Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 30, Brookville, Franklin County, 19 July 1867 — Page 1

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- All abo4Bt iBtertlont, per tqnare YIARLY. : Ob otaaaa, BBBfMbU qurUrlj......TV 00 Throe qaartora f eolamm ...... ...... vr - . 15 tl On -,8 art r of eol t mi. ' 01 OBB-edgBthi ef s MllBt .........- 1' 00 ' Traasltat advertiiemeaU saauld la U (14 ff IB BdTBBM. .-' TY - ..tt.1.. lima la an.ill.J wtB b dlB.advertiiementt will be pablithed antil ereredeat aad eh ara-ed accordingly. , 4TH OF JULY ORATION AT MT. CAR MEL. .... By nev. J. W. unamn. Ladies and Gentlemen; All nations in rery age, have had their great events to -celebrate. -The ancient peoplo of God bad their feasts of tabernacles, passovers and jubilees. The classio Greeks and Romans held in sacred remembrance the days and , place marked by the mighty achievements of their renowned heroes. We, too, hate a da v. ever to be kept in sacred memory a day marked Dy one oi me grandest and most important events of ancient or modem times th birth f Amer.icflA .Jndrpendjncc . ;; " - . "" Many grand historic recollections crowd . the mind. , We are carried back to the rtime when our ancesters were wandering iathewood3 of Germany, and along the banks of the Caspian Sea. We see them .'mors than thirteen hundred years ago, and animating their institutions with the fpirit "of freedom. We see Columbus piercing the medieval darkness that covered the Atlantic, and behold his discov ery of this new world. Ve see our ancient fathers of 'four-fold extraction, through whose veins coursed the Anglo, Saxon, Danish and Norman blood, entering upon their grand mission in this western wilderness of America. We witness .the Pilgrim Fatlers, near two and a half .au. ft m . A A 4BIalArt nV TIBTIiPP II I I I I II Mf ritK the perilous ocean, and thirsting for liberty of conscience, landing at Plymouth, aoU in. a savage wilderness laying . deeply and broadly the foundations of our institutions of learning and religion. We see the Colonists indignantly denying the constitutional rights of Great Britain to ' tax them on written instruments, earnestly protesting against the tax on tea, and finally throwing cargoes of this commodity into'Boston Harbor. We'are reminded of the assembling of the Continental Congress at Philadelphia on tho 5.h of September,' 1771, and or the adoption of (the important resolution suspending all commercial intercourse with Great Britain. Our hearts are stirred, wheu we call to mind the first blood shed in the ltevo Jution at Lexington on the lüih day of April, 1773. Wc eeo tho travo Colouists aeuing the forts, magazines and arsenals, organixing regular forces, sending expeditions to Ticonderoga and Crown Point, dislodjjiny the Uritish force at Boston, taking th eminence called JJuuker a it its . ... . fmm I. breastworks amid the Gereo caunonadiiig -4Wm-Hi.il! .lilnn nnd battel id. We aii ill iiiii r .June. uij. luivniuuui' ee Itcneral llowo, wilu hi reo tuousunu Tegular troop, dashing against ouly tif. teen hundred American patriots. We witucits the fill of ono thousand and fifty- , four Britons and four hundred and fill) three Americans. We sco tho thirteen Colonies uniting in tho Articles of Cou federation, wisely relating (Jeorge W'ush-in-'tou as tho CotauisnUcr-iu-Clttut' of the n ... ....I .i.. Amerirsn lories whom wc see catubliahiiig his hcaJijusrters at t'atiihridgo on the -nü of July, 1775. We witness tho gallant attempt of tho Americans to take pisses ... sion of Canada under General Montgomery. We sec Montreal sunendcring with out resistance; our troops amid a terrible JJcct tuber snow storm 'attacking the , Mrvogly fortillcd city of Quebec; the fall of the lamented Montgomery; Washing. . ton iu the winter of 177li iuvcatiug Bos ton; on the 4th of March planting Iii baltiry on Dorchester Heights, and on the 17th compelling the British General Howe to abandon the city. .... All these great historic facts and events 'touching our national cencrology, and I God's preparation for tho establishment or this wtua-spread ilepuUhc, arc ot thiill. ing interest to every true American, They,. were preparing tho way for the greatest event in the annals of the nation, -r Hitherto our fathers had been content ..with, mere Constitutional Liberty uuJcr the British Crown, but uow a uow and broader thought enters their heart and ', mind. They thirsted for Xationa l Jude- ' fun de iter, licnca tho adoption of the imperishable Declaration of American Independence on the 4th day of July, 177C. The glorious idea of freedom, which had , laid upon the heart 6f humanity for many . 'thousand years as a dim sentiment, 1 ninety-one years ago to-day found. a clear and manly utterance in the sublime langusee of this Declaration. It is a conccnIratiou of the wisdom and patriotism of ages a chain of self-evident maxims and '( universal truths a grand epitome of political philosophy -a mighty out gushing of the innate sentiment of mankind, and -a manifestation of the providence of God atirring the great souls o our revolutionary fathers. . It. goes back of. all precodentVagna'chartas, and constitutionsis not satisfied with tradition, but transUtes from God's own handwriting upon the very constitution of human nature, .tho inherrent rights of universal man. Its truths, resting as they do on the consciousrpeas of mankind, went abroad in their - atrength and beauty, infusing the fires of liberty into the hearts of millions of the .'Old World. France was stirred to her profouodest depths, and soon broke out in a mighty revolution, whose far-reaching Influence is still manifest in the eteri sal tide of humaa history. list ancient '-monarchy crumbled, and all Europe was convulsed with excitenjCDt. - Such 'was the 1 character, and such the power, of, the political faith proclaimed by our revolutionary sires. On that glad day "then our fathers made this declaration, J Old Independence Bell rang out Liberty Ho he united Colonies; her freedom peals .. rolled along the waters of the Delaware, and reverberated among the neighboring hills and valleys; Then an infant nation Started into gLrious being with an adopt ed faithbut a faith not yet won. The , next step was to maintain it. " . VV This led through continued scenes of blood and trial. But I will not detain you here among the exciting seeooe' of Fort Moultrie, Long Island Whito Plains,

VOL. G, NO. 30. Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Bennington, Stillwater, Saratoga, Monmouth, Camden, Cowpens and Yorktown, but will simply remark that the glorious faith declared was proudly and grandly won upon the battle-field. The articles of Confederation not meeting the wants and demands of the nation, the Federal constitution was adopted. This grand instrument is the embodiment of the principles of tho Declaration, the eternal antagonism of every species of oppression, and the bulwark of our liberties. It was a stupendous monument of the' wisdom, patriotism and sagacity of its renowned framers, and had it been administered in its true and glorious spirit, this would long sinco have been indeed a nation of freemen. Animated with our glorious faith and glowing patriotism, we rodo triumphantly over storm-tossed billows, and attained a proud and distinguished position among tho nations. But whilo we were making vast material advancement, crowing learned, rich and powerful, a canker was gnawins at our national vitality. By a practical denial of our nation's faith, we were preparing for our recent passngo through a terrible baptism of blood and tiro. As a nation we were practically infidel to tho great principles of .eternal justice and freedom. While we declared unceasing hostility to every species of tyranny, made the bold assertioNS that all men are created frco and equal, and thundered these declarations in the ears of all nations until the earth rang again, we held in absolute bondage millions of American citizens, expended blood and treasure for the extension and dominion of tho blighting curse, mortgaged this land of Bibles and sanctuaries to tho hydra-headed monster of humau chattlcship. We converted our free soil into hunting-ground for the baying blood hound and his assimilated but infinitely more loathsome and degraded companions Southern kidnappers, and their Northern accomplices. Not an inch of soil, not even upou Hunker Hill, nor upon the graves of our Revolutionary sires, but what was mortgaged to slavery. The clanking chains, the shrieks and wailiugs of our countrymen, miogled with our exulting shouts of freedom and songs of Christian worship. For ibis wj wcro doomed to receive a terrible but just retribution. '1 he portcntious storm-cloud hung in our political . firmauent, threatening by the disclurgo of its accumulated thunders, to (juench in hopeless darkness the watch lircs of liberty kondled by our Revolutionary fathers. AVer's red" curling fires spread a frightful plaro over tho land; his eartlifjuaLo tread convuUcd tho nation. Christendom was bristled with piercing bayonet, and armies wcro spreading dismay and desolation wherever they moved. Thousauds thirsted for tho life-blood of tho nation, and for tho complete destruction of this grand old Tcmplo of Freedom, reared by tho sago and patriot! of the Revolution. '1 ho tyrants of tho old world would have rejoiced at our national de siruetion. Hoary despots rejoiced over the declension, ol tho Grecian Republic w hen she fell a prey to Macodon, to Rome and tho Turk over tho Roman Republic, when she morged into an oppressive Umpire over tho republio of Italy, when they fell uuder tho yo!e of dukes, granddukes aud maniui.ses; and over stru''iiii2 i ranee, wheu sho failed to established republicanism. But had wo failed iu our sublime experiment of self-government, a grand jubilant tong of triumph would have swelled up from the world's confederated despots, und despotism encouruged by the new trophy wouli have sat more calmly and firmly upon his ebon throne, hoping to sway his iron seeptro over universal humanity. But we rejoice this day that our Republic has not been thus destroyed. When tho rebellion camo upon in, and our patriotic millions saw our national defences surrendered; our revenues collected by traitors; Fort Sumpter reduced to a wreck, and our own glorious star-spangled banner, representing all tho ideas aud sentiments involved in tho struggle of "seventy-six," bow to the l'almetto Hag of traitors, then it was seen that the love of freedom was slumbering in the North, as the thunder in the cloud. When the calif. to arms was made, there was an immediate, spontaneous and overwhelming response irotn all parties and from the cities, villages and hamlets of every free state in the union. The grey haired sire and tho strippling youth came forth eager lor the peril "Leaping from itumber to ths light For ireeUom and for charter J Hight.' When our brave freemen saw Harper's Ferry, Norfolk Navy Yard with eight ships of war, two thousand cannon, and national property worth more than eight million dollars, in possession of rebels, to be used against our nations life, they rosolved to crush the consummated wrong. With brave and noblo hearts, with tho dear old banner floating over their heads, reminding them of all tho glorious achieve ments of the past, and tho bright glories of the future, they took an oath to stand for freedom and the right. While we will hold in sacred memory, and venerate the patriots and sages of tho revolution, from whom we havo received our lo;i a patriP ! 1 I'l ... fll luooy oi civil acu rengious UDeriy, wo win as sacredly cherish tho memory of the brave men, who, in order to prtterve the faith of our fathors, to maintain our grand and glorious Government, to establish tho everlasting idea of freedom, and to givo the world greater liberty, sacrificed the pleasures of homo and offered themselves upon their country's altar. Those dauntless men, before whom the armies of the chivalrous South vanished as did tho hosts of Senachcrib before the sword of tho destroying angol.shall rcccivo tho honor of coming generations. Thousands of these bravo defenders ildcp heucath the green tod, and join not to-day in the nations jubilee. But still t hey live. Their names shall be proudly

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and fondly cherished in the recollections of a redeemed people, and the record of their greatness shall be inscribed upon tablets moreeuduring than brass. Whilo tho muses of Homer and Virgil pour out their sublimest notes over their mighty beroic dead, so the hearts of succeeding generations shall ever bo jubilant with songs of reverence and love for those who have fallen in our country's cause. How ileepthe brave who link to rest, By II their country' withe blest! Hy unnhnd their knell li ruof, Ii anseeo formt tteir dirge is long, And honor eome, rilgritn giajr, To bleu the tarf that wraps their cli j; Aid Freedom ehalt while repair. To dweel a weeping hermit there." The deaths of these brave men shall conduce to the well-bciDg of mankind and the freedom of the nations. .Thrcrugh their valor and their blood, our nation has been emancipated they have nobly maintained the t'rcat faith of our fathers, and sustained the supremacy of the best government on the earth. You may trace back the pages of history until the mind is lost in the dim twilight of antiquity you may linger among the glories of Kgypt, Greece, and Rome tarry awhilo among the colossal pyramids of the Nile the gorgeous temples of Athens and the marble columns of Augustus, and you cannot find a nation worthy of being compared with our own. Go hold communion with the mighty dead with the eloquent Demosthenes tho mighty Cicero talk with Lycurgus. Solon, T beuiistoclcs, Leonidas, Brutus and Jscipio; gather all you can in regard to tho mighty pust from the muses of Homer and Virgil, aud then tell roc, was there ever as free, as great a nation as our? Survey tho nations, tho kingdoms and empires of the present go to England, tho uio.st enlightened, the most religious, tho greatest of them all; examine her aristocracy in community, her monarchy in Btate, her hereditary rank and artificial distinctions, her learning for the distinguished few, her mental illumination for the hights of society, but not for its lowl vales sec how man there has no right to transcoud tho acciJonts of birth, examine her laws. Contrast all this with our Democracy in Society and in State; with the apportunity every min has here in being tho architect of his own fortune and position, with our free schools for the masse, and our jut and humane lawsand tell mo, where is there as great and good a govcrutneut us our own? Then in view ot this unp iralle'e J and priceless value of our government, com puto if you tan our indebtedness to the men who saved it from tho destructive hand of the rebellion. Through them we are enabtod to sing in truth tho anthem song tho jubilcnt song of the nation's freedom. Theirs was n struggle for peace permanent peace. Their great work under God was to remove tho causo of war und commotion. The retina of tho national eye, und that of the imwt clear isionod individu.il, was too limited to reccivo upon it tho urund reoilt and glories of tho struggle. It was not uiurvelous that our national vision was darkened. Great mountains cast shadows of lonpht and darkness iu proportion to their grentnc. So tho mountain sin of slavery cast its long dark shadow over our country and obscured our viion. Rut now it has disappeared, and tho nation tecs with clearer vision. Tho cloud-fall which hung over us for five long years has passed nwny, and the Republio rejoices in her serenity as uaturo smiles after the rocking tempest. Our fathers left us a rich inheritence, consisting not only cf an arena rich in the gifts of nature, but of civil and rcligou freedom. This inheritance was transmitted to us through bravery and blood. We are its present defender; and it devolves upon us mUo to transmit to future egos. Nay more it is our duty to hand this legacy, to posterity greatly augmented.- We should not bo satiaGed with simply being frco ourselves, but should make our freedom a means of securing gra'cr freedom and happiness to succeeding generations. Tho truo greatness of a nation docs not consist in its material wealth, tho vastness of its population; tho cxteut of its territories, nor in its agricultural and internal improvements, but iu its mental culture, and moral elevation in the de vclopmeot of its affections, reason, contcietico. justice, and lovo tu its triumphs of benevolence and truth tho succession of noble deeds. As a nation we have made but our incipient achievements our grander triumph are reserved for the future. There is a manifest teudencv in the enlightened public ruind to ascend to first principles as enunciated by the founders of tho Republio. The national mind, being emancipated, is advancing to a higher level is sweeping a broader horizon. Tho eternal principles of universal justice and freedom are stirring the masses. The reign of freedom has come. As a nation we have paid tribute at the shrino of Slavery for tho last time, and for tho last timo, tho foul systom has bocn consecrated at the altars of our religion. The present is an eventful period in the history of our nation it is a luminous pairo and discloses to distant nations the secret store-house of our power as a f ree peopleour boundless power of self-government and eelf preservation. Freedom reigus to day as a queen in her majesty. The brazen front of Rebellion all bristling with murderous bayonets and fortified with terrible batteries may bo arranged against it: the red sea may be spread before it: it may bo surrounded by high mountain ranges, and hcartloas traitors in tho rear may plot its over-throw, but it leads its exultant hosts to victory. Let its honor be involved, or its life assailed then the uo must stand still over the bights of Gibeon, and the moon over the Valley of Ajaion until the enemies are sweeptaway, and iu reign sublimely vindicated. The wild hurricane of rebellion and treason may sweep over our land upon their missions of wrath; the covert intrigues of corrupt human policy may be employed, but atill freedom is triumphaut and the glorious

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old flag waves in victory over its insolent foes "Vainly the prophets of Baal woull rend it, Vainly his worthipper pay for iu fait; Tboniands have died for it, millions defend it, Emblem of juitisnd mercy to all. Jnitteethat redden the iky with her terror, Mere that eome with her white-handed train, Soothing all pauiosi, redeeming all eirori, Sheathing the labor and breaking the chain, Home ob the deluge of oil usurp&ti on. Drifted our ark o'er the deiolate lea t; This was the rainoew of hope t the nations. Torn froui the turo-eload and flung to thebreese.' We are reachiog a higher plain of antional existence we are gaining brilliant victories not only oo the physical battlefield, but ourc--chievemcnts are grand. During all thetitoeof our recent darkness and trial God was prepariog the nation for victory and advancement. The chief eiecutive was fiTakisg rapid progress in the right direction. The advance steps of Mr. Lincoln may bo fitly illustrated by an important eveut which stands recorded iu ancient history it is that of the passage beyond the Pillars of Hercules. VUicn Coloeus of Samos sailed for Egypt he was driven by easterly &torms to the Island of Platea, and from tbence, Eays, Herodotus, "not without divine direction" through tbe straits into tho ocean. He had not dreamed of the discovery of an enterance into an unknown world, nor did he imagine the new views,and enlarged sphere of ideas to which his accidental expedition led. So with Mr. Lincoln when he commenced hisadmioistration amid the mighty tempest, he did not know that ho was o be driven, but doubtless not without dovine guidance, through the straits into a wider sea a more extended sphere into an unknown world of new, and more exalted ideas and truth. More correct and grander views of government and human rights were grouped within the scope of his vision. Having ascended above tho vapory veil of political sect into the richness of free and boundless truth, he stood before his death, in a large place grasping a vast horizon. The political firmament above him was gemmed with sparkling stars ctcrnai sunff. There was a manifest tendency in his teachings toward the law of chiist as the basis of civil government. In bis last inaugural address, he most clearly and sublimely recognized the rights of God as tho rights of men in civil affairs. Whilo Lycurgus consulted the oracle at Delphi, and Numa the Kgcria, for principles of jurisprudence, Mr. Lincolu consulted the oracles of inspiration. .Especially during the latter part of his reign ho seemed to be towering toward God and tt'uth, aud egarly caught tho bright, ny that came to wakelh natiou to a nobler, grander life. It rdiould ever be remembered that no civil power cuu bo permanent t In: t is not predicated upon tho eternal principles of justice, freedom aud righteousness. The history of ancient nations is full of proof of tho instability of governments not based upon tho higher law of God. As illustrations of this important truth, I would point you to tho proud l'haroahs, thodo haughty monarchs of F.gypt, who trampled God's vhoseu pcopleueneaih tho iron heel of oppression, aud who set ut defiance the rule and power of Jehovah. Whero is Kgypt their prido to day? Her glory has faded like a leaf. 1 point you to Babylon the capital of tho Babylonian Empire tho prido of Nebuchadnezzar, who said of her in the promp of his pride: ' "Is not this greut Babylon, which I havo built for the house of my kingdom by the might of my power and for tho glory of my majesty?' That is now a barren waste over run by Arab Tribes. Tho date groves, tho vineyards and the gardens that adorned the land in the days of Artlxcrxes have disappeared and nothing of iRi glory of those days and that laud is now to be tccn but the rolling waters of the majestic Euphrates. Babylon, once the strong aud the great, "Sets as a widow upon the ground." Tncre is no moro throne for thee, O daughter of tho Chaldeans.' A bosom of desolation has also swept over Nincvah, the capital of tho Assyrian Empire. Where are Tyro nnd Sidon, and Sodom and Gomoruh, and the cities of the plain? Where is Jerusalem, tho gcorgcous capital of the Jewish Empire? Why has sho passed away and her glory departed? All these have been swept away because oi their antagonism to the throno of God. Docs not the hsitory of tho Asyrians, and Chaldeans, tho Egyptians, the Carlhagenians, trie Grecians and Romans prove tho fragility of alj human governments not couformed to tho requirements of the divinolaw. Our hcartsshouldbe filled with unutterable joy that there is even now a manifest tendency among tho nations toward the law of Christ as a basis of civil government. Dr. Trumbull very truly says: ''Tho tendency of even politic in all tbe enlightened nations flows in the same direction. Gerovinus in his introduction to the history of modern Europe, has by a laborious analysis demonstrated this great fact. Through many changes and struggles an advance toward equal, and consequently, universal rights is visible. How strikingly, and beautifully is this developed on the North American Continent. The longing aniLtruglo for these rights is visible ctioJ Ih iu other lands. The end is universal I'crty, a recognition of the rights of Gl V and the rights of man what the ej ttlists dream after, but for the want of sot ichriatian principles and the sun-light wctcrntl truth, they cannot roalizo equality, freedom, fraternity that is, order, unity, universality under Christ and Christianity." The current of cventt $!uce the commencement of the jtrcK-nt century, bears the clearat proof that the nations are generali t concerrjiiiy in their dueovcry und idoption of political truth, to the grand principles lAe broad and comprehensive hatii laid dotcn by Christ for civil society. 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be carried into practical effect, and usher in a politicle millenium. No nation or government can long en dure if not founded on eternal justice and equality. The history of vanished nations of the Tar oil past ; tbe annals ot kunxpe tor the last three score years, as well as the present unsettled and revolutionary condition of the nations of tbe earth corroborate this great this great .truth. See how many European monarchs, during the k'tixty years have been hurled from their thrones! And the present political and national movements of the Old World show most clearly, not only that monarchy is trembling upon it thron' and dreads the christian democracy that is rapidly growin? throughout the civilized world. If we as a nation would stand secure against revolution, convulsion and declension, we must establish our government upon universal suffrage eternal and impartial justice upon the laty)f Christ. When God gave us our national existence, he designed that we should be a pioneer nation, leading others to victory and freedom. Under his guidance and dauntless heroism of the loyal millions, we arc now, what we never were before, aSiation without a manacle and without a sli0 ponent of orprefcßioa throughout the world, r It is not enough slavery's burning curse. This is well eitf n a granu achievement, jjuc as a nation we must be regenerated. We are proud and corrupt. We must be borne oain. God is summoning us to a broader and higher theatre of action, and preparing us for greater usefulness, and richer and more enduring glories. God designs this new republic to be the, exponent and practiclc exemplifier of the fundamental Idea of Freedom. The American idea, is freedom freedom for limb and mind fieedom for every zone. This great cential idea overleaps 'all partisan movements; disdains limitation ; and has its throne in the great heart and affections of mankind. It is an all conquering power a deathless principle. Tlio combined forces of despotism can neither subdue it, nor rob it of a single beam of its brightness. A thousand convulsions may occur; revolution may succeed revolution liko wave impelling wave; States may be doomed to destruction ; republics may crumblo into atoms; our own' great nation may fado away, and still tlfo glorious idea of freedom would live in imperishable glory. It U the light of the political heavens. It was t It is grand idea that inspired our infant nation with invincible courage and i;ave it matchless strength in the days of tho revolution. It was this mighty incarnated idea of freedom, that nerved our d.iuntlc.43 soldiery during the darkest hours of the rebellion ; it was this that enabled tli em to gain tho grandest achievement recorded iu the history of nations, and it is this that shall enable our great nation with free limbs frco powers, with clean hands washed robes and with renewed energies to go forth riding triumphantly over the leagued forces of despotism, defying the fury of embattled winds. It is this great ides, practically inaugurated, that shall cause our republic to bound onwurd, und still onward in its high and palmy career of progress nnd prosperity; it is thia great idea, that shall go forth in the world prostrating thrones, and potentates; reconstructing governments; changing temples of despotism into temples of fieedom ; sweeping tho last vestage of oppression from the earth. The inlands of the sea, and the broad continents of tbe globe shall be its possession. Such is the grand imperishable idea set forth in our Declaration of Independence. It is this great freedom-thought that stirs our hearts to day it is it we read in tho stars aud stripes of that dear old flag. "Th'u prou tcit yinbot on the tea, Thou banner of my native land! The time I near, when every breeze By which thy tturry fud are fanned Shall Lrlnj the name of freedom olear, Mure clear than ever heard btfure, To each expecting b.oJ imin'a ear On evory tyraut-trodJcn höre. Beyond the fire of IlecU, thou hbalt barn, with no unccrlir jWm, And crow J'l of wvrrhitert hll buw To tbue, by many an orient itream. Dull Ejjvpl, itartlo'l In her fon, Shall bail thee Guttering in the Nile! And fearlem tribet of aintiJ men fcalulo theo from their tuvago idle. Wherever other flig may dnro, TvM urry now diMioM and wrong, , Thy radiant heraldry that!' bear -The tokun, earth Um looked for long. The hue of heaven' r ro. belie bow Leu boautlou then nhatl teem than thine, Nor more of peace and bpe bestow Than thy terone, fuelling iga." An Irish hostler was sent to the stable to bring out a traveler's horse; but not knowing which of the two 6t range horiO in the stalls belonged to tho traveler, and wishing to avoid tlio appearance of ignorance in his busiucM, ho saddled both animals, and brought them to the door. The traveler pointed out his own horc, saying, "That my aag." "Certainly, yer honor, I know that very well," said Pat; "but 1 didn't know which was tho other gentleman's." An Awakening Preacher. "Jenny," Bnid a Scotch min inter, stooping from his pulpit, "havo you got a peen (a pin) about ye?' "Yes minister" 'then otick it iuto that sleeping mau by your side Jenny." When is a blow from a lady welcome? When she strikes you agreeably. Why is tho opening chapter of rt novel like the cxtrcmo end of a doz's back bone? Ilccause it's tho beginning of tho tale, (tail,) Politeness. Politeness may prevent the want of wit and talent from Icing observed ; but wit and talent can, not prevent the diseovery of the want of politeucss. nVbat flower Je I jdians like lest ? dianpipe.

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WHOLE NO. 290. Fur the Amtrica n. Now and Then. "Friend vt bars been Sinee one tweet may frit broaht ut iUe by tide; When you do you forget? scarce etood within The turgirg tide AVhUh waihe manhood' eager re tie feet; Friends no more no let and if to ut tbe word. IIa i meaningi deeper than some oa1,hTe heard, And having heard, oould mach lets comprehend. Yet tili the end Is friendship sothiiig more. Our heart Lave beat la time, bat thore'wild fcver-throbi, which tend Lore's Aery inadnnt raihing thro the brain, - tfl no rtain Upon oar altar, conecret "an J blTis " Ecfore voar tool and mine it ttendt to-night, I know too well That this will end; that loon world will claim Your thoughts snd parpoic, joar erery i im, And in the strife ? gain a footing with the great in life, To take yonr stand among the royal fen AVhoe deed are writtea on the teroll of fame Urare onei and true There will be little room for luch st I. Perhap you'll ecarce remember then my name. And all these pleatant day, then long gone by Will come to you, At eomet some far-off, half-forgotten dream; Perchanoo will tecta 1 t ?"no e I only know - . ,', traa ge delijht, ring oat till Of many heart hope thrt our best Love go; While fatet' ttorm finjer writes opon tho door That thuts theui oat. that ad word, "Nevermore' And yet not mine Tha voice to call you back. God peodyoo on! Do noble doeds that grateful hand may twine For yon a crown. But if soma time tha II eome a darkened hoar Vhen fame reoms bnt a hollow cheat, and all You craved of power Has come and brought yon nothing worth recall I If all tbe world secui glided mookery. Oh, in that hour, pray you, come to me. Forget the year That lie between our heart, and onoe again Sit down be'ide me. Thit I ak with tear And claim it at lay right, and I hall then Feel that our f riendrhip wat not all la vain!" Cr L. Vilos SrorawKU.. Three Stories of Mr. Lincoln. The special correspondent of the New York Comma clal Advertiser writing from Chicago, furnishes that paper tho follow ing stories about Mr. Lincoln : STOSV NUMBKa OXE. One summer, years ago, at the close oil a session ot the court at bprinzücld. Mr Lincoln proposed to the judge and lawyerb a horseback excursion to the .comparatively unknowu rtjjon of Illinois lying to tho South and Wct. They had all been wearied with professional labors, especially with a cuso or cases which con cerned tho interference of navigation on rivers by proposed bridges. A recreative trip would bo a good thing for all. Tbo proposition was received with favor, horses wcro procured, and the party started for tho country beyond tho Kaskaskia river, I believe, and cxpectod to reach it in two or thrco duys. Mr. Lincoln only was familiar with the rcirion. About the an ticipated timo they came to a broad sweer of water, und the general expression w&h that tho river was before them. The question arofcc, how shall we cross what appeared to bo tho river overflowed. Mr. Lincoln alone knew that it was nothing but a swale, covered with water ono or two feet deep, but he accceded to the proposal that it was best (as the hortes would, probably they said, havo to swim at the deepest part) that all the party should divestthem selves of so much of their clothing as would tret wet, and fasten tho bundle on theii bucks. o the divesturo wasaccomplished the packs fa8tcued,the hordes mountei.and tho procession, in single hie, bc-ran tcJ move across tlio broad waters, with Lincoln at the head. Imagino the groupc ! What a scene lor a pu inter. Cautiously they niovo on, watching the slow steps ot the horses, with reins secureist . a . . ly nciu, momently expecting tuo p.ungc when they should go down the submerged bank into the deep water of the river. On they move, half way across, two-thi across,' and the water not reaching the horses knees! Yet not a word was spoken, until as they approached tho other side, Mr. Lincoln turned his stead about, end adJre.siri the party with mock solemnity. said: "Is it tho judgement of the Court that a budge across this btrcatn would v.rious'y interfere with navigation?' 'J ho Crier could not enlighten us, but I l .1 . i . . a nave a tneory tnai tne cxpiditioti was planned and executed by Mr. Lincoln for tue take oi Homing up to ridicule some lawyer's argument before tha Court on bridge case. STOltV Nl'.MUEtt TWO. In a certain cae in Court, Mr. Lincoln had ior an opponent a lawyer, whose ez ccllcnt character, thorough knowledge of law, and supreme logic combined to exert a controlling influence over the jury. I hi lawyer (whom we will call Judge Jones) had made his speech, and a most able speech it wns. It was necessary in some way to dissipate its impression, Mr. J. in coin, In reply, opened his epcech'eubstan tially as follows: "May it plence the Courtand pen tie men of the jury, we have just heard the learned and masteriy argument on the other side We know how thoroughly versed is Judge Jones iu tho law. and how upright he is. and we say, really, Judge Jones cannot be mistaken in his position. We also know how truo a gentlemen Judge Jones is, how irreproachable aro his manners and droä; and I presume if I should sty to you that Judgo Jones had put on his shirt wtoog sido ioremost this morning you would rs ' ply, it is impossible and yet Judge Jones has pin on ins in irr wrong sum jurcmost . i t. i j . . . this morning; vou can look lor yourselves, gentlemen, and so in this case he has got things wrong end foremost, and his whola argument is wrong from beginning to end. burtlv enough, the irreproachable liw yer, whilo pondering over hi coming

riBLihiuD EVKitr SiuiMr ttrC. II. BI NC HA 31, Proprlclcr J2ee in the Rational Bank oUdlr., third ury.)

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! 12.50 PFU YEAlt, ix ABvaxct. $3,00 " ir xot tkto iv anvAkTav No postage on papers delivered witlin thi County. speech, had drasseJ hitustlf in the mirtikcn manner indicated. After the laugh had ubbided, contetieut u pot the detection, Mr. Lincoln analyzed the argument of the Judge aud ko. his cute I STOUT NUMBEttTlJ&F.., Tears before Mr. Lincoln was lYc.IJcnl it happened, at the cloe of a uisficr ff business at some hofel in which t-cersl gentlemen were eugaped with Mc. LIucoIn, that a Mr. Whitney led the tirtle to tale something to drink. All assented except, Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Whitney urged hiui, but he declined on the idea that he never jdtank. Mr. Whitney Mill preyed him I saying: 'C'ome, Mr. Lineal rj, pdJ -U m, !fasTTrrTat:er 'iti! VafiiTinlrbS fcevera". and it mil do you good" to which urjr ing Mr. Lincoln finally, in the- Lindners of his heart, assented. The lager made him irrv sich. e It was the firt and tiii.e th-t th two men met until Mr. Whitney j..irir-l the throng on o.ne public reception day t. shake hands with the ht-lured President. Imagine his surprise, as he drew slowly near in the procession that passed in front of the President, tu tee that Ionr arm stretched out to him, and t hear thiit recognition : "How d' you do.. Mr. Whitney? I Lave iiävtr drank of l"gtr since!" Is not that a good temperance story ?