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From the Sunday Mercury. LONE JACK. UY I.IEUT. J W. TILDKN. Almost every village has some peculiar objeet of tradition upon which it prides itself. Apart from its magnificent scenery, the little village in Virginia to which we now refer, had nothing of espopceiul curiosity for the traveller, except its hermit, “Lone Jack,” as lie was culled, a mysterious solitaire, who for about twenty years had made his abode in a cavern near the brow of the mountain — one of the lamed 151ue Ridge—at the foot of which the village sunned itself, and, like most Virginia villages, slept. Absolutely nothing was known in the village of Lone Jack's history, other than that he had come there from parts unknown, bought the whole mountain, furnished the cavern for his permanent home, made a clearing aronnd it, and had a garden there. From time to time he would descend to make purchases, or could he .-eeii sauntering through the village or the woods around, holding small converse with any one; and often he could be espied at the very topmost point of his elevated homo, reading, upon the rocks, or gazing with folded arms upon the sublime landscape which encircled him. He was now see mingly a man of sixty years, full six feet in height, and well proportioned. His full flowing heard swept his massive chest, and added much to the impressive majesty ol his countenance, liis eyes were large, dark cavernous; and melancholy and firmness bent in the refined expression of his features, w hose benevolent cast rendered their sombre character the less forbid-
ding.
A Mr. Mountfort. a Georgia planter, wi h his wile, travelling North to escape the excessive heats of their warmer cli mate in summer, and tarry ing in this village on theii way, heard of Lone Jack, and determined to pay him a visit. Marly one bright morning thu^ were pioneered up the mountain-side, and met the ‘done y cirtn to at work weeding his garden. Dismissing*tho guide, Mountfort approached the old man, who bowed a welcome to his visitors. Explaining who they were, Mountfort hoped he should not bo regarded as a trespasser upon the privacy ot one, who, he had heard, was aveii-e to humru soci “Not always," replied the hermit, w ith a faint smile, leading the way to his cavcin and beckoning them to follow,where they were soon seated, in a capacious and comlortiy furnished.cavity in the rock, his abode for a score of years, perhaps the abode of wild beasts before him, from the creation down. “The ‘old man of the mountain’ maybe somewhat misanthropic, but lie is no churl, though not over-fond of visits from mere idle sturers; and visits from these are now fortunately few." “I suppose you must sometimes weary of this loneliness, and the. sight of the human face is then not distasteful to you?" “I have never regretted my choice of an abode," replied the old man; "habit is second nature, and thoughtful minds can people solitudes. L know 1 should feel more lonely in the society of my fellow-creatures, and can truly say that: “ I love hot man the less, but Nature more From these our interviews from which I
steal
From all 1 may be, or have been before, To mingle with the universe and feel What I can ne’er express, but cannot all conceal.” Further conversation induced Lone Jack to volunteer his guests an outline of liis life. “My story may be tedious to you," said he, “but its peculiarity is not without interest. Though I was born in the North, where there are no slaves, I have yet been, like ycu,a slaveholder. At the age of thirty five I was a poor man with no near relatives. At about that time the death of a kinsman in the State of Mississippi made me his sole heir,, and I went there to find myself rich—the owner of broad lauds and many slaves. “The novelty of the transaction made it highly pleasing for a while; but my own good fortune could not dull my sense of the misfortunes of others. 1 had been educated in adiffeicnt school, and I could not view with pity and disgust a system of unpaid labor, some of the concomitants ol which were the buying und soiling of human beings from bondage to bondage; the sway of absolutism in a free country; the arbitrary parting of kindred at the will of a master; and the power to whip and brand human flesh. 1 felt guilty in the possession of wealth, resulting from no merit of my own, but wrung from the sweat and fatigue of humble, benighted creatures, born with no friend save God, and yoked for life, without a crime and without a hope. I therefore did much to ameliorate their condition, though for a few years I did not make up my mind to free them. “Among my slaves was a really beautiful mulatto. Negro blood certainly could not have predominated in her veins. Her features were regularly and finely cut, and her form und movements were grace itself. You may have seen such. The red color came and went in her complexion, at sudden emotion, as visably as in a
whiter face. Her voice was music, and
her eyes were like stars."
The visitors smiled at each other. “You may wonder at my rhapsody, and yet more when I tell you that I lov-
ed her.
Sympathy is often the forerunner of love, and here it was heigtened by admiration and a peculiar sense of wrong. I often regarded her in secret meditation. ‘There,’ thought I, ‘is the innocent offspring of undoubted guilt—the more heinous because the intelligence and style apparent in her, show that mind and education .were coupled with unbri-
dled passion, checked—not
garded as with it.
my absolution for connection
“Journeying awbile. restlessly, from place to place, at last 1 fixed upon this spot for my home; but here, for twenty years, I have dwelt in peace with God and nature, my books and thought of
her.”
“Is it possible that you can still be influenced by that singular attachment?'’
asked Mountfort, wuuderingly.
“It is. I never loved but once," said the old man, solemnly. “Some natures, I believe, cun love many times. Mine is
not one of them. That poor, despised, which they should have hut to me beautiful, elave, is the only suffered to ihadow forth earthly idol I have ever worshipped.—
their own shame in the future, and swell Her image haunts me still. It made me
a!_ _ I » ... -
the calendar of soufcin chains. “I loved her, but still it was repug-
nant to my Caucasian blood to marry her; and yet, the more my pride struggled, the feebler it became before the power of love. Will you believe it? 1 finally disclosed my affection, and proposed to marry her. And will you be-
lieve still further? Though convinced . .. - j
of my sincerity, she refused mo. IShc was ’ gray here in my solitary fortress, but not
in love with another,and a black—one of desolate. There is a
the recluse I am; it contents me still to be so. I can glory in the sacrifice w hich blasted me. It makes my solitude sublime. I glory in the sacrifice which I forbore to make when I would not force her to be mine, but shielded her alike from the destroyer, from the pangs of disappointed love, from slavery, from poverty, from myself! I have grown
my own slaves.
“My disappointment was thus doubly mortifying. Rut. thank Heaven! I had honor as well as philosophy, and I did not abuse my power, though my heart was writhing. I could not con<|uer my
love, but I eounquered myself."
“That is a rare case, under such cir-
cumstances," said Mountfort.
“I fear so," returned Lone Jack, a deep sigh escaping from his ([uivering lip. “Rut let me infold the seijuel. A neighboring planter, having seen her by
chance, came to me
her. 1 declined. He urged me hours, offered a large amount, doubled trebled it; bribed, swore, and begged by turns. iStill I refnsed—my firmness increasing the more ardent he became. I suspected his motive, lor I knew his character; and I would not part her from
her lover.
“The man went away hating me for it; and making a handle of my Northern birth and extreme kindness to my slave, he excited prejudice against me. One day, on my return from a journey of some miles, 1 hcuid shrieks issuing from my house. At a distance, I saw one of my •boys rush toward the house, ami enter it. It was I’hil, the lover of the mulatto girl. Hastening to the lioii-e, what was my horror, on entering, to find my neigh bor, who had sought to purchase tlt^ girl, weltering in his blood on the floor; while 1‘liil and Jessie stood by, the latter with her garments torn, and exhibiting all the signs of having been engaged in a deeper te struggle. I understood all at a glance. The villain had taken
nameless happiness
in virtuous melancholy, my friends; and
From Forney’s War Press. “The Hand U Dead."
An Incident i.n the Tour or Gov. CniiTiN.—The panorama of life, in times such as these, is thrillingly varied, intensely enthusiastic, wonderfully attractive. and decidedly interesting. In thus .speaking, we allude particularly to that class of public men who occupy an exalted and proud position in State or National affairs- Of this viass, Governor Andrew G. Curtin has a prominent place before the people of t.'i „ in fact, wo may truly say the wotld. in his pruaent’tour, an incident occurred that caused the tear of sympathy to start in the eye of the Governor. He had addressed a large meeting at Catasanqua, in the mountain region. As the sun was fast receding behind the mountain top, and casting a long shade in the valley, the Governor took passage in the train hound for more level regions. He arrived in Philade'phia indue time, having been met half-way by Colonel \V. R. Mann, and by him and two other warm admirers was conducted to the Continental, where he souglit repose. His nature was well nigh exhausted. The want ol sleep, the fatigue of travel, the eventful
lady arose from her chair, and stood be-
fore the Governor.
The scene that now ensued we leave to the imagination of the reader. A happy hour passed. The girl who hud thus introduced hert^lf was Catharine E. Pjvinson, of Shelheld, Ohio, friho was engaged to be married, but her future husband responded to the call of the President, and she followed him by joining another regiment. He was killed in the same battle where she fell wounded.— She is alone in the world, her father and mother having departed this life years ago. She was the soldier of the 28th Ohio who had placed tbo ring upon the Unger of Governor Carlin, for the kind attention given her upon the bloody
field of Antietam.
The right arm had been amputated about half way between the elbow and the shoulder. The interview finally end-
The Soaped Horn.
Cha; lin Gaddis said, at the commence-
ment of his speech, made recently, that even preachers might get mad under certain circumstances. Ho illustrated
this by narrating the following; At a camp meeting once an old broth-
er was detailed to bring sinners to the altar of repentance by sounding a horn. During temporary absence from bis pest of duly, an unu generated person filled the horn with solt soup. When the brother euuic back to resume the vocation of Gabriel, he discovered the trick that had been played upon him. Said he “ I have been a member of the church lor forty five years and a minister of the Gospel lor thirty five. 1 have never sworn an oath in my life, hut d—p me if 1 don't whip the man that soaped my
hunt. Pretty soon the altar was crowd
cd, and having at last seen her boncfac- cd w ith mourners, and the Spirit's iutlutor, she bade him and his friends adieu, \ cncc was manifesting itself very satis-
the solitude ot these years, though nl-' scenes of his life, the universal hand
TV a t, * . 1. . T*t ■ at ... ’
ways tinged with sadness as I thought of her, has also been glorified by the honorable retrospection. I can look back without a blush, and onward without tear; see ‘glory itr the grass and splendor in the flower;' ‘books iu the running brooks, sermons in stones, und good in
everything—’ ”
“Except slavery," interrupted Mount-
fort with a smile.
“And all other vice,"added Lone Jack,
and wished to buy I “For slavery is a crime, though mayhap
ll<. urged me for you do not tf ink so." “ Not necessarily wrong," returned Mountfort,‘us I look at it. Power over the feeble may bo used rightfully and to
bless them."
“Rut I deny man's right to wield the power of slavery; or that liberty should be limited to those only who have supo riority of mind. If the homely, poor, ignorant feeble, indolent—as the negro is claimed to be—should he enslaved on the account of those attributes, millions of whites should this day be in chains.— Rut such defects invoke our assistance, not our scorn; a helping hand, and not a trampling foot. God never made a slave.
Man s tyranny has done it.”
“The South could not live without
slavery.”
“1 differ with you. If the white could not cause his fields to flout ish so well, he still could live. And better the ground should lie idle than tbit every harvest should sigh over the proof of human persecution. Pirates and other knave* may laugh at principle when opposed to profit; but they give no laws to honest minds, und the end of their gains is evil
wind ami reap tlic whirl-
wind; and of t-his accursed wrong ol slavery, this rule ot might makes right, this vain aiistocraey of color, this denial that the laboreV is worthy ol his hire, is not abolished by manly, magnanimous legislation, the inevitable hour will speedily come when the torpid heart of avarice will be roused from its guilty lethargy, and repent its greed of gain and shameless tyranny in copious tears of
blood."
shakings, the surrounding crowds, the vivacity and vociferations of the thronging multitude, all of which he had so recently passed through, made it necessary
for retirement.
He was to start the next day on some business relative to the defence and protection of the State, iu case of another rebel raid, which seemed to be projected. About ten ir’cloek in the morning there appeared in the vestibule of the Continental a well-bressed young lady. She was by herself. Her face betokened hard usage, that had added to her np pcaranee ten years to her natural life.— She attracted rather more than ordinary attention of the throng moving to and fro through the main avenue of that palatial building. She maintained her silence, and appeared wrapped in deep
thought.
Prc-ently Col. Win. R. Mann came down the large winding marble steps; a slight tap on his shoulder caused him to stop. The young woman stood before him, and said; “Sir, you are Win. R.
Mann, I believe."
“lam, madam; what do you wish?" “I desire to see Governor Curtin." “Well, madam, he is very much engaged at present; is your business pressing
—is it of a public nature?"
■ “I desire to see him; I have come all the way from Ohio for the purpose. I have been to Catasauqua, but (he train
taking with her an order, bearing the bold signature of A. G. Curtin, for one
of Palmer’s patent arms.
Wc had an interview with the heroine. She was modest, although she had led
the life of a was loud in
tin, and is firm in the belief that through | milted an unpardonable sin, he said, his hardworking energy, powers ofphys- | “Ah.” said the preacher, “the blood of ieal endurance, and great courage, he Christ cleanselh from all sin.”
“All except the one l have commit
ted, ’ said the sinner. •
, “What can it be, brother | dor, arson, rape or adultery?"
j “Wor e than that," sobbed the uncoil
vertod sinner.
The minister looked at his stony heart ed sulje t a moment, and then suiting
faetorily except in one heart that -eemed very stubborn. The proprietor of the horn approached this obdurate case and asked him how he felt. The poor sin ncr could not feel his sins forgiven, and
“bold soldier boy.” She he knew there was no use in hispetitionhcr praise of Governor Cur- ing the Throne of Grace. Ilo had com
saved the lives of ten thousand soldiers, many of whom ttill five to bless his name as one of the “few immortal not horn to
die."
-is it mur-
From llie Dayton Journal 2 1.
John Morgan's Chief of Staff, and his
Mistortunes.
Colonel Allston, John Morgan’s Chief of Staff, lias been paroled,und is wending his way South. The Columbus Journal, published a story about him, which went to show that he was a repentant rebel.— “ He spoke in desponding terms of the rebels,” said our cotemporary, but that [“the rebels regard the success of the peace men of the Vullandigham school, as their only Itojie of being victorious.— He looked upon Vullandigham as a trite \ friend of the rebels, and would hail his | election as a promising indication of a speedy termination of the war, by the withdrawal of our armies from the rebel States.’’ This rebel Colonel Allston, decorated in secesh uniform, cut a large swath iu Columbus, before he left on Wednesday, und nobody rebuked him. but on his way to Zionsville, via the Central Railroad, he fell into the hands of one of the faithful. Thu incident was described to us by an eye witness.
Colond Allston
advantage of my absence, and had expia ted his brutal attempt at once. A hatch
et in the hand of I’hil had cleft his skull. 1 They sow the
lie was dead.
“Jessie was wild with fright and agony. 1’hil spread out his arms humbly as 1 entered, and said he ‘Master, you have always been kind to me, und you may hang me now, or hum me, anil I will not blame you. Rut, O, master,
what could 1 do?’
“ ‘Nothing less, and nothing better, Phil,’ said I; ‘and 1 will sacrifice all I have before you shall suffer. 1 would
have dune the same, I’liil.'- % "1 will not argue the point with you, “What with their fright and gratitude, ’"'G replied Mountfort; “but only insist I found it difficult to hurry them off with 'bat, i! an evil and wrong, we did not proper directions to evade pursuit.— originate, but inherited it. W e regard There were no others of my people in now as *be main lount of our exist-
sat with a brawny
a, uui iuc ..an, (; o . l . )er |, 0a j ou one M jj e 0 f t) )ti car, vom-
wa, too late; 1 .rrtvc.t ,n the city thm I iti " ^ , rc whi(l]l his fellow traimorning and mutt see him, he is the only (or mt . ekl acce|>(ed Colone! Granville dear Inend I have on earth. Moody, with his daughter, sat opposite 8uel. an appeal wa. restless. The , j ,cading a-newspaper. Colonel M
gallantly of Col. Mann, as well ns Ins | i . . . •
business, could brook no delay. He re | tired for a moment, and presently ushered the strange lady into the presence of!
the Governor.
was restive, but restrained himself for some time. At last the rebel Colonel — in full rebel uniform—who talked loudly and defiantly, evidently desirous to
sight; and furnishing them with money, and bidding them take a wagon and a fresh horse, and ride till he dropped, and then trust to God, 1 saw them soon out of early reach, at least; and then,unseen, i re entered the wagon I had left, und drove' in a roundabout way, to the village tavern, as if 1 had but just arrived from my journey, and had not visited
the house at all.
“Some hours later, while I was calmly transacting some superfluous business in the village, a crowd of my neighbors and slaves came runtiiiig to me, with the ti dings that the man lay murdered in my house, and that Phil and Jessie had ah- i
sconded.
“The expression of anxiety in my face | was by no means counterfeited, as [ now returned home, unsuspected by any mortal; but my fears were for the fugitives, j not myself. The house was soon thronged, and by various stratagems, I managed > to delay pursuit for hours] and when the wordy investigations were done, announcing myself robbed, I led, the most eager and indignant, in the wrong direction of
the chase.
“In brief, the hunt proved fruitless— , Providence guided the seared refugees, ; and foiled their hunters. Through many perils they continued to escape, from county to county, and state to state; and not many months afterward I received intelligence of their whereabouts, and sent them sufficient means to make them com foituble for life. “In due time the excitement died away; but, continually annoyed with suspicions of being an abolitionist, and thoroughly loathing a system of which I was an unwilling representative, 1 resolved to emancipate all my slaves, and seek a home further North. I was not long iu finding a purchaser for the plantation; it was a fertile and well-ordered one.— Half the proceeds I divided among my freed slaves, as their due, the fruits of their toils and their progenitors for years; and placing them safely aboard a ship, I sailed with them to distant parts, where all, who work in honesty, are masters of themselves, however humble, ignorant, or homely, “Ah, my friends, I, once a slaveholder, did indeed feel like a ‘patriarch’ when l parted with those poor iguorants for the last time, for I felt that I had given them, and theirs to come, their liberty forever; and that the authority of the patriarch had been vindicated, but only by his surrender of it! I could but weep as I counseled them and tore myself from their clinging arms; and their tears of gratitude for release from slavery I re-
cnce ; and it is not in human nature to sacrifice all for principle. Self preserva-
tion is the first law of nature.”
“Ob! Governor, l am glad to see you,
• ii i , , * , . J ’ i uui v ui me said she, as she plated her lelt arm upon y ii i- i bis shoulder and imprinted a kiss upon 1 ’ °
his miiuly forehead.
“Madam," said he, quite
“to what am I indebted for tli.s
peeled salutation?"
‘ .Sir, do you not know me?”
“Take a eliair,” said the Governor, blandly, at the same timo extending one
ol the handsomest in the parlor.
Colonel Mann and the few gentlemen present at once became interested in the
scene, and silently looked on.
“Shortly after the battle of Antietam
is not a means of turned tho old struction. () that
the Snuth would be
you were upon that bloody field," said
“The perpetuation of a mighty wrong she to the Governor. self preservation," re- “I was," replied the Governor,thoughtman, “but of self-dc- fully, with a sigh, as the fe.y f’ul scenes
of carnage were thus unexpectedly
brought to his memory.
“You administered to the wants of the
wounded and the d} ing."
“It was my duty as a feeling man.” “You did your duly well. Heaven alone will reward you, sir, for in this life there is no reward adequately expressive of the merit duo you. You, sir, imparted consolation and revived the hopes of a dying soldier of the 28th Ohio. He
warned in time, and frankly starting with the admission that ‘a man's a man,’ bestow that liberty upon others which they have so jealously cl timed for themselves. What a bright laurel might so be plucked from the Tree of Time!— What a stain washed from the American name! What impending years of agony and ignominy might be averted! What a splendid security of.future freedom, peace and glory might thus gracefully
and easily be obtained! Rut
attract attention—said that it was the duty of the peace Democrats to elect
in. It was necessary to save
them from Lincoln’s cursed tyranny. It was the most damnable tyranny on the
o\ci come, f uc0 0 f the earth. Three months henoe,
you people of the North will appeal to us (rebels) suppliuntly to come up and reseuc you from Lincoln's despotism. Hardly was the sentence concluded i when Col. Moody, flaming with indigna j tion, dashed his paper to the floor, sprung across the ear, seized the insolent ; rebel by the throat, and thrusting bis knuckles into bis face, hissed through ! his tceih, “Yiu i..famous scoundrel! : how dare you insult my Government with your treason? Shut your mouth or I'll crusli every bone in your infernal body." Then the Colonel seized the rebel by the breeches, with force enough, almost, to raise him from his seat. The rebel hastily, and with considerable tre pidation, stammered, “ I'll—I'll stop,
sir 1 ’’
Quoth the Colonel, “yes you tcill stop, you internal rebel ! Stop now, or I 11 ! throw you out of llie window—the train was going at twenty miles an hour—I
j know your right
without
her own voluntary action to that end, the dripping from him, stained your - . ! X! - ..•III » • » ... 1 1 •
as a paroled prisoner;
was badly wounded in the arm; you lift- J' u ,I1 ' M ' '!'! I * K I ' • 11 'i oi of the Got - ed him into an ambulance, and, the blood ""T'"'- !' Ut '} 0C * not .. auth . or ' ie y ,,u
sacrifice must still be made, and soon.— Ileie in my lonely home, I have closely watched tho signs of the times; and what with the haughty spirit of the South and tho fiec principles of the North, I dread the quickly coming cloud
which breathes of civil war,
'I he interview having grown nnpleas antly political, Mountfort asked that the theme might bo changed; and after par taking of tho free hospitalities of their host, and being shown by him the favorite features of his wild abode and its surroundings, with many thanks his visitors departed, too soon to realize the
truth of what he prophesied.
Ohio Generals.
Several of the most efficient Generals of the army are natives of Ohio. Grant was born in.Clermont county, Sherman in Fairfield, Rosecrans in Delaware, Mo1’hcrsOn in Sandusky and Gilmore in Lorain. They are all sons of whom Ohio and the United States may well bo proud. An Ohio newspaper says: — “Grant, Mol’henon, Uillmore, and Rosecrans are of Methodist families. Gen. Rosecrans was probably inclined to the Roman Church by the teuchings.of his motliei, who, though she attended the Methodist Church, and named ono of her sons John Wesley, was all her life sympathizing with the “MotherChurch.” Old Mr. Rosecrans left the Methodists in advanced life und professed Universalism, but the early training of the children was under Methodist institutions. The fathers of Grant and Gillmore are still living. Once Mr. Grant thought he would never send another son to West Point, ns it disqualified boys*for business. Now ho says, “ I thank God that he ever gave mo suoh a sonand believes that “ West Point qualifies very well for some forms of business.’
hands
and your clothing. That soldier was as
dear to me as life itself.
“A husband?'' said tho Governor,
“No, sir.”
“A brother, perhaps?"
“No, sir.” “A father?" “No, sir." “A son?" “No, sir.” “A lover?" “No, sir."
Tin! little party around were more interested than ever, if not a husb.tiid, father, brother, son, or lover, who then,
could it be?
“My dear madam," said the Governor, at length breaking the silence, “this is an enigma to me. Please explain more about the gallant soldier of Ohio.” “Well, sir, that soldicrguve you a ring C. E. D. were the letters engraved ou the interior. That is the ring now upon your little finger. He told you to wear > it, and carefully have you done so." The Governor pulled the ring off, and sure enough tho letters wore there. “The finger that used to wear that ring will never wear it any more. The hand is dead, but the soldier still lives, thunks to vour kind ultuntion on that bloody
field."
Tho whole scene was yet a problem, that even the sagacity of Colonel Mann eould not solve. Tho Governor wa- n w more interested than ever. “Wall, madam,” said he, tell mo all about it. Is this ring yours? i Was it given to you by a soldier whom you loved?" “I loved him as I loved my life; but never returned that love. He had more love for his country than for me, I honor him fur it. That soldier who placed that little ring upou your finger stands before you." saying, the strange
to abuse and insult it. You have abu- | sed your privilege. No man in rebel | uniform shall abuse my Government in my hearing without paying tha penalty of his insolence.” Ry this time Allston s big coppoi head friend attempted to say something. “Not a word fn-iu you! ’ said Colonel M , “you miserable copperhead; you sal here and li-tcncd to this rebel's treason, without resenting it; if you hud a grain of manhood, you would have saved me tho necessity ol interfering. Not a word fiom you or I'll take you in hand. You are moaner than this rebel.” That settled the fellow, and he subsided. A third attempted to interpose and was aumninrily dried up in a similar manner. The rebel Colonel sunk back into the corner of his seat und tried to look composed, but his mind was evidently “all tore up.” He did not oven whisper again while the gallant Moody was on the cars Col. Moody was right. He hud shed his blood for bis country; knew that a paroled rebel bad > no right to insult tho Government whh h protected him, and justly felt it his duty to teach the villain a lesson he would not forger. A few instructions ol this character will put a stop to the insolence of these scoundrels who insult us with
their treason.
The Original Peace Man in American
• History.
Proclamation to the Citizens and SMAiert
of the ( nitrd Sttites :
You are promised liberty by the leaders of your affaire, but it there an individual in the enjoyment of it, saving your oppressors? Who among you dare to speak or write what he thinks against the tyranny which has robbed you of your property, imprison your sons, drag you to the field of battle, and is daily deluging your country with blood? Your country once was happy and had the proffered yrare been embraced, the last two years of misery had been spent in peace und plenty, and, repairing the desolation of the quarrel, that would have set the interest of Great Britain and America in a true light and cement-
ed their friendship.
I wish to dead a chosen hand of Americans to tho attainment of peace, liberty and safety, the first objects in taking the
field.
What is America hut a land of wid- ! ows, orphans and beggars? Rut what need of argument to such as feel infinitely more misery than tongue can express ? 1 give my promise of most af1 fectiouate welcome to all who are dispos- ! ed to join me in measures necessary to close the scenes of our affliction, which mu. t increase until we arc satisfied with the liberality of tho mother country, which siill offers us protection from all t:ixcs but such us wc think fit to impose
on ourselves.
REN EDICT ARNOLD.
Oct. 20, 1780.
Now wc appeal to all candid men, whether that is not the very Yallandighum doctrine of this day. Was there ever a more striking illustration than that before us? Benedict Arnold s proolamatiou is merely amplified in Vallaudigliam's Niagara Fulls address.
the Duty of
the action to the word, said .
“W ill some brother hold my coat?— Here's the damned rascal who souped my
horn."
The preacher whipped the sinner, who, soon alter receiving the punishment, be
came thoroughly converted. Money to Soldiers' Families.
Among the monuments of Governor
Morton's unceasing regard for the sol-: * ‘ *‘^p‘ diers, is the complete system adopted by ai * lu iiiib,y and forcibly defin?l the duties
him for distributing their money to their °f loyal men :
families. For a year or more lie sent agents to the field at tho time ot payment. who took the monev to iodunap-
A Democratic Paper on
the Hour.
The Roston Herald, ono of the oldest Democratic papers in New England, thus
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money ,
oils and there expressed it to its des itiutiou ; but this system proving both expensive and unsutikfactuty, as it requires a great amount of traveling, und then often left the most remote regiments un visited, and therefore unaided, besides being constantly liable to loss from robberies and captures, he bus adopted a system of allotment which enables every soldier, however remote from ordinary lines of communication, to send his money borne free of expense, except the cost of expressing from Indianapolis to its destination, which is less than halt the expense of expressing from the field, even when the express lines arc within leach. It is free from the objections to the allotment system adopted by the Government, as it eonti'niplutes an allotment at each pay day, when the soldier knows bow much is due him anl how much he wishes to send home ut that payment. The system has been approved and is enforced by the Fay Department at Washington, and renders entire satis faction. At each pavment the soldier designates on the distribution rolls the amount which ho wi lies to Sen land the peism to whom it is to he sent, which amount is retained by the Paymaster, and a draft on New York for the aggre gate of the company or regiment is drawn in favor of the Allotment Commissioner, who converts it into greenbacks and sends by express as directed on tlie rolls. The Ohio system of dwlibation to places remote from express utnees is probably preferable to this, after the money reaihes tho 8t,ite; but tho ubiquity of this system, its freedom from liability to loss and its avoidance of traveling expenses, commend it to favorable consideration of our ^tatc uu
tlioritins, if indeed the
should not uiideriakj
It is no time now for the men to be grumbling about trifles, and finding fault about this, that and the other. It is no time for brainless demagogues to spout their sympathies for Jefferson Davis anff his guerrilla bund. It is no time for men to be eternally finding fault with the Union army, and the way the war is being conducted. It is no time for men to get up conventions to ay mpsthize with slavery and the slave, for that power is broken, and broken in consequence of the folly of the slave owners. The people should so vote as to sustain the Union cause, and vote for the party or ticket which will be most likely to break down the rebel leaders, and their scheme for a Southern Confederacy founded upon slavery and a military despotism There
is no dodging the question.
The lust act in ‘.his solemn drama is drawing to a close, and free people must see to it that they are not cheated out of tho fruits of their labor. They have gone into buitle and sacrificed their lives lo maintain the integrity of tho Union system of Government. Millions of treasure have been expended for the same purpose ; and now, that the prize is within our grasp, it is important that the advantages gained should not be thrown away in consequence of any fancied mis-
takes of those in power.
Let us wait until the rebellion is over, and until the country is out of danger from any interference on the part of France or Great Britain; and then if men in high places have abused their trusts, the people can vote them down.— It w ll not auswei in this crisis, to place iiicti in power whose sympathies are with the rebels. The only hope left to tho the rebel leaders is that the North will
divide, and that the
I’eace party at tho
the I Noitli may become triumphant. It is the duty of the people in the free States
Government *•
at lea-1 this much
toward conveying money to the families
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of soldiers. As it would save tho risk and the expense of tho transportation of funds to the army which is designed for home, leaving it in New Yoik to honor the drafts with, in tho items of interest and risk and transportation, the Government would be reimbursed lor the expense of such an agency in each State.—
(Y;i. Gaz.
Jack’s Idea of Diunitv.—Tho following joke was perpetrated upon our first occupation of Morris Island; It will he recollected that four boat howitzers, manned by Union firs, preceded Genor1 1 it crept up Folly
to rce to it that the enemy derive no advan; ges in this \v..y by elevating their
to power, to
in
friends in the free States r aid them in their dyUig struggles. Several Russian ships of war—quite a formidable fleet have arrived in New York harbor. Wilkes explains this fact
thus ;
“ The secret of the whole matter is that about two mouths ago, Russia expected to be attacked by France and ! England ; and, should this have happened suddenly u large portion of the Russian fleet, which would be in excess for tho local service of the Mediterranean and Baltic, would have been lockid up and lost to Russia till tho war was over. She, therefore, decided together all she did not require in those waters, and to send theifl ns speedily ns possible, to the friendly harbors of this country, perhaps to be used along with our monitors and cruisers iu the very-probable event of an alliance, offensive and defensive, between herself und us. This was a shrewd calculation on the part of the Russian Government.
Martin Van Ruren's Will.—The will of 1'resideut Van Ruren lias been admitted to probate at Hudson. It is dated January 18, 18G0, and commences as follows : “ I, Martin Van Huron, of tho town of Kindcrhook, county of Columbia, and State of New York, heretofore Governor of tho State, and more recently I’rcsidcnt of the United States, hut for the lust and happiest years of my life a farmer in my native town, do make and declare the following to be my will and testament," Ac,
nl Strong’s brigade, ns
river to the right of the enemy's position After the landing of Gen. Strong's forces had been made, and the enemy routed from their batteries and camps, tho sailors having an eye open to the General results, began to take unto them selves whatever pleased them. One of them caught a secesh mule, and the thought of a ride on said mule having forcibly suggested itself, Jack immediately confiscated a rope lying near by.— With this rope he contrived a bridle, und mounting the mule, he took position on the animal's rump. Tho mule neither fancying the bridle or the flanking po sition which Jack was occupying, began a scries of stops, starts, and kicks, which every moment threatened Jack's equilibrium. While this equestrian performance was taking place—the mule elevn ting himself in every direction, and Jack trying to maintain his seat with nothing hut a fathom's length of rope to help him—a naval officer hove in sight, and volunteered him the following advice:— “Jack, why don't you ride amidships? you will manage him better." Jack, taking advantage in it lull in tha mule's operations, saluted his officer, and with a full consciousness of his rights replied ; “ This is the first craft I ever commanded,
and I think its d—d rough if 1 can't ride ried at the age ou the quarter deck.’’—Xeit; «SWA, milk and petal
AltlTUMETICAL.— Any number of figures you may wish to multiply by B, will give the result if divided by 2—a much quicker operation ; but ycu must remember to annex a cipher to tho answer where there is no remainder, and where there is a remainder, whatever it may be, to annex a five to the answer. Multiply lti-4 by 5, and the answer will be 2,iL£0; divide 'llie same number by 2, and you have 282—and as there is no remainder, you add a cipher. Now take 3'J9—multiply by 5, and the answer is 1995 ; on dividing the same by 2. there is 199 and a remainder, you therefore place 5 at the cud of tho line, and the result is again
1,993.
In Moravia there is a man living, a peasant, who is one hundred and fortyseven years old, and still hale and hearty. He Was formerly a soldier, and re msr-
nf ninety. He lives on