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, li-t thr m,ii In i- ! : i :ii l. -rs ln-;il;,
I't tb.iulit In- iii. !;,-;ii-,l iittil awake,
Awnke to -o
ilnw siniii thin iilV? i.-i u-iil an'l piirio,
And ili-ath chiiii h softly stcalinx oil,
llow fili nllv !
fiitt"aril it cour.ie the pri'Si-nt kein,
Onwmil the constant i inri nt mvwpn,
TU1 lili! i iIihip,
Ami, ilitl r. tliiuk of limp ariflit,
Tin; jiast anil future in thi'ir tlijjht
Would bp in one.
Our livp are rivPrs, gliding free
To that iiiifuthotiii'd, boiindh ns ea,
TIip sili nt grave!
Thither all earthly pnirip mid boast
Kull, to Vie Hwiillowed up and lust
In one dark wave !
Thitlu i- tin' ini;;Iiiy torrenls stray,
Tli it iit the broi'k jnirnuus its way,
And tinkling rill.
'I lu re nil an' itnl. Siil- liv side,
The pour mail and Die son ol prido
Lie calm mid still.
Ka rt hiy ih'Mre.s and seiihual lusts
Are piih.'ioiis sprinin from the dust,
They fade mid die.
Hut in the lift: beyond the tomb.
Tlu-y seal the immortal spirit's doom
Kiernully !
The pl.'a-uii s and de.-iies whii h tua-k
1.: tit ai-heniu smiles life'.- s rious tak,
What are they, all,
lint the tVi-t toursers ia the rha.e,
AikI lirath an ambush in the race,
Wherein we lull I
And yi t tiii world may be the road
W hit h 1' ad u to the blight abode
1 1 1' pi-.H" above.
l-i
li'ine t hut. narrow way.
id" no tnsel!rr loot astray
ri'i'iti ri aiui. nf hive !
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Al.'l I eh tin- -III,
t hf MI;Uii'Ptl of tile bb-.-t,
ikIii its tern.il rest
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Iii.l but u-e it as vi- i n-lit,
Tliiv -irhl would sebool i-aeh wandering
tilOU'i'ilt.
To it lii ;li "tr.te.
1': itb v. ltiJ.s thened bi oiultbe ky,
I ; to that hotter woibl on hih.
I'm- v- hi h v, e ait.
Tin: iii.i -a imi'i.s:
A pnriy of friends were rei'eiilly i
Mopping at a hotel in the city of!
i'.ihnotirgli. ( )iie nioiniug their at-'
!c! ii ..,n v;:s alir.u K -d by the Holes J
1 a bitgpii-e. so inelodioiis to .Scot-
tr:i e::rs, lint so harsh to all others.
O;.;, .im!i' the v.iii.iows w as a brick
v, oil i in losing an empty space of
land : :ili:: ii'!it for tin- ( n i'ti.iii of a
i ..u low of houses. Ili fore tin iirst
i'Ml of lhi.
v all the poor piper took ;
, lr:s si a ml. ami villi ins sight lc.-:
. ci s raised hopefully up to the im
aginary hoiist
he piped out, most i
i fithiisiastieally. Ye
llracs o lliinny I )oon,"
iug through the Uye."
Hanks and
and "('oin-
AP.er playing anil waiting some
::.'. he moved o:i about the length
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house, aiat linn, Willi the
agerand hoiiel'ul expression,
. ."'.ft : s v. ha ha' wi Wallace
and '-Wha'!! be King but
Charlie ."
l!ut still no pence Were thrown
iVobi door or window ; so he moved
:; again and again, renewing his
i if 'i Is till h" reached the end of the
imaginary ' houses, lie then w iped
his brow with his poor, weary hand,
doubtless amazed at the deafness or
the lieartlessness of the jieoplc. who
really bad no being.
Jlnw like to the ease of the blind
j.jj,,.,- is that of many a minister of I
tinil ;is tie staiitistielore tliose whom
lie helices possessed of eyes to see,
ears to hear and he.llts to feel. No
doubt ii' Itii iiutjimitiuu there wi re
itcfore the blind man meny little fa
ces at the windows, and graver ones
behind the blinds: but for nil that
.1 hey w ere mil tlirrc.
to t he winds.
Ile was piping j
i
'I he man of (lod often thinks he
has men and women with immortal
minds befoiV him w hen he stands up I
to speak tori hnst. lie brings for
ward arguments to be considered,
threatening to be avoided and mer
cies for which to be thankful, lie
portrays the scenes on Calvary, and
in the inciting words ot the glorious
Victim tcl's those whom he believes
to be asking how th.'y shall work'
mil salvation, that "it is (unshed."
Hut, alas, loo often the messenger
from (iod, with a large ainlirnrr be
fore hint has no hmrvm. lie beats
the air; he pleads with empty space.
Instead of the bricks ami mortar to
which the old man piped, ho appeals
to piles of lace, and silk, and velvet,
to broadcloth, eye glasses and gold
headed cunt s, materials more beau
I il'ul but not less inanimate. Too of
ten h'. rong appeals and w arm entrea
ties are lost because the people are
no, thereto hear them. The Ixxlirs
are there, but the minds which in
habit them when "at home" are
abroad. Seme of them are roving
over their acres or reckoning on their
merchandise; others nre tlittingover
Ileitis of pleasure, while many more
are wandering hither and thither,
and lived nowhere.
The absence of bearers prevented
Hie blind man getting the desire of
his heart; and the same reason of.
ten prevents the mtviiiiI of (lod
from wiimin'' souls. Of many, in
nil congregations, it can be said, as
of the gods of the heathen, " Kyes
have they but they see not, cars luixe
tin y lull they hear not."
VYitli the outward senses Mealed
and the heart away, truth Tiuitint
enter and the soul cannot bo saved.
Watchman f" Ttafrctnr,
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BRADFOUI), VERMONT, FRIDAY, OCTOKER If), 186U
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A THIIILI.IXU SCENE.
" I'lfdfi with wine if(lo;e with
wincr' crifd theyoiuigaml tlniiiht
lcss Harvey Wood. J1mo(' with
wine ran throtisvh tlm Initial party.
Tin- licatitifnl hritle jrrcw jialt-
the defisive liour had come. She
pressed iter white hands together,
an I the leaven of the bridal wreath
trembled on her brow; Iter breath
came quicker, and her heart beat
wilder.
" Yes, Marion, lay aside your
scruples for this once." said the
JudjfO in a low tone, oiii;; towar.l
I Ins daughter, " the eonipany exp.-ct
,i(. J)o not so infringe ujion the
rules f etiquette; in your home do
as you please ; but in mine, for this
once, please me.''
livery eye turned toward the bri
dal pair. Marion's principles were
well known. Henry has Im-cii a con
vivalist ; but of late his friends no
ticed the change in his inaniiers,the
difference in his habits, and to nijiht
i they watched linn to see, as they
: siiecrinly said, if he was tied dowii
to a woman's opinions so soon.
' Pouting a briinuiiii cup, they
, held it with teiiiptinef smiles toward
I .Marion. She was cry jiale thouli
. more composed ; and her hand shook
! not, as smiling back, she gracefully
. accepted the crystal, tempter, anil
raised it to her lins. I'.ut scarcely
j had she done so when every hand
I was arrested by her piercing exchi
' illation of ' Oh ! howterril I"!"
' " What is it .'" cried one and all.
j thronging together, for she had
slowly carried the glass at arm's
I length, and was tixedly regarding
! it as though it were some hideous
! object.
! ' Wait." she answered, while :
! light, which seemed inspired, shone ;
i from her dark eyes, " wait, and 1 '
I will tell, 1 see,"' "she added slowly i
I pointing one jeweled linger at the !
.sparkling ruby liquid "a sight
I that licggars all description; and'
I vet listen I will oaint it if I can. I
It is a lovely spot; tall mountains
crowned with verdure, rise in awful I
suiiliinity around; it river runs
through, and bright (lowers grow to
he w ater s eitge. I here is a thick
warm mist, that the sun seeks vain
ly to pierce. Trees, lofty and bean- i
tiinl, wave to the any motion of the
birtls : hut .there "a group of In
dians : thev Hit to and tio, with
something like sorrow upon their
tlaru- urows. .ntl in their midst
lies a manly form hut his cheek
how deathly, his eve wild v illi the
lit fill tire of fever. One friend
siands beside him nay, 1 should
say kneels, for he is piilowing that
p: tr head upon his breast.
(Iciiius in ruins oh! that high,
holy-looking brow ! why should
death mark it so young? book how
he throws back the damp curls! see
him clasp nis hands! hear his thrill
ing shrieks for life! mark how he
clutches at the form of his compan
ion, imploring to be saved! Oh!
hear hint call pitioiisly his father's
name see him twine his lingers to
gether as he shrieks for his sister
his only sister the twin of his soul
weeping for him in bis distant na
tive land.
See!" she exclaimed, while the
bridal party shrank back, the un-
tasted wine trembling in their fal-
tering grasp, and the Judge fell
over-powered, upon his seat "see!
his arms arc lifted up to Heaven
he prays, now wildly, for mercy !
hot fever rushes through his veins.
The friend beside him is weeping;
awt'-strickeii, the dark men movesi-
lently away, and leave the living
and the dying together.
There was a hush in that princely
parlor, broken only by what sccineU
a vmothcretl sob, Ironi some manly
bosom. The bride stood yet upright,
with quivering bp, and tears steal
ing to the outward edge of her
lashes. Her beautiful arm had lost
its tension, ami the glass, with its
little troubled red waves,
came
i slowly toward the range ol her vi
sion. Sue spoke again; every bp
was unite. Her voice was low.
faint, yet awfully district; she still
fixed her sorrow ltd glance upon the
wine cup.
" It is evening now; the great
white moon is coining up, and his
beams lay gently on his forehead.
I le moves not ; his eyes are set in
their sockets ; dim are their pierc
ing glances ; in vain his friend
whispers the name of father, sister
death is there. Heath and no
soft hand, no gentle voice to bless
and sooth him. His head sinks
back! one convulsive shudder! he
is dead !"
"Dead!" she repeated again, her
lips quivering faster and faster, and
her voice more and more broken ;
" ami there they scoop him a grave;
and there, without a shroud, they
lay him down in that damn reeking
earth. Tin; only sou of a proud
lather, the only btoli.ed brother of ti
loud sister. And he sleeps today
in that distant country, with no
stone to mark the spot. There he
lies my father's son my own twin
oroiher! a victim to this deadly
p isoii! Tut her," she exclaimed,
tiirnir. suddenly, while the tears
ruined down her beautiful chocks
" fm ner, shall 1 drink it now?"
The form of tho old Judge was
convulsed with ngony. He rnisod
not his head, but in a smothered
voice he faltered No, no, mv
child X(!"
She, lifted the glittering goblet,
and letting it suddenly fall on the
floor it was dashed in a thousand
pieces. Many a tearful eye watched
her movement, and instantaneously
every wine glass was transferred to
the marble table on which it had
been prepared. Then as she looked
at the fragments of crystal, she
turned to the company, saying, "Let
no friend hereafter, who' loves me
tempt ine to jH-ril my soul for wine.
Not firmer are the everlasting hills,
than my resolve, God helping me,
never to touch the poisoning cup.
And he to whom , I have given my
hand who watched over my broth
er's dying form, in that last solemn
hour, and buried the dear wanderer
there by the river, in that land of
gold, will, I trust, sustain mc in that
resolve. Will you not, my hus
band J"
His glistening eyes, his sad, sweet
smile, was her answer. The Judge
left the room, and when an hour af
ter, he returned, and with a more
subdued manner took part in the en
tertainment of the bridal guests, no
one could fail to read, that he, too,
had determined to banish the ene
my at once and forever, from his
princely home.
Those who were present at that
wedding, can never forget the im
pressions so solemnly made. Many,
from that hour, renounced forever
the six-ial glass.
An Incident oi-'tiib Fiusr ruiL
ADEi.ntiA Convention. (low Mor
ton, of Indiana, in a recent speech
related the following significant in
cident of the " my policy" schemers
at Philadelphia, showing how near
they came to publishing a direct in
sult upon all Union soldiers:
" I want now to mention a fact
that occurred at the Philadelphia
Convention, which I believe is not
generally known. It is a very sig
nificant fact, however, and was sta
ted by Judge Hughes in a public
sjieech nt Masonic Hall, ill Indiana
polis, a which time the Judge call
ed upon any member of the Indiana
delegation to contradict the state
ment. They appointed a Commit
tee composed of one or two from
each State, to prepare resolutions
to be submitted to that Convention
Hsu plat I'm i.i. They prepared the
resolutions and got' through with
their labors on Wednesday night,
and the resolutions were to be sub
mitted to the Convention on the
next day. In this plat form which
they had prepared they had inserted
a resolution complimenting the n
bcl soldier and the L'nion soldier
.just alike for their bravery. They
put the rebel soldier and the Union
soldier upon a perfect equality ; and
why should not they J There were
a good many more rebel soldiers in
that Convention than there were
l'nion soldiers. They did not go
there for the sole purpose of thank
ing l'nion soldiers, but in their res
olution they thanked the American
soldier, without regard to the section
of country from which he came, and
in less than a year and a half after
this was over, placed the rebel sol
diers and the l'nion soldiers upon
an equality. Hut at three o'clock
on Thursday morning a delegate
from Indiana, who seemed to have
more sense than any of the rest of
them, got up from his bed and had
the members of the committee call
ed up. lie had them assembled at
the Continental Hotel before day
light, ami told them tliat if that res
olution went to the country in that
form it would grind uem to powder
in the North ; that tin- time had not
come when they could go before the
Northern people ami put rebel sol
dicrs on an equality with l'nion sol
diers, and compliment them. There-
tire the resolution was changed, it
is said, by striking out the word
" Ameriean,"ainl inserting the word
" Federal" before "soldiers."
Week before last 1 received a pa
per published at Augusta Iteorgia
the Augusta Srntim-l and Chronicle
edited by a rebel soldier, who whs a
member' of the committee which
formed the Philadelphia platform.
He says in his paper that the change
was not made w ith the consent of a
majority of the committee, and that,
in its present form, the resolution is
a fraud upon the Southern people.
He says that a majority of the com
mittee did not consent to strike out
the word American, and insert the
word Federal, and that, they don't
feel bound by the resolution in its
present form.
A private letter from Jefi'ersoti,
Texas, to a resident of Albany, N.
Y., says: This is a great country.
We have a tight every day with the
d d niggers. You can bet we
slaughter them by tho wholesale. I
think in the course of a few years
we shall have a white settlement.
Tell your father in-law I am making
good' use of tht revolver he gave
me."
The difference between the num
ber of people who cat mid those
who sleep, in New York, is 117,MK.
The window glass of Hie great
Exhibition Palace will cover WiJKKI
Opinion.
A S IB A Zt ! K II O O X I' It 1.
I.OIMJLIL
I.NTBkEHTlNO INCIDENT IN THE BATTLE OF OETTYS
III. Hli.
The late Joshua It. Giddings. of
blessed memory, was dead shot, not
only oratorical)- considered, but
with a rirle. There was not a man
in the county of Ashtabula (ami
that county was celebrated for tine
marksmen) that could excel hiui
either at squirrel hunting or at a tar
get shot. His son Grotius it. is a
veritable chip of the old block. )n
these hunting excursions of the eld
er Giddings lie was invariably ac
companied by Grotius, and if was
luring these Nimrodian seasons
that the youngster received those
lessons in politics and wood craft
which so well fitted him for the ca
reer which the shadowy future had
in store foi him. On these occasions
the elder would say tohim, "Grosh,
my lxy, never be guilty of an act or
a word which will give aid, counsel
or comfort to the institution of sla
very ami its attendant iniquities, or
close your doors or heart against
the hunted fugitives from oppres
sion, or bring home a squirrel unless
shot through the head."
Each ot these maxims harmoniz
ed completely with the natural bent
of the youngster's mind; he treas
ured them accordingly. His return
ing at the age of fourteen from a
match squirrel hunt of two days'
duration, and bringing him one hun
dred and eighty of the "small deer"
with their heaths off, proved that
the wood craft part w as well learn
ed, and his stfbsequent career, both
in held and ofliee, showed that the
political portions of the father's
teachings were well stored by the
son. lint 1 started to tell yoii an
incident of the battle of Gettysburg,
lie patient : " I am coining to that.
I must reach the point by regular
approaches. At the breaking out
of the war, "Old Father (lid
dings" was Consul General of Cana
da, stationed at Montieal. Grotius
1!. was in his ofliee as Vice Consul
General. When the first news of
the struggle was received young
Geldings became restless. His fath
er noticing the fact, remarked to
him one day, "Grosh, what's the
matter with you f " Father," re
plied the Vice Consul, " I think I
want to ;o home." " Well," said
the elder, " I've been thinking it
was the best thing you could do;
and the sooner the better. " When
fan you get ready?"' " Iiy the
next train," answered the junior.
On the next train he started for
the llitckeye State. Passing through
Columbus, he called on iiovcrnor
Bonnison, who was then in the gov
ernor's chair, obtained a commission,
and left for his home in Ashtabula
County. In three ami one half
days from the time he left Montreal
he had his company full and sworn
into the United States service. That
company he commanded in person
until the battle of Phillippi ; when
he was promoted to the Majority of
the 1 Ith Itcgulars, which regiment
he led at the battle of Gettysburg.
The 11th was clow to the front, and
lying under the lire of the enemy.
The Major was standing lx-hind his
command. Itchind him w as a large
rock, and behind the rock a sharp
sluioicr of rebel persuasion whom
the Confederate General Wilcox kept
upon his staff to pluck oil' our olli
cers. A large rock on the rebel
right of Hound Top afforded a safe
cover for the Alahnmian, who, by
the way, was considered one of
their crack marksmen. Ho would
load his rifle behind the rock, then
jump on the latter and take deliber
ate aim at any olliccr he could see
on our line, then drop behind the
rock again and reload. This he
continued with fearful rapid 'y and
precision. Major Giddings, being
rather conspicuous, came in for
a share of the rebel's attention. At
last sick of the annoyance, he turn
ed to the sharpshooter in his rea.
" Here, you man with the tl -cope
rille, can't von bring down th.t
rebel rilleniau !" " Well, Major I'm
trying to fetch him but it is a long
range." " It is no longer for you
than it is for him and if you don't
shoot him he will shoot me," said
the Major. " If it is all the same
to you I'd rather you would shoot
him." " Hut answered the soldier,
"the Johnny has one of those long
range English Whit worth rifles, and
they enn beat ours in bearing up
this distance." " Well," remarked
the Major, "if you cannot hit him
stop trying for' you will only draw
his attention this way, ami if you
don't stop it I'll shoot him myself."
The soldiers and others in hear
ing, smiled n t what they deemed
the boastetig sccch of the Major.
Just then, came a shot from the re
bel sharpshooter, which completely
shaved off one-half of the Major's
moustache. ow this hurstitc orna
ment was a particular pet of the
Major; in fact, his moustache was
his pride. Feeling something sting
rather shnrnly in close proximity to
his nose, lie quickly clapped his
hand to the spot, and behold one
half of his upier lip was shorn of
its glory. To say that the Major
was mad would be draw ing it rath
er mild.
Quickly snatching up a Spring
Held lilln from of one hi men, ho
dropped behind n rotten stump and
NUMBER 19.
literally laid low for rebel. In a few
moment the game apjieared, and
quickly drawing his piece to his
shoulder he sent his ball crashing
through the skull of the color cor
poral, within three feet of the Major.
Hut it was his last shot, for lieforc
lie could again gain his covert the
Major let drive, and the rebel was
seen to toss his arms wildly, throw
his ritie in the air. and fall headlong
from his rocky ierch, as dead as
Julias Ciesar. A stunning cheer
from the entire line in sight of the
rock greeted the Major's feat while
he coolly proceeded to reload his
rille. Just at that moment the relsd
color guard came up to the rock
close by where the dead sharpshoot
er lay, and planted their colors bo
side it. The Major again drop te I
Ix'hind the rotten stump, he sends
that color sergeant one, and the re
lel Hag was brought again to the
dust. Again cheers broke from our
line. I!ut by this time the enemies'
attention was attracted to this point,
and a squad of sharpshooters was
brought an as near our line as their
cover would admit. Thev had evi
dently sighted the Major's position,
('apt. CoiMiinger. of the Uth. who
had been w atchiiiL' the movement on
the part of the gray coats, sudden
ly caueti out :
" .Major, you bad better move off
from that stump, for the enemy
have got range and mean mischief."
The Major moved some ten or twelve
feet to the right, when whiz came a
volley and some eight bullets passed
through the rotten stump, directly
in range of where the Major's heail
was a few seconds before. He cool
ly remarked : " A miss is good as
a mile," and walked away. After
the battle, the General commanding
the division remarked: "That is
the first time I ever saw a telescojie
rifle beaten by a Springfield rifle at
four hundred yards. When and
where ditl you acquire such skill as
a marksman T' " When I was ten
years old, hi the woods of the old
liuckeye State," answered the Ma
jor, "the Military School of the
Northwest.
During the day's fight the 14th
captured some of th"sc sharpshoot
ers, and from them learned of the
consternation produced by the fatal
accuracy of the Major's shots. They
told us that the first shot passed di
rectly through the sharpshooter's
tliroat, completely severing the sin
nal chord. The color sergeant w as
mortally wounded in the chest.
Three Words. Somo one has
said the sweetest word in our lan
guage is Love. The greatest woitl
in our langimge is Goil. The word
expressing the shortest time is Now.
The three make the greatest and the
sweetest duty you can perform!"
Young friends are you striving
daily to perform that duty f Do you
love God Now " A'oip is the'ac
cepted time, now is the day of sal
vation." If you love, God now, you
will be more sure to love him al
ways, and without loving him you
an never be in heaven, and those
alone who love God have holy
hearts.
Lore God now, and rcmeinlier
this, that unless you do his w ill you
cannot he sure that yon do love liim.
Jesus said, " If ye love me, keep my
commandments," ami those who
truly love God will keep his com
mandments, and try every day to
please him. There is no siber evi
dence that one loves God tha.i the
fact that he tries day by day to per
form faithfully tho little every day
duties of life. Don't wait, young
friends. God loves simple truthful
obedience of young, warm hearts.
So love him now .' Myrtle.
Hoys Usino Touacco A strong
and sensible writer says a good
sharp thing, and a true oiie, too, for
boys w ho use tobacco. It has utterly
spoiled and ruined thousands (if
boys. It tends to Nofteiiing and
weakening of the bones, and it
,naii.i!lt ltiiiii,.u tli,. tin tli.. ki..iii,1
p,itiilil iiijiii. til.- i.iitiii, t in r.'lllill
marrow, ami the. whole nervous
.laid. A boy who smokes early
and frequently, or iu any way uses
large quantities of tobacco is never
known to make a man ot much en
ergy, and generally lacks muscular
and physical as well fis mental pow
er. We would particularly warn
boys who want to be anything in
the world to shun tobacco as a most
baneful poison. It injures the teeth.
If produces an iinnealthy state of
the throat and lungs, hurts the
stomach, and blasts the brain and
nerves.
A strange rumor comes from
Home to the effect that a conspiracy
to poison the Eiiqwrorof the French
at Vichy was discovered Itcfore he
left that place. ThejMiisoti was to
have Imm ii administered in a Mtion
w hich the Emperor was accustomed
to drink idler Ids bath.
A tier ull that has Ix-on w ritten on
the subject the )wuch crop in New
York aiid New Jersey is very good
some papers -say large. Apples
are also much In-tter everywhere
than has been reported.
A notorious counterfoltor, named
V. CeCurtney, w ith a large lot of his
Inline stuff, toolrt. Voiititi'rl'i'it tilntea
of tfLHI compound interest iiotes,e.,
nas im'ch CHptureu in oiiineru ini
tio! n,
1 lit MRF.D TEARS TO COME.
Who'll pre for gold thin crowded (treat I
A hundred jer to comet
WWII tretl ytm dttireh with wUlinf fort,
A hundred year to come t
Tale, trtmhlius se and fay youtki
And rl,ild'ioo.l with it. brow uf truth.
Tit rieh and Mjir on htnd and hi,
Where will tho might j million. t
A hundred your, to com I
We all within our gruvet ahaU sleep,
A hundred year, to route,
No living itoul for u. .hall weep,
A hundred year, to come ;
But other men our land will till.
And other, then onr street, will fill,
And other bird, will ing a. gay,
And brisht the sunshiue a to-dr
A hundred year, to come.
Intemperance Our caption em
braces what we consider the giant
evil and arch fiend of 'the human
race. Without n. nui-nlll 1
. i m. v iq ryu
deeply seated and has spread itself
over so vast an area of territory and
is making such rapid strides that it
A,. ' y aI)lalinff contemplate.
u" "lousier evii. in my opinion
can only le checked in its onward
marcn ot destruction and death, by
a united effort of the church. J have
but little confidence in a society of
reform, unless it is based npon the
principles of the christian religion ;
and that society comnosed of Hirls-.
tians. God desiirns tlimnn-l, tt,a in.
strumentality of the church to con
vert the world, hence tho rhnn.h
the proper school of reform. When
we become religious, if we have been
iiiu-iiii iitif, h,k men cease to tipple,
and in short become tetotalers, and
in fact a general reform takes place.
as tne wnoteot anything contains
illl of its Part in reirard rn material
things ; even so we contend in re-
garu 10 spiritual tilings. Hence we
argue that the church embraces ev
ery element of reform. We should
feci that every church is a temper
ance oeieiy anu every member a
temperance lecturer.' With thia r.i.
rit let us enter the field of conflict,
a no make a waroi aggression against
the dram shop, the Pandora's box,
and victory will perch upon our ban
ners. What are the results of intemner.
ance f
We will notice a few of its evils.
It is intemperance that blitrhts tha
noblest energies of the nonl ami
wreck and withers forever the harv
i-uii-.-..-, ti mc iioint'siic circle. iu.
temperance! O, how many earthlv
Edens hast thou made desolate !
How many starved and naked or
phans hast thou cast uptJn the cold,
charities of the world ! How many
graves hast thou filled with confi
ding and broken heerted wives!-.
We are pleading for the diseonso&kte
mother, the helpless orphan, and the.
distracted w ife. We plead iu the
name and in liehalf ot suffering vir
tue, neglected and abandoned, for
riot and reveling. We plead in be
half of our common country. Let
us cry aloud and spare not, and the
Lord w ill give us the victory. J. M,
lYAisjLK i Morning (star.
JiESPf nse TO Dooltttt.p. Sen
ators I If vj and Doolittle of Wis
consin have been having a publio
uiscussion. ine iwpuiar dissatis
faction with Doolittle was so con
stantly expressed by the audience
that Mr. Howe's friends had to ex
ert themselves to preserve order.
In the way of interruptions a corre
spondent relate the following:
"While Mr. Doolittle was dis
coursing of the loyalty of the South,
some one in the crowd called out
'New Orleans.' The Senator was
greatly angered at this, and called
out: " Who was that! Get up and
show yourself!' Whereuou a young
man in the audience got up and
showed himself conspicuously, and
declared that he was the man. Doo
little shouted, 4 What is your name,
sir !' The prompt ami emphatic re-
llv was. 'Mv liiiuio i.4 Nmitli nnil T
served four years in the army, ftgkt-
tn'j jum aucii men uh you are
MEMTnis, Teiin., Oct. 8. A serf
ous disturbance occurred on Cat
Island, L.5 miles llow here, on Sat
urday.. About 50 negroes, armed
themselves and started out with a
determination to slaughter all the
whites. They first encountered Hen
ry and Ike Turner and commenced
firing ou them. Tho latter returned
the tire w ith revolvers, killing Bill
Dixon, the negro leader, and anoth
er negro, and wounded three others.
The negroes then tied. Henry Tur
ner was slightly wounded in tho
head. The whites iu the neighbor
hood then armed and went iu per
suit, but after the death of their
leader the negroes scattered through
the country. Parties sro now here
in search of some of the tho ring
leaders. The Wool sack. Tho wool-sack
has for ages been termed the seat of
the Lord Chancellor, In the English
House of Lord. It is a large square
bag of wool, witr-imt back or arms,
covered with reu cloth. It is repre
sented as having originated in very
early times wheti the great busi
ness of life was in keeping herds
and flocks in producing the simpl
necessities of life, and manufactur
ing in the primitive way, the tleeccs
of their flocks, which were .their
principal material at that time for
that purpose, into clothing. When
any dispute arose, the Judge or Jus
tice iu the case mounted a wool sack.
Hence tho introduction of it into
the dignity of the legislative or par
liamentary (proceedings of Great
Hritnln. It looks like a large feath
er ImmL The Lord Chancellor it said
to Imve taken his seat upon a wool
sack, but he sits in a chair beside it,
A penitential tear in value aur
pnsines the wealth of worlda.