Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 September 1874 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15. 1874.

LOVE IN WINTER. r.OBEKT lil'CHANAN. Gentleman's Magazine. i. Oh, love! like the roses. And every 103 sha'.l fall, For oure as summer closes Tb-y perish, one ana all. Thea love, while leaves are on the tree, And blrdssing In the bowers; Wnen winter comesjoo late 'twill be To pluck the happy flowers." It is a maiden erring, An ancient girl, in sooth; The dizzy room is ringing With her shiill -- of yonth; " The white keys sob a üwirt she tries Each ahriil and shrieking scale; m !i. love is tttie the roes ! ' cries This muslined nightingale. In a dark corner dozing j closed my eyes and ears, And call np. while reposinx, A glimpse fr in other year; A genre-picture, oualnt and l'utch, laeeirotn thjs dark scat, "Tis full of hnman brightness, such As makes remembrance weet. II Kktt leagues of endless meadow In Hoilaud lies tlie seme), V.'htre many pollard shadows ( er nut brown ditches lean; firev clouds above that never break. Mists the pale sunbeams ttrlpe, With groups of steaminc cattle, maie A landscape "after Cuyp." A windmill, and below it A cottage near a road, Where Rome nieek pastoral joet MLzht rnak- a glad abode; A cottage with a gaden, where Trim squares of pansies crow. And, Bitting on a irden chair, A dame with locks of snow. In trim black, tawed andbodiced, With petticoat of red, And on her bosom modest A kerchief white bespread. Alas! the breast that heaves below Is shriveled now and thin. Though vestal thoughts as white as snow btlll palpitate within. Her hands are mlttenc-d nicely. And folded on her knee: 2!er lios, that meet precisely, Are moving quietly. She listens, while the dreamy bells O'er the dark Hats Intone Sow comes, now gone, in dying swells Ihe Sabbath sounds are blown. Her cheek a withered rose Is, Her eve a violet dim ; . Half in her chair she dozes. And hums a happy hymn. En t soft ! what wonder makes her Mart And lift her agd hend. While the faint fluttering of her h'.art Just touch her cheek with red? The latch clicks; through the gateway An aged wisht steps slow. Then pluses, dotting 8irai?ht way His broad brimmed Ray chapeau! jjwal low tailed coat of blue so grand, With buttons bright lteslde, He wears, and in his trembling band A nosegay, ribbon tied. His thin old less trip lightly In breeches of nankeen, lbs wrinkled face looks brightly, S.- rosy, fresh and clean : For old he is and. wrinkled plain. With locks of golden gray. And leaning on a tassek-i cane , lie hobbles on his way. ' Oik. skylark, s'neing over The silent mill hard by, To this so happy lover Singoat with summer-cry Ho hears thee, though his blood is cold, She tears, though deaf and weak; he stand to greet him. as ol old, A blush upon her cheek. In spring time they w ere parted Bv some sad wind of woe ; Forlorn and broken-hearted Each faltered long ago; They parted: halfaceuiury Kach took the path of pain lie lived a bachelor, and she Was never wooed sgain. But when the summer ended, When autumn, too, wan dead, When every vision splendid Of youth and hupe was tied, Again those twain came face to face As in the lonzngo; They met within a sunless rlaca lu the season of the mow, "Oh, love Is like the roses. Love cornea and love must flee! TJefore the summer c osea Love's rapture and love's glee!" Oh peace! for in the tarden there He bows in raiment gay. Doffs hat, and wit n a courtly air

Fresentshisiond coquet. One day in every seven. While church bells softly ring, The happy, silent heaven Beho.ds the self-same tiling; The gay old boy within the gate. With nbbons at his knee; "When winter comes is love too late?" O, Cupid, look and see. Oh , talk not of love's rapture, When youthful lovers kiss; What mortal sight may culture A xcene eo sweet as this? Feide her now he sits and glows, While Drim she sits, and proud. Then, spectacles upon his nose. Heads the week's news aloud. I'nre, with no touch of passion. True, with no tinge of pain; Thus, In sweet baboath-lashion, They Ue their loves again. he see? in him a happy boy Swift, agile, a uioro US-eyed: lie Rees in her his own heart's joy, Youth, hope, love, vivified ! Content there he sits smoking His Ion? Hutch pipe of wood; 1 Jo-wiping oft and joking, As a gay lover should. And oft, while there in cwmpafcy They smile for love's swee. stike. Her snuff'box black she hands, and be A grave, deep pinch doth take! There, gravely Juvenescent, In sober Sabbath joy, Mingl ng the past and present. They sit, a maid and boy "Oh, love 1 like the roaes!" No! Thou foollsa singer, cease ! Love finds his flre&ide 'mid the snow, And smokes the pipe or peace. SEWS AND GOSSIP. The tower in honor of Abraham .Lincoln, on Newman Hall's Church in London, is the lirst monument to a foreign luler ever erected on English sou. It has been decided by a county court judge that the Northwestern University, Illinois, not exempt from taxation, being an institution usea ior pront. A medallion of John Wesley is to be placed In Westminster Abbey.and under it a representation ' in bas-relief of Wesley, preaching on ms lamer a grave. Mr. J. A. Froude has started on his tour of the world, lie nailed on the 23d ult. from Dartmouth, England, on board the Walmer Castle, bound for the Car e of Oood Hope. A Jewish rabbi in Loudon i3 sa'd tobe at tracting large congregations, uenuies as -well as Jews, by the lervor and eloquence of his preaching. lie is named ilirsh Dafuon. Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris will not return to this country until some lime in the winter, as they have visiting engagements in Eu rope which will consume all of their time until the first 01 January. Home Journal The experiment of teaching sewing In the Boston public schools general! is to be tried. fiince last October sewitfg has been taught to 1.200 in the Winthrop school, with great BUCCC39. Each class receives eparate in struction suited to its advancement. The Howard University, Washington -with Prof. John M. Langston at its head will open to the public its theological, law. normal ,coiiegiate, ana preparatory depart

mei.ts on the IGth of .September, and it rue Real department on the 1st of October next. It is related of Sir James Siropson.the celo l.rated English physician, that the Duchess of Eucelcugh drove up to his door and sent her footman to tell bim that ehe waited without. "Tell the DuebeRs," he replied, "that Dr. Nimp-son Is engaged with a washerwoman." - Mrs. Harriet A. Tcnny, State librarian of Michigan, has Just received a fine lot of geological specimens collected by Wilbur Armstrong, a lad twelve years of age, in the townshi- ot Ashland. There re niDOiy-six In all. and ninety out out ol the number are petrifications. At a meeting of the creditors and stockholders of the Joliet Iron and Steel works Company of Joliet, Ill., held at the Sherman House, in Chicago, an arrangement was effected by which it is believed that this concern will be able to resume operations within the next month or two. The trustees of Center Coege, Danville, Ivy., offer to receive 40 young men as students, free. The annual expenses of a student whose tuition is free, cannot reach a larger sum than $123, which amount will to principally expended for board. No student under li years of age will bv admitted. In the west vestibule oi the art hall, Cincinnati, is a model of the monument to be erected by th Army of the Tennessee to the memory of General McPherson, to bo erected at Clyde, Ohio. The model is onctbird size, and is a marvel of perfection. Louis Rebisso, ot Walnut Hill, Cincinnati, is the artist. It i3 generally said amongst farmers that a lodgement of the Canada thistle on a farm impairs its value to the extent of five dollars per acre. Five years ago it was comparatively unknown in Missouri, but now its purple head and thorny leaves can be frequently saen along tne railroads, from whence it is generally creeping Into the adjacent fields. The order of St. Stanislaus, with the additional decoration of the knighthood, conferred by the czar of Russia on Mr. MacGahan, tho correspondent of the New York Herald during the Kbivan campaign of 167Ü, for the distinguished part taken by him in that campaign, has been received at the Russian legation and forwarded to Mr. MacGaban at New York. A scientific expedition has been organized in Germany to p3netrate into the interior offricaby the river Congo. In the interior an old Dutch factory has been secured for tho members of the expedition, in which thev will remain during the rainy season, and which will assist them in keening opan their communications with tbo seacoa';t. When tho rainy season ends tho party will proceed, tinder good escort, to the region of the cataracts, which no European traveller Las yet explored. THE BLACK HILLS, ortnr.ns from headquarters so tbt-spass-iso toi;k allowed a letter to the GOVERNOR OF DAKOTA. " Washington, Sept. S. Since the declaration of Gen. Sheridan that no one would be. allowed to visittho Black Hills country without authority lrom the interior department, meaning its authorized agents, that department has been in receipt of a large number ofletters asking permission to go there, and for tho benefit of a large class the following letter is made public: De r a tvtm ext or the Tntkriou, Washington, Sept. 8, 1874. j Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the tilth Inst , referring to tho associations that are forming for the invasion of that part of the territory embracing the Black Hills, notwithstanding the existing treaties with the Sionx Indians, and requesting Puch Huggestions for the guidance and benefit of the Vitizens of tho territory as may be considered appropriate hy the" department, and in reply wonld say that in the second article of the treaty between the

United States and the different tribes of Sioux Indians', concluded April 20th, 1303, vol. 10 tt.;f. üo-i , p. txib, tne united lates 8grce that the following district of country, to-wit: commencing on the east bank of the Missouri river, where the 4Cth parallel of north latitude crosses the same, thence along me low water marie down the said last bank to tho point opposite where the northern line of tlie State of Nebrr.sk a etrikes the river, thence west across the said river and aloii the northern line of Nebras ka to the 101th degree of longitude west of Greenwich, thence north on the said merid ian to a point where the -Pith parallel of north latitude intercepts the same, thence due east along the said parallel to the place of . beginning, and in addition all along reservations on the east bank of the said river shall be and the same is set apart tor the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of tho Indians herein named, and lor such other friendly trices or individual Indians, as from time to time they may be wtlline, with the consent or the Luited States, to admit amongst them, atiul the United States cow solemnly agree that no jteraons, except those herein designated and authorized so to do, and such ofliears. agents and employees of the government as may be authorized to cuter upon THE INDIAN RESERVATIONS in the discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon or reside in the territory described in this article, or in such territory as may be added to this reservation for tho use of the said Indians, and henceforth they w ill and do hereby relinquish all claims or right in and to any portion ot the United States and Territories except uch as is embraced within the limits aforesaid, and except as nereinauer provided. The foregoing section Prescribes who shall be allowed to enter this territory bo set apart for the Indians, and expressly states that none others shall be permitted to pas over, settle upon, or reside thereon. The only power to alter this provision is that which made the treatv, and then it must be done with the consent of the Indians. What is known as the late exploring expedition of (Jen. Custer is merely a military reconnoissance of the country, for the purpose of ascertaining the beat location if in future it should become necessary to establish there a military post, un the or June last, in a letter to this department, the honorable tecretarv of war wrote on the sutjeci. as follows: "It is well known to the department that at various times settlers in the adjacent country have contemplated expeditions to the Black Hills, and the department has uniformly discountenanced feueh movements, but it has now almost become a military necessity that accurate knowledge should be rossessed by tho army as to this portion of our territory, and for this pur pose onjy is tne present expedition under taken. The question of opening up this country ior settlement rests with Congress, and until action has been taken by that body, this department has no discretion in the matter, but is required and will endeavor to pre ent any violation of the provisions 01 tne treaty before mentioned." For the reasons herein set forth all applications tor permission to visit the Black Hills country will be denied. Very respectfully

your oueaient servant, B. R. Cowan, Acting Secretary, To Gov. J, L, Pennington, Yankton, Da.

VOICES OF THE DEAD. London Spectator. A few snow patches on the mountain side, A few white loam-flakes from the ebbing tide, A few remembered words of malice spent. The record of some dead man' ill Intent The? can not hurt ns, all their sting is gone. Their hour of cold and bitterness is done; Yet deepesi knows and fiercest lashlngeas Bring not such cold or bitter thoughts as these. A few soiled lilies dropped by childish hands, A few dried oraDge-bloo'ns from distant lands, A few remembered smiles of some lost friend. Some word) of love some dear dead ringers penned They are not beautiful for love to see. And death's pile presence seems In them tobe; Yet never living blooms, most fresh and gay, Fill us with thoughts of love bo sweet as they. THE KEIiTUCKY TRAGEDIES.

THE KU-KLUX IN OWEN COUNTY. THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MARSHAL A FULL HlsTORY OF THE TROUIILE ITS OMOIN, PROGRESS, A'D TEKMI'ATIOY Deputy Marshal Willis Russell, of Kentucky, has made a very full report to United States Marshal Gen. E. H. Murray of the late difficulties in Owen and adjoining counties in Kentucky. Tho statement opens by fet&ting that" about the year 170 bands of armed men, disguised and matked, began committing depredations in the vicinity of Monterey and Guestvillc, two small villages, the former being in Owen, and the latter immediately opposite, In Henry county, Thev were known as Ku-Klux, and were in the habit of vfsiting houses of citizens, disguised as stated, in the cizht time, and inflicting summary punishment, without charge, reason, or excuse. ' The parties thus visi ed by them were mostly poor colored mei.. living in hnmblo cabins; bnt they would some times attack a white citizen of the worer class. Some times they would kil the parties whom they visited. Some tiin?s they would whip their victims severely, and would burn the houses in which they lived. They would give no reason ior their conduct, but contented themselves with these summary proceedings without explanation. About (his time four men came to him (the deputy marshal) and telling him that they belonged to the Ku-Klux asked him to join them. They said that their object was TO DRIVE THE NEGROES " from the. State, and that for thi3 purpose thoy had organized as Ku-Klnx. They said that their organization was composed ol good, reliable men, and that their object was not only to drive the negroes from Kentucky, but also all radicals who were in favor of negroes. Upon refusing to ioin them the marshal took cccasion to tell them that, in his opinion, it was a most infamous career, and that he could not join them. Soon alter he heard of outrages rgainst the negro people in the adjoining district, and he still continued to denounce them. IlCDorts soon reached him that his own li!e was In danger, although ho had b?en a confederate soldier. Upon the deputy's temoval to another Jart of the county, they again made threatening demonstrations against him, and once surrounded the bouse and demanded his appearance. 'Still the mnrdors of tho negroes continued, and scarcely a month passed without the record of some horrid outrage of this character. Shortly after this they attacked an old man named Williams, who resided near Guostville, in Henry county. Williams was fix-tj'-five or seventy years of age. Ho had borne an excellent character all his life. They wounded him terribly in the arm. lie was a brave man, and returned their fire, and, it is sa'd, wounded Bill Smoot, who was, no doubt, the leader of the party and Smoot has never denied it. This Bill Smcot -s considered the leader of the Ku-Klux Klan. lie is a terror to tho community. Several years ago ho killed a man named John V. Roberts at Gratz. This constituted; him a hero in his own opinion, and ever since then be seems to take great pride iri being considered a desparado. Hence he became a prominent character in thi3 organization, whose name is a terror throughout the State. After Williams sufliciently recovered, he went to Frauktort and applied to Gov. Leslie. The governor PROM FI LY OFFERED REWARDS for the apprehension of Williams' assailants, and then, through the bands of Deputy Marshal Kussel, one of the party being arrested and put in jail, - Smoot threatened death to the cleput', and followed him about with an armed and masked band of Ku-Klux. The governor said be could do nothing, for the legislature had tied his hands, but he offered all due protection to Deputy Kussel. In July, 1S73, the Ku-Xiax murdered a colored man named Lewis Wilson. Wilson was a peaceful, inoffensivo negro, and resided on the farm of Mrs. Mason Brown, in Owen county. They went to his house in the night, broke open his door, and immediately shot him dead. Tbero were seventeen men in this gaog. Alter murdering Wilson they set fire to hi house nndburnod it to the ground. Wilson, in his dying declarations, mentioned the names of several of the party, whom he recognized. At this point in tho statement, tho exact words of the deputy marshal re given as follows: r After the murder of Wilson, the governor offered a reward of 500 each, for the apprehension and conviction ot the 17 men engrged. A correspondent ot the CourierJournal was sent to,Owen county, who informed me that he had h.id a conversation with tho ROvrnor, and that the governor desired me to catch those men if possible. One of the parties engaged in this raid, a coy about eighteen years of aga, confessed that he was one ot the gang, and gave me names of nearly all the parties engaged. I then arresteJoneof the parties mentioned by the boy, when be also made a confession. 1 took him before Judge Roberts, the county judge of Owen, where he made affidavit to all except lour of tho partj On the following day I arretted three ot them and took them to Owenton and placed them in jail. Tho others hoaring of this, went into tho woods, and threo of tbeui were shortly afterward taken out to Indiana by Bill Smoot. A short time afterward the governor of Kentucky gave me a requisition and SENT ME TO INDIANA after them. I caught one of them, John Onan, who was at the time with Bill. I took Onan before Judge Roberts, and he confessed he was in the gang who killed tr. Wilson, and made oath ' to threo more. The following day after I returned with Onan I arrested Triplett, who likewise confessed and gave the same names as Onan. One of these men were admitted to bail, and two were sent to the Louisville jail for safe keeping (having previously es caped from tteuwentoa jail). Unau was tried in November and acquitted. He did not introduce any proof in his own behalf. Two of his accomplices turned State's evidence, and two witnesses were also introduced who proved his confession. Yet he was acquitted. lie was, however, held to bail for burning the house after being acquitted of "the murder. Similar outrages to the above are then detailed, and, having at this time received the appointment of United States marshal, Mr. Rüssel commenced active operation's against them. He continues bis statement: Last May, James M. Walker was killed and cruelly murdered by William Smoot and John C. Smoot, in the town of Owenton.

lie was quietly walking down the

street, anticipating no trouble whatever, when the two Smoots commenced firing at him out ot Hill's Hotel. Tho detachment of soldiers bad been removed from Owen connty the day previous, as everything was quiet at the time, and it was thought they wonld be no longer needed. The next day these two Smoots, lor whom I had writs of arrest.came into Owenton, and inquind of a little boy from Monterey if the soldiers had gone. Being informed that tbey had gone, the Smoots then replied that they had some work to do. They said that there werp writs asrainst them from the Federal Court for shooting a damned negro, and that they expected to leave the country, but before tbey left that thev intended to fix some damned white men ' who had been instrumental in haviog the writs issued. They carried this threat into execution by killing Walker the same evening. While the 'Smoots were "firing at Walker at least forty of their klan were yelling nil over town, and several of tbf m fired at Walker from the court house yard. He was literally riddled with bullets. Alter this murder, they reloaded. their pistols and leisurely walked out of town, remarking that they had killed on a of the d d radical dogs and that the balance had better look out. The sheriif of Owen connty was in town with three deputie, and could easily have summoned ' a sufheient posse to havo arrested them, bnt made no effort whatever. The town marshal did attempt to make tho arrest, but the Smoots and their klan drew their pistols and forbade him making the arrest, sayiug if he attempted it they would kill him. Sscing tba: tha civil officers did not intend to molest them, and fearing that some of them would waylay the road and shoot me, I dispatched to you for a squad of soldiers, wbicn was immediately sent. Having writs against those men, I scoured tbe hills in search of them, but the county being monntainous and rciuh.and they having so many allies to carry them news, I found it impossible to arrest them. Tho soldiers Mere withdrawn about the 1st of July. As soon as they had been again withdrawn, the Ku-Klux became more boisterous than ever. Tbe details are then giveu of various attempts to kill the deputy marshal, in one of which bands of dieguised men rode into Monterey. The account continues: About 1 o'clock five or six men rode into town ARMED WITH PISTOLS, . ' all of whom were well known KuKlux. Tbey were led by County Attorney Terry, who also was armtd with two pistols, Terry is said to be one of their leaders. - He ' has been known to Fay in his public speeches that he did not like to prosecute them, as he had nothing against tbem, but bis oath compelled him to prosecute them. George T. Mellord, one of tbe men who helped to murder James M. Walker, was also in the crowd. He is a noted Ku-Klux, and has baon known to command them. When these men, came into town a boy came running in and said that there were 15 or 20 men out on the road with shot c;uns, among whom were Green Barr, one ef the Smoots, and Sim. Margolyes,anothcr notorious Ku-Klux. I then believed that they meant to kill me, and went over to Tucker's Hotel, where Tom and Charles Walker were, and then started to go over to the house where the balance of my guards were- We had to pass Hardin's store, where this man MeiTord was standing. We noticed him with bis hand on his pistol, and just as we got to tho corner of the store he made an effort to draw it, when both oi the Walker boys fired. Mellord ran up the street in the direction of my quarters, and we followed him. During this time William Hall, one of the gnng, fired at me with his pistol. -s s On his return to Owenton, Mr. Terry swore out writs lor myself and tho two Walker boys. The police judge of Owenton who issued thoso writs has acknowledged that he, himself, was a Ku-Klux. The sherL't'thon came to Monterey, and stopping at. the edge of .tho town, told a citizwi that he had writs for myself and Tom Walker, and that he was coming to take us. This citizen said thxt he did not think we would surrender, as the road was lined with KuKlux, and remarked that some men, who were then vith tlie sheriff, and acting as his posse, had bon spotted as Ku-Klux for the last year. He said he thought we would be foolish tc surrender to such men. When ttz sherifi came into town I showed him my authority as deputy United States marshal, and told him all the circumstances. He replied that he did not doubt my authority, but said he could not .recognize it, I then REFUSED TO SURRENDER, and although I was perfectly willing to have undergone a fair trial, it would have been death to me to havo surrendered at that time. The -next day tho sheriff came with a posse of over thirty men, most of whom, without any authority, had volunteered their services to arrest me. At least twenty-five of those men were notorious Ku-Klux, and known to be such by the eherilT. Bill Smoot was also operating against us with eighteen or twenty men. without any authority. Smoot was under indictment in the federal court for Ku-Kluxing, and also in the Owen Circuit Court for the murder of James M. Walker. The sheriff at the time bad a search -warrant in bis pocket for the arrest of Smoot. Dick New also bad 20 men acting without orders. Some of these men had been dodging the officers ot the law, and had not been seen before that time lor more than a year. About this time

tbe State troops arrived. They said tbey bad come to arrest all parties concerned. A young man told tbem that if they wanted to catch Smoot and his men. that they were only a few hundred yards off, but they inado no effort to arrest them. They also had an opportunity to have arrested Hoskina and his man, but they failed to do so. 1 think they were acting under instructions of the sheriff. There wero over a hundred men lesides the State troops after U9, and h:id you not opportunely sirrived with your forces, they would doubtless have murdered ns all. Other murders and outrages are then detailed and the statement closes as follows: MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED MEN have been killed, ' wounded or driven away lrom that portion of Owen and Henry counties lyiug on the Kentucky river by the - Ku-Klux in the last three years. These have been mostly colored people, although some white men are included. Among tbe number I will mention Sain Crow (colored) and familyj James Bourne (colored) and family, John Dickerson (colored) and family, Wallace Dickeison (colored), Jordan Mosby (colored) and family, one of bis boys being shot, Levi Fishback "(colored), Al. Towles (colored), and his brothers and mother, Thornton Dunlap (colored). They killed four colored people on Sand Ripple, in Henry county. They have also driven away several white men, among whom are Richard E. Williams (also wounded), Wni. Blasters, CM. Lindall, W. H. Walker and all his brothers, except James M. Walker, whom they murdered. Thev also drove away an old man named Hile's and his family. The majority of the people are all good cizens, and are at heart violently opposed to these KuKlux, but they are under a reign of terror, and are really afraid to express their; opinions, not knowing what moment they will have to pay the penalty. Whenever the country is ridden of these pests, it will be as flourishing a community as it was before the Ku-Klux organization. In conclusion, I would respectfully state that ever since my appointment, I have tried to do my duty fearlessly, faithfully and impartially. Under your instructions'l have been careful to keep entirely in tbe bounds ot my duty,

and ?eel counaeni mat l nave done so,

THE RUINED CHArEL. (Chambers' Journal. Unroofed, lelow the mountain Hands The shriue within the pine-tree's shade: t roru memory, as from sight, the hands Have passed its cruinblmg walls that made. There rose the tower; o'er hill and glen, to list time last raa its peal of bells, If hushed for aye by wrath of men, Or storm, or time, no record Ulis. The priest Is gone ; now Solitude To lead the sou) above Is there; The murmuring Silence rf the wood . Now seems to make responsive prsyer. The winds, pure acolytes naseen. Swing to and fro the dark jlne'shcad. And from the mighty censer green An lncensa aromatic shed. And there, in rain's forgetfulness, For ruin's havoc to atone, AVlth eglantide and ivied tress, Iler graceful work has Nature btrewn. Deserted shrine! how many a heart Has been, as those In ages past, . Beloved, revered, that, as thou art, From man's esteem and love is cast Y'et still, as on thy form defaoed The verdure's cheering tints arise, In each there blooms, thongh wrecaed, debased, Some growth of good for men to prize. HIGHLAND COURTSHIP. Jocky said to Jenny, Jenny, wilt hou do't ? JCe'tr a lit, rjao Jenny, for my tocher good ; For my tocher good, 1 winna narrv thee. E'en's ye like, quo' Jocky; yeniay let it be. I ha'e gowd and gear, 1 ha'e land enongh, I ha'e saven iood owsen eanstn' in a bleuen.

Gangin' in a pleugh, and linkin' over Ihe J lea; And, gin ye wiuna lak' me, 1 can let j et be. I ha'e a gude ha' bouse, a barn, and a byre, A stack afore the door, I'll make a ran'tin' fire; I'll niak' a rantin" fire, and merry thai! we b: And, gin ye winna tak' me, I can let ye be. Jenny said to Jocky, Gin ye winna tell, Ye scall be the lad ; I'll be the lass m xel'; ' Ye're a bonnie lad and I'm a lassie iree; Ye 're welcoiner to tak' me than to let me be. THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. CARPENTERS' HALL. ISTEniSTINO ANNIVERSARY EXEKCISFS AT THE CENTENNIAL OP TUE FIttST AMERICAN C0NÖP.ESS THE ORATION OF HENRY A. DEOWN A PICTCRK OF TITK FIRST MEETING. ' " . The Philadelphia Evening r.ulletin, of the 5th inst., contains a full account of tho annivessary exercises In Capenters' Hall, In that city, connected with the centennial observance of the first meeting of the American Congress. The Rulletin says, by way oi introduction: To-day one hundred vears ago the first Continental Congress met and organized in "Carpenters " Hall, which stands back from Ctestnut street, between Third and Fourth. Tho sacred and ancient edifice has bad an eventful history since it was built, and the nwt important matters connected with that bistory were detailed a few davs aeo. The results which followed the as?mblicg of the lirst congress to consider the oppressions ot Great Britain on her American colonies sre known to every citizen of tho land, and Carpenters' Hall,the place selected by the patriots for their discusssions, has very appropriately been named "The Nation's ßirth-Place;" and many of the relies of the great etruggle.of our fathers aie still found within iisvvalls. The Carpenters' Company ot Philadelphia, the awnexs of the hall, in view of the historical associations of their property, therefore made arrangements for celebrating the centennial anniversary ol the meeting of the Continental Congress. The circular of tho conmlttee s.iys: "A the owners of tbe edifice in which the first Congress of the people (of the then 13 colonies ad provinces) assembled, the society desires to make the centennial a Utting remembrance of the gratitude the nation of to-day owes ' to the patriots of 1771." Carpenters' Hall was appropriate v prenared lor the occasion. From tha llag stall' floats proudy the stars and stripa, the emblem of the nation toia in tho room below, and pendant'lrom the top of the stall to the two lrom corners or the roof are displayed the Hags of all nations. Th9 front ol the building is tastefully drapped with the American flag. The meeting to-day was held in the same room in which tho sessions of THE CONTINENT AI, CONGRESS were held. In that apartment, containing many reminiscences of "ye oldden tyme," were assembled many of our prominent citizens, while the strains from the Lilierty Cornet Band attracted many persons to the outside of the building. It was regretted by the committee that tbe space at their disposal was so limited, as it was desire j to make this a celebration of the people. The organization of the meeting was effected shortly after 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Af er a prayer and an opening address by Mr. John Welsh, tlie elected prtsident, Mr. Henry A." Brown, the orator of the day, then proceeded to deliver an eloquent and leugthy address reviewing the whale history of tne inception of the Congress, and also giving an introductory sketch of previous American historj'. He thus pictures mo3t graphically the lirst meeting of the members of tho Continental Congress: Sunday comes the last Sabbath of the old provincial days. The bells ot Christ Church chime sweetly'in the morning air; and her aisles are crowded beyond their wont; but the solemn service glides along, as in other days, with its prayer lor King and Queen, so soon to be read for tho last timo within those walls, and the thought, perhaps, n6ver breaks the stillness of the Quakers' meetingbouse that a tiling has come to pass that will make their quiet town immortal. Then the long afternoon fades awa3 and the snn sinks down yonder over Valley Forge. The fifth day of September dawns at last. At 10 in the morning the delegates assemble at the Merchants' Colt'ee House. From that poiut they marcnon foot along the street until they roach the threshold of this hall. And what a memorable procession! Th young men cluster around them as thev pass, for these are their chosen leaders In the struggle that has come. The woman peep at them, wonderingly, from, the bowed windows of their low roofed houses, little dreaming. perhaps, that these are the fathers of a republic, for the sake of which their hearts are soon to bo wrung and their homes made desolate. Here a royalist Tory" he is soon to be called turns out for them to pass, scarcely attempting to bide tbe sneerthat trembles on his lips, or some stern browed friend, a man of peace, his broad brimmed hat eet lirmly on his bead, . goes by, with measured footsteps on the other side. Yonder urchin, plaving by tbe roadside, tarns his head suddenly to ttare at this stately company. Does he dream of the wonaers he shall live to see? Men whose names his children shall revere through all descending generations have brushed by him while he played, and yet he knows them not. And so along the street, and down the narrow court and up the broad steps the Concress takes its way. Tlie place of meeting has been well chosen. Some of the Pennsylvanians would havo preferred the State house; but that is tbe seat of government, and the Assembly, which has adjourned, has made no provision for the meeting of Congress there. Here, too, have been held THE TOWN MEETINGS at which the people have protested against the acts of Parliament, and the Carpenters' Company, which owns the hall, is made np of the friends ol liberty. They have offered their hall to the delegates, and tbe place seems fit. It is "a spacious hall," says one of them, and above there is "a chamber,with an excellent library," 'a convenient chamber

opposite to this, and a long entrv where gentlemen may walk." The question is putwhether the gentlemen are natwfiVd, and pawtdin the affirmative; the members are oon seated and tbe doors are shut. The slleuc is first broken hy Mr. Lynch, of South Carolina. "There is a gentleman present," he says, "who has presided, with great dignity, over a very respectablo society, and greatly to tho advantage of America," and he "moves that the Hon. Peyton Kaudolph, inquire, one of the delegates from Virginia, be appointed chairman." He doubts not it will be unanimous. It is so. and yonder "Urge, well looking man," carefully dressed, and with well powdered wig, rises and takes the chaii. The coirunissions of tho delegates are then produced and read, after which Mr. Lynch nominates, as secretarv, Mr. Charles Thomson, "a entleman"." he says, "of family, fortune, and characj A,, thorC"ron. with that singular wisdom which our early etatosmsn showed In their selection of men for all pcls of repponibility, the Congress call into his country's service that admirable man, "the Saui Adams, of Philadelphia, and the life of the cause of liletty." While the preliminaries are being despatched, let us take a look at this company, for it i the most extraordinary assemblage America has ever seen. There are rt deletes present, the representatives Ot llcolonit-s. Georgia has bad no election, the North Carolinian have not vet arrived, and John Dickinson, that "ehadöw slendoras a reed, and pale as ashes," that Pennsylvania farmer who Las sown THB SEEO OF UMPIRE, is not a member yet. Directly in front, ia a seat of prominence sits Richard Henry Lee. His brilliant eye and Roinau profile would make him a marked man in any company. One hand has been injured, and is wrapped, as you see, in a covering of black silk, but when he Fpeaks his movements are so graceful and his voice bo sweet that you forget the defect of gesture, for he is an orator the greatest in America, per-bap-, save only . one. That tall, man, with the8warthy lace and black, unpowdered hair, is William Livingstone, of New Jersey; "no public speaker, but sensible and learned." Reside him with his slender form bent forward and hisfaea lit with enthusiasm, sits his son-in-law, John Jay, soon to be famous. He is the voonsent of the delegates, and yonder sits the oldest of them all. His form is bent, his thin locks fringing a forehead bowed with age and honorable service, and his hands shake tremulously as he folds them in his lap. It is Stephen Hopkins, once chief-justice of Rhode Island. Close by him is his colleague. Samuel Ward and Sherman, of Connecticut, that strong man, whose name is to be made honorable by more than one generation. Johnson, of Maryland, is here, "that clear, cool head," and Paca, his colleague, "a wi.v deliberator." Rland, ot Virginia, is thai learned-looking, "bookish man," beside "zealous, hot-headed" Edward Rutledge. The l'ennsylvanians are grouped together, at one side Morton, Humphreys, Mifllin, Rhoads, Riddle, Ross, and Galloway, the speaker of the assembly. Banding forward to whisper in t he latter's ear is Duane, ot New York, that shy-looking man. a little "squint-eyed" (John Adams has already written of him), "very sensible and vt ry artfnl." That large-featured man, with the broad, open countenance, is William Hooper; that other, with the Roman nos, is McKean, of Delaware. Rodney, the hitter's colleague, sits beside him, "tho oddest looking man in the world, tall, thin, pale, his face no bigger than a lare apple, yet beaming with sense and wit and humor." Yonder is Christopher Gadsden, who has been prencbiog independence t South Carolina these 10 years past. He It is who, routed by the report that the regulars have commenced to BOM CARD BOSTON. proposes to march northward and deieat Gage at once, before his reinforcements can arrive; and when some one timidly saj that in the event of war, the British will destroy the seaport towns, turns on the speaker, with this grand replv; "Our towns are built of brick and wood; if they are burnt down we can rebuild them; but liberty once lost is gone forever." In all this lamous company, perhaps, the men most noticed are the Massachusetts members. That colony has thus far taken the lead in the struggle with the mother country. A British army is encamped upon her soil; the gates of her chief town are shut; against her people the full force of tbe resentment of king and Parliameet is spent. Her sufferings called this Congress into being, and now lend a sad prominence to her embassadors. And of them, surely, Samuel Adams is the chief. What must be his emotion as he aits here, to-day, he who "eats little, drink little, sleeps little, and thinks much;" that strong .man, whose undaunted spirit has led him conn. tryiiien up to the possibilities of this day. It is his plan of eorresKndence, adopted alter a hard struggle, in November, 1772, that firs1, made feasible a union in tho common defence. He called for union as early as April, 1773. For that he bad labored without ceaing and without end, now arousiDg the drooping spirits of Lss sanguine men, now repressing the enthusiasm of ras li hearts, which threatened to bring on a crisis before the time was rips, and all tho while thundering agaiust tyranny through the columns oi the Boston Jazette. . As he was ten years -ago he is to-day, the master spirit of tbe time; as cobl, as'watcbful, as steadfast, now thit the hour of his triumph is at hand, as when, in darker days, he took up the burden James Otis could no longer bear. . Reside him sits his yonnger kinsman, John Adams, a man after bis own heart; bold, fertile, resolute; an eloquent speaker and a leader ol men. But whose is yonder tall und manly form? It is that of a man of 40 years of age, in the prime of vigorous manhood. He has not spoken, for be is no orator; but there is a look of command in his broad face and firm-set mouth that marks him among men, and seems to justify the deference with which his colleagues turn to speak with him. He has taken a back seat as becomes one of his great modesty for he is great even in that but he is still the foremost man in all this company. This is is he who has just made, in the Virginia convention, that speech which Lynch, of Carolina, says is the most eloquent speech that ever was made: 'I will raise a thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march with them at their head for the relief of Boston." Those were his words and his name is Washington. SticQ was tbe Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.

LO'S GRAVEYARD. THORNTOWX STANDING: ON INDIAN GRAVES. Occasional Correspondence of the Sentinel. Thorntown, Ind., Sept. f) 1874. This Is an old Indian town, occupied by one of the aboriginal tribes before it was settled by the whites. The places occupied by our churches and school honsas, were tho places of the councils of war; and the air now filled with Christian songs and the bum of business, was then filled with the wild whoops ol the savage, and the echoes of the war songs. I was led to the above reflectionsby the exhuming in our streets, yesterday, by a company of street hands, the bones of an Indian, together with part of the blanket, which had been looped together by a number of small silver brooches about throe quarters of an inch in diameter, together with what had been a silver spoon and the remains of a very heavy plated silver cup and perhaps some other trinkets.