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|lrotcssionHl & Business Curbs.
"g W BURRA LL. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Doriguville, Towa
County, Wisconsin. [nl-yl.]
J. H CLARY,
A TTOBNEY AT LAW, Mi ."val Point, Wis. Of
gTV ficc in Thomas’ Stone Block. [nl-yl]
MATTIIEw BISHOP.
Has funii-hcil his liar with anew assortment of liij-
Uors. lie has also a good Billiard Table, Live him
a call.
J R. ROBERTS.
NOTARY PUBLIC. Heeds, Mortgages, Ac., drawn
witli accuracy, at his Hotel on Main Street,
Dodger ills, Wis. [rißv4-tf]
R ARUNDELL.
C'tENKRAL HEALER in stoves, Hardware, Tin,
I Sheet-Iron, and Copper ware, &c., lowa Street,
opposite the old Post Office, Dodgeville, Wis. [nl-yl]
WHITNEY SMITH.
fpANXKK AND (I* KIU l:K, Mineral Point, Wis.
J Leather of sill Limls, also Hair foi J*lae>teilng. al
ways tii ii(tnil,cln apfor cash. Jol Wurk done at siiort
nofico junl on terms. fn‘2<-tf]
S W REESE
VTTORNEY AT l,.\W. Lund and Collecting Agent,
Dodgeville, lowa County, Wis. Particular at
tention given to collecting and agencies, and payment of
taxes in lowa County. Office in the Post Office Build
ing. [nl-yl]
L. M. STRONG,
VTTORNEY AT LAW. Notary Public, Land and
Collecting Agent, Dodgeville, Wis. Particular
attention given to the settlement of estates in the
County Court. Office ip Court House. [Up Stairs.]
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SOLDIERS CLAIM AGENCY
DODGEVILLE, AVIS.
Ctoflects bn-k pay for discharged Soldiers. Bounty
/ Mopey and Pack pay for heirs of deceased Soldiers.
Pension eeeiirtcatos procured. Bounty claims settled
at prices establised bv Law.
nil-ly ‘ SAMUEL AV. REESE, Att’y
SCHALL’S HOUSE,
NO. *JoT & tlntt Randolph Street, Chicago Illinois.
Tins house is centrally located, in the business
part of flip city, near the Post Office, the Court House,
and all the principle Hail Road Depots The accom
modations are good, and cheaper than most of the
Hotels in this vicinity. [n4l-tf]
(|(IIESTiJRN lOTEI.
PODGEVILLE, - 1 - WIS.
THE undersigned would respectfully ask a
share of the public patronage. His table
111 EL " ''l always be furnished in good taste and
111 bis rooms are large and airy, and in every
ism UKwigg department the intention will be to consult
theeomfort and wishes of his patrons. Good stables
and attentive ostlers always in readiness.
11 airdurs by the day or week furnished with all nec
essary conveniences and at reasonable rates.
Stages leave this bouse daily, north and south
ni-ly JOHN B. ROBERTS.
MASONIC
Regular meetings of nodgeviiie Lodge. No
119 of A. ¥. Sc A. M, on the first and third Fri
day evenings of each month, at their Hall on lowa
troet. Transient brethren visiting Dodgeville, are
ordially invited to attend.
ITknky IHnstax, Soc’y.
To widow's tears to orphans’ cry.
All wants our ready hands supply,
So far as power i> given ;
The naked clothe, the prisoner free, —
Such are the deeds sweet masonry
Revealed to ns from heave n.
IO OF G T
VMICITI A LODGE. No. DU, Independent Order of
Good Templars, meets every Monday evening in
.K. Thomas' Hall, at 7, 1 * oVhak. Members of this
order visiting this Village are cordially invited to meet
with ns. “ THOMAS LEWIS, W. C. T.
Ja.mks Bates, W. R. S.
L. M. STRONG.
Commercial Broker,
BY TilK V. S. GOVERNMENT.)
Sells Real Estate.
l >(, y * Taxes iii oil Parts of the State.
Tak s oliari;,' of Eoa-o, an<l Collect;- Rents for im
proved and ununpruved I’ropcrty.
Buys & Sells Bonds, Mortgages,
Notes, &c., &c.
ALSO
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C'ltterfs had’ pay for Di*rhirffid
Back pay for Heirs of deceased Sol
diers, Pension Certificates procured, at
prices fe*UiWished by Law.
Office in the Court liou-e, Ic-faevill* lowa Cotaity
Wisconsin.
What the Methodists and other Churches are Doing in Australia.
A correspondent of the Wesleyan Times writes from Portsmouth, New Zealand
Since the cessation of hostilities in March, 1801, the Church of
England have enlarged their church and built an additional wing
to their school-room. They have two excellent clergymen, whose
delight is in doing good. The Wesleyans have erectek a spacious
school-room, and commenced a day-school with success. They
have two ministers stationed here, both of whom have been long
tried and found faithful. The Primitive Methodists opened a
handsome and commodious chapel twelve months ago, and held
their first anniversary services last Sunday, the proceeds of which,
including donations and subscriptions for a harmonium, were
upward of i'3o. The Presbyterians have lately placed a minister
in this town ; he has commenced his work in a small chapel,
which was built for the Independents some years ago; but the
small Independent interest connected with it was broken up dur
ing the last war, and the minister is now laboring in Victoria.
Thare is a good spirit of hearing in all the places of worship, and
the Sunday-schools are well attended.
Before the commencement of the last war, the Primitive Meth
odists had four small chapels in the country, besides cottages in
which preaching services were held; they have all been dosed
for more than three years, except the one at Bell Block, which was
opened for a few months, and is now closed again. The effect of
the war upon religion is very bad. More than ordinary grace is
needed by the people of God; and extraordinary vigilance, pru
dence, and faithfulness are neccessary to enable the ministers of
Christ to prevent a host of evils from rushing upon the people of
their charge and crushing the hopes which they cherished con
cerning many, especially the young.
Another correspondent writes from Adelaide, South Australia :
The Rev. J. Maughan, minister of the Methodist New Connec
tion, has been compelled to leave the rooms in Hindly street for
the want of sufficient accomodation, and has hired White’s large
assembly rooms in King Wilhan street. This large room, which
will accomodate 700 people, is tilled on tht Lord’s day with eager
listeners to the word of life. We hope this earnest brother will
be made a great blessing to our city. We are told £BOO have
been paid for a piece of land in Franklin street on which to build
a church for Mr. Maughan.
A great deal is being done in our colony by the various Meth
odist bodies. The Wesleyans, Bible Christians, and the Primi
tive Methodists arc taking hold of every part of the settled dis
tricts. We have at this time about 185,000 souls in that colony,
440 schools, 550 Churches and chapels, which will accomodate
five out of eight of the entire population. For a colony not thirty
j ears old this speaks well; but still much more remains to be
done. Some there are in the bush who have not entered a place
of worship for years, and cannot reach one. To meet'the spirit
ual wants of those who are scattered in the bush, the various
churches have united in forming a “Bitch Mission.” Two men
are supported bv the churches for the purpose of carrying the
Gospel to those hitherto neglected.
A letter ia the London Watchman represents that the work
of the Wesleyan mission in Ceylon is steadily progressing. A
short time since* a pap**r in the Cinghale.se language was started,
and sueh lias been its success that a second one is contemplated,
Hev. It. S. Hardy is engaged in writing a book to be called, Budd
hism m>t Historically True. It is to be published in English
first, which will give it a wider circulation, and as there are so
many able to translate, there is no doubt of its finding its way
into Cinghalese also. The Buddhists have seized on Bishop Col
enso'.s book with the greatest avidity, and they have already pub
lished (heir first extracts from it and arguments based upon it,
against the Bible. It is said, however, that after paying a large
sum to get it out from England, they find it of small value to
them. The Bible society is continuing its issues of the whole
and parts of Scriptures, and it is now found advisable to sell in
stead of giving them. The Vernacular Education Society is also
issuing thousands of monthly periodicals, which are bought up
almost immediately, and the demand is continually increasing
Efforts are being made to establish a ragged school at Colombo.
A training-school for native schoolmasters is also contemplated
by the Church Missionary Society, to be established at Badda
gamma, near Galle.
United Methodist Free Churches.
From the report of the Seventh Annual Assembly of the United
Methodist Free Churches, as contained in the Wesleyan Times of
Aug. 19, we extract the following table of statistics:
The following are the totals of the statistics of the Connection
as far as they concern the home societies, Part of the foreign
statistics are not yet prepared, and therefore they are not in
cluded.
1863. 1862 *
Itinerant Preachers, ... 209 211
Supernumeraries, .... .... .... 11
Focal Preachers, 2,821 2,871
Leaders, 3.708 s’7ls
Members in Society 59,125* 60,880
On Inal, .... 5,283
Removals and Withdrawals, .... .... 5 394 4 970
Deaths, .’ 776 696
Increase, 2,378 4,437
Decrease, 235 184
Nett Increase, .... .... 2,143 4 052
Chapels, 971 965
Other Preaching Places, ... 402 394
Chapels built during the year, .... .... 32
Chapels enlarged ditto, .... .... 25
Sunday Schools, .... .... 967 646
Sunday Scholars, 119,156 123,320
Sunday-school Teachers, .... .... 19,898 19,041
Day Schools, .... ... 24 36
Day Scholars, 2 035 1,668
Day school Teachers, .... .... .... 33
Chapeis Registered, ... .... .... 529 512
Chapels settled on Model Deed, 211 178
Tin- total* here Riven f r !S- include both homo and foreign societies, whilst
those for the current year contain at present only the home societies.
So many are Cod's kindnesses to us, that, as drops of water,
they run together ; and it is not until we are borne up by the mul
titude of them, as by streams in deep channels, that we recognize
them as coming from him. We have walked amid his mercies as
in a forest where we are entamrled among ten thousand growths,
and touched on every hand by leaves and buds which we notice
not. We cannot recall the things he has done for us. They are
so many that they mud needs crowd upon each other, until they
go down behind the horizon of memory like full hemispheres of
stars that move in multitudes and sink, not separate and distin
guishable, but multitudinous, each ea ting light in the other, and
so clouding each other by common brightnoess.
The Wesleyan district meetings in Great Britain, have W been
h Id. and have made their reports, except in the district of Aorth-
Wules. The returns figure tip 318,(>t53 members, being a nett in
crease over Gst year of 4,635. The number of probationers is
i*0.770, and utere are 114 candidates for the ministry.
Srxday Scnooi.s rx France. —There are more than 600 Pro
testant Sunday Schools on the soil of France. Is there not hope
for the land of the Huguenots V
I.et the day have a blessed baptism by giving your first waking
thoughts into the bosom of God. The first hour of the morning
i.- the rudder of the day. .
A REPUBLICAN AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.
DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1863.
Counsels for the Young.
Never be cast down by trifles. If a spider breaks his thread
twenty times, twenty times will he mend it again. Make up your
mind to do a thing and you will do it. Fear not if trouble come
upon you; keep up your spirits, though the day he a dark one.
Troubles never stop forever,
The darkest day will pass away.
If the sun is going down, look at the stars ; if the earth is dark,
keep your eye on heaven ! With God’s presence and God’s prom
ises, a man or child be cheerful.
Sever do pair when fog's in the air,
A sunshiny morning will come without warning.
Mind what you run after! Never be content with a bubble
that will hurst, or a tire-work that will end in smoke and dark
ness. Get that which you can keep and which is worth keep
ing :
Something sterling that will stay
When gold and silver fly away.
Fight hard against a hasty temper. Anger will come, hut re
sist it stoutly. A spark will set a house on Are. A fit of passion
may give you cause to mourn all the days of your life. Never
revenge an injury,
lie that revenges knows no rest;
The meek possess a peaceful breast.
If } r ou have an enemy act kindly to him, and make him your
friend. You may not win him at once, but try him again. Let
one kindness be followed by another, till you have compassed
your ends. By little and little great things are completed.
Water falling day by day
Wears the hardest rock away.
Whatever you do, do it willingly. A man that is compelled
to work, cares not how badly it is performed. He that pulls off
liis coat cheerfully, and strips up his sleeves in earnest, is the
man for me,
A cheerful spirit goes on quirk;
A grumbler iu the mud will stick.
Evil thoughts are worse enemies than lions or tigers, for we
can keep out of the way of wild beasts, but bad thoughts win their
way everywhere. The cup that is full will hold no more ; keep
your head and your heart full of good thoughts, that bad thoughts
may not find room to enter.
Be on your guard and strive and pray
To drive ail evil thoughts away.
—Scotch Paper.
John Beckwin’s Dream.
Rough John Beckwin, a, Mississippi ferryman, tied his boat to
a post, and plodded wet and weary, to his little house. Having
thrown himself, with ait oath, into a chair, he lighted his pipe,
and puffed the smoke up the chimney, while he dried his feet at
the lire.
Presently his little daughter came in, leading her younger broth
er, said, with a grieved expression, “Mother, little bub swore ;
little bub can’t have any wings when he dies to fly up to the good
place. Poor little bub!” and the little girl began to cry. But
the boy looked up to his mother’s face, and said, “But father swore
too. Can’t he have any wings when he dies ?”
The mother did not answer, for she feared the stern man who
sat smoking his pipe by the lire.
But the iron had entered John Beckwin’s soul. That night he
dreamed ; and as he stood before his cottage, looking at the stars
and moon, there was a sound of a trumpet above, that made the
world tremble, an exceeding glory in the sky, and from the midst
of the glory a voice calling to the judgment. And immediately
the air was full of white souls, whose eyes turned upward with a
steady gaze, while their hands were clasped over their breasts.
And the voice called again, “Come, ye blessed.” Then, to the
white souls were given wing?, full of stars and shining like silver,
which flashed back the glory from above, as they calmly floated
upward. While he stood wondering and temiied, he heard a
sharp cry of pain at his side. There stood his little boy, with
ragged and oil-stained coat, and hands stretched piteously up to
ward the flying host. “Oh, my father!” exclaimed he, “why did
you teach me to do wrong? The dear Lord just now beckoned
me to come, but 1 had no wings and no cloak of silver; and He
looked grieved at me and turned away. Oh, father ! why did you
teach me to do wrong ?”
There was a sound of thunder—a crash of the universe—and
the old man found himself in a long train of souls, with heads
bowed, and tears running from their eyes, walking down a black,
iron-arched way, where lie could look only before him, and see
beyond the great train of weeping ones an open gate from which
came fire. But he heeded them not, for behind him he heard the
patter of little feet, and ever and anon, amid sobs and moans, the
voice of a child, “Oh, father ! why did you teach me to do wrong ?”
John Beckwin awoke, and heard his little boy q nctly breath
ing in the cot beside him. He never swore again. —Juvenile In
structor\
Eating and Drinking.
“The princes eat in due season, for strength and not for drunkenness.”
Once a man of temperate habits was dining at a house of a free
drinker. No sooner was the cloth removed from the dinner-table
than wine and spirits were produced, and he was asked to take a
glass of spirits and water.
‘“No, thank you,” said he, ‘Tin not ill,"
‘‘Take a glass of wine, then,” said his hospitable host, “or a
glass of ale.”
“No, thank you,” said he, “I'm not thirsty .”
These answers called forth aloud burst of laughter. Soon after
this the temperate man took a piece of bread from the side-board
and handed it to his host, who refused it, saying that he was not
hungry. At this the temperate man laughed in his turn.
“Surely,” said ho, “1 have as much reason to laugh at you for
not eating when you are not hungry, as you have to laugh at me
for declining medicine when not ill, and drink when I am not
thirsty.”
Pulling for the Shore.
Danger makes some men strong and others weak. People
exposed to the dangers of the sea often show wonderful strength
and courage. They would not believe it possible for them to
work the pumps, or to help lighten the vessel by throwing the
cargo overboard, yet when the hour of danger comes their strength
comes with it.
Fancy a boat’s crew overtaken by a squall ! Their lives depend
upon their strength and skill to get the boat to the shore. The
long and strong pull may do it, but so far as human help goes,
nothing else will. How hard men will work to save the life of the
body which will soon end, and how careless and indolent are they
to save the life of the soul which will never end ! Will our young
friends hear the loving Savior’s words, “Fear not them which kill
the body, but rather f-ar Him which is able to destroy both soul
and body in hell. " —The Child's World.
How Much Was a Penny a Day?
Much better wages than it sounds to us. An agricultural pa
per says that in the time of Christ a penny was about equal to
fifteen of our cents, and as money was then ten times as valuable
as now, the penny a day was as good as one hundred and fifty of
our cents ; so that men who worked in the vineyard for that, got
as good wages as good men now generally have in harvest time.
Th ? gift of the good Samaritan of two pence to the landlord to take
care of the man who fell among thieves, in addition to raiment,
the oil and wine, was equivalent te about three dollars of our cur
rency, which would probably pay for his board two weeks in a
countrv tavern where board was very cheap.
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From the Song Messenger.
THE SWAMP ANGEL.
The large Parrot gun used in bombarding Charles
ton from the marshes of James Island is called the
‘•Swamp Angel.’’— Soldier's Letter.
Down in the land of rebel Dixie,
Near to the hot-bed of treason,
Five miles from Charleston,
In the sands of James Island,
Swept by tides of the ocean,
Is the Swamp Angel.
Can Parrot
With plumage as black as a raven,
And scream unlike her tropical sisters—
A hundred pounder with terrible voice,
Be called bird or anguii
She’s for freedom
And Uncle Sam!—synonymous terms.
An angtd of vengeance and not of mercy
Sent to execute wrath upon the city
Whence sprang secession.
At night this angel raiseth her voice,
And her cry is “woo” and not “rejoice!”
She sehdeth far her meteor shell,
And it soaroth up as if to dwell
Where the watching stars in silence glow,
There poissth itself for the mighty Mow!
Then downward shoots like a bolt from God,
Crushes the dwelling and crimsons the sod.
Fire leaps out from its iron heart,
Hives the defenses of treason apart,
Till rniu spreads her sulphur pall
O’er shattered tower and crumbling wall,
And fearful crowds from the city fly,
Seeing the day of her doom is nigh.
0, ye who herd with traitors! —say,
Is this the dawn of that promised day
Your poets sung and your prophets told ?
Is this age of Iron your age of Gold?
For this did ye rouse the Southern hate,
To rend the Union strong and great,
And build on the low Palmetto's shore
An empire proud forever more, .
And shut in the face of the North your door?
Hoar ye in the Angel the Northern call,
Thundered on Sumter’s shattered wait,
Echoed in Charleston’s silent street,
Shouted in treason’s proud retreat: —
“Freemen must share with you the land!
Choose olive leaf or flaming brand;
Choose peaceful commerce’s flag of stars,
Or rifled guns and Monitors!
“By you were words of treason spoken,
By you the nation's peace was broken;
The first gun fired whoso startling jar,
Send thrpugh the land the shock of war!
Hear truth- by Gospel trumpet blown—
Shall ye not reap as ye have sown?
Thistles fur thistles, tares for t ires,
The whirlwind’s breath—a rain of snares ;
The avenging angel rides the blast, —
Y'ou fired the first gun, we’ll flro the last!”
Nortu Ik.vw.Mi, Mass. T. N. J.
How a Man Feels and Acts During
an Earthquake.
The Boston Traveler published the
following extract of a private letter from
Manilla, giving the writer’s personal ex
perience and sensations during the late
terrific earthquake which visited that
city;
“It would he impossible to give you
an idea of the late earthquake, f.r though
I have road the accounts of many severe
ones, I never could realize the position
until I had felt one, and I never knew
what dreadful destruction it would make
until the 3d of this month. I have heard
nothing talked about but earthquakes
for the past ten days, everybody telling
their experience and giving their idea of
causes and effects of earthquakes in gen
eral. My experience was that I had
finished my soup and was helping my
self to fish, when three or four up and
down bumps came. I ran for the Azo
tea (piazza covered with iron roofing.)
Then came the fearful swing motion
from north to south. I clung to the
post (wooden, which supports the iron
roof,) to keep myself from falling, ex
pecting every moment that the stone
walls which supports the Azotes would
give way, aqd that I should he thrown
into the river with the house on top of
roe. The whole shock did not last over
half a minute, but was an eternity to
roe. The falling of stone houses and
tile roofs was terrific; part of our roof
(weighing seventy tons) fell in. About
300 feet from where I was the tower of
Biqondi Church fell through the roof of
the church ; this tower was 150 to 200
feet high, built of solid stone, four to
six feet thick. Yet the din from falling
churches and houses was so great that 1
did not distinguish when it fell. When
the shock was over, the air was so filled
with dust of lime that I could scarcely
breathe, and there was not a bieith of
air. When the moon rose, later, Ma
nilla was a frightful and dreary sight to
sec. Everybody was in the streets, pray
ing or fleeing with what they had saved,
into the country. For days after, the
people walked the streets without speak
ing. And there was no noise of car
riages, and no bells, in a city where there
were thousands moving before at all
hours.”
A Smart Boy. —A bright little three
year old was sitting in his mother's lap
a few evenings since, when he a.-,ked.
•Are stars in heaven? The mother of
•ourse responded in the affirmative,
when the little fellow put the further
juestion, “Are the s tripes there too. mo
ther?
Terms: i onc dol . lar P er J ear
( it paid in advance.
Hints for Manned People,
It lias been well said that married
couples should study each others’ weak
points for the same reason that skaters
look out for air-holes in the ice—in or
der to keep clear of them. Unfortu
nately, however, they often use their
knowledge of such tender spots for a
very different purpose ; sparing no pains
to give them a rub on every possible oc
casion. Hence “domestic difficulties”
innumerable. Women have immense
power over the men-creatures, and they
know it; but, alas ! they do not always
exercise their influence wisely. The
wife and mother should be the primary
orb of the domestic system, the center
of attraction to all the members of the
family group—for when wives arc “re
pelling bodies,” away go husbands and
fathers and sons, flying off at a tangent
into space. Men should remember that
many of our highest privileges are found
ed on compromises and concessions. It
is so in the world political, and the pol
icy that makes a state prosperous and
happy is not bad as a home policy.
Therefore, 0 Benedick, if thou wouldst
acquire the right to ask a friend to din
ner without notice, neglect not to respond
favorablv when the partner of thy joys
and sorrows hints at anew bonnet or a
new silk dress. It is a faithful saying
that the “wife’s wants is the husband’s
opportunity,” and the converse of the pro
verb is equally true. It is one of the
misfortunes of unregulated families that
both wife and husband insist upon hav
ing (he last word. Nothing can be more
improper. The last word is an “infernal
machine,” and married folks - hould no
more struggle for it than fora hundred
pound shell with the fuse lighted. To
married ladies who find their spouses
not quite so perfect as they had sup
posed them to be, during the billing and
cooing period, we would suggest that
angels have not been permitted to wed
with women since the flood.
The Beauty of Age.
There are extremes, my reverend se
niors, into wlii a we are tempted to fall
when we find ourselves upon the wane.
Declining ladies, especially married la
dies, are more given, I think, than men,
to neglect their personal appearance,
when they are conscious that the bloom
of their youth is gone. Ido not speak
of state occasions, of set dinner parties,
and full dress balls; but of the daily
meetings of domestic life. Now, how
ever, is the time, above all others, when
the wife must determine to remain the
pleasing wi'c, and retain her John An
derson’s affection to the last, by neat
ness, taste, and appropriate variety of
dress. That a lady has fast-growing
daughters, strapping sons, and a husband
at his office all day long, is no reason
why she should ever enter the family
circle with rumpled hair, soiled cap, or
unfastened gown. The prettiest woman
in the world would he spoiled by such
sins in her toilet. The morning’s duties,
even in the store-room and kitchen, may
he performed in fitting, tidy costume,
and then changed for parlor habiliments,
equally tidy and fitting. The fashion of
the day should always he reflected in
woman’s dress, according to her posi
tion and age —the eyes crave for variety
as keenly as the palate ; and then, I hon
estly protest, whatever her age, a natu
rally good looking woman is always
handsome. For, happily, there exists
more than one kind of beauty. There
is the beauty of infancy, the beauty of
youth, the beauty of maturity, and, be
lieve me, ladies and gentlemen, the beau
ty of age, if you do not spoil it by
your own wvnt of judgement. At any
age a woman may be becomingly a/ul
pleasingly dressed. — /fount- ho Id Word. s’.
The Sword of Montgomery,
An Avon correspondent who was re
cently at Quebec writes :
!; Arc you aware that the sword of
Montgomery is still kept in Quebec ?
On a visit there a few days ago I was
informed on credible authority that a
Canadian there still retains the identical
weapon which his father took from the
body of Montgomery on the morning
after he fell. The statement was that
this man went out early in the morning
to see what had been done and found
the body partly frozen. He took the
sword and kept it. He lived to old ago
and then bequeathed it, with a written
statement of all the circumstances, to
hi-: sou. who has preserved them to this
time. Is not this mutter worth an exam
ination ? I mentioned it to the gentle
manly American Consul there, Mr.
Ogden, who seemed to be aware of it.
How it would electrify the heart of
every patriot to have brought home at
this lute day the sword which Montgom
ery carried to the wails of Quebec. I
tried to see it, but failed on account of
missing an appointment, and, coming
(Wav had no further opportunity.
NO. 5.