduct of our lamenied Pres ident in this respect. in bis own CQnver sations. The caies of State lay so he.ny on his heart, anil the shedding of bio< d so affected his sensitive uature,that he felt that he must die without relaxation He accounted to a friend for attending the theatre iu this way Some other kind of relaxation no doubt, have answer ed as well, but this seemed to be one that he thought suitable for the purpose, and convenient. Could you have entered hiik chamber, you would probably have found him pass.ng many a nijjht iu sjceplasa anxiety, through concern for his beloved country. him not, then, too harsh ly, tor occasionally driviug away his pares by uttering a jest or witnessing a play?'' The play and the jftst were on the suc lace, while there lay deep within his bosom an anxiety too intense for utter ance. The result of President Lincoln's at tendance upon the theatre may produce the same happy effect that tho tall of Alexander Hamilton had. IJU charae 'ter, otherwise.upright, was sadly stauftd by his accepting a cballergj to fight a duel. It was a sad hour, it resulted in his death, hut it made dueling forever detestable in the North. So, Presideut Lincoln's fate at Ford's Theatre, (though his attendance there was virtue compared with duelling,) may servo to show the country the importance of giving no en couragement to this species of amusement. It is eminently fitting, now that our President (jas gone, that the nation should lay it to heart, and manifest unfeigned grief; and that all should be huuible in the presence of God, who rules in awful majesty. If it was proper that the victory over Absalom should lie turn d to mourning because the King's son was dead, though he was a traitor, how much more appro priate that our great victory be turned to mourning, when our wise apd good tiler is slain by ai'i assassin. Heaven and earth would chide us if we were not sad. ' Another cause for our snrjwy and hu miliation to-day, is the death of thousands of our brave soldiers who offered them selves as a sacrifice for their country. -i ~- Our country has, for four years, tieen 4 land of mourning; a great funeral. Rach el ha? been weeping for her children, refu sing to be comforted fcefeause they wero not. When news came of great batil«, atffl even of great victories, the father's heart trembled; the motiaj wept; the wife betook herself to her closet and poured ottjt her tears to God. Anxiety was on every countenance tiu the result wuf announced in the public journals. Iben, while by the soldier-- t'riendn,'during these *"'l y