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
<joorin the war ez a cavalry commander.
It wuz to the same effect He hed when
he sposed that the policy uv the Presi
dent wieh be esteemed cz he must any
foan who held the exalted posishun wuust
otfkupide by (he good Washington, the
great Jefferson aud the sainted Linkio—
•" The oograteful dog duxent respect
Me,' sed Androo, "its the offis I fill,"
aud he bnstin in2 a iresh flood.
When he spoked the President's
policy wuz sich ez a soldier and patriot
ciod endorse, be endorsed it But he
diskivered that it led him, back foremost,
jn? company wich,doorin the kte waV he alluz
alluz visited face foremost and on
boesback, and therefore, to save his reps
utashun. he must beg that the President
*rood give it out, that he (Geo. Custar,)
wuz not, nor never had bin, a supporter
uv his policy, and oblige
¥oors, tiooly, ez before.
I wuz 2 hartbrokc u at this 2 make euy
reply, and Cow—an d Doolittle wuz in
the same fix- The Keruelcy wieh wuz
given to Custar to keep him iu the po
sishun. hed biu promised to a deuutkratic
capting, who wuz led by a company iu the
first Bull Kun fight : and who threw up
the next day in disgust, not liking the
manner in wieh the war was conducted,
but the Kernclcy wuz gone aud Custai
tpo, vat wuz worse, there wuz no such
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
thin}? to be tho't ez dismissin him
The entire company yoonited in minglin
their teers.
The next letter wuz red by Seward ez
it wuz addressed to him. It wuz troni
Itiymond. He opened with the remark
that lor the Presidential offis he hed the
hiuhist j-especk.
Aside from the consideration that it
hed bin okkupide by the good Washing
ton, the j-reat Adams, aud the sainted
l.inken, the President might be eensid
ered the fa'herof his country, hevin so
large a uumber of helpless child en to
provide for, besides he hed a instinktive
rcspeik for the dispense! anythin. It
wuz diQlcult for him, bein a simple min
ded man to adhe.e ts the President,
but—
"Good Ilevcns !" shreiked Johnson,
"that little fox ain't going to speke uv
his reputashun 1
"Dooty requires the reading uv the
en fiic jockeyment, painful to my feel
ins ez it may be," sed Seward. 'Tie
concloods thusly."
"I am forced to ask yoo ez one enjoy
in confidenshel relashuns with Iliin who
okkupics the Presidential chair, to hev
given out that I stand in opposishun to
him. A doo regard for my reputashuu
impels me to this course."
I remain, Yoors trooly.
There wuz 2or 3 more. Gen- Carv,
uv Ohio, the President tu re
move him from his Collectorsh'p, ez the
holdin uv it wuz injoorin hit reputashun ;
a editor out West who wuzscdooeed into
taken a Post ofli», begged to hev it la
kin off his hands, that he might save his
circulashun afore it wuz everla.-tinly tow
late ; and finally we cum to wuu the seal
on wich wuz a bote ov arms, bull dog
rampant, bowic knife couchaut, support
ed by trottin hcrscs, oil a field uv green
cloth. It Wu« from Hon. Sohn Morris.
sey, who hcd biu elected to Congress,
fVom No > 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 <r glutlne**.
I'd have my Ifarp-Ktrlng* we: with tears
Sometiioeß—and *iug of s.rrow;
The darkest day
Will soon away
And gladness comos to morrow.
<£dnctttionnl.
(From the FenusyUauia School 1 Journal.)
Soldiers' Orphan School,
GETTYSBURG BATTLE FIELD : During
the last month the schools of Paradise
and McAllisterville have each transmit
ted 810, contributed by the pupils, to
pay for a share ol slock in the liattle-
Field Memorial Association. As soon
as the other schools shall have acted on
the subject, the stock will be subscribed
for and the certificates forwarded.
DAYTON SCHOOL : A new school for
pupils of the more advanced grade, has
been opened at the village of Dayton.—
It is in the North eastern part of Arm
strong county, near the Indiana line, and
will accommodate the counties of Arm
strong, Indiana, Jefferson and Clarion-
All the pupil-*, fiom those counties, who
were in the schools at North Scwick'ey
and l'hilipsburg, in DcaVer county, lmve
already been moved to Day to a.
NORTH SEWICKLF.I' : This school will
bo closed on the first'of Dccembor, as a
school for orphans of the more advanced
gride; and it will theu probably be
opened as one for younger orphans, sim
ilar to those now in operation at Loys
villc, Jacksonville and Andersonburg.
ORPHANS OF COLORED SOLDIERS :
As stated in this Journal soon after the
opening of the schools, the same provis
ion and relief for the orphans of our col
ored soldiers who laid down their lives in
the common cause, will be made as for
those of white troops. Hut tilUrccently,
very few Applications of this kind were
made; and even now not over a half
dbzen are 011 baud, though quite a num
ber are believed to be ,111 piogrcss. To
mvoi thin juut demand, meusnrps are in
progress to establish a school for this
class of orphans, which will be, in all re
spects, similar tu those for the white chil
dren.
DEAF & DUN.B, RLIND. FKEIILE MIN
DED AND VICIOUS CHILDREN : Amongst
these orphans, #s in other collections of
children, thpre arp some who are defect
ive iu the senses or the intellect, and a
few whose moral habits require special
trcatiucnt. These would all bo out ol
place iu theordiuary schools; yet justice
deuiauds that they be provided for out of
the same fund given by public liberality
lor the training of the jess affli-tcd or
phans. Accordingly, arrangements are
now in progress for their reception,at the
public expense, into the State institu
tions proper for their several cases.
The Principals of the different schools
and the county committees will, there
fore. please make known all cases of des
titute soldiers i orphans, who are either
Deat and Dumb. Blind. Feeble-miuded
or incorrigibly vicious, to the Satte Su
perinlendent, at their earliest convenience
with au exact s.atcuici't, which i.hould
be prepared by a l'hysiciau, of the na
ture and extent of the affliction in each
case; and a certificate, if such be the
fact, that the suhjret of the statemcat is
not a fit iumatc for any of the ordinary
schools. And as soon as practicable af
terwards, such measures will be adopted
in each case as may be requisite and
proper.
General Principle* and ItnlCß
0/ the Schools for the. More Advanced
t /listen.
GENERAL PRINCIPLED
The object of tl:e State in taking
charge of the destitute orphans of her
dead soldiers, is, to provide for their Ed
ucation and Maintenance. This is to be
done in a nianne r at once worthy of her
and useful to thein. In carrying out this
intention, it is to he kept in view, that,
while education and maintenance are
qoth to be provided in proper degree,
fha one js subordinate to the otSer ; for
inasmuch as the soul is the nobler and
more valuable, its wants ai e to be pre
ferred to those of the bodj. Neither,
howurcr, is to be neglected or stinted.
Educatiou, in its lull sense, embraces
proper habits of body and development
of conscience, as well as instruction of
mind. All are indispensable to the for
mation of right character. All are, there
fore, to he provided for ai)d promoted in
these gphools,Jto the fullest extent of
which their i.fjeurs and teachers are ca«
pablc. Hut, inasmuch as iu this ComplU
I cated pri cc.-s there must ba a starting
point and a depar. inc«t of instruction to
Thicb all the others are to be inn cer-
tain sense subsidiary, and inasmuch as
the wisdom of the world and the custorti
of our ancestors have decided the in
struction of the niiud to be that starting
point in the general education of youth,
V. The regular Education of these Or
phans in the School Room, is hereby rec
ognized as and declared to be, that de
parimenfyt their general instruction which
is to have precedence in, while it is at the
same time to be, as far as practicable,
promotive of all their other necessary stu
dies, pursuits, exercises, and employments.
It is in no wise aud jt no Ume to be cur
tailed or interfered with', either for profit
in employment, tor the ease of instruc
tors, under pretext of pleasure or exer
cise for pnpils, or for any other cause,
except sickness and those peiiodical in
termissions and vacations which are the
right of youth.
This rule is to be without exception.
And, when it is considered that onlyffi e
hours work in tRe school room during fivo
of the seven days in the week, are re
quired of the pupil, and that consequent
ly all the rest of the time is left for phys
ical labor.and recreation, for eating, rest
and sleep, and for religious instruction,
exercises and worship,—it cannot with
truth be asserted, that an undue draft is
thereby made, either upon the pupil's
time, energies or patience, or that the
teacher's labor and professional skill are
unduly taxed by devoting eight hours tu
the school room.
The nature of these schools, —in which
industrial instruction and employment
arc to be connected with, intellectual,
moral and religious training, —renders an
additional fundamental principle or rule
imperative; and that is,
11. That every pvpil shall have an
equal duration and oportunity of school
room in ft ruction, with all the others ; and
that such institution ahalC be adapted to
his or her inti llectual condition and wants.
Therefore, neither is any larger pupil to
be detained from the school room for the
purposes of labor, when the tim 6 for at
tendance has arrived or during such time
(except in regular turn to which all shall
bo subject,) nor is any junior pupil to be
eurtuiled in the number or duration of
iessons, under pretext of the superior or
morp pressing wants of the elder, hach
is to have the degrpe of instruction and
attention proper lor his of her age and
state of advancement, and a sufficient
force of teachers is to be provided to ef
fect this objuqt.
The rights of children in matters of
sleep, rest and play, are as well founded
in reason, as those of mcutul or moral
instruction. They cannot be violated
without injury as well as injustice. There
fore,
111. Rising before daylight, in tilnrho"i
or institution for children at least, is
neither promotive of health, com fort.study
nor econrmy. The dump air of the morn
ing and the checslcss rooms of the school
before either sun or fire jias rendered
them pleasant, are as unwholesome as
they are comfortless and unpropitious to
mental effort. The same candle light
wasted in the dark hours of the morning
or rather of the latter part of tho night,
if properly employed during two or three
after sunset, will effect much tpore in tht
way of study. While the school room is
yet warm in winter or begins to be cool
in summer, oud while tho studies of the
day are still fresh in the memory and
their accompanying instructions recent,
as much may bt effected in the evening
as in double the time during the dark
ami probably chill morning hours; or, if
miscellaneous [jading and voluntary im
provement be the work of these hours,
as they shouh. mainly be, the body, the
mind and the spirits will all be in better
condition for effort in the latter part of
the day, than at any other time. Ac
cordingly, that kind of early rising,
which is really getting up and perform
ing or attempting to perform tho first du
tics of the day in the dark, is to be
avoided.
IV. As rest, play and exerciso arc also
rights of childhiiod so they are to be not
only allowed indue quantities, but so
Te£ulaled as to promote moral and phys
ical improvement. It is therefore, the
duty of instructors to regulate without
improperly restraining the amusements
of the pupils, and to see to it that while
cheerfulness and relaxation prevail, noth
ing detrimental to health or goed mo als
is practised.
Snider's Orphaus, like all other chil»
dren, are subject n evil influences, and
will occasionally be guilty of improper
conduct. Thise influences are, as fur as
possible, to be corrected and this irnprop
er conduct punished. In eases in which
no other corrective is found to succeed,
corporal punishment is to be administer
ed. But, in order to prevent the abuse
of this powei,-r
--••• , . 4
V. Every instance of corporai punish
ment, whether it bo the application of
the rod, confinement to the room, or ex
clusion from meals, shall entered iu a
book kept for that purpose, by the Prin
cipal of the school, with the name of of
fender_ cause and kind of Punishnicut,
and date. And all corporal Punishments
shall be inflicted by the Principal of tho
a hool himself, ane not by any of the
Teachers or other employee .
[TO BE CONTINUE!!.]
STAMP DUTIES'
]!y the 9th Fcntion of the Internal
Revenue Laws of the United States, ap
proved July 19th, 1800,
"All official instruments, documents
and papers issued by any offijer of the
United States Government, or by tho of-
Gcers of any State, county, town, or auy
other municipal corporaiiou, shall bo and
are hereby exempt from taxation."
Uy decision of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue up in this law, in ro
ply to inquiries upon the subject pre
seutcd by this department,—the follow
ing instruments, documents mid papers
used in the administration of the i'e
partment of Common Schools by the sev
eral officers connected therewith are sub"
ject to stamp duties, and no others.
Ist. Diplomas or Certificates issued by
the State Normal Schools, $ 05
2nd iJonds of Collectors of school tax 1.00
3rd " Treasurer " District 100
4th. Checks by the District Treasur
er on Banks to pay orders on tho
District Treasury by Doard of
Directors, -02
No. 1. Stamps to be paid for by teach
ers receiving Diplomas or Cer
tificates,
No. 2. Stamps to be paid for by Col
lector.
No. 3. Stamps to be paid for by
Treasurer.
No. 4 " •' '• «. « •
'lu any and all cases where an adhe
sive stamp shall be used for denoting any
duty imposed by this Act, except as here
inafter provided, the person using or
affixing the same shall write thereupon
the initials if his name and the date upon
which the same shall bo used or attach
ed, BO that tho same may not again be
used.
And if any perßon shall fraudulently
make or use of an adhesivo stamp to de
note any duty imposed by this Act, with
out so ©ftecttfally cancelling and obliter
..ting such stamp except r.s before men
tioned, ho, she or tl>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 <f£
seeing them bear a portion of the calam
ities which befel themselves during thjs
Rebellion.
TIIP.EATENNJ STATS of EUROFE. —The
Powers of Western Europe are again
preparing to dispute the advance of Rus
sia m the East. Roth England and
France openly aide with Turkey againat
the Chriatian insurgent* in Caadia. and
the new French Minister of Foreign Af
fairs has warned Greeee not t« take
{.art in the struggle. Fraaee, ia partic
ular, is very eagerly engaged is Imaging
about another anti-Russian allieaeo. It
is therefore probable that a general rise
of tho Christians in Europeaa Turkey
would at once lead to a most aerioas Eu
ropean complication. Napoleoa, ia view
of such a contingency, wants to ereate a
heavy loan, which hia ministry ia apposed
to, and, should it bo urged, will lead to a
dissolution. Spain is aUo agaia itching
to distinguish herself by taking ap the
cause of the Pope as againat Italy, and
may gut heraalf into another BM that
she will hive to pay for severely.
—The report thit Go*. H'elt* islandt
to reeouteno tho LouUima ConTg«>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