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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. ''Upon 1110
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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. -_,
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tarsautt`Sitrlipes.
tst tletaill you uo lonker. 1
tutll4 and inore!thatt enough
Vie_ spirii~~n witicli this flag
tedl your charge. It is
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to manifeSt
is now coui
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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
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standinwh i
ere t ought not.. .Itit
.be
fore sill' add above l other associations
all associationss
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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
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"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.' • .
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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. '
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•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,,
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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. '
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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.
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