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o tory '3?u iIiQ rOIBeHH. r. Mala aver f ala'ea' at re' DENTIST, ' . y. Hicliinond, Ind. -WXV:Tr AI. ROOMS on North Fifth! Street, Jnne 1,1864. 17tf SELECT POETRY: From the Northwestern Christian Advocate. IUVTTLKaI VRRYo' I ' j Cloae tKawort, broWn res forerer ' Partlhr mrle of ihininjr bair: Tln ontf'foBd kisa fiir hi mother 1 On hia eUUdiah bruw fair. Pa!e o pale the lip once mr -Vim, the eyea lull of mirth Gone, tlie aoul to Uod who rare it, Clar, the ntnnaiit lolt to earth. -v Little Harry! little dmtnmer I Kveu atropx men wept for aya ; . lVhtna tlie? aaw aiiaenrrteil lifeloaa From the battle-field that day. "Benr him rently," said A comrade IIi ,n film nititlier'f pride Skt'm iritUnf I trtxl be near iter I Be her atrength, her hope, and ruide." Littfa ITrry ! h will miss him Miss the brown eyes' joyous lijrht ; And the bmndinr. rladaome fnuupa , Here and there, irotu morn till niht Miss tlie ripplitijr, childish lanirhrer. From hu younr heart free frra care j Miss the6irrd ktml" in the twilight, And the oft repeaU-d prayer, Harry sleeps ! yet not forrotten, In his little soldier prare; Anirals watch are er keepina; Orer all the rood, ami brare. Z. Secesh Ghosts Foreshadowed. ' When Gen. Sftcrman's army occupied S:vanah the citiaens pleaded starvation and asked to be foil. 'Amongst other applicaHous, several ladies caller I upon tlie Provoet Marshal of the lestern District and unfolded a horrible story of utfcriog atHi V(m k The gallant Gen. B, impressed with the tale, seated himself to write an order for supplies. While so engaged some remark was made about the . termination or the war. Whereupon- one of thtt sutfering suppli cants opened npon the General as foflows :"ThU war wou'f.tKS terminated until you kill all he iireu, and then, we ; women will fight you, and if you kill all of .us it won't be cuded then," for we'll ootne-'tsck as ghosts to haunt you." TThis sanguinary oration dellvered:--ith ' '-the venom of a Southern female beggary 1 . quite appalled trie tteneral, who quielly "'tore up the order he was writing sayini; ' Tr'I t such le the ease, I think you might as welt die of starvation, as ihen your chests iu ay be too weak to come back and haunt ua."And he cool v but politely bowed the discomfited "lady mend' ants into the street i , t-.. Tlie Maarid Courts have decided that the Empress is not the Countess of Mi randa nor entitled to its property.,, w Horse Turin. flesh is sold in the shops of

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"..J i By T.:. ARTIICB. " Gbttt, the little shoemaker of Leyertngton. sat beading over hi work, ingiag to himself a pleasant tune ; for Getty had ft cheerful mind, and a heart as full of music as the throat of a bird. ; A shadow fell across the room, and he looked up, meeting the face of neighbor, .who stood, leaning over the half door of bis shop., . - 'Good morning, Getty,' said the neighbor.- ' , "The same to you, 3Ir. Hey," returned the shoemaker, a smile . breaking over Ms not very handsome face. "Won't you come in?" .. , " . Just for a moment. I want to say a word or two ' And Mr. Hey pushed Open the half door and entered the shop. 'Sit down, said Getty, nodding toward a" chair the ' back haying disappeared.: . .. The neighbor satdown. His face had grown serious. He looked at Getty, and Getty looked steadily at him. Now, the shoemaker had a. pair of t dear, steady eyes honest, brave eyes and no man in Leveriogton had ever been able to look him out of countenance. -His eyes were the index of hi character, . There was nothing covert, nothing awry, .nothing of policy about Getty. Meet mm where you would, he was open as the day upright, outright, downright, as was often said of him. So he looked steadily into his neighbor's face, waiting for bis word. i. 'I was sorry to see you so strongly in IT. said Mr. Hey. , ' - Which was' right ? Mr. Gaskill or I T promptly asked the shoemaker.. . That isn't the question I have come to discuss, Getty. ... I'm jour friend, and, seeing danger ahead, I am here to warn and counsel. .Gaskill is a strong "man in this town. a 'And I'm only a cobbler!' : ' " " Just "bo; arid ""dependent onthe'good j" will of vour customers.' - "No, sir!' answered Getty, lifting his I arm with a quick, emphatic motion, and f drooping his heavy brows. 'I'm depend ent on no man s mod Will, n hue a e)Od Will. hue j just God rules in the affair a of this world, I am not afraid to bt right, totpeak right, or to do right; I opposed Mr.' Gaskill last evening in our chnrch meeting j and not another man present bad a word to ajr against 1 himv, .Trne there, were not many on Ids side, but none was found to stand up for principle with the poor shoemaker, lest the favor of this rich and influential man should be lost.' ' , . ; Voii pnt tbt case rery broatlly.' said Mr. Hay,- 'I aar state it differently.'vTetrweliri am always reaiitwr hear. hoaxpj tbe.truth and I'll accept it' . .-.M .f"..ii. . . s ,- "Granted. Half its expense is "borne by Mr. Gaskill.' -r(v; ' V--'vr( rI know.' " ! We cannot, therefore, afford to lose his good will. If he is inclined to have things his way, it is better to indulge him, even if it is not the best way. There is more to be lost than gained by opposition. . " , 'Do you 1m lieve in God ? V.V ! The little shoemaker's voice rounded out into a full tone of surprise. The neighbor did not answer. , ' 'Is this God's church, or man's church? Are we working for the salvation of souls, or to give honor and 'glory to men? s -.. - The neighbor kept silence. He was no match for Getty when the little man roused himself. It is God's church. He will take care for it if we will let him. But if we set men above truth and right, because they happen to have money and induence he will depart from us.' 'It s of no use to talk with yon,' saul the neighbor, rather coldly. ou take the bit in your mouth and go your own way headlong.' 'And God being my helper, I 11 always get the bit into my mouth when men try to turn me into the wrong way. 'Is it right ?' That is the question tor me, and you, and every Christian man to ak, Mr. Hey. All the rest is with Uod ; and so far in life I have never seen cause to let mv faun Jail. M lien I am rigut, l ieei safe. I am tranquil and peaceful. All the powers of hell canuot prevail Against me. . x . Mr. Hey ro.se from bis chair. Dou't be ia a hurry, said the shoe maker. 'Don't go yet.' - Yes. I must go. One might a well talk to the wind as to you. I saw danger in your path and came as a friend to warn you ; but you set my counsel at naucht If harm befall you in this thing my skirts are clear.' The little shoemaker laid down his work and stood up, leaning over his cutting board. '.Mr. Gaskill U angry? he said. Of course he is. Such men do not bear opposition, well. 'Ansrvr is like fire in a man's house. It may blaze over and scorch his neigh bor's hoifse ; but it burns most where it begins. If Mr. Gaskill tries to hurt me he will get hurt the worst. I am not sure that retaliation is a ; Christian spirit, friend Getty. j 'I didn't speak of retaliation. I stand ' simply on the right; and if Mr. Gaskill J thrusts at me because I am right, he will j wound himself. That is ail.' 'Good morning," said the neighbor, and went out. The shoemaker resumed his work, turning the matter over in his thoughts. He was a man of remarkable natural shrewdness, very independent, quick to penetrate character, and not given to policy or man-pleasing, r He made enemies, as such persons always do: for when weak and venal men, in pursuit of selfish euds, set themselves agalnstliim. he was not only able to stand bis ground, but to defeat them; for, entrenching himself in the right, Tee fought with the weapons of truth, and so expoed the

selfishness that would bend everything to its own purposes. - " l Not long after Mr. Hey's departure, another shadow fell "across Getty's little shop, and a fellow church came in, looking very grave. ' .. . ' 'I owe you a small bill,' said the man. Only a trifle,' answered Getty, &a he laid down Uis work and took from a drawer a small account book. . 'Three dollars and forty-one cents. , 'Very welL . I wish to pay it.'.. And the mone3 was counted out. 'Shall I give you a receipt? asked Getty. 'No ; just mark it off your book. Good morning.' And the visitor hurried away. Not even the semblance of a smile had flitted across his sober countenance. ' 'That means something,' said Getty as ie went back to his work. 'Father says 3-ou needn't make them boots he ordered yesterday,' cried a shrill voice at the door, and a child's face looked in. 'All right,' answered the shoemaker. C 'And all that means something of the same kind,' he added, as the child's face disappeared. 'But it won't do. Tom Getty isn't easilj- scared. ' There's to be another meeting to-night, and I shall certainly be on hand and have my say. One man shall speak for truth and right, if all the rest are dumb.' Look here, Getty J', called a rough familiar voice over the half door of the shoe shop, 'I want to say a word in your ear.' ' ' A dozen if you please, neighbor Jones. Say on.' You've made a stir in the camp; and are likely to have a hornet's nest about your cars.' . , " . y 'Indeed! What's the matter ?' 'Oh ! j'ou know well enough. What on earth possessed you last night? Everj one is vexed at your opposition to Mr. Gaskill. You know how much he is relied upon. In fact, the church can't stand without him.' 'Then the church had better go down,' said Getty. 'Anything so weak

in the knee9 isn't worth saving.' 'You're a hard headed, self-wi lied fel low,' said neighbor Joues, rather sharp ly; 'and presumptions into the bargain. . WI13-, on earth, can't you keep quiet, and let the congregation go with Mr. Gaskill, if they wish to.' 'Even if they go to ruin ! That sort of thing may suit time servers like you, friend Jones; but Tom Getty always asks, 'Is it right?' The little shoemaker spoke out strongly, with reproof in his voice. Neighbor Jones was offended at his free speech, and flung himself off in a huff, ; Getty felt little sober. ' He went, on -with his work; out the singing-birds ia his throat were growing serious. The question at issue between him and Mr. GasSiirbad' particular reference to the Sabbath 'School,..- in which Getty, was teacher. Mr. Gaskill, who was not at all familiar.. with its operations, had proposed an entirely new 'organization under a new" superintendent; while Getty, from his more intimate acquaintance with the school, and deep interest in its welfare, saw that, if Gaskill' s plans were carried out, half it3 usefulness would be lost. Before night more than a dozen of Gtt3-'s customers, members of the church had sent for their.bills ; and from at least half a dozen other members . he had received warning or advice. 'The people are getting tired of your opposition to everything that doesn't just suit your fancy, said one. -" 'You are too presumptious,' said another. 'I only wonder Mr. Gaskill was so patient with you last night, letting himself down to argue the case, remarked a third. To all of which the shoemaker had only one response. Which was right?' 'You needn't mind that captious little shoemaker, said one to Mr. Gaskill. 'He's always putting in his oar when nobody wants him to. The people are out of patience with him for his conduct last night- I know of two or three who have sent and paid their bills, and who sajt'aat he shall have no more of their work. He'll be crowded out. You won't be annoyed by him much longer. He had a piece of my mind to-day. 'You've seen him?' 'Oh. yes ! I ealled at his shop on purpose, and gave him a good setting down.' " . 'What had he to say for himself?' inquired .Mr. Gaskill. 'Oh! what he always says when cornered r " 'What?' 'Ami right? 'He throws upon you the burden of proving him wrong; and if yon can't do that j-ou might as well try to move the rocky mountains as to influence him. I never saw such a set mortal as he is.' 'Humph! Mr. Gaskill made no reply; but pressed his lips, drew down his brow, and looked, as his visitor thought, quite an j,tv and annoyed. 'He'll be at tlie meeting to night, sure; but some of us have iade up our minds to put him down squarely.' 'That is, said Mr. Gaskill, 'to show by fair argument that he is wrong. I don't see how else he is to be put down. 'We can vote him down, said the other. . Mr. Gaskill did not seem to be altoee' her satisfied with this plan, but said little. In the evening there was an unusually large meeting in the vestry -room Getty, the shoemaker .was there, sitting alone in one f the . pews. He was braced for a conflict, and looked hard and resolute. . None came near him. ,'Hr. Gaskill shall see how little we regard this man. So the people said in their hearts. It was an easy thing to choose between the oor shoemaker, who didn't give twenty dollars a year to the , church, and a rich manufacturer who lavished his hundreds. The meeting was opened, and the

school question came up. Two or three spoke in favor of the new plan f organization which Gaskill had proposed. Getty kept silent though it could be seen by the perpetual rising and . falling of his brow, and the restless motion of his lips, that he was a deeply interested listener, and would have his say belore the thing was over. Mr. Gaskill had not yet participated in any action of the meeting. . He looked dull. At length one of the speakers, carried away by a mean spirit of subserviency to a rich and influential man, made this thrust at Getty: - 'We shall have captious opposition from narrow souls, who cannot see beyond the limits of their little horizon ; but let us not be disturbed thereat. Such things always attend the steps of progress and liberality. The speaker sat down, and Getty was on the floor in an instant Cries of Question,' 'Question, ran round the room, from those who had made up their minds to put the shoemaker down. They were satisfied that Gaskill" s reform plan would be carried by a large majority, and therefore clamored for a vote. 'Let me say but three words, said Getty. ; . 'No ! 'No !' 'Not half a word !' cried voices here and there. 'I appeal to the chair, said Getty. 'Sit down. 'Question' 'Question.' Excitement and confusion reigned, the room. The chairman was about putting the question, when Mr. Gaskill arose. All became silent. Yon could hear a pin drop. Every eye was turned upon the man whose word in church matters had become almost law with more than half of those present. No one cried, 'Question, now. 'Mr. Chairman he began. But Getty did not allow $in to proceed. Respectfully but firmly be said, 'I have the floor, Mr. Chairman. . 'Insolent fellow !' exclaimed one, near tlie shoemaker, loud enough to be heard. But Getty paid no attention to him. 'Aud should be heard,' said Mr. GaskilL yielding the floor. He spoke this sentence heartily . I have but three words to say, Mr.

Chairman. There was a change in Get- ; ty's voice. The stern resoluteness with which be had declared 'I have the floor, . Mr. Chairman,' was gone. In the deep hush that followed, he said, with an appeal in his tone that made every heart thrill. . 'Is it rignt ? And then, moving out from the pew in which he had remained alone from the commencement of the meeting, he walked slowly down the aisle and left the vestry room. . - ' No response was made for over a , minute. At length Mr. Gaskill arose, and in a subdued voice said r ' 'As men and Christiaus we must not , be deaf to that appeal. 'Is it right?' ; Honestly, my friends, I am notaltogeth- f er sure that the change we have pro-.j nosed makin will -he 'right. God. in--structs us in many ways ; and He also ' rebukes us in many ways. He does not. ask us by what messengers we will hear from Him, but sends counsel and warn- j ing by whom He will. I think He has spoken to us to night, and through the ' lips of oae we have been w,eak and sin- j ful enough to despise I believe that a motion to adjourn is always in order, and I now offer such a motion. j The motion was carried, and the meet-; ing adjourned; all present returning " home more sober and thoughtful, than . when they assembled together. '- -" j It was still early, and Getty went back ; to his shop to finish a shoe he was mend-1 iug for a customer. About nine o'clock ; a lad came in and said, . 'Mr. Gaskill would like to see you for i a little while this evening.' " ; 'Let Mr. Gaskill come and see me. I'm as good as he is, and he's as able to ; walk as I am.' This was what Getty I thought, but he did not so 6peak. In- s stantly another thought came into his mind, 'Is it right ?' This settled his action. ; 'Very well,' he replied. 'Tell Mr. Gaskill that I will come round.' The rich man met the poor shoemaker, with a frank, kind manner. "There was nothing done after you left, Mr. Getty," he said. "I moved" for an immediate adjournment. You put the right question, and at the right time. It was worth more than a volume of arguments addressed to men who didn't wish to hear. I am obliged to you , for coming round. I would have called at vour shop, but I thought we could talk over matters with less danger of inter- ( ruption here in my library. Have you nair an nour to spare "Yes, sir; and more at your service, if any good will come of it" "That is to be seen. And now, friend Getty, I will come to the point at once. Why can't you and I work in the Sabbath School to the same end ? We both mean right I hope; and if we draw to gether, instead of against each other, how much more good mat- be done. Why do you oppose my plans so strongy t" Not from any opposition to you, Mr. Gaskill ; I beg of you to believe me in this," answered Getty, with a frank earnestness that carried conviction ; "but because I can't see your way to be right I love children my heart is in our school I have not been absent one day in five years I have studied its welfare more deeply, I think, than my own. Any change, tkjrefore, which looks to me as if it would prove hurtful, I must oppose. I cannot stop to ask from whom it comes. I cannot be moved by personal influence. Ouly one question presents itself: "Will it do good or harm?" "And you think my plan will do barm ?" "If I had not thought so, Mr. Gaskill, I would never have put a straw in your way. Too long have I desired the hearty -co operation of an active, influential man in our school to set myself agaisst one like you. Don't think that I want to lead or direct that I fear to be overshadowed. When each feelings come into my heart, I call them evil, and try to -

tnmst them out '5erhaps I may not have understood the new plan in iu bearings. If you will set it farfa to ma again I may see it differently.", - "No, not to night, friendMSetty," replied Mr. Gaskill. "Let my plan step aside for the present You are an honest, earnest, independent man, and mean all for the best I see that If we can work smoothly together we may do a great deal of good. If we work in opposition, harm will come. I like your watch-word, and I mean to adopt it as my own: "Is it right? . ' "Mr. Gaskill. said the little shoe

maker, a tenderness in his voice, born of deep feeling, mingled with surprise, rising and offering his hard, discolored hand, which was taken with a grip- "Mr. Gaskill, you have lifted a mountain from my breast. I went away from that meeting to night hurt and discouraged. I have never seen so unchristain a spirit manifested in any church meeting before. Because I loved our school, and could not stand by and see what I thought harm approaching, without uttering a sound of warning, I was thrust at, insulted, contemned, and silenced !" "It was well, perhaps," answered Mr. Gaskill. "Opportunity is the test of quality. There was a general unmasking to night. I understaud you all a great deal better than I did before ; and myself into the bargain." "I am a very happy man !" exclaimed Getty, unable to repress the upward rush of feeling. "It seems as if I had gene out suddenly from a dungeon into da3light. We poor and insignificant ones have a hard time of it to do our work and keep a clear conscience in this time serving world, where so few ask the question of all questions, "Is it right?" There was some rattling among the dry boues on the Sunday following, when, after church, Mr. Gaskill and the little shoemaker were seen walking away in earnest conversation, . What could it mean? The member who countermanded his order for a pair of boots, that he might gain favor with this rich and influential man, had an uneasy feeling and a sense of shame. Mr. Hey looked on in a puzzled state of mind. Two or three who had been over prompt tosettle their bills, did not feel quite sovell satisfied with themselves ; aad Mr. Jones, who had been smarting for days in consequence of Getty's declaration that he was a time server, felt as if in a wet blanket ; his own heart convicting him under the accusation. A good many went home more thoughtful, through this incident than from the sermon. Getty had his throat full of singing birds, as he sat hammering and stitching in his little shop, through all the next week, lie had triumphed signally, and he would have been perfect if some pride had not mingled with his satisfaction. But bU ehiefest pleasure had a deeper foundation than pride . fl congratulate yon," said5 one;" who, seeing that the little shoemaker was in favor with the richest and most influential member in the church, came over in a mean spirit to his side. "On what account?" asked Getty, his smooth brow "gathering some wrinkles. Oh! Mr. Gaskill is quite taken with yon. I heard him say " "Stop!" sprang out the sharp voice of Getty. The wrinkles on his forehead had tangled themselves into a frown. "Don tcome repeating to me ant-thing from Mr. Gaskill.- If he hadn't seen that right was on my side, he wouldn't be with me ; and that is more than can be said of you, and a dozen or two more that 1 could name." . The neighbor got angry at this, and, flinging some bitter words in Getty's face, went off. "What matter, if I am right ?' said the shoemaker, cheerfully, as the wrinkles smoothed themselves from his brow. "With my feet on this safe foundation, who shall make me afraid ? Not a poor, mean spirited inan-pleaser like him !" And his voice took up again its singing notes. There was not a happier man in all the town than Tom Getty, the shoemaker. ' Wht' ? Because he was right, and when a man feels sure he is right right on principle, we mean he possesses his soul in peace. , The Great Cyclone Disaster in India. A Calcutta correspondent of the London Times gives the following additional details of the loss of life by the terrible cyclone in India: - I see that the news of 12,000 persons having been lost in the eve'one was received with incrcdulitt in England. The estimate was wide of the truth, but only because it vastly underrated the calamity. As every one who knows this country will readily conceive, there is no possibility of ascertaining precisely the loss of life, because hundreds might be swept away and leave no trace behind. But we are not without data for arriving at a conclusion, and it has now loen calculated that not' fewer than 60,000 persons were drowned or otherwise killed by that fearful storm. In the I!and of Saugoralone, before the cyclone, there were g.00 persons. There are now about I,00 nor have any left it to go elsewhere. Seven thousand were carried clean aw. y by the storm wave. All up the river the population has been swept off. if not in the same proportion, yet in very large numbers. As we all anticipated, disease is raging everywhere cholera, fever and small pox. The epidemic fever which I have mentioned in previous letters this year is depopulating whole districts. A magistrate told me the other day that he bad been riding through a village in which there was hardly a grown op person left They had died without hope of assistance, without medecine, without food for the crops are rotting on the ground in many parts, where the saltwater rushed in. The Bengaleese are in a deplorable plight and the Zemindars increase the great misery' by turning the ryets ont of their bat because they are behind hand with their rents. There is money enough hereto

give relief- such relief as can be got for money. But human means seem - quite powerless to stop the awful diseases that are walking through the land, carrying thousands before them. The native feels himself ill, ? wraps himself np in his blanket, and so perishes. ' - In this enormous poptdation let it be remembered that here in Bengal alone we haTe at least 45,000 poopl tne few Europeans can only do good ' here and there, and yet, it is solely by Europeans that good is being done. The rich native will not help his countrymen. God gave himhis money, and God intended him to keep it. That is pretty much his mode of reasoning. Sometimes ' the fever strikes him, and then in abject

terror he offers English doctors a fee of oUU rupees to come and visit him. In a recent case of that sort, the man, who was worth four millions sterling, had refused to give relief to the poor after the cyclone. When death was at his throat, he altered his mind and promised large benefactions if he recovered. He was not snared to add falsehood to his cruel service. " The Newspaper he Takes. A man is to be judged by the company he keeps. The remark is equally applicable to men's literary companions. Perhaps the application is stronger in the latter c;iso, since men can always choose their reading, but cannot always avoid intercourse with parties rot wholly to tlieir tastes, vt e Denevo tuere is no better index to a man's character, than the newspaper he takes. Tell us what newspaper a man pays his money for, reads himself, and gives to' his children to sow the seeds of social and 'political principles in their minds, and we will readily inform you where he stands up on nearly every important question of the day. The test we regard in a great majority of cases, as unfailing If the journal mat secures 111s patronage 13 a mere news organ, neutral upon all agi tating questions, and aspiring to the favor of all parties, 3011 ma3r be sure you have come across one who bothers his brains but little about matters of state, aud looks with a sort of quiet contempt upon everybody thatexhihits anything above the average of public spirit. lie is no politician biraseir, and Has no confidence in anybodt- that is. He wants no ollice, and would never" think of be coming a soldier to fight for his country, although he would have no objection to a Tjovernment contract. ' IX tne, paper is a Copperhead, you mat' expect the man that takes it and pa3-s his money to sustain it to be found hissing on all occasions at all true friends of loyalty, and to be very anxious for peace through compromise with the reb els, or by letting them go altogether. He has a remarkable distaste for the war seeing that he is in no danger of taking a part in it or incurring any of its risks or hardships. He is always lamenting the bloodshed and miseries it is produc ing, but never gives . a penny , to aid Sanitary Commission or a Union Aid 1 Society in binding up the . wounds of suffering loyal soldiers, or furnishing them with the comforts which will allevi ate their condition in the field. . If, on the other hand, 3-011 find a sound Unim paper one that is out-spoken and radical in its utterances upon all questions of the . war in the man's house, where'it seems to be treated as a welcome and honored guest showing signs of haying been freel3' handled, and carefullyread and re-read, as such papers nearly always 'do, you may depend upon it you have got into a household that is full of love for our soldiers and devotion to the country. That man's son is probabhy in the arm3 or in the grave which his country's service has provided for him, and his wife is full of energ3 in working to clothe and minister to the wants of oar brave boys under Grant and Sherman. If she hasn't got a son in the rank, she loves all the soldiers that are there as if the3' were her own sons, and works to provide them with whatever will make them comfortable with all a mother's devotion. There is no sickly talk about closing the war, before the rebels are handsomely whipped, to be heard in the house. The old man will tell you with a smile which fairh emits sunshine, that he voted for "Old Abe," and intends to stand by him with muscle and treasure, until tlie thing is through, and everybody about the establishment subscribes to the doctrine. It is in such households that the spirit has lived, which has carried this country through four years of blood wasting war, and will carry it through to a victorious end ; but how much of that spirit is due to the loyal press of the country those newspapers which have taught loyalty as second only to religion, and sent out their daily messengers of encouragement and exhortation to the hearts of. men? Jfwroxrt Democrat. - Response of the President to the Con -gressional Committee! Washington, Wednesday, March 1. Senator Trumbull and Represeiitatatives Wilson and Dawson as the select committee of the Houses of Congress to-day waited upon President Lincoln and ' in formed him of his re-election. To this he responded:".""'-' ; . J.. - . Having served four years in the depth of a great and yet unended national peril. I can view this call to a Second term in nowise more flattering to myself than as an expression of the public judgement that I may better finish a difficult work in which I haTe labored from the first than could any one less severely schooled to the task. - In this view, and with increased reliance on the Almighty Ruler who has so graciously sustained us thus far, and with increased gratitude to the generous people for their continued . confidence, I : accept the renewed trust with its onoroaa and perplexing duties and responsibilities. ........

For a jtfneration past theottief source of wealth to Virginia has been the sale of her children, and the supply of South ern rice and cane Qelda. with prime la borers warranted all the bettor for dash of tlie beat bknxl nl n iT'TTft minicj.- fcr Aoaa discovered the art of making concubinage profitable, and her patriarchs only sent away their Ishmaels ; for a round price paid down on the nail. 11 agar staid behind to further help the profits of the -estate. The j-oung heir paid his debts with his yellow brothers and cream colored sisters, unless th'o : latter were held for further involution of relationship. The widow dried her eyes, and turned over to the hammer the rest or the harem. The children of ono mother went to the balls of legislation, -and filled posts of honor among men, while 3-0II0W Rachel mourned her sons and daughters of the same paternity, -sold at the shambles, and ticketed at a higher price because their Afrio, blood was warmed with Anglo Saxon fire. Over this land of crime, ' the doom has long been gathering. Men shut their e3'es to Providence, not to see the pent up lightnings of retribution that only waited the signal to fall. What wonder darkness sat upon a people who only needed cannibalism to complete their barbaric graces. Blind to their coming , day, they drew its wrath down upon , them in the great revolt , ' And sorley has Virginia suffered. Her homes are laid waste, and throughout broad regions her pleasant places are , destroyed. The blood of her white sons has' fearfully avenged the wrong of her duskier children. : But what shall be the . pecuniary coinputA'ion? A recent report made to the rebel Congress shows that twenty-five million dollars is the recent' harsh assessment of the war upon the beautiful Shenandoah alone. . What untold other millions h'aVe gone down in the great vortex of Virginia's ruin, and all this for slavery. All this Oat Vlrginia masters might retain the right to breed and sell their own offspring. All this for tlie institution that denies marriage to human mothers, and assorts 3'oung children with the Durhams and Alderneys of the estate. He who trembled for his country when he remembered that God was just, looked over the hills of the Old Dominion, and his words V ere those of a sad seer. Richmond Is now a fenced citj. ringed round witli double lines of "steel. The tread of armies has made its suburbs dust and -desolate heaps. Within, the iron ha:id '" bf military rule without frowning cannon and the blue line of the foe getting nearer and nearer. But most significant ' of all the babel of s rebel Congress, nerce babble among men given up to their own devices ; the intensified pas. sions of debates, whose sole purpose Is to save man selling ; the rancor and rows that once disgraced our rescued Wash . ington, swept as , the rejected taediment ?of our civilization to be fought" over in Hhe last arena of Human Chattelism. The rebellion will presently die raving mod, and, in the Old Dominion, tearing its own flesh in demonise rage. - A better day will rise in Virginia when liberty t'eians throughout all her borders, but it . will be above her buried past, as vineyards have smiled and home .of men, multiplied above where old time cities. jUo buried. The Old Dominion of slavery will be extinct, save in history, accurse I .of God, and a warning among men that the, cries of God's children - do not fall on dull ears. Cntcayo Tribune. "Coming Events Cast Their Shadows .-. Before." In view of recent events, the following extracts from the speech of Senator Sumner, delivered in the Senate, May 19th and 20th, 1856, have peculiar and striking interest' Alluding to the fraud and violence perpetrated with , the ' aid and encouragement of the Government, upon the people of Kansas,' with the purpose of forcing slavery upon the Territory, he said: Wathinylon CJirvri' icle. t , ','... ' ""- .'' ! .- But this enormity, vast beyond com- ? parison, swells to dimensons of wickedness which the imagination toiU In vain? : to grasp, when it is understood , that for this purpose are hazarded the horrors of " intestine fend, not only in this distant" 1' Territory, but everywhere throughout the country. Already, the master has. begun. The strife is no longer Iocal,, but national. Even now, while I speak y portents bang on all the arches of heaven, threatning to darken 11 the broad ' land, which already yawns with the mutterings of civil war.; j- r v ; The fury of the propagandists of sla- . very aud the calm determination of their . opponents are now diffused fronvtho" distant Territory over wide spread com--' munities and the whole country, tin aH--its extent marshalling hostile dixit ion ' and foreshadowing a strife which, unless , happiby averted by the triumph of freedom, will become war fratricidal, par- " ricidal war with an accumulated adck ' edness beyond the wickedness of any ' war in human annals, justly provoking the avenging judgment of Providence and the avenging pen of history, and . , constituting a strife, in the langutge of : . : ' me aucirut wuwa, law maiiwnya, more than more than cam?, bt something ' com pounded- of all these strifes, and in itself more than war ; td poiiu eommum fitomdam r ommmUmt, ml jJm . quam lettum. . And strain he says: Ah. sir, I tell the Senator BnOrof South Carolina that Kansas , welcomed . as a free State will be a mUtiateri-5 angel to the Republic, whan - Soot- Cam-,' lina ; in the cloak of daaes9 which she hugs, lies howling. " : "' , Burns' s two sons, Nicol and James, are ColoneH T East India 71 aad 73 Years of age tsecttrel. - -A handaoma female pickpoelsft just arraaieu in w iota nan DCCtt VX the DasuieM since s was elev old. aad haa rtslired C25.000.

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