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VOLUME XVII
li - -- mEibli alo 1 / 2 1 ( - 4 , 7:- 1 1 1 all
WHO WAS IT?
Who was it born in freedom's land,
To rtile the nation by his hand,
And smite secession with a wand?
Who was it stood the side of war,.
While many did our cause abhor,
And shout and lry "THIS slums wan?
Who was it Copperheads . delighted
To call soft headed and short sighted,
Bemis° their wicked hopes were blighted ?
A BE LINOOXA !
Who was it then, with honest pride,
Reached forth and grasped the loyal tide,
And bade it spread, both far and wide?.
Who was it made a proclamation,
'Unto all people and the nation,
That all were free, without probation '1
Who was it LOYALISTS proclaimed,
And nuidc secessionists disdained,
Because the slave no more was ettained_i
' ABE Liscoo;
Who was it now whose fame is told,
In every land by young and old, -
Because he was botkbrive and bold
Who is it 'that with powerfttl hand,
— Will hiail secession from the 1
And then unite ns as a land ?
• • Of,
SPRING IS HERE
Gentle breezes now are sweeping
O'er the meadow and the lea,
While the sparkling mountain strermilet
Swiftly glides towards the sea;
-Birds-sire-sioging-in-the forest-
Songs of freedom and of cheer,
viuter's end()
And that gentle spring is here
Flowers are springing to the wild wood,
And within the silent glen;
Far away from strife and tumult, •
Far from 411 the haunts of men.
Earth is filled . with varied beauty.
And each moment grows more dear,
While we gaze on nature's grandeur,
Knowing gentle spring is here.
AN OLD BATCHELOW4-/DDATH,
Groaning and moaning, '
His selfishness owning;
Grieving and heaving,
Though nought he is leaving
But pelf and ill-health—
Himsellsind his wealth.
lie sends for a doctor to cure or to kill,
Who gives him advice and offence; anti apig
And drops him a hint about making his will;
As fret. ul antiquity i annot be mended,
The miserable life of a batchelor's ended,
Nobody misses him, nobody sighs,
Nobody grieves, when a'batchelor dies.
MIJSCM3r...ara.A.MTIC.'
THE PERSEVERING BICRELOR.
Mr. Peter Robinson was a bachelor, stout,
and almost forty. Peter had never hived
but once, and the adoration of his heart had
been bestowed upon Miss Lucy Popplcton :
but alas; Peter had failed ta express his pas.
sion at the, proper moment, or, in o then
wards, had tittle.' to come t) aim, and one day
his heart was lacerated by recoil/iv , an envc
lope;of ea rds,--announcing-that-the7dilighted-
Crooks.
It was a terrible blow to Peter, but he
staggered'up from it and still loved the ob-
ject of his early, passion—at a distance.—
Jinunersoo Crooks reveled in the de
lights of matriiuouy, leading Fathion, her
husband, and Peter—at a distance—by the
nose for five years, at tlied - of which time
Air Jimmerson Crooks chose to depart for
another sphere, ienving .Mrs. Jimmerson a•
lone 'to mourn hor duty.
Once more Peter's heart sprung up from
dust and ashes, and looked forward to the
time when the allotted period of mourning
should be over, and he could pour fourth the
pent up agonies of five years, and ask cow
- pensation in the hand of the fair widow.—
Que year, thought Poter, is suiely• enough
v-ol time. 1. will give her . one scar. Heath
alter month rolled away until he could stand
it no longer. A sickish misgivings of the e-
Nits of delay drove hiai:to precipitate: the ask-
W huu-itio-teath-tnentivcameire - sorc, - ,Flrti
the widow at her home, - and wits the ardor
of a long pent up )ore.poured fourth his tale,
The widow heard hint—heard him calmly
to the vary end, and then, with-her-delieu
_ 'perfumed _handkerchief pressed to her blush•
-
ing cheeks, told. Peter that she had onl the
co • e ore promise ler hand to Dr. Sick
lebaeloand_oh_l_why-di4.l-liet-her-Klear—friend
epeak..befere.?,
A. second time was Peter's 'heart torn into
— reinikra itqlosent;
.8 : R second litnewas lie SOO t
world to admiro....•4 s t at
Time sped -on, and -once tunre_Peter_began_ .
to encourage hope: / Perhaps
:-he-certanly,lad a nupoplectielook; -
stud sure enough Pete,i's perhaps turned out
tFertaiuty, and iMrs. Doctor 'Theedosiui Sick- What word' is' ihal which. if you take ;iv
I.•back was ()nee mare's ninurne'r: Peter had the
,first letter, all will remain ? Ball.
'cornea, too bitfirly — the dangers of delay, to
suffer any such cause to stand this time be.
tween himself and success. He would not
give the widow a year, nor yet ten months
—nay, not even six : but the third month
he would go to her with his tale ofilove de
ferred; and so he did. We must transcribe
the widow's own words when the question
was popped
"o ! Mr. Robinson wh did 'on not come
before ? You know my esteem for you ?
You know that I would have set aside all
other offers for you : but oh ! how can I tell
you—that only last evening I promised Cap
tain Hawkins. Poor, dear sweet Hawkins I
he's your intimate friend,. I've heard him
speak so highly of you! Oh, why did you
not speak before ?"
And so Mrs. Doctor Theodosius Sickleback
was Mrs. Haw
kins; and Peter was once more left to admire
—at a distance. •
Still Peter waited and hoped. Something
might turn up, he urged, and then be would
not allow himself to be too late and some
thing did turn up, the something being no
thing more or less than the redoubtable Cap
tain, who turned up missing, having fallen
Age lANCOLN • ' ` lle out -
Am LINCoix !
ABE LINCOLN.
iTi.W". board from the steamboat while out on
.a target excursion with his company, and
sunk like a stone, owing undoubtedly, to the
ponderous nature of his responsibilities.
The suddenness of the exit, as Peter urg
ed, must certainly act with depressing force
on the widow, and thought he would not give
her again time to recover and be admired,
still etiquette demanded a little time to in
-t ing 1 y - wlve - tforp - o - trt tre - t - e - ta
day after the melancholy berevement, Peter
knocked at the widow's door, bent upon his
errand of love, he rather chuckled to him
self that he was taking time by the forelock.
The business on which he came was quiedy
told, and once more the widow was in a tor
reot of tears.
ABM LINCOLN!
ACE LINCOLN !
lug her face in her cambrick, "why are you
unfortunate, acrd — why — am - H — You — kncrw
my esteem for you, but you are too late. I
am already engaged. You know Counsellor
Ketcham ?—my poor, dear, dead and gone
Hawkins' most intimate friend lie was with
him, you know, when he was called away,
and was the first to communicate to roe the
awful intelligence. He was such a comfort
sr_and I auLpromiscd to_ him this day two
ABE LINCOLN!
111 0 II the.
This time Pe - ter'was crushed. He had no
wor s to express its ro en teartet ness, •ut
to rush from the house and go as before, ad
miring at a distance.
It was months before. Peter ever offered
to encourage hope, and oven then' it flicker.
ed. One day ho,was walking in despcniient
wood through one of blie upper avenues,
erhen he heard a sudden shout, and started.
From' a half finished building just in front of
ttir~, he saw, - as he raised his eye, a stout
Milesian waking gyrations in the air, from
a height of three stories, in company wit) a
coping stone weighing somewhat !ess 'than a
half a ton—the two 'having slipped together
from a scaffolding:at that height. lie saw
both Nilesian and stone strike full upon the
heads of two gentlemen passing, and the fbur
were in an instant mixed in an inextricable
heap. Like all others spectators, Peter rush
ed to the rescue, only to behold, between hor
ror and joy, the last gasp ot Counsellor Ket
cham and the gentleman who• was walking
with him, and the perfect safety of the Iklile
sian and stone
nil.; time Peter would trust no more pas
sing'of time. Without an instant's delay,
more than to satisfy himself that life was
extinct, he hailed a passing hack, and then
sped to the mansion of the widoWMrs. Coun
sellor Ketcham. In words of the•most deli
cute and endearing nature Peter eommunica- .
ted his intelligence to the widow, and waited
the result, and then, between her sobs and
tears, claimed her hand for the next set.
-'Oh, Mr. Robinson," sobbed the widow,
"how can you ask me such a thing ? flow
could Lknow that you w,,uld he the first to
bring me the news of my dear Ketcham's de
sense?' You know how I esteem and respect
you, bat I—am already 'engaged !"
"Engaged'." shricke`d Peter, "to whom_?"
"I remised " res )ended the widow be.
tweet' her sobs, " promised a month ago—
that it anything happened, I would many
Col. Snapper."
"You did!" shouted Peter, his whole ap
pearance ebanginm in ao instant from that of
a fiend to a look - Of - unbridled joy, "and who
are you engaged to after that ?"
"No-one-sighed the widow.
"Will you swear this,"
said Peter.
"I swear it," responded the widow, sob .
minty.
"And will you marry me after Snapper is
(Pone ?" '
"I will," said the widow.
"Do you swear it," asked Peter fiercely.
"I swear it," said the widOw earnestly.
"Then you are' mine, charming Lucy, for
the stone that usl d----t-ht - Counsellor into
e-nex - world also took the Colonel, I saw
it with my own eyes."
The next moment the widow'wns in Peter's
arms, and they NI cm married ins month.
There is somettling beautiful and sublime
in the hush of midnight. The myriad of
quiet sleepers, laying down each their life
burden, insensible alike to joy or sorrow ;
to p ess • - --- us the
Mike--the strong ,n nus a iufnntj
inid - ovet all, the sleepless Eye, which; since
t-the-werld-4iganThis-neve. lust sight of one
pillowed head. Thoughts like there multi
to us in our 'wakeful night hours with au al
most'painful intensity. Then eternity only
morning comes; and, the stir and hum of hin
-.hag- ',hem away. as fit
chase them away, as the warm sun dies upon,
the dewdrops,•whieh, like these thoughts,
perform their revivinginissien• ere they def.
part
Nyetam . iVevcr.aolissaaems a Neutral 113.
WAYASBRO' I FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAt.IIIOitNIM, APRIL 15. 1864. -
ROW UNION PRISONERS ARE TREAT■
ED BY THE REBELS.
The following extracts from a speech de-,
livered in Portland, on the 24th ult, l by Gen.,
Neal Dow, will give our readers an idea of
the horrible / cruelties practiced upon• our
poor, unfortunate prisoners, by the South
ern.chivalry. Gen, Dow is a high toned and',
honomb e ! • • t o. • •
been an inmate of the rebel prisons, his
statements may be'relied upon :
"A large quantity of clothing and• blank
ets were sent to my care to be distributed to
the soldiers. I was permitted to visit them
for the purpose of distributing the articles.
Passing around Belle Isle, I saw the wreteh
ed condition of our soldiers as to clothing
and quarters._ Nearly one- halrof Ahem were
without shelter of any kind, end all were in
extreme want of clothing. As I passed a
round the Camp,' they cried to me to send
them food. Shel terless. and almost naked,
tls many of them were, their first want was
ed—their chief suffering was from hung er.
n my return -to--Richmond, -I addresse' a
note toiGen. Winder, in command there, sta
tinc, that one -halt the soldiers-were—withou
shelter, and all without sufficient food, = al
asking his immediate attention to their "I is
erable condition. The result was that I was
not permitted to visit the soldiers any more,
their condition was not alleviated, and these
stores were put into the hands of another of
ficer who would conduct himself tow and the
Rebel authorities with a great deal wore for
bearance than I was supposed to be capable
of. Si - I - diets perished there at about the
rate of-500 per month, during the winter
months, as we were informed.
Asi was at Belle Isle, I went into the
hospital, consisting of - tents without any floor,
the sick lying upon the ground without blank
ets, without pillows, some of them with
sticks of wood for pillows, and on protesting
- to G - en — Vinderagainst this treatment lwas
refused permission to visit these poor 'ema
il — The G r
Lures . :overnment sent
large quantitiei of provisions to the soldiers
as well as the officers. Much of this was
stolen, so that Yankee overcoats were wry
common. Rebel soldiers in Yankee over
coats promenading the streets of Richiu.nd,
drew so much attention that they earned
these coats to be colored black. They wi.r.e
ashamed to be seen with Yankee overcoats
stolen__ from the . .poot — tiffering
soldiers. -
Large quantities "of - fe - c - ai — is well - as-ctothirg
were seat there by the Sanitary Commissiol
also. and these were stolen-by - the Rebel au•
thorities and appropriated to their own use,
in large amounts. A very small
,proportion
of these reached our soldiers
Libby Prison . Was a great• tobacco ware
house, or rather three tobacco warehouses,
three stories high upon the front, four sto
ries upon the rear, separated by brick. walls
through which doors were out. Our officers
were placed in these rooms with bare walls,
bare floors, and without any blankets.
When I arrived there, I was clad in the
lightest Summer clothes. It was a . sold Oc
tober night, and my sufferings must have
been extreme but for the kindness of my
fellow officers in supplying me with gar
ments and blankets. After, a while a great
quantity of blankets was sent by the Sanita
ry Commission, which made us comparative
ly comfortable, but we were treated in no
other respect thanl so many negroes sent to
Richmond to a barraeoon for sale. An offi
cer who had a very extensive acquaintance
at the South, said we were not nearly so well
treated as that, for blanks sent for sale were
kindly cared for that they might bring a bet
ter price. The Union officars were treated
as so niany cattle turned into a slaughter
pen or barn to sleep. Rebel officers in the
hands of Union authorities were treated cour
teously and kindly; that is right.
A little incident-occurred to re yielf which
will illustrate the point of the difference
of treatment between - their • prisoners and
ours. I was exchanged for Gen. Lee. As
I was called down to pass off, I had two large
trunks to take away: I could obtain no as
sistance in transporting them, no dray or
other mode of conveyance. Some of my
felfow-officers-k indly-tendered—their-assist:
an • • v • I I
•amerme•
through the streets of Rielimped to the steam
er, on which we were ordeied• upon the for
ward deck and forbidden to come abaft the
wheels. We were situated on the steamer
like so many cattle ; slaves or swine on the
way to" market. At City - Point - le met Gcn.
bee_irahe_magtAficeut_saloon_of_the_Fedemt
steamer, New Yolk, we ourselves emerging
from the forward- deck of the dirty Rebel
steamer. When Gen. Lee and his fellow of
ficers were ready to change steamers, the Gen.
stooped to take his small valise, when the U.
eiou officer in command said to a soldier near,
"Sergeant, take the General's valise on board
for hiM." I mention this to show the sort of
treatment we received down South, and that
which the Rebels meet with when they fall
into our hands; they are treated kindly; cour
teously; we rudely, barbarously. We don't
complain, because we will strike a balance
with them ono of these days.
There-arc a great many Unien_poople_down
- S(TlFtth in Virginia; Union to . etcand
ion Women. I hall not give any names.—
We had coninnulicatioo with Won people
by writing and by signals, and the Rebels
could not prevent it. They threatened to
ShOOIAIA if _WC _Joked out or the-mindows.—
One of their own men Joked' out and the
fi W icy were reso ve• to s out 'a,
Araukeelas_au_effset for this, and a Rebel sen
tinel. fired several times at us without suc
cess'. They were exceedingly mortified at
own man.---TF 7— -
Iwo') at the w•r dovesyery r
iug squirrels aud looking iuto Ole tree's fur
•
gale.
.Many of the pards' gaco us—allAbil—ioroy
tuationi which came to their knowledge, of
what was going on a'rouurt Richmond ' They
1.91+1 ua or giipattkli', mid. On tiv;fi.Y.-I!vr
March arrangementaiuut. been 'made -to re
ceive hini.' And,ivhat do you' suppose •
arrahgeicents Were To defend Richniondli
Was that it? • No. They mined Libky,
LH, with the intention of blowing up it and
us, to use their own phrahe,' "to blow us to
hall" [Voice-4s tliere proof of that 71
That is.capable,of proof... I cannot tell you
how the fact was intimated to us the next
da _ with I • I •
intimation came. oe the morning of Wed
nesday, Mulch 2, after we had been inform
ep of the gunpowder plot, Dick Turner, the
Inspector of ,Military,Prisons, was asked by
many officers, at different times ! if we were
correctly infotined; altd he assnrecl was
true; that a large geantity of powder had
been placed under the prisowto blow us up
if Kilpatrick had come in, and that it would
be done yet if attempts were made to rescue
us.
The rations supplied by the Rebels to the
Union officers in- Richmond, are unfit for hu
man food, and incapable of sustaining life in
a- healthy condition. They consist only •of
a small quantity.of bread made of corn meal,
unaitted and manufactured in the worst man
ner, and a_bstut_halta_gill_of-rice-two-or-three
times a week. Occasionally, a single medi
um sized potato or three or, four small ones
are given to each mau,•and,. three or four
times, a small turnip has been given to each.
And this is all. For a time, supplies sent
by friends to the officers were honestly and
promptly delivered to them, but for, sonic
weeks before I left Richmond, this was not
done, and there were accumulated there more
than 4,000 boxes sent to officers which had
been detained time them. These boxes are
now systematically plundered by the officials
of their most valuable contents, especially of
clothing Union officers are subjected to the
most humiliating treatment by the prison offi
cials. •
•
The Sanitary Commission sent to my care
'-great-q nun tities - of - comforts and luxuries cf..
the use of the nfficers. A small quantity of
- thesewar - e — d - clivered, but the greater part
of them was retaincil by the Rebel officials
for their own use and for sale. In our pur
chases we found many of these Sanitary
goods, stolen by the officials and sold to us at
enormous prices.
The rations furnished to the privates con
sisted of corn bread of mieerable quality and
insuilffeleut quantity, which produces-derange
nvelit iirthe digestive organs, and death.—
The soldiers are slowly wasting away, and dic
er sheer starvation and cold Two of them,
sent off from Richmond with myself died of
exhaustion before reaching Annapolis.
These poor fellows were reduced to such
a state of extreme suffering, that many of
them were deiiiented. They could not tell
` ` the name of their Colonel, or the number of
their regiment. One of them had become
perfectly idiotic from long-protracted suffer
rig, many of them havinc , slept all winter in
die open air, with no shelter, and without
lorcoats or blankets. They were all sup
pied of the commencement of the winter
wth both, sent-them by the', I.T. S. Govern
mint, but they were compelled in many in•
stances, to procure the means of subsistence,
thte rations not being sufficient to support
till in a state of health.
A Father's Lesson
'Pip,' said one of Mr. B,s children as
they lurrounded their good futher'one even
ing, 'sow can the soul live after we die and
aro bvried under the ground ? Teacher
was taking about it to day, but I could not
undersaud
The .tther took his watch out of his pock
et, and inked what it was.
'A wAch papa.' they all replied.
'Verytvell. DJ you hear it tick Listen
fora utokeet.”
the ehtdren listened and heard the tick
of thckwatch.
Then 14. 13. took off the case, and held
the watch u one hand and the case in the
other. children, you see there are
two things hut look like watches ; which is
the watch %,
'he ono c your right hand that ticks'
•Very we. 4. Pfit the case in the other
-roomi-now-yr-see-the-watch-still-ticks-and
•
is With us 'milli - Wren Our bodies arc on.
ly the case in our souls are kept, and
when each bock is taken away and buried
in the ground, he soul still lives just as the
watch, you peteive, still goes, even when
the case is put lt of sight.'
,
EFFECTS OF lay . E.—A correspondent of
one of our forei4 exchanges writes in this
wise about the ttender passion". and its
characteristic effeis :
. "It is my duty;, impress upon you, Mr.
Editor, the certaittaet that one-half of
young people losdtheir senses when they
lose their hearts. )ne of our party has al.
ready written five )tters to his lady love,
and he goes about Aiing and groaning in
the most pitiable ma or. lie lias no appo.
cite, and. sleepsat tit bp of the house close
to the moon .. He e not stand, by one of
the columns of the zza without putting
his arm around its wit t.,.. and I caught him
kissing,an apple day.il becausejt had rad
checks." . ,
A rich gentleman' on I
or: 'Do yoh know to wi
ong Oq t log ors l•t'9
piicd tiie unit]. '1"
he-rielt—ratan. At
tle. 4o you kobi w
are'mtoo ills?
'Yes. all tjiat you
heas'en;,and in a sr
LI {FO trine
pour, thou art trul;
however rich thou
'.A marric-d.nions
cd he had, au ikngol
wikinn f •umi
• A correspondent who has Sethi serviceinnl
Who h2s told some good stories alrbadSvirnu.
'elms fbr the following goodarriiy,Yarii:
One dity ivloe, my regiMent
at Columbus Ky., I received ot4eis from my,
Colonel to proceed to AlemPhis with two
Companies of the regiment in charge o' lsoine
rebel prisoners
M.
,
em ar e about 10 A. M. on boai'll
the C 1-Ullman, and immediately sailed &irn
the river. •
Our boat had a large number of passen:
gers aboard among whom was Judge L., with
whom I was well acquainted, and who was
a strong Union mon. He asked if I had a.„
riy objections to his conversing with the rebs.
Itold him Lhad_not, and he—went for Ward,
selecting a rough, uncouth lank- haired pri
vate from Alabama, the following colloquy
ensued, which fully illustrates the intelli
gence of our ‘sotithern brethren.
Judge—Whop regiment ; Flo you belong
to, ?
Reb—Tite 29th Arkansas regiment, by
G—d
Judge—You have been
•
presume.
•
•
lleb—Well, I reckon.
Judge—illy friend, what are ydu fighting
for?
Reb—We're fightin' for our rights.
Judge—What are your rights; or of what
righ tslave you been deprived?
Reb—[ tell you we're fightin' for our.
rights.
Judge—That's all very %fell; but define
then►.
Reb--O, I an't no politiCian, and !lain%
got no edicution to speak on, but I know
we're fightiC for our rights, that's snail'
sure.
Judge—Well, my friend, can tell you
what yyter'fightin' for. lon are - fighting
to_destroy—the-best-Government- amt`t
blest nation the world ever saw. Look at
that glorious banner, (pointing to the' tars
and stripes floating front the gaff,) arc you
not ashamed, sir, to. fire on that beautiful
flag?
fleb—Fiag? I never se* that flag till 1
went and jived the army.
Judge—What—you never saw the Stars
and Stripes?
lich—No..
--- jidge---Itow old are you?
Iteb-L-'Bout 45. 1 re4en.
- J - u - dgerin a tone of stupendous astonish
ment—T-A.nd you never saw the Stars. and
Stripes, before, •
Reb—No, I told you once already.
It was a poser for the Judge. lle was
completely floored: With mingled feelings
of indignation, pity and dismay, he paced ,
the . deek for some_ time in silence. At last,
stepping in front of his incorrigible acquain
tance, in a subdued, serious tone of' vein, he
asked: • • .
Did you know, my friend, that Christ was
dead?"
• Rub, evidently surprised—You don't say.
Is he though? What regiment dirt he be
long to and where was he !
(Published by Request.
A Western Love Letter. .
1000 eight hundred and' 50 fore.
3.13 r DzEtt embrace this here
opporehunity to let you knough as how
had spell aigar, and I does hope theas foe
lines may find yew enjoying the same God's
Blessiu! Why dont yew ouley rite a sweat()
line to tell safirein Kathruri all about her
sweat° Henry. Oh !my swcate Henry—my
turtle doye—.zny pidging—my deer,. deer
Ilemry—how my poor sole is longin for to
heer'yer sweat() voyee I think I beer him
sinp.,in Yankee Doodle, as he emus from his
plow now. Oh, my Henry, do cum out and
lot's get married. So no more at, present,
but reumne yer lovio
Jeem 11lasleet has razed"riNc house, and
Sally does live so snug, she fites him sum
times when he's a little antony over._ My
-sweatellenry-let us-kefme-hauseand-if-yew
look at nobody else; so I wont. Daddy says
as how. I must git married, bucause I have
run 2 long already. So no more at present
K. A. T.
P. S.—Part Thurd.
my pen is bad, my ink is pee;
my-luv-for-yew fatall never fa le.,
for henry is my ri n true luv,
my pidgin, duck and tittle uur.
so no more at present. K. A TILDEN.
8. 7 -:-Noty Beeny:—ltluthurs ded, and
Timothy are got the 'toyer.
77- So nolnore at present front yer lovin •
KATIERUN AN.
Noty Beeny 2- 7 4 forgot to say as how that
are korn on my big toe don't hurt as it used
to did., So wont.° uwur yer wife at.. is.to
bee, coeds 2 kisses and sez fare wcl. Yours,
tit Beth do us part. K. A. T.
. Many ratters the hying Words ofgreat
mon, but nono 'of , thinti are so touching
and,bcautiful as, the , last words of the old.
'school Enlister
"It is growing dark '-•-•school way be dis 7
I missed."
L Dnwn t.- he
said to a day Mor
in these estates
_,..t0-tho-ga-1-8-ontratlren %kit h.
.carried tlio'loye'and regard'- of the children
w,kom he had trained. It ;vas his bi.t . land
No.'--
man,
The
"M'y Son;', said - Sprigg to Sprig
gles, junior, etili.:fhieh—tlio bu
ou ho propagation of thee 1100 1 Bpeelee, "my
• I • I quir-thatreirieken....,:otuil ,uut-or
- eggs?" -- "Pp they"' spi(l,-4 1 priggiq„ , junier.,
thought that eggs come out ot p:tqekens."
Ih_us-euded-tire-ffrst-le6'stnii
hough
thine,
Never run is debt—especially with shoe
makers--for,theu you can't ssty yOur .
solo iv
rut' OWL.
.1
Military Yarn;
KATIIREN AN TILDEN
To my gwente Henry.
P. S.—Part sekkund
tauuss• 1u thislvotld of lichooliog.
"leans of 14 oiaietli i4lit 87.
A beggar, and hopeless!" blind at
11(4 Sad a cast''! fle Cannot geld unjiedle:
brated'plqiician, and it were Useliis4l'
could. He has heard of one (iuvalide are
quick to leaki such facts;) who cures .tll - 0
blind. But he has never been, to Jericho,
Will he ever con
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comes, and knowing, it: can I gain an audi
ence? Painful and oft repeated questions,
suspending his hopes on the frail thread of,
remote contingencies. . .
But, one day there is a crowd rushitig a
long, trampling,,over and by the pow' blind
man. "Hearing the multitude he asked what
it meant." The answer thrills him by , th 6
double fact so briefly told: It is jeSns 'and
he is "passing by." It is the moment A thq
man's life. Jesus alone can help him ; at4l
was then at Jericho for the first and kat
time, and was even then leaving. What a
thread for a blind man to find and !,
He calls, is opposed, calls louder;, is heard
Jesus stops;-'speaks to hiin; does fdr him - all
• he asks: he sees the Lord of glory, and9'6l
tmelattles-,I lows him-itr the - wa-y—wiTitzi
adoring eyes
Oh! many, blind sinners; sit by the kir y -
side - of the world. (Then in their life ;TeSui
comes near, nearer, nearest, but is "Oiskibig
by." Ilow much for them hangs on that
fact at the precise time! . You 'were in
crowd, ur in some .deep sorrow, or with his
disciples, 'or slime with'the Holy Spirit, when
he was "passing." And you knew he was
going by. Did you call, and did he step and
answer you?
There is a 'critical lioint. t'Or every sinful
beggar when desire goes out ;once at Jeri
chu's gate. The Christian looks . lack" to
and so will the lost sinner,. It may seem u
trivial thing at the time to let -
But opposition, should not prevent .0
ing after him. For they who call are an
swered. And oh : t:le wonder of Mercy,
Jesus or Nazareth will stop, and help, when
poor blind sinners call after him l—Bostou
Berle
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A Real Copperhead.
I. Loves slavery more than the' Union;
and is willing that the [Trion•should be bro
ken into pieces to save slavery:
teering,...draftin gran_d-e-v
-cry other method Of raising troops t.,) put
down the rebellion.'
3. Grumbles at the taxes, and opposes; rip
propriatious for the payment of our brave
soldiers.
.4. Deelares . ori all oce.isions, that we earl
neyer suppress the rebellion, and must let
the Union slide.
5. Writes discouraging letters to soldiers,
telling thew they are fighting fur ".niggers,"
and had b .tter desert.
ry. Looks pleased when be hears of a de
feat or the Union arms, and says: "Did I
not tell you that they would whip you ?"
7. Looks blue when a victory is reported,
and think:, there, must be some mistAke a
bout it.
8. Doh't like the Eagle, Stars and
Red, White and Blue, and thinks the "Star
Spangled Banner,". "flail Columbia," and
"Yankee Doodle," played out. ,
9.1 s a recent ecaivert to the'most radical
peace principles.
10. Gets angry - and leaves the church
when the minister prays for the Government
of the (lotted States, and invokes the curse
of heaven upon the rebellion.
There are other evidences, but these arc
unmistakable. Now to one who exhibits
'these signs of disloyalty to his country. and
evidences of sympathy for treason and re
bellion, it is proper that the name copper
head, traitor, or secessionist, should be given.
Put it ou thick. There is no danger of ha
ting treason too strongly. The Northern
people. and. the Southern people who love
the Union—the United States of America—
should be melted into a solid mass of patriot
ism,and then they can, with freedom / on
their bawler, and Uod on their side, defy all
enemies. Out on more partyisru. We hate
it ; we spit on it. But our country—God
:•ave it l—Relif sous Telegeo
up before the court as a witness, the follow
ing colloquy ensued:
'Where do you live ?' said the ;fudge.
'Live with mother.
'Where does your mother live ?' ,
,She lives with fatlic.'
'Where does he live ?' •
'lle' ives with tho old folks.'
'Where do they live ?' says the Judge,
getting very red, as au,audible snicker goes
all around the room.
'They live't home/
Where' in thunder's their home ?' roars
the Judge. .
That's where I'm from,' says the boy stick
y% his tongue in a corner of his cheek and
slowly closing one eye on the Judge.
'llere Mr. Constable,' says the Court, 'take
the witness out and tell 'him to travel; be
evidmatly:does not understand the nature of
an oath,
'You'd think different, says '
t lie boy, pa-.
inn towards the doorway,* if I was once to"
give you a cassia.' H ;
to Rah way St J: , the3 tatioth keepersi find
uor deale6:latel lhe as I
greed_ to:rai.c the price A'. the !‘d - rifito7,,to,
ten cents :%. , 141.5 " a clay or, two af tot:wards,
.nuk r 1 alto held a meeeiug ancr'adop
ced•' a rOolutioa, 'that bereifitiolliey , 'weilit'
ouly drink halt' as often as hitherto—but,
that evury time they - did•drink, they would
-t4ki - douhle - ttru - tiTra - ntit3;. • •
‘, , .ey put
,oft to•thyyro!v what
_ynn,
can Al; tl'l•dikY, my eh ". 17.611;
let me eat titO'big.• inrticci.Oittlbat" is , in~iho•
)tafc." •,:
itla - aid' the "ears" of rho kettle tywhich
the mule moat • was- cooked o.at.:VicketinrgT,
I,ve totnrocuceti growing.
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NUMBER 48.,
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