Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 31, Brookville, Franklin County, 26 July 1867 — Page 1

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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! PER YEAR, i ADTAKcr. 12.50 3,00 it I If XOT TA1D I ADTAXCC to pottage on paperi County. dJ'vercd within this ORATION OF HON. JOHN H. FARQUHAR. Delivered at Shelbyville, Indiana, July 4th, 1867. This morning ushers in tbo Glut Anniversary of our Independence. It is bright in memories of the past and prospects for the future. How grateful wo should to, 'and how grateful wo oro to God who givcth us so plentifully. The harvesi stands ready for tho reapers, and our broad, cultivated land groan with their unparalleled'abundance. Froru all parts of tLi.-t now widely extended Republic wo have assurance that tho agriculturist is promised that rewaru wuicu wad loresnauoweu vj a pro ...showers and warm summer days. i,bero probably never was in tho history of this country a period when all of its interests and futuro hopes seemed so dependent upon and concentrated in tho success of tbo growing crops, i oPinonths you could not take up a newspaper, from the metropolitan journals to tho humblest of our faithful chronicler, that in eorao way did cotalludo to tho prospect and importanco of the expected harvest. It was not confined to the editorial quill, but was tho uppermost theme with tho banker, merchant, lawyer, doctor, manufacturer, roecbanio and laborer, all over this broad land, and was a dependent, but with many unconscious acknowledgement of tbo Divine ProviJcncQ of Almighty God. It becomes us, then, my friend and fellowcountnmen, on this anniversary of Independence Day, to first render thanks unto 11 im as did our Fathers of old, acknowledging our dependenco and Iiis mercy and goodness toward us. We fully realize to-djy the fulfillment of the promise divine that "I will establish my covenant with you; neither hall all li?sh be cutolf any more by the waters of a flood; neither hall there any more be a flood to destroy tie earth." And God said, "This i tho token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. "I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and tho earth; and it flail come t j pis, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall lo seen in the cloud; and 1 will remember my covenant which is between nie and you and every living creature ot all lies-It a . no more become . UllM I IIV IT ti i v I .1 Olltlll m n -1 II. a ir i Iura thill a flood to destroy all tiff I; and the bow fhall be in the cloud, and I will Iobk upon it that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature .of 'nil fie-di that i up.n ihc earth," that "while the earth rctnainctl!, seed tin:o ond harvest, and cold anl beat, and summer ar.d winter. ;y and n;,-!;t fhail pnf reiser .-" - It is the custom vtith all Christian nations rnd people to commemorate with Veron.irg ceremonies Important epochs in tl eir history. To none is it more appropriate than our own. Ours is a Government "of the people, from the people and ior the people." It was founded by the people in dcli mce of repeated failures in the old world, and an:i 1st the predictions nd tiunts of the oppressors of mankind. The day we celebrate gave nw hop, bright joy and a glorious future to the down-tiodden and oppressed of every land. It is tie epoch in the wor'i's history to be commemorated for all timo to conic, by freemen of every land and crcry tongue. Un the adoption of thalhiemorahlo declaration of our Fathers, so well and eloquently read to you M-day, the elder John Adams, ona of its immortal Mgners, wrote, under the insplfjfion of it3 adaption, to bis accomplished wife: "The 4th iMy of July, 177C, will be a mcmorablci'Ot-di in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will celebrd by Buccecding generations as the ieat anniversary festival. It ought toc consecrated us the day of deliverance y solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end , of the continent to the other, from this time forward, forever." "You will think me transported with an enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this declaration and support and defend these State; yet, through all the gloom, lean ece the rays of light and glory. I can fee that the end is worth more than all the means, and that posterity will triumph, although you and i may rue it, which I hope e shall not.' It is u remarkable fact that must arrest the attention of every' intelligent reader, that the men who wcro foremost and most prominent in the struggle for our independence relied with implicit confidence in tho justice of their cause as recognized by Almighty God. They not only appealed to llim in their Declaration of Indopendenco. but on all and every proper occasion acknowledged His interposition in the nfluirs of men, and besought His protecting caro in their every movement. They were emphatically n Christian people, resolved on establishing a Christian Government in thcli-ht of the example of their Christian pilgrim fathers. Thfir embarkation from Southampton on the frail May Flower, nnd landing on this wilderness shoro on tho 2Jid of December. lGl'O, with a confiding childiilto frut in the goodness and omnipotence of God,' was i Neither forgotten nor unimproved by their descendants. They founded-our institu tions on tho broad basis of a frco and untrammeled Christianity,, and started tho machinery in the hands of Christian statesman, who delighted to honor God and cboy his commandments. Washington, Adams, Sherman, Knox, Amen, Pinknoy, Carroll, Chase, Jay, Lee, Livingston and a host cf other brilliantnanies loom up in that firmancnt of Christian patriots tint is to shino on forever, as beacon lights to the truo lovers of liberty, law, order and Christianity. In these somewhat degenerate diys of the Republic, it has been tho pride and

VOL. 0. NO. 31. pleasuro of some men to denounce tho Minister of God, who dared to preach tho unadulterated gospel truth, fearing neither man nor devil. To euch I commend tho cxamplo of tho llev. Peter Muhlen berg, rector of a Protestant L'piscopal j Church in Dunmoro i County, Virginia. ! When tho war broke out. ho was on a bunday morning administering tho communion of tho Lord's Supper to his chargo, statirg that on tho forenoon of that day he would preach a sermon on ''tho duties men owo to their country." At tho np. pointed time tho building was crowded with anxious listeners. Tbo discourse was founded upon tho text from fc'glomon, I 'Thcro is a time for every purpose und lor every woik. mo nenn on numed with patriotic fire;-evcry sentence a-wd in tonation told the speaker a deep earnest ness in what ha was saing. Puusing a j moment nt the closo of Iiis discourse, ho!

repeated tho words of his text, and tbeulous condition that astounded bankers und in tones of thunder, exclaimed: "The politicians ofour own and fort i 'n countries.

timo to preach has passed, the time to fijht has come, and vuitiog tho action to tho word, ho threw from his shoulders his episcopal robes, and stood beforo them arrayed in full military uniform. You may well imagine the thrilling effect on the congregation; tho result was that almost every male of suitable ago present, enlist cd luriuwiin, ana mo soon rose to tho ranw ol Ocncrul in tne army. Wo owe much, very much, to tho j Christian ministry for tho establishment i of free institution by our fathers, ond ; more, immeasurably more, for their maintcnauco and perpetuation in the recent ' great struggle to cowrie traitors and $nn- j .1 j i i I press tluif rtltllion. i Vrnrn tl.irlpon Slnlc wa I, ivo nrnrn f,t

b? a gi:int llcpublio. no' boundl;. in ex-1 pfarcntlv blinded to iho true interests of tent and fertility as to bewilder the im . j he country, advocated n peKel'ul fepcra-a-zination of the mt-st speculative. Wo tijn- 0!ld 0,10 instance, at bast, hinted

then boasted S.Oüü.ÜHO inhabitants, and ' . . .. now veuture the estimate tt Jj.UOU.OUU. scattered trom the Lake or tho Woods to1 tho lliu Grande, on' the South, and from i iL Ivistrrn Atlmtif t. ihn distant i cific of tho West. Cities, Towns, Villages nnd Ilamlets are connected by railroads and telegruph, until space is comparatively annihilated ui.d the gonius and success of man U b.it a seeming plane below that of the ang: !s. In the Arts and Sciences, as weil a Mechanics, in Fainting, Sculpture, Education and all that pertains to true national grtu-tness, wc take rank among the nio.-t favored nations of the Old World, and in the rate that is before ih, doubt not that v;e shall outstrip them all. In tho midst of all tbi3 seeming prosperity, the work of süent abnegation of patriotism and love of the old Hag and the Union, was going un in the Southern States. Tho I-j riy of human slavery was working its tiicnt but sure downfall. Its contact with the superior genius of freedom, free rjeech, free prtvs nnd free libor, daily dt velot cd its deformity and wickedness. I'.i devotees and worshipers, wore the ftift to detect its incompatibility, land in their malignity resolved o:s lft!rrrut;tion. For years, Calhoun and Iiis i followers were schooling the South to this work of oeterioration, which culminared in lUl, under the rrelencc of rc.-isting the fairly expressed will of the people, when electing Abraham Lincoln of Illinois as Ficsidtnt of the United States. When our beloved and matvred President was called to the K.toeutivo department of tho Government, the demon spirit of rebellion had grown sv byld .'ind defiint! that, in 'he opinion id" those then high in authority, but faithful still to the Constitution and the Union, it was unsafe for him ta publicly enter the Capitol of the Nation, and in accordance with their ndvico did actually in disguise enter Washington without escort or public reception. Traitors were planning, scheming and hourly concocting their hellish designs to brenk up and destroy tin best government ever vouchsafed by God to man. On tho day of bis firtt inauguration, in addition to the tens of thousands of loyal hearts that were present to witness the ceremonies of the installation of tho people's President, the roofs of the buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue along which the Prc.-ident elect was to pass, were patrolled by citizen soldiery as indispensable to the safety and order of tho occasion. It w;n the first time my fellow countrymen, in tho history of this proud llepublic, that our President had to ba installed under the protection of American bayonets, and foreshadowed the coming results tint h ive since astoun ded the Nation nod tho Woild. When Lincoln was inaugurated and took hold of the helm of state, what a tempestuous sj.i was beforo him, and ia what condition did he find the country? With State after State "seceded or seceding," the master spirit of tho rebellion had so admirably secured tho control of the government during the administration of Iiis immodiate predecessor, that difficulties nnd cm barras-ments bc.-et him on every side, that ' ..... . I would have appalled tho stoute.-t beurtun guided and unit ll icnced by a firm reli ance on Almighty God and tho unerring instincts of the great mass of our people. Tho army, then ; mere ul full of men, wcro purposely scattered all over Texas and through the Territories nnd Indian country, to tho F.nstcrn base of tin; Rocky Mountains; there were not within reach, with all our railroad facilities enough of tho regular army to protect and lruard tho capital cf the Nation on that in iti 'uratiou dayf ond Genera! Scott bad to call on the citizen soldiery of tho District of Co tun bia to perform the tar-k. Tho Navy was displaying its colors on every distant sei of tho Christian world, and without apparent object or purpo-u other than to bo beyond tho possible reach of tho admiuistration, 6hort of many long months, in their efforts to execute tho laws in support and maintenance of tho Constitution ond tho Union. Tho arms and ammunition of tho Government wcro mttved from tho arsenals and depositories of tho then frco States, to thoso in tho South in such astounding quantities oi to elicit public protest, and the peremptory prohibition from Govern-

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ment, of further removals; and lust, though not least, the Treasury was bankrupt, tho Government in debt, and its trust funds stolen by the retiring official in charge. It was in this condition that President Lincoln took (.fiico and assumed tlio important responsibilities ot his position Without an army and a navy, without arms or ammunition a treasury bankrupt, and tho Government largely in debt, nothin but his own honest purpose, eonf.dct.co in God, nud tho support of a confiding and loyal people could have borne him up for the duties of tho hour. With these ... . . he went to work ai d with a will that demonstrated the mighty power and inexhamtablo means of tho Nation, Armies, Navies, Ammunition und Money responded n 1-y magic to his call, and in a miraculous period ot time oil' Army nnl Navy was without precedent in the world's history, and our finance in Mich prosperAll Kuropo looked on with profound as touMnucnt at our miraculous development and, though in sympathy with the rebels' and confident of our downfall, acknowl-1 edged our incxhaustablo resources and. indomitable energy in their application. It was thus that the mighty resources and power of the pcotdo were developed, and

pious man ot Uodjoutot our weakness was mamicstel our

a. .1 a . real fitrengtli ami greatness ns a Nation, It is u lamentublo truth, nud wo regret that tho history of tho rebellion can not ignore it, that, ut the timo that tho loyal people of the Nation were rallying around tho ll ig nnd upholding the hands of tho President, there were men in our midst. landsomoin bijili position, respected alike I for thJr abillUt'" UM(l SOfial WOrtll, wllO at l,lfl I racf it-ability ol' a South western i ...i- .i r ...it i i. Confederacy, into which Indiana und tho other North wi-slern Sttcs might bo in corporated. Tho real devotion of the great mass of the people to the old flag und the Uni in, demonstrated as never be fore in tho l.i-tory of tbo world, soon overshadowed and hushed, at leat, public expression favoring any other policy than the inviolability of I he Union and preservation of tho old ll ig wilhout ono star less brilliant than beforo. Tho history of this last gieatest struggle of the Amcrtein people to cfa.b!Ish the permanence of Ilcpuhlican institutions, securing life, liberty and pursuit cf liapt iness'' to all mankind, cannot be written by the present, but must be re.--ervcd for the futuro hir-torim. To attempt even a synopsis on this occasion would be futile. 1 can but refer to the great principles involved in the strug g!e as the renewal of that brought to a final solution, as they supposed, by our fat Lots when victory pcrcJied upon their banners at Vorktown. They fought for independence. Wo fought to maiutain and perpetuate it. They fought to secure to lheiutlves and their osterity life, liberty and tho pursuits of happiness. Wc fought, that ail pica born upon tlio soil, or, assylumcd in it, might be guarrantced that whicli our fathers sacrificed so much for. Tl cy fought to establish a more per'ect Union. We fought to preserve and perpetuate it henceforth and forever. They fought for liberty, justice, equality. We fought for the light of nil turn tu be free, as they had. declared them to be comuI 1 bey triumphed after seven year's strug- ; gle, amidst vicissitudes ami trials unprecedented in tho history of mankind, and founded the model Republic, and transmitted it to us 03 a sacred legacy for fut.iro generations. We too triumphed after four year's struggle in a war of gitats bringing out with us our hwior untn iiisüal the Republic 'ri'J, its Christian and Moral senlitoeuls improved the prineipl-s of our institutions Ulhr viiderslmJ, anl above all, the rout of the fftV, the curse of human t'uvi-ry eradicated root and branchy abolished hiucrßtrth and JorevcrmorC. It is well understood that at the inception and outbreak of the rebellion the statesmen of the country had no purpose to make the abolishment of slavery tic object, ami purpose of the war, however much they may have desired it, as doubtless many of them did, but the real and expressed purjiose of the war was as declared by Congress in 1SÜI: "That the present deplorable civil war has been loreed upon the country by the disunioi.ists of tho Southern States, now in arms .-igainst the Constitutional Government and in arms around the capitol; that, in this national emergency, Congres banishing all feeling of mere assion or le-enlineiit will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this Wilis not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation or purpose of overthrowing ?r interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to fend and maintain the supremacy of d.i. the Constitution, and to pre.-crvo tho Union, .11.1. 1! 1. 1 with ail tho dignity, equality, nnd rights ol tne several biates unimpaired.' That tho Congress wcro right in assumption that tho war was forced their upon thj country by "Southern disuuionists " men ueeomo .ouiucm rtnt in the l.opo of maintaining nud perpetuating thereby the cfrs'- (;' Kilian j'.n ry, is settled beyond all dispute by tho mouth of tltcu own chocu Vice President. Though it was nU lodged und persisted in that tho "occasion of the rebellion was the violations of the constitutional lights of the Southern States by Congress and tho Northern States, and the election of Abraham Lin coln, of Illinois, ns President of United States in lSiJd, the real cauo of tho rebellion was the lonir cbeii.-hcd purpose ol bouthern politicians nud states men to establish a .Southern Confederacy on tho basis of human bondage. Tins principle), was publicly announced by .Stephens when ho declared that: "The foundations of tho new Government aro laid upon tho great truth that slaverysubordination of an inferior raco is tho negro's natural and moral condition; that it is the f'r-t Government in tho history of

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' the world base! upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth; and that I tho stooo which was rejected by tho lirst i builders is, in this edifice, besoua tho Ichief stone of tbo corner." It was thus defiantly avowed that in the Government of our Futhcrs as transmitted to us. human slavery was rejected, but in tho new government proposed by tho rebels I human slavery was rccogmzcu ai great, ! physical, philosophical and moral truth, j and was maue mo corner awu i ' government us "tho Mono rc-jectc4 by the ! first builders is, in the now cd. dice become I.I f A . . S? 11. A AAf II AI ' I 1 It ( llA rtono of tho cornor. On tho 11th day of April, lSu'l, tho advocates of human sluvcry, then becomo rcbols against their government, Grcd upon'FVt futnter and finally compclio J ft sui rendered' Mujor Anderson a tit', his small foico f gallant j neu then reduced to the poii lion. This was tho first Iii niVof starvarRce in the history ofour government, that, that time honored Hag that had waved over and pi OtOJted Washington, Ha mi I ton, Warren, Green, Moultrie, Moigan, Marion, Knox nnd Lafayette, amidst the dark hours of the revolution, had been trailed in tho dust and dishonored by men claiming to bo American citizens. Tho news Hew on and over tho wires with lightning speed, into every city, town and hamlet of tho Republic. '-It thrilled tho heart of the Nation and developed the patriotism and loyalty of the twenty millions of people in tho free State. The sublime und universal uprising of the people to vindicato tho insulted flag of tho nation, to preserve tho integrity of Government and tho unity of tho llepublic bud no parullcl in history, and was worthy of a free and christian people." Love for tbo flag must succeed our love for the Uniou. Cherisji it my countrymen; inculcate it as ono of the first and most precious lessons to your children, and let its love be transmitted as a legacy more highly prized than jewels or precious metals. "That flag,' said Henry Ward Decchcr, ' has ever been tho symbol of liberty, and men rejoiced in it. It went everywhere upon sea and land, carrying the tidings and tho hopes if freedom to tho nations ot the world. Our llag means liberty; it means all that tho Declaration of Independence meant; it means ull that the Constitution ofour people, organizing for justice, for liberty, for happiness, meant. Our flag carries American ideas, American ; history and Aincrioan feeling. Uegining j with the colonics and coming down to our I times, it has uuthcre I and stored t-hieflv this sutocme idea Divine riht of liberty in man. J.vcry color mentis ji tt rty ; every thread means liberty ; every form of star and beam or stripo of liht means liberty, ngautz;d iiistif utfotial ebcrty, I.berty through law and L.v through libWr'y . ' ' "Under this flag rode Washington and hi.s army. Before it, Ilurgoyne laid down his arms. It cheered our armies, driven' from around New York, and on their solitary pilgrimage through New Jersey. This banner streamed in light over their heads nt Valley Forge and at Morristown. And when the long vears of war were di lwing to a close, underneath the folds of that immortal banner eat Washington, while- Yorktown surrendered its hosts and our Revolutionary struggle ended in victory. It waved thus over that whole historic period, and over that period on which sat tho immortal Convention that framed our Constitution. In the -war of IS12 that flag still bado defiance to the imperial power of the British Empire, and waved in victory on land and sea. How gloiious, then, has been' its history! In all the world is there any ether banner that carries such hopes, such grandeur of spirit, such soul inspiring truth, as our dear old American llag, made by liberty, made for liberty, nourished in its spirit, carried-in its service, and never, not once, in all the earth, made to stoop to despotism?'' Though wc celebrato to-day the anniversary of our fathers' independence, wc may with great propriety, commingle with it, that second grand delivcrenco, wrought t ft. out ty the loyal people of , the llepublic under the lead of Abraham Lincoln, tho chosen head of the Nation. Wc may search the world's history in vain for its parallel. Tho magnitude of tur efforts seem fabulous. "Wc furnished of volunteers during tho war, over two million of men, One hundred and sixty-five thousand men were recruited in one week; and G2Ö battles and skirmishes were fought, in which the blood d our gallant fathers, brothers and sons flowed freely and willingly lor God and liberty. The voluntary contributions of our people to tho popular loan, in lour years, amounted to 2,700,00!) dollars. The Christian Commission sent to tho fitld to dispense to our toiling, fighting and praying soldiers, the truo bread of life, and expended in their behalf more than C.Jmiliions of dollars. The Sanitary Commission, with its 7,000 Societies dotted all over tho loyal North and West, followed our armies wherever tluy went, anil distribute 1 lo, 000,000 of dollars in supplies and money; and to crown all, wherever the soldier suffered und languished, whether on battlo field or in hospital, there wero geut'e and refined women, to bind up bis wounds and watch for his every want and comfort. After vain resistance, says Bui croft, "Lincoln, who had tried to solve the question by gradual emancipation, by colonization and by compensation, nt last saw that slavery must bo abolished, or the liepublic must die ; nnd on the Lit day of j January, lSlj.'t, ho wroln liberty on tho j banners of tho armies." Py that proclai . i . i. . i t . . . . niation, no shuck mo ieners irotn three million of s1aes, and subsequently said, in advocacy of a qualified sull'rag in their behalf, that "They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep tho jewel of liberty in the family of freedom." From tho i.isuing-of his freedom proclamation, tho tide of success turned in our favor, and victories and campaigns wcro won, until tho laud rang with triumphant shouts that tho rebcli had laid down their arm, and law nnd order reigned one

more. Wbilo the shouts of victory and rejoicing were yet on the lips of the people at tho final overthrow of tho rebellion, their cnnio u wail of lamentation and distress, announcing that Lincoln, tho beloved, tho good, the wise, the great, was dead stayed by tho hand of tho ussusian. Tho laud, in tho twinkling of an eye, was turned into mourning, and great, strong mcu went about weeping hko unto children. It seemed impossible that ho who in bis last mesbago had declared that: "With id a life toward none, with charity for ull, with firmness in the right, hs God gives us to eco tho right, let us strive on to finish the w ork we are in ; to bind up tho Nation's wounds, to caro for hint who shsll have boruu tho battlo, and for bis widow and his orphan to do all which may achieve aud cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves; and with ull nations," could be thus struck down after the accomplishment of so great und so good a work. Tho Nation mourned us never nation did before, as they bore him to his last resting place in the great valley of tho Mississippi. The a?th C ongress observed fitting and becoming obsequies of tho death of this great und good man, and the great American historian, G'corgo Bancroft, as orator thus appropriately closed his masteily oration, ."llurdly had Abruham Lincoln, our then President, teen consigned to tlio gruve, when tbo pritno Minister of England died, full of years and honors. Palmcrston truced his lineage to the time of tho conqueror. Lincoln weut back only to his gruud father. Palmerston received bis education from the best scholars of Harrow, Ldinburg and Cambridge, Lincoln's early teachers were tho sileut foresft, tho prairie, the river, and the stars. Palmcrston was a skilful guido of an established aristocracy; Lincoln a lover, or rutbor ä companion ot the people. Pulpierston was exclusively an Englishman, and made his boast in the House of Commons that the interest of England was bis sbibolclh ; Lincoln thought always of mankind, as well us bis own country, and served human nature itself. Palmcrston from his narrowness as an Engliscman, did not endear his country to any one court or to any one nation, but rather caused general uueasiness and dislike; Lincoln left America more beloved than ever by all tho people of Europe. Palmcrston was self-possessed ond adroit in reconciling the conflicting factious of the aristocracy; Lincoln, frank and ingenious, knew how to poise bimsell on tho "ever-moving opinion of the misses. Palmcrston was capable of insolence toward the weak, quick to the sense of honor, not heedful of right; Lincoln rejected counsel given only as a mutier of j.olicy , and was not capablo of Lcing wilfully unjust. Palmcrston, essen uaiiy supeinciai, utiigniea in Dinier, anui knew how divert grave opposition byplayful levity ; Lincoln was a man of infinite jest on bis lips, with a saddest earnestness at his heart. Palmcrston was a fair representativc of the aristocratic liberality of the day, choosiug for his tribunal, not the conscience of humanity, but the House of voiniuous; jjincoin iook io ncait me eternal truths of liberty, obeyed them as the commands of Providence, and accepted the human race as the judge of his fidelity. Palmcrston did nothing that will endure; Lincoln finished a work which t time cannot overthrow. Pu!merston is a shining example of the ablest of a cultivated aristocracy ; Lincoln is the genuine fruit of institutions were the laboring man shares und assists to form the great ideas and designs of his country. Palmcrston was hurried in Westminister Abbey by tho order of his Queen, and was attended by the British aristocracy to his grave, which, after a few years, will hardly be noticed by the sido of the graves of Fox and Chatham ; Lincoln was followed by the sorrow of his country across the continent to his resting place in the heart of the Mississippi valley, to be remembered through all time by his countrymen, and by all the peoples of the world." In all ff those four long years of battles and grand achievement, our own boloved J'tate, ever true to the duties of the . hour and the demands of humanity,pirticij fated conspicously and won through the gallantry and prowess of her noblo sons, the highest meed of praise. All that wo lost, through the false representations of the chiif rebel in a former war, was regained in this; and the name Indiana, which from bis falsehoods and slanders at Buena Vista had become a faj-icord and nproach, is now honored and respected j wherever the out Hag limits. In imitation ! of the Bomm citiz-Mi, proudly may wc siy, the old fla I am an Iudianimi !" To individualizr among so many g'ilhnt men, that we gave for tho cause of Vnion and humanity, may prove iniuious,but I must bo indulged in the mere mention of our old, tried, truo and ever loyal friend and neighbor, Gcn'l Plesant A. llacklennn, who so loved bis country and humanity, that he freely pave his lifo that tho Nation might live, and we and our posterity enjoy forced' the basing of republican government. I'aire tg his ashes, lunor to his memory ! On tho Ith day of July, 1SC3, pome of the gallant men with us to day, doubtless celebrated Independence day at Gct'ysburgh, amidst tho clash of arms and artillery sallutes of contending armies. Many of you that hear mo participated in the "Grand Army of the Bopublio' in saving tho lifo of tho Nation. Wc rejoice together ot tho consumation of tho groat achievement, and ns our lathers left ns tho Bo public oemonte! by their bloo.I, we likowise transmit it to inWoritv rinli.ilnicl in the tears and blood of a grateful people. . r ...

hile it l.i not in tlio power of. frail liu- ' gets ociweeu uic oiunacis, urinKS repeatman nature- to forget Andcrsotiville, Helle jedly f the hot water, perspires about thir-

Islo and Libby Prisons and tho thoiu.-i ofour bravo men and comrads tints-) inhumanly perished there, wo muKt likewiso remember tho great army of noble martyrs who perished under thn flag nnd for tho ; flag oud our common humanity, o t the f.OO buttle field dotted all over the, great llepublic, ( Tbo Capitol of the Nntion selected, and '

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tia corner stone thereof laid by Woshington himself, Is on tbo rim of a great basin, overlooking tbo cities of Washington, Georgetown and Alexandria, through which gently flow the waters of ths Potomac, washing tbo base of Fort Washington and Mount Vernon, where repose the mortal remains of tbo first President. Around the rim of that great basin ore entombed in oro than 20,000 of tho heroes of the strugglo that secured to us and our posterity, "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." To this sacred spot, millions of lrecdmen will pilgrimage for all time to come, that they may drop a tear for ths departed heroes, and Ichoid ; the embodiment of tho Nation's greatness, culminating nt its great national hc.ii. All over the fields of their great Operation a grateful government, ever mindful of their sacrifices and toils, are gathering together tne remains of our brave men and decorating their tombs with flowers and becoming monuments. Washington gate us tho Republic, Lincoln saved and perpetuated it. For 11 time to come, in the life of tho Nation, our descendants will commingle and commemorato these great epochs in our history, and with them tho names of ll(uiington and Lincoln as tbo founders and Saviours of tho llepublic. Wit and Wisdom. New AxtOM. A thorn in tho bush is worth two in the hand. How do wo know that Pharaoh was a carpenter? Why, he made Joseph a ruler. Few men get their life's labor accomplished without some heart aches. Habit is a cable. We weave a thread every day, and at last wo caunot break it, He who serveth none but himself is a slave to a Foo!. He that hinders not a mischief when it is in bis power, is guilty of it. The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. Tho prettiest thing for a bonnet Is a pretty face. I'll bo round this way in a minute, as the second hand said to the pendulum. Tho golden days of Juue are full of promiic of ripa harvest; so let tour life bo goldca to-day, and promising more tomorrow. Why is tho toiling of a bell like the prayer of a hypocrite ? Because it is a solemn sound by a thoughtless toogue. Good-nature, like the bee, collects sweetness from every herb. Ill-nature, like the spider, sucks poison from honied flowers. I can't find bread for my family." said a lazy fellow in company. "Nor I," "replied an industiiou3 miller ; "I'm obliged to work for it." 1 The newspaper is a sermon for the thoughtful, a fibrary for the poor, and a oiessing io evcryoooy.- ioru xrougiiam called it "the best public instructor." A KlTUAUsnc Kiddle Why was Eve i the first ritualist convert? Because she j began by being ev-angelie, and ended byj taking to Vestments, I We may lay in a stock of pleasure, as j we would lay in a stock of wine ; but if we deter the tasting ot tnera too long, we I shall find that both are soured by age. I "Have you not mistaken the pew, 6ir? blandly said a Sunday Chesterfield to a stranger who entered it. "I beg pardon," said the intruder, rising to go out, "I fear I have ; I took it for a Christian'" A great thinker has said that "egotism is an infirmity that perpetually grows upon a man, till at last he can not bear to think of anything but himself, nor even to suppose that others do." . - 'S Letter from Gov. O. P. Morton. Tho Indianapolis Journal of the Sth, containes the -following letter from tho Gov. to a friend in that city, dated Hot SritiNGS, June 17, 18G7. Mr Dkau Fiuexds: Wo arrived on the 2nd of June, after a tedious and tiresome journey of nine days by rail, steamer and ambulance The last sixty miles from Littlo -Bock we traveled in an ambulance over the worst roads I ever saw, fording deep streams, through deep mire, and up and down precipitous rocks, where it would apparently be impossiblo for a wagon to go. The Hot Springs are found in a narrow valley, between two low ranges of the Ozark Mountains, running nearly north aud south. They issue from the mountuJn nn ol A nf tfii valtnir- utirttit ' fifty feet above the base, and aro nearly nr... -i .i.-i i " i fifty in number. I he water varies in temperature from 78 to 138 degrees and is carried by wooden troughs into the tops of small bath houses, at the base of the ; mountain, situated on tho bunk of Hot Spring creek. Tho patient first enters the dressing room, where he is disrobed and orenared for the bath. Ho then troes back into another where ho enters' a large tub Glied with water us hot as he can bear it. I He remains in this five or six minutes and j then goes back further into the vapor room. This is a small close room, having! for its floor an open wooden grating, boncath w hich is a reservoir of hot water, j Ho sits down on a littlo bench, and finds by his sido a tin bucket filled with hot water from iho spring, and a tin cup. This water he drint.s frerlj), so hot that it almost burns his mouth, and, strange to say, discovers that ho likes it, aud that it does not ' ma k o hint sick. And now, if his skin is! not as impervious us parchment, he will perspire ns b never diJ beforo. After leinaining in tho vapor a few minutes he goes back and ogaiu enters tho hot water. ata.V 'hat a niinuto or two, is then ! rubbed off and dressed, goes to his room, i ' . i ....... 1 1 ... i. . i .i

andsjiy minutes, is ii.-cu inoroiigiiiy rubbed,

puts on dry flannels, dresses und goes to dinner with aa oppttitc, The powers of these baths to produce perspiration is ex"aorui nary, i na.i no perspiration below tho waist from the timo of my tirt attack, but tho second bath here brought it out profusely on yj limbs, and now I can perTirJ " " ''jhody.

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TraniUat dtrt!ooU ibu!d la all ci la tald for In adraar. -.-.. i .. UaUn a particalar ttma ti s p'B4 am Ktd ia, adTrtiimBti will b pablliatd an til rdertdoat aoJ charjtj aecordinfly. . Tho people her?, and throughout this country, havo faith, amounting almost to fanaticism in the powers of theto atM to cure every chronic disease, except cbu. sumption and affections of the heart. And, from what I have already seen and beard, I believe they may very nearly, U regard cd as specific for rheumatism and neuralgia. Persons are pointed out tomoeterr day, Walking up arid down thi valley, who were brought hero a Tow weeks -or. rnowtlm go helpless, and oo bds or Uttels, are now apparently well. The weather in this secluded little volley is comparatively cool and pleasant, certainly much moies? than at Indianapolis, aud we sleep under a blähtet cvtrj night. We have no mosquitoes, gnu, and very few flies. Tho valley is to. deep and narrow that the sun disappear behind the western crest by half past four in the afternoon, aud leaves us in the coot shadow. The water possesses aome remarkttblo property which evn cbtmistry has failed to dicovt-r. It is tasteless, but many people drink it hot with as tnue-n avidity as if it was ice water, and it is said that with the aid of pe pper, salt and a little butter, it makes a very palatable soup. The country around ia wild, iuouiitaneous and very sparsely populated, ths most of the settler living by fishing anl hunting. . Game is abundant, and we havo venison on tho table three times a day, and this is almost the only article of laud tlml is not bi ought fluni the North by way of ' Little Bock. There arc about four hundred visitors from every part of the United Stute and Mexico, 'i hey are of all styles, aud represent every species of disease. , We hear very little politics discussed! That subject is by common consent, ignored, and it is sometimes amusing to lies i people talk all around it, apparently afraid to rel'r to any thing eeu leuiutely political. Tho mail comes but once a week ; com' (in SfitiirHii und Liirud iIih notl im that , j . ..... , J this letter will not start until next Saturday. Newstovtiu becomes news tor tus about teu dsya utter. These mountain valleys arc very fertile and capable of growing any thing that is produced iu Indiana, but our potatoea, flour, beef, birtjr, driel puc'.ies, liominy, beans, etc., arc all brought from the North; These springs are the most remarkable in tho world, aud when roads are made and facilities for travel opened, this will U tho greatest watering place and summer resort on the continent. Very respcctfulily, yottf friend. o. P. Morton. A Clergyman was once accosted by I doctor, a professed unbeliever in religion, wiio askea nini u e loiioweu preacning to save soulsl "Yes." "If he ever saw a soul?" "No." . "If he ever heard a eodi?" "No." , ,;lf he ever fasted it soul?'' "No." J "If he ever smelt a soul?" "No." "If ho ever felt a soul?" "Ves.". ; , . . . . . , "Well," said tho doctor, "there are fouf of five senses against one upon the question whether there is a soul." 'J he clergyman then asked ?T he werÜ a doctor .of medicine "Yes:" "If he ever saw a pain?" "No." "If he ever heard a pain?" "No' "If he ever tasted a paiu?" "No." "If he ever stcelt a pain?" "No." "If he ever felt a pain?" "Yes." "Well, then," said the . a clergyman "lucre are alo lour senses against one upon the question whether there is A puin; aud yet sir you know there is a pain and I know there is a soul.'' Gifis: .. ... , There are two kinds of girls. Ono is the kind thut appears best abroad the' girls that ate good for parties, rides, visits ttc. aud whose chief delight is in euch, things. The other is the kind appears" OCfc HI Hume -1 110 tlTIf llial are USMUI and cheerful in the (limnr rnnin and cheerful in the dining room, sick-room and all the precincts of home. They diGer widely iu character. One is orten a. torment at home, tho .ptljcr a blessing. One is a moth, constlajing everything about her: the other is a sunbeam, inspiring light and gladness all around her h'ghw-y. Th right eJucation will modi l3 Uü,u m,,e' " J n,Ui urm the rotu) Tla,,,1 ol ' ("",- The Newspaper 33 an Educator: There is nothing that pays so well according to the pii-.-e of tl iu a family of children going to1 s.-hool. as the local pa--per. It discourses t.i them about matters in which they fcl n dtep interest of familiar things thin of a IocjI nature about which tl.ey delight to read. You may observe that it is a general rules that iu families in which the newspapers are taken, the children tire good readcrt and well informed: The man who do'c most has the cabt time to talk about what ho doe. Tho atteiuot to rend many book often ends in thoroughly readin none. He who enters upon a cafcef of crliDO muil come to a halt or a loiltvr. A man hanging is better than a vagibond he has vi-iblo means of suppoit: NAfTfr.u. Why Is it impossible ii get a firht-elasH (tfuiKnn !i servo on board a brig ? Becu n. good man mii nerve two master.