fflrletted rortrm:
OUR COUNTRY.
BY REV. DR. BETIMES
I=
Maine Prom her farthest border, gives the first exul
ting shout.
And from New Hampshire's granite heights the
echoing peals ring out; •
The mountain farms of staunch Vermont prolong
the thundering call ;
Massachusetts answers: Bunker RIB watch
word for us all.
Rhode Island shakes her sea wet locks, acclaiming
•
with the free, •
♦nd staid Connecticut breaks forth In sacred har
mony.
The giant joy of proud New York, loud as an earth
quake's roar.
Is heard from Hudson's crowded banks to Brie',
crowded shore;
Now Jersey, hallowed by their blood, who diet in
battle fell.
•t Monmouth's Princeton's Trenton's light, joins In
the rapturous swell.
Wide Pennsylvania, strong as wide, and true as she
Is strong.
From every. hill to valley, pours Um torrent tide a•
long.
Stand up. stout little Delaware, and bid thy volleys
roll.
Though least the among the Old Thirteen, we Judge
thee by the scul I
Hark to the voice of Maryland l over the broad Mesa-
peaks.
Her sons, as valiant 118 their sires, In catinonadings
speak.
Virginia, nurso of Washington, and guardian of his
•
grave,
Now to thine ancient glories turn the faithful and
the brave;
We need not hear the bursting cheer this holy day
inspires,
To know that In Columbia's eauso " Virginia never
lESI
Fresh as the evergreen that waves above ho sunny
Doll,
And Cho land of Sumter, Marlon, Moultrie, Plck
ney must
Respond the cry, or it will rise e'en from their sleep
leg dust,
And Georgia, by the dead who lie along Savannah's
bluff,
Full well we love thee, but we ne'er can lova thee
well 'enough ;
From thy noiihern boUndary, to thy green
Isles of the sea,
Where heat on rarth more gallant hearts than now
throb high in thee}
On, on, cross Alabama's plains, the ever.llowlng
glades,
To where the Mispssippl's flood the turbid Gulf in.
' vades ;
There, borne ft many a mighty stream upon her
i
mightier
. de,
Came down tb /swelling long Maxim from all that
. valley wide,
As wood-crowned Allegheny'. call, from all her sum
mite high.'.
Reverberates among the rocks that pierce the sunset
sky,
While on the shores and through the swales, round
the vast Inland seas.
The Stars and Stripes, mi let freemen's songs, are
'flashing to the breeze.
The woodsman, from the mother, takes his boy upon
his knee,
To tell him how their fathers fought and bled for
liberty ;
The lonely hunter sits him down the forOst spring
beside,
To think upon his country's worth, and feel big
couotry'li pride;
While many a foreign accent, which our God can
understand,
Is blessing Him for home and bread in this free for
MEM
Ten; when upon the Eastern coact we sink to happy
re
The doy of Independence rolls still onward to the
%refit.
Till dies on the Pacific shore the shout ofjubiloo,
That woke the morning with its voice along the
Atlantic sea.
0 Ood 1 look down upon the laud which thou halt
loved so well,
♦nd grant that in unbroken truth her children still
may dwell ;
Nor while the grass grown on the hill, and streams
flow tLrough t .a sale,
May they forget their fathers' faith, Or irt their cove-
naut tall I
God keep the' fairest, noblest, laud that Ilea be-
rl==lll
"Our country, our whole country, and our country
MITES
,11iorellantiaino.
ALMOST MARRIED.
There she sat, gently tapping, tapping
upon the carpet with her tiny slippered
foot, the soft fold of the richly embroi
dered dress falling in careless negligence
about the small, perfect form ; the deep
blue eyes gazing seemingly into the fair
mysterious future, while a smile, like unto
a May sunbeam, stole softly over the ripe
lips. It was Millie Ashley—litt e, bright
eyed, beautiful Millie—the belle of the
village, the pet aneidol of her acquaint.
ances, and the only daughter of the
wealthy and distinguished lawyer, James
Ashley, whose superiority was acknowl
edged and whose word was law.
" So I find you in your usual happy
mood this morning—always a smile on
your lip, surprise you often as I may."
And the cheery tones of Ida Bronson
echoed, bird-like, through the room,
while flitting to the side of her friend she
imprinted upon the rosy cheek the sweet
confiding kiss of girlish friendship. Then
throwing herself into the large easy chair
beside her, she commenced chatting free
ly upon the events of the day.
" And oh, Millie 1" she exclaimed,
"do you know:Will Curtis has enlisted,
and never so much as asked leave or li
cense of any of one of us ? - it's too bad.
I hope nothing will happen.to him, such
a tall,•handsome fellow, as ho is; ju:sit a
good mark for those rebel sharpshooters. ,
Had I known it in time, I should have
entered my most solemn protest against
any such Lit grding. But not a , word
did he s'ayllWny" one. The fever came
on him, and off he went and entered his
name among the list of volunteers, He,
wasn't very ambitious, though ; never
tried for any position, and when Mr. Bas
com and a number of other celebritcs of
the town offered to intercede for him, he
said no; ho had no desire for promotion
until he had earned it, that his only am
bition was to shoulder a musket and fight
with the boys in the defence of the glori•
pus ava and Stripes: They all call him
a noble fellow, though, and Mr Bascom
said if tbere wore a few more Generals
pith the same spirit ; Secession would
soon_ cry peccavi. But for my part, Mil.
lie, I can't look at things in that light
I woubl. sooner a thousand , times see him
iflith a pair of glistening shoulder-straps
"and a handsome uniform, steppingaround
-giving, orders,Avith ail . the consequetice
pf a Brigadier General, than worming his
way along among those common soldiers;.
Ii Is r fellow that Would be looked , up.
to a good deal as an officer, but, of course,
o one notices a private ; litit . lirivq/ r'
hat not,l hope he won't: get a el
' t'll' through his good honest he ; • But,
ft‘;tx 'mercy sake, Millie, yfiat; • the mat:
„,,,,,.,,YO4 are as Talc - as 400. 1" - ,
VOL. 63.
A. K. RHEEM. Editor & Propr
" Nothing. It's nothing at all, Ida,
only this war is such a horrid affair. I
wish it was well over. People are get
ting to use to accounts of carnage and
bloodshed, that they can talk of the'death
of a soldier, as you did just now, uncon •
earned!) , as they would speak of cutting
down a tree or shrub. It is horrible.
" And little Millie Ashley is more sen •
sitive'on that, subject just now, than ev
er before. How is that Millie? You
ought to confide. They say all around
town that Captain Jack Hunter is going
to take to himself a solaccr in the shape
of a little wife, before the'regiment leaves.
Have you beard anything about it ?"
" The gossipers don't trouble me with
their stories much."
" But that is not a fair answer, Millie.
Ohl There is a..tell tale blush on your
cheek now ; and beside; when I came in
here, I saw him in earhest conversation
with your father, and I heard - Captain
Hunter says ' Then I have your consent ?'
And the reply was, I shall never inter
fere in anything that, promises happiness
to Millie. In all matters of affection a
woman should decide for her'self.' So you
see I am posted, and I didn't listen in
tentionally, eitherbut men will talk so
loud. But don't you go to caring any
thing about it, for I shall be mum Your
happiness is mine, awl I congratulate
you, for I believe Captain is a princely
good fellow. Now you are displeased, 1
know, from that half pout on your pretty
lip; so I shall just run away until you
get over it. Needn't say one word, for
I am going, -sure, but when you want
those orange blossoms arrang d, let me
know, and be on hand. And kiss•
ing away the remonstrance that 31illie was
about framing with words, Ida Bronson
huried off for a social chat somewhere
else.
" Hold on, Curtis, not quite so fast.
One would think from appearances, that
you had a week's work to execute in five
minutes. Come with me to the hospital ;
one of our boys, they tell me, is going to
die."
And s 'Sergeant Cutter laid his hand
upon the shoulder of the young private
Will Curtis.
Yes, poor Burt, he is very low," wvs
the reply while an expression of sympa
thy saddened the dark eyes. " I am
very sorry, I was in to See hill/ last eve
ning and they told me then, it was a
doubtful case. But,you must - excuse uric
now, I atwafter Captain Hunter. The
Colonel left these papers with me to be
delivered immediately, and here I've been
searching for the last half hour and noth
ing can I find of In3i gentleman." •
" And a sorry time any of us would
have endeavoring to catch him ; I'll wa
ger my head, he hasn't been bore two
hours at a time, for three weeks—but
then a man in love can be excused, and
the gallant Captain is, I suppose, afflicted
that way. Rumor has it that he is about
taking to himself a wife."
" Not a bad idea—he will then have
some one to weep for him if anything se
rious occurs, and that you know would
be a consolation.
" Yes, and I wouldn't object to a few
tears myself from eyes as bright as those
he is about to claim. I was introduced
to the bride elect the other day and hang
me ! if she isn't one of the sweetest little
charmers I ever saw. If the Captain
hadn't got quite so far along, and if I
had that commission, that I expect toget
in the course of thirty-six months, I'd
try hard to cut him out; but a man with
out a commission, hasn't any license to
fall in love, and most certainly not with a
beauty and heiress like M iss Ashiley.
" Miss Ashley ! What Millie Ashley,
is it she you have been talking about,
coupling her name with Captain Hun
ter's ?"
" Yes, that's the name of the Captain's
girl, do you know her ?"
" Yes—that is, I've seen her once or
twice "
" You don't look as though you any
more than half believe it, Curtis, but its
so for he told me himself, and a man
don't usually glow much about a thing of
that sort, until he is sure—women, you
know, are so mighty uncertain."
"If he told you so, you have pretty
good grounds for believing it, that's cer
tain ; ;when, anything as . serious as inatri:
mony is about to overtake a man, he
ought to know as much about it as any
one." ..
" That's so ! And here is the old say
ing verified, for there is the very man
we're talking about."
And Will Curtis raised his head to see
approaching the pompous little Captain,
and stepping forward 'with the salute due
to superior officers, he presented the pa
pers, which the Captain took and after
glancing them over turned, and in the
tone of a person about asking a favor said
—" Come over to my tent, I want to
speak to you I" ~.
" The fact is, Curtis," lie continue,d,
after they were fairly seated, " I am vet
confounded busy, now'-days, and thiteis
an order from the Colonel to go mitt- td:
D— to transact some basin
„ph.; dahiift
ter to-morrow, the very day iatrpitcbeir
upon to be married, ani, want to see'il
it can't be arranged stthat ,y _can can go
in 'My stead. It is i tifinatter of no great
importance. and thim some of the Colo-'
net's ridnarks l a aye got the idea tWit he
has great c deuce in you, and if 'fitz do
me the
fe
the f r, I - shall appreciate it. I'
el f
think w cad fix ifivith the Colonel. I
don't want to go, it takes titue, m111'11114;13
what I haven't got to spire.: Ail liiive
'beard, I , prestime, 0at,,..1
,intend ca lli ng
that little queen of , beauty fitillie4sh
-10
c , tp,ine, hefore we leavtoberel"
‘‘'W;6ll(:yefi, 1 believe there - : j such a
rumor aifoat',aroun'd tho oamp. 'did not
coedit , itiAowevor.'' '
iw
b
etor.
" Didn't credit it Why, pray ?I am
accepted, or as good as accepted. I have
been talking to Mr. Ashley this morning
—he is sound on the goose, and of course
Millie won't object—women don't often
turn their backs on a good looking 'fel
low," and Captain Hunter 'stroked his
glossy beard and run his fingers through
his hair with an air of unfeigned puppy
ism. "But," he continued, "do tell me
why it is, Curtis, that a little fellow like
myself, for instance, always succeeds so
ranch better with the tall ladies than tall
men—have you observed it ?''
" Can't say that I ever have."
" Well, it's so. But about this matri•
monial arrangement, it's a.secret, you un
derstand, so tell it not in, , Gath."
" You can count on my 6epingq-liet."
"And about the business matter, you
agree if the Colonel does?"
"Of course, HI receive orders I exe
cute then) every time—that's my busi
ness here."
Somehow there was a pleased, yet a kind
of wicked look in Will's roguish eyes,
as he patted from -his Captain, and his
lip was curled into tin expression of scorn,
but whatever his thoughts were he very
wisely kept them to himself, as he busied
himself about the duties of his position.
" I have heard some rare news, to-day,
my little Millie. It was the evening suc
ceeding the interview with Captain Hun
ter, and now Will Curtis was standing in
the parlor of the Ashley Cottage, his
arm
,thrown lightly over the 'shoulder of
the little beauty beside him. "If report
speaks true, Captain Hunter is about to
rob me of my little pet— he told me to
day that he had pitched upon day after
to-morrow for the ceremony."
" And if I am not mistaken he has made
another pitch since then," was the merry
answer, while the blue eyes sparkled with
glee. " Ile was around talking to papa
this morning, and I suppose to see the
,sport go on, papa t,:ld him he had no ob
jection : so this afternoon he came up and
took the fort by storm. I had no idea of
his business until he told me that after
serious reflection he had decided to do tue
the honor of making me his wife ; and
when I refused the honor on the plea of
a pre-engagement, he actually staglzered
backward with surprise, declaring that a
woman never could see what was for her
own interest, though . what seemed to
trouble him must was what people would
say."
" If he had kept a littlestiller he would
have dune as well lie can probably see
that now lie ha•• told it all over as a
settled thing, an the boys will have a
'glorious time when they hear of the good
little captain's mistake. If lie don't lay
his plans better, and be a little more wary,
he will never do to command the army
of the Potomac. But it .was funny, was%
nt it, darling, that he should have chosen
the very day that we had decided upon ?
He will be still more surprised when he
finds who has captured his prize." And
Will Curtis pressed a fond kiss upon the
pretty face upturned to his.
" Well, I swear! this is a little more
than I bargained for. I never would
have thought it, Cutter, would you ?
And Capt. flunter, threw down the morn
ing paper with an expression of ineffable
disgust.
'Why, what was it ?" was the inquiry
of the yount , sergeant.
" Why, the young scaptl-gallows of a
Will Curtis was married last night to
Millie Ashley."
" Well" not your affianced ?"
The girl I could have had ; but you see
Cutter, I discovered an 'incompatibility
of temper' just/in time to back out before
committing inyself. Seems tbe r ,girl was
bound to have some of us, anwever or
she wouldn't have taken up with a pri'-
vate."
What lessons aro embodied in thy
teachings 1 stern lessons, as we in our
days of hope and happiness, could never
think of encountering as we set sail under
sunny skies, and our bark glided pleasant
ly over smooth waters; we did dream of
the clouds, the storm, the tempest, that
came all too soon and awoke us from our
fond security.
Time, the great monitor of all hearts
teaches us the undeniable and stern truth,
that change is written on all things • but
the saddest is death. Oh how terrible is
the wreck of hearts and homes, when the
messenger resistless and unerring in his
march, takes from our midst the brave
and strong; prayer and tears of no avail;
life's lesson we must all learn, life's•bur
dens we must bear.
Who has not seen some of their loved
ones wrapped in the cold.cerements of the
grave and,borne to the innumerable:•eity
of the dead ? When . we remembered
that in our wanderings through life's_
paths, we should, Meet them no More, see
theiribe.aming smile, ii4Pr their lovedicitiesi
no moie;•have not, iflttinguish of soul, ut
tered the-wail ofvirldpeding. heart, let me
'die for in All this" broad earili I have
nought to live . for4but we cannot die
`wl we wish to niot • we may weep at
h- • • • • .1,,r / 7 .
may a-grava'before we -reach our own.
/- 4 Who 11113 hot wqrt over broken hopes
rin,4l covered : ties ?-r Who has not seen,
one by, one life's cherished dreams,'depart,
~
tts.golde,p l ehaliceiturned to bitterness; Or
stia clied•lidely . 'om•our grasp the hope
and trust•Ory'eat ?
i t
. . ,
Oh, who - fmchnot say; when all our
hoarded hopes are crushed, our household
goode, are scattered and-`broken, I would
'not littealv4ye? ' 1 —•-, . ,
A COIta I ASPONDINT asks if it would.be par-.
i i
donable'td cal yri crowd af-exiensivel . Y ham.
ed ladies,4ll ')I mob. • Certainly not. :Any
man wpollgir .lAtter such a remark, irwould
Alit.batio tiatOY, to pall a brutal lirbaxion, .
El
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1863.
Life and Love
k
Tilss-Jr
President Lincoln's ,Toetter.
A Plain Statement of his posftiol—He Main
tains the Emancipation Policy low a Corn.
promise Can be Effecteci- 4 -Themploymen
of Negro Soldiers.
The following is the letter addressed
by Mr, Lincoln to the Unioti,State Con
vention in Illinois, a copsr,of which was
alsoes'ent to the Republican Union Con
vention at Syracuse, and is to be read at
the mass meeting today:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASIIIXOTON, Aug. 26,1863.
Hon. JAMES C. CoNKLIN 7 r-My Dear
Sir : Your letter inviting mo to attend a
mass' meeting of unconditiOnal Union
men, to be held at the capital Of Illinois
on the 3d day of September, etas :been re
ceived. It would be very agreeable for
me thus to meet my old friends at my
own home ; but I cannot jtist-noiv be ab
sent from here so long as a 'Wit there
would require.
The meeting is to be of all...aids a who
maintain unconditional devotiort to the
Union; and I am sure that My old po
litical friends will thank me for tender
ing, as I do, the nation's gratitude to
those other noble men whom no partisan
Malice or partisan hope can make false to
the nation's life.
There are those who aro dissatisfied
with me -To such I would 'say : You
desire peace, and you blame me' that we
do not have it. But how can we attain
it? There are hut three 4eeivable
ways: First— to suppress the rebellion
by.force of arms. This I am-trying to
do. Are you for it ? If you are, so far
we are agreed. If you are not for it, a
srcond way is to give up the Union. I
am against this. Are you, for it? If
you are, you should say so plainly. If
you are not for force, nor yet for dissolu
tion, there only remains some imaginable
compromise.
I do not believe that any compromise
embracing the maintenance of the - Union
is now. possible. All that I learn leads to
a directly opposite belief. The strength
of the Rebellion is its military,:its'army.
That army dominates all the cOuntry and
all the people within its rang&,, Any of
fer of terms made by any mark or men
within that range, in opposition to that;
army, is simply nothing for the,present ;
because, such man or men have'iro power
whatever to enforce their side of a com
promise, if one were made with ihem
To . illustrate : Suppose refugees from
the South and peace men of the North
get together in convention, aru
and me and
proclaim a compromise embrq, d . res.
toration of the Union. In what way can
compromise be used to keep Lee's army out
of Pennsylvania ? Meade's army can keep
Lee's army out Of Pennsylvania, and, I
think, can ultimately drive it out of ex
istence. But no paper compromise to
which the controllers of Lee's army are
not agreed can at all affect that army.—
In an effort at such compromise we would
waste time, which the enemy would im
prove to our disadvantage; and that
would be all.
A compromise, to be effective, must be
made either with those who control the
Rebel army, or with the people, first lib
erated from the domination of that army
by the success of our own army. Now,
allow me to assure you that no word or
intimation from that Rebel army, or from
any of the men controlling it, in relation
to any peace compromise, has ever come
to, my knowledge or belief. All charges
and insinuations to the contrary are do
ceptive and groundless. And 1 promise
you that if any such proposition shall
hereafter come, it shall not be rejected
and kept a secret from you. I Creely ac
knowledge myself to be • the servant of
the people, according to the bond of ser
vice, the United States Constitution ; and
that, as such, I am responsible to them
But, to be plain. You-are dissatisfied
with me about the negro. Quite likely
there is a difference of opinion between
you and myself upon that subject, I cer
tainly wish that all men could be free,
while you, I suppose, do.not. Yet, I
have neiter•adopted nor proposed any
measure which is not consistent with even
your view provided that you aro for the
Union. 1 suggested compensated eman
cipation; to which you replied you wished
not to be taxed to buy negrees.—
But I had not asked you to be taxed to
buy negreer, except in such way as to
save you from greater talation to save
the Union 'exclusively by :other means.
Ywa dislike the Einancipntibn Procla
mation, and perhaps woule have it re
tracted. You sag it is unconstitutional.
I think differently. I think' the Consti-
tution invests its - Cninmndiir-in-Chief
with the law of war .
id,' Woo of
. war,: The
most that can be said, if so,eitibli, is,„that
slaves are property. Is thin., has there
ever been any question that by the law
of war ;property, both of enemies and
friends, may be taken when needed ?
And is it not needed whenever it helps
us and hurts the enemy ? ' Armies, the
world over, destroy enemies' , property
when they cannot even de
stroy their own to keep it frem the ene
my. Civilized belligerents do all in their
power to help themselves or hurt the en
emy, except a few things regarded as
barbaronsPor cruel. Among the excel) . -
tions are the massacre of vanquished foes
and non-combatants, male_ and female.
But the Proclamation, as law, either is
valid or is not valid. If it is not valid
it needs no retraction'. If it is valid it
cannot be retracted, any more than the
dead can be brought to life. Some of
you prefeSS Co - think its retraction - would
operate favorably Air the Union. Why
better •after the retraction than before the
issue ? There' was more than a year and
a'half of trial to.- suppress the 'Rebellion
before the .Proclamation -was issued, the
last one hundred - days of which'. passed
under an explicit notice that it was Com.
irig unless
• averted by thqse in revolt -to.'
I •
Crimp/
.4
0
TERMS :--$1,50 in Advance, or $2 within the year.
turning to their allegiance. The war has
certainly progressed as favorably for us
since the issue of the Proclamation as
before.
I know as fully as ono can know the
opinions of others, that some of the com
manders of our armies in the field who
have given us our most important victo
ries believe the emancipation policy and
the use of colored troops constitute the
heaviest blows yet dealt to the Rebellion,
and that at least ono of those important
successes could not have been 'achieved
when it was, but for the aid of black sol
diers.
Among the commanders holding these
views are some who have never bad any af
'flinity with what is called," Abolitionism"
or with " Republican party politics," but
who hold them purely as military opinions.
'I
submit their opinions as being entitled
to some weight-against the objections of
ten urged that emancipation and arming
the blacks are unwise as military meas
ures, and were not adopted as such in
good faith.
• You say that you will not fight to free
negroes. Some of them seem willing to
fight for you—but no matter. Fight you
then, exclusively, to, save the Union. I
issued the Proclamation on purpose to aid
you in saving the Union. Whenever you
shall have conquered all resistance to the
Union, if I shall urge you to continue
fighting, it will be an apt time. then for
you to declare you will not fight to frea .
negroes. I thought that in your strug
gle for the Union, to whatever extent the
negroes should cease helping the enemy,
to that extent it wemkened the enemy in
his resistance to you. Do you think dif
ferently ? I thought that whatever ne
groes can be got to do as soldiers, leaves
just so much less for white soldiers to do
in saving the Union'. Does it appear
otherwise to you ? But negroes, litre
other people, act upon motives. Why
should they do, anythino• '7'
for us if we
will do nothing for them ? If they stake
their lives for us they must be prompted
by the strongest motive, even the prom
ise of freedom. And the promise, being
made, must be kept.
The signs look better. The Father of
Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.—
Thanks to tlto great ,North-west for it.—
Nor yet wholly to them. Three hundred
miles up they met New-England, Empire,
Keystone, and Jersey, hewing their way
right and left. The sunny South, too in
more colors than. one,. also lent a helping
hand. t On the. fitiot,ttitiir part of the kis
tory was jotted down in black and white.
The job was a great national one, and let
none be slighted who bore an honorable
part in It. And while .those 'who have
cleared the great river may well be proud,
even that is' not all. It is hard to say
that anything has been more bravely and
well done than at Antietam, Murfrees
boro, Gettysburg, and on many fields of
less note. Nor must Uncle Sam's web
feet 12P.3 forgotten. At all the watery
margins they have been present, not only
on the deep sea, the broad bay,, and the
rapid river, but also up the narrow, mud
dy bayou. and wherever the ground was
a little damp, they have been and , made
their tracks. Thanks to all. For the
great Republic—for the principle it lives
by and keeps alive—for man's vast fu
ture—thanks to all.
Peace does not appear so distant as it
did. I hope it will come soon and come
to stay ; and so come as to be worth the
keeping in all future time. It will then
have been proved that among freemen
there can be no successful appeal from
the ballot to the bullet, and that they
who take such appeal are sure to lose ther
case and pay the cost. And then there
will be some black men who can remem
ber that, with silent tongue, and clenched
teeth, and steady eye, and well poised
bayonet, they have helped mankind on to
this great consummation ; while I fear
there will be some white ones unable to
forget that with malignant heart and de
ceitful speech they "havestriven to hin
der it.
Still, let us not be over-sanguine of a
speedy, final triumph. Let us be quite
suber. Let us diligently apply the means,
never doubting that a just God,- in His
own good time, will give us the rightful
result.
Yours, very truly,
AN. UNLOVED WlFE.—There is no
loneliness, there can be none in all the
waste' or peopled deserts of the uorld,
bearing the slightest comparison with that
of an unloved wife 1 Sire stands amidst
her family like a living statue amongst
the marble memorials of the dead—in
stinct with life, yet paralysed with death
—the burning tide of natural feeling cir
cling round 'her heart—the thousand
channels frozen through which that feel
ing ought to flow.
ALL or ONE KIND.-AE a train load
of Mor.mn's men were-passing- throng!'
Newark, Ohio, one of them, as the orowd
assembled to'see the hose thieves and
murderers, asked 'if there were, any Val
landigham men about? " Yeareirilf said
a raw-boned chap,
,am a Vallandig
ham man." "All right," said the horse
thief, "get right inhere with us • we are
all Vallandighanb men:".
um," Quip," of the Boston Post, who
has 4n Englishman ' s antipathy (though
he is' not an Englishman), to taking his
drink in a perpendicular Position,,alnys
takes a chair before touoliii4 - his 104 y.
41 1:43an otand drinking," said "but
I can't drink standing l"
'leafNd doubt is now entertained of the
ability of the Secetary te procure all -the
funds' necessary to: the successful proem
tion of the *sr, if coopornigally and Vigor
°ably itioaecuted, •••- • •
, ,
JOHN MOR'GAN AND HIS MEN
IN THE OHIO PENITENTIARY:
The chaplain of the Ohio penitentiary
writes to the Christian Advocate that
there are sixty eight of Morgan's officers
in the prison. They occupy the south
side if the new hall, each end of which
is temporarily closed, They are locked
up separately in cells at about 7o 'clock
in the evening, and are unlocked at about
7in the morning. They enjoy the privi
lege of walking the hall through illy day,
which is, perhaps, one hundred and fifty
feet long and twelve feet wide. At BA.
M. and 3 P. M. they are conducted to
the common dining hall, and have prison
titre, with, I believe, the addition of cof
fee and sugar, and sonic few articles
furnished by themselves.
Morgan had no "belt filled with gold,
greenbacks and Confederate,, notes."=
His 'valuables amounted to $23 and a
butternut breasApin. The amount of our
Government and postal currency found
on the persons of the other officers was
not large. They had considerable sums
in Confederate money.
Morgan and his men are all shaved and
trio- med in accordance with the rule of
the institution. This is the custom, I
suppose, for two reasons: First, to secure
personal cleanliness ; second, to give a
uniform - appearance to the prisoners, so
that detection would be more easy in case
of an attempt to escape.
Morgan is full six feet high, straight,
and well built, with an elastic step and
something of-a commanding presence.—
His upper lip is short and somewhat sun
ken, so that his front teeth are slightly
exposed. His complexion is sandy, and
the hair quite thin on the top of his head.
He looks to be an ordinary man, intellectu
mly. --He has, however, one of the qual
ifications of a good commander, he knows
how to obey. He confor'm's — strictly to
the rules of the establishment, and enjoins
obedience on the part of his fellow-prison
ers.
Col. Cluke is three or four inches tall
er than Morgan, very slender, with a thin,
sharp face and resolute eye. I suppose,
from his appearance, he has more dash
and daring than Morgan himself.
Basil Duke is a small man, firmly built,
and muscular. His complexion is dark,
and his eye and bead indicate some mind
and a bad heart, He is much the most
intelligent man in the crowd.
Tne Economy of the State Ad,
ministration.
When Andrew G. Curtin assunied the pow
ers and the duties of the Executive office of
Pennsylvania, we will not say that the con
dition of the State, in the various depart
ments of - her government, in the industrial
pursuits and corporate enterprises of the pe.)-
ple, was not prosperous. It was at a period
of profound peace, notwithstanding it was at
time when the Democratic slave drivers of
'the south, with their dough-face sympathi
zers of the north, were completing their plans
to overthrew the National Government.
Is THE YEAR 1862 THE RECEIPTS FROM OR
DINARY SOURCES OF REVENUE WEEE IN EX
CESS OF RECEIPTS FROM THE SAME SOURCES
IN 1861, ONE MILLION THIRTY THOU
SAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN
TY-SIX DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-TWO
CENTS {the excess of interest paid in 1862
over that of 1861 being $l4l, :37 ,]and
that the ordinary expenses for 1862 were
ninety-five thousand three hundred and sev
enteen dollars and sixteen cents LESS
THAN THE YEAR PREVIOUS ! !
This healthy condition of the revenues and
the excess of the receipts over the expendi
tures, secured by the rigid and general econ
omy which was insisted upon by Governor
Curtin in every department of the State
Government; induced him to recommend to
the Legislature a revision of the revenue
laws, with a view to the equaliz i ng of the bur
dens of taxation. At the same time, Gov.
Curtin also recommended to the Legislature
the justice and expediency of restrieting the
rate of local taxation, which has been and
still is, in some parts of the Commonwealth,
oppressive.
'Considering the increase of taxation by
the National Government, and considering,
too, the enormous enlargement of the war
expenses, these figures at once redound to
the credit of Governor Curtin and the people
of Pennsylvania. We want the tax payers
carefully to ponder these facts. We want
the 1.4 payers to remember, in the first year
of Andrew G. Curtin's administration,
That he increased the revenues• of the
State' ono million, thirty thousand, one hun
dred and sixty-six dollars and eighty.two
cetits ; and -
A. LINCOLN
That, the ordinary expenses of the State
for the year 1862, were ninety-five thousand
three hundred and seventeen dollars lesi than
the year previous, and
That Andrew G. Curtin,. by his rigid econ
omy which he enforced during his entire ad
ministration, even while he was equipping
and sending out thousands of soldiers, while
he was relieviitg the wants of the soldier's
family, while he was succoring the sick and
wounded, and bringing the dead from the
battle fields home to be buried among their
kit dred, he was enabled to recommend, in
the face of these extraordinary expenses, a
revision of the revenue laws WITH A VIEW
TO TITE_REDUCTION_ 01? .T El JUTE
OF LOCAL AND STATE TAXATION!! I
The administration of no other State Gov
ernment in the Union can point to such a re
cord for the past three years. The history of
no Government in the world exhibits such
results. These facts prove a rigid economy
and a wise statesmanship. entirely due to
Andrew G. Curtin. They put to.reat all doubt,
dis to his claims todt_re-election...They_prove
that in his hands the interests of the State
aad:the Welfare.cof the.people are safe. Will.
the - peOPle;aoa,iti,nue to,repose in Andrew G.
Curtin, the e eonfideoce and Approval with
which ' the y attended his steps dnring the
prist,loc, the .coming, threcr years ? H they do
not they inust .expect increased- -taxation -
aird enlarged .:indebtedne9. If they _do—if
the_ peoPle 'of Pennsylvania decide, (as we
believe: they,,will,), to.. ra-elect 'Andrew H.
CurtirtiGeyerner of the:State, just in proper
don as the,reenues.bave been increased :and
the' State' tidies were reduced for the.pairt, so
Nill those revenues be itieieased:and that
taxation iediieed 'in the earning yertra'oCarr-:
athqr administration, -This is an impdTtant
NO. 36.
TAX-PAYERS ATTENTION!
fact,- It can be viewed only in one light.
It cannot be distorted or misrepresented.
The result in figures, of the increase of our
revenues and the reduction of the State tax
es, depend entirely upon the contingency
that Allautw G. CUIITIN becomes Governor
of Pennsylvania for three years after the ex
piration of his present term.
Tax-payers of Pennsylvania! Remember
these facts.
MAKING SURE
There is nothinf like m — aking sure, if one
proposes to tie ley° success, True. "the
best laid plans o mice and men gang aft ag
lee," and "it is not in'mertals to command
success." But' we can deserve it. The care
ful ship agent, in sending his ship to sea, does
not count upon a prosperous voyage, but.
provides for disasre'r and losses. He puts on
board spare anohors, and o,,ains and rigging
and canvass. Ile does not trust to luck, but.
seeks to meet make everything sure. Till the
ship returns safe to port, he is vigilant, and
anxious, ready to do everthing in his power
to ward off danger, or if it come, to be pre
pared for it. In whatever enterprises men
engage, they deem it wise to make things sure
—by securing ample means, guarding against
failure, anticipating disappointments, and
providing for all probable, if not possible con
tingencies. A farmer seems to waste seed in
sowing his fields; but lie wants to make sure
of a crop. In erecting a mill, the manufac
turer looks to it, that it shall be strong enough
to bear up much inure than the weight of
maChinery which is to be p aced within it,.
In a word. it i~•on'y a fool, who in the voy
age of life, makes no calculations for the lee•
way.
We do not mean to insinuate that the au
thorities at Washingieti are delimit( ed, because
they have not so managed rip to prevent all
disaster. anti defeat. These last have minis
tered to our progress, most esnentiolly ; but
we do not court them in the future. We have
had enough of both to teach us the meaning
of the conflict, and the true method of car
rying it on. It is time now, saying nothing
of the past, to make sure. Enough of glory
ing in our physical strength, in the moral
power ) growing out of a consciousness 'lint we
are / fight, in the conviction that truth and
il,jlA lice must eventually triumph. Somewhat
l
o much, of calculations on tire weakness of
he enemy, on the failure of his means, on the
collapsing of the rebellion. It is high time to
% , iliake sure.
And by making sure, we mean the raising
at once of troops enough to meet all the force
that the Confederates can bring into thefield,
if their wildest boasts should prove true.—
Then we shall overthrow the rebel power.—
Our danger is, that we shall waste time in
glorying over what, we have accomplished, or
in disputing what shall next he done. We
would have the administration push its policy
vigorously—complete the draft—fill up as
rapidly. as possible, with conscripts, the ve
teran regiments—and, above all, put into the
field all the negro regiments that can be raised
at the South and West. The people are in
earnest, and will sound every effort the ad
ministration may make. The more plucky and
determined-Mr.-Lincoln - -shows-hintseff,- - -t
wore readily and nobly will he be sustained.
Bedforii MercarTy, Aug. 15
The New Testament and Slavery.
• We lake the following passage front the re
port of a lecture lately de:ivered by Go',twin
Smith, Regius Professor of History at Oxford
Ile said:
The New Testament took the political and
social institutions of the world Its they were;
it did not attempt, directly to change them,
but it planted in a man that spirit of love for
man, flowing from, and returning into his
love for God, which was in time to transmute
all Christian society and life. Nothing was
more remarkable in the New Testament, noth
ing more clearly stamping it as di% ins, than
the absence of every particle of revolutionary
spirit, Christianity, cowing into the world
to reblirm so much evil in - institutions of the
world, said not a word against any part of it,
counselled submission to it all, but instilled
into motile heart the p-inciplo which has de
stroyed.it all. Were those who appealed to
the New Testament for its recognition of sla
very prepared to appeal to it also for its rec
ognition Of deSPotiO goternment l In Amer,
ice wherever the slaves were numerous enough
they were set apart to wor- , hip. Let the com
munity in worship enjoined by Christianity be
tween master and slave be restored, and the
communion itself would grind slavery to the
dust. Christianity did not need directly attack
the Roman slavery, because that was not hope
less slavery ; the process of emancipation lied
already begun, which had, at length, resulted
in the free labor of modern Europe. But
Christianity had never been di-tlityal to its en
terprise of freedom, and though, to a certain
extent, the progress of the Christian idea of
the perfect community of men was arrested in
k e urope by the relics of feudalism, yet when
the enterprise was renewed in America on a
broader basis, Christianity must come into di
rect collision with that slavery in t e South
ern States, which was a direct barrier to the
enterprise.
TWICE WI:FEATED.- George W. Woodward
once received the nomination of his party
for the United States Senate, but was defeat
ed (his party failing to unite) on account of
his free trade views. Polk and Buchanan
then had him nominated fur a United States
Jude, but the Democratic Senate refused to
confirm his appointment. Thus, twice Wood
ward's aristocratic vie:WS - Wave caused his re
jection by his own party, when it had the ma
jority. His ambition is unceasing, but he is
wise enough not to give up the office he has
for a (chance for) another.
VrBLACKBERRI ES are the only luxury of
the soldier, at present. Virginia is one vast
blackberry field, and it is said, in conse
quence of living On this diet. the army never
was in a better sanitary condition. The sur
geons say that since the army returned to
Virginia, th•- free use of blackberries had
saved the Government nearly a million of
dollars in medical and hospital stores.
The surest way fo prevail on a young coup
le to get marrie lis to oppose them. Tell
them you "would rather see them in their
graves i " and twelve mouths alter their baby
will pass you twice a day in a willow wagon.
IN her early days, Mrs. Rogers the actress,
was asked by Lord North, what was a cure
for love.
"Your lordakip,"suid she, "is the best I
know in the wOrld."
ITS" I am like Bantam," said a dandy on
meeting n pretty girl in a passage, "stopped
by angel." - ." And lam like the angel
stopped by an h5p,.".,.,
Oun passions are like convulsive fits, which,
though they make us stronger for a moment,
yet leave us laud)°, weaker afterwards.
. -
yvny is Powers, the American sculptor,
one of the most dishonest men. living ? Be
enuSe he chiseled a poor. girl out of a block
of marble. .
Ox being sliowh a
_portiait himself very
nliko the original,' lood said that the ar
ist.bad perpetrated a false-Hood. '
A'ailonoir our soldiers arc not: alloWed . te
drink wine, they often stagger from the ef
fects of the grape.
Any= to the fatherless—Go into the fiolds
in July, and you will be Sup to find'as many
poppies as you want. •
• . •
Nutty are boots and• shoos like -merchan
diSe beught at - _auctioiq-r-13ee 7 auSethey aro
•eoled under the hat-rder.'
. . .
-Gurley,' Of- 01iio,.clio
of . • ' , L
DioDEsTi .in woinaif is liko color on her
ohook—deadedly iiot put r;