The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 20, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 September 1869 — Page 1

THE NATIONAL BANNER, .. Published Weekly by JOHIN B. STOLL, : LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND. A Al ) B s TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION @ 5 Strictly in advADEe. . .oviviverraearnsinnsess..s2.oo If not paid within three m0nth5,............. 225 If not paid within six m0nth5,............... 2.60 At the end Of the Fear,......corvevsvrsaesss.. 8.00 £ Any person sending a club of 20, accompa-~ nied with the cash, will be entitled to a copy of the paper, for one year, tree of char e.

NATION.;A]Z’ B_ANNER; Newspaper, Bookand Job . 4 N 'g ; ~ : L. S- = v 2 g Hon BN S _.;V q ‘ e AN ‘ - : \ e SR e i!‘. NS ol o s ;&T“gg‘ Al T ) - Tt Nl R SN bt 8 g i S A POWER PRESS PRINTING OFFICE e { ; . We would respectfully ~inform the Merchants® and Businéss men generally that we are now prepared to do allkinds of PLAIN & FANCY PRINTING, In as good style ang at as low rates as any pub- | lishing house in Northern Indiana. “d e Al Michjgan South. &N. Ind’a R. R. On an? after April 25, 1869, trains will leave Stations as follows: § | ; | .| GOING EAST: Gy 7 ! " Eampress. Mail Thain. ChiGREZOO. v vdh s svass DB P Muio., 800 A 0 M, *BIKRArL ..o bebovie e Dedß 4% <O, 12180 », a 0 GOBNON. ivv. s dabisvsia 00308 % .oiiiil 1800 P 2 Millersburg. .. ... 2.(don’t stop).sv.vuun. . 1211 Ligonler].oldliins aot B o oitiolloB Wawakal ..., .....(don"t stoy) ivesbos 1B PG Brinifield . rolve i nies % b 1390 Kendallvillgh ths 00 i3tash -3¢ ... 18180 | Arrive at Toledo ... ...2:00 A ........5:05 ** | /. | GOING WEST: & s il A BOE presss Maill rat‘n:]‘ Toledo . .lovisliohsose o vIBIOB.A, n.....g..10:g0 AM| Kcndnl»l\qillu. Cilonts dae IR KMyv s b v IRO Ps | Brimttald. Dl v visbßedli G b 0000 0048 8 WawaKka, . oo diesvenndl AR R R Ligonier], s/l ndaiiiagoB: oo iav 83107 | Millersburg. . dhoceivssss Vi ko osri B ABE A 8 Groghien LG SR EUG ERTE 88 0 R T BIL o SEcharti. ils e in 008 4 (i imo M Arrive at Chidago.... 9:20 *¢ 2.........8:85. % | *Stop 20 minutes for breakfast and supper. 1 Express leaves daily soth ways. Mail Trainf'makes close connection at Elkhart: with trainggeoing East and West. St b CJ F. lATCH, Gen’l Supt., Chicago. | 4. 30UNSON, dgent, Ligonier.~ * ' g 8 | J.M.DENNY, | Attorney at Law,—AWion, Nobleo., Ind, Will give cdreful and prompt attention to. all business entrusted to his care. 3-6-

«. ' .D.W., C.DENNY, Physician ‘and Surgeon,—Ligonier, Ird. Will promptly and faithfully attend to all calls in the line of his profession—day or nilghlt—iu town .or any distance in the 'countrg. crisons wighiing his® gerviees at nti!ght, will find him at his father's residence, first door east of Meagher & Chapman’s Hardware Store, where all calls, when abseut, stuld be left, i} 1-1 WM. L. ANDREWS, A ";, ;.:,Injf":","':‘?"‘: Surgeon Dentlsto PYs Mitchel’s Block, Kendallville. All work warranted. Examinations {ree. 2-47 - DR. B. W. KNEPPER, Releetic Physician & Swrgeon,—Ligonier. All diseases of the Lungs and Throat successful_y treated by inhalation, "No charges' for consultation, Office with W. W. Skillen, lesq. 1-8 . g 8 i i o o % DR. P. W. CRUM, Physician and Su ySiclai an rgeon, ‘Ligonier, = = = . Imdiana. Oftice one door sotuth ofil. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up stairs. May 12th, 1869,

G.W.Cann. | | W.D.RANDALL. CARR & RANDALL, )o0 “ B Physiciaus and Surgeons, APEIGONIER, - ~ = = = = INDy . Will promptly attend all calls intrusted to them. Office ‘on 4th St,, one door east ef the NATIONAL Baxxer office. . e 848 EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 207, I. O.of 0.F., Mects at thfir Hall on every Saturday ‘ovcning of cach week, 1L R, CORNELL, N. G. A, JACKSON, V. 6. WM. MANNING, Nov. 25th, 1968‘—,~ttf. | ; Seeretary. © A. €. JENNINGS, Atterney at Law, Insurance and Collecting Agent.—Rome Ciity, Ind. : husiness ‘entrusted to him Rmm}ntly attended . Isalso AGENT FOR THE NATIONAL BAN~ ; i January 1, 1868, WorneN ‘& Moßßis, i o |, B Anvono, Ft. Wayne. i Albion, WORDEN, MORRIS & ALYORD, Attormey’s at Law. : Will attend, in.connection, toditigated suits in the several Courts of Noble County. 2-13tf, . THOMAS L. GRAVES, Attorney at Lew ?nd Justice of the Pcace. Will give careful and promst attention toall business entrusted to his care.i-Office in_the building lately occnpied by the First National Bank of Kendallville, Ind, : o . may 22 eel eit ee JAMES McCONNELL, GENERAL QOLLEC TIN G AGENT, COMMERCIAL BROKER. REAL Z4I\ATE AGENT, - SURVREYOR, CONVEYANCER. e " AND 2 | NOTARY . PUBLIC, fLigonier, Noble Conmty, Indiana Sy SRR - Atterney at Law, Claim Agent, and - Notary Pubhic, Albion; Noble Co., Ind. " Business fn the Courts, Claims of soldiers and hefr heirs, Conveyancing, &c¢.; romptly and carefully attended to. Ackno ents, Depositions and Afidavits, taken 1 9rtlﬂed;_ ; &

" 'GANTS & MILLER, Surgical. and Mechanical Dentists, g LIGONIEB" - - INDIANA. - sl \ . .Aareprepﬁ;ed SE . o | todoal L é’f:"”\ i m tneﬁ?e.n X = |1 succes: racf ¢(% = | tice of ovle)ralco 4§ TREECE e, years Justifies K ies =R A them in sayiug iR g g @ ivy o R-a o i gi;'e eiﬂﬁfte”ﬁ (& N L _ isfaction to all vﬁ.fg &Db .Q‘“ﬂ ! who may besstow- their Fa’tro‘nage. §F Offiec -1 my building, :Cavin Street. e st A At b ettt . J.BITTIKOFFER, HOLTDRALER TN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWLRY,SILVER WARE,NO{_I‘IONS, Spectacles of every Description, ek &e., &c. &e., &c. . + All kinds of work done nﬁxm the fhortest notice and warranted as to durab it% Shop in Bowen’s new Brick Block, Kendallville, Indiana, 2-81 i » . SACK ,BRQT#ERS, ; L | i Bakers & Grocers. ‘Cavin Street, Ligonier, Indiang, ; A f Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., ~ Cholce Groceries, Provisions, Yankee Notions, &c; The m%hect ca;h' price pai‘& for Cou g§ Prodmi MaylB,’6B-4. ©-~ ' SACK BRO'S. JOHN B. GOODSELL & CO,, - HATS, CAPS, STRAW j & A =r‘bh“v\’“" P ; -Men’'s ruarnisnino ) . MY SL Rt ee L BRI I e ’Fzm ”,ru - .J /: Vﬁl;w'a\‘, b e (iﬁ:‘ S is;«“’rxﬂ it ,g ot "‘L«r itk by 8 RN y& - ”"Ar.'f‘\‘;"v“ SOSOT A « Gk GTR SRR A A eo L T ¢ e

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. ABEL: MULLIN, © : ' o Licensed Auetioneer, Residence in York township, near Port Post Office Address — WOLF LAKE, ENDIANA. Will attend romvtly to all calls in this line of business, and eéndeavor to give entire satisfaction.- Charges reasonable. 14e3m C. WOODRUFF, 5 G, B. WOODRUFF, / WOODRUFF & SON, EQLECTIC PHYRSICIANS AND SURGEONS, / LIGONIER, - = = = « « INDIANA. /Will attend promptly. all calls from town and country. Office in Drnf Store of Barnett & Co.— Resideqce north side o Bdlroaﬂ. 411 - B. P. BEEBE, JUSTICE . OF THE PEACE, Conveyancin% done. Notes collected promptly. Office, opposite the gt;lg:er House, over Sack’s . akery, LIGONIER, ~ - 4-,-{— ~ INDIANA. May 26th, 1869.—1 y. - :

i E. RICHMOND, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. Special attention given to conveyancing and collectggnq-. “Deeds, Bg’nds' aud Mor%é'ges Enwn u and all 'legal business attended promptl uﬁ accurately. » May 26th, 15&3‘ ; STRAUS BROTHERS Would reegecunlly announce to their customers and the public in ienenl that they continune to ﬁl;l‘chm PRODUCE at the highest market K:leos. ving no Abu{er on the streets, farmers having grodnce for sale will please call at/our office in the rick Clothing Store. Ligonier, April 29, 1869, —tf i ; o e e ot F. W. STRAUS. * JACOB STRAUS, Exchange and Brokers’ Office, LicoNIER, IND. - Buy and sell Exchange on_all principal cities of the Jnited States, and sELL Exchanqe?):x all princlgal cities of Europe, at the very lowest rates. They also sell passage tickets, atvery lowesm ures, to all grlncipal seaports of Europe. N. B.—The %resent price of g;lange in steerage from New York to Hamburﬁ. xmonth. London aniidCherbourg has beén reduced to only §3O in gold. ! *—_r—.———‘-———'m_—’_-—. KELLEY HOUSE, Kendallville, Ind. 4 This is & First-class House, sitnated on Main Street, in the central part of the City, making it very convenient for Ag,ents. Runners, and all other transient men visit ﬁ‘onr City, to do business without going{far from the House. General Stage office for the North and South. Stabling for forty horses. Livery, and Free 'Bus. ‘ ‘ J. B. KELLEY, Proprietor. G. W. Green, Clork. ‘ ; BAKERY AND RESTAURANT BY » B. HAYNES, Opposite the Post Office, Ligonier, Ind, My Bakery will be supplied at all t_imes with fresh

Biscuits, Bread, .| . Pies, . Cakes, Crackers, - &e., &c., Wedding parties, pic-nics and %rivate parties will be furnished with anything in the pastry line, on ghort notice, and in the very latest style, on reasonable terms. Oysters and warm meals turnished at all hours. Oharges reasonable. Farmers will find this a good place to satisf? the “inner man.” { < Jan’y 6, '69.-tf S .C. MISSELHORN, ' MANUFAOTURER OF , CHOICE SEGARS, Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. November 6th, 1867. Sy : GO ANDSEE - GOTSCH & BECKMAN’s i —NEW— : :' JEWELR . STORE, Main Street, Kendallville, Ind. They have just received the finest _assortment and latest styles of . JEWELRY, ; } SILVERWARE, - CLOCKS, ETC., Also the best American Watches, Only ¢ )me and see them. ‘ All fine work done and satisfaction guaranteed, Shop orposite Miller’s new block. Kendallville, Ind., June 26th, *67. tf. S e L TLKEART BOOK BINDERY, ' at the office of the HERALD OF TRUTH,” ELKHART, - - =N - - =~ 'IND. We take pleasure to inform our friends and the public in general, that we have establishéd a Book Bindery, In connection witiour Printing Office, and are now prepared to do all kinds of Binding, such as Booku‘ Pamphlets, Maga--3 -zines, Mus e,g)romptly =y on reasonable terms. apr. 20th, 768.-tf. JOHN F. FUNK. ________—.4.—-————‘——————-CITY BREWERY. KENDALLVILLE, =< = = = = ¢ INDIANA SCHWARZKOPF & AICHELE, Would :announce to the puhlic that they have just completed a new Brewery, for the manufacs ‘ture of Beer and Lager Beer, which they will sell the trade at Iprlces reasonable and satisfdctory. Our Beer will be Warranted. The highest price for Barley. 290 t

HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, c :'*’ -0 'T'\l"?‘ 2 ' OaGE i ‘ RN N RS | ol o e _ -‘j i”:"‘::r:’* k: A e el , gi, £ Nl Bg\ SNO e J Uy, S ~fl#‘3‘f A | ; Ny Mol T el Ry, Ar‘ ) ; L Ve = Watchmakers, Jewelers, _ | AND DEALERSIN v ~ Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS. ‘Repairing neatly W executed, and : GOLD PENS REPOINTED. - | Spéctacles of the best kinds kept constantly on _B2 Sign of the big watch, C vinsmem‘.}g‘on' tndiaﬁn.g.:,’]t e.igwa ey may 8, ’-I’f?"

I have ma'de an additlén to m{ Restaurant of aB’ Bakery, and will be able hereafter to 'supply the public with good © : ‘ " Bread, Cakes, Pies, And anything usually kept in a first-class BAKERY AND RESTAURANT. lam rtiow re;:ivlng Eag)y Strslwberﬂea, 'and will continue, 8 wsual, to &u my many cus- ‘ ton:lers with Choice En‘l; g.gumy' ma?V,g. etables, grown for City Market, Weppivg Parries supplied with fine!y ornamented cakes on short notice. 3 SopA WATTER AND Ick CREAM always on hand, together with the choicest kinds of Con~ 3‘3:’1?””” 01:::;’ and Tobacco. “% i:::o of the c patronage ( ; g P igomtor, duie tnd-dm. B D- MILLEW Reader, Have you Paid MiRRE e G g i i l’ ; ¢ tle 3 ’w:, EREL 0 s o m st v' 5 : S

BYRON’S AFFECTION FOR HIS SISOf the three or four poems addressed by Lord Byron to his sister, the following “Lines to Augusta” ara the most besatiful : ; “My sister! my sweet sister ! if a name | Dearer and purer were, it should be thine. Mountsins and seas divide us, but Iclaim No tears, but tenderness to answer mine; . Go w!::?c I will, to me thou art the same— ° ~ A loved regret which I would not resign. . There/yet are two things in my destiny, A world toresm through, and a bome with thee*The first were nothing—had I still the ldt,g It were the haven of my happiness ; ! But other claims and other ties thou hast, And mine is not the wish to make them less, A strange doom is thy father’s son’s and past Recalling ;as it lies beyond redress; = Reversed for him our grandsire’s fate of yore— He had no rest at sea, nor [ on shore.

$ U ol W “] feel almost at times as [ have felt In happy childhood; trees and flowers and | ' brooks, ; j ) “Which do remember me of where I dwelt ’Ere my youog mind was sacrificed to books, Come s of yore upon me, and can melt My heart with recognition of their looks; And even at moments I could think I see - Some living thing to love—but none like thee. “Here are the Alpine landscapes which create A fund for contemplation ;—to admire Is albrief feeling of a trivial date— But something worthier dolsuch scenes inspire ; "Here to be lonely is not dewolate, . : For much I view which 1 could most desire, . And, sbove all, a lake I can behold : Lovelier, not dearer, than our own of old. | * * * % * * » * ‘ “The world is all before me ; but I ask Of natare that withjwhich she will comply— It is but in her summer’s sun to bask, To miogle with the quiet of her sky, To see her gentle face without a mask, And never gaze on it with apathy, s She was my early friend, and now shall be My sister—till I look again on thee,

Three Hundred Years Hence. s A Vision by John Russell, of Bluffdale. [The following, written by John ‘Russell, of Bluffdale, IIL, author of the « Worm of the Still”’ and other wellknown literary produetions, was originally published in the Tllinois - Magazine in 1831. We have repeatedly been ‘asked to republish it, and herewith comply. Tie copy was sent to Gen. N. Ranney, of this city, by S. G. Russell, a son of the author—ED. ST. Louis REP.] : But ye! ye are ¢hanged since I saw you l;st, Yhe shadow of ages hus around you been cast : Yoh are ¢hang’d—ye are ¢=hnng'dy ;.and I see not Wh‘:tei once saw in the long vanish’d year, — Mrs. Hemans. Where is the American that feels a deep interest in the fate of his country, who has not sometimes wished, like Dr. Fraopklin, thathe could “burst the cerements of the grave,” and re‘visit his native land, a%ter the l.apsq of a few centuries? Such a wish is certainly pardonable .in a citizen of the United States, for this .government is yet an experim%%tapd his native laud just started in the career of glory—he sees the splendor of its morning sun, and it is natural that he should desire to awake, when it has climed to the. meridian. But, alas! the power of return is not given us, and we can only conjecture from the tpresent march of improvement, the future population sng resources of our country. For myself, I never feel so strongly the wish to return, as Ido while riding over one of our Illinois prairies, with no boundary before me but the blue horizon. The stillness that reigns over these wide régions of vendure and flowers, will one day be broken, .and the hum of a busy population be heard, where the deer now graze’ in fearless security. The improvements which the last twenty years have wrought in the West, are truly surprising—what, then, may we not expect from two or three centuries, with all the inerease of means that will exist? - .+ Pt

While on a visit to a friend who regides. on the high table land that extends beyond that gart of the American Bottom which lies opposite the connty of St. Louis, I took a solitary walk, one afternoon, ‘in that wild, uncultivated region. The scattered forest trees, the oak shrubs, the wild flowers, and the grass, had felt the warm breath of spring. The birds were busy in preparing their nests, and the joyl}t'xl gong of returning spring, was ningled with their labors. In no part of our extensive country, is spring a more lovely season than in Illinois. There is something in the pure, bland air—in the deep blue of the heavens, over which a single cloud is often sailing, and throwing its long and moving shadow on the earth—in the ceaseless plaint of the morningdove—there is scmething in all this, joined with the stillness and . solitude of our boundless prairies, that finds its way to the heart. . Wearied with my walk, I sat down at the foot of an oak, on one of the high ridges that command an exten--give prospeet of the table-land. llnthe edge of the landscape was,an Indian mound of the largest dimensions, crowned with trees and equal in size to those that grew around it. As I gazed upon the mound, a fit of dreamy musing came over me. I thought of the people who reposed in that sepulchre of other years. “ The ;ﬂoo(f of ages’” had rolled-overthem, and its unceasing wave was still pressing onward. What changeq.r thought I, have been wrought upon this spot, wild asit now is, and what changes are yet to follow ! Invtloré'evbuhdng years, the shortest date ever assigned to the most recent of these. mounds, how changed will be this landscape! 1 was attempting to pierce thw:fh the intervening ages, and behold, with “my mind’s eye,” the landscape, as it would apgese thtes bl paase hence, wi Mmr&um rows ofeemgumme -on his forehead. I - felt my hair stand erect ‘aB I gazed upon him. He wa: f 5“ ‘,« ' : «—'w 7: .' : 3 S sil e%' ootk et 4 ;gf" W b his vallew ! . M

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its guardian, and directed its destiny. Erom my throne on the Rocky Mountains I have seen the whale spouting in the ocean that once covered its surface. The ae-ﬁned.g&eﬁod when it was to be drained for the residence of ‘man, at length arrived. Since that period I have seen powerful nations rise. fmd fall. The schemes of war and ambition, the yell of victory, the soft strains of peace and domestic love, have been here; but all that belongs to man, soon joins itself to years and .scenes that have never been. The white man has come, and the light of .science beams on his track—the wvol: ume of destiny is now rapidly unfolding its pages. Son of mortals, I have heard your wish to behold this region as it will appear three hundred years dience. It is granted. For yom, "1 ‘have rolled the tide of ages three cen‘turies . onward ! Arise, and behold _this region as it will be three humdred years hence!” He touched me with his wand, and I sprang to my feet! The oak at whose foot I had just sat, was no longer there; the forest trees, the shrubs and the wild flowers had disappearéd, and I found myself in the .midst of a luxuriant vineyard. I cast my eye over the track which I had so lately traversed, but not a feature was left of its former appearance. My first impulse was to return to the house of my friend; but I soon recollected that he, and all whom I had known were; long since, mingled with their native dust, and in the beantiful language of scripture, “the places that once knew them, would know them no more forever.” I bent my steps to a cottage which I saw at. no great distance. As I passed along, I heard the simple song of a vine dresser, in a language which, at first, I did not recognize as English. I reached the hedge that enclosed the field, and passed throngh a gate, near the cottage, into a broad and paved highway. The people stared upon me with astonishmelﬁ, and the children set up a shout/of surprise at my strange dress. In the streets was a stream of people, some on foot and some in carriages of every description, loaded with various commodities, all going to or returning from the West. This was a sufficient indication that St. Lonis, or some other town west of me, had become the emporium of an immense commerce. I followed the moving mass of human beings in that direction. The road on either side wag bounded by a hedge, and as far as the eye could extend its vision houses and cottages, gardens and vineyards were thickly sprinkled. "The small portious into which the soil was divided showed that no law’ of primogeniture, giving all to the favored eldest, had yet prevailed. ~ From extreme old age to childhood, all were busy. Before the doors children were seen platting straw, or picking leaves for the silk worms, and old men preparing the bands to confine the grape.vino to tho otake. IVEXT 10 the road the country was one continued village. As Ijourneyed ou I saw nothing to remind me of ‘the former appearance ot that region ; even the natural features of the country, hill and dale, had changed undes the -all-subduing hand of human industry. « A few miles onward, I came'to alarge village, and lingered there to admire the new and strange commodities suspended at the windows of the shops. A troop of boys soon followed me, attracted by the oddness of my dress. To avoid fature inconvenience, I entered a olothes:shop, and exchanged mine for a suit of such as were worn by others. I could not avoid smiling at the strange appearance I made in m{ new costume. I now passed on to the West, without farther interruption, and saw the denseness of the population constantly increasing. The cultivated lands regembled one continued garden; and the passing throng received new accessions'from every-road that led -into the great highway. At length I reached a spot which I recognized in a moment—the bluff that overlooks the great American Bottom! - How beautiful a prospect was presented! The deep. ig)reat that once covered it had disappeared, and as far as I could distinguish from the heights of the bluff, the whole bottom was teeming with population. * Every rood maintained its man.” The little squares of land, bounded by a green hedge row, with a house or cottage to each, 'looked beautifully in the distance. At intervals, columns of smoke were thrown up from the chimneys of large manufactories, and the sound of the steam. engine was heard in every direction. Inﬁnstry is not among the virtues of a slave, and 1 knew by the busy throng of old and young around the low, straw-thatcheg, but neat cottages, that my native land was yet free.

My thoughts reverted to St. Louis, and I was ruminating upon the various changes that-had probably taken place in its wealth and population, when that city with its thousand spires, burst upon my view! How glorious was the sight presented by *The Father of Waters!” A forest of masts lined both shores for miles, and every flag of Europe waved at the mast-head of the steamships that ploughed its waters, 1 entered the «city by one of the iron bridges that spanned the river. Thestreets near the ‘water first excited my attention. The bustle of loading and unloading the vessels—the constant discharge of cannon from steamships arriving and departing, canying on commerce with. -every part of the globe; the varions’ costumes and dialects of the merchants and sailors from ©hina, Japan and the islands of the Pacific, prepared me to learn, without surprise, that St. Louis, in the in;erint'zg the most. feril region of tho globe far exccedod, in wealth and pbpulation, the largest city of the Eastern hemisphere. F ~ The hn%e age of the city bore & much nearer aff mytomytzwn than that of the country. Many new words o bt 1 e Gy T “ 0 appeared to be the educated. Subse . iy T was differing from each other in writing

anl in sound—that of the British Islaads—that of America—and that of India; produced by the difference of clinate, governments, customs and the laiguages of the people intermingling wih each other. f ’

I left the streets near the wharves, ard passed a great distance beyond the former boundary of the city, yet all was still dense. The display of merclandise from the lofty buildings that lized the streets was rich beyond desription. The stream of passing people, the rattling of carriages on the pvement, the cries of the people vendirg their commodities in the street, and tie din of the artisan’s hammer, .were all ‘mingled together in one confused ound:: I was gratified that so large a proportion of buildings were devoted to religious worship. ‘I was particularly anxious to learn the state of American literature, and the relative esteem in which American ajd English authors were held. For tiat purpose I entered one of the im-mense.haok-gtores, and obtained. Rermission to survey their shelves. "My curiosity was fully gratified, but T'will nd reveal too many ¢ secrets of my gﬁagn-house.” I inquired for your otvedir, but the bookseller was intermpted by another customer, and myinquiry not answered. I obtained muc information of passages from an antijuary, whom I found in the store; but was' astonished at the many gross errots into which he had fallen, about the time in which I had first lived.— I asled of him the estimation in which some of our present great men were held. Alas! their very names were unkrown—they had followed those of the ' vulgar mass” into the gulf of black “oblivion.”. Man, brief in his mortil existence, is yet still more brief in the remembrance of others. The shout of the mob at the success of.a politial partisan is not the voice of after ages. Superiority of mind only, is immortal.

The sun was now setting over this wilderness of houses, His parting beams flamed on the gilded spires of this metropolis, and reminded me of the years when I had beheld him sinking behind an unbroken line of forest. I remembered the friend with whom I had often walked at that hour on the banks of a romantic little lake in the environs of the city. I wished once more to tread the spot, hallowed by the memory of along lost friend. With some difficulty I reached the vicinity of the lake. A tlick cloud of smoke hung over that portion of the city, caused by the thousands of fires ‘ of the steam engines which the lake supplied with water. Here was the theatre of the most extensive manufactures of the West. I would gladly have entered these manufactories, but the labors of the day were closed, and I heard only the expiring sound ot business, and saw the fading wreaths of smoko. = Mha artivan’ were retiring to their houses in the high buildings of the dirty and nairow streets of that vicinity. I rejoiced, as I saw this multitude of all ages and sexes, that employment and'sustenance was afforded to so numerous a population, and I remembered with exultation that I Had warmly advocated every plan that was suggested to induce emigration to the West—even that of giving the lands which belonged to all, as- a bribe to intice settlers. Now was the good policy of these measures apparent wherever I went, in the overflowing population of country and town. - I lingered in this section of the city till the broad tull moon arose and threw her beams from Illinois,in a long tract of light, which the broken surface of. the river sent back in a thousand glittering fragments. I tho’t of the years when I had gazed upon the same moon that now looked down with a-smile upon the graves ot all who had lived in the same age with myself. Absorbed with these meditations, I leaned against the corner-of a manufactory. ~ Presently an indistinct murmur arose, and broke the spell that bound me. I listened with a vague presentiment that all was not rigi‘:,, ‘and removed for concealment’ into the shade of a building. People were gliding quickly along, like spectres, evidently wishing to be unobserved. I had not remained long in that place when a wild cry arose from every quaster of the manufacturing section, and the bells from every spire pealed an alarm. Multitudes of enraged operatives immediately arranged themgelves under the command of their lesders, and the cry of ‘bread! bread! bread ”’ was heard in every terrific’ tone ' that the human voice -can give. "An’ attempt was made by the insur- ‘ gents to demolish the buildings of the most obnoxious of their employers, but t%a_ labor was too great, and the ery, “fire them !” scarcely had died away, when a thousand fires glared on the sky. A scene of plunder commenced, that baffles description; women and children of the operatives, squalid with hinger and rags, rushed with frantic _y#ls into the buildings for food and phinder. While this was acting, the government of the town had declared mirtial law, the city guards were ordered to the dizsaffected quarter, and th¢ militia summoned to arms. The ‘noge of the approaching troops sounded pearer and nearer, and zheinanrgeante poited theinselves in the most advan--£8 *'sg;ﬁﬁon; for battle. Their chiefs rushed among them, animating ihén to the most doadly resstance, by reminding them of -i...?“‘“ir‘*starv;x:% families aadoithq d that awaited all who were taken. The whele section was now red with ‘conflatigs gl ased gn theic f4Bes, looked Lk 8 horde of demons, just. cscaped el o

Hfound myself directly between the % and the insurgents, with no ghance of escaping either way. The artillery of both parties was just ready to discharge and sweep through the street in which I stood. But one hope | wad left me; that of joining the city troops and watching my opportunity oﬂe‘gmingat_heir, ranke, I ran toward them; butas I 'a‘;iﬁroached a | soldier seized me and declared I. was | onelof the insurgents, My loud pro- : Mtioii's’ of innocence availed not;

the voice of reason and humanity were -unheard, and vengeance was the cry. An officer orde:s_ me to be instantly put to death. The soldier was prompt i obedience. He drew his nwo:s. Horror seized all my faeulties when I saw its glittering edge descending upon my naked head, with a force that —that—AWOKE ME. Yes, ' awoke me ; for I had fallen asleep at the root of a-large oak. The trees were sending long shadows to. the east, the cattle were returning homeward, and the tinkling of their beﬁls, and the evening carols of the Lirds had taken the place of the late noise ~of approaching conflict. The vineyards and hedges, the thronged highway and crowded population, had vanished with m)"'wari)ng, and the country had assumed all its former wildness. 4 'd 5 Now, gentle reader, venture, thou art ﬁiz pleased witll:)et?m dream, which I have related unto thee; albeit, before thou venturest to say aught against it, lean thine head against an oak and see it thou canst dream a better; and if thou findest that thou canst, then, verily, thon hast my congent to do .thine own dreaming. : BLUFFDALE.

| GRANT’'S FATHER’S LIFE. The Man Who Saved it—How it was Done—An Appeal to Gratitude—Singular Weakness of Memory or Base Ingratitude. The interesting facts we are about to relate, which must now become historical as one of the great episodes of a brilliant administration, would probably never have emerged from the seclusion of a small circle of those s_ossessed of them but for the steady enials by the Uommercial of the rumor so closely touching the character of . a worthy citizen. gHad the Commercial not doubted the truthfulness of the report that Mr. Stoms pushed the President’s father down the Ca itol steg;, Mr. James Watson, of tlg; ;Henrie Honse, would never have remgoved - his hat, scratched his head, "kicked his toes against his heels, and remarked : V&ell; Mr. Stoms may have done it, and he mayn’t have done it, but I'’know a man who saved the old gentleman’s life—yes, sir, snatched him ffdm the jaws of death in the mouth of an alley, sir—and, d—n it, can’t get an office for it, either.”” And Mr. Watson, becoming excited over the subject, commenced to perspire, and continued to scratch his head more vigoroudly than ever. The select party to whoin this was addressed im--mediately closed around the popular and big-hearted landlord, and anx-. iously demanded the story. Theland:lord tipped back his chair, gave an ‘extra dig to his head to collect his thonghts and stir up his memory, and related the following facts : “Not long since our distinguished President’s father was groping his way along Third street, w£ing east, and kooping his eye alternately on the offices of the Collector and Assessor of the First District and on Supervisor Tom Young, who was just diving down into a wine saloon. Now, I don’t sa that the old gentleman wasn’t attend’: ing to his own business; but, whatever his thoughts may have been fixed upon, they were certainly so impressed that when he got to the mouth of that alley yonder he didn't notice an exgress horse that was dashing furiously own upon him from the rear. He was standing there, directly in the path of the horse, and in another sec‘ond—jyes, a quarter of that time-—his aged form would have been dashed to the earth and crushed under the animal’s hoots, and the chances are thecountrty would have had to mourn the loss of its 'Preside_nt:; : ﬁoble si‘tl-e,’ l:;:l’ when my young friend Harper das against .ya.nyd ?a'!ﬁly' pushed rlgfm out of danger, as the horse and wagon whizsedpast,” " ' “Well, what's the sequel #” - | “Why, I called on the old gentleman; as soon a 8 the Commiercial's denial of that story about Stoms reminded me of these facts, and quietly and respectfully suggested to him that the least he could ’go for the savior of his life was to get him" aggoinﬁed store: keeper, or something of that sort.” <« And what did he say ?” “Well, he bl'mted at me over his spectacles for about a minute, and then he very cooly informed me that he didn’t remember it, and wouldn’t be induced to admit that the circumstance had oceurved,” -« 1. : ~And Mr. Watson dropped his hat, and dug both hands into his head in a paroxysm of wonder and indignation.

Thomas Carlyle Swearsthat we are Go- .. ing to Hell. ® From Mr. Ripley’s Letter in the Tribune. “The condition of America was descanted on by Mr. Carlylein terms less remarkable for flattery than force.— “As sure as the Lord reigns,” said he, “you are rushing down to hell with des;ier,ate velocity. The scum of the world has possession of your commz, and nothing can save you from the ‘devil's clatches. Not perhaps,” cried he, rising his voice to its shrillest notes, “a hell burning with material of fire and brimstone, but the wide withering fiery chaos of-corruption in hi§b places, and the misrule of the people. A fine republic that! England follows in the train, and -is even now on the brink of the infernal precipice—and hell below.” Of course I could make no refly to these “prophetic -sounds so full of woe,” but waited in ‘serene silence for the tempest to pass over. , ; The New York Sun gives some interesting facts about the famous Forrest divorce suit. It seems that Mrs. Forrest has received but $4,000 out of the $6O, 000 ailmony paid: by Mr. Forrest. The rest has been absorbed in costs and coun sel fees, Mr. O'Conor, of course, 'takiu% the lion’s share. Amother illustration o the unprofitableness of litigation. | - The United Irishman, at Buffalo, New | York gubmm an editorial relative & R e e | (twenty-two in all) in Kingston jai.— %a{%m ‘named Cooney, ha: % | driven ' mad, and another beaten til ; s’; W o ;“‘%r yi: ! revelations are promised.

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. «~)GEN, JOMN A. RAWLINS. s e taryofWar. = - C o (Prom the Ohicago, Timee) ‘either of the intimate relations existing between John A. Rawlins and Gen. Grant, or of the great value which the. former was mgrfl?e -latter during all Grant's career, from Belmont to the surrender of Lee’s army at Apm&ttox., -As close as the union of b g and soul was that of these two; and at least to Grant was this union almost as much a necessity as the direction of the mind is to the logical action of the bady. *There was not a movement on the; chess-board of war,on which Grant was the player, which was not foreknown by Rawlins. He it was who gave form to the intentions of Grant ; who extricated order from the- tangled ideas of his superior ; who put into shape the conceptions of Grant; and wlt)xz ~was to the general what the belt-wheel is to the motive-power of the ~.ntgan& enfiine. He it was who communicated to the complex ‘machinery of the war the power which Grant originated. Even in assigning him this position, we scarcely 'do%:;m justice. g‘here is abundant evidence gor the conclusion that he was less the arm of that complex ‘bod{--of which Graint was the reported brain—than a part of the brain itself. He was a combination of both the executive and suggestive.Ostensibly, his position was ‘merely clerical. To the world, and those of tpe army not intimate with what was occurring ai headquorters, it appeared as if his line of duty was Itmited to the mechanical performance of a mere amanuensis. Such was his apparent position. It was one that seemed ministerial to the extent that it was that of an agent who acted as: the interpreter of the orders of a spperior. rEluch ‘of the evidence whlch will go to show that Rawlins was more than Grant’s secretary is of a kind that cannot well be given to the pub-. lic. Some of it rests upon confidential disclosures which relates 70 the mighty secrets of headquarter life.— This much, however, may be gasd : There were frequent interregnams to Grant’s administrative ‘ability, during which Rawlins was a veritable “infer rex, upoa whom devoived not merely the duty of concealing the temporary inability of the commander, but of placiog himself in his stead, and of continuing, without break, the movements of the forces, and keeping in motion the vast and complex -mechanism involved in the guidance anfl maintenance of vast armies, extending over enormous areas of territory.— What caused these interruptions in Grant’s directing powers, it ig not necessary to mention. Sufficeit to assert, that not only is it well known to a few that these interruptions did occur, but they were frequent in their occurrence, and extended in their durauion. Particularly was this the case from the time grant began his career at Cairo up tothe capture of Vicks-' burg. In view of this state of things, it is not foo muck to say that Rawlins stood often between our armies and defeat, and between Grant and an exposure that would have hurled him headlong to ruin, as Lucifer was thrust down from heaven. = .

Few who had much to do with the movements of our Mississippi armies during 'the war” will have forgotten ‘the handsome face and soldierly farm of Rawlins. His beavy, raven hair and jetty beard were a setting for a’ face upon which disease had placed a ‘marble pallor; and yet whose paleness, in place of making it effeminate, gave it a wonderful and melancholy beauty. The effect was hightened by a pair of large, lustrous eyes of a deep black, whose expression was always. one of vuurtcous considerationy or of keen, appreciative intelligence. . Such‘was Rawlins when he was Grant’s adjutant on the Misais‘sifpi.—‘-a man whoes appearance compell admiration, and whoes manners always won the respect ot those wdo were brought into contact with him. Shimay

_ A singular feature in his character was his untiring industry, and his strict devotion to business. With him war seemed anything but an ' occupation which could be interspersed with trifling pastimes, or intemperate orgies. It cannot be said of him that he was incapacitated by excesses from performing his duties. =~ While others about him were giving themselves unreservedly to disgraceful carousals, he devoted himself to duty, and to the task of substituting himself for those "who were unable to attend to the performances of their own proper tasks. It is owing to his entire devotion to his’ position, and the necessity which was 80 often thrust upon him of attending to the labors of others, that his health gave way, and that there was developed into activity, in his frame, a discase which, in a quieter ~and less laborious life, might have slumbered on harmlessly until he had reached the allotted period of man’s existence. Still, his death is a sacrifice, which, undoubtedly, was the salvation of the national cause. Had a less devoted, attentive, clear-headed man occupied his position, it is certain that Grant WQuls never have achieved the posi: ticn he did, or that the Federal arnies would have been involved in overwhelming disaster. =~ A grateful people should recognize that much, very much, of their triumph over disunion was purchased by John'A Raw: | lins, and puid for ohith Tnbuke, b 0 k. price of his life. That he gave iheme - willingly<none who know his untiriag | devotion to country will doubt; and yet,

‘one cannot but feel that his life was need lessly given, or at least, that it went fto supply what was lacking in the industry, _the vigilance, the sobriety of men who were lns military superiors. He was & young tree about which clambered a vine; and which bore the vine high in air, and gave its life in thelabor. - .~ : That the world Fenerally knows little of Rawlins, or his labors, is shown by the fact that his career has been, 3t no time, the subject of more than a sparse journalIstic menFigetis while In history snd blogr | phy ‘his n&me appears rare ﬁ"t never. | Aud; neverthgiess, duﬁngt 1 the long | and bloody years from Belmout to Appo- | mattox, b&h{nﬁm | throne,—the balance-wheel without whose

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regularity and weight Grant would have - brokéii'gmsgsi i,n‘t% fragments. No one . -man ‘did more than he to snb,w%ﬂw rebellion; despite this, one may wvainly - bunt through th‘zls:_mll*pt tongwfﬁﬂdj‘i; -bare mention of his name, or. | BOTNdces. To have deprived Gl‘:l:;; of_'hﬁxwlins' ; at any single moment of the former’s military caréer would have been as instantly fatal as to have scooped out his brains. ‘Grant knew this ; and, hence, the country has seen that not for a single instant, in ‘his progress from brigadier: to General, . did Grant ever separate himself from his ‘adjutant general. ; Apart from his military ability, Raw- - lins was a gentleman of cultivation, and | fine professional abilities. At the break- - ing out of the war, he was a lawyer wl:( ‘ stood at the head of his profession, in Galena, in this State. While occupying this })OSition, . he attained more than a mere ocal ' reputation. He was, although young, well known in adjacent portions of Wisconsin, Towa, and Tllinois, Had he remained a lawyer, he would undoubtedly have attained a high position. - The same qualities which we have specified as characterizing him during the war, would, in a few years, have found him, as a lawer, attha front of the profession in tha . West, ‘He had not merely the sterner qualities necessary to success as a lawyer; he had also all those pleasing characteristics by whose aid the dignity of a profession is enhanced, and its success materi--ally assisted. - But had he been satisfied to seek eminence in his. profession, altho’ he would have been vastly the gainer, Grant, would, to-day, be at his old trade in Galena, while the country might have been known as the United States and the Confedetacy, =~ - . e s -Some time before the close of the war, General Rawlins was married to a lady of Vicksburg; Miss. - He was, probably, at his _death, not more than 41 or 43 yearsof age. His sacrifice was consummated whiie he was comparatively a young man; and - while the rewards of his labors, and the enjoyment of a home-life, untrammeled by vexatious official lahors; were all in the future: . e B

A gallant soldier, a courteous gentleman, a clear thinker, and possessed of the highest order of executive ability; he was one¢ whom the country could illy spare. It is only now, when the grave has closed over him, that the country will examine his record, and learn, for the first time, ‘how faithful and valuable a servant it has lost. “When this’examination shall ‘take place, there will then be given' to his memory: that love, respect, admiration, and appreciation-which should have been his in lifs, : : ———e @ . Prevention of Rust in Iron., -~ When bricklayers - leaye off work for a day or two, as from Satur, day to Monday, they push their trowel in and out of the soft mortar, so that the bright steel may be smeareml over with a film of it, and find this plai an_effectual remedy against rust. = Fu Wren's: Parentalia_ there is a passage bearing: upon this; “In taking out iron cramps and ties from stonework at least 400 years old, which were so bedded in mortar that all air is perfeetly éxcluded, the irox appeared as fresh -as from the forge.” Oxygen, which is the main cause of rust, is abundant in- the composition of both water and the atmospheére ; -and that uicklime has .an astonishing affinity ?oer it, is-evinced in the homely practice of preserving polished steel and iron goods, such as fire-irons, fenders, and the fronts of bright stoves, when not in use, by shaking a little lime over them out of a muslin bag, which is found sufficient to prevent their rusting. Another instance, very different, and far more delicate, bearing upon the same principles—the manufacturors of needles, watch ssrings,, cutlery, &ec., generally introduces a small package of quicklime into the box or parcel with polished. steel goods, as security from rust, before sending it to a distant consumer, or sto:tﬁug it away for further use. + | | :

These cases are extremely curious, because, as a general rule, bright steel or iron has a most powerful affinity for oxygen ; consequently it is very read(ily acted upon by damp, and is rusted dn a chort tima, either hy decomposing the water and obtaining oxygen from that source, or direct from the- atmos_phere. It is ‘not absolutely essential that the quicklime should be in actual - contact with the metal, but if some‘what near, as in the case of the parcel of lime packed up with the needles or watch springs, the bright metal will remain a long while without the least ‘alteration in its appearance, the lime (which is already an oxide of calcium) either receiving an additional dose of oxygen, or being converted into a carbonate of lime.—The Iron Age. : . Fighting Crickets. . Crickets are extremely savage, particularly so in »th'e'lg}(;tter countries; ‘they frequently attack and kill each other. Indeedthis pugnacious dis--poeition is so well known in China that a larger sort is often exposed for gale,in the marketg, each in its seperate cage just as game 'fowls among the Maylays. The Chinese bet very large sums upon the issue of the battle, and ‘many have gambled theirenhire fortunes away upon the fights between the rival champions, soms of the crick- | ets attaining as much fame as bull-dogs or terriers in England. The cricketsare placed in a miniature rat-pit with their respective backers; and the excitement when the contest is 16ng and: severe grows to the highest pitch.— The owners or trainers excite their crickets with a little stick, though they | searcely meed it, for as soon as they | catch sight of each other, they areready | for the fray—advancing attacking, and | biting their adversary, the noise of their jaws and claws being distinctly | heard. = Sometimes one of these in- | sects has been known to kill vast num- | bers of enemies, and bring large for- | tunes to its owner. They are easily | tamed, ;and grow to a.large size. -

. A CLERGYMAN, who was consoling a young widow on the death. of her husband, spoke ina very serious tone, - remarking that he was one of the few—such a jewel of a christain—you cannot find his equal, . you well know.— 3 L 2 7 . ) To which the sobbing onereplied, with - an almost broken heart, “I'll bet I—lill ¥ ol 2 ST A ,*;“a msxf‘h# shire ‘not from ¥ ;,?:’z‘,&&i‘“‘“ y& N wapt T O T T e R e