VOLUME 4. Select fjflttrg. w -~~" THE^JLAOiATOB™" A. Ancient Stor, w.'fc i Mod.-.. Appliclion. »T THOMAS BI'CBtSiJI Hold* the Tlbtr on a certain da?, A awiirlh* plebian took hi.gloomy way; Wise in low cunning —dextr«.o» »t dice, 103 .killed In every in fknioui .le»ice; A brawnv Hercules. whom til men reared; And etetl wh«-n he cheated, loudly chenred With corrugated forehead Ilk* the bull, gfcntHtertiig hi# weighty way (the street was foil,) Ft t ode to the coliseum, and the crowd! Applauded as he entered, long nod loud. • The Ulidlator in the arena died So hlttorv nays, hnl lying ht»t*ry lied. rfcriutd with blood, the multitudinous throng I>apt in thd ring a:vl ou IhAvtatydcn string, Km getting that they bore a bra'nles* load} Uplifted hint and thro* the roaring r -ad Conveyed hint to the forum —%veii where Ureal Hero sat. and plare.t him by his chair. A man* of knotty tmwele, gnarled face. Among the oounciUfMt this Un-at Utograre, \ Krtwline h«»p where L'icero shone Wt'ta *!«.., w litre .nch »» lie .l.«l| .bineno more— An»l Ihrudt hi* hafce in tbe Rcale M *«lgn Tbe fate uf nations, le llio to-day 7 gfliiscellang. Nasby Attends a Cabinet Meeting, CO.NFI.DHIT X ROADS, ~L (wieh id in the .Strait of Ketucky,) V November 7, 1860. j T win called to Washington by oui pat io* the President, to comfort his wounded spent. Thcr aint no disguism the fact, the spent uv Androo.'ohnsun is wounded, lie lies c»dooted tha «lir;{cs& arrera uv more on t raj us fortun than eny oilier man who hei lived senec the days iiv llamliek —more, indeed, than llam liek endoored twice over. llamliek s father wuz poisoned and his mother mar ried afore her mouruio close »'ui wore out, sumthin no prudent woman wood do; but wat wu* that to wat A Johnsun en* doors evry day ? Nothin, The cabinet nwetia to wieh I wuz snniuiond wuz called for the purpose uv kiieddin a tcer or 2 over the elocshun re turns, and to consider a variety uv letters tt'icli His Eggseellency hed received within a t'uvf days. I may remark that the cabinet lied a gloomy and uiildewed- Jook. 'J he fust wuz from Rev. Henry Ward Hoecher. Mr. Ueeehcr remarked that lie lied the highest possible respeck for the ~fli* wunst held by the good Washington, ■ he git«i AJ...W and the sainted l.inkit.- He omitted reuiarkin anything aboot l'eeree and li.iokanau out uv regard for the (eolins uv the incumbent, wieh ef he hcJ red liistry eorreck, wuz a «r» de.it supporter uv tho Admiuistrashnns uv both uv i m men, wieh he considered stains on the pages uv American hisiif, wieh he could wish might be obliterated. Hut wat he desired t-j sa wuz that he lied a higher regard Ijr the good opinion uv mankind in general thin, he hed 1 >r the good opinion uv the incum bent uv eny offis, and tz he hed : in a hour uv temporary übberashun, wieh hed happily passed, endorsed the Admin is trashan, with insanity hed worked evil onto liiui, he repeated az a simple act uv justice tnat the President shood cause it tu be ku.iwu that he (Beeclier) wuz uot considered by the Adwiuistrashun, ez a supporter thereof. '• I do this," Bed thu writer, ''becoz the Mupfession lhat I am in the confidence uv your Kggscellenev, jvith is on fortu nately abroad, bet seriously damaged my reputashun." Trooly yoo' s. ct settry. The recdin uv this letter wuz follcred iy'a mini I uv profound silence wieh wuz broken by the ('resident " Let hiui pass," sez the great man who hez the dis[*n.sin uv the post offis, " let h : .ui pass. Hut here's another" scz he, bust in in2 leers. " Head that." It wuz from Gen. Cu.itcr, him uv the yejler hair, wieh hed sum reputasbun York- Mr. M orris-iey remarked that czonouv the pillars uv the Democrasy, he felt lie hed a rite to speke. lie wished it to be understood that he wished his hands uv Johnson and his party, lie nuu need « life. In states where Demockrasy, uv wicli he wuz a pillar, hed tied themselves to Johnson, they hed gone dowu to a prematoor grave. Rcspcck for the high ofis'rcstraincd him from savin that the Den ockrasy c .odent carry sicli a cussid load, ho wood say that the result uv the election iu Noo York, where they dependid solely 011 muscle and uigger, wich is reeltDiinokratic capital and suc ceeded, while where the Demockrasy wuz loaded down with Johnsonistu they fail ed, satisfied him that the President was a nkubus. Ho sed this for rcspcck for the offis Mr. Morriscy further remarked that he hcd also personal reasons for making this request. He commenced in a humble posishen, and hcd filled the publics eye long cnuff to satisfy his modest ambishen —he hcl walloped Sullivan and Hecnan he had owned the fastest horses and won more money at faro than c'uy other men in Amerika. llis auibishuu wuz satisfied so far ez he w.uz concerned, but he hoped 2 levo behind him for his in fant son (wieh wuz only twelve years of age and wieh l.eu a development uv in tellect and muscle remaikable tor ooeso tender, havin already walloped cvry Ljy in skool to wieh he wuz goin) he desired to leave that son a honorable name. It bed bin given out that he wuz a support, er uv tna iudividooal who okkupidc the Presidential otfis, and it war injooriu him, he wished that stigma removed — a re yard fur hi» rcpuluxhun forced him to in sist onto it. Aud this epistle wuz dcoly signed, bis JOII.I X MORBISEY, M. C. mark. Ther wuz silence in the Cabinet. — last stroke intensified the gloom widh hed settled onto the Government, and ez I turned my teer badewed eyes I saw the great drops eoursin down the checks uv bvery ouo present. Mr. Seward retired without sayin anythin about ninety days, and one by one they all departed It wuz a solemn time. Ther wuz oth> cr letters yet u> reed but no wjsu hed the hart to open cm. I made a move iu that direckshun, but Androo prevented me. "I,in sick," murmured he in a husky voice, which showed that his hart wuz peerced—" Help me to bed." I saw the great man bury his intelleektooal hed be neath the snowy kivrio uv his onea>y couch! all but tbe nose, wieh in huu is the thermometer uV the sole, aud which aeoordinly glowed, not with the yoosooal biiliaut hue but with a dull, dead and ghastly bloom. Noticiu the convulsive hcavias uv the kivers wich betrayed the ajitashun uv the breast beneath, I whis pered in bis carez I banded him his nitc "Let us have Faith that Right makes Mightj and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our r«aty as we understand it"—A- LINCALB. BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 18G6. cap drink uv rye whisky flavored with borbon that he lied wui? hold es Dela ware hcd sustained him. A flush uv sat isfacshuu prssed over his nose, but it subsided in an instant. "Troo." he gasped, "its ourn now, but afrre the next eleeshun a cuppU uv em Masschooeits will buy the cussid Stait and rg-peple it to soot cm," tnd he gave a convulsive gasp and sunk in2 a trubblcd slumber. It wuz a tcchin occashun- PETROLEUM V. NABBY, P. M. wich is Postmaster. Lights and Shadows of ihe Late Elections. Whilo the results of the late elections present many features calculated to re joice the hearts of all good citizen!, they also present some features of a character to make every patriotic oitizen blush that even thus much of shamelossness and moral degradation should mar the char acter of our national political system The grand aggregate majority of 400.- 000 is the most brilliant vindication of our people from the charge of sordid, mercenary motives that over graced the annals of political history. That the people should condemn by such over whelming majorities, 4 policy supported by all the blandishments of power, the emoluments of office and allurements of almost unbounded patronage, is the most sublime truth of the purity of the patriotism and incorruptibility .of the vir tue of an educated, intelligent democra cy. Never before were a people so tcmpteJ by bribery, corruption and ve nality of never kind, to support a party policy, ami every was sucn an over whelming rebuke administered to the inOated pride of delegated power. Nev er was nation so disgraced by its repre tentative head, and never was bloated egotism and blinded bigotry in its pride of power so completely emasculated by an iusultcd ami indignant people. Such exhibitions of public virtue, intelligence and patriotism are the most cheering ev idences of the progress wo are making a« well as of the safety with which we may rely upon a virtuous and intelligen patriotism as the bulwark of nnr republi can institutions Hut while we thus re joice over the general hcalthfulness of our oody politic, we cannot overlook the tact that the feeds of a dire leprosy, though comparatively dormant still exist iu our political system. That a few Ju» dascs were found among the high as well as the low, that Miuie growu gray iu their country's service aud crowned \yith her fairest laurels, that others distinguished by deeds of valor in upholding the''Star .ry Flag" on bloody fields, should be tempted to baiter their laurels for paltry office, or sell their life long principles, born of honest convictions, for the empty promises of a defunct political organiza tion, though a matter of uational humil iation, is scarcely to be wondered at. — That the filthy slums aud dark purlieus of New York city should pour forth their drunken and licentious tide of human de pravity, to roll up a majority of 47,000 against cleanliness, sobriety, decency aud the observances of a christian Sabbath is a daik and shaiueiul staiu upon our na. tional c cuteheou ; but even this has its blight relief in tbe fact that the sobriety and virtue of New \ oik's rural popula tion is sufficient to hold this tide of wick ednesi, crime, wretchedness aud ci sery in abeyance. That all the immense pat ronage of the government should be b>il>.> ly, shamefully, defiantly, wielded for par tisan purposes by the chief executive of the nation, is a fearlul comment upon the integrity and virtue of our pub:ic men; t l at it should accomplish so little is the grandest vindication of the moral integ rity of our people. Alter such an exhi bition of the incorruptibility of the peo pie, the apostles of liberty and humaoiiy may take a long breath, assured that, though constant and coutinued effort is ever necessary, the erisis is passed and the long agiyiy ana bloody strife of the will yield, in the 112 uture, a sure and rich fruition, in • larger liberty, a strict er justice, a tiuer humanity, a mo:e abundant prosperity. — N. American. THE UMBRELLA IN FRANCE. —A PARIS letter writer gives u humorons description of how the umbrella was introduced into Franee. He says : '' The war drove so many Southern fam ilies abroad they formed a large siied col ony here, and when they raised their umbrellas to keop off the sunbeams they kept one mother in couutenance. The other foreigners here seeing so many um brellas raised on sunny days, thought, uatuiajly enough, it was a Parisian eua» tout, and contoiuied lo it.l hey found •it comfortable and persuaded their friends to adopt it lu this way the filing ou Fort Sumter has made the Parisians adopt the Southern fa.-hion of using umbrellas to keep off sunbeams as well as the cloud drop.'- MAN'S HEART. M III> Heart, 'tl* said, IA like a Harp, With many and many a string; Thai from its chorus the master Hand, Of Time doth runsi? bring. A strange-like Harp, indeed it is. We're laughing now, now weeping; Tears and snrles This Ha-p heguWes, Just as the Hand Is sweeping. Is it wrong to call our life a song T Bt»me songs there are of satincas; To 1 many gire a sigh for grie', Ami ning a song 112 cy shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollais." WOMAN —Mrs. Stevens the sweet story writer, has somewhere thrown oft' this excellent passage : "Woman, woman ! —truly she is a mira. le. Place her amid flowers, fostc r her as a tender plant, and she is a thing of fancy, waywordnoss, and something ol folly—annoyed by a dew drop, fottered touch of a butterfly's wing, ready to faint at the rustle of a beetle. The zephyrs are too rough, the showers too heavy, and she is overpowered by tho perfume of a rosebud. Hut let real calamity come rouse her affection, enkindle tho spirit of her hetrt, and mark her then. How her heart strengthens itself, how strong is her purpose, l'lace her in the heat of battle, give her a child, a bird, anything she loves or pities, to protect, and see her, aj iu a related instance, raising her white arms as a shield, and as her own blood crimsons her upturned forehead, praying tor life to protect tho helpless. Transplant her into the dark of earth, awaken her energies to action and her breath becomes a healing and her pres ence a blessing; she disputes inch by inch, the stride cf tho stalking pestilence, when man, the strong and brave, shrinks away pale nd affrighted. Misfortune daunts her not; she wear- away life of silent endurance, or oes forward with less timidity than to her bridal. In pros perity she is a bud full of imprisoned odors, waiting but for the winds of ad versity to scatter them abroaii - pure gold, valuable but untried in the I'nn.ico. In short, woman is a miracle, a mystery. Sir John Franklin. A letter received in New York, fron tit Johns, New Brunswick,states '.!ia a part of the crew of a wrecked American whale ship have arrived thero, who bring very interesting in formation of discoveries made by C. F. llall, respecting the. Franklin Expedition. Mr. Hall lias in his possession a gMd watch, some silver spoons and other relics, supposed to hav« belonged to the Franklin party, lie also learned that the remains of tome of Franklin's] men were lying under a boat in Comuiitte ' Boy, in the Arctic regions, where they had been placed by the native* after deiith. The natives would r.ot per mit Mr. II til togo on and examine them, but as several vessels will win ter in RepuUe Biy,it is believed Mr. Hail will secure assistance 'afid push his way to where the remains arc sit- I uajeii. NUMBER 1. Scene at the Death-Bed of Mr. Lincoln, . At Carlisle, Pa., receutly, the Preiby torian Synods of the Old and Now Schools being in session at the game placa, tho two bodies met in communion with grea^ harmony. Rev. Dr. Ourley, pastor of the church in Washington which President ijitjQoln usually attended, in a speech at. tlio table, gave ;ho folloviug narrative/ which has uever been made publio : " When summoned, tn that aad night, to the dealii bed of President Lincoln, I. entered the room fifteen or twenty min utes before liis departure. A'l present were gathered anxiously around him* waiting to catch his last br»ath. The physician, with one hand upon the pulio of the dying man, and the other band laid upon his heart, was intently watch ing for the moment when life should cease. He lingered longer than wo had ex pcctcsl. At last the physician said : "110 is gone ; he is dead." " Then I solemnly believe that far four or five minutes there wu not the alight ed noise or movement in that ewful pres ence. e all stood transfixed in oar po» sitions, speechleas, breathless, around the body of that great and good nan. At length the Secretary of War, who was standing at my It .ft, broke the six, lence and said, ''Doctor, will Jon mj any* thing *" I replied "I will apeak to God." Said he. "Do it just BOW " And there, by the side of o*r fallen chief, God put it into my heart to utter this petition, '.hat from that hour weantf the whole nation might become mora, than ever united iu our devotion to our beloved, imperiled country. AV hen I ceased, there aro e from the lips of the entire company a fervid and spontaneous "Amen !" 4nd has not the whole heart of tha loyal natioL responded " Amen ?" Whs not that prayer, there offered, res ponded to in a most remarkable manner ? When in our history have the people of this land bceu found more oloaoly bound together in purpose and heart than when the tclegraphio wires bore all over tho country tho sad tjdinga that President Lincoln was dead ?" ' 1 , Southern writers are now earnestly engagod iti trying to fire the heart of tl>9 i'Northcm minorities," by insisting that they arc imposed upon by radical majori ties. Their aim is to create a hostility, which shall culminate in blood, and thus precipitate a new rebellion. Comment* ing on this subjact, the Rich moid Tim u significantly remarks : " Tho beaten and overwhelmed minorities at the North may bnvo a vast deal more fortitude and pa tience, than we have, bat it was ju»t such a spirit «s now persecutes them which dro«c as to try the sword rather than live longer with those who had so little regard for ns and our right*." As the Richmond Timsi and ite supporters "tried the sword," and signally failed, it is but natural that they should want their Northern friends to make the samet experiment. Revenge is sweet, and the Rebels of the South would thus have the gratification of seeing their quondam sympathizers placed in the same bad box with themselves. Since the Northern Rebels did nothing but talk, their South ern friends would hare the pleasure i— of 1864 i< not improbable, u ita ■ewbl ) are doiirous thit if* logality *bi«M teste 1, not by * robel mob. but by tbo CourU. If the ConTention should rees sembte we »hall await with anaiety Mr. ; Johnsou's course, *:; d it if to be earnestly ; hope 1 thit ho trill not again permit the • ■>) a. *acr , o of it* tuembea ami friends j