.._ Y ,., f v . ?~ ' ... r. CZ voLirmE XIV.-'-NIIMBER 4. NOW - AND THEN. 'OI the violets 'were blossoming, The sweet, Kay Wits sng ' then,— The sunshine flooded with 'glbry * . The littlo woodland glen. Now, all the blosSoms are blighted, The wood-birds hare flown, away, And darkness And deSolition' •Broad over' the valley grey. • 1 01 the innocent little child-feet That wandered along the dear glen,— , 0,1 eyes that, tinfetirful of sorrow,. Smiled out hi the sunahine, 'then I Masi for the sweetness departed ! Alone in the silence, to-day, - 'With the donde of remembrance o'er 'me; falter•along the old way, .(From the, Atlantic Eonthiy.l • TUE TRUE . UEROINE. ,What, was she like? I cannot tell. ! It only know God loved her 'welt. A• • TWo noble sons her gray hairi blest And he, their sire, was now at rest. And why her children loved her so, And called ber blessed, all shall know: She never had a selfish thought. Nor valued U.liat her hand had wrought She could be just iti spite o' love ; :tad cherished hates she dwelt above; In sick-rooms they that had her care Said she was wondrous gentle there. It was a fearful trust,:she knew, To guide her young immortals through ; Rut Love and Truth explained. the way, And Piety made perfect day. She taught them to be pure and true', . And brave, and strong, and courteous, too; She made them reverence silver hairs, Alad feel the poor man's biting cures. She won them ever to her side; Home was their treasure and their pride: Its food, drink, shelter pleased thew best, And there they found the sweetest rest. And often, as the shadows fell, Andrtwilight had attuned them well, She sang of many ri noble deed, 'f Add marked with joy their eager heed And most she marked their kindling eyes When telling di the victories . 'That made the Stars and 'Stripes a name, Their.countr'yirch in honest fame. It Ira 4 a noble land,,she saik_ Itt,poorest children lacked riot bread ; it was so brood. so rick; so free, They suit its praise beyo•'.d the sea; And thousands sought its kindly shore, And none were poor and filiendless more; All blessed the. none of Washil4lton, - - and loved the Union, every one. Bfie made them feel that they were part Ufa great nation's ; hying heart.--- So they . grew up trite, patriot boys, And new not all .their mother's joys. , • Std ivits the hour when murmurs loud. From a great black . advancing cloud Mule millions feel the coming hreilth Of maddened whirlwinds, full of death ! She pptyeit the skies ntigat soon be bright, An.l male bir suns prepare for fight, liraye youth.; !—their ztialproved clearly then lu girl 'au hour youths can oe ineul Br d:n• she' went frOM' door to - door,— MO caught her soul, unfelt befure'; Tyinght she prayed,and planned, and dreamed, Till mortis red light wnr's lightning seemed. The cry went forth : forth stepped her sons la martial blaze of gleaming guns : Still striding, on to perils dire, They tarried' to catch her glance of fire., No fears, no fond. regrets she knew, Dot proadly -. watt:tied them;fade from view: "Lord, keep them so I" she said, and turned Tawnefe. her lonely. h earth re. burned.: Incident of Col. Baker's Lite. • 'BY WthrLEY BRADSHAW. . . The following romantic 'and touching story of the noble Baker's history, we S tained a day or two since, by accident : When Col. Baker's California Regi ment arrived first ili' Philadelphia, :from their camp in Nevi York it was halted, after a'short street parade, in front of the Continental Hotel. Arms were stacked, and the hot and wea ied heroes allowed several hours to rest; as the day was in tensely oppressife: - t is a well known fact, that the California Regiment was composed, _with .but, few exceptions, of Philadelphians a number of whom the anthoi was - well acquainted with. Seeing 0 many faMiliar fame . I asked if there wereany Californians at all in the rsgi= meat, , and, in answer, was introdueed to a fine,. manly looking follow who was Pushing his way past at the moment. With him I bad a long and very pleasant conversation, Adoring which I learned that hie father had known Col. Baker when a Paorifnendless young man, and had it in his pi?tver - tb`tiO hit& seine' acts of . kind adani,forliehtch the grateful hero had - sub• sapiently amply, repaid him. The sop *beim name tsStees., or Stetson, or,some thing-like that, .happening ,tq bs in. Phil. a delphitt,and"thilost adoring Baker, , was among ttle ibiedioWto -join. his father's benefactar4bOts the latter,announa , d his intention ottalting - tVelelii. 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MEE =MMMM=IN=M - .. departu aof the regiment a a day ni two later I bade the Calfornian good bye, l and heard no more from him until yesterday, When bappeping tolhavelmainess at ! the Post Office, we adnin intit.;•"..Of ;mine, after the usual salutations, the conversa tion naturally turned upon the late disas trous battle of Ball's Bluff.:' and And with tears.in_hia-eyes, thei:able fellow related to me the particulari o the fight, from the moment the tic)* yrere thrown across the Potomac till Bakerfell, and the shrill bugle:notes -orderod a; re treat. .11 1 930," eaid . he at this proint ofl his 1 narration,- "You . tack atiebt. , rcPancertin, fiction, there's a little incident connected' with Col. Baker and the hattle, that seems ( i i beyond belief, but its true, neverthe ess. "The fight had reached the point w ere the enemy began to leave cover add ome down on us. pritiy , hev r ily iand nit ines'' Were shaking, and wavering, and Igradu ally falling back. Just then Colonel Ba ker, who had been helping to 'Serlie'n couple of howitzers, saw the critical con dition of affairs. and sprang forward hare headed from the guns, _waving his a-ord . and shouting: . "'Steady, boys! steady! Charge .ay onets I Forward I Follow me 1" IS "The waver in the lines instantly :top ped, _and the boys, bringing up. it, ti i pieces firm and square, did follow ;hi 1, I tell you, with a most terrific yell.; z nd, in spite of everything although the So th enters outnumbered us four to ;on , if Col. Baker had lived fifteen minutes lon. ger, we would have cleared the fi ld ! But, unfortunately,-at the very rooent we were beginning to drive our foes back —and they fought splendidly—our igal lant leader fell in the middle of a' s uad of rebels that he was trying; to brew up. A rebel captain yelled out at this' mo ment "That's Bal:er, :lam. Get him away quick :" "-And:the Mississippians milde a for the body,. 7' "As . : they Fir), a Hatt built si.tapPd soldier, sprang for out of the ranks and screawed• in a s feminine voice: 1 "Save him ! Save dear Edward !' "Our men instantly gave a yell, au, moment folleiving, - a dozen of us he! by this private and Captain Beriel,. fighting; hand to hand with the foe the dead body of our beloved-Colone the Captain at last getting' hol o corpse, bore it back, while the men ing in behiml . .hitu. effectually prev: the rebuts fro nt epproaehing him. one of us however, fought with the of ferocity of the private who bail sprung to the rescue, and riho:iiiis i battling devotedly with the enemy. There was a mysterious attachinen and 'curiosity, - thafl 'canitot account for, -- thilt i n /drew me towards the_ noble fellow, a d I I made my way to him. As I reached his side he (fell pierced by ii. 'rifle • ball 1 Throwing down my own piece, I quickly caught up his prostrate form, and bOund- Icd away for, the-river, which-providen tially, I reached unharmed. Bit I pen coming to the bank I fount) that - i was impossible to get across;anYso, car , Ing i i nty charge to a 'dense thicket, in a iece of popular woods.ilear by—for the pnrso ing enemy were shooting us down frotn the bluff above—l concealed him and iny self from iminediate liari - V. "His wound, was itkilfe left breast, arid,: as,l percejved, it,must soon prove fatal, my etfcits were all .directed,., to, infing him . as. easy as possible:, $, tripin s , - Off part of myclothing, r roadie -W'pillow for his head, and placing niy Mira canteen-to' Lis lips, - gaveltitn a good drink. IThjs re vived him, and, looking thankfully pin, my my face, he. said :„. . ' _ "'God bless von' fo i'vbitr kindness.' "Then, after" , a short pause, .during which he lay is one asleep, he operrefl his eves, and said in im altered tone, in i fact, the sweetest voice I,ever heard. . 1 "'Comrade, I am dying: but . bet re I go, I wish toconfide. te' you iliy t stMege story. ' lam not as I - seeth.' rairilarfe. l male,: and-pay Dame is Ellen LeClere.-- 7 1 Many years ago, when , Col. Baker lived' in Illinois, I saw him by chance, and fe/1 in love with him. But fora . long me, I dare not make known tohi personally my passion for" hiin; tor altbougli: edu cated and handsome,. 'I was an outcast from society. , , ~ ; / , ii" 'At,last my love passed all bo, and so, one evening,' as lie was *0 out alone, I accosted„. him, and., m knowny4.elingsi atfthe same time ing hinti - who I was; alas `llia p If I loved hitn i before,that night, ho'y I loved` hitn tefi , fOld.inbfa dearly afte first and. final interview— After list .1 to me, and gaining from me my history said i ' ' • "Alps !. My . „poor i child, that should come to this. Go, and try • ...., "And, B.lippingsoinitinoney in my he lurped.,:hpd.)tift, ered.*iik noble and - unusual virtun. • 'Finally,' .Ipairldet:gsy,f,gpa iss ' elliirmtioß of . 410 .0,q7 .. , COUDER)§PiTitT s , COUNTY, PA. ) WEDNpSDAT T JANUARY 8, .1861'.! ever, I aroke from my reverie, and dash ing.tbe Money he had given me, into the street, I hastened to my wretched home and wept until inorning„ .. ,lYhen I arose. I resolved todo ar7lia - had liivised me, and from i that day to the present, I have been purp, though I never deemed myself worthy to address him again. Upon his going to Mexico, I. followed Jam,- in- the diaguise 4 ' through the whole campaign, and :still followed him on his, return. And since then, there has ,never „passed a day let him be where he - would, on the Atlantic or Pacific shore, that I have not looked upon hint with my eyes, although he had doubtles forgotten till-aboni-thia: outcast Magdalene, who has - for many a year loved hith dearly, but scoretly ; for since our first me+ng I alWaYs7avoided recognition by•him. "This afternoon I s l aw him sink to his gloriouS, gory bed, iind I could not:sur vive. Thai* God, his S dear body is safe among faien - ds and now I can die in peace. Oh, I lofr , ed biattbetter then I loved my own poor sinful soul. Oh, Edward ! would to! God I bad known you 'ere the blight of vice had fallen upon l ine • then I would lia.ye always been good and l pure. But Christ bas washed- me of my-.impuri ty, and I shall meet i•ou soon now, Ed ward, deir Edward VI "The I dyitidApeaker, as a bright gleam shot froth her beautiful eyes, stretched out . her arms, as though she saw the shadowy spirit of 'the deliattect,maw .The effort, however was her last;'; for, with a gurg- . link groan,,a, crimson. tide.burst:fronf her mouth bearing with it into eternity her redeemed, loving soul( "For Jome, time, despite the danger of beibg , dicovered and inade,a prisoperi. 1 sat . and gazed upon the romantic but ill fated hciog, and pondered mournfully up on 'berHitrange history. • But 'at•last, thought I, who could help lovine. Col. Baker, tor he was the noblest man I ever knew. t i "Abo t midnight 1 priieured,' with much .peril:aSpade .and.darklantern,.and going tit - the thicket wherethe fair bero ine ray, I 1 dug for her a comfortable grave. About, I er neck was a peculiarly woven guail, t ) the end of Which was attached OM but and krill Et olucthi bosom. i r i ' the ded ,vere . • , A I found it to be a little, plain without consolation andienCouragement. 3dallion; containing a likeness of If war shall be 'forced upon , -us, as seam i ;er. Reverently f returned thegentleuien 'suppose,. vve elan - be fighting i.inket to the cold, quiet breast Of i in a great .cause—the cause of constitu- . ' r trt s l er, and then Wrapping the light 1 tional liberty, whose baptism ceuries 4 Ellen •LeClere in my own blue; ago. was in the blood which flowed in overcoat,7•l s pressed -a,-kiss upon-the mar- i England from the scaffold,and whieli in ble loreheia;laidthd a lialloWed iedy gee-i imates millions to-day on the face (:4, the tly intolthe grave: - and covered it nicely: earth, even of Englishmen, whatever with the dam p clods.l . i may be the policy of their Administration. 1 "If ever you go dOwn . the Potomac,"; If this war. is determined upon in Eng eootinued the narrator, with much feel- I land, it will, be, because it is: . out ofj• the ink "stop on the right hand bank, oppp-1 hands of statesmen and in those - of F ,e' tti- ' site9larrison's Island, and, a little ways! foggera, who are called the law officers of from the north end of a popular woods, I the,Crown, who, it seems, can rush usinto you:will, no doubt. see the grave mound, i war. If we are, sir, tp Ipreser4e peace, it "Just as I had completed my rtiburnfal intist be with honor. ; But if we aie to task,7 , Aontiouicl,Stet.son, after a pause ; ) have war—l do not say that we shall—it 'seVerii . balls; whistling &Se.- above me! will 'not .bc without its ad'vantages. It %virile& me that the enemy--were sullenly I will he a war that : cannot be carried on keepin, up their Murderous fire. 1 Es- 1 Withoutfighting ; find if we only tinder tinguisl ing my lantern:l . hastened to thelstied our true position, we can proclaim river, sivam to the other side, and thus !to every man who' Speaks the ~English eseired to relate: the narrative I have just' language on God's footstool, the canse for told yon." . winch we are fighting; and 'this- appeal : .. , • . will reach the hearts of millietis ofEnz ligheieu, Irishipen, and Frenchmen. - We have heard, Mr. President, ome fears expicsscd that •Louis Napole n is taking sides with England, and that we are to contend with the combinded ener gies of hOth France and England. I do not: believe it. I believe if Louis Napo leoh harbors one single sentiment, is his action* is guided by one singln. principle, if he has, one single feeling that is pre dominant over all others, it is to have a' fair field tot retrieve the. disastrous issue! oEWaterloo. . And besides;' sir, all over i s: this COuntrv, throughout . Canada. ad forth, al gold Eli Col. Ba • calued i the own form a e The foliowing is speeoli d6livered by Ilot. „ JAMES in the Senate r of the 'tilted States, relatiVe the seri render bf Slidell and Mason : I learn fn:MC:flip and we hear fr4m those who are supposed to stand in more confidential re;ations with this than I do, (the reason 'why I ao not stand in more confidential relation's with the Administration cannot, lam sure; be laid at my door. I have been as! willing to be in confidential rela"- tioris a,l anybody, hut,they have chosen to - confide In somebody else; [laughter,] , and I am sure, sir, I 0 . 0 . not -complain,}" cre. nearedlauO a - thierat subjettle- n jog' the attention of the Administ, tion which detnenk, the attention every member 'Of this' body.' I. ber that the Cabinet to-day,andyeaterda; ' for some dnyi 'liege," have' had ;tinder sideration a measure which involves more of good; to this country, than any thin-4114145. Byer occurred 404 ,— ; mean the surrender, on the demand, of Great iiritain, of the persons of Messrs. :Slidell 'and Mason. To my mind, a more fatil ac c t could not Mark the history of thiS country—an act that would surren der at bncelo: the arbitrary :deinand of Great 3ritain all that was won in the &Voltion, reduce us to the position of a second rate poweriand make us the vas sal of Great Britain. I would go as far as any reasonable man would go for peace, but no fUillfer-1 - 4 Nvould'-notll l e ritYW,il ling, to - übinit,thts sibji,:et to , the arbitra tion of any of the great powers of Europe; but I wo,Ald, no', submit to the arbitrary, the alcibbitv-dom'Aid' of great Britain, to surrender these men, and humble our flag •• i 1 oven to escape from a war make Great Britain. .Isio man would make moiehoti- nds, king ade tell- EM! l ever, that •1 b nino• ntire you • tio bow= g• that wa3 concealed in her Curiosity led me to dray this , citable uoncessiona than I would to 01)- B:grid the peace ; hitt sometimeti• peace is lesshonorable and more calamiteus than vvar The Adminikratien which is now iii power ougheto knoW what, the feeling 'of ,the country is, If My friend' from In diana [Mr." Lane] will permit die,l Will • • repeat what he said to rue this!morhing at the breakfast table.. [Mr. Ine assent ed]. The honorable Senator Said, -the l Siite . ; af Indiana has now sixty thousa!nd men p 3 the field, and'she would double that number in sixty days if a war with Great Britain 'should be brought about. Ihave seen many gentlemen, and I hive seen hone. not a man can be found, who is-in favor of this surrender; for it would humiliate us in the eyes of the world; irritate our own people; and subject na to their' indignant scorn. If we arc to have war with Great• Britain, it will'oot be be cause we refuse' to surrender Messrs. iila son and Slidell; ' that ie-a mere preterie. If war shall come it will be because Gr'eat Britian; has - determined to force ivar linen 'us. They would humiliate ns first and fight us afterwards., If we are to be hu miliated, I prefer to take it after a War, and hot before. It is true, war'would be a sacrifice to the people. I think I see it's horrors, its disasters, its 'carnage, its blird, and its desolation; but, sir, let war come; let your cities be Pattered detin; •1 (your armies"ribe scattered, your-fields bar t ten, to preserve untarnished the flatland] honor; itiegeneratitig spirit among Ypur people 1' restore your armies, and re build your Cities, and make fruitful your fields. Francis the First of rrainej at the battle of Pavia, hiS army overthrown' and scattered and, himself a Kiioner, ex claimed :'"All is lost but honor!" ' That honci i r preserved then was the germ ofithe greatness and the glory of France today: I pray that this Administration will (not surrender our national honor. I tell them that hundreds and thousands and ]Fin area of thousands will rush to the batle field, Mid bare their breasts to its perils rather than submit to degradation. If this Administration will not listen to the voice of the people, they will lied themselves engulfed in a fire that will consume them likestubble ; they -will be helpless before a power that will hurl • them from, their piliees. If war comes we shall'not, Mr. President, be entirely -, and in Ireland, there are hundreds and thousands ru.d...l.lundreds of thousands of;true-hbart ed Irishmen who have long prayed for an opportunity to retaliate upon England for the.wrengs which for centuries that Gov ernment has inflicted' upon their Father /and. If we knot our own position and our own strength—l refer to the strength of principle--there will.be nothing to be afraid, of in this contest. If war must come, let it come;: but I tell you, and I do not pretend to be a prophet, I think the slightest sagacity in public councils will sustain 'me in 'the position that if England enters upon this .war, she :!will enter upon one of more than doubtful contingency. She will bb at war with the spirit of the age, With the irresistible genius of liberty, and with the sympathies of her 'own 'best people; She wilt war with a cause- upon which we may invoke with confidencelhe blessings of the Go l d of' Liberty,' ,who 'will not fail in His ;own gbod time and in His own way to vindi cate His_own cause. - - ji I a „. gain say, if tbia war„must COlllq, let it n ceme; and let in tbank God . that He has'nrade urthe - chose n' in strunient in His hand to vindicate His - own cans. .•I:, V ye 'and con- 1 le' h; ye, been permitted to cony -the following rom it private letter, :.- CAsmi.C.s!rd MI4 VA., Dec. 15th,11 . 861, 11IY Ix.,itt, zu: It is with feelings of sadness that sea(myself to perform ,a most painfpl duty,l Almeron U. Bur dick is ndmor I He was taken ill during I the pastweek with measles, but was not thought,dang rouslY ill up to yesterday morning, when the physician said be would recover without a, doubt; , Not withstanding fads assurance we were fear- he could not live, and I believe Lieut. Crosby wrote his ,father to that effect. He'died!befT noon yesterday, hia dia. ease. having t ken the form of pneiunonia. While we deeply regret his loss, ) nte are not disposed tlo find fault with the. irre vocable dedre of an all-wise Creater who '!doeth all thigs we 11. ".. Be was buried i i to-day, the; ,en ire regiment attending his funeral. His interment was attended with the , 'pOp i er military honors.; First,: 'an armed .eseort. df eighty pen under command of orpoial Stevens ;' then the corpse, ehvelg- Win ing-o ed in the Stars and Stripes, ; ) j —fitting- for 'one who so nobly sabrific d the comforts of bottle, the society off4nds;, J and finally, even life itself, in,the cause 1 1 0 his country,-Lthen followedkhe Company of which he, was a member;' the h the band, and following Ile band ;the balance of the regiment stationed- ecc riling to rank. I iissure . you it Wes ,se emit in the extreme. The dirge-like music, and the measured step of the procesAien seemed to ',impress one with soletrin i lthohihts. Arrived at the grave, the us al salute of three ironies was fired over it. i 1 : 1 It is but j stice to his friends, as also , 1 , to our departea,,comraota to state, that he was always piinctuhl in the performance of all his duties. He was uever,,l:think, heard to giveutterance to profane:Or im proper language of any sort, neither did he complain. If ever . any one , enlisted from =dies of pure, disinterested pat riotism,; he was that. one. His parents and nunacrouls friebds (for I feel assured he must huvt i ; had knany,) have onYiheart.- felt sympathy in this their sad, unexpeet ed bereavement. ~ We feer 0 - at although the bullet, nor steel inflicted the' fatal wound, Yet the wicked„ ddsigning - dernagogues whc blind ly plunged our beloved country - into this terrible; war by engaging iri au unholy, I: firmed 'crusade against the (Government which gave theni t irth, are just as much responsible br his death U though he had met. it 4n the field of 'battle. His friends itoe should bear in Mind that his memoty shoild be cherished the Same as I though he laid fallen by the handl of the I enemy. -_, ; 1 1 `i It. tarsautt`Sitrlipes. tst tletaill you uo lonker. 1 tutll4 and inore!thatt enough Vie_ spirii~~n witicli this flag tedl your charge. It is ThP Jim tave said en to manifeSt is now coui ~ -- u.; the nations ensign, pure land Simple; dearer to all our hearts at this , moment, as we lift it to the gale, and seo no other sign 011:14 upon the storm; cloud; which rolls add rat les above it, saVe that:which is reflected from its own radiant ! hues ; dearer,la t,li usand-fold dearer ,tci ,us .all than it; ever was before, while gilded by the' sunshin of prosperityi and playing with the ze hyrs of peace. ;It Viill speak for itself larinioreleloqueutly than I. speak for it. 'l3allo' Id it Listen to it! Every star haS a td i ugue '; every stripe' is articu late. w'h'ere is to language. Or speech where i.heirlioiceS are not heard. There is tuagi l h -in the w 0 of it. It has an an swer for every question of clutY. ' It has a solution: for every doubt and every per-, plexity ; It has a word of good cheer for every hour et gloom and despondency: !.."Behold it! Listen to it! 'lt speaks a,. earliei'arid later struggle's. It speaks of victories and semetimes tif reverses, on the sea , atidi on the land.. I It speaks of patriots and her es .among the living= among , 7 the dead..' and of hint, the first , and greateSt among, theta all, . around whose Consecrated' ashes this ;unnatural and ahhorr‘nt strife has So ical,i; been raging-t 4 abomination of desolatiou e standinwh i ere t ought not.. .Itit .be fore sill' add above l other associations all associationss I ~ and niehlories—whether of glorious men, or gloriOUS, deeds,! or glorious places—its voice iii ever of 11'01011 'and• liberty; of the, iionstit i tiqon . and the laws. , ' • ,"Behtild it! Listen to it! Let it tell ] the story; of its birth to those; gallaht' - volunteerii - as-. flip , march' beneath its folds by day or repose beneath its senti- 1 nel stars bylnight. Let it recall** them the strange eventful history of its 'rise and progress Opt it rehearse to thein the won-1 drous tale of itstrials and !its triumphs, in "peac . as well as in war; and whatever else-tray i.happen to it or thetsii it 'will never l i ke surrendered to rebels; Over ~ bed to ianoraioUsily struck i.... treason, nor never be prostithtd to any Unworthy end tilt ohristien ilu pose,of revenge, depredation or rapine. ; 1 i .. ~ i "And nt y a- merciful God cotter the bead • of each otiel'ot its brave defenders in the: het. of [battle .1" --Hon ..-1 R.' , C Winthrop.' • . t i i• -.. . , 1 . fr 3 ME I M IEI =ma-41.°0 PER-ANNUS. ;A:Contralto/nil liitidesiMi'f`ei , '.l Down- in Kentioky, in. the.regumlol: Muldraugh's.Hilf, lived ap ardent.Upion% ist named .B.l'Kinley s formerly : of this cenfity, and now , staying, foilhe' time being, among; his tellitivei'north east of Bucyrus. When:Getieral Buckner with his.hordet,, of outlaws invaded that part,of KentuAtyi . was a do9med man., He been , plain 'and outspoken in is'UbierV ism, and -had made efforts to rally - 00 V Union men of his neighborhood, "and , aiC the Government in beating. back the yellers. No sooner had .13u4ner's forces takes possession of the country than the burning, hanging, waste and desolation that have followed secession commenced. was •among the first ribtinthcf Ills house and barns were burned, , hie , crops destroyed, his valuables seiaed,lami, his uenoes impressed into tharibel:ser , vice, he escaping barely' with his Among his negroaswas one for whom lie felt a particular interest—a stalwart,- full-blooded negro, enumerated in lie: ; schedule of property as "John!' John. had been raised on_ the plantation, watt extremely 'intelligent, and was faithful and honest. Three years ago he married.' a, quadroon belonging to a neighboving; , planter, and his waster, to show his res._ spect for his faithful property, purchatied,, her. Two children were born to them, and they had lived as happily as is pover;' the for intelligent beings in a state 'of servitude. When his master • fled, 'he urged John to accompany him, but flee , faithful felloiv refused. lie would stay, and endeavor to save something from the wreck, and so far as in' his power,o keep . ' Matters le some sort of shape. For se- • clarity he occupied a cabin in a.lorest some distance Irma the former quarters. One day about six weeks ago, he was returning from a tour over the plantation i 1 while yet some distance from his cabin;" be was startled by loud screams in tliti direction, of his cabin. Apprehending evil, .he sprang forward with lightning ; speed, and in a few moments was in his dwelling. ' . • •As he entered at one door,-a brawny I [ r scoundrel escaped from the other. Hit Wife lay upou the floor, half crazed, aua the brokeu furniture showed that a des-, perate -struggle had taken place in the, room. A few words explained it all: ' A scouting party of the secession - army bad entered the house, violated her pers, • destroyed what little property the hot v contained, raid fled. Kuwinefhe road,, 1 1 they must take to reach heir camp, 'be, took a &barter route and aw them pass:" He knew them all. TheY were Tesideuts of the neighborhood, ten in number, and ,the vely men who had heir) instrunwidati : fn bringing the vengeance of the rebels , , . . upon his waiter. • : The nest, day he took his family to the • Federal 'camp,; sought out Colonel Gib son's regiment, and to his great joy found in We. company (Captain Keller's) from the county that his master was in. Cap- , tain K. and his company made the nec essary arrangements, and rent the : to their owvef at Bucyrus. Captain Keller furnished him with arms and provisions, and John returned alone, to work out his, own vengeance in" his own way. He hung aroundtbe rebel camp, night and day, and watched,,lynx eyed, their outgoings- and incomings.,;, Every day he had opportnnities tit shoo-, ing rebel soldiers, but he had his garne, and would touch. nething less.. 'lrinally :„ be shot one, pickini him off as he saeat the camp fire. Another and brot her were killed, until five of the - ten slept their last sleep. Thed two of , scouting in company, were met, and both' killed, one shot, and the other ° in a.cles- Demi° hand to hand encounter. The re [mining three, stricken with fear, irept- , close in camp,-but to no purpose. One,. was stabbed iu his tent, another struck down while on guard, and the last [ was shot in day light almost in the middle of the camp. Terrible was the orime,'and terribly, was - it - avenged. John is now with Colonel Gibson's reg iinent, employed as a scout, end a more valuable man is not in the service. His family pe beig well cared for here.— :Burvrits (0) Journal. • Will a negro fight for his freedoth? MODERN. DEPormoNst—Oversight.-- To leave your old umbrella in a news room and carry away a new one. Unfortunate Man--One born will' a conscience. , Progress of Time—A• pedlar going through ihe land*with wooden'cloek.s. . • Rigid Justice—A juror on a inurdee._ `case fast asleep. ' IndepeodenceOwing fifty di - missed . :dollars which you never intend to pay. Ifonesty---Almost obsolete; it: term • formerly used in the case of 'a paid for his paper. ' • - • Credit--,A wise provision by which 'constables and sheriffs get a rove—An ingredient used iu romance:- and poetry:. ninglour neighbor for 3 not -tlialaiiri'exa tly as you 'du. - k :~.jc _ • , f.f• (I'l ' , ..j - ,.;.1.. , .'?.. , t'0r.V7 w.4.. } ~: y,.,~May~ ME = ME 7 - t r =MI
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