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Jcffcre IBttilOtttiA. 0tlUUt VOL. XVII, NO. 27. CHARDON, GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 30. 1865. WHOLE NO. 807. The Jcffersonian Democrat 18 runM8UBD EVEIIT FRIDAY MORRINO AT CHARDON, GEAUGA CO., OHIO. J.O. CO.WEUSE, Proprietor. Office, corner of the Publio Square and Water oircct, opposite the Chardon J louse. Terms, $2,00 per Year. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. I. N. HATHA VV A y7 Attorney ftt Lw, Chardon.Ohio. fcJrOffice, no door south of tlie Court House, up stairs. ?84tf I. E. BUaytE. . E. STWHENSON. DURFEE&, STEPHENSON, Attorneys at Law. fcJ-Oflke, 1 door south oi the Court House, up stairs, Chardon.Ohio. . 382tf MURRAY &. CAN FIELDS, Bankers, Chnrdon, Ohio. Office secemt door north of Ayres1 Store. Buy and sell N. Y, Ex., 5-20 Coupons, Hold aud Silver. 743wtl CAN FIELD & SMITH, Attorneys at Lhw, Chardon, Ohio. Office in Union Mock, up stairs. 62G . COVVLES, A uctioneer. Having obtained a License from Government to sell goods, he will attend to all calU within the limits of the State. Post Office Address, E.Cowlcs, Chardon, Geauga County. Ohio. 763yla26 DR. A. McGRAW, Physician and Surjreon, Newbury Center. Goauga County, Ohio, takes this method to in form the public, that he is now prepared to re spond to all vails in the line of his profession. 780yl PARMLY HOUSE, (New Hotel, fronting Park,) Painesvillo.Ohio. B. Burridge, J., Proprietor. D. Burridge's Liv ery and Omnibus Line attached to the House. R. CREIGHTON, Hook Hinder and Blank Book Manufacturer, Herald Buildings, Clevoland, Ohio. ttr Blank Hooks Ruled aud Bound to order. Old Books Kobound. 526 " S. EDSON, 1 7 Connty Surveyor, Hambden, Goauga Co.,0. Those living at a distance wishing Surveying done by the Surveyor.will havo their calls punct ually attended to, by Addressing him by letter, f iving five days' notice. Direct all Uttesto UmbJen, Geauiiu County, O. 595 BRAIN ERD Sc. BURRIDGE, Solicitors or Patents, and U. States & For eign Patent Agency, No 8 Bank St., Cleveland, Ohio. We are prepared to transact business of every description, relating to lnventi-ius, Draw ings, Caveats, Siwcificn'.io)s, Patents, infringe ments, and the Patent Laws. Blt.VINERD & BURRIDGE, Designers & Lithographers. Engraving on Wood, Book Illustrations, Buildings, Horses & other Stock, Ornamental Borders, Letters, Vign ette?, Agricultural & Commercial Cuts in Tints, Soals, Stamps, & Machiuery in every variety ol Style. 502 tf War laim Agency. "O F. ABF.LL, a licenced Government Agent to 1J procure Pensions, Bounty Money, Bck Pay, &c, may be addressed, in person or by letter, at Welshfield Geauga Co., Ohio. bOOif PENSION & WAR- Claim Agency. IN. H A Til A W A Y, of the lite firm of Thrasher, Durlee & Hathaway, is author ir.ed and licensed by the Government to procure Bounty Money , Back Pay ,and Pensions for sold ieis, or tor their widows and .heirs, aud Invalid Pensious for Disabled Soldiers, and. all oilier claims against the Government of the United States, and of the State of Ohio. Business at tended to promptly and honestly. Charges for procuring Pensions, Bounty or Back Pay, $5,00, as provided by law, aud no charge until bounty or hack pay is obtained. Dr. L. A. Hamilton has been appointed Exam ine Surgeon tor Geauga County, by whom all applicants lor Invalid Pensions must !e exam ined. i&r Apply in person or by letter, enclos ing stamp, to I. N. HATHAWAY, 395ti Chardon, Ohio "photographs, FERROTYPES, Perns. Do ytf want a Good Picture? Then call at tne Photographic Rooms of G. W. C. Hurlbutt, over Randall's Clothing Store, and you will get the desired article in Doudte Quick Time. Having lately made some important repairs in reference to his light, the Proprietor would sav that he is now prepared to mane Pictureeat all reasonable hours of the day, and in all kinds of weather, His facilities have also been ma terially increased for makincr LARGE Photo- raphs. A hne assortment oi OVAL FRAMES or sate very cheap. William Turner Will keep constantly on hand GROCERIES of all kinds, Flour & 1ST HE3 DEB3 3D - Please call at the Brick Store on the cor ner, opposite the Chardon Hotel. Chardon, March 21th, 1665. 793 tf DENTISTRY. THE jadorsigned, having permanently located at Chardon, for the purpose of operating at his pre fession, Would say to his friends and the PC.ic that he is uow prepared to attend to the warts of all in need of anything In his) line of Dullness, ah worn w ak.ii aim l ru. Office, over Murray & Canfields' Bank. Reel fence one door south of L. J. Randall's dwell ing E. D. RICHARDSON. Charden.Dec. 4th, 1863. 725 if Pianos & Melodeons. H C. RANDALL would respectfully inform the citizens oi Geauga County and vicinity, that he has for sale PIANOS and MELODE- ONS which will be offered at Low Prices. Those winning to purchase 'will do well to call and ex amine before purchasing elsewhere. All Instru tnsnts rully Warranted Ipr 6 years. Room over Murray and Call fields' Bank, Apiil 14th, 1805 796ra6 Chardon, O. NOTICE, The Undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as Executrix ol the 'estate of On in Tucker, deceased, late of Dhojdon township, Geauga County, Ohio. a . CELE8TIA TICKER, The Lesson of the Hour. An Address on the Martyrdom of President Lincoln, delivered at South Newbury, June 1st, by D. M. Allen. CORRESPONDENCE. NEWBURY, June 1st, 1865. : The undersigned bare beeo appointed a committee to solicit, for publi cation, a copy of tiio admirable address with which you favored ut to day. Hoping you may comply with the unanimous re quest of meeting, we remain Very truly vours, GEO. WM. WILSON, HENRY L. CLARK, WM. TINKHAM, LEWIS 8. POPE. D. M. ALLEN, Esq. NEWBURY, June 1st. 1865. Gentlemen: Your note requesting a copy of the address delivered this morning, is received. I reply, I have only to say that tho lecture was hastily prepared, with out any thought of publication. Neverthe less, if it is thought a wider circulation will subserve the cnuse of Universal Justico, I have do reasoo for wishing to withhold it from the public eye. Very truly vours, D, M. ALLEN. Geo. Wm. Wilson,) mi. mj. ulauk, i . YVM TlNKllAM, wvfififtre. LtwiaS. Pope, ADDRESS. Mi Fiuf.nps: On an oosasion liko the present, I know bow poor and feeble is hu man luosuage to express (bo deep emotions of the soul ; how inadequate are words to portray wbat tho mind reels and toe heart realizes. The inspiration of the high, est archangel is hardiy adequate to do jus tico to the theme wbicb demands our atten tion to-day. I bog your kind indulgence therefore, while we attempt to inquirebrief ly, tbe lesson we are to learn from the events of tbe last four years, written in tet ters of blood on tbo page of our nation's history. When wo look back over the bloody record, it seems as though wo wero awakening from somo tearful dream as though somo dread nigbtmaro still held possession of the senses. As a basis for my remarks on tbe present occasion, I have deemed tbo following words of Paul to tbe Hebrews, not inappro priate : Despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when tbou art rebuked of Him." Htb , 12:5. "Now no chastening for tho present seem oth to be joyous but griovous ; nevertheless, afterwards it yieldetb tbo peaceable fruits of righteousnecs to them which are exercised thereby." Htb., 12:11. We live in a world of mutation and change , To-day we are raised to tbe very pinnaelo of exultation and joy by some good fortune, some grand announcement ; to morrow the messenger of sadness comes with tidings of some great boroavement.aud our homes aro shrouded in the habiliments of mourning. To-day tbo mother rejoices over ber new-born babe; it is flush of her flush, life of her life, tbe joy of her soul for overmore.' Prom this day henceforth, a now light is upon her hearthstone, a bright er sun illuminates ber home, tie w and holier responsibilities consecrate ber life, more de vout aspirations fill ber soul, as she pledges tbe noblest energies of her being to lire worthily of tbe new cbargo committed to her care. To-morrow an angol from over the river bears ber idolized treasure beyond the swelling current, and tbe beart so re contly ovci flowing with ecstatic joy sinks in gnef and despair, Ihus it is with socie ty at large. We have our personal joys, as also our national rijoioings. So, too, sor row ana mourning come not alone to tbe household, but now and then some great ca lamity falls upon the State, and tbe Nation is dressed in the emblems of woe. It is thus with the Ameriosn people to day, as with heavy hearts and sad counte nances they assemble in tbeir usual places of worship, and take counsel together, thus endeavoring to learn the lesson this great event teaches to tbo nation and the world. When tbe eloctrie current flashed over tbe wires the dread intelligence Abraham Lincola Is dead I murdered by tbe assassin's hand ! I with wbat sad emotions our ears board tbe mournful tidioge, while our senses refused to credit tbe report until "assur ance was made doubjy sure," and "'twere madness to longer doubt." And then that the terrible blow should fall upon us while in tbo midst ot our rejoicings in tbe prospect of a spoedy peace that consummation so devoutly wished, after a four jeers' war, such as tbe world has never seen it was as when a tbuodeibolt from a cloudless sky pierces the temple of tbe great congrega tion, and scatters death and consternation along its pathway. Yes, Abraham Lincoln, tbe untarnished patriot, the pure-minded statesman, ibe humane ruler, the bonest man, bas gone wbere envy and malice shall never rescb him more. Do it ours to learn tbe great lesson bis martyrdom teaches. we are not assembled here to-day to eulo gize tbo dead, but to endeavor to instruct tbe living. Wbat, then, do tbe events that bave transpired and are transpiring teach as the lesson of tbe bour? ''No chastening, saitb the Apostle, "for tbe present seomotb joyous but erievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldetb tbe peace able fruits of rlgbeoutness to tbom that are exercised thereby." Tbe first "fruit" of this groat tragedy bas been to unite all loyal hearts as one man in a determined purpose that tbe real author of this damn, ing deed not tbe instrument, Booth, but the author. Slavery must dio. Whatever may be said lo extenuation of tbe guilt of of tbe unfortunate man who did tbe deed howsoever philanthropy may attempt to palliate tbeorluie on tbe ground of an un fortunate organisation, a false education, evil associations, pernicious habits; or whatever humanity may suggest, on tbe ground that be is a man and a brother, a child of tbe common Father and an belr of immortality, et tbe united verdict of this go iod of all sgs mutt be, ' Ob, thou grim monster, Slavory, moro foul and loathsome loan noil itself, get tboe bonco to bo chained forever more to the arch flund in the region of black despair," wbicb tbo poet thus describes: "WIdo was tho place, , , And deep as wide, and ruinous as duep. Beneath I saw a lake of burning fire, With tempest tossod porpotually, and still The waves of'fiery darkness 'gainst tho rocks Of dark damnation broko, and music made Of melancholy sort ; aud over head, And all around, wiud warred with wind, ... . storm howled To Storm, and lightning forked lightning crossed, And thunder answered thundor, muttering sound of sullen wrath." Whatever may have been our honest dif ference of opinion in regard to tho Admin istration of tbe Into Pnsidont, he who to day rrjoicos over bis martyrdom is a biso traitor, and should receive a traitor's doom. winie Abraham Ltneolu was at tho hoad of the Government, he was a servant of the people, and it was competent for tbo peo plo to say wbat tho genius of democratic institutions and the spirit of the ngo de manded of tho nation, touching tito great problem of the hour. Slavery, having ruled the naiion for seventy years, finding itsell outnumbered at a popular election, dropped the ballot-box and seized tho cartridge box, in tbe vain bopo of regaining !ior lost pres Hg3. The ifcsuo ihus presetted by tho ad vocatesof tho infernal institntion, was ac cepted by the nation, and North and South ciosed in a death grapplo for tho perpetua tion or extinction of Slavery. This being so, it was not only logitiniato but ubaolutelv imperative upon tho advanced minds of tlio ago, who sow tho end fiooi tbo beginning to see lo it thut tho golden opportunity to strike lor Justico. Liberty, Humanity and Gods Higher Law, was not surrendered b a base compromise, that we might obtain a dishonorable peace. To I his end wo criti c zed freely, but in no captious spirit, what ever seemed to us a inistuken policy in tho Administration. Having faith in tbo iube rent power of democratic institutions, wo had no sympathy wiih tho coward crv that jusicriticism"ondHrjgered tho Government." uenov.ng in our inmoft being thut Abra ham Lincoln was both loyal and honest, we know he could fford to bo told of his short comings; it is only tho base and cowardly I.-. A A .1.. I i . at u.iKu me iigm icsi h expose tbeir own corruption. A man possessed of tho linn. est integrity and puio minded patriotism of ine laio i lesiuent, novor shrinks from hon est criticism. Hudco, whilo tho policy of mo nuujiiiiBiraiiuii was to protect 1'CbOIB while it crushed out tho spirit of liberty, as it came welling up in tho loyal heart of the iremntiPg stave; so long as Union soldiers, by the consent of tho Government, fod and prospered their foes, while they starved and maurcaiea tneir trnost friends; whilo Fre mont, Pbolps and Hunter were degraded iroin moir commanus oecauso they loved Liberty more than Slavery, and McClellan- ism was suffered to overrun tbo army and well nigh ruin the nation ; so lone. I sav. as this was the policy of tho Administration, ibe duty of every man who loved Justice more than country, and Humanity more than, constitutions and compacts, was as ciear as tne noonoay sun in a cloudless sky. No mattor though every pulpit in tho luod cried "infidel," mid every base politician trove to brand him as a traitor, bis mission was to uphold the banner of righteousness :o can t tie people back irom tho traditions of men to tho commandments of tbo living God. But. after all, our real dancer inv. much in a lock of honest purpose on the part of the President, as the ingrained ,,rrin,l;,. ,i,. deep and damning baseness ot the people at m.s.. Uv.,..uu .w. jc.iioiu wieecnool ol oppresMon, both priest and politician had at last come .o believe dial tho negro had no rights the white man was bound to rtspec! So milk ing a tool ot thcSupieme Courl.they found in Its Chief Justice, a mouthpiece to announce the lact to the world. To-day the memory of Judge Taney is execrated, aud we justly refuse bim a piuce wim iiib uuroui, ui me pust, to I tie end that his memory may be perpetuated; jet it must he contested that he but retlucted the average mor ality aud statesmanship oi the American peop'e It was this deep degrauntion of the popular senti ment that dictated the policy oi the first two years ot the Rebellion; that it was -.hat cost us the lile-biood oi so many ol the loirest ond bravest ol our sons, end well nigh made treason sutcesstul and Jeff. Davis a hero instead ol acul pril. It was this spirit of the bottomless pit that inaugurated border-rutlianism in Kansas, that assaulted t her les Sumner in the Senate Chamber lhat built the gallows ol John Brown at Charles ton, that made the atrocities ol Libby Prison ond Andcrsonville possible.- Think it not stratum therefore, that a man educated in a country where this fiendish spirit ol caste not only mo nopolized the highest places in state.but satin the synagogue as well should mistake the Vox Popnti lor the Vox l ei. When wo reflect upon the weakness oi human nature; how liable we all are lo err, and at the same time remember that t brahain Lincoln was ol the people and with the people, that he sought to do their will rather than his own; the wonder is not that he failed to see the true relation ol the Govt rnment to Hie Rebell ion, and the plain teachings of Providence in re lation thereto, but that he blundered so little Jind on the whole, did his work so nobly and to well' In this whole struggle between Slovery and Freedom, we see how true it is that it is not in man wno watketn to direct his steps. At lencth our sins have louud us out.and God's judgments are upon us. in all the generations that have pusscu, mo isiw uuu groans ol the slave have as cended on hifch, and ihe recording angel hath written thein, to be brought against a guilty peo ple in this day of judgment. The tears and fom entations ol the poor slave mother, bereltol her children, which we refused to hear, hath God heard, and treasured up against tbe time whon fire and sword should devour tho land that forgot mercy and relnsed justice to the noorest unit Imm. blest oi its inhabitants. Verily, oil the blood of down-trodden Africa, from the sufferings of the first cargo of slaves landed in Virginia in 1C20, iu ma uiuuu ui iiib neroio Massachusetts 54tn Regiment, that led the assault on Fort Wugr.er, shall be required of this generation. For sven generations, has the bondman groaned under the driver'a lash, beneath the meridian sun, with none to pity; for seven gen erations, has, the weeping mother mourned the loss ot ber darling babes, with no eye to heed her tears, and no hand to stay the oppressors power; for seven generations, has innocence been made the mockery of base men, and virtue been bar tered lor filthy lucre; lor seven generations, have theunutieredand unutterable vows ot an entire race ascended unto Heaven day and night, with out ceasing, while cold.calculating political dem agogues have made capital outol acruchedand tortured raoe, while Ihe church has baptized the "ffum of all villenies" laths nam ol ihe dear Jcms, who come to break the oppressor's yoke vi uiu copnve iree. vv nne cnurcn and stato were thus drenched in the blond ot their victims, and there was no human eye to pity and created arm to save, God s own eye phiedand to day, ihsougli the blood of our mo beloved, His srm hath brought solvotion. In the blood of Abraham Lincoln, has God re-written His eter nal law, as declared by the prophet of old. "As I live, suuh the lord, though hand join inliond, the wicked thall not go unpunished." Turn whichever way we will in our iniquity, God's law confronts us. and eternal justice encompass e h us round ohout. "Judgment hsih been laid to the hue and Righteousness to the plummet.' nan iiain swrpi away our rcluge ol tics," , '"- waters oi uoo s justice have overflowed the hiding places ol the wicked." In the frog mentsol ourtottered constitution wc see our "cov enant with death" disannuMed.ond in a do-mcm-oered and diiori?anizrd republic wo behold our agreement wiih hell" overthrown. 'Tie thus with the sword's point, by the lurid glnre ol the eauuun's sulphurous light, God has inscribed on tho pa-e o. the nation's hisiory His warning to all coming ages that in Justice and Righteousness only is there safety and strength. In the light of the post four years of agony and blood, we may he hold, it we will, the truth of the poet's inspira tion that, whilo 1 ' Round and round we run, Ever the right comes uppsrnust, And ever is justice t'oiu." Wo cansooio tho deBolslirtg carnage of gigantic struggle, in tho fairest portion ofourcouutry hud waste by tHo ruthless hand of war, in villsgos burnod and cities sacked, in the gloom that o'erspreads full many n household by tbo loss of Ihe fairest ond bravest, lastly by Iho crowning act of Slavery's minions, the climax of aristocratic spite, tho cowardly assassination of him wbo stood tbe representative of Justice, Free dom and Equality, nnd. as touching Iho tem poral rights of iho colored race. God's vicegerent on earth, I say, in iho light of this record wo may behold tho deep damna tion ot our guilt, and what it has cost to cducato the peoplo up to a recognition of the manhood of a race wo had degraded and trampled under foot for two hundred years. I know bow easy and how pleasing it is to charge all the guilt and crimo of Slavery upon our brothion of tho South, but rest assured, if we had not been eqnai partners in tbe great Iniquity, God's hand lied nover boon laid so hoavilv judgment. Do we forgot how, in the early days of tho Anti-Slavery enterprise, the churches refused tho uso even of their vest ries in which to hold prnyor meetings in behalf of the poorest ot Gods pooi ? Havo we forgotten bow, wiih curling lip and haughty pride, professed ministers of the Meek and Lowly sneered at tho "mistak en philanthropy and mad fanaticism" of thoso who were calling upon a nation of op pressors to coaso from onDrossinn im.' wrong? Do we forgot how minister after micister, v.no lain wouia remember thoso in bonds as bound with thorn, was driven trom bis . pu.pit nnd forcod to earn his ,breod in some bumbler avocation? Do wo lorgei now mo aristocrotio Slave Power dominated ovor the nation, driving peace- nuio cii'zt'iiB irtiui inpir nomet, rifling the U. S. mail in search of incendiary docu ments, searching Northern vossols, and emting soumon. charged wiib no crime, into prison, and selling them into lifo-long sla very to pay the jail Tees? Have wo forgot ton hots, to please our Souihnrn ia. ..j . .--w. M u . i. a nuu masters, we first helnod enact and thn rn long years kept on the statute book, an act inai wouiu aisgrace an Aigerine pirate? Has it passed from our'memnm hnm brutal and cowardly assassin dealt a mur dorous blow upon Ihe head of one of tho noblest men who over graced tho American Sonnle? And how. fkn whinnt (bat we were, wo tamnv anrf iVnn.iJ..- buuuiiiicu iu ma outrage. mjo we forgot ... . - . i- l J how. :or two vears and mom of thn rt.i Rebellion, wo proudly and scornfully re- fused any assistance from the colored race, until our cause was well nich Inst, nnrl r.mi showed us on many a gory field that the white man alooo could never ,, than,. tion? Can wo ever forget tho mobs of New York ond Philadelphia, in .which the unprotected negro wob barbarously mur dered in cold blood, his dwelling sacked, and bis family turnod into tbe street and most innumanty troaiedf Can wo shut our eyes to all thoso painful truths,nnd declare oursolves innocent of tbo blood of tho slave? Nay. verily, his blood bath staind nnr . monts, and not bis only, but also tbat of our uravo sons upon many a bard fought field, and finally tbe life-blood of bim wbo fell by tho assassin's hand.dying tbat the nation might live, bath left its mark upon our foreheads, in lhat we still rpfusnd i those Whom we had so Inntr nnnruuul Verily, might it bo said of this nation, as of ancient, israet s "e nave built up your church with blood, and your cities with in iquity. Tbo beads of tbe nation judge for reward, and tbe priests leach for hire, and tbe prophets divine for money; yet will they loan upon tbo Lord, and sav is not thn Lnrrf among us? None evil can come upon us. "iberefore sba'l Zion, for yoursakeB, be plowed as a field, and your city sball be come heaps, and tbe mountain of tbe bouse as the bigb places of tbe forest. And night span oe unto you, and ye sball not bave a Vision, and it Shall ho dark until vnn that ye shall not divine, and the sun sball go uowu over tne prophet, aud tbe day sball be dark over them Then shall tbo seers bO ashamed and the diviners ho nnnfniinH ed; yea, tbey shall cover tbeir lips,for there is no answer of God." And, now, my countrvmen, God's voice to-day is, "Will yo hoe3 my warnirgs and my juugraents, or must oiner ana boavier chastisements be laid upon you?" Say not ins. me Kebeiiion is crushed. Slavery ended, and tbat is enough. 'Tis not enough mat we Dress; tbe chains or a race we bave Oppressed and decradod for twn hundred years. and leave it in tbe ignorance and bar barism Slavery has engendered t A higher and nobler work remains. We owe to Ibe negro education, social position, political rights; until these are secured, our mission to tbe colored race is not accomplished. So loncf as lurk in tho hoanm nf thn dominant race the seeds of caste, so long as we recog nizo any distinction between man and man on aeeouut of the color of bis skio, so long God's fustieo bancs ovr ua. and thn thun derbolt! of n righteous retribution may at any moment aescena upon us. .n . . . noiaeeoiToaj uoa u not mooxeuj whatsoever a man sowotb that sball ho also roAp " If wo will not learn from the teach. ings of tbe past tbat "whatsoever measure we moto, it shall bo measured to us again ;" that whonever we put a cbain around onr brother's bool, God fastens the other end about our necks; then otber and heavier judgments are in (tore for us. With tbe light of tho world's history before us, sball wo, liko Pharoab of old, harden our hearts and sbut our eyes to tre plaibcst dictates of justice? Is It not enough that from doepost centro to farthest circumference tbe na tion bas rocked and tremblod beneath tbo tread of bostilo armies? Is it not enough tbat untold troasures have been lavished in a cruol.frutricidal war;that tent of thousands nf tho wealthy and opulent bave been turned out penniless, and from day to day tbeir loved ones beg their daily bread? Is it not enough that tbe whole Southern country bas becomo a dosolation and al most a bowling wilderness, that grass grows in wbat were once the busiest streets, the great thoroughfares of commerce, in tbe city of Cbarloston; and in imagination we hear tbe voice of the Lord as when, of old, through Ihe mouib ot His people He criod, 'Wo to tho bloody citvl It is full of lies and robbory ; the prey departetb not: the noise of the whip and tbe noise of the rattling of wneeis, ana of prancing horses, and of jump ing chariots." "The horseman liftetb up noin tne brigbt sword and tbe glittering spear ; and there is a multitude of slain." ' Heboid I am against thee, saiib tbe Lord of hosts; and 1 will discover tby skirts up on thy face, and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and Iho kingdoms tby shame.' Is it not enough, O God! Is it not enoueb that tbe land bath been deluged in tbe blood of our "first-born" mat tbe pride and tbe strength of tbe nation have gone aown in tnis mignty struggle that, through ihe length and breadth of tbe land, there goes op the cry of lamentation and sorrow, Rachel weeping for-her children, and re fusing to be comforted because tbey are not? And, finally, Is it not enough that the as sassin's dagger drips with tbe blood of our rulers, and that, lik 9 Egypt, the blood of our princes bas boon shed as a sacrifice for our sins? Shall we not heed tbo intima tions of God's will, ar.d coaso from our op-, prossion? Then shall the star ot tbe na tion's glory, now rising in tho Eastern sky, grow brighter and brighter, as it asoends the firmament, and all lands shall behold tho grandeur and sublimity of a republic that lovos mercy, deals justly and walks humbly before Him that siiteth upon tbe throne forever and forever. Then sball tbe proud old American Eagle, that symbol of power and majosty, dipping one wing in tbe Atlantic ana tne otber in tbe waters of tbe Paoifie. bear tn ber beak tho unstained fiae of a redeemed country the symbol of free- aotn ana equal rights to all. ouch is the prophecy of tbe futoro. God grant its ruiaiiment may not be far -distant. But, so long, as is tho case to-day, that flag ii on is over laousanaa or my orotnera and sisters driven to unrequited toil undor tbe scorching rays bf a Southern snn, onr work as agitators is not done, and you must not impeach our patriotism if tbe cry still is, "Come up higher." Devotion to eountrv when that country is in tbe right, it noble ; but, so long as the Government is on the side of the oppression, our duty is to sot it right. God made us nun, not patriots. As men, we owe it to our oroinors whom we have dpprossed tbat we forsake bim not un til we put land under bis feet, and tbe bal lot in biB band. Until we do tbat tbe blood ot thesiaio is upon our garments, and tbe orana or Cain ia on our foreheads. I am not oblivious to tbe progress tbe na tion bas mado towards tbe goal of impartial freedom and nnivorsal justice. Thirty five years ago, an unknown printer boy started a paper In tbe metropolis of New'England, demanding tbe immediate and uncondition al emancipation of every slave in tbe land. He at once became the target at wbicb op pressors, with tbeir alders and abetters, hurled tbeir envenomed spears. The Gov ornor of Goorgia offers $5,000 for bis bead, ana a requisition is made upon tbe Boston authorities to deliver np tbe culprit. But, so insignificant was Ihe instrument of this agitation and tbe moans at bis control, tbat tho worthy mayor thought the matter bo neath his dignity. To day tbat bumble in strumentality is tbe power tbat dictates Ibe law of tbe nation. "Tbe stone tbe builders rejected bas become tbe bead of tbe corner, The man who trampled ibe blood-stained stars and stripes under bis feet, and public ly burned tbe Constitution, to-day if tbe nation's honored guest to assist in planting mat nag, remvated and made wbito with the blood of our sons on a hundred battle fluids, upon the ruins of Sumter's crumbled walls, which Slavery battered dowo. but which Freedom re-builds amid theibouts of ransomod thousands. Thus n God's justice vindicated, and His ways to man justified. Wm. Lloyd Garri son on tbe soil of Charleston, bscked and defonded by the power of tbe Nation. Tis enough! Well may tbe Abolitionist, with devout ola Simeon, exclaim : "Now, Lord, lettest tboti tby servant depart in peace, for mine eyes cave seen tby salvation. "How blessed are oar eyes, That see this heavenly light Prophets and kings desired it long, But died wltbout tbe sight." Origin of the Militabt Pbofessiojt. Tbe introduction of gunpowder created a revolution in the science of war if war had any system in those primitive times. Pre viously, every man was a soldier, and.inber iting a sword or bow from bis father, was always ready for tbe field. Heory II. of EDgland, in 1181 ordered tbat every man should bave either a sword or a bow, wbicb be was not to sell, but leave to bis heir. Tbe adoption of powder rendered these obeap implement! useless, and required a greater outlay ior equipment. Every citi sen eouid not afford a run. and so there were fewer ready for tbe field, and in con sequence, tbe war spirit declined among tbe people, until after a wbile tbe profes sion of arms beeome a separate calling, and standing armlet wora eiteblisbed, John Mitchell. John Mitchell's career Laa been a check ered one. He it now fifty years of age, haying been born in the town of Duogiv en, county of Derry, Ireland, where his father was a Unitarian clergyman, With his life since landing in the United Stales eleven years ago, the public are qnite fa milar, it having been spent in connection with the Prest of New York, Washington, Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia. The following sketch gives his history prior to coming here: Milchell graduated at Trinity college Dublin, in 1830, studied law and prac ticed his profession for six years in New ry and Banbridge, during the stormy pe riod ol O'Connell's "monster meetings," his arrest, trial and imprisonment. In 1845, on Ihe death of Thomas Da vis, the colleague of Mr. Gavin Duffy ia the "Nation" Mitchell was called to Dub lin to succeed him. His articles were revolutionary in spirit, and for one which appeared ic 1868, showing how the peo ple could contend with Ihe army, and ad vocating tbe use of vitriol against th troops in case of a conflict in the streets, the "Naiion" was psosecuted by Govern ment. In consequence of the pruning to which his articles were subsequently subjected he- qusrrelled with Duffy to wards the end of 1847, and soon after founded the "United Irishman," an or gan which teemed with legal treason, and brought in direot collision with the Gov ernment. After an existence of threa months the journal was suppressed, and iteeditor sentenced to expatriation for the term of fourteen years. On May 27, 1848, after two weeks in carceration in Newgate, Mr. Mitchell wai taken in irons from Dublin to the -convict depot of Spike Island (Cotk Harbor), where a Government order was received lo treat him as "a person of education and a gentleman." Taken thenee in a day or two on the Scourge sloop-of-wsr, ha passed ten months of his sentence on tha. island of Bermuda, whence he was again deported to Australia. Hers he met Messrs. Smith, O'Brien, Meagher, Mar tin and other political associates whom ba had left behind him in Ireland, bat-who), met the same fate and were there before him. On July 19, 1854, Mr. Milchell re signed his parole, and effecting his es cape from the colony, landed in New, York on November 29. Interview Between Governor Pierpont and a Negro Labor Broker. On Saturday a man representing himself ' as aeent of a firm in Bsltimnm miiai hm Governor Pierpont. and stated tbat his oh. J act was to obtain permission from bis Ex cellency to carry out of tbe State of Virginia several hundred negroes to be used as field nanas in tbe btate of Maryland; that be ot-' lerea to inem tne inducement of seven dol lars a month and rations. Tbe Governor asked bim if be was not aware Ibat tbe regular price paid to ne groes hired as field bands In Maryland was ten dollars a months and rations. Tbe man responded that be was aware of It Tbe Governor then asked him why ha did not offer them loo dollars a month. Fiudioe himself thus foiled in his dealima. be attempted to prevaricate but the Gov- ernor soon cut bim short in the following empbatio manners 1 want you and all parties emnloved on similar business to nnderstnd tbat I will not permit speculations on tbe nogroes' it uurauee. n me tarmers oi Maryland or any other State wish to employ negroes from Virginia, let them tbemselvea addIw and pay them tbo usual rate of hire. Aa for you brokers tbat meanly profit by tb poor negroes ignorance, and employ bins to labor a whole year for 984, and take 30, as your wag6s of Iniquity, I give you to an- aerstana mat Virginia is no ptaea for you and this ends onr interview. Tbe broker disappeared so suddenly that bad be not beeo known to be eeouine flesh and blood, one would have auDoosed hint to bave vanished in air. Immortality of Booth. One of tbe most Influential motives whleh prompted Boolb to bis great crime seems to nave oeen tne ambition to perpetuate nil name in bistory. HeFibas fuilv achieved the infamous notoriety be sought. His frequent quotation of tbe passage about "tbe ambitions youth wbo fired tba Epho sian dome" is made clear by tbe following passage from Rollio's ancient history t "Tbe day Alexander tbe Great was born, Ihe celebrated temple of Diana at Epbesns, was burned. It is well known tbst Ibis temple was one of tbe seven wonders of tba world. It bad been built at tbe expenses of Asia Minor. A great many men were employed in building it. Its length waa 426 feet, and its breadth 220. It was sup ported by 127 columns, threescore feet high, wbiob as many kings bad canted to ba wrought at a great expense, and by tba most excellent artists, wbo endeavoted to excel one another on this occasion. Tba rest of tbe temple corresponded ia msgnifi- centfe with these columns. - One Erostrato had set fire to the temple on purpose. Be ing put to tbe torture, in order to mske bim confess his motive for committing sa infamous an action, be owned tbat it waa with tbe view of making himself koown to posterity, and to Immortalise his name by destroying so noble a structure. The statea general of Asia imagined tbey coald pre vent tbe success of bis view by publishing a decree prohibiting tbe mention of bis name. However, tbeir prohibition only excited a greater curiosity, for searee one of tba his torians of that ace has omitted to mention so monstrous an extrarsgscaa, and at tba same time tellt as the name of tbe eslsai-csl,