Village record. (Waynesboro', Pa.) 1863-1871, September 27, 1867, Image 1

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81111IMBR DYING!
On the scarlet mountains yonder,
Summer lies down to die,
She gathers her robes of splendor,
Around her royally ;
Her tender, porpling mosses
Pillow het' ro • al heed•
-ller myriad, gentle grasses
Are sweeping aboutber bed.
It failed, the precious promise
' Of her beauty's golden reign;
It came, the less the longing,
The silence and the p tin;
She was cruel hi her splendor,
She mocked us in its reign;
She held her cireless carnival
•
• Above our idol slain.
'Tis not the hand that crown's us,
The hand held out to bles-;
'Tia the hand that robs and wrongs ue,
Th•tt we oftenest,'c'etrees;
Still 0 beguiling 1-ummer,
We o'er thy beauty lean,
Islrei,ditlet rob us, yet we love thee ---
Dierrowned,hail thee queen.
Al passionate fervor faded,
With eyes at last serene: -
Turned toward thy conquer, Autumn.
Thou-art-dyingyOrourqueent
All that thou, gayest to us.
In the mourning's gracious glow,
All that thou, host taken from us.
Only our God can know.
TEFAISTERIM - NATUR
BY THEODORE TILTON
The waits of Gol ate fair for naught,
Unless our eyes, in seeing, -
See hidden in the thing the thought
• That animates its being.
The outward foam is not the whole,
But every heart is moulded
To image forth an inward soul,
That dimly is unfoldej.
The shadow, pictured in the lake
By every, tree that trembles,
Is cast for more than just the sake
Of that which it resembles.
The dew falls nightly, not alone
Because the meadows need it,
But on an errand-of its own,
To human souls that heed it.
The stars are lighted in the skies
Not merely for their shining,
But, like the looks of loving eyes.
Have meanings worth divining
The waves that moan along the shore,
The winds that sigh in blowing,
Are sent to teach a mystic lore
Which men are wise in knowing.
The clouds around the mountain peak,
The rivers in their winding,
Have secrets which, to all who seek
Are precious in the finding.
Thus Nature dwells within our reach.
But, though we stand so near her,
We still interpret half her speech.
With ears too dull to hear her.
Whoever, at the coarsest sound
Still listens for the finest.
Shell hear the noisy world go round
To music the divinest.
Whoever yearn's to see aright,
Because his heart is tender,
Shall catch a glimpse of heavenly light
In every garthly splendor. .
So, since the universe began,
And till it shall be ended.
The soul.LA Nature, soul of Man,
And soul of God are'haeridedi
le__•••••••••
NICI.SO/3/ ZNEAALN-Ir•
Reverses
"Burleigh" writes from New York to the
Boston Journal: Leaning on the granite
pillar of one of our hotels yesterday. I saw a
well dressed young roan=-not over thirty, he
was very (intuit. His friends, souls of them
among our most respectable ciiizens, were
trying to 'induce him to go home. Not lost
to all self respect, he said: "I am drunk-,I
won't go home." Two months, ago he was
reputed to be rich, His balance over in the
bank was large. He could any day draw his
check for libo,ooo Oue of the sudden blows
that upset the staunchest craft struck him
—he took to the bottle and his sad is .easily .
predicted.
One can Gout on his ton fingers the New
York business men who for thirty years have
had uninterupted success. But New York
is full 'of wrecks of men, who, because they
could not pity their notes, have flung away
character, talent and all. In one of the.
tobomente of this city dwells a manful, one
who, since .1 have been your correspondent,
was A belle at 'Saratoga- Her- stay -is .ffte
old one'—business reverses— the bottlt—por
and. woe. Oa the floor of one of. our most
crowded' team:abet houses, covered with rage,
the husband of this lady wen found by s no
ble .heartod man who sought him out to save
him-if he can. And yet a few years ago he
was one of our brightest merchants.
.WAINESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSV LV AMA, FRIDAY HORNING, STEMBKR '27. 1307.
ANTIETAM DEDICATION
[From the Press.] •
KEEDYSVILLL Md., 8ept...1.7 —The AU
tietam dedication is over at last, and the least
that can be said about it is the better for the
honor of the loyal North The idea of tam
ing a selectr ceremony into a political ova
tion is repulsive to every patriot, but it was
doubly so to-day when all the incidents con
.
meted therewith are considered
Andrew Johnson, however, had another
opportunity to observe what an object of dis
gust be is, and will probably never forget his
visit to Antietam. When in the course of
the programme the poem was about to be_
read, loud cries from all quarters went up for
— Gearr — and although Governor Swann en
deaVored to be beard, it was impossible for
him to-quiet the crowd, disgusted as they
were with the speech of Bradford.
At last the manager of the concern beg
ged Governor Geary to quell the tumult, and_
as he stepped forward and requested as a
personal favor that the, programme should
ho adhered.to, cheers rent the air. Johnson
was evidently alarmed, and to his feats may
be traced ate brevity of his speech.
_Before
speaking, he asked a neighbor if any rebel
dead were buried itrille cemetery, "No, sir,"
was the reply; 'uor never will - be." And
yet Johnson could not resist alluding in his
speech to the great men, as be termed them,
of both armies who were buried there
It is due to Geu. Negley, the commission
er from Yearley lvania, to say that be had
nothing to do with the arrangements, he
having been entirely ignored by his copper
johnsoo colleagues on the' cemetery commit
tee, anti finally declined meeting with them.
LiqUor stands lined the roadside up to the
gates of the cemetery. and the graves of the
Uttiou soldiers who died on th's field for
their country were trampled upon by the
,re
tu .
- ted their lath
th
though the loyal Governors b
out of the programme, I thank God they still
have a place in the hearts of the people
When you come to Pennsylvania next July
t-the dedication of the — monument at Get: -
lysburg we will tender you the hospitalities
of the State, and permit every man to speak.
We want to bear thanks to Almighty God
for his preservation and care of this country.
We will have no gag. We will have no pro
gramme for this purpose. We have oo gag
on our programmes ; but am not here to
say anything on that subject.
.Tbe orator of the day has presented, with
eloquence and faithfulness, many of the hie
torte incidents of the great battle we to-day
seek to commemorate in the decimation of a
cemetery in honor of the heroic aead, who
"Vied that the government of the people, by
the people, and for the people, should not
parish from the earth."
the battle of Antietam was fought under
citeuuustances of great .depression on
the part of the Union forces The army
of the Potomac ,was greatly demoralized by
the disastrous cauipuig,ns on. the Peninsula
and in Northern V irgiuia, and from the lose
of 12,000 men who had just been captured
at the shameful surreodor at Harper's Ferry.
W title the same cii curnstances were calculated
to, and doubt.ests did, auitnater the rebel ar
tily with great euthusiam and dauntless do
termination, so that when the first gun was
fired at Autietam, Lee's army bad a basis_or-
victory to begin_w
— The effect then, which followed the
don of the4Wo great armies upon this battle
field mot be regarded as somewhat different
from that io which we view - any other coo
test which preceeded or followed it, and but
little argument is required to show that the
victory of Antietam, to be properly appre
ciatei, must be measured by the, most liberal
logic known to military ethics. As an evi•
neuee, the Army of the Potomac suffered a
loss of about twelve thousand in killed and
wounded, while that aelinowle'dged by dr
rebel army scarcely exceeded nine thousand;
yet Lee was ouulpellett to fly, under the
shadow of night, from before a foe - whom he
had so dreadfully punished, and, thus oak•
nowledging himself vanquished, admitted a
mear aud indisputable victory to the Union
arms.
dad this battle resulted differently, both
Wabhirigton and Baltimore .Would have been
eipused, mid the rebel cavalry
_could have
relieshed their horse's in the waters of- the
Susquehanna, and perhaps even in those of
the Bunsen 'before the people of the North
could have recovered from the, panic which
had sussed upon the public mind. But
thauks—uoutrusbered thanks—for the daunt
less valor Of the glorious Army of the Pete-
Mut', out only was the toe beaten ati,d . - the
cutintry.saveil from deep humiliation, but
theArrogabt assumptions of superior „valor,
'so vauntingly advertised by Lee and his
followers, were utterly dispelled. and he and
they iurced to fly - for safety :beyond - the
waters "Li the: Nicotine.
By Annetiiiir's thunderbolts the , Govern
nrearreseaped the dangers by which it - Was
menaced, and .the people 91 , .tked).15-th were
saved from the terrible ravages'cif an invad
ing army. Most apprOiria:te is :it then .that.
a cemetery shouli be here prepared fur the ,
reception of the remains of the heroes who
gave op their lives on this fte!<l that the ea-
41k.ri X23.c./E3variclerit 1r!"223.11. - 7 11TersnrEsipon,ww•r•
don might live, and a suitable tnontimeof be
erected to their memory. Whatever may be
said of the Army of the Potomac, as cod
heated with any of IN - 'Aber deede, that
which must be said of if in connoctiab with
the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg . will
preserve its reputation in glory while martial
valor is prized, and , individual a lortitude and
heroism honored- among men
I presume it will nbe Ifiy• deemed indllpro
priate for me to place on record here the
numbers of those military organizations of
Pennsylvania which participated in this bat
tle. I believe no such record has been made
public, god, therefore, it affords me great
gratification-trim - en a b I ed - to - ttlii - s
tit th is opportuulty-to-assert-for - PconsY I vanis
her proper share is the honors which Sur
round this battlefield.
These troops were as follows, via : The 3d,
4th, 6th i lBtb,and 16th Regiments of - Cavalry.
Batteries A, B, and F, of Ist Artillery
Reserve-Corps.
Batteries C, D, and E, Independent Ar
tillery.
The 11th, 28th, 30th, 31st, 32d 33d, 34th,
35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th. 40th, 41st, 42d,
45th, 46th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51at, 53rd,
5611), 61st, 69th, 71st, 72d,' 81st, 82d, 83d,
88i h, 90th, 91st, 95th, 96th, 100th, 102 d,
106th, 109th, 111 Th, 114th, 118th, 124th,
1 . 25,h, 1281 h, 180th, 132 d, 139th, 147tb,
and 155th Infantry Regiments._
Making in all fifty regiments of infantry,
five of cavalry; and six batteries of' artillery
furnished by the Keystone State in the bat
tle of Antietam. The official records and
reports of the battle from which r derive
these facts are rephlte with acknowledge
ments of the splendid services rendered by
these men in the great conflict, and as a Penn
sylvanian I am proud thUs to adduce the
facts of history, to prove that my native
State, here,- as elsewhere during the:war, lent
the full strength of her numbers, as well as
theiufiuenee of_her-wiedorn i inrotirrying - t he
Government to a glorious victory. Thus
she was in the late war, thul3lt as he_e ever
beco, and thur
...ins it will be with Pennsylvania
whenever liberty or the perpetuity of the
Union_is assailed.
While thus careful to preserve the' record
of Pennsylvania s participation in the 'events
which make this locality classic: ground, no
selfish feeling of State pride, no contracted
desire to monopolise so great an honor for
my own people, can induce me to deprave
others of their full share of - the glory of An
tietam. The loyal soldiers of the country
won this victory, and the memories of the
citizens of Maine, New York, Ohio, Mary.
land, Michigan, lowa, or of other States who
perished_here while contending for the Union,
. e just as dear and will be hallowed as
sacredly by the people of Pennsylvania as
the memories of their own beloved eons who
here Zia buried.
The blood of the North, of the East, and
of the West flowed in the same sacred stream,
and broke from the same ranks to crimson
the waters of Antietam, and when the chill
mort.ing dawned upon the scene of carnage,
the Union dead from every section were
mingled upon the field of strife. They are
brothers still beneath the same sod, and while
the dew continues to ,fall from Heaven upon
their union in the grave, our children and
their ebiltima's children will come to worship
atlbis shrine, to show their reverence fur the
patriotic dead, and to express their grate
ful admitatioa for the memories of those
who perished that they might live as free
men, in a preserved Republic, where "the
will of the people is the law of the land." and
where its execution is equally binding as a
duty upon the most exalted as well as the
humblest of its citizens. I have been speak
ing repeatedly for the last two days, and will
therefore conclude my remarks. There are
bete Governor Fenton, the Grovenor of Maine
and others, whom I have no doubt yen will
be triad to hear.
Hero were oriet) of "go on,' but Governor
Geary withdrew after introducing Governor
Fenton, of New
Signs for Handkerchief Flirta
tions'—Drawing across the tips—Desirous
(A getting acquainted.
Drawinp, across the eyes—l am sorry.
Taking by centre—you are too willing.
Dropping—We will be fricods.
Twirling in both hands—lndifference.
Drawing across the check—l love you.
Drawing through the hands —I hate yuu.
Letting it rest on right check
Letting it rest on lett cheek—No.
Twirling in left baud—l wish to' get rid
'of you.
Twisting io right hand—l love another
Folding wish to speak with you:
Ovet the dhoulder=rFullow we.
OpPosiie corners in both bands—Wait
for me.
Drawing across the forebead—We are
watched.,
Placing on figlit 'oar--I have a message
for you,
Letting it remain on the eyes—You are.
cruel.
Winding round fore-finger—l am en
gaged.
Winding round third finser—T am mar
ried.
N., 8.. - Prio ace mikes perfect.
CIIILDI4OOD.—Lot man enjoy wltat
will in atter-life, if his, ohildhood have been
.blessed with the ' care apd kindoeis of a 'jn
'dieious mother, there trill' come niements
'when the cup of pleasure will be dashed
from his lips as tasteless, in conTarison : witli
those hours of sweet and social intercourse.
when he first learned to look for a prevadiug
spirit in the realms of nature—to welcome
all the animated and joyoua creatures of
earth as members of his wide brotheraoud,
and to hail the beams of morning as pledges
of the inezhanstible beneficence which cre
ated both- life and light; and ordained thorn
as blessings to mankind.
The Patriot aua the Denuigogue;,
Ie ; 1863 President; Linooln spoke et, the
dedication of the Cemetery at Gettyahurg ,
In 1867 President Johnson spoke at the ded.
ioation of the Cemetery at Antietam. ,It is
i worth !bile to compare the utteranees Of fie
trio men on 'oecasione so nearly
LINCOLN ♦T GETTYSBURG
Fourscore and' seven
years a;0 o tt r fathers
biought foith upon this
continent a new nation,
conceived in liberty and
dedicated to the proposi
tion-that-allim-M-a-iii-iii•;-
• teil_equal-Rfiplausel-.-
Now, we are engaged in
a great civil War, testing
whethei that nation, or
any other nation so con
ceived and to dedicated;
can long endure. We
are met on a great brittle
field of that war; we are
'met to dedicate a portion
of it as the final - resting
place of those who here
gave their lives that that
nation might live. It is
altogether fitting an d
proper that we should do
this. But, i n a larger
sense, w e cannot dedi
cate, Q e cannot conse
crate, we cannot hallow
this ground. The brave
men, living a n d dead.
who struggled here have
coneecriited it far above
our poor power to add
or detract. [Applause.]
The World will little note
nor long remember what
we may say here; but it
can never forget what
they did here. [Ap
plause.]
his for us, the living,
rather to b e dedicated
here to the unfinished
-work-that-they - have thus
i•.r so nobly carried on.-
I t Applausii It is tat her
-torus -- hereto e e Ica
ted to the gm-at tack re
mairing belore us; that
from-these-honored-dead
we take increased devo
tion to that cause for
which they here gave the
last lull measure of de
votion; th at vie here
highly resolve that those
dead shall not have died
in vain. - [Applause .]—
That th e nation Isbell,
under God, have a new
birth of freedom; and
the ttheUevernment of the
pe ple, by the people and
fir the people, shall not
perish from the earth.—
EL o n g continued ap•
plause.]
Why he did not do it
It has lung been known of Queen Victoria
that on all her excursions and ordinary ap
pearances she so regulates.her dress, &c. as
not to discourage habits of economy among
her people. Al! such examples are noble
and christiam
Mr. Samuel Matter's habits oWiving were
often the topic of remark among townsmen.
Otis certain oceassion this subject was Made
the staple of quite an interesting conversa
tion between himself and a low of his- inti
mate friends, when Id woo a little more than
fifty years of age, and estimated to be worth
half a million of dollars. it was in the front
room of the bank, whore they were 'needs--
tomed to meet and discuss all sorts of things
of interest At that time he lived in an otd
wooden house which might have cost two
or three thousand dollars—deeent and cons
fortable, it is true. and much like the better
sort of houses in the village, excepting, per
haps halt a dozen. Ile also °Woad a good
It itse and chaise, the common, pleatture ve
hicle at that period in many ,parts of New
&gland: I-Its friends told him it was not
right for a man of 'bis prOperty to live in
that style—that he ought to build a better
house and keep a coach.
Mr. Slatter replied much in the following
manner: "Gentlemen; I admit that I am a
ble to have a large and costly house; rich
furniture, - and servants to take care of it,
that I am able to have a couch with a driver
and a footman to attend we. And it is not
that lam miserly that I do not have them.
.But it is a duty in me to set an example of
economy to others and eapeoiallj to my chil
dren. The world is too.inchoed to extrav;
agauce. If the style you recommend is to
b considered an evidence of wealth, and I
were on that account to adopt it, others not
able might follow my example, in order to
be thonght•rich. In the con it might piece
their ruin, while prudent and-honest people
wou.d have to suffer for it. And you know
I have six boys. If they live and have bul
lies each will - want to live in as much style
as his father- ' Now, if I am able to live' as
you recommend, my property, when divided
into six parts, might not be sufficient to,sup-:
port aix,suekestablishtnents; besides, bash].
mess may not continue as good as it is at
present.' I wish to set a good example for
my children.' If they de not follow it the
fault is not,mine. •
.
. , . ... .
Afartner who bad e mp loye d green Em
eralder, ordered him to give the mule some
gore in the ear. Ou his timing in tLe far
mer asked: ' - . •_.
Pet, did you giro' the mule, the
corn?" •
"To be sure, I did"
' "How• did you give 11?"'
"And Shure, as ye tould Me, 'in the ear.".
"But how much did you give?'' •
• "Well; ye . see, the orayther wouldn't bout%
'still, and kept switching kis Oars about so,
so I vouldo't git bat about a fist full in both
ears!" •
JOHNON AT AiTIETAIIt.
In
,appearing. r
• you it is not for the put
prise o f making ati
lengthy remarks, but sim
ply to express my appro.
hation of the CereniOnies_
which have taken place
-to-ritiy - My - trppearan
on this, occasion. will ho
the speech that I will
make. M y reflections
and ray meditations will
be i silent coriaminion
With esti, whose .
- deeds we are here to com•
memorate. I shall , net
attempt to give utterance
to the feelings and emo
dons inspired by the ad
dresses n d prayers
which have been ' made
and the hymns which
have been sung. I Shall
make an attempt at no
such thing. lam mere
ly here to give my coun
tenance and aid to the
ceremonies on this ocCa-
Sion; but I must be per
mitted t o express my
libpo that we inay follow
the example which has
been so eloquently allu
ded t. o this afterithon,
and which has been so
clearly set by the illus
trious dead. When we
look on yon hattle-field
an I thinkof the binge men
on both sides, who fell'in
the fierce struggle of bat
tle, who sleeps silent in
their uraves. Yes, who
sleep in silence and peace
after the earnestsmill-
hag ceased. Would to
(iud w e of the 'living;
could imitate their extra).
pleTes - therfartileeping
in pesce in their tombs.
and live together i n
friendship and peace.—
Opplat.t. , e.l You, my
;ellow citizens, have my
earnest wishes as you
have had .my -efforts in
time gone by, is the eau
liest and most trying per
ils to preserve the union
of these States. to restore
harmony to our distrac—
ted and divided cbuiltry,
and you shall have my
la-t efforts in vindication
of the flag of the Repub.
lit and of the Constitu—
tion of yotir fathers.—
[. pplaumj
liftijor•Gen: LogOn delitiered' a long and
vigeroba speech at [Jinnillea, Ohio, on . Wed
nesday, in Which' he mid. of Andrew John
- .Tell me today if you bad 'Jeff:'Davis ' in
the VreSidetitiei obait, Or Mr. Robert P.
'Lee; could- _ they 'hatre done more far the
Rabies in this land than' Andretfi'lohnSon
liiiir'sibee he has been President? If they
'cofitld, l I' Would like to know in 'What way
they dohld'haSe done it. If Jeff. Davis had
been Piesident, what Would he have done?
lie would. hasie returned ail the property
to the Rebles that they had lost. Andrew
-Johnson-has done that. If Jeff; Davis had
been _Presides' Lhet_wetthilave_pardo tied— ail
the Rebles that asked him for pardon An.
drew Johnson , has done that and more too
If Jeff; Davis had been President he would
have denounced alb Congress, and called
theta a Pet of traitors: Andrew Johnson
has 'done that. If Jeff. 'Davis-' had been
President he would have appointed Rebel
Governcrit doWn South to control those States.
Andrew Johnson did the same thing. IF
Jeff. Davis had . boob President he would
have vetoed the' Freedmen's Burein bill.
Andrew Johnson did that. lie would have
vetoed the Civil Rights bill. Andrew John
son did that, He would have vetoed the
first Reconstruction act of Congress, and
and all the other acts, which Andrew John.
son has done.
General Phil. H. Sheridan
Philip H. Sheridan was born at the city
of: Albany, State of New York in February,
1831. 'llls parents are natives of Ireland,
county of Kerry. Their oldest child Patrick
was also born in Ireland. About the year
1829, John Sheridan arra wire, with their
first born bid farewell to their • native land
and carne to America, their adapted and
chosen home. They first located in Albany
New_York,. where, as before _tatited.,—Fhil._
Sheridan was born. They resided there a
bout fiVe years. While Phil, was ver
young, is parents removed to Somerset Per
ry Co ,0. The parents were' in quite lim
ited circumstances , and Phil's early experi
ence was that of other boys similarly situated
When the turnpike was being built through
Somerset, Phil's father used to own and
drive a cart. Men of Phil's age toll us that
they have often seen him hanging on his fa
ther's cart, and-once in a while, when he
would get to drive, be would be .highly de
lighted. Phil must have been regarded as a
very honest bay; for while very young in
years, he wa's taken by John Talbot, a
hardware merchant, to — serve in his store.
He served satistnetorily about two years.
After leavitigMr. T albot the
subject of our sketch went to stand in the
store of D. Whitehead a dry goods merchant
of Somerset. Here we believe he remained
until he was appointed a cadet at West Point.
Gen. Thomas Ritchie, a farmer living five
miles east of Somerset had been elected to
Congress for the distriot composed of Perry,
Morgan and Washington. Mr. Ritchie was
a good judge of character. Ile was acquain
ted with young Sheridan., took a fancy to
him, and proposed to send him to Wait
Point. Young Sheridan was willing and
his parents agreed to it. The lawyer who
drew up the papers in the case told me they
were cot very sanguine that, he would be ae
cepted on account of his 843. Ile was very
small for his age. But he was anepted,
and took his place as a humble student at
this great military school.
Death of Wide'
Richard bireeaweiti residing at Seaford,
Del , committed suicide at that place on
Thursday, by, throwing himself into the 'riv
ver. Gieenweli'wee known as ono of the
men iinpliCated in the forcible entrance
into the jvil of that place, and the ta
king therefrom .of oneJarnes Wilson, a ne •
groe who was arrested, imprisoned and await
ing fritif for the murder of a girl, ar.d hang
ing him in the jail yard. 'After he was hung-,
shot and his throat cut, Oreenwell, who was a
biitcher; out and carved him as though he
were beef, and then toasted and burned the
pieces to ashes. lie reserved the right hand
of the Degree and carried it hOme with
him. •
lint what a change his takeia place.—
Since , then the fearful judgement of th i n Al
mighty seems to have visited him on all oc
casions. About a year after this transaction'
ho lost his wife by the most agonizing of
Oaths—that of burning. Since the ds k ath
oT his•wife Greenwell lost•his right barerby
the cars pagssng over it. On several occa
sions he came near•losing his life by being
thrown from his carriage, two or three times
'being taken up as dead, • Finally on Thurs
day, he,rptuarked to some person that "Gad
Almighty Would not kill him,'arid ha would
gn and drown himself'," which he did.
lie was an Englishman by birth, and was ,
said to have been a desperate character be•
fore emigrating to this country. fie was an
infidel—did not believe in Gud or in a future
ezistonze. Ile would stand up with an o•
peu Bible ,in his hand and curse the God
that made him, contending that blind chance
formed the world and flied the planets in
their spheres. Awful, indeed, has been his
end, and fearful be the responsibility that
meets him in that unknown future.
SORMSV.— Sorrows sobers us, and makes
the mind genial., And in sorrow we love
and trust our friends more tenderly, and the
dead becune dearer to us. And just as the
stars shine out in .the night 'se there are
blessed-forms . that look at us, in our grief,
though before their features were fading
from our recollection. Suffering! let no
man:dread it -too math because - it is good
for him and it will help to snake him sure
of his beig hr.tnortal. It is not in the
bright, happy day—but only in the solemn
eight, that other worlds are to be seen shi
ning in thais long, loog distances. And ,it
san sorrow, ..that night .of the soul—that
we are Tarthinit, and kodw ourselves' natives
of finite and daughters of the Meier High: • •
f2'. 4 C93 3Peritt. "S" eetv
Concerning Happineae•
floppiness may be defined as a possession
ever soUght,bntseldom caught.- So far front
being properly classified as subordinate to
lice and liberty, it includes both these oondi
dorm Fanny Fern discourses very philoso
phically in its relation, thus:
"I solemnly - aver-that the moment anybody
tries to do or say a good thing, that moment
he shall only experience throes of mortal
.pain trying. If you build youself a beauti
ful house, and make it a marvel of tsste and
convenience, in one of its lovely chambers
shall_your-dead-be-laid;and - you shall mu:l-d
-er heart sick away_f .1 od_w_ith-a-strenz
eart accept its company
"This incessant striving b be happy!—
Never—never shall mortals be so, till they
have learned to give it over. Happiness
comes. It will not be challenged. It glider)
in only when you have closed the door, and
turned your back upon it and forgot it. It
Jays a soft hand - upon your face, when you
thought, to be alone, and brings a 'joyful flu All
of suprise to your cheek, and a soft light ~
your weary eye; an peace to your
soul.,
"Olcistagers know the way to be ,blappv.is
to give up all hopes to be so. In other
words the cream of enjoyment in this life is
always impromptu. The chance walk; the
unexpected visit, unpretnediated journey;
the un - ibw,lit conversation, or aeciuliotauce.'
At Andersonvllle
The first thought that ()marred to me
when fairly inside was, "How small! Can
it be possible that thirty thousand men wero
ever thrust in here' I believe there ara
twenty-seven acres in the enclosure, but I
can only say that it seemed fearfully small.
Just within the stockade are some sliet.'..s
that might ,possibly shelter one hundred
-men; - These were put — up - ,1 believe durine:
•the hist four months of the prisoners' sta.'
ttuil-Alterwertrito — oVy covering. provided
for the poor_ faltows,'"exeept what they soot)d
ed out with their own hoods.
—A-n navr - wit, sclera° and eager Otiosity
I glanced around, to take a general survey
of the ground. An uneven piece of ground
it is, sloping from both extremities toward
the entre, wheie it is crossed by a little
purling stream, at' which thirty thousand
dying soldiers - lapped, or longed to lap. A
large plot on both sides of the
,stream is
marsh land, impossible to be used. Inside
the stockade, and close at its foot, is a tol
erably deep ditch, while portions , f t=o
"desd-line" still remain, forming an inter
circle. The ditch is grown up with flow
ers and ferns, many of them very pretty
I felt disposed to quarrel With the soil for
pnducing such lovely thing..., Ohl hose
mould itido so? Thorny and thistles, with
the deadly night-shide, should alone grow
in' the stockade at Andersonville!
As I glanced stream], my eye was met in
every direction by those gating sentry
boxes, and I felt that, had I been a pris
oner; I should h• delved into the earth if
only to escape t relentless gaze of those
pitiless guards. hen once 1 cast my eyes
upon the ground, the fascination was tvu
intense that I had difficulty in raising them
again. Every spot' . trod was consecrated,
by suffering and death. The ground w.is
everywhere strewed with rags, old shoes,
and bits of leather, washed into the soil by
the rain and trampled in by feet. At every
few paean, a little hillock, or a hula, told
the story of how a man, accustomed to a
New England or a Western home, had
learned to live in a space a trifle larger than
a eoffici—llours at Home.
The Cincinnati Advertiser in a stirring ar
ticle, smelling very stroogly of copper, sJid,
"Every prediction we made about the war
his been reritiecr! To which the Scioto
Gazette responds as follows:
"You predicted that the South could se
cede without a war—hut it couldn't!
Yon say tho North onuhl not fight—but
it did?
You soy one Southerner could whip five
therners—hut he couldn't!
` l 7ou asserted that we had 121 Q power to co•
eree them—but Ire had!
You said that we never could conquer
them—but we did!
You predicted that a bushel of greenbacks
would not buy a dinars—but it will!
You, resolved that the war was a failure—
but we succeeded!
You asserted that the people of Ohio were
opposed to the war, that they would elect
peaceable Vallandighana--4ut they didn't-
You are now predicting that you will car
ry this State—but you,won't."
A Wm.—When a man of' sense comes
to marry, it is a companion who he wants,
and not an artist; it is not- merely a creature
whO can paint and play and sing and dance.
ft is a being who can comfort and counsel
him; one who can reason and reflect, and feel
and judge, and discourse and discriminate;
one who can assist him in his affairs, lighten
his sorrows, purify his joys, strengthen his
his principles, and educate his children.
Such is the woman who is 6t for a mother,
and the mistress of a family A woman of.
the former desoription may OCeasi aria Ily
figure in a drawing-room, and excite the
admiration of the company; but is entirely
unfit for a helpmate to man, and to train ap a
child in way be should go.
Slrroar gathers round great 8"•uIA as storms
do around mouataia•; but, like them, they
break the stortu and purity the air of the
p!aiu beneath them.
An Triohnian was about to marry a South
ern girl hr har property. ,4 Will you kilo
this woman to be your wedded wife 1" said
the tnioisici.
"res, your riversoce, and Ilia aagars too"
said PO.: . • -
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