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• BEAM[Jin.O i'AZ f ! - iTAR of BiefirLiCHILSII. - BTORT
I t . . 1 9P IA LITTLE yl.ittnalusa..
Christm ' eve(the snow is whirling • •
Thick Ind rat along the streets; 1
si
And the ky iS l 'dark and gloomy,
Wild the wind-and
-sharp the tileet.
Hark! there, fdintlY doWn the pathway,
Comesi the tread of baby feet.
'And tieh b ld, tli rough all the tempest,
Glides a fink, childlike, forni;
..
Weary, wandering, without nhelter;',
Lost in cold:and night land storm. ,: • '
.Whence art thou, poor-litile,sininger,
Through elf night ai4l thinheit the storm?"
Far outside, thi.wide plain stretches, •
it
And beyond are htlls.of snow;
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High above =the black:sky loW'ring,
And the river frownstelOW . . ' ' ' • .
“Whither, whither, in the midnight!
Little hole ohe wouldst thou g 0?"
But sloe hems not, and the snow drift
Droixits the Itoiee that bids her shly
And, afar along the pathwat
Speed eSelAttle feet'away. 1
Hurry in whit i ber? Blessed Saviour—
Speed hoSe ittle feet aWayl I
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Feet bandsand. are cracked and bleeding,
Feet, and balidt", and head • 'are bare,
And the ftozeil sleet, likeljeWels,
Clusters in iter golden hair;
TatteredigarmlentS flutter 'round her, ' •
Battling With tlie.bitter air:
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1 •• I! ,
Ali! how shri*ksl
the coW'ring infant,
As th• fierce blast chills her through;
Feebly dies tier voice of Wailing, . -•
For,her liPslaiel still and blue,
And theltearsleling to her eyelids, ,
Frozen there hi icy dew
Onward , . , •
~
I throe k
h i the'gathering darknus,
Still she tetierti in her flight; ~..,,
Weary, totely:4 like,a Neal&
Wandering tn the outer night.
Is there no one? •' Is there no one, •
Keepiniforl her N4'armilt and light?
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Ha! there gleamsls athwart the corner,
Ruddy' glo* from•hapPy homes,
And sweet; Merry, childish laughter,
Ringiagkin 'the bleak wind comes; .
For to-night ey sport all hopeful,
With the Christmas elves and gnomes.
II •,
Happy childrFn ! Happy parents 1
Blest tile roof that shields yini here!
'render father!!!' Gentle mother !
Loving,. ~• r,ister ! Brother deer!
Nut a frown tit mar 'yttur pleasure,
Every joy avid comfort. neart l, .
• :, .
Christmas' eve ! the i firelight dances
Oa the ,pi . ctured parlur-wail;
And apart in,ettcy Chambers, 11
Gifts are ranged fur one and all;
While, below,lthe h azing kitchen i
Seeds its cheer th ough court and hall.
I •
And, there,; gleaming past the, curtain,
See the glitieringl Christmas-tree, .
Hung with • ,olden fruit and trinkets
For the funithat to to he! 11
0, the candiet I (.) the treasures I
On that glo ious -. .lltristitiastree !
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Then, the tables spread for feasting,
Pies, and cakes, end comfldt piled,—
Rosy; apples, nuts, and taisins ; -
Grapes whereon the Tropic smiled,
Heaped together-lbliathn Eden,
For the hotheless r 'starving Child I ' •
, Novi,4 i 1 • , 11
Novi, look lor, her, where she'crouches,
Close beside the rr i tendly . door, ,
While she Founts the dancing, foots r .
As!they Flitter o!tir the fluor ; •
They; are sing COistinlas-earols, ,
Singing 'till theikrearts brim o'er !
I Iti 1 1 -
And she'
watches ih ,Mg,di the, window,,
Little fact ilikehtr own,- ' l l
Beaming 'with celettill pleasure— . •
• Glkssy 'ringlets badliwards thrown ;
An•the faiherlclaspa hiS darlings,
With sweet word& she too has ktlown:
i w
4w ll , -
Fl ,ery wreaths that deck the mantel
Framelthis picttird, as she peens:,
Holly twined with buds and roses-
Types lof happy by-gone yearsH
For her, too, They, wove gay. garlands,
I e the; happy by gone years I
1 ' - '
O,AIFri r father-0 seet Metter':
~
Where are lyou woo loved Me so . ?
A wither littl heart l'outbursting•
Wits 'a'oui
its witidless woe;
For klasi they - sloeP together,
This Wild night, beneath the snow.
• - I • ' :-I• I,
upon
.
Tap/ the healty casement,
'dp ! her bands would make a sign,
••Take me in,l kind Christian people !• .
All thc,,e jOys, th.iy once were mine I
Herd I die of cold and hiinger—r •
Heads her, hut. the Ear iDiviue I
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paw the curtain drawn more closely,
:A.iid. the'splender fatilhg.too,. .• ,_ _
Browny bells in hidden eteePles I 1-
Toll the heavy midnight through;
All is huished save distatd revel, ,
Ahd the Storm-K:ing'S noisy crew 1
- ,- -•, .
Novi'', the bride dreams'of her bridegroom,
And the bridegroom, too. is bhh3t, ; •
Now, the mother lingsdier banding
Where it nestles on her breast, _ . .
•Ageland childhood ,both are happy
hi that heavenly I ChOtma.s rest. ' I
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But !no home receives the lone one, -
'Aid no Mother's ;fond address
I
Stinted's her pillow, i n the .
snowdrift, ...
Mid no father's hand may bletts
That lost 'fledging on the-doorstep,
:Yielding there tol Death's caress I
•' t .• . - t .- 1
to ! behold 'a sudden glory!
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List! soft music in the air! 1
Arid she rises radiant, lovely. 1
. ,Clasps her Winds and kneels in prayer.
Seel an iiiftintiform resplendentl '• , .
Standing, right before her there I
On its head; a. crowiiiif starlight ' •
Shedding linitre o'er its face I - • '
Heavettly mildness every feature' ;
All its bearing sreetest grace ;
White robes, phre and bright as siker,
Lightning up that gloomy place I
.
Froim its browthe 'tresses' parted,
''Float aside in sunny sheen,
Amyl its eye S---0.1 deepest, clearest • -
'7
That our andrtal sight bath seen. ,
Full 'of tenderest loveliglit,, beaming
Summer o'er the wintry scene •
Hak I it sPeatts l its arms extended •
Beckon to that lonely one : 1
t , Cdrne te Me, pcwrl,iittle stranger,
flor thy 'pilgrimage is done!"
Tories of heaven I,can . She linger
Via the tlireslieldlhus is won't'. , _
.4.i11y father's house has many m • .
I '
Far more beautiful than these v
Pastures green by 'quiet waters.
Flowers of glory, living trees
Ito more winter, only summer
I - ''Where lEs children rest at ease.
" There, on golden harps, the seraphs
Sound eternal anthems hitch, I
And the songs of angle-mynds
- Belt; all along the 13 k y
Blessed hosts are there forever, . I
Souls redeemed that cannot diet.
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" There cornea neither care nor sorrow
I thatglad. unending day ;
But the hatid'of love undying
'Wipai the tears of grief away..
Though the (lark world here rect thee,
There, poor wand'rer, shalt thou stay.
.1 am He who, in a manger
Lay a helpless little child :
Swaddled there in (ags and tatters
While the heathen lands reviled,
Yet the after-ages hailed me,
Lamb of God. the Undefiled I
"Lloo, wandered poor and
NOt a roof to shield my head;
Hoinhless, hungry, lost and weary,
• Often forced to beg my bread ;
While around, unseen , the angels'
Hovered ever near my. head.
”Mine the words so oft repeated, ,
.Little children come to me.'
Mine the prayers for stricken mortals,
Nifle the passion on the tree I
By nay blood I made the purcbase—
There, the home prepared for theel"
He pints, and now, her gaze, in bright'ning
"Sees the Criss shine.farth afar, I .
And above it, in the heavens, •
Bethlehem's hallowed morning star
While, beneath, tvo dearest faces •
Woo her where, the are.
Hallelujah. strains celestial, . •
Stich the Shepherds heard of old,
When alit choirs on high, exulting;
Jo - mis tidings there foretold,
And the scroll of our salvation
O'er the earth for aye unroll'''.
Thus, they found her in the daydawn
Kneeling with uplifted eyes,
And' her hands outstretched and Opened,
As with glad and sweet surprise,
While the roseate glow was rismt
In the blushing Orient skies.
And the sleet had bound her ringlets
With a woos' that shone
Like to diamonds, in the'smilight;
As its beams aslant were thrown
clod that drift eilwrapt her shOulders
With white wings—the angel's own
Thus, the rays that wrought her shadow,
Matte a holy strange device: ! •
• linging it athwart the doorway,
Like a cross upon the ice
'
And a, crown of thorny snonllakes
Topped the cross upon the ice
Cherry Christmas-bells were chiming.
Anil the merry crowd swept past,
There it lay, like God's own blessing,
njltat happy doorsill cast;
WI ere the little barefoot pilgrim i
ound her Heaven and Home at last!
•
Clirizi.nr
is• in Olden Time.
. • •
! Will the Christ child come to
Morrow 7- will the Christ-child bring bell
•
and :horses? and oh, Mother, think:he will
bri l m; me a cross-bow, and will Uncle Karl
teartli me h(.w to shoot iti—ifothei:,! why
areLyou so sad? why do your eyes lnok far
I
nwny,l ipstea, ofat Karl ?-why do you
not answer me; Mother?" "Karl . said the
rri,d,th4r, drawing him closely to her breast.
you love me?" "Love you ? Why itother
_what 'question! I love you most dearly,
dear .Mother."
'You will never leave me, my boy?"
I"Never, dear Mothet l Why should I leave
"Never, never leave nie." .'
"Gertrude," said a low voice behifid her
in, I
The boy slid down from his mothers lip,
left her alone with his father. 1 .
tOli, my husband," cried the wife, laying
head on his breast,"my heart is sad to
-1 Tit 'and over weary. Where is our boy,
our first-born?"
"Gertrude, he lett us freely ; he was
unwillinghead
strong,mid tosubmitto his father's ,
better judgerhent. God protect Win, for he
was young and wayward. I know not
wbere;h4:lB, though half my fortune has,
been, spent in vain endeavors to find him
06 Poor boy !.he may be dead. Gertrude"
[Tip mother shuddered. Then'':. rising,
she went to .a drawer and took out crass
lxiw,t, and some other boyish toys, and laid
theni apart Her hand lingered lovingly
1 - .1 the tears ,
over: them, and the tears swelled up into I
1
her eyes.
"They are for Karl," she said in 'answer
to he husband's look of inquiry. It is five
years to-morrow since I placed them on the
tree for Emanuel, and in two Ittle weeks I
!I
saw Ty boy tor the last time. I have tri
ed-always to banish sad thoughts atOhrist
i .
mas, for the children's sake, s sake, but to -night
1- 1 0
ary heart seems full enough to burst. tiod
grant, we may hear of no misfortune hap
pening to our boy, for my heart has heavy
fereboilings."
1 Lori°. did the parents sit and talk of the
1 , 0
prodigal son.
E manual was their first, and for five years
r
afte their marriage , their ir only child. He
was a` - 0" , " •
was it high-tempered boy, but, until
„Ili!.
thirteenth year had submitted to his par
ent's Will. One night in a sudden fit of
rage at the crossing of some unreasonable
whim; he left the house, walked ton neigh
bOring seaport town. and there talcirn pass
age on a vessel bound for China. 'As this
vessellsailed the next morning, with its new
ca
bin- I boy on board, every effort trade by
his'father 1..*. bring him back bad been fruit
-1488- 1 For some time the mother was pros
-1 ,
trated by grief, but other children claimed
tier attention, and as their childish wonder
abated,.and they ceased to mention their
brother's naine, it was not spoken in the
family circle, and the , parents slowly learn
ed to shut up this great sorrow int heir own
hearts •
CO
The morrow!came, and with a sad face
and many a fall tear, Gertrude plaed Em
anuel's toys on the tree for Karl. If he
ever returned ahe.moaher, lovingly argued.
he would be too old for these trifling gifts;
and they would make 'her . Karl I:iappy.•-t--
Dancing feet and merry voices, greeting her;
as she left the mysterious room she had
prepared for the Christ-child, soothed'.the
open wound in her heart, and she thariked
God .for the treasures left to her. Even-,
ing Dame; the children, Karl, Fritz,Gertie,
Franz, and little Dorothea were all Ushered
into a dark entry, and there joined their
sweet childish voices in the Christmas hymn.'
Then the &or opened, and in a wondeous
blaze ,of light stoood the Christmas tree.
Awe stricken by its glorious light, and
dazzled by its suddenness, the children stood
still, until seeing Grandmother, whose chair
had been wheeled in, sittng by a table near
this burst of splendor, they came slowly in.
Karl's quick eye soon espied his treasure,
the cross-bow, and Uncle Karl was called
upon to explain all its mysteries Fritz
took
,to explain
book to have the pictures ex
' plained by, Grandmother. Gertie sat be
side the table with a new doll, while little
Franz and the two year old baby, soon tir
ed with intense pleasure, came to Papa's
loving arms for rest. The Mother wander
ed round the room.—Karl's eagerness re
minded her of the pleasure the same toy
had given five long years Wore.. The
book Fritz enjoyed so much was also one
of Ernanuers,, and so Gertrude's eye turned
from one boy to the other, her heart whis
pered the Hoft repnted question,"Will he
never return!" there was a shadow on the
father's brow too, • and as 'Gertrude passed
him, lie grasped her hand, and drew her
closely to him. All the children Were'too
happy to notice their parents' abstraction,
and their low voices were drowned in glee
ful shouts and animated conversation.
Suddenly there came a rap on the door.
Gertie; much wondering whom it could be
on Christmas eve, sprang to open it. The
mother stood erect, and the father, his heart
stirred by the same hope, looked eagetly . i
towards the door. It was a strapger,l algid
of eighteen or nineteen years; they looked
for a boy, of Karl's age, forgeting , for, a .mo
ment the lapse of He stood in the'
door-way, then with a slow, timid step, ad
vanced Cowards the mother and father.
Gertrude's ihe Mother's instinct, Spoke first, ,
and with a thud cry, she fell upon his neck..
"kiothertlllother!",lie
.said, in a hoarse;
choked voic "Can you forgive Mei"
dFOrgivel Oh, my boy ! ,Heriven . is very
good to me. , Five years I have thristed for
the sound of your voice, and this sight. o f
I your. face, ajid God has sent yell home."
"Father VI - • . . • .
The father spoke not, but as. his son.fell
at his feet, he bent -forward and . Preavd the
seal of forgiveness upon his brow. And
the Christmas day rose upon such
.happi
ness in that house as it had never known
before.
The Case of ,John J. Surratt.
The President to-day transmitted to the
House an answer to Representative. Bout-
Well's resolution calling for information rel
ative to the discovery and arrest of John
H. Surratt,,.. • . •
The documents are volumurns. The
first letter is frorn . Welding, United
States Consul at Liverpool, dated Septem
ber 27, 1865, in w s hiell;
& addressing Secre
tary Ward, he says that information was
given to him the day before that Surratt
was in Liverpool, or 'expected to be. Ho
took the,atflavit of the person who gate
him the information, and transmitted it to
Minister Adams.
The affidavit states that while going from
Montreal to. Quebec be became acqnainted
with a man ending himself McCarthy, who
told him he had - been in the confederate
service, engaged in conveying intelligence
between Washington and Richmond; that
he had been concerned in a plan for carry
ing off President Lincoln, which was con
ducted entirely by J. Wilkes Booth and
himself; that he came to Canada just be
fore the acmssination of President Lincoln;
that while in Canada he received a letter
from Booth, saying that it had become
necessary to change their plans, and re
quested him to come to. Washington im
mediately,rand that he did start immedi
ately tor that place. He did not say wheth
er he went there, but said that on his way
back to Canada the train he was in was de
layed at St: Albans, and while, sitting at
. the breakfast table a gentleman next to
him spoke of the report of the assassina
tion, and be (McCarthy, or, or as he then
called hiraselti Harrison) replied "the news
was too good I to be true;" that the gentle;
mail took al newspaper from his pocket and
read.the account of the occ.urrence,t and he
(McCarthy) vas surprised to see his tante
there, andd - lft immediately ' That on Sun
day morning, last the accused had been
talking witn the affiant of an interview with
Mr. --;rrt - Richmond, when the affiant
said_ to him "You•hari3 told.me s great deal
What must I call you What is yoar
name?' and he answered "..iy name is
Surmtt." This was just before their arriv
al at LondonderrY. When McCarthy, or
Surratt, landed' ht waS'Aisguised. •
Mr. Welding writes Mr. Seward uncle;
date of zentember. 30, 1865,, Ltd Surfigt
had arrived at Liverpool ; - and s vain on the
lOth of October, that Minister Adams had
instructed him that he did• not consider it
desirable With their present evidence of
identity and complicity, to apply for a war
rant for the arrest of the supposed Surratt
It is furthe i r stated that in his conversation
with the affiiant, Surratt'declaral his belief
that he Wohkl live long enough to give a
good account of Mr. Johnson..
.Acting Secretary of State, Hunter.under
date of October 13, 1965, says in consultU-'
Lion with the Secretary of War: and Judge
Holt it wa thought advisable" that no ac
tion should .be taken in regard to the ar
rest of the supposed John H.. Surratt at
present.
Consul General pottier. atranada,on Oc
tober 25th, 1865,inlorms Secretary Seward
that. eurratt left Three Rivers some time
in SePtember, for Liverpool, , and adds. that
he was secreted .at Three Rivers by a Oath-
elle priest, with whom he' lived.
Minister King, at Rome, writes to Sec
retary Seward, April 234, 1866, that Sur
ratt recently enlisted in the Papal Zouaves,
at Sezzse. Mr. King's •informant recog
nized him, and. Surratt admitted - he was
right in his conjecture. Surratt acknowl
edged his participation in the plot.against
President Lincoln's life, and declared 'that
Jeff Davis had incited and was pri'y to it.
The informant further said that' , Sturm.,
seemed to be well supplied. with money
and appealed to him not to, betray his se"
cret.. The informant expressed an earnest
desire that if tn, steps , were taken towards
reclaiming . Surratt as a criminal, he should
not be known in the matter. ;q
Secretary Stanton, .May 19th, 1860,
says: The report w. s referred to Judge
Advo6tte 11 , It who recotumenued not to
prosecute without due concession, verified
by oath . •
Secretary Sewar.l, May 286,1866, sn,g
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gests that as we hare no ''treaty with the
Papa' government, a special agent he sent
to Rome to demand the surrender'of Sur-
raft.
Minister Kiwi to Secretary Seward,lune
23d, 1866, says he communicated with his
informant the day before,and received from
turn the accompanying document. He had
at the same time a long conversation with
him which tended to confirm his belief in
the truth of his statements. • He repeated
to him Snrratt's confessing complicity in
the murder of President Lincoln; and tht;
a.linissiott of his mother's:guilty participa
Lion in the same plot.
The inforWiant was formerly engaged as
a schoolmaster in a small village in Mary-
I land, called Texas, and proposes to return
to the Linked States and give evidence:
He wishes his name concealed, because the
publication of it would endanger his
It is' stated in his swo,n statement; that:
Surratt remarked in Nt.w , Yorki he propos
ed to fly when the deed was ' done:
Minister King to Secretary SewanhAug.,
8.11866, says he communicated to Cardinal'
Antonelli the information which was sent.l
hint: ,1 His eininehce wasgreatly interested
by it, and intimated that if our government
desired the surrender of the criminal, there
wouldi probably be no difficulty.
Secretary Sevvard to Minister King, Oct.
16,1666, directs him jo employ a confi
dential person to compare the photograph
with the original, and to` visit Velletri for
that purpose and to pay the informant a
sum of money, amount not named, for, the
information given npon the subject' .
Sedretary Seward further instructs Mr.
King to seek an interview with Cardinal
Antolielli, and to ask his Holiness whether,
in the absence of an extiadition treaty, he
would give Surrtitt up, or whether, in the
event lof the re-arrest being denied, he
would enter into an extradition treaty, and
also*questing that - Surratt be not dis
charged until further advised.
Minister King to Secretaty Seward; dat•
ed R+ue, Noveml•er 22, says be has had
an interview with the Cardinal Antonelli,
who t'rankly replied he would give up Sur,
ratt on proper indictment and proof, at
the .request of the Department of State.
Mr, King, under date of Novembei 10th,
says the Cardinal informed him, that Sur
ratt or Watson bad been arrested by his
orderi, but, while 'on the way, to *ale es
caped from the guard of six men. - The
Cardinal expresses great regret at the es
cape.
All the ordera of the Vapal government
or the arrest are inclosed with this corns
pendence.
Minister Kin°. arid` Captain oe, at is
bon, Nov. 17, telegraphed giniaterliarvey
to direct--Admiral Goldsborough. to 'send
one of his ships to Civita Vecchia.
IMinister" Marsh to Secretary Seward,from
Florence Nov. 13th, says he had seen the
Minister of Foreian Affairs, and asked him
if he thought the Italian governmentwould
!surrender uriitt, •tolhe United Statei if
the accused yvasfolmd-on Italian territory.
The Minister thought the accused would
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snrrendered 'on proper 3 dAants.
pructo i but . -probably. only ..undPr , ,a\sgpula.
Lion on our part that the punishinent of
death should not lie' 111 "v 4 P
,:Sutratti under' the name of, Waltgrt i ttulgo
after his esGipe from the,guard,huptpd for
in Naples, but he had Onellieta ft; Wax.
andria. - -.•
December 2, Is66.—Consul General
communicates the fiictitha r liV had
obeyed instructions -and arrested; *lett.
Secretary Seward !rat day , telegraphed
Win - his mass IS approved, and, iiifoims
him that Mee:sires htivo tioiteo lakdotOring
Surratt home, Admiral.Goldsbomajilv.
, been thus instructed': "-I
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ICift4iGs USED,DURING
forage required for - the'-elibgisEerieeol l atti•
mats empluyed in thernaitary:aetvirwflur-
Mg the late`war. Was 24,810,271 ,bthllleli
of cord, valued 'irt,526,819,315 :18;661;790
bushel's of oats, 'valued:: at-476,36026;
1,518,621 tons of liriy, valueckat $A8,595 1 -
872 'and 21,276 tons .of straw,.. valued at
$425,520,! Total cost of foragetoitstimeri
duritig the wet , so-far as asCertained $155
262 732.
Up to 1863 there was 'iritieh‘l s ionfilkiott
E ta the purchase of forage; but mat*Ekwera
r straightened out when,Colorel,S. l .l., *own
was placed in charge of this egiieCtViitttli
nod his admirable reports Mo . :lnd.:it/115;314
of magnitdde and importanceaelaudrequal
led., ..Between the Bth of DeceMbmlB62,
and the 39th of June,.1865, he Rprchased '
at d shipped. to the depot an - of'-Irrnies •
2,787,758 bushels Of • corn . " 0,0971259
bushels of oats, ~40,371 f, busl4si o arley,
269,814 tons of hay, 8 40 rio ntisr• 6 4 3 W I -
the cost of which was - $31,308 t 55a)98.
The gram was purchased at certaylpointi,
under the, direction'of Colonel EfrAii, and
transported to Portland,"boetbii,lf ev;York
and Philadelphia Calial;•iiieratid
lake, making 8567_414 joadA fi6o4;:oarge
loads by c anal, and 49 schooppryz6.q.
and 20 propeller cargoes on the tluket : 4l:ile
hay, purchased upon the line 'of . ..rip)roa , ll,
was transported to the coax in 5Z.55 f-ur •
loads. The whole was reshippeir e -
above n a med porta to , , the 'depots. of rthe , •
armies on the coast id 2570 i eargoei.: , -The
• freight paid to these vessels wits
152 14. ' _
That's - Just:lU
The .14ew Yorke Times, ' in nn shietrti•
cle On the situation it; the South hardsibis
correct langua,rre: ' -r .1 - 'AI .
r •
"That, upon anythitig,A.iprt or-,! l _l* sur
render 9( the P:pion. Party lititifiiiimple
will satisfy the, present .leadO:s• of tki e n
opinions,we,do not believe., •Evenlprsi
dent Johnson 'does not.. satisfy
though ;• opposed to -.the Constitutional
Amendment, the language of hiefibssago
commits'. him to the •supporvof 41teNtest
oath. • But the South . will •hayeineitber.
It refuse's to ratify' the Amendment; kid it
demands-the adthission •tol• Congrest of
whomsoever it may choose to send rebel
no re.bel. • uiterlY, reject las
Oath,' is i the answer . .Of the _Rt !iininitt. -
ctrniner±-1 journal whicb,nndefiiirpKeienG
miinagenient, is One of' the' ini3i3t
exponents of Southern opinion. ifiiuk
the Sonih• would rather ti stay: out-JACon.•
gress indefinitely .than'. be_ repre.senl , ed., by
persons who would surallow.4ll4343.attl i lisitliu
:statement:-with-withwbiehi the r ,E . aminerAlis-
Poses of Mr, Johnsoo'ki li4tiggard•
ident that the Amendmeer*liek,44,plv
etacle to restoraii9n. • The -real-.obstacle is
the aversion of the South4rii felitrellr' is to
eveilihing calculated' to inaat~° this pelts
imilLintegritY of the-hatioto
- they sgouldAielite" Mitilal-bgoriff to
eumine their plaCes the Union'' •"
Supantinantiarrrs' bortvatl'i6A., 7 4lll3
convention of connty supenntendents 4 - hien
Met in Harrisburg last week' Waßilcoin
plete success. Fitly-three!outl.)fsixtrliv9
superintendents. wete present r
healthy anftenuittely - earrOst - spitittlreva-,
ded the body during its!dtiliberatliowtllo
Most important measures ,conSsidemil,oAnd
finally recommended by !votel . or legishdive
action, were ; -4%4! 1. , 8%
Ist.. An increase of mittiniunilenglitit of
school terni, - from four to six,, months_
2d. I. AeorrespondingincMaSioetriEtato
ajPropriation. 9 . : 1 7. sth.tk
3 I. A.brOgatioti; of all county prcffelAnt•
al certificates by conntYSliperinfel;deltip o r
it longer terra than) five Yetire'
4th.l Uniformity of text b'oOks' &Imp
sth. Reduction of the Utlinljei r OtricJinol
directors and,.paying
Bth. Making .tfle ,la um ! ? existing iu
eight counties, appropriating
lie money to the aid of county 4 11 4 1 Littest
general, the institute to be held inie _Week,
andteachersallowedtune I
the to attem.,
,Readers shltrsferred to the2,BClitsul2ittr-
nal ford full proceedings4 - iialUfAttn ( 4 ,
which they will doubtlesi"find' jitieLiWttn:r.
nt
7he older embers*eineisiWsnrVrye'd
'at the improvenimit otsitfierhitendentiover
those of some yeim
fialrA Washinitatt despatch statenttimt
it is understood there. to semi eflicialtir ,
cies, that Surratt• Will be offered - lie-pant
on - condition that he will testifr-agairwiAll
other parties connected with tiittatwoittla4-
tion phyt„
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