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TaE foliowing feeling a • ndo*pie`iaii - e. oem
was °item& confribrition by alai of !bre
'village:lo ii!.'Palisr lancer; tly..readib cfork r,tho
Ladies' Lit! raq Speiety. We have obt ained
p~rmffeioao
pbeh it ; ialirpVeisurO iu
kwytair.iitibefarrouri %Tons.] ; • ~
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Oh,:irl were onifed
offarAgas'bt4i' f I
ur tfici:fiery Tiir*nazebrtave, " •
• Like a yo4ntJadeffri slave • ;
listlyrfa cross,and.,tn,artyr7p4Tqwl4,-,
'CoOldI/-dire I put, thein On/
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atephen stoo4 bones= 14 * -0 1 1 ,Tv.4,'
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Whilst torn flesh and - croaking bone
Yiettleitio +soh "bin isint atone -
Such his fate,- •
Could 1.?-dare I make it mine?
Petel's bleedingjaody hung, _
'Nailed bead dewnwhril, tbe tree ;
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Pants many stripes no tn . /lemur *rang ;
No buraing.woinan'afrony,
For thal 'dear love . that" loved . u - s firs •
Could l ll—lire I servo it thus ?
With ther martyrs of to=day, •
• ; Torrey'ainisce : life4o share
With slow dissase to waste away,
'Tinctieefed'bi'frieitily lave and. care
Tear after year . to , i pin e, and d ie,
'With cold, disease and damp-could I?
OA?, my heart)-the cross to bear—.
Is it to'speak a pnlilie 'prayer ?
:.- Success put off? Ambition foiled? •
Some little meed of, love withheld ?
These, the crosses that' we know—
Can wel—;dare we call the& so?
But there are crosses, dark and dread,
Most itObly borne in daily life-- -
Fierce mental lions to be fed— ,
. The stake, the flame, the blows and strife
If of 'such sorrows called to sup,
Could I ?-,-dare I take the cup?
Coudersport,. Pg. , • Moss.
1 5()
Every Wrinkle a Line of Bean-
don't like old people," said a t houg,ht
less young girl, " they are either cross,
disagreeable, or ugly.".
" You have been unfortunate in your
chances of observation'," replied's lady,
sitting near her.
"It may' be so, but 'I speak, et least,
from experience. All the old people itil
has bear my fortune, or misfottone; to'
meet, have been cross in temper and re
pulsive in appearance. I have, an old
aunt. who is always associated in my. mind
with the Witch of Endor From a child
I have had a perfect horror 'of her. I
doubt if she ever gave utterance to a kind
or uncomplaining word in her life."
"'You must not judge all by this aunt,
my young friend," said the lady. . "There
are handsome and agreeable old peopte in
the world, and now a few of theutsitker,
but many. Age does not necessarily sour
the temper, nor mar the countenance.
There is such .a thing an •growing old
gracefully," and the numberof those who
are thus advancing along . the paths of life,
I am. pleased to say, are increasing
' happen to havi3 an old aunt also,
but, so far from being a second Witch of,
Endor, I _heard a gentleman, not many
days ago - , remark, in. speaking of her,
g Wily, every . wrinkle in Mrs. Elder's face
is a line of beauty.'. And so it is;.for
every wrinkle there was born of patient
endurance; or unselfish devotion to the
good-of others. .1. look at her dear old
face often and. often, and say to myself,
"'Now, is she not handsome ?"1
" I should really like to see your, aunt,"
said the young girl, half skeptically.
" Game to my house to-morrow, -and we
will pay her a visit," answered the lady.
"It will do both of us .good."* '
" Thank you for the - invitation. I will
certainly call." -
The next day came, and the young lady
was early at the house of Mrs. Barton.
" Glad to see you, Kate," was the pleas
ant gre.eting she received. "We are to
call. on my aunt Elder, I believe." ,
" Yes; you promised to introduoo me to
an old lady who, so far from being ugly,
is sweet-tempered )and ibeantiful. , :The
atieet temper I Can imagine, but not a
face wrinkled and beautiful at the same
time." .
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BY T.• 13.' ARTHUR
" You shall see," she answered.
i 4 Ah, good morning, Mary," said a low,
but very pleasant and, cheerful voice, as
the two ladies entered the small but neat
and orderly sittieg-room of-Mrs. Elder.
"ily friend; MisMte:Williams," said
Mrs. Barton, : prismitiog - ,the, young lady.
Mrs: Elder laid hei ki3itting upon a
table, close her laid.,
and rising,
took, the head of Miss Williams, looking
earnestly iota her young face as:elle did
so, and smiling so:sweet. a welcome,. that
Kate did not 'see a wrinkle, for thu beau
tiful light that shone from-the oldiady's
placid countenance.. •
"I am always Pleased., to see young
faces,". said Mrs. Elder,M and to fool the
warmth of young bear ts.". .
u How are you to=day, suit?" inquiied
Mrs: Barton. . '
"iiet so weLl in body as,When you were
here last. I sleep but poorly."
k:tqctettoyi liti.-o*einill4tiori ;4'ol.4l39,',iiiihrhiki $.
Mia.,F t ldsr tuniled:as faha were,teia!g
of enjoymebta. and. then, added=,.
Ifut:th l iafa - one - otthe :penalties
of a:ge:' - '"ritneie come, • and Jong
agtiV.add.lip thy-mit& to be - patient and
minting. •These are sonic of the light
afflictions, lastin . gßat for a moment, which,
if !;•orne meelpess,...hp!pL to
work 'oat for tis that far rem "exceeding
and eternal'weight 'Of glory; to which the
'apdifle 'refire "iitt due :of his siblime paisc
itt: the- ofd_ laOy
A vathattett.tov...--.
halfTonderingly,,
Aunt El
'4er.":said Mrs..Bartou; placino heihand
`itimit'the "yarn 'stooling which '
the dit:lay i tuid put aside as she,joie to
take the hand of Miss Williams. '"Knit
tmg, I Suppose, has grown into a kind of
!habit.... The-net brings its own reward.
It is your pleasant pastime."'.
"No, child, not my pleasant pastimes
but my useful employment,' answered
Mrs: Elder. " - I can't do much 'in this ;
world for other ,people;. still I can do a !
little, and lam thankful for the privil4esi
for-I don't -believe' it ie . possible for any-1
bedy'to-be ittiplif Who is nbt• engaged in ,
some useful employment. I =nag° to
keep the children of Ina' a dozen poor,
families in warm stockings for the winteq
and that is something added to the com
mon stock of human comfort."
The eyes - ef NESS Williams : were. now
fixed intently upon the old lady's -age
marked festureii. Wrinkles went curving
about her cheeks, her lips, and chin, and
wrinkles planted themselves deeply upon
her forehead. • Grey hairs were visible be
neath ber.cap:border_; her calm eyes; lay
far back in their - hollow sockets : the Sym
metry of her mouth was gone; and yet it
seemed to the young girl, as she gazed at
her wonderingly, as if .f. very wrinkle in.
that aged face were indeed .a line of beau
ty) , ;
;
",But' you mtist .have a artier founda
tion for happiness .than knitting stock
ings." said Mra. - Barton-.
The old lady seemed thoughtful. :for a
mosnent. Sho then said, with sweet im
pressiveness—
" There is only one foundation upon
which we ean relit and find happiness, 'and
that is God's.. love :id. the heart. The
great question - for us all is, How to ,obtain
that love. - It wilt not' come at 'oar cocu
ina drag li - down - from
heaven. We cannot find l it, search we
ever so diligently. Gods love is God-',giv
; and he bestows it only upon those
who first have neighborly love. Tits is
that higher. love's receptacle in the hu
man heart. First, love of the neighbor;
then, love of good, which is -divine )ove
in the soul, the sure foundation for abid
ing happiness. So you see, Mary,i the
value of even knitting stQckings to one
like me. It is useful •work, and that, as
the old monk said, is worship." ,
Miss Williams could not withdrani her
eyes from the old lady s face. Its beau
ty and its goodness •seemed to fascinate
her. She was a girl of quick feelings and
some enthusiasm. Suddenly,rising from
the chair she bad taken a few moments
before, she came forward, and 'stooping
over Mrs.-Elder,-kissed her, almost !rev
erently, en the forehead, saying, as; she
did ao--
-gi - - .row old
• May•l be like you when Lgn
ey—every wrinkle in my face aline of beau-
I"
"Grow old, in ohodness, my dear y ung
friend I" -answered Mrs. Elder, taking her
baud tightly within her own, and speak
ing with emotion—for the young, girl's
sodden speecli had stirred her feelings , 'to
an unusual depth—" GroW old in geed
ness, through the discipline - of self-denial
and the gentle leadings of neighborly
love.; It is the only path that conducts
to a 'peacefiil old age." ;
""Thanks for the lesson , you have taught
me,"- Said Miss Williams, when she again
clasped the hand of Mrs. Elder in parting.
"1, try to gro* old,'as the years pass
inevitably onwards, in the better waY that
you have walked. And may my last days
be, like yotirs, my best days, and radiant
with light shining down from the better
world:" i
:" I-am a skeptic •no longer" (she was
now in , tho street; with Mrs. Barton);
"_ beauty and age; are not incompatible."
.." But the beauty Orage," replied Mrs.
Barton, "is unlike the beauty of yhuth ;
the'one is natural,' the other spiritual and
celestial. The one is of the earth—iarth
ly ;,the.ether is of the heavens—heavenly.
An evil soul gradually mars the face, un
til ivei7 lineament becomes I repi4sive ;
but a' Shut . of.. goodness continually re
creates the-countenance, and covers it with
living beauty." •
17i0711.
Some husbands kiss itheir wives and
bid them .."goodi bye, dear," , in chi) tone
of unwearied love; and whether it be pot.
icy or fact it has. the 'effeot of fa . ct, and
thoselbines'are iCnnrally pleartut ones,
piovided always that the wives , a e ap
preciative, and welcome the ilesciP ine io
a kindly spirit. .11re knew an old , eotle
What Husbands Do.
tria: E Who - lived' with - ht 'foe over fif
tyrra and -- nevek. left, her without the,
kis - and - the "good bye; dear.".;•
,
Some huebands ,shake hands with-their
wiv4s as fast as possible, as thbug) • the
effeTt_ were a something that they were
tuitions to forget, holding their heads
dosta and darting very - quickly around the
nearest corner. .
jß r owe Mishap& Say - "Well, wife
I'M [going," and.. start from the .word "go".
wiliab.:comee to_thein fthru some ;unknown
b4off
. retreat. -
) . otf retreay.
Stung husbands; lefOre leasing home,
4;pix tenderl3%fiTliiit would so#likt
a l k.
-tisl va. for dinisertimay,ideir:P. It
,itinciiig
i
all ie while that she will' select something
for is parcienlar patate and off, he goes.;
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Some hnsbandi
,will leave hOme Withl
tintisaying . anythieg, but thinking Et good
4,4, as evinced by their taming round
4 die lasi point cf observaticin t and wav
iii:j.t an adieu * to the pleasant
I faces at they
todow. ' , 1 '
' . 7 .oine husbands' never say a word; TM-.
lioigfrom the breakfast table ' with the,
Froft indifference of niford, and going ont
Hita heartless disregard of those left!
, k
behind. • It is a fortunate thing for their
ivies that they can rind sympathy else , ;,
, where. 1 - I
'Some husbands never leave home with- ,
oug some unkind word or look,-lapparent,i
ly thinking that such a coarse is neces-,
Sari to-keep matters straight in their ab= ,
serve. ',-
Thtlt ass returning--- • . " , i
• Some husbands come- home jolly, ma
happy, unsoured by the world; some`-sul.
ky knd surly with its disappoititments. •
Some husbands bring home la newspal
pet or a book, and bury themselves deep
ty in the contents: , .i
Some -husbands are called away 'every
evening •by business or "social, engage.
inelnts ' • some doze in speechless stupidity
until bed time,• i 1
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\ Sotne husbandS are curious to learn of
their wives what has transpired through
the day; others are attracted 'by nothing
shcirt of a child's' tumbling dOwn stairs'
or he house taking . fire.
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Depend upon it," says Dr. Spooner;
" t at home is the happiest, where great
kindness, and interest, and politeness, and
attention are the ruies, on the part of
huSbands—of course all the °responsibili
ty keusivith.them—rand temptation fmas
no Tooting there." - 1
BPI
Beecher on Fault-Finding.
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.n a recent discourse' on the teit "Beai
one another's burdens," Henry ,Ward
Locher said ; ' I
' The spirit of this passage forbids tha
should make the failings of other men
itource of amusement to ourselves -4j
now I am coming to it. I I will ad;'
dist there is a playful good-huWored
d of badinage that is harmless.' Tho
rehension or exposition of a man's
Its in a light,
.genial spirit, is often
0 best stay of telling him of them. I
plot, therefore say that "ail innocent
fiery and good-natured repr i ehension is
ooe disallowed.d On the contrary, i t.
I
4 3 , be allowe. It must be genuine, how
'Pr, producing good and not pain. But.
that- wakes the mistakes, the foibles,
i
p faults, the misconceptions: of men 4,
LP ten thousand infelicities of humap
I
life—the subject matter of comment,
jeSt, and social enjoyment, and of person
al amusetnent, is simply a barbarian. tae
is not a Christian.; lie does not belong to
that category: It is One of those; things
that are monstrous in the sight of God.
Meld you do it to your child 7 AI. man.•
tantalize hchild.'
erg may her' She may
frolic with it. She tnay do a thousand
things with it, causing it to hover
ink between a tear and a smile, some
ti•tnes on one side and sometimes on the
other, just fora moment; but sle.instant
lyl presses it to her bosom, and coins its
fate with kisses, so that there are no
shades left upon its spirits. And there
is sucha thing as innocent raillery. But
to watch to see what is awkward
,in oth
era ; to search out the infirmities of mei;
tri go out like a street-sweeper, or a um.'
versa! scavenger, to collect. \ the faults arid
fallings of people, to carry thee things
about as if they were cherries or flowers,
to throw them out of your big or Ipouch,
Old make them an eveningi repast, or' a
nponday meal, or the amuSetnent, of a so
cial hour, enlivened by unfeeling criti
cisms, heartless jests and Cutting sar,
c;ttns; to take a mart up as you would a
cicken, and griaw his flesh from his very
hones, and then lay him down, isaying, l
With fiendish 4ultation--"There • is his
Bi; . e14011".• 0118 is devilish !I You 'roily
411 it as many pretty names ; as you
please, but it is i devilishl ‘ and you will do
nothing worse than this when you go ;to
hell—for you may expect to go ,therei if
you have such, a disposition and do not
change it. Talk about cannibalism
cannibals F.
annibals neVer.eat a man till he Fut dead.
hey are , nearer Christ than you are a
good deal." ~
i ,
• 1 FRANKNESS)--,Be frank I with the
World. Franlieess is the child of honeety
alnd courav c e. Say just _what you mean
1
I . i , •
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tu.do !on : ivory_
occasion; ; and I take. it
for granted You:mesn'tn . do what
If a-trip:Oil:legs a fatter, you shOnid grant '
it, if it reasonable ; if tell ; hint .
plainly. ivity:you cannot.: Yottin*wrong
him aniyonrself
wrong tiling to.get a friend, :nor
keep one;' the man requires : lo.ln
do - an is dearly', purChased - nt losiveat,i
sacrifice. Deal . h*santly, bit. *tidy Witt !
all rneni not '.'appear-irtie
otbenS l ;wbityon ace not. ",:-:Tlt ; iyou,biiie
any atilt t,6:804.410t':110.610,•ter-1444;
nor others, *:,.yri* yink:lfk.4.ll4l
!Ibre;fa. - no..Aptp.-diniger9nc ' tient
! • .; . ' l 'tbitCOrstlia - 700 * be ode ttuog
;0214eti fabe, and another behind - his:baok.
We'shoiild Tide, act and talk out Of door,
ar the phrase is, and nay.„and do. what we
should be seen and read by
men. /tie mot only best. as a mattec, of
principle, bioc as reatter,Of polioy..•
WARYlNG—Yesterday . ire stir a
may lying on the floor at rte . Mayor's of
ice, id astute oslmisery,' induced by the
use'of ardent epiritS, who but a abort time
since . was a highly respected•MaD, and in
theexercise of a good' and henorable pro
fession. He had been ticked up - on the
street in estate of intoradation, on Mon- 1
day night, and committed to the watoh
-1 house. There be fell into a sort of sod
den sleep,' rolled off the vrooden bench
arsorrthe tiriek floor inff cut indbruiied
his face-painfully. A physician was call
ed who dressed his Wounds, and was
then laid upon - the!floor by the stove in
the office, a pitiful sight to behold, in his
bloated and helpless condition of intori
eation—a picture morn sad and pitiful
than.'any .- . Mr. Sinclair could show in his
panorama of evils , from the use of the ac
cursed bowl.—Pittiburg Gazelle.
.THE WINE GLASS.
Who - bath woe'? Who bath sor
row ? WhO bath contentions ?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who hath redness of . eyes ?
They that tarry long at wine!
Tbey that'go to seek mixed
• win . e. Look not thou upon.
the wino when it is red,
when it giveth site• color .
in the OUP when it
moveth itself aright.
Mt last it biteth
ti
SERPENT,
and atingeth
like an adder.
taitirat.
A GLEAM OF GOOD SENSE FROM THE
SOUTH.- We take the following from the
Charlestown Mercury, of November
28th :
"We aro satisfied that every intelligent
man in the Scuth has been completely
disgusted at the broad and pathetic farce
that has been played off before the public,
about the hanging of that hoary villian,
"Old Brown." From the 500 invaders
in possession of Harper's Ferry, and the
1,000 ncgroes carried off to the moun
tains of Pennsylvania—from the fiirther
invasions and, the threats of invasion—
the arsons and fears of arson—the march
es and countermarches of the ponies and
cessations of ponies—GoVernor Wise, the
energetic, and his troops—down to the
final "climax of military aid offered by
Gov. Gist of South Carolina to the Gov
ernor of Virginia, for the purpose of mak-
ing certain the aforesaid hanging of Old
Brown & Co.—it is a tissue of divrace,
exaggeration and invention sufficient to
stir the gall of the Southernor, who has
regard for the dignity and responsibility
of the - Southern
. people. To us it really
looks as if. those in possession of the tele
graph were in league to ridicule the South
and make -us sloughing stook to ourselves
and before the world.. We sincerely trust
that our Legislature, which meets to-day,
will,bcor Las in mind, and take noaotion
r i
whateven regard to ourselves or our in
stitution, that may even have the appear
ance of being prompted by the Virginia
farce and its. terrorism..
The Mall Contractoes.
WASHINGTON, Deo. large SUM.
ber of.mail contractors haveinformed and
continue to - inform the Department,
.that
unless Congress makes appropriations ear
ly in January, for the payment of what
is due them, they cannot continue the
service, whioh has been maintained by
them in a manner altogether satisfactory
to the Department, but at great sacrifices.
Their credit is now °attended. Should
they surrender their contracts, the extra
ordinary expenses of restoring the service
will amount to not less than a million dol-,
Lars; probably more. Their expectations
that Congress would promptly pass a bill
for their relief have been disastrously dis.
oppointed.
The department has 'the money to pay
all the sums now due for the quarter end
ing with September, but not the legal au
thority for that purpose. The expenses
of the current quarter are not due till
February. over four millions are re-
CENTiIi.
TERIM-41,25 -PRA =MIL
„
gutted on - tanna account of ge” for the;
year ending with last Sune r „, - The sta*
meats of indebtedness to roWitrictons t ork:
which they have r:tie4 looney tho - .
amount of two million .dollari, are id thi,
bands , of in tidal:by..
unionists, by delaying,the,orgoinalston of ;
the House arc! thus
the stability , of the general prerntoer4, t
by their insane blittbunt;-431),
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:•:;4iii.i,ol&lidkiik 7 ,;ilaiOCßlk':4 l o*..l - :-
thiii.-,i'litetiildren'itti4/4-';.W.--..i11ik.i.,
her own troth . -
Wheni-wai a young girl' we. 41,04 a -
'nigh to a family thatited.bat Otte alatr:
a -hoy.of about three orJour yearvoldi::
Thiachild-, had .been. pitted -and- indulged
to a very improper , extol:thy his parents,..
and-in such a way as tountirely
temper, for be .was trequeatly refused the%
gratification, 'of his whims and =rim -
until he bedew ietunly claniorowa tq his -
demands, bat -would throw himself on-thw:
floor screaming to the utmost poweruf
lodge until bluein the face, and nearly
strangled by his,ezertion, then the emit-4i
ed mother would call out , to any one wltcs., l
was - convenient, and 'who, was presumes/
to know tosiriebeer 4 - 1 Quiet the childi Or
he'll choka,".•whichwtoant, that his dimande
should be comrdied within order to pie.,
vent: strangulation. —Via being deny. ;
then-would be an-interripmn, or' cessa.,..
Lion of the :uproar. until he discovered :
some new want which if - not immediately ,
gratified produced; to recurrence of. the' ,
same scene and its , command, ;! - .9efek the:.
child, or ilea -choke-. .
Ode day the parents were both from
home,- and I wss left in charge of the
house, in coMpany with their usual hired
'help,' or Maid of all when Johnny,..
Who had been left in our -cire, ,imagined
- some Improper want, and being denied,;
went off into one of- his titular tantrums,,
to which we concluded to pay no attes;,;
tion. Finding himself disregarded after, ,
all his clamor, and holding his breath Un
til as - blue as , a turkey- - rooster,in - the'face,,.
and still not hearing from ,any one.
usual command, he comelnded to , give
himself, and roared out lustily, 4 gage '
ch.ild, or , hell choke,' at .which
could war - avoid - imlulging - in - a - hearty
laugh. - .
• "Johnny, for once, was disappointed,.
and, full of mortification, got on to his legs -
again, and for the remainder of the day
was quiet and orderly."
I have often of late years thought .of
little johnnywhen beholding the manner
in which some men or - communities con=.
duct themselves is order_ to accomplish
their ends, of which the , latest instance`
is Governor Wise, whom the Union,eay-- .
era of our cities are trying to "quiet." ,
A Republican Member of Com.
gress at John Brown's
Execution. _
The Washington Correspondent Of the
New York Independent sayi:—
" I spoke in my last, letter of the - that
of a Reptiblican member of Congress to
Charlestown, and* his hasty retreat. I
have since seen one of his Republican
colleagues in tho House=Senator Ash
ley-.-who not only visited Charlestown,'
but actually. witnessed the execution.
With a reckless daring almost equil to
to that which characterized John Brown
on his way to . Washington, he resolved
in defiance of Virginia threats that a Rea
pubhoan should witness the • hanging of
Brown. At Harper's Ferry he ,was
nonneed—the oars would not take id=
to' Charlestown--but: with cool courage
he - hi s red a boric; and buggy and drove
down to the beleagured villageof Charles
town, and put pp at the village hotel.
He . was fortunate enough while at the
Ferry to get the countersign, and - sodawn
straight through the solid manes oftroolt,
Some hours before' the exeoution howit,
discovered to be a spy, and b' plainly,
avowed himself to , the crowd, to be Res
publican Member of, CcingTelllh: His In.
trepi dit7 alone saved, his-life. Be
insulted, his life was threatened. a hut:
dred times, but `life,
&cool bearing he pit,
his panic-stricken foes to shame, and they
did not venture to attach or waylaj
tie saw Brown leave his cell with atheitt‘',
ful smile on his face, and is he passed sof
old negro W 0111813; heard her say distinctly
to him, " God bless you, Old man t i wish
I could help You but 'cannot." And Jelni
Brown heard ,her too, for he looked at he*
a moment-end the
_tears, sprang instantly
to his eyes. • . . •
Senator Ashley says that' Brown stood
on the trap while the manoitiveringefini
troops was going endourteen mind" by
the watch. The feeling of the troops and
the vast assemblage was one of horror it
this order - of the military commander.
He adds - that there woes quiet. secret,
yet unmistakable feeling on, 'the part, ofat
least a portion of the people - of 'Charnel
town, against the grand military display
• Of Gov. Wise, if not of sympathy for the
.
prisoner. •- . • -
It is acknowledged here by the polies•
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