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TROY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1882.
WHOLE NUMBER, 1,320.
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A BONO OF AUTUMN.
IUIlUtbtft Aatomn! Grurioasf prrw-nce!
Weary re we of bartU that injr
OrUMT-tUeJoTsoffi4daadtleuBC.
Of the old. talan hjianm ta l!va UUile-M Splinz
A ficU miklra, Dnoe mfcht tnut her,
1Yft bordn t-prinj. with ter chanceful mini.
In ripened wommnbowTa riclw-1. latr.
Cklmlj tboa comeft, Ladj and IJow-o'
Uut to her are tbe ditties ladm
With lWT6d brealbinc of fUttcria pralae.
Sated aod vala with appUaae, proad maiden.
She flout ber loTera, and acorn her laya.
Thoa I With her twvre ham to compare tbo-
Warthier thoa ta be aaa j and woued t
Tboo like a blfh-born dame dat bear th,
Urackma nt preacsca and bovnlooua of mtwO.
TlaQtothee. ADtomn! Thee with honor,
(seen of the beaaona, without a peer!
Ppnuc I She had promiae af beaatr a her,
. But thine are the glory and crown of the year
-TrTrat In werahlp -why did wa at her,
8prh) the wayward, the cold, th roy f
JLt, In oar bearta, we baTe lTd thee better.
Autumn, the erarloua, the ttriogrr of Joy !
Bountiful Autumn I thoa that briszeat
The awwt, calm dara of the cloadleaa light,
t&nntiral Aataatnl thoa that fluicwt
A mellower lurtre o er field and belsnt ;
Thine a the flab of tbe parple beatber.
Thine le the f.tm of the harreat ahrarea,
Thine ia the rlow where ripenlns together,
Tbe a-pla brighten tbroajh daiL given learea.
Thine la tbe itlory oa crapa and mourlanda.
Thine ia the haze upon dreaur aeu.
Thine U the plashing mand duky tortUod
Of lolling watera , thy gifta are thrae
With aport for the ranger of n-M and wild wood,
Wealth of the corn4and fur tofline men.
And not and brrry fir bappr childhood.
In wondeiful wandcrlnga by wood and clen.
Boaotiful Autumn 1 btingtr of pleaMirr,
llrtngar of beanty, bringer of gain.
Hore in thy bvonty. bringrr of liore.
To tbone aweary in heart and brain
Thoa doet bring ui of thee tbe bin i
Where Nature, All mother, loll at to aWp,
And ooule our browe with ber healing Umea,
Breese of tbe noonUin and brtze of the deep.
Bountiful Autumn 1 Wrll may we greet thre
Chief of tbaSraaocte! Qorvnof the year!
Well may our hearts go forth to mert thee.
And bring thee in triumph, with about and w ith thear !
II nan to thy pralae will w e not be epating,
Bingiog the. Lady, gTacbma of mWu.
Bountcvua of aplrit and aUtely of bearing.
Autumn, tbe crowned one, oar (jot-to, our Queen
AND NOW COMES AUTUMN.
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And dow mdm Autamn artiat bold and free,
Exceeding rich in brigbteat Unta that be
And with a kill that tella of pown dirine,
Painta a Taat landscape wonderfully fine.
OTer the charinut cloth of gold be throw.
Turn the aah purple, cbers with acarlet glowa
That kaielr aamac, that erewhile wu aeen
Clad in dull foliage of a sombre groro.
Where daialea blunmed, cirea goldra-rod losteal.
htaini erery oak leaf with the darket red,
heta all the wuodbine'a waring epraye on fire.
And learra tbrm Caming from tbe cedar'a pire.
And clost'rlng berries banga be here and I here,
home like the rnbiaa, aume aa round and fair
Aa iearla, some blue aa aanphirea, some aa brown
Aa the faat fading h-ares that rustle do-an
Beneath tbe trees that gave tbem life, to die.
Or else away with raring winds to fly.
And when at hut all a finished hill and dale.
Wild wood and field he drops a misty reil
Over she iiicture, and a few glad days
The world looks on with wondrr and with praise,
Till faint and fainter all tbe colors grow.
And Winter hide it nnderneath tbe snow.
Jstltrt JStoro.
THE JERSEY PRISONER.
Kxcitfng- lplftotle oP llie Revolution.
BY AX OLD CONTKinrTOK.
A cold, dreary night in tbe fall of 1849,
broncbt me to the uofiiitabIe bar-room of one ef
the best inna in Xew Hampshire. Amon tho
passengers in the stage-coach had leen an old
man named Albert Morton. I learned his name
from having $en It tremulously inscribed nion
the register. He van cry near fuur-aenre-and-ten
eight y-ni no years of Ufo he told us he had
seen and though his frame was large and
square, yet he was bent and tremnlon, and Jils
silered locks were tiparan nnd wintry. He jk
aeseda quiet, mildlook, his eye still retained
much of its lustre, and his features easily work
inginto smiles. One of bur fellow-paen;;pr
happened U bo acnaiuted with the old man's
circumstance, and asked him tf he had any "
fections toctTtur nssrae accouut of hisexite-
rience dnriug the i.tmggl of the lteiuliitiou.
The aged I'atriatV ry sparkled, and a kindly:
mile broke orer his feature, as he ftiguifietl hu
willingness. Itut in a inotmnt more, aa hi
mind seeuiexl to dwell n-nm the theme to whirh
hit thoughts had thus lreu railed, a change
came over hiscouuteuauce, and aiihnddertihiMtk
his frame. He aked for a glass nf warm spir
its, and having drank it, he upoke a follows:
I of course cauuttt gire his exact wnrdu, but so
vividly was, aud is. his narrative iui pressed
non my mind, that I cannot vary niuclteten
from the very lauguage he used :
My frieud he commencttl, in a low, trem
ulous tone, but which gained jxiwera) he went
on, 1 am sure that the great maw of the Amer
ican people of the prrwnt day do not realize the
vastamouutof privation aud MiflVring which
their fathers underwent for the sake of secur
ing to their jtoMerity the blessiugs which they
now enjoy. They do not realize how many in
ducements of eaMoaud comfort they had held
out to them to give up their Lilierty aud wear
the Brit ih joke. But 1 don't meau to lecture
you; only I would hae the present generation
know at what a cost thi country lilterty wat
purchaiietl, so that they may neer forget to
cherish the 1kku as a holy aud sacred one.
I joined the 1 'at not forces at Iloston in T5,
and hrvt bippel with Captain John Manly, on
board tho Lee. I was with him when betook
tbe heavv onlnauLC brig Xancyi a Uritinh essel
full of unlitary stores, and one of the inot al
liable prizes taken during that year. After a
while 1 weut ou board the Yankee Privateer
called the Golden Kagle, with Captain -Cltft.
lie was a young man, but a true hero. After
General Howe took up his quartersiu New York,
1 crnivd about in Marions efselt, and did some
servic. In the summerof 1. 1 weut on xliore
to sjiend a few weeks with a friend near New
ark, in New Jersey. It was with Adam Evans
that I atiipped. Ho was an old man, past sixty,
and had four children litiug, tho three eldest of
whom were bos, and were then with General
Washington. The jounget was a girl named
Clara, and she had con-iented to become my
wife. 1 was then just one-and-twenty, aud
Clara was two roars yuuuger. She was a no
Lie girl, audi loved her with tbe whole strength
of my soul. She loved me well, but I know she
loved we better becanteuf my Iwld labors for
our country.
"I spent a week thus, and we were as happy
as earth could aQard. One morning Mr. Evans
proposed that we whould go out aud catch somn
nib. I liked tho idea, aud we made ready at
ouce. I pot on my sea going garb, and haing
gut tbe tackle all ready, we weut down aud
cast off the loat. This was on tbe Passaic Itiv
er, lint far from it mouth. The wind was fair
for running out. and we hoisted our sails. Ere
lung we entered Newark Ilaj,and Evans pro
poxed that we should keep ou and run in 1
I ween tat en Ilaud and the Jersey shore, as he
knew of Mime excclleut lisbiug ground there.
So on we ran, and at length dropped onr anchor
about half wey between the two bays the New
ark and Kan tan. We wcnrcloe into the la
land abort, and ft nnd the lisbiug gootl. Wo
hid leen thus engajeil alwmt an hour, and I
had just proposed that we should return, when
we heard the splashing of water close at bacd.
and on looking to the eoathVd, we saw an Eng
lish barge coming, full of Itntih soldiers and of
ficer! Onr firt impulse was to up anchor and
run, bat before we con Id do that thing, tho
barge wan along side.
Ahar cried oue of the officers, 'here we
have some rebels in full bloom V
"Unfortunately my drew was a sort of uul
form such as we Yankee sailors were in the hab
it of wearing, aud I knew it would le of no n
for mo to deny my character. But I wished l
aaretbeold man, so I told them that I had
been.a Yankee sailor, but that my companion
was not engaged at all in tbe conflict. Hut
they were determined to hate a way of their
own.
Ohor tbe leader said, with a coarse oath,
we kuow well enough what von are, my '
'Aye ? at this moment j elled one of the oth
ers, who tteemed to be a pasjej-midsbtpman, !
kuow him! He was on board the curbed. Yan
kee privateer that attacked us off Cape Ann. I
know himT
"Atul I recognized him, tm, as one who hadT
made bis evcape from us at that time. Bat be
fore I could apeak, the first officer went on.
Said he
"Very well we'll fix him all right. Aud
now, old grey-head, let us know what you are.
Ar von a rebel, toot
"That depend nnou what yun call a rebel,
said the old man.
Are jou a willing snbject of King George r
the officer asked.
"I tried to whis)er to the old man not to com
mit himself, lint before I could do so, he an
swered boldly and proudly
"No, sir! I am a Patriot, heart aud soulr
U thought no.1 c" the officer apk, and
then he had ns taken iuto his own boat, and in
the bottom of our craft they best two great
holes, and then kept ou their way- I knew
that we were prisoners, and that we were like
ly to remain so. but I thought little of myself.
At Iirt I frit all for the old man ; but amm my
thought ran awar to poor Clara, who was thus
left all alone, and mv heart beat most painfully
when I thought of the dark hours she was des
tined to sjtend in lonesome grief. The bargo
was steerrtl directly for the Wall about Bay
and when we stopped, it was at the starboard
gangway of tho prison ship 'Jeraeyr My
heart sank within me, and for the first time
I felt that my cheek was blanching Some of
the officers went up the ladder, and then the
barge wasshoed ort. A sodden hope gleamed
in my bosom, bat it soon went oat, for we were
only carried, aroand under the stern to the oth
er gangway. Here the officer who bad tbns far
taken tbe lead in our capture, and whose name
I( afterwards found to be Logan, went up the
side, aud in a few moments more four stoat, ug
ly looking soldiers, two of whom were Hessians,
came down and took ns roughly by the arms.
Oh! I did want to fight them! My muscles
worked powerfully, and it was with great ef
fort that I restrained my combative propensi
ties. I knew that resistance would on 1v sub
ject not myself alone, but my aged companion
a iso, 10 worse treatment, aim per naps tieam.
We were brntallyonlered to rise, and were then
conducted up the ladder When we reached
the gangway, I found two sentinels there, and
'some four or five officers. The deck was boos
ed oter, and we now stood in a narrow sort of
passaaje, the walls of which were perforated
with holes. We were detained here some min
utes, while our numbers were being set against
onr names, anu a ineas selected lor us, anu then
we were conducted below.,
"Ob, God I What, a acme awaited as L When
we reached the inaio'gnadeck. there came up a
stench so' now erf a I and Tile that I had to stop
my nostrils! I saw mariycdts and hammocks
hang up here, and I knew they were fall of the
sick, the dying aud the dead! Down he went
upon the next lower deck and I feared very
much I should faint. I bad, been" through many
trying scenes; I had heeii severely wounded;
but never before bad I felt faiut. I cannot des
cribe rfbat there met my gait, so that you cau
form auy conception of it. Bat Von may imag
ine something. Imagine yoorsrff 'standing on
that wide deck;, Juw donu'f within the thick
walls of ttio ship, cq cred with dirt nnd filth
with filth so foul that I dara not'name it dark
and dismal hot and Tetid audcrowded aye,
literally packeduith hvmaa'beiugs! Even to
crowd onr way along to the quarters where oar
mess was to be nerved, we had to jam through
tbe so living rank, and tbe .leader kicked the
sick and helpless out of (be wayas though they
had been sticks oflauTpH of dirt.
"When Mr. Evans aud 'myself were finally
left to ourselves, I gazed aronud me. I could
hardly bear the sight; aud "yet I had to look.
As for as my oe could reach In tbe reeking
gloom, 1 conld see but one mass of wretched hu
manity. There were, young men and old; large
and small, and in all stages of sickness and suf
fering. Groans and Imprecations, mad yells
and devilish howls, filled the air. I saw sick
men trodden upon, aud, the dying uncared for.
The day was a hot one, and the atmosphere in
that ph'ice was like an oven full of putrid meat
roasting and blistering with heat. I saw a
poor, emaciated wretch close by me, audi ask
ed him if it was always lite this.
" Worse, worse,' he gasped. 0b, tea thou
sand times worv! Ah! look! poor Ilowlaud is
going r
"I looked in the directteu which tbe man had
pointed out w ben he spoke, aud there I saw,
close by the speaker's side, an old man? who
wore the dirty, tattered uniform of a Patriot of
ficer. I saw his eyes roll wildly up, and his
mouth open. There was one deep gasp, and
then all was still. Kowlaud was past all earth
ly suflVring!
"lint' that scene did not shock me. Oh! as
true as X live, death was a glorious sight there.
Life was miserable nnendnrable. I had for
the timo forgotten my own sufferings, for the
surpassing wretchedness I saw about me oa all
bands tooknpallmy feeliogs. I heard dying
men call for water, and it was not given them ;
and I saw a soldier strike one of the dying
wretches upon tho head for begging for some
thing with which to cool his pare bed tongue!
"Ere long I saw a moemeut near the ladder,
and I kuew that sapjier was rsady. Oar mess
cook went up, and when he came back he bore
the supper for twenty-two of us. I pnt tho stuff
to my nose, and my son I sickened! For my al
lowance there was one mouldy, stinking piece
of bread, and a cup of oatmeal tea. I could not
eat. it. I was too sick and faint. But some
thing new came noon me now. I had tbenght
the deck crowded before, but very soon I fonnd
that not over half the prisonere bad as yet been
down. Tbe gun was fired for sunset, and the
Itrisoners came huddling down. In half an
tour more that bet, steaming deck was packed
with human beings, so that in many places a
man could not absolutely turn aroand without
moving men njm either band! ,- ,
"Hut I will not attempt to describe that
which I am not able fully to realize; for there
u not depth enough iu the human mind to take
in all tl:r sufferings of that place. Tbe heart
sinks down appalled ere the whole scene is re
alized, and the eyes of tbe sonl olose in very
horror: All through the nigut the air was till
ed with groans and bowls, and sleep was only
the titter prostration of tbe powers of mind and
lody, ftir no man could Bleep there. There
were nuriy unconscious ones made so byr abso
lute prostration bat no one slept. About mid
night I hrard the poor wretch next to me speak.
He had been groaning nearly all night, but for
tbe lat ten minutes ho had been rjuiet. He
was tbe same oue who had ointed out poor
Rowland. He aaked me if I had a knife. I told
him ye. Oh! I shall never forget tbe quick,
hopeful joy that burst from him then. Here,'
he said, here is mv heart. Drue vour knife in
to it! Do it, aid God will bless you! But I
rcfuxed, and he lcgged ; and when he found I
was firm, he xauk down again, miserable and
dejected. Ah! be mnttered, 'yn are fr8
here yet, but when you'te been here as long aa
I have, you'll thank any one who will put yon
ont of misery.
"But I could not bate done tbe deed, and so
I told him. But bo was out of misery in the
morning. Wbeu the davlizht came. I found
him with one nf bis own utpenders drawn ho
tightly aronnd bis neck that ho coald not
breathe. With his own hand he had done what
I could not.
"Ah! ere that week was out, I began to Inel
something ofthoiHMir snicide's emotions. My
strength was fast leaving me, and my heart
ached continually. I saw a boat load of corps
es carried away every morning, aud I knew
these men had lieen brutally murdered. They
had leen starved and poisoned. Every morn
iug for a whole week, an officer came to me and
offered me liberty and an office if I would join'
the King service; and when I refused, he said
he would bring me to it. 1 saw a thousand men
receive tbe samo offer I saw men in misery,,
such as almost unshipped their reason, offered
Utterly and good pay if thty would swear alio-'
gianco to the ruling Briton, hut I neersaw one'
do it not a cingle one!
"At length Mr. Elan began to fail rapidly..
His constitution was not robust, and this mode
of treatment broke him down. I aked that he!
might ho sent to tbe hospital, but they onhl
cursed me, and said tbe hospital was full. I
asked for a pint of wine, and they asked me if I
had money to pay for it. I gladly gave an of
ficer a siUer dollar, aud he went "away. But I
iieersaw the wine, nor my dollar again.
Once I saw the officer, and asked him for the
wiuo or monry. He swore I lied. I did not
strike him, wishing to live to watch over tho
obi man. let 1 UreameU net then that hi oeatu
was to set me lire.
"One night it was on the sixteenth day of,
our iuipnonmeiit as the light of day was dis
appearing, I saw that my ageI compauion was
failing fat. Onr onarters had been chanced.
mo that 1 was now close by oue of the lanterns.
where a sentinel was posted. 1 his sentry haa
bis place ItrhiiHia barrier where none of the
iiriooucrs could reach him. but Mnietimes he
would come oer and look aroand. It was half
an hour after uudniebt. aud I knew the old mau
was dying. He opened his eyes, and begged for
waier. iur Muiiuri nan come aiong, auu
boggt-d of him, in God uame, to bring a drop.
of water for my dying frteuil. Hut he wouia
" Water I wraterP jafcped Evans.
Ieiir I ottered, to the soldier M.ringthis
dvimr old man some water!
"Let the old rebel die! he return
ed, w ith a horrid oath.
"Oh! how my blood boiled at that moment.
I seized my knife it was a heavy clasp-knife I
always earned when at sea, in the place of
sheath-knife ; and I had taken it on oar fishing
excursion for ue in case of need. I heldlt iu
my band, but a sudden gasp of my friend pre
vented me from rising. Tbe old man's grey
head was iu my lap, and I saw he was nearly
gone. t
Water! waterT he casned asain. i
"The soldier heard him he was a Hessian
trooper and with a brutal oath he raised his
foot, and before I could ward off the blow, he
kicked tbe dying man in the side. .
Take that, and be to your water V
be uttered, as he kicked.
I cast one look into the upturned face ef
Adam Eaus, and I knew he was dead! My
soul was on fire I had bat one tbought one
feeling. With a gentle, quiet movement I low-
ered that grey be ail to tbe deck, and then leap
ed to my feet. The soul less monster thought I
meant to Arike him with mv hand, for he drew
his sword half out. Bat Le miieed hie calcula
tions, uuh all ray power and might I struck
him upon tbe left temple tbe blade entered his
skull and he wink dwu without even a croan.
X" one haw the deed ; or if they did, tbey knew
not wlta. it meant. I went back to tea 044
man ide, but fao was cold and stiff. I uttered
one short prayer, and made np my mind to fol
low him. 1 then turned to gate upon tbe
wretch I had slain, and as I gazed upon hi uni
form, a thought shot through my mind! I start
ed as thotizb I had been frichtened. Aronsd
me alt were cither asleep, or dead, or uncon-,
ttrtous; auit at any rate too oeepry miserauie 10
notice tbe doing of a compauion. Why might
not that nut form pass me from the ship!
1 sprang to ine woric tu an instant. 1 turew
tiff my own vest for'acoatl bad not svorn-
and then pulled off the dead soldier's coat, cap,'
and accoutre meuta. These I pat on as quickly
as possible. The coat fitted me well itwaa
fall uniform the cap came well down over ujy
brow; and when tho lelts were on, I almost
felt like a villain. I drew my knife from the
dead brute's skull, and having thrown my own
cast-off clothing atop of his body, I started op.
I had hope bat I was not sore. Only I knew
this: I would either be a free man or a dead
one; for were I taken, my work won Id surely
be discovered.
"Bat I started boldly on. At the foot of the
ladder I saw two or three water backets. In
stinctively I caught one of them np and hasten
ed eu my way. The sentinel upon the main
deck made msVoppoaitiou, and I gained tbe spar
deck withoutbeing even hailed. Wbeu I reach
ed the gangway, I turned towards the larboard
ladder.
" What ye up to now V asked one of the sen
tinels at this point.
'"Must have a backet of water, I growled,
without stopping. Aud over I went. No far
ther qaestlone were asked, and I soon found
myself eatside of the ship. Down the ladder I
hastened, and at the bottom I stopped and look
ed up. The sentinels were Imth on the Inside,
and no oue saw me. Quickly as josiblo I
threw off the coat, hat, boot, andotber cum
bersome things; and then I tbought of what I
had not tboDgbt before: the backet would help
me wondronsly in floating. Noiselessly I drop
ped into the water, and floated nnder the stern;
and then 1 struck oat for the Jersey shore. I
expected every moment to hear the report of a
gnu, bat a few momenta paed la safety, and
then I had no more fear of detection, for the
night was dark, and I soon kuew that I could
not be seen from the ship. By the lights on the
shore, I knew which direction to take, and with
all my might I pat oat. I nsed only my feet for
propelling power, keeping tbe bucket in my
hands, and holding roost of my weight thus.
It was fortunate I had that aitrmle buelcpt. for I
pever could have reached land without it, and I
am not sure mat l snoum nave cone so witu u,
for I had a long distance t make ere reaching
Jersey. Bat fortune seemed to work especially
fur me. At the point which formed the west
ern headland of the Wallabont, I found a small
boat at anchor, and secured by a hemp cable. 1
climbed oerL her rail, cat tbe cable, and then
srtznl the oar aud placed them iu the row
hxta. "At that moment I heard a gun from the Old
Jersey, and then a rocket went np from her
poop. I coald just see lights flashing over her
side a I row sd out of sight. My strength was
all back for the while, and I knew that I was
working for life. At length I stood ou the soil
of New Jersey, aud soon fonnd out where I was.
I travelled until I came to a house, and here I
aroused the inmates and asked for a horse.
They lent me one, upon my promise that I would
leave it at a given place.
"But why tell all that! Suffice It for me to
say, that' shortly after daylight I reached the
old home of Adam Evans. But Clara was not
there. She hail gone to her uncle, some ten
miles further inland. I stopped only to get my
clothing, and then kept ou. I found Clara at
length, and told her my sad story. Yet she was
grateful that I bad survived to tell the tale.
For two weeks I lay sick and weak upon my
bed, and daring that time Clara nttanded me.
At length I was able to go out, and when my
strength was restored, I went to sea once more.
But England had suffered disgrace enough ere I
hail opportunity to strike another blow.
On the day that peace wa declared, I was
with Clara aud two of her brothers. One of tho
noble yonths had fallen in battle, fighting no
bly for his country. We thanked God fur the
blessing which had thus dawned upon our na
tive laud, and warm tears stood in our eyes a
we prayed for the souls of the departed. Clara
became my wife, and she lived until last spring,
a blessing and prize to me, and beloved by all
who knew her. Ah ! I am goin to see her again
soon. I shan't remain long behind."
The eld man btwed his head as he spoke, and
I saw a big tear trickle down his cheek aud
drop upon the floor. He spoke no more, and no
one felt like asking him questious, for we all
saw that he was deeply moved.
r Oh! those were noble men who gained for us
the blessings we now enjoy, at such a fearful
,coat. j Surely we cau afford "to honor them; and
how can we honor them better than by copying
their virtues in our lives, aud emulating their
devoted lovo of Liberty and Justice f
OCTOBER.
A few mora eoaga, and soon those tuneful voices
() er the blue splendor of the Southern Sea
Vm aoand. where tbe red tanlger rejoices
Beneath tbe acacia and the orange tree.
Soon, one by ose, the rods now bright and guides,
Will torn to dusty brambles br tbe way.
And starry asters fall, aa from the olJan
lUch tapestries the glories fade away.
Slowly the rushes, and the flags of iris,
Drooping, no nmre their purple banners raise.
And derp, aa In tbe land ot dark Osiris,
btreame the red light, thro' the bars of chryaphrase.
A few mora days, and all this world of fluwsrs.
The light anu glory on tbe land main.
Will fade, as once on great Aladdin's towers.
The enchantment passed, aud all was dark again
No kingly power, or wand ef necromancer.
Can cUd with fold tba withered fltkU acaln f
No clarion voice can fill with Jocund answrr
A Tf II of silence falls on bill and plain.
Tet hi tba west an oraaee light Is bnrnlns.
Where, bright hearen a steadfast lamp is lit on high.
And bold Onus romea. each night returning.
With countless worlds oa worlds beyond the sky.
And lore shall lire, tho all the rocks should crumble.
And with the erer blooming cypres last.
And warm bands clasp, tho brad tbe storm winds rum
ble. And Joys hum brighter in the wintry blast.
i i aw
ASCEKDINQ THE WASHINGTON MON
UMENT. The Washington Monunu-nUis now getting to
be a big thing. As the superindeut said, it Is
tint open for exhibition, but a gootl mauy ieople
are visiting it daily, and such as are bold
enough to mount the elevator, with its load of
granite aud marble, are permitted to go tip. so
that it does not interfere with the workmen.
Looking np from the foot of the monument,
these workmen, over three hundred feet aboe,
appear like sp many rlies on the ceiling of a
room net bigger, nor more distinct. Thread
ing a passage among the piles of finished stone,
I niouuted to the elevated railway that rnus in
to the door of the monument. The door fronts
up the wall eastward, toward the Capitol, aud
looks like an embrasure iu the fifteen feet of
solid masonry. The little railway track ruus
directly on the elevator. On it is a grauite
block rfeii feet fonr inches long, three feet six
and a half inches wide, and two feet thick. By
the side of this truck of stone I take my stand
on the elevator; the mau pulls the small cable,
aud np we go. There is nothing InrUnd to pre
vent ateppiug off and falling from this open
platform, and I freeze on to the side of that
great granite block, and wonder bow I would
Took at tho bottom of the 300-foot shaft, with
ench a rock on top of we. The tIeatormau
calmly reads a yellow-backed uo el by the aiu
gle ray of yellow light which strikes the corner
of the elevator from aboe. This is reassuring.
I know I shoaldnt waut to be found dead with
a ycllow.backed novel in my hand, and I ftel
that theeleatr man mnt Iw rry confident.
There is no light sase that which comes in at
the top, and looking upward, the orifice appears
like the top of a huge chimney. The fonr walls
of this chimney Imk damp and gloomy, Ind
tbey givo back the trembling motion of tho ele
vator, plating lietwren its four inn Mcms, with
a painful distinctness. There art- fonr other
Iron stems, several ffet awav; Jut outride of the
elevator groove, ami to ine iiinuews inmi
the staircases of iron are attached. Tbe hmad
stairs rise in ten-foot flights on the north and,
south sides of tbe shaft, the east and nit sides
being connecting platform. Th stairs are
neven feet wide above the old work, and only
five below. For tbe thickness of the walla was
ImohimI frnin whrn the new work bcirau. the
slxAofthe wall being increajed thereby from
twenty-five feet sqaare to thirty-one feet five
and a half inche. This' was liecauvi it was
foood that the walls were aunecrsarily thick.
From the new work to the top, these walls rite
with sharp perpend i cola rity. The ajiace !e
tween the elevator and the iron staircaaes is
about three feet, aod the double set of iron
tubing is girded very strongly togethrr. The
inner facing of the walls is of alternate block
of marble aod granite. In this facing on ihn
east and west sides, above the plat forms or land
ings, will be placed the various designs aud
rare stones presented this country by foreign
Governments. Thoae now set in the older por
tion of the masonry were built in with tie
walls. As we approach the top, I have the enn
mity to peep over the edge jast ouce. After
that, I am a trifle nervous, and wonder if we
will ever get up. The elevator man isatillab
sorbed jnhisyrllow-hackrd literatnre. lVrhaps
he is reading of the duel or the alwlnctiou, and
will forget to stop when we get t the top.
From that moment, it seems a long time to me.
The elevator man, after Wing twice asked, says
it Is bat a seven minntes trip. To me it seems
twenty, and I step ont on tbe platform to the
mawnry with a feeling of intense relief. Pttta
htrg Hrpafra.
" AREVOLtONABTMCKn-TIUTSTIU.BrTES.
lpHinlinf ini eerrraTtondeat. Arnoe IVtkins,
of Unity, S. H.- aged 13 years, took down his
old gno which has quite a history, having
leen tbe nropertv of Joeiah Moody, a soldier iu
Colonel Waldron's Kegiment of New Hampshire
troops during the Resolatiooary war loaded
the weapon, and shot foor sqairrels that were
Intruding about the premises, using no specta
cle in sighting, and killing his squirrel at each
shot. Ararperf Jrya.
It la attributed to pir Garnet Wolesley, that
be always fixes a date for departure, for the cod
of the. war, and for bit return to London, to dine
with few agreeable) friends. September 15 ia
the day on which he propoaea to exterminate
ArabL
- tellnncouisi.
BUCKEYE DAT AT SENECA.
Coacerwies Ohio People Wbs Bare Bereave
Kamaams.
A very interesting reunion of Ohioana was
held at Seneca, a few davs atro. CI Ohio Counties
"being represented, and 37d names registered of
County. The principal speech of tbe occasion,
a very interest in gJand eloquent effort, was mado
by Judge 5. R. refers, and we extract from it
the following, concerning Ohio men in general
who havo come to Kansas:
In 1834 came 8. X. Wood, well kuown to all,
who, prior to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska
bill, made a pledge that if it passed, and the
questions of freedom and slavery to le deter
mided by occupation, he would go. J. K. Good
in, G. S. Hi liver, James Montgomery, who were
members of the Topeka Constitutional Conven
tion A. i:. Banks, ex-Chief Clerk of the House,
A. S. Miller, formerly of Butler County, now of
Colorado, Kev. S. L. Adair, Dr. Lot 1. Tatty,
and Cyrns Shaw, came also in 1854.
Iu lrC5 came Ktuut M. Williams, now Senator
from Doniphan County, S. N. Latta and Morris
Hunt, membert of tbe Topeka Constitutional
Convention, ami elected to the position of Jus
tice of the Supreme Court nnder the Topeka
Constitution, J. T. Bums, member of the Wyan
dotte Constitutional Convention, 1 ud afterwards
Jodgeofthe 4th Judicial District, D. M. John
ston and Iewis Fisher, w bo were afterwards
members of the State Legislature, and W. W.
lloss.
la 1&6 came the beardless Ohio printer boy,
now oar worthy United States Senator, Hon. I.
B. Plumb. We may well feel proud of him,
and all Ohio people, as well as all Kansans,
should unite ju retaining him in the honorable
position which he now o faitbfullr fills; alio,
Watson Stewart, E. U. I'attee, W. B. Stone,
John M. Gifiln, aud J. Tallmtt.
Iu 1:67, first on the list of arrivals was B. F.
Simpson, the youngest member of tbe Wyan
dotte Constitutional Convention, who has been
a member of both branches of the State Legisla
ture, and is now the United States Marshal for
our State; also, Sol. Miller, the veteran editor,
Martin Anderson, ex-State Treasurer, Solomon
Bowers, Job Throckmorton, E. M. Hewens,
Thomas 1. Lindsay, O. I), Hunnou, and Jacob
Stotler, all of whom havo been members of tbe
State Legislature, aud the latter Speaker of the
House, and now editor of the EmjKiria Xeiet;
alo, W. W. Jrukius, rX'Uegister of the Land
Office at Wichita; Judge J. L. IVndery, J. C.
Uees, ex-Senator, formerly of Leavenworth; W.
A. Ochiltree, Georgo A. Cook, and J. H. Glat
heart. In 13 came D. W. Houston, eX-me ruber of
theLegisIatnre and ex-United States Marshal,
who was an honored member of the Wyandot to
Constitutional Convention; theu came T. J.
Audervm, of Topeka Tom Auderiwn the mu
aical prodigy of Kansas, author of "Carve dat
lissnm, meuilier uf tho Ijeginlature from Shaw
nee, President of our Soldiers Reunion, Major
General of Kansas Militia, P. M. at Topeka, and
a hoit of other things too numerous to mention,
which prove that Ohm loot and Kansas won in
that transfer; Geo. W. Click, of Atchison; theu
there was A. A. Carnahan, au ex-member of the
Legislature, Col. Isjar Stadden, Cbas. F, Drake
and Mnhlon Bailey.
In l&ft came 1). M. Valeutiue, for many 3 ears
past an Associate Jnstice of the Supreme Court
of onr State. John R. Good in, ex-Judge 7th Ju
dicial District and cx-memlier of Congress from
tbe 2d Congressional District, C. W. Blair, tbe
polidied gentleman, lawyer aud orator, and
Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Reuuion at
Topka ou the 14th, P. I. Bouehrakc, our present
State Auditor, R. M. Ruggles, ex-Judge of the
Cth Judicial District, now dead, bnt in his life
time one of the leading lawyers of the State, S.
A. Riggs, of Lawrence, a prominent lawverand
au ex-mem 1m-r of the Legislature, W. II. Bear,
for many years past the Recorder of Deeds of
Coffey County. Evan J. Jenkins, well known
in this part of the State, Dr. A. Ashbaagh, of
Shawnee, now dead, ami Dr. L. J. Dallas, of
Baldwin City, who died in l74, aud who was
the father in-law of our present State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, Prof. H. C. Speer.
Iu tho Wyaudotte Constitutional Convention,
composed of fifty-two memlKTS, Ohio was strong
ly represent ed. Tbe memliers of that Conven
tion formerly from Ohio were : Benjamin Wrlg
ley, J. Stairwalt, W. C. McDowell, John P.
Slough, A. D. McCiiue, John T. Burr is, 11. F.
SiuqtMir., John P. Greer. John Ritchie, George
It. Little, E. G. Ros.h, C. B. McClelland, Ephrann
Moore and Samuel D. Houston fourteen in all,
or one more than one-fourth of the eutire mem
berahin of the Convention, and at least one-
fourth tbe ability of that Convention. In this
list there is one ex-U. S. Senator, I-G.Ross;
two rx-Judges of the District Conrt, J. T. Bur
ns and W. C. McDowell; one ex-U. S. Marshal,
S. D. Houston; and our present U. S. Marshal,
B. F. Simpsou.
It would Ite pleaunt to exteud this investiga
tion farther, and see how many prominent Kan
sans are natives of Ohio, and who have come to
the State since the war, aud have cast their
fortunes with the State; hut I have only fonnd
time to make a partial investigation. The list,
as I have prepared it, is as follows: A. R.
Clark, ex-memlier of tho House from Rice Coun
ty; G. L. Binkmau, ex-member from Barton;
L. U. Humphrey, ex-LIeutenant-Governor; N.
Green, ex-Lientenant-Governor and ex-Senator;
George R. Green, meinlier from Riley; Peter
Bell, ex-Judge 7th Judicial District; W. E.
Stanley, present member from Sedgwick ; W. J.
Bmban, present Senator from Wyandotte; Mo
se A. O'Neill, ex-Seuator from Linn; W. H.
Cook, ex-member from Wyandotte, now de
ceased; W. R. Biddle, ex-member from Liun;
S. B. Bradford, ex-member from Osage, and now
Comity Attorney of that Comity; Hiram Ste
vens, "ex-Judge 10th District: L. E. Finch,
pre.seut Senator from Osage; D. X. Heizer, pres
ent memoer from iiarton; a. it. unimoii, ex
State Sii'trrinteiidi'iit and x-memberfrom Cow
ley; T. T. Taylor, ex-Seuator and member from
Reno; NcImhi Adams, ex-member from Pawnee;
J. K. Hudson, ex-member from Wyandotte; X.
C. Mc Far! a ml, exSenatar. and now Commis
sioner of the General Land Office, at Washing
ton, D. C; B. W.Perkins Judge of the ltth
District, and one of the nominees of the Repub
lican party for Congresamau-at-large; A. H.
Vance, present County Attorney of Shawnee;
and R. M. Emery, yonr own Couuty Attorney of
this County.
In tbe United States Seuate, I found that loth
of the Senators from Iudiana were born in Ohio,
Ben. II. Hnrri'wm having lecn born at North
Bend, and the ''Tall S.v cam ore of the Wabash,"
1). W. Voorbees, in Butler Couuty, Ohio. Hon.
John P. Jours, Senator from Nevada, was born
in Wale. but with his father came to this coun
try and located in Northern Ohio Ik fore he was
a year old. Both of the Iswa Senators were
Imhh iu Ohio, W. B. Allison having been born in
Perry County, and Hou. J. W. McDill having
been born iu Bntler Conuty. Iu the Lower
Houc, W. II. Calkins, 3d Congressional, and
Thomas W. Browne, Cth Congressional District
of Indiana; S. S. Cox, Cth Congressional Dis
trict of New York; M. C. George, Congres&man-at-large
from Oregon; M. A. McCoid, 1st Con
gressional District of Iowa; A. G. McCook, t-tb
New York; T. M. Rice, 7th Missouri; and Gen.
W. S. Homecrafts, 1st California, were natives of
Ohio. Of tbe Justices uf tbe Supreme Court of
tbe United States, Hon. Stanley Matthews and
W-B. Woods are natives of Ohio.
This Iit might ! largely extended by inves
tigation. It isufl1c:cnt to show, however, the
important part taken by Ohio, not only in tbe
early struggles of Kansas, but also iu its more
recent growth aud development. Tbe Ohio
; element has Income eugrafted, as it were, iuto
the very life of Kansas. Every department feels
ine impriP 01 ine uiii cuuiiiuutimi, in
Kan ms farms, 'work-shops, stores, professions,
all teem with that Obio energy and thrift that
command respect and success. It Is not ton
much to ay that Ohio has contributed as much
to Kausa success as aur other State in tbe
Union. But here we are all Kansans, and I
would not detract one iota from the credit due
to tbe gallant tiandsfmm other States that have
become identified with Kansas interests. As
the stars all blend In their tw inkling to lighten
tbe darkness of tbe night, so has the intelligence
and thrift of the older States of tbe Union all
joined to make light with prosperity's bright
ness tbe prairies of Kansas.
Mr. ConUing Vocabulary.
There is a report, that In recent conversations
with one penon and another, Mr. Conkling has
not seen tit to sieak of Secretarr Falser in terms
of unqualified admiration. Something has hap
pened; what is tbe trouble I What sliguthaa
Judge Folger pnt on tbe ex-Seuator'a somew hat
exact in sense of personal dignity T Nobody
seems to know bnt rumor goes so far as to as-
8Vri Utah, W1LU1U IUO fl. lUICV ut IVUI UiflJ.)
ami in tbe freedom of confidential intercom,
in his own latr office. Mr. Conkling baa more
tLan once ilrsisnated tbe Kepnblican candidate
for (orcrnorof New York by tbe extraordinary
trnn: "That Ancient ilntton Coop. It will
aonD be neccMtarr for noinebodr to prepare and
pablikb a Conkling Dictionary, in order that
people may 1 able to understand tbe ex5ena
tor'a allnMona to ditincuibed gentlemen. Ma
terial for a work of tbia nort U rapidly accumu
lating. Wbile the subjoined doea not profeas to
be a complete ker. or phrase-book, it will af
ford both a plan and a starting point for the
lexicographer, who may undertake the compila
tion:
The Man-Milliner George William Cnrtia.
That Man from Fremont President Hayes.
That Man from Mentor President Garbeld.
Tbe Lixam on th. Hill Gotemor Cornell.
The Prixe Ox In tbe White House President
Arthur.
That Ancient Mutton Chop Secretary Folger.
.V. Cer. miadclpht Vcis.
Madame de Kemcsat, granddaughter of Gen
Lafayette, and widow- of the acaaemican and
siateaman who waa Thier' friend and Minister
of Foreign Affair--, has just died, at tbe age of
seTcnty-flve.
The Ablilene Clro-uctc thinks much euaacdnta
i going on under the banner of prohibition.
WHUitE 1 WERE BORN.
Twi'd know tb. ftUce where we were born
hot b J the oU wdl studlnf by,
Xtir yet by fields of wsThig turn.
Which jo. mlxat m. ta pawing by.
Tet yen would chom It, night or awro
Th dearokl pUcewhere wero born!
Toa'd know ft. for la sH your ways,
Oa coos try road or rQlaee stir.
Through longths sad lengths of S-ua-aer days.
Yon nerer saw a place ao swort
ll ours Id May dewa, nora or night,
When apple trees arebfcaaomed whlto.
For roand and rooad oa terry slds
These trees la friendly croopuie grow i
Vou coald not Had. or fir or . ide,
A place so curled rotxnd. I know)
Toward rialae. ana sad cloia day,
Thsy atand la watchman-Use array.
Tbe ancient orchard oa the slope
la nrat to catch tho warn l-pring sun ;
lu trees are sred beyond hope.
And yet tbey blwaooni. erery ooo t
And anch odd apple ne r were atea,
Aa fall apon its aaady xreea.
And all along tbe dear old lane.
They arch their branches orrtheed.
And la a breese or ahower of rain,
Tbey acstter petals hite and re-L
We held onr blue aprona high,
Tc eau-h tbe sweetneA flnturing by.
And when the Autumn tints were ay
Upoa the landscape ererywheTe,
Ia reckless heaps the apples lay j
W heard them dropping here and there.
And laughed and gaily toaoed them high
Beneath the blue. benignant aky.
And when we'd grown beyond tbe cbOJ,
The aanliatfon that we knew,
Our TiTid fancies i-onning wild.
Our learning of tbe false and tme.
Seemed, .-menow. In tbe light aad gloom.
To held a bieath of apple bloom.
And now, when May comes yesrty round.
And decks the sppls trees sgain.
With bk-Mums sweetest to bo found.
Somstlnws my trara drop down like rain.
So Tiridly does memory bill
About the borne 1 lore so welk
OH SOUTHERN FIELDS.
n.w tbe Valley f the Creek .f Death I.ks,
After "fl.elce.Year 43 real Chlek. mango's
Cissss-Nkelc-.ae I. Illackjaek Woods
The Hock .rckiekama.ga.
CorrtFpondfnre I'hiladelphL. Tb&CM.
Tun Cr.tKK of Death, SeptemWr 1.
When one uufo'ds his paper here in Chicka
uianga field, and glances at the cable news,
those absurd little dog-rights in Egypt seem as
much like nothing as the letter O without the
rim. "General Sir Garuet Wolseley reports, tbe
loss of fire men killed,' runs one dispatch de
scriptiro of a battle, and as I put that Hue men
tally iu contrast with the grisly work aud grand
sneep of death here, then comes to mind the
remark of Douglas Jerrold at the sight of a
Tery tall woman waltzing with a Tom Thumb
of a man. "HeighoP said tbe wit, theregoes
the mile-stone, dancing with the mile.' Iu this
valley, two fierce armies met in anch shnik of
battle that men enough to people a cit) fell,
uever again to see tho sun. More than tire
thousand died on the field, aud tiro thousand
times Sir Garnet's five went limping away.
Tilt: rirt-sT GUHi-eE or IURE OKOl'M).
With Lookout Mountain, dark and cloud
capped, on his right, and tho long, low liue of
Missiouary Ridge on his left, tho visitor finds
the road seveu miles from Chattanooga hither
bordered with most pleasing objects. I was
surprised when Tom whipped his horso from the
Kossville pike into a by-way, remarking as lie
snapped his lash amoug the bushes: 'Heah
we am, au' wa come n-kitin; put nigh ez fas ez
I kited way from heah'bout tweuty yeah back."
"Were you hero dnring the battle l"
"Deed 1 was! Coase I didn't know niiflin,
fur I was jess a young'n den."
"A kid P
"Dat'shit; dal'shit, boss: au' ef ye specs me
to sling in a fetch ob dat ar Taukee slang, I kill
let ye know dat it wa'n't no pic-nic 'bout dat
time, nuilder. Twasn't no picnic fur a cent,
nur no hay-copper, nudder. lly de great ho'n
spoon, dat battle wuz a time to snatch de deb
ble himself bald-headed.''
"Mnat have been hot."
"Hotf Did ye ebber say 'scat' to a wild-cat
wid his claws a-clawin' yer wool t Kebber seed
sicha hot time!"
"Tom, I'm afraid you're piling it on."
THE CAME or POW AND ZIP.
"Wish I mout drop stone dead out'u dis bog
gy, ef 'tain't ao, ebbery wo'd oh hit," protested
the darkey, slapping his knee with his palm.
"Doan je see, boss, I was Moss's servant boy
saddled his hoes, and done dent kind o things,
lookin' out fur pone bread all de time, tou
know dat 'simmon tree we pass wile ago! Dat
day, Moss an' me was dar restin', wbeu I heah
suiufin go 4powr"andTom Mew the last word
from his puckered lips so that they cracked
Tery much like the report of a rille.
''Something go 'pow '"
"Dst's her," he went on, growing a bit exci
ted, his arms sawing the air at every word, and
his eyeballs showing their whites at every ex
clamatiin; "dat'shit. I up an' says, kind o'
peort like, 'Moss, doan' yo heah dat t Dem's
Tanks." 'Oh, no, ye dam little nig,' says he;
'wat ye skeered 'boutt' Detl she come agin,
n-o-w! p-o-w! p-o-wP right slow like, an'tlen.
by golly! ez quick ez a whistle, 'zip! zip! zip!"
'Uit onto' heah! GitoutT saja Moss, hoppiif
up in his saddle. 'Pow! zip! pow' zip! zip!"
Urcsa de lau", honey, de woods wuz ez full ob
zips ez tie nigger church down at Ha'd Scrabble
am ob sinners, comin uif keri ye could wink,
and ebbery zip was a Yankee bullet!"
"Yon got out P
"Spec so, spec so; and Moss he got ont wid a
hole in his boss' bellyband. Dat was de start iu'
obde battle. Now, boss," hecontinned, taking
the tone of tbe guide once more, "ef yell get
ont ob de buggy, I'll show ye enppin' show ye
suppin' wort seem ."
IS THE BLACKJACa WOOIi-l.
We were riding through flat woods, the larger
trees of which had been much cut up on tbe
19th of September, the first day of the battle.
Here bad occurred a series of bnlliaut charges
and counter-charges, none of any account ex
cept that in them hundreds were slain. Most
of the trees are blackjacks, which, though so
bard that lightning itself scarcely can crack
the wood, bear conntless scars and axe-marks.
The scars were made by bullets Yankee lead
on one side, and rebel lead on the opposite bark.
The axe-marks were caused by Cbattanooga
darkies, who from the blackjacks and among
the leaves picked thousands of pounds of valua
ble metal. Tom hitched his horse to a sapling
in silence. Then he led the way between trees
until he came to an oak as big around as tbe
body of Senator David Dat is. In the bark,
abont five fret frum the roots, was a wound,
such as might have been made by the see-sawing
of a limb swayed in the storm's fitful mood.
TOM'8 PE1VATE COItrSE.
"Well, Tom, that's nothing."
"Drap yer eye, sab!"
Looking down, I saw a sknll, as ytdlow as the
stones aronnd. for one of which, in approaching
too tree, I hail mistaken it. The ronud thing of
Done, Wltll uusiguiiy gocfceis, auu lue -iiuiui
seeming of poor Yorick's skull, lay in a sort of
hollow, with the green leates of plaintain for a
pillow. Lifting a broad, flat stone, Tom brought
to light an array of ribs still held evenly in
share like hoops aronnd a shattered keg. The
guide obligingly oneroi lu snow me tue legs,
which, having brought the poor devil hitber,
failed to take him away ; but I had seen enough,
and he fell to chatting of the merits of that par
ticular lot of bones. He found them, he ex
plained, while chipping a bullet from the tree, a
year or so ago. The bullet probably killed tbe
soldier, and there he remained and yet remains
except his teeth and one jaw bone. The lat
ter was carried away by a son of General Breck
inridge, and tho teeth havo been picked ont
one by one, as relics. Itrccntly, a party of
women went to the place, and one of tbem
fainted at tbe sight.
"This seems to lie your private corpse, Tom.
"Yes, ash; I'se a a what word's dat I heah
'em nsin' ober in Chattanooga I Moner ist, or
suppin'."
"Monopolist."
"Monoperlis; dat'shit. I'se a monoperlia,"
and Tom almost shook bis teeth out in loud guf
faws, as he chucked tbe sknll into the hollow,
and moved on ahead.
WHAT IS APT TO STARTLE OSE.
But Tom's bonanza waa not tbe only object of
the kind found in our tramp. Within a'hun
dred yards of the first skull, we saw another, as
round and as brown as a rusty cannon ball. A
bit beyond, we came to a grave where rain
waahed clods failed to do their dnty. Not long
ago, when this grave was discovered, a letter
waa sent to the keener of tbe nearest Federal
Cemetery, letting him know about it. In re.
sponse, a Government officer came up from At.
lanta, and visited the grave. Kcacbing bis
hand down among the leaves, be drew ont a
button marked "C. S. A." "That settles it," he
said, and returned to Atlanta without his bag
of bones. The Union lad has his green coverlet
trimmed with daisies, but tho darling of bis
Southern mother sleeps among the brown briars
on the borders of the wilderness. That it ia a
thumb's length only from the solemn to the gro
tesque waa thought of when, leaving the woods
for onr nuggy. we came upon . .
board, holding above a mound this inscription :
- Sort
; Krntscitaas "
; C.SA :
- are Varied bear.
u DESOLATIOX AT THE rnUB'a CXX1 I1E.
A'trot of ten minutes took ns ont of the flat
woods and along a level road with treea border
ing to the Widow Glenn'a place, which is tba
centre of tbe battle-field. Here Bosecrans had
hU headquarters, and here, on tb 20th of Sep
tember, the great day of tbe great battle, some
heavy fighting was done. Tbe house stood on
the treat of a, hill, as high aa any round about,
and with hit class Bosecrans could see along
m .t (" - L. l-.Vt.tlAMit Sim
now oi nis wings, am ub ",r , n
could catch a glimpse of the -fellow Chkkamau-
ga, winding between low hanks. More than
two miles In front of him was Bragg's line of
70,000 men, there being among them Longstreet
aud his fresh legion from Virginia. As at Mur
frcesboro, McCook waa an the right, aud as at
Murtrcesboro, McCook was driven in utter rout.
But here Crittenden went with McCook. The
whole right wing was swept from the field.
Officers and men ran alike, Rosrcrans with
them, aud some of the officers did not stop until
they got to Chattanooga. It ia no nse to mince
the meat of this issue, for it is as plain as tba
nose on one'a face that here Bosecrans, McCook,
Crittenden, Davis, Sheridan even Phil., the
hero of tbe Winchester ride all got out of the
way all except the admirable Lytle, whoso lips
were dumb in death.
Now the place is desolate. Where the fine old
farm house stood are piles of stone overgrown
with barse-wecd. I cast a stone into toe old
well, to hear it go "ker-chug," bat no aound
came from the dark depth. The mouth of the
well is half hidden in rank grass, and the rot
ting curb itself is half choked with the what
not of a wrecked habitation. The few garden
tree that remain bear sweet peaches, and some
walnuts fit to crack hang here and there, but
these small evidences of former thrift serve to
sadden the scenes they suggest.
TIIK KOCK O)' CHICKAVACOA.
When half the grand army was in route, the
other half drew itself around the " Bock of
Chickamauga," and withstood as wild a storm
as eter split to shreds the sails of a ship of
State. With Bosecrans goue, Thomas took foot
hold on the eminence known in books aa "Horse
shoe Midge," just beyond the Dyer house, and a
litele out of eye-shot of the Glenn place.
I would like to picture this hill in all its out
lines, if I were able would like to make at this
point a sort of red-letter mark for, long af
ter readers and writers are 'dead aud gone, the
hill will be a place of pilgrimage a Mecca, for
lovers of the brute. Now it carries its wild
covering of ages, but the generations yet to
spring will rleor it aud crown it while cannon
thunder. Frum its crest will be lifted a pillar
of stone, aud thereon will stand tbe image of
the hero.
On his front pressed the enemy, on his left
thousands stormed, and, like the incoming of
mighty waves, line after line rolled against his
right. But there Thomas stood, almost sur
rounded, yet with no thought of surrender,
calm in the midst of the thrust, the parry, the
hoapw call of mau to man, the rattle of many
ntnskcli, the roar from huge logs of iron, too
hot to touch, smoke that screened and reddened
tbe SeptemWr snn hrm in the whirlpool of
battle.
elllHTS OX THE FAMOUS HI1X.
Bbetoric is rhetoric, nnd fact is fact, and so I
hasten to tell the reader that this hill with a
hitory is knowu locally as Snodgrass' hill. As
the worshipful knight iu armor of gold walks
iu tbe same footpath as the clowu with cap and
bells, ao the words "Siiod-rra" and "the Bock
of Chickamauga" walk the same chalk liue of
fame, limited ly ilr. llyer, I cnmneu ine slope
on tho east to the spot where General Thomas
stood in the thick of the battle. Tbe whole sur
face of the hill is well salted and peppered with
bits of Hint. Growing ont of the gravel are
trees of several kinds blackjack, black oak,
hickory, pine and sassafras and the devil's
shoe-string, with the roots of which one could
securely bind a Sampson, is found here and
there among the vines. Most of the eld trees
are scarred and chipped. The Union defenders
of tbe hill fired down the slope, and while their
bullets remain on oue side of a tree, tbe bullets
of tho enemy may lie dug from the other. Hun
dreds of sconpeil-out places,- like such as, are
made by wallowing swine, are fonnd on the
slojies by the score. All such sinks once con
tained dead men, but the bones have been shov
eled ont to fill the cemeteries. In some places,
we came across burial trenches that looked as
though they must hate contained whole compa
nies, so long, deep and wide do tbey yawn, even
in these days of peace, when the partridge flutes
among them, and the whippoorwill whistles
abote. Three or fonr little grave mounds,
whereof the reddish soil seemed newly turned,
wereobiects of surnriso to me. until Mr. Dyer
coming up, explained that here, on the ton of
the hill, waa tue nnfenced burying ground of
the Snodgrass family. These are not the only
undisturbed graves, for on one of the spurs of
tho Horseshoe is a pit containing the bodies
of a dozen Union soldiers, and iu the timber.
jn-t at the foot of tho western slope, thirteen
ijOuieurraio eoimera vi iud nun nauimmj
iu a row.
OV THE CREEK Or DEATH.
It was bard to leave tho great rock of the battle-field,
but bruised feet and tired legs drifted
of their own accord down the main slope to the
buggy. Then with Tom once more at the reins,
we drove along several roads, and came to the
Chickamauga at the noted Lee aud Gordon's
mills. One of the millers dusted his coat as he
told mo why the Cheerokres, whom events have
made prophetic, named the narrow red stream
dashing past us "Chickamauga," or, as the
Cherokee Chief, John Boss, translated the
phrase, "the creek of death." Deer feeding in
the coves of the stream would die, colts milking
thir creek-fed mothers would turn their little
hoofs to the daisies, and even men who drank
milk produced along the stream would snu"er
death. "It is 'milk-sick,'" said the miller,
"more than that, I don't know; the Kentucky
Legislature once offered $10,000 to any one who
wnnld get at tho cause of tbe disease whether
the ailing was caused by mineral or vegetable
matter bnt no one knew or knows. The Cher
okee suffered from it ou this creek, and named
tbe stream the Chickamanga."
So passed roy fancy that I had stumbled upon
a Irgendary prophecy fulfilled. Plain facts
were as cold as the water that hurried along to
tbe Tennessee, and in a double sense it must be
set down that this drain of a great battle-field
is " tho creek of death." G. M.
AN IRISH PRIEST'S REASONS.
IXDlAXArous Sept. 8. The Rev. Father Den
nis O'Donaghue, Chancellor of the Bishop of
Vinccnnes, and one of the mi-st eloquent ami in
fluential of tbe Catholic clergy of tho diocese,
has been interviewed in regard to his reasons
for permittiug the use of his name as one of the
Vice-Presidents of tbe meeting addressed by
Seuator Harrison, last Wednesday. His reply
contains some suggestions that will not be with
out their weight among the more thoughtful
Catholie Irishmen in the coining campaign.
Father O'Donaghue says:
"I should have been glad to have been pres
ent at last Wednesday's meeting, as it would
bate afforded ine great pleasure to have heard
Senator Harrison' speech. When I accepted
the iuvitatinu to be one of the Vice-Presidents
I expected to b. there, and although I found
that to le impossible, I assnre yon I regarded it
as a high honor and compliment to hare been
named as a Vice-President on so important an
occasion, and I accepted it without any hesita
tion. One reason fur thus publicly taking a
stand with the Republican party is, that 1 re
gard the expressions in tbe Republican platform
npou the Irish question as manly and generons,
as as of great significance, coming from the
dominant party in tbe State. As an Irishman,
I was glad to express my appreciation of the
declaration made in the platform, and I believe
its effect will bo to gain for the Republican par
ty the confidence of Catholica who are in sym
pathy with the Irish cause.
"I think tbe time has passed when Irishmen
could tn counted upon as naturally belonging
to tbe Democratic party. I do not think that
religion ought to consolidate any class of people
iuto a political utrty. Each citizen should vote
as his judgnent directs. I know that at the
nMent time, whatever there mar have been in
the past, there is no disposition on the part of
the Catholic church or clergy to keep any man
in the Democratic party; and, on tbe other
naiid, mere is every wuere a aiiwsiuva wu iuo
part of the Irish Catholics to break loose from
allegiance to that party, and vote independent
ly. In fact, I can not. and never coold see, any
reason why the Democrats should claim their
right to control tbe Irish Catholic vote.. I
have given that matter a good deal of thought
nil consideration, as to wbr the Democratis
nartr has been able to control that class of
votes in former years, and have never reached a
utiafae torr solution of it. I have noticed, how
ever, that tbe Republicans have always treated
Catholics with perfect equality and fairness.
Tbey don't proscribe a man on account of bis
religion. I don't mean to say that tbe Demo
crats bare done tbia; bnt I mean tnat wnen aa
Irish Catholie is nominated by the Democrats.
he alwara suffers on account of his religion, and
runs behind ; but when ho Ia nominated by tbe
Republicans, this is not the case. Irishmen
generally are !-eginuing t see this, and are act
ing accordingly. The New York TalM, one of
tbe oldest (,'atliolle papers, nas lor years oeen
milviaini- Catholica to nuit voting solidly with
tbe Democratic party, and advocating Republi
can principles, incae nieaa nave taara nw,
and I believe the present election, especially in
view of tbe action of the Republican Conven
tion, will sea a marked ebang in tbe Irish
Catholie vote."
Tberererend father, nnon being interrogated
as to the position of Catholica on tbe prohibi
tion finartnn a-ibl be thonebt there were a good
- . , i,rl.j .- .-.- n-.tT.i:.
He:
any oi inose wno oeiougeu sue ,i.4m-ij
mMT3n-fl societies who favored prohibition.
ImtL-r far ther would let their wishes on that
subject affect their political preferences, he had
no means of knowing. For his own part, ho
waa not in favor of prohibition, but thought the
position of the Republican party on tbe question
so fair and jilt, that no one ought to refuse to
acquiesce in it.CWiasoK Cem--rrU!.
The cable announces the death of Gerald Fitz
gibbon, tho last survivor of the splendid batch
of barristers who conducted the defense of
O'Conncll In the State trials, ne it was to whom
the then Attorney-General 8mith sent a chal
lenge to a duel in Court. Ha was over SO, at his
death, and of singular habits. Ha oarer tasted
medicine) in his life. He would eat no bread
v. nt i.y1 In bis own oven, and alwara
I carried hi loaves with him, when oa tireoit.
CORH-HTJSKDJO.
ST Jons o, WHTTTIXa.
Twaa la the plesaaat barveot time.
Whes cellar bens sre closely stowed.
And garrets bond beneath thetr load.
And tho old svsllow haunted barns.
Drowa-i-ahe-d. long, and foil of sesma.
Thro" which the saualed suaUght gleams.
And winds Mow freshly m, to shako
Tho rnt plnnaes of th roOMted cocka,
Aad tbe loose hay -mow's arented Whs
Are fiDed with Summer's ripened stoves,
IU odorous eras sad barley sheave.
-Trom their low sraflold to their esre.
On Kask Hardea'a oaken floor.
With many an Autumn threohia g worn.
Lay tas boaped ears of nnhuakeu com ;
And thither came young men and maids.
Beaesth s mooa that, largo and low,
lit that swoet eve of long ago.
They took their placco i oumo by chsace.
And other by a merry vok-s.
Or sweet smile guided to their choice.
now pleasantly tho rising muon.
Between the shddows f the mows,
looked sa them through tho oskea bough.
Oa sturdy buyhoud. sua-embrowncd.
On ribeod. with iu solid carve
Of h!thy etrrugth and sturdy ncrte t
And jeu went round, their music made
The housedog saswer with hU bowl.
And keep swat tho bars-yard fowl.
And tale who merry lkena shook
Tb fat aide of tho baton than.
j-or-etful rih hoTeriag Dane,
Bnda pUys, to Celt and Cimbrl knows.
Tb charm nd riddle that beguiled
On Orua hank th yeeag-wockd child-
That primal pkrtur speech wherein
Hsve youth sad maid tho story told.
So new la esch. o dateles old.
Recalling pastoral Knth ta hc
Who waited, blushing sad demure.
Tbs rsd ear' kls of forfeiture.
A DAYLIGHT COMET.
A.pe.ra.ee f. Celestial Slra.ger Appar
ently Tery -tear the n...
Washington, September tfl). In his observa
tion of the new comet, taken at the Naval Ob
servatory at 3 r. M. on Tuesday, Professor Fris
by determined its position iu right ascension II
boors VJ minutes 30 secouds, declination north
no degrees d minutes 40 Fecund. Profeaior Fris
by also observed it before suurise aud again at
6 o'clock this morning. It was a very promi
nent object, rising aliont half an hour before tbe
sun, and to the southward uf it about 10 degrees
or 12 degrees. The tail, of about one degree in
length, was very plainly visible. The nnclcus
is very condensed and stellar in character, aud
having wiugs, which curve outward and down
ward, the whole presenting tbe appearance of a
bird in flight. The nucleus is surrounded by au
envelops of light of much less intensity. The
comet waa tery plainly seen with tbe naked eye
after sunrise. A hen Professor Frisby made the
second observation of its position, about C a. u.,
it was very easily followed with tbe teiescoie.
Two more observations of position were made
by Professors Skinner, Boss and Flint during the
forenoon, thus furnishing a knowledge of the
direction and rate of its apparent motion. These
observations enabled th astronomers to esti
mate its positiou at the time of passing tbe me
ridian. From these data the comet was ob
served with the transit circle on tbe meridian by
Professor Winlock, thus giving the position with
an accuracy nnattainablo by other methods.
THE OBSEEVATlO.-t A UNIQUE OXE.
An observation of a comet iu broad daylight
with a meridian instrument is unique. This is
perhsps the third instance iu mure tbau a hun
dred years of its having been done. Wells' com
et was thus observed a few months since at the
Dudley observatory. Its position from the tran
sit circle observation is right ascension 11 hours
14 minutes Id seconds .'Jl, declination south 0 de
grees 34 minutes 1M seconds .5.
The daily motion of the comet is in right as
cension minus G minutes G seconds, in declina
tion minus 50 minutes 45 seconds. The comet
will rise Thursday morning, September 21,
shortly after 5 o'clock, and may be easily discov
ered with the naked eye. It may be readily fol
lowed in daylight with a good spyglass, provided
the glass is thoroughly shaded from the sun's
tsti.
In an interview witu i-roiessor lwis twss, oi
tue lluuiey uuservaiury, Aioauy, imoruiatiou
was furnished about the great comet now hover
ing near the snn, which seems to be important
in the highest degree. Professor Boss is now in
Washington and on the eve of his departure for
Santisge de Chili, where he is to, observe the
transit of Venus in December next. He says
that he cannot give milch attention to bis hy
pothesis, but from what follows it cannot be
doubted that tho fullest powers of astronomers
all over the world win uuennsieii iu ine solu
tion af a problem of such startling significance,
rnnr. bo-ms' hypothemi.
As related by Prof. Boss, his hypothesis is
briefly this: He believes tbst the comet which
we now see near the sun is a return of the great
comet discovered by Dr. Gould in South ameri-
ca, on tbe Wli day of t eurnary, low. lie says
he was led to the suspicion, in the first plare, by
bis efforts to suppose the present comet identi
cal with the one discovered iu Bio Janerio, by
Cruls, on the 10th of September. Iu order to
thus identify the two objects it was necessary
to suppose that the Cruls comet, when discov
ered, was on its way to perihelion. Somewhere
about Septemler 15, it must have been over
powered by the blinding radianceof thesnn, and
thus lost to view. On September 1-th it waa
past its perihelion, and or anch dazzling splen
dor as it emerged from close proximity to the
sun as to be seen by several observers in its po
sition three or four degrees west of the sun. The
comet waa now on its return journey into space.
On the 19th, at noon, it was about eight degrees
west of the sun, and still going westward. As
suming these facts to be true, we must also as
sume that tbe perihelion distance is very small.
In order to fnllill these relations, the comet mnst
have passed around tbe snn on the eastern side,
so close as to almost graze its surface. These)
suppositious were established yesterday by rough
calculations of a nature which astronomers will
readily understand. It occurred at once to Pro
fessor Boss that the orbit which this comet must
hate, if it is identical with the Cruls comet, Is
of an axtraordinary character, and only paral
leled in its principal fealnres by the great com
ets of 1843 and loeO. Quite as striking to the
mind is the fact that the publisol accounts of
the comet of 1943 bear a striking resemblance to
what Is written of the present comet. Tho two
cumets together stand without parallel as the
only ones which have showu such extraordinary
brilliancy in close proximity to the snn. On tbe
day followiug penhellion passage the 1843 com
et waa observed by Mr. Clark, of Portland, Me.,
who used a seifnt for the pnr-"e and found no
difficulty in measuring the distauce of the com
et from the sun. The same thing might hare
been done with the present comet on the I8th of
September, which waa presumably tbe day after
its perihelion passage.
the comets or 1313 axp li-S0.
Astronomers now suppose that tbe comets of
Is43 and l- are one and tbe same body. Their
orbits resemble each other almost or within the
errors of observation. Tbe longitudes cf the
nodes differ less than five degrees. Their peri
helion poiots are aitnsted less than a degree
apart, and when at perihellion the two comets
had so nearly tbe same distance that the differ
erence may easily be attributed crrorsof calculation-
This distance is so small that these com
ets must bare approached within less than one
hondred thousand miles from the solar surfsee,
and thus within the ann's atmosphere. Of this
fact there can be no donht. Oue fact baa re
cently troubled astrouomer a great deaL If the
two comets of 1343 and 10 are Identical, then
one would suppose that a great comet should
have been visible in loOO, and repeatedly at in
tervals of about thirty-seven years, reckoning
backward from that date. Since no such com
ets are recorded, it mnst l-e supposed either that
the period of this comet was formerly very ranch
greater than thirty-seven years, or that many or
all of tbe retnrna escaped observatioa. The for
mer supposition seems tbe more likely, because
with such a close approach to the son the com
et's progress must have been resisted by the so
lar atmosphere through which it passed. Tbe
effect of this would be to shorten tbe duration
between successive returns of the comet inageo
metriral ratio. Thus it might have been possi
ble that the 1380 comet would revisit tbe sun af
ter much shorter interval than that which
elapsed between the visits of 1343 and I860. In
fact, there may have been one or more retnrna
of the 1843 comet between that date and 1830.
Clausen computed a period of tbout six years
for the comet of 1843. Sir John Heracbel argue
iDgenioualy for short periods, varying from sev
en to twenty one years. Therefore it may not be
neeeaeary to argns for such a violent reduc
tion of the period as tbst Implied in briugiog
down an Interval between returns from thirty
seven years to leas than three. It is worth wbila
therefore, to examine the question whether ( the
observations of the present comet, combined
with tbe discovery of Crura on September 10,
can be reconciled with the supposition that this
I a return of the 1880 comet.
ARASTUXO b-xsxlt.
This has been done to-day by Professor Boss,
with tue startling result oi an amrmative an
swer. It must be understood that a body sub
ject to the attraction of the aun alone, describes
abont toe son an inranauie piane. o-ippowo an
immense material flat surface passed through the
centre of tb sun, and ao placed that the hea
venly body in ita suecaasiv positions in its orbit
is found on tbe surface of this plane. That body
would always and forever afterwards be found
on the surface of this planru unless disturbed by
some force outside of th sun. We mar say.
then, that we know the tracks In space along
which the great comet of 1830 must more when
ever it retnrna, just aa well aa wa know tba path
in which a bolt on the periphery of a mill-wheel
must travel, although wa may know nothing
abont the time in which tba wheel revolves.
Th element of time, then, l the unknown quan
tity. All we have to do In investigating tbe
question of identity between th present comet
and that of 1830, i to suppose the present comet
to hare been at its perihelion at some deSnite
time and at the same distauce from the snn,
as waa the comet of 130 at its perihelion. Tho
next thing to do is to see whereaeonet traveling
in tbe track of the 1330 comet would lie ou suc
cessive dates, and then see how these calculated
places agree with those found on the same dates
for tho comet now aeeu. Wo will for a first
guess suppose that tho hypothetical touiet mov
ing on the track of that of 133D wa at its peri
helion at Greenwich midnight, on September IT.
We fiud that on the morning of September 10,
at Bio Jauerio it would bare been in right as
censiou 9 hours aud 53 miuute, and south decli
nation 3 minutes. Cruls saw tho comet at 9
hours and 4-f minntes, and south declination!
degrees, a place which ia within three degrees of
th hypothetical position. The hypothetical
comet wonld.be at the right ascension 11 hours
19 minutes and 10 seconds, and declination south
16 minntes at about 3 r. v., Washington time.
It was actually found at that time in 11 hours
19 minutes anilpo seconds, and north decimation
8 minntes that is to say, within less than half
a degree from the anpposed position.
A REMARKABLE ACCOUPtXCE.
At Paris at noon of Septeinberl3, the hypothe
tical comet should have been nbout three de
grees west of the sun, aud that is tho exact dis
tance reported by the Paris observers tu tbe dis
patch published yesterday. This acconlauco Is
in the highest degn-e remarkable. When we
consider the rough assumptions on which it is
founded, the rudeness of tho reported observa
tions, and that the time of perihelion pa-wage
assumed Is only a first guess, we may easily see
that tbe comparatively small differences noted
may be completely reconciled in the future, es
pecially when we remember that the above cal
culations are made for cunrenience, ou tbe basis
of parabolic motion, whereas, if tuis is a return
ofthe 1330 comet, thetrackiselliptical, and that
toTa greater degree than It was between 1343and
1330. Professor Boss says: "I hate scarcely a
doubt in my own uiiud, that we are actually
wstnessing a return of the great comet of 13M
anil 10. I beliete that tbe perihrliau passage
will be found to hare occurred some hours pre
vious to Greenwich roiduigbt of c-rpteuiber 17,
and that the orbit will be found to be elliptical,
with a period of less than three years. We may
therefore expect the comet back in 1331, if not
sooner. At each fresh idnuge into the solar at
mosphere the comet, which at that time will bo
noting with the enormous velocity of 3?0 miles
per second, will lie impeded in Its flight. Tbe
result of this will lie to make the intervals be
twern successitn returns continually diminish
in leugth. Hotter aud hotter will become tho
mad flight of tho splendid comet butler the all
iMiwerfill and Increasing action of the sun. At
ast, and, as I lelieve, liefre tbe close of tho
present centnry, the comet on soino of it recur
ring approaches to the sun, will meet down iu
the solar atmosphere an obstruction too great t
tie resisted. It will theu fall headlong into the
snn, and vauish from the cotalogne of comets
forever. This catastrophe may occur uext year,
ur some years later, but I beliete It luimt eouio
soouer or later. I am more iuclincd to believe,
that the destruction uf tho comet will tako
place suddenly ratbertban by a gradual wasting
away. It is even possible that the eve lit will
uccnr without our knowledge, but if wo are lor
tunate enough sometime when the comet is ou
Its homeward journey l the snn, wesh-ill watch
him gradually approaching the great luminary
uftlay until lost in his rays, aud then we shall
watch in vain for his einergnice. This may
seeni to be a bold prediction, and. I may have
made some error wliov exintriice I do not now
suspect. If m, I shall be glad do hate it point
ed out, and, at all events, shall watch for the
first rude etemeut of the present comet wbicli
are yet to lw computed with frrtciit interest."
If this really proves t. be a return uf the Gould
comet of 1S--U, it will not loug remain In view
lly the SGth of September it will be aliont 'JO de
drees west from the sun. It will then lie only
one-truth as bright as on the 19th, urouly about
half as bright as on tho tenth of September. On
October 10 it distance from tbe sun will lie
almut forty degrees west ami it w ill be only oun
hfteeuth part as bright as ou the 191b. It will
probably be seen in the large telescopes, though
to best advantage in equatorial latitudes. Short
as this period of visibility will probably lie, it
ought to be long enough to enable astronomer
to reap au abundant harvest nf observations,
which shall settle the form of the orbit within
narrow limits, and determine with certainty
whether tbe hypothesis boldly advaneed by Pro
fessor Boss shall prove to bo true. Vkiladrlfik-i
Tines.
BEECHER'S BELIEF.
ft.rae Krr.we.a Deetrl.c He Withdraw.
Pr.n the A-rl.lln ( ."tew Y.rk ..4
BrMhll C.agra.li..t f'fc.rehe. I. Be
lieve It .rltesp..slkilllr It II. Utrsr.
New York, October 10. The autumn meeting
of the New York and Bnsiklyu Association of
the Cougregational Churches was opened this
morning at the Park CVngrrgatioual church,
Brooklyn. Rev. J. G. Roberts, a moderator.
Rev. Mr. Stills acted as temporary senile.
The following is from the Brooklyn Aijft's re
port of the proceedings: Rev. Mr. Ibrcher, wlu
ll td beefl' assigned to open tbe discussion nf the
subject of spintnal barbarism, made it the occa
sion of announcing bis withdrawal from the
membership of the association. He deliveredau
elaborate exposition of his lieliefs respecting the
loctriueof the Bible and Christianity. He as
signed as tbe reason for withdrawing from the
association, that as a Christian griitleinan he
could not afford to lay ou anybody the les-unsl-
bility uf his views; be could not anonirtqieciaiiy
to put the association in such a ismitiun that
thev were obliged tu defeutl him. He could not
mate them resonsible in any way, ami there
fore he now here, in the geeatest love aud sym
pathy, laid down his membership, aud should
go forth, not tu be separated frum them, but re
ally to be nearer tbem. He never was in war
mer personal sympathy with them thau he now
was, but the responsibility they bail borne he
took ofl them, and pnt it on himself. Mr, Beech
er explained that be made the cxposltiou iu or
der to meet the loose general representations
and misrepresentations in respect to what ho be
lieved, and to-night be held that v iew that had
been presented by the Pagan Greek barbarians,
one nf tbe mnst barbaric, that is an infantile
conception was the impossibility of God; that
perfection of character was required, that being
should be susceptible to painof any kind, to sor
row or suffering. The divine heroism must
atand in the power of Go.l to suffer, aud it is tbe
vrry root and fun-e of the atoning life and death
of Jeans Christ. Bight nvrr on the other side is
auothcr clement, spriugiug from a barbaric na
tion and not from a nou-aesthetie, namely, that
G.kI ia clothed with hnmau psvoon. Crimosof
that kind were not wantingin tbe old Testament,
but men had constructed tlu-ir conception of
God from the example of their animal passiou
and appetites, not from the example of their
reason, their moral sense, and so we had a bar
baric conception, and that was spiritual barbar
ism; the whole view of God which was laid
down in confession of faith of the Westminster
school in relation tu decrees in relation to the
whole process aud operation of dis ine grace. Mr.
Iteccber held that view of the character of God
to stauil over against the representation of God
as made by the Lord Jesns Christ, as a frightful
gorgon stood over against the head of an Apollo
in the heathen my thology. He held it tu bo" a
monster In tbe place of a loving master, a master
oflife. He rejected it with an impetus that
toncbed the very foundation nf his soul ; then the
doctrine of mau's moral and physical inability
to obey the laws of God be rejected. He alsu re
jected the representations of future punishment,
which were gro and physical, that were mado
from the Roman school. He believed that tbe
wholesome and restraining influence nf that
doctrine bas been Tery largely destroyed by sub
stituting n slaughter bouse notion, a gross, car
nal, corrupting ami diabolical representation of
hell and the sufferings of those who were subjec
ted t tbem. The suffering wonld benotbodily,
as he held mental, according to tbe laws of mor
al sensibility and all tbe effects not of a machine,
of sulphur and fire, a drluge of devils, aud all
nianuer of annnyancc represented iu tha art of
Angle'a "Last Judgment," and represented mora
abominably and inexcusable by Comelins and
the German school; that waa barbaric. Ho re
garded also tha wbolo of the doctrine of origi
nal sin a fonnd in tbe fall of Adam as being bar
baric ; that Is a conception of man that wa a
yet igooraut, nncdncated on this subject. It
was used in a simple time; in the whole scop
of instructions of all ages, of tbe old Testament ;
yon could not find in an old Testament, you can
not look through all tbe teachings of th four
gospels, and find a single passage that except by
wide inference and misconstruction, can b ap
plied to it. Yarn can find it only iu I'aaTs writ
ing. He accepted without analysis the Trinity.
Any attempt to divide tbe fnnctions was futile.
He believed the Providence who orerrnles hu
man life by and through natural laws. Christ
waa infinite, with infinite limits, and takiug His
plaeo aa man. He lecame subject to the laws of
time, space and matter, He believed fully in
the divinity of Christ waa God manifest in flesh.
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A Diet or Wobji. Tb Freuch bay got
tired of horse-steaks, goose-livers and other ab
normal delicacies, and their latest High t Into tha
realms of unexplored cookery has resulted in a
dish of baked fishing worms. According to a
rciacioua exchange, the worms, undeniable red
angle worms, th same as tbe truant scheoi-boy
impales npou his pinhook, with Intent to cap
ture the scaly perch and tbe horned mudcat.
were first pnt into vinegar, by which process
they were made to disgorge the fatuous vegeta
i.ij, tnnntd aliont whieh w hava Trceutlr heanl
ao much. They were rolled in batter and pnt
into in orexi. where they acquired a delightful
golden tint, and we are assured, a most appetis
ing smell. After th first plateful, tba fifty
guest rose like one man and asked far nor.
Faugh! .
CoLOXIX Jakes," remarks th Cincinnati Ef
nircr. "threw himself upon tbe mercy of tha.
courts the moment he heanl of tb star nmt
Tttdlet."
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