VOLUM E 4.
sctcct IJoctrir.
THE BRIDAL.
IT A OOSFIHMED BACHELOR-
Not a langh wa* hoard, nor a Joyous note,
As our Mend to the bridal we hurried;
frot a wit discharged hit frrewell shot,
As the bachelor went to be married
We married him quickly to nave hit frißht,
Our heads from the sad tight turning;
And we tlghed at we stood by the Limp's dim light,
To think that he was not more discerning.
To think that a barlolor free and bright,
And shy of those* as we found him,
Phould there at the altar, at dead of night,
Be caoght ia the snare that bound him.
Few and thort were the words we said, -
Though of wine and cake partaking.
We escorted him home from the scene of dread,
While his knees were awfuUy thaking
Slowly and sadly we marched him down
From the first to the lowei most story;
And we never hare heard or seen the poor man
Wh~m we left alone in hi* glory.
A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM.
BY T. S. ARTHUR.
Two children were playing on a lawn
in front of a white cottage. Around the
porch and windows climbed roses and
honeysuckles. Smooth walks, bordered
with flowers, ran through the lawn ; and
everything about the cottage and grounds
liad an air of taste and comfort.
A little way off, and across the road,
stood another cottage ; but very diiferent
in appearance- Tho lawn in front was
overgrown with weeds, and the walks with
cc.aT.iC grass. The fence that enclosed
the lawn was broken in many pla.es, and
the gate, held only by the lower hinge,
stood half opon and awry. No roses or
vines hung their green and crimson cur
tains about the window, or clambered up
the porch. The cottage had once been
white, white as that before which the
children p'ay ;d; but now it was dingy
and soiled, an l looked forlorn and com
fortless.
There was ns much difference in the
appearance of the children as in the two
cottages. One was neatly and cleanly
dressed, and had a happy face, ihe
clothes of the other were poor and soiled,
■and his face had a sober look. One play
ed with a hearty enjoyment, laughing ami
shouting at times; the other in a quiet
and subdued way.
Why this difference between tho two
cottages and the two childreu? When
just built, the cottages and grounds were
alike in size and beauty, an 1 they that
■dwelt in them alike happy.
It is sorrowful to give the reason. You
■will know it soon.
" Jim, isn't that your father?" asked
the well-dressed boy, as a man appeared
corning down tho road a little way off.
Jim started iu a half-seared minuer,
and turned towards the road. He stood
very still for a moment or two, looking at
the man, and then with a face now red
and now very pale, shrank away and laid
himself close down upon the grass uuder
some currant bushes, say ing as he did so,
in a choking voice,
" Don't, b'reddy, please, tell him 1 ui
!he Te "
Light and joy went out of Freddy's face
also, lie understood too well what all
this mcaut.
Staggeaing down tho road came Mr.
Ilarwood, Jim's father. What a sad sight
it was. As ho drew nearer, and Freddy
Wilson, hbld to the spot where he was
stauding as if bound there by a spell, sav
•his red and swollen face, and liea. d him
muttering and swearing to himself, he
shuddered with a feeling of horror.
As Mr. Haiwood was passing the gato
ho saw Freddy and stopped. I'reddy be
gan to tremble. Ilis first thought was to
run back to the house ; but he was a brave
little boy, and it went against his fool ings
to run away from anything. So he did
not move.
" Is my boy Jim hero ?" asked Mr.
Ilarwood, in an angry voice. Some men
•when drunk are always .ill-natured and
cruel, and Jim,s father was one of these.
Seeing Freddy, and knowing that tho two
boys played mueh together, he naturally
thought of his own son.
Freddy did not answer. He could not
tell a lie, and so he said nothing.
'< Bid you hear me ?" growlod Mr.
■llarwood, more angrily.
Still Freddy looked at him and said
■nothing. He knew that if Jims father
found him there, ho would kick aud cuff
jhim ail the way home. Not that Jim
Was in any fault, or had disobeyed his
father ; but Mr. Ilarwood, as I have said,
was full of anger and oruolty when drunk,
and took a savage pleasure in abusing his
little boy.
Freddy began to leel braver now, be
cause he wished to save Jim from harm.
This is usually the way. The moment
wre forget ourselves, when in danger, and
bee one anxious about others, tear leaves
and is-c grow calm and brave.
There was a bolt on the inside of the
gate near which Freddy was standing.—
With a stealthy motion, not seen by the
drunken man, he slipped this bolt and
■fastened the gate. It was not done an
iustaut too soon, for Mr. Ilarwood, grow
ing furious, made a dish towards ihe boy,
aud tried to get at him through the pate.
"You young dog!" he cried, *'lll
teach you manners ! Why don tyou an
swer ms? Where's Jim?
Mr. Harwood rattled the cafe violently,
and tiied, with his unsteady hands, to find
the bolt on the inside. But his efforts
were in vain. Ho could not reach the
littiu follow, who stood close up to him
with a brave but sorrowful face.
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
" You'd better go home, sir. I'll tell
my father of this." There was" a manly
firmness in the ait; of Freddy, and a re
buking tone in his voice, that had their
effect upon the drunken man.
" Who cares for your father? I dou't 1"
ho replied, moving back a step or two
from the gate, muttering and swearing.
" But I say, youngster!" and he came
toward Freddy again, with a scowling look
on his swollen and disfigured face. "Just
answer me one thing. Say yes or no. Is
that young scamp of mine here?"
" 1 don't know ail}' young scamp of
yours, Mr. Ilarwood," replied Freddy.
"You don't, hey! Now that's cool
for a model young gentleman like Master
Wilson. Don't know my Jim
" I know your Jim very well," said
Freddy. " But hc'sfi good little boy and
not a young scamp; and I don't think
you are a kind father to call hiui such an
ugly name.
This rebuke was felt by Mr. Ilarwood,
drunk as he was. lie could not stand
Freddy's cloar eyes and steady look.—
Then away dowu in his heart, almost oovi
ered up and lost, was an old feeling of
fatliorly pride, and this stirred at the
words of praise spoken about Jim. " A
good little boy."
The anger went out of Mr. Harwood's
face.
" lie was a good little boy onco," said
he, with something so like tenderness in
his voice that Jim, who was lying close
by, hidden uuder the currant bushes, Li
stening to every word, sobbed out aloud.
" What's that ?" asked Mr. Ilarwood,
leaning forward and looking toward the
currant bushes.
But the sound was hushed in a mo
ment. Jim had choked down his feoU
ings.
" lie's a good little boy now," said
Freddy, speaking in a very firm voice,
and not seeming to hear the sob, or the
question of Jim's father. " A good little
boy," he repeated; an l added, to make
his assertion stronger," There isn't a bet
ter one anywhere about here, if lus father
does beat him aoout, and let him go rag
ged when he ought to have good clothes
like the ro-t of us."
Mr. Ilarwool didn't stop'to heir any
thing fatther, but turned from the gate
toward the poor cottage acfj-is the road,
walking more steadily than lie had done
a short time before. Then Freddy went
behind the currant buihes where Jinr
j still lay on the ground.
'• lie's gone," said Freddy.
The pent up grief of Jim's sid heart
could be restrained no longer, lie burst
out into a wild fit ol cryiugg, that contin
ued for several minutes. Freddy said all
that he could to ooinfort his liftlc friend ;
and wheu lie had grown calm, asked with
the soberness of one who felt in earnest, i
" Can't something be done, Jim?"
JLin shook his head in a hopeless way.
■' Something ought to bo done ! I'm
sure something could be done if we just
knew what it was. Oh ! isn't drinking
an awful thing !"
'• It's the worst thing in the world."
said Jim, and it's no wonder he thought
so. " When father is sober," ho went
on, " he's just as kiud as ho can be : but
when he's drunk—o dear ! it's dreadful
to think of !
" l)oos he got drunk very often ?" asked
Freddy.
" Now lie does, lie's drunk 'most all
the time. Bat it wasn't so always. Oh
dear!" And Jim's tears ran over his
again. "Ho used to be BO good
to us," he sobbed, "and take us out with
him sometimes, and buy us nice things.
Ho never does it now. 'Most all tho
money he gets is spout at the tavern.—
Hut I must run home. Mother is sick,
and father is so cro-s when lie's been
drinking; and she's weak and can't bear
it"
Jim got up from behind the currant
bushes and walked toward tho gate.
" Aren't you afraid he'll beat you ?
lie was iu a dreadtul-rago at you about
something just now," said Freddy.
" May be he will and may be he won't,"
answered Jim. " But 1 musn't stop to
thiuk of that. Mother is sick ani weak,
and father will be so cross to her." And
he started off and passed through the
gate.
Freddy, retnembariug liow his defense
and praise of Jim tiad cooled Mr. Har
wood's anger, said to himself, "May be
1 can do some good," and started after
his littlo Iricud, resolved tD face tho
drunkeu mau again in tho hope of turn
ing away his wrath.
Tho two lads entered Jim's poor home
together, and stood face to f'aoe with Mr.
ilarwood.
" O father !" exclaimed Jim, as he saw,
with glad surprise, a look of almost ten
der pity ou his father's countenance ; and
as he spoke, he sprang forward and caught
his baud, clinging to it tightly.
This was too mueh for Mr. Ilarwood,
who was dot yet sober enough to control
his feeling.-, and he turned away with a
choking s'.'b, trying to draw his hand out
of Jim's; bJt the boy would not let g«
his hold. And now Freddy spoke out in
beha'f of his little friend, "*
" Jitn'e a good boy, Mr. Ilarwood. I
know all the boys around here, and there
isn't one of them better than Jim.—
Father says so too ; and lets me have
liim over at our house whenever I please."
% Who said ho wasn't a good boy?"
au-wered Mr. Ilarwood, turning
upon Freddy with a h ilf angry manner.
"I'd just like to hear auyliody speak
against him, I would !"
Au-l ho sat down, drawing Jim between
his knS.'s as he spoke.
A pale, thiu, halt-frightened woman,
Jim's m I'.hor, now came in from the next
room, wondering what all this could mean.
Her eager eyes ran hurriedly from face to
face.
" Don't LJ stared, Ellen," said Mr.
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A. LINCOLN
BUTLER, ISUTLEII COUNTY, PENN A, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 18G7-
Harwood, kindly. "There isn't anything
wrong. I'm only having a little talk
with these boys."
He was almost sober now; excitament
of feeling had cleared his stupid brain.
Looking frim one to the other of the lads,
he could not help noticing the painful
contrast; one so clean and well dressed,
the other soiled and ragged.
He knit his brows closely, and sat very
still, like one arguing with himself.
" I'll tell you what it is. mother,"
and lie turned toward Mrs. Harwood,"l'm
not going t« have Jim running about
looking like a beggar's child, lie's just
as good as any of the boys around here,
and I'll not have him ashamed to be seen
with the best of them."
Jim covered his face with his hands,
but could not hide tlia tears of joy that
came trickling through his fingers. His
father saw them. Laying dis hand on
tho boy's head, he made this promise,
speaking in a solemn voice.
" I will drink nothing stronger than
tea or coffee while I live, God being my
nelper!"
" Oh, thank God!" almost wildly ex
claimed Jim's mother, dropping upon
her knees aud clasping hei husband's
neck. " Oh, thanks be to God !" she re
peated. "He will be your helper. In
him is all compassion and all strength ;
but without him our poor resolves are as
llax in the fire."
Freddy stood looking on for a little
while, greatly moved by what was pass
ing ; then he walked quietly to the door v
and was going out, when Mr. Ilarwood
called to him, saying,
" Just one word before you go. I'm
sorry to say it; but it's iu my thought
now, and I feel it had better come out.
May be I wouldn't say it another time."
Freddy stopped and turned toward Mr.
Harwood.
" I'm sorry to say it, Freddy, I am, for
yur'c a nice boy and have always been
good to Jim. But you'll thank mo for
it, may be, one of these days."
Tlrerc was something in Mr. Harwood's
manner that sent a feeling of alarm to
Freddy's heart. He stood still, waiting,
every pulse beat sounding in his ears.
'• May be your father's head is stronger
than miuc was five years ago," said Mr.
Ifarwjod, " but I've scon him at the
lil.ick Horse too often of late, going on
just as I began. It isn't sale, Freddy!
It isn't safe ! And 1 don't like to see him
there. Look at what I've come to! Hut
there was a time when I could hold my
head as high as Mr. Wilson or anybody
elso in the neighborhood."
Freddy waited to hoar no more It
seemed as if night had fallen suddenly
ou his young spirit, aud as if the, air
would suffocate him. lie turned and ran
wildly away, such a weight ou, and such
a pain in his heart that it seemed as if he
would die.
"Mr. Wilson was coming along tho road,
and near his Own gate when he saw Fred
dy hurrying across from Mr. Hsrwood's
cottage, his face white as a sheet and
strongly agitated.
"My son ! V\ hat ails you 1" ho cried,
in alarm.
" O father!" Tt was all Freddy could
say, as ho stopped before him aud looked
up with a strauge, sad, grieving expres
sion on his countenance.
" I don't believe it!" he cried, after a
few moments, bursting into tears and hid
ing his wet face in his father's hands.—
" It's all a lie < 112 Mr. Harwood's !"
" Don't believe what ?" asked Mr.
Wilson, wondering at all this. " A lie
of Mr. Harwoood's! What has that
drunken wretch dared to say ?" His
voice changed to an angry tone.
•' I can't toll you, father. It would
choke mo. But it's all a lie. Oh, I
wish I hadn't said anything about it!—
But 1 so miserable, and you came
right on me."
Mr. Wilson led Freddy withiu the gate
to a seat under one of the trees.
" Now, my son," he said, in a kind,
firm voice, "tell mo just what Mr. Ilar
wood said."
Freddy then related all about tho druk
ken man coming to the gate, and what
had occurred there ; and all that lie saw
and heard when ho went home with Jin),
even to the warning words of Mr. Ilar
wood.
A* Freddy camo to this last part, Mr.
Wilson tlirnod his face so far away that
his son could not sec it; but Freddy felt
his father's arm that was around him
drawn more tightly. At least a minute
passed iu -lead silence. Then Mr. Wil
son laid his lips closely and with a long
pressure on Freddy's forehead.
(' 1 will talk with Mr. Ilarwood about
this,"he said, .in subdued tones, as they
arose and went toward the house. "Poor
man ! he was nearly lost. But there is
one more chance to save him." ,
And he was saved. Mr. Wilson went
to sec him that very day. Their inter
view was affecting to byth, aud good for
both. The warning sentences had not
come a moment too soon, and Mr. Wil
son felt this so deeply that ho could not
be angry With his poor friend. No one
ever saw either of them at. the Black
Horso after that; nor did they ever again
permit tha cup of eonfusiou to come nigh
their lips.
WHITEWASHING FRUIT AND OR.NAMINTAI,,
THESS- —An old farmer, in tho Gcrmaiituwn
Tchorafh, saj»; The practice of coajing
the bark of fruit and ornaineutal trees with
white wash, is one taht cannot ho too freely
deprecated. The obstruction of the pewpi
rat iry organs aid orifices, whether effected
by the application of whitewash or any
other adhesive material, always acts as a
fruitful source of disease, nod in time
proves fatal t.i the tree. When the bark
becomes rough, or incrusted with moss, it
should be eleaned by scraping and washing
down thoroughly with a solution of soft
soap or soda water, affording smothness to
the surface witout obitructioa to the pores.
THE KENTUCKY MEMBERS,
In reference to the Election Commit*
tee of the credentials of the Kentucky
representatives, the House acted with
common sense. Mr. Bingham said that
when a person offers credentials under
ths great seal af a State he is entitled to
admission uules a specific objection were
made. Mr. Boutwell took substantially
the same ground, and the House ordered
the reference, except in the case of one
representative who had served in the
National army.
Ot Mr James Brooks's eulogy of the
loyalty of Kentuoky it is enough to say,
that if every other State had been loyal
in the same way the rebellion would have
unquestionably succeeded. And it is for
that reason especially that when any man
presents himself as a representative from
Kentucky, and objection is made upon
the ground of disloyalty, there should be
the most careful inquiry into the facts.
There is indeed a presumption against
the loyalty of every man who is elected
by a great Democratio majority in Ken
tucky ; aud the presuinptiou is based
upon the fact that Kentucky contributed
about as many of her voting class to the
rebel army as to ours, and that the rebel
sympathizers and soldiers were of the
Democratic .party. Moreover, the gen
eral character of the candidates chosen
by that party at the last election is noto
rious, They were not selected for fidelity
to the Union. They were intentionally
taken from among those who if not open
rebels were acceptable to those who wore.
It was in Kentucky as it is in Tennessee.
Tho open, known, conspicuous, devoted
friends of the Union, supporters of tho
war aud Congress during and since the
war, are upon one side; the opponents
of the war, tho known rebels and their
supporters, those who deny that slavery
is abolished, and who openly honor tho
rebel chiefs and scoff at President Lin
coln, are upon the other side, and that
tho Democratic. Facts in themselves
unimportant like tho last become, taken
with others, of the utmost significance.
Congress would be lacking in the com
mon setjpc which every capable man
shows iu the conduct of his private affairs
if in the present situation of the country
it did not receive every representative
from such a constituency with suspicion.
If there were no objection urged from
the State itself it would not bo indeed
wise to act upon a presumption; but if
there were distinct charges thov should
be most rigorously examined.— Harper's
It\chhy.
MODERN DICTIONARY.
Wate) —a clear fluid, once used as a
drink.
Honesty —an excellent joke.
Rural Felicity —potatoes anil turnips.
Tongue —a little horse that is contin
ually running away.
Dentist —one who finds work for his
own teeth by taking out those of other
people.
My Dent —an expression used by man
and wile at the commencement of a quan
rel.
Policeman —a man employed to sleep
iu the opnn air.
Bargain —a ludicrous transaction, in
which either party thinks ho oheated the
other.
Docto i —a man who kills you to-day to
save you from dying to morrow.
Author—a dealer iu words, who often
gets paid in his own coin.
Friend —a person who will not assist
you because he knows your love will cx.«
cusc him.
E</itoi —a poor wretch who empties
his brain in order to fill his stomach.
Wealth —tho most respectablo quality
of men.
Bonnet —tho female head-dress for the
front :;eats of the opera.
Esquire —everybody, yet nobody; equal
to a captain.
Jury —twelvo prisoners in a box to try
one more at the bar.
ftitate's Evidence —a wretch who is par
doned for being baser than his comrades.
J'uljlic Attune —tho mud with which ev
ery traveler is spattered on tho road to
destruction.
Modesty —a beautiful flower lliat flour'
ishes in secret places.
Lawyer —a learned gentleman who res
cues your estate from your enemy and
keeps it himself.
ThJGraer —an ugly holo in the ground
which' lovers and poets wish they were
in, but take uncommon means to keep
out of.
Money —the god of the nineteenth cen
tury.
SALT YOUR CHIMNEYS. —In buil
ding your chimney, put ft quantity
of salt into the mortar with which
tho intercourses of brick are to be
Jaid, the effect will be that there never
will be any accumulation of soot in
that chimney. The philosophy is thus
stated: The salt in the portion of
mortar which is exposed, absorbs
moisture every damp day. The soot
thus becoming uamp falls down the
fireplace. Our readers should remem
ber or preserve this li.tle piece of in
formation,
—Two men in Davenport, lowa, claim the
samo woman as their lawful wife. They
have gune to law about it, and the Judge is
puzzled as tow hich man to assign her to.
The woman herself don't care particularly
which of the two wins—she's sure of having
one no in atter how the case is decided.
SCRATCHES HORSES. —Ashes of corn
cobs mixed with lard, and applied to the
affected part, is laidto be a sure cure.
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON,
No recent event is more striking to
those who arc familiar with the history
of the last thirty-five years than the ban
quet to Mr. Uarrisou in London. It is
net often that wo see the general verdict
upon a man so wholly reversed iu his
lifetime as in this lostauce] Within less
than ten years Mr. Garrison was goneral
ly regarded as a fanatic and incendiary,
who was seeking a hopeless result by
methods sure to ruin his country. It is
now perfectly plain that his view of the
situation was in the main entirely cor
rect ; that slavery was in its nature ag
gressive, and would destroy liberty upon
this continent if it were not itself over
thrown. II is method was determined by
bis faith and character. A man of peace,
be sought results by reason, aud aimed
to divide the Union in order to save it.
Believing the Constitution constrained
the wholo country, by returning fugitive
slaves, to connive at tho perpetuity of
the most monstrous crime against human
nature, be denounced it as a Covenant
with Death, and declared that it must
be changed or repudiated. The nation
has tound that tho Constitution was
pleaded as the great authority of slavery
and rebellion, and has cleansed it as Mr.
Garrison desired.
The long aud incessant contest which
ho waged is tho really vital chapter of
our later war. His agency in the great
revolution, is often, indeed, indignantly
questioned No one man, we are told, is
to be credited with the glorious work of
national emancipation l'roui the horrible
despotism of the slave power. In a cer
tain sense that is plainly true. So Luther
alone did not establish Protestantism.
James Otis, Patrick Henry, and Sam
Adams aloue did not make tho Ilevolus
tion. But tho relation of Luther to
Protestantism, and of Otis and Adams to
tho Revolution, is not more conspicuous
than that of Mr. Garrison to Emancipa
tion in the United States. Tho moral
force which inspires a great reform, the
unquailing tenacity which drives it for
ward, reside in smaller or larger masses
of men ; but among them are the few
who are the historical types of that moral
inspiration and that heroic persistence.
Mr. Garrison reliol forth* at ti slavery
reform upon the moral element. Hut
how many of tho party leaders, when
slavery had become a distinct political
issue, perpetually strove to elimiuate that
consideration, and to regard it as a wholly
political or economical puestion. The
logic of Mr. Garrison's position was very
troublesome. " If," it said, " slavery is
so hideous a wrong, is it not as bad in
South Cardiua as it would be in Kan
sas V
" Yes," was the answer; " but we have
no authority over it in South Carolina;
the Constitution protects it there."
" Very, well," replied tho Garrisonian
logic. "If the Constitution protects a
moral cancer which is sapping tho chars
actcr of tho country, strengthening itself
and reducing our power of resistance,
what must be the inevitable result ?"
Oh, we'll him it iti Ly free territory."
But it will not yield without a blow,
and every day wo are morally weaker.
It will chooso its own time to strike."
" Oh ! guess not."
The guessing uot did not prevent the
shot at the Star of the West ; and the
natural fruit of guessing not was the stu
pefaction of incredulity that followed.—
Thank Heaven that vanished, like a
thick, smouldering smoke suddenly flash
ing into a flamo ! but the long and tre
mendous struggle that followed only show
ed how deep and radical the power of
slavery had become.
Tho war ended, and at the age of sixty
Mr. Garni on saw the great work of his
life accomplished. Quietly withdrawing
from tho society over which he had so
long presided, ho knew that the work
which remained was the work of one of
the great political parties in the country,
and not of a special association. Yet he
emerged from the contest as poor as he
went into it, aud in retirement and ill
health cheerfully devoted himself to work.
But certain gentlemen who appreciated
the devotion of his life to au object which
must be au endless benefit to tho country,
resolved to save bis 'later years from care,
aud a subscription has been begun, in
tended only to reach the modest sum of
fifth thousand dollars. Thirty thousand
of it wero prcsentod to Mr. Garrison upon
the steamer when be lately sailed from
Boston, and we sincerely hope the rest
will await him upon bis return. Mean
while in England John Bright presides
at the banquet in his honor, and the Duke
of Argyle aud Earl ltuasell lend their
honoriug voices. We aro sorry that Mr.
Adams, in the reserved aud cautious let
ter which he is reported to have sent, did
not represent his country. He has been
so long away, however, that he may be
pardoned for not fully comprehending
the marvelous change." of the tiuie. Sla
very is abolished ; tho Constitution for
bids it; tho slaves are citizens, and will
soon be voters. They will honor many
names among their white fellows. But
the two which will pass into the fond and
pious tradition of their race will be the
names of Abraham Lincoln and William
Lloyd Garrison.— Harper's Weekly.
AITLIC ATIO.V FOR PROCESS. —ln the Su
preme Court at Harrishurg, Pcnmt, Attor
ney General l!row*ter has applied for a pro
cess against the Gettysburg Asylum for in
valid Soldier", to prohibit the scheme of
lotteries of gifts established by that corpo
ration
—Two hours reading of a good new»pape r
is as profitable as six hours work out o'
twelve. The farmer and the pruduce dealer
equally sdould understand tho markets.
Sometimes to know a thing is the same as
to earn SIOO.
RECONSTRUCTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12, 1807.
In reply to a resolution of the Ud inst.,
calling for copies of all instructions, or
ders and correspondence relating to or
connected with the execution and admin
istration of the act entitled " An get to
provide for the more efficient government
of the rebel States," and the act supple
mentary thereto, the Secretary of War
today sent to the House n mass of papers
containing the information required. It
appears that on the 22d of May a circular
was transmitted to the several district
commanders, signed by Secretary Stan
ton, and addressed to General Grant.
It is as follows :
CIRCULAR OK INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
MILITARY COMMANDERS.
General: Recent occurrences in some
of the Military District* indicate a neces
sity of great vigilance on the part of Mil
iary Commanders, to be prepared for the
prevention and prompt suppression of
riots and breaches of the public peace,
especially in towns and cities ; and they
should have their forces on hand and
posted on all occasions when disturbances
may bo apprchcuded as to promptly
check and, if possible, to prevent out*
breaks and violcuce, cudangering public
or individual safety. You will therefore
call the attention of commanders of Mili
tary Districts, as directed, to this subject,
and they aro requested to issue such pre
cautionary orders as may bo found neces
sary for the purpose indicated.
General Grant's indorsement on this
order is as follows :
The above conveys all the instructions
deemed necessary, and will bo acted on
by district commauders making special
reports ol precautionary orders issued by
them, to prevent the recurrence of mobs
or other uulawful violence.
The papers embrace a large amount of
correspondence, orders, etc., most of
which have already bteu published. We
give such of them as have not yet met
the public eye :
(JEN. GRANT TO OEN. SHERIDAN, JUNE 7.
General: I sec a dispatch from Wash
ington announcing that the Secretary of
War and myself favor a reprimand of
your action in removing the Governor of
Louisiana. I was not even in the city
at the time. There is not one word of
truth in the story.
[Signed] (J. S. GRANT, Genetal.
(JEN. SHERIDAN TO OEN. (IRANT, JUNE 8.
Gov. Flanders assumed tho duties of
office to-day. 110 is a man of integrity
and ability, and I now feel as though I
were relieved of half my duties. As it
has been hcietofora there was no security,
and I teel, as the people of the whole
State feel, that we have got rid of an un
principled Governor and a sot of disrep
utable triksters, which he had about hiin.
Nothing will answer here but a bold and
strong course, and in taking it I am Bup
ported unanimously by every class and
party.
[Signed] P. 11. SHERIDAN,
Major General.
OEN. SHERIDAN TO OEN. OR A NT, JULY 7.
The result of Mr. Stanbery's opinion
is now beginning to show itself by a de
fiant opposition to all acts of the military
commanders, by impeding and rendering
helpless the civil officers acting under his
appointment. For instance : Tho Mayor
of tnis city notifies me that one and a
quarter million of illegal scrip has been
issued by the Comptroller of tho Treas
ury. The Common Couocil refuses to
investigate to ascertain the facts. Tho
City Attorney refuses to sue out an in
junction to stop the issud. t fear the
change which the opinion will make if
carried out. is but little understood.—
Every civil officer in this State Will ad
minister justice according to his own
view. Many of them, denouncing the
militiry bill as unconstitutional, will
throw every impediment iu the way of
its execution, and they may go to worse
unless the embarrassing condition of af
fairs is settled by permitting me togo on
in my past course, which was indorsed
by all tho people except those disfran
chised, most of whom aro office holders
or desire to be such.
[Signei] P 11. SHELIDAN,
Major Gencaal.
GEN. SHERIDAN TO OEN. GRANT, JUNE 28.
I am in receipt of a communication
from the Adjutant General's Department,
dated 20th of June, in reference to regis
tration. lamat a loss to know whether
it in an order or not. The fofm and
phraseology is not that of au order, but 1
may be mistaken, and ask for informa
tion whether I am to regard it as an or
der.
[Signed] P. 11. SHERIDAN,
Major General.
GEN. GRANT TO GEN. SHERIDAN, JUNK 28.
Your dispatch of yesterday received.
Enforce your construction of the military
bill until ordered to do otherwise. The
opinion of the Attorney General has not
been distributed to district commanders
in language or minncr entitling it to tho
force of an order, nor can I suppose that
the President iniendcd it to.have such
force.
[Signed] U. S. GRANT, General.
GEN. GRANT TO GEN. BHBRIDAN, JUNE 29.
I think it advisable for yon to extend
the time for registration ia Louisiana
until the 10th of July throughout the
State. The President will have returned
before that, and decide as to the further
| extension.
[Signed] U. 3* GRANT, General.
1 OEN. SHERIDAN TO GEN. GRANT, JUNE 29.
i The registration in the State of Louisi
ana will be continued in obedience to the
I orders of the President, unless I receive
NUMBER 3l
further orders from him to the contrary.
[Ssgned] P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major General.
GEN. BIIERIHAN TO GEN. GRANT, JULY 2.
I did not get your dispatch of June
29th uutil to-day. It was mislaid in tho
Washington office, I had already or*
dered the extension in the State, except
the parish of Orleans, until tho 15th <jt
Jlily ; and after recoipt of your letter of
the 24th, the extension was made in
definite. The boards have now nothing
to do in this city, and in most of tho
parishes. :
[Signed} P. 11. SHKRIDAN,
Major Genera).
MAXIMILIAN.
The French and Austrian empire in
Mexico has come to tho end which was
inevitable from the morning at Appomat
tox Couit House. Louis Napoleon's sub
lime design of advancing the fortunes of
tho Latin race was wholly contingent
upon the cvont of our war, which he had
eutirely miscalculated. Secretary Sew
ard had wisely left the question simple.
Without' threatening ho had been firm 1 ,
and Louis Napoleon knew perfectly well
that the Secretary's politeness meant
merely that if we remained a natioa
France must leave this continent. Mr.
Seward bowed Louis Napoleon out of
Mexico, and his majesty departed with
the loftiest phrases upou his tongue and
the finest air of condescension. lie told
Maximilian to follow him. But tho
young man, however deluded he may
have been by ambition, by tho represent
tations of Louis Napoleon, aud by tho
urgency of his fathcr>iri-law, King Leo
pold of Belgium, who was, we imagine,
the ono who originated tho iiiiporial oou-,
spiracy against Mexico, had a certain
feeling of what he doubtless con
sidered honor, which compelled him-to
remain true to the fortunes of those who
had summoned hirn to Mexico until they
were wholly ruined.
Ruined they- now aro, and finally.—
The young Austrian prin Co who, person*
ally, seems to have been an amiable and
mild man, has been put to death. The
event, after tho many intercessions in his
favor, was unexpected, but it is not snr-»
prising ; and in his grave is buried the
last attempt of any European Power to
meddle with arms in the politics ot this
continent. We say tho event is not sur
prising. It could not havo been so to
xMaximilian himself unless ho wore alto*
gether less intelligent than hiß frionds
represent him. It is impossible that ho
should not have known that any man Who
undertakes to lead a party in another
country during a civil war, and who ds*
pends for snccess upon tho arms of still
another power, if his party is defeated,
and if he falls into the hands of the vie
tors, has less mercy to expect than a na
tive leader might receive. But if, be
sides being a foreigner, ho has ordered
tho summary execution of his adversa
ries taken in arms, his chances aro muoh
less. And if the country in which ho
tempts all tho risks is mexico, he has no
right to expect that if he fights to the
last against reason and against hope, be
will escapo the doom which he has
awarded to others. When, .therefore,
Maximilian refused to withdraw with the
French wo havo doubt that ho fully
counted the cost and anticipated his fate.
Yet, none the less do we regret it.—•
However natural, however agreeable to
preoedent such a punishment may J>o, it
weakens a country to inflict it. Monkind
discriminate, and, we think, justly, be
tween the deliberato murder of one man,
for inntanc?, and a battle in which many
men are ki'Jed, with a general political
intention, but without individual,malice,
by those who take the risk of being
killed in turn. So,also, it distinguishes,
between Bachja foray as that of Fc->
niau.i into Canada, aud participation bv
a foreigner in a civil war already engaged
as it was in Mexico. Wo do not.think
it would have been wUo to hang Jeffer
9on Davis ; and lor the same reason, if
the English Prince Alfred fiad f/ccn
elected the chief of the rebellion, and
had beeu supported by French arms, and
bad fallen into our victorious hands as
Davis did, we should not havo advised
his execution. Despicable obscurity
Wmpts no man, but a death which seems
heroiq and illustrious invests th'e act
which caused it with immense attraction.
The fate of Jeffeigon Davis will make no
Americah a Rsbel; that of Robert Em?
met has made thousands of Irishmen
Fenians.
The Republican au'horities of Mexico
have judged differently, and their prob
able reasons must not be forgotten.—
They undoubtedly thought that if under
any pretense whatever Maximilian es
caped, the conclusion in Europe would
have been, either that the Mexicans did
not dare to harme a Prince, or that an
other might be more fortunate. But to
shoot an Austrian Archduke after a court*
martial like the commonest deserter would
be a result about which there could b«
no sophistication. We must suppose
also, that, among the ignorant and naif
birbarous population of the country, there
was a clamor for the Prince's execution
which would have questioned the loyalty
of the authorities had they used it.
So the Prince was shot. He was only
thirty-five years old, amiable, accomplish
ed, and his wife insane from the horrors
of his position. Yet, while we pity him,
let us also pity his victims— pity tho
other amiable and accomplished young
men, who. but for him, would be living
to-day. We will not judpe him harshly.
He has paid the penalty of his offenses,
whatever they were. But when Thiers
or Jules Favres again arraign Louis Na
poleon, what a thunder-bolt in their
hands the fate of Maximilian will be 1
—Harper' « Weekly.