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ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 186*.
VOT.ITAll?, v ?\Tn ! >
EVENING?A MADRIGAL.
Amid 1 lie brnnches of the trees
The laughing spirit of llic breeze,
A mystic diuicc is weaving,
Mow peeping here now peeping there,
From ever}- bu?l nod blossom fair,
Dcliciottb perfume weaving.
A down tli?? flower-enameled elope.
The streamlet with a smile like llope,
Goes dancing as o tn<*iden
That liatb no care that hntii no ft-nr,
With eye unconscious of a tear,
With brow by crief unslmden.
The went is all intensely bright,
Willi rows of primrose colored light,
Up to tliezeoitli creeping,
While all beyond is ns n sea
Of sopphirc-blue as blue can le?
Where stars are faintly peeping.
The lnrk trill* out his vesper song,
The nightingale, the bough? among,
IJegins her dullest measure
While, ever and anon, the thrush
Shouts loudly from thp alder bush,
Like one that's found a treasure.
The balmy dew fulls silently,
As angels in the realms on high,
Were for lost sinners weeping,
And culmly B3 a wearied child,
Knch passion turbulent and wild,
Within the breast id sleeping.
THE BEST GIFT.
uv rnm:nE carry.
I would not smother, if I could,
I,ove*6 inextinguishable fires;
P". banishing frc>rn out ?ny henrt
The sacredest. of life's desire.".
| rnn wnik onward end endure.
Wlietlier llie wny be smooth or rough,
I?ut will nut school invselt to think
Life's round of duties is enough.
(>v?>r mv eyes most sud lo day.
My tresses ns U:;?3" will miij- f.dl,
A hand to put then) softly buck
I've only dreamed of?that is nil.
(tnd givos his children trany gift?.
And very precious tire the rest.
I>nt tliis i t?ny, willi unkifsod lips ;
'J'liatlove is better (linn tlic l>e*t.
I HI OE M E,
THE SPANISH peasant GIRL.
The civil wars which have distracted
f>pain bo long have often given rise to soinc
of the most romantic incidents and scenes
of real life that have received the sanction of
history. Its sons, generally bred to the use
of arms, seempfl nnwnnnii.ri i
, mnc.-n \>IUIU* ,
ing the implements of watfare, ami never |
more happily situated than n lien engaged!
in foreign or civil wars. The events of our
utory occurred during thU period of Span
ish history, while her people were often
arrayed one against the other.
It was just nightfall in tho district of Ar
ra^on, when a way?worn and weary sol
dier, with only his good and well tried
Toledo blade hy his side, sank down lie
f.. ?i.A .1 t
.....c i..c u?jui ?ji n peasnni s cot, Inn much I
*\liaust(.'d even Jo ask for ilie r?fr?fchtn<*hl !
lie so iriucb needed. Scarcely a moment i
olapsod, however, before tlie iulinliitai.ts of
(lie cottage discovered liis condition, and I
wore busy in administering to bis wants.]
Tlie sturdy peasant who was master of the '
cot', held a cup of wine-to his lips, while a ;
lie
le
J, an
young and lender girl, not quite btaomed
to womanhood, swathed a bandage about
I lie bleeding arm, and bathed Jiis temples
with cool spring water.
Tlio soldier could ouly look bis thanks,
smiling languidly upon thosa who were
tending him. His wound wan deep, and it
bled so profusely thai the cottager was
obliged to raise him in his sturdy arms and
bear him inside the cottage, for he could uo
longer support himself. The little house
hold was all a bustle and confusion to pre
pare proper aid and .cumfort for the woun
ded soldier. The matron was busy here,
the father there, and the daughter in an
other place. lie was carefully watched
! HW
that night; but are the next sun liad set
the 6o!dinr bad become delirious, and the
wound presented lo the eyes of the inexperi
enced cottagers the most fearful appear
ance, and reasoning from this they fenred
that it must prove fatal. But the truth was
I bat the fever tliat now rages in his veins
was more from fatigue, loss of blood and
consequent suffering, tban from tlio imme
diate character of the 6word wound that had
disabled bis arm.
Dsy*after day passed, and still the sol
dier lay in a half dormant state of lethargy,
the fever alruggling with hi* constitution,
one day seeming as though it must con
quer trim, Hhd tbe next perhaps growing
more feebly in its influence. Imorene, the
daughter of tbe cottager, was untiring In
Iter delicate attention to the stt anger,
smoothed h? pillow,%bathed hi# brow, or
moistened his parched lips. True, ho ?>ecmed
scarcely to realiso these kipdnes&e*, yet a
smile sometime i lit up his pqle nnd hag
gard features while Jmorene was by hip
side. W;
A strorg constitution and Totllh at
length prevailed over tho fever, and day by
day (ho *o!dier gradually improved, until
nt last he wns able once more to go Abroad.
And now, attended by that gentle, child
J ike forhr tbat bail watched him through a
jodiAtio fever. th¬Uier wan J
through dells, musical with bubbling foun- i
tains and fragrant flowers; ami here they i
would sit down together, and lio would tell ,
her such slorries of true love, that Itnorcnc '
was lost in bewilderment al his eloquence, '
and dwelt with rapture upon the melody of
his fine voice.
Through all hi;; character there ran a j
tender melancholy, and he half scorned tin"
very words he often himself uttered, but
she knew little of human nature, and noth
ing of the world, and could not see this.
A discriminating observer would have
thought him a man disgusted with the
world, and yet ho was seemingly too youmr
for such .1 conclusion, lie might be twen- \
ty-six?not older. There was some siugu- ]
lar reason why he should still remain at the
collage, now that he had been well enough :
to have walked a dozen leagues if neces
sary. It was not love that kept him there,
for though Imorene loved him so dearly j
that every look and motion betrayed ihe ,
anguage of the heart, yet the soldier,
hough uniformly most gentle, considerate '
ind attentive to her, never spoken of love, i
Months had passed since the wounded !
oldier first sat himself down l-efure the '
i
>easants do^>r. His purse bad been suf
j inicu iu eiiauic nun 10 pay amply ;
or the shelter lie had enjoyed, and indeed 0
he cottager thought so agreeable and profi
aUlo a visitor was quite a god send ,to the | 1
louse. One da}' a stranger passed that |
k ny ; the soldier accosted him, and was for 1
long while alone with him, deeply ?*u? *
;agcd in conversation; and when the trav- \ {
ler had passed on he was moody and '
houghtful,until h! last he told 1 more-no and ; ,
cr laiuer that he tiiusl hid them farewell,
n<l once mere join in llio noise ami bustle
f the limes.
'Oh. shall we see you no more ?' asked
morcne, with heaving breast and i*. t re mu
ms voice which startled the soldict.
'I must go to my friends and home ; I
m needed there,' he answered.
'Perhaps you will some time return this
ny,'suggested the cottager, 'and then we
lay sit down once more together.'
'I trust it may be so,' was tlio reply of the '
ow thoughtful guest.
At that moment his eye fell upon those j.
r Imoreno, and starting as though an nr
?w had pierced his side, he said : ' j
'Come, gentle one, let us walk once more :
irough those loved and long to be rcmem- !
?rcd scenes before 1 bid all farewell'
A secret seemed to reveal itself to the ! *
ildier as they now sat together beneath a 11
ink where oft t lic-y had sat before fori
>nvs (ojTftluT. lie read now the heart of!
ie penile one l>y his side, and placeingr nn 1
in about her waist, and looking into her
ntle ?ice, lie won from her tlio secret, i
nd then, us if his vliole fueling? changed
> ?old lier that he was unworthy, of her
nder affection ; that his had been a wild
id reckless life, and his hands in battle
id often been uplifted to spill his fellow
ood; licit lie had traveled mucb, and
en hardened by contnct with the world ;
id, ;u fact that he could never make so
?eet and gentle a being happy.
She had 110 reply for his eloquence hut a
lgle tear-drop.
The soldier, while at the cot had said
tie of himself, as it regarded his foxner
e, while Imoren? and her parents were
o considerate huiuhlo as they were, to,
ek for that information which it was cvi
nt llic soldier did not desire to communis
te. But uow, as Imorene sat by his'fcide
d realized that lie was about to leave her,
e eould not but abk J ^
'And where is your home, Senor Gomez.)!
* thus he had given his name to the cot
;er. * j
'In Valeotia, Imorene. Ah, Imorene.' '
ntinued he, pressing her hand within his
rn, 'I wish that my life had been differ
tly cast, that I might dare love thee and
id thee. Hut, alas! I am unfit to do
her. I jim unwoitby of thy love; nod
t within this hour, I realizo how pwcet
s been the brief period I have dwelt
th thee, and, alas! that I do love thee
wittingly.' j ov
Tlie following morning ho left, giving , w<
s cottagers the contents of Ins purse, j-lo:
crving a mere trifle for his journey, and ; pi
suing a small but costly ring upon Imor- ! an
;, as a parting gift, lie touched his lips to j
rs, and wooded his way along the moup? 1 <J,i
n road to bis distant home- 1 ap
* * * * * * J if,
six months had passed si- ce the woijn- j
1 soldier left the hospirahlift cottagers, j
en one of those devastating, tornadoes, j lot
Miliar to the climate, swept over the spot I
1 l?fk. nnl nnn '1 *' ' 1 *
. .... V..W ?vnvi^a omuuilig Ol lliav I ni
ccful habitation. (Cattle qrejredestroyed, i
xtntion blighted, everything was n wreck, | a ]
I, alasj (^8 rost? VHS lo?t*linorene's , du
ther, herself and father alone escaping.
)at should they do ? whjther should they
! IniorcBO suggested* Valentia. The lia
her waft half lirAlr?ii.li?nrl*i1 l<? ?!"> I?~ I ?
-- yj fcUO IUM
: loved.
She hardly expected to lind him, or il
she did so, she knew not that still loved her,
but then alio thought that she was so near
him?the idea that sho might possibly see
him, gave to her loving heart incitement
enough to carry her thither, over mountain
and plain, willing though of ten with wearv
foot.
At length I hey came in sight of Val-r
ontia, will) its Moorish gates, its many tur
rets, places, and public buildings. But
hero they wore K>bt in (ho labyrinth of
slieet?, and giddy mazes and turmoil of tin*
city. They had conic without any definite
pnrpose, and were now entirely destitute of
means. Want stared them in the face,
until finally by Pome good Fortune the fath
er engaged his services to ? nobleman as a
ganh-ner, and so arranged the contract
that it afforded him good aecomoda" ions
for both himself and linorene.
Time passed on ; the father's skill began
to manifest to the lordly owner's eyes, lie
was pleaded, and visited hia servant's cot
oimi 111 mo garden, when iinor
ene and lier father Jiveil. The owner of
these lands and gardens was astonished
when lie found blooming within his palace
walls a flower su beautiful as llic peasant,
ijirl- lie was spellbound by the exquisite
beauty of features, the delicacy of her bear
ing and the sylph like grace of her form.
The father was surprised at the earnestness
jf Don Moranzo's questions concerning his
diild, and perhaps a troubled thought
crossed 1m mind when his noble master
urnud away from the cottage door and
walked back to the palace.
Don Moranzo had a b;id name m Valcn
,ia ; he wasadarknn-1 moody-spirited man,
>ne whom few liked to cross, still fewer to
e intimate with. His principal claim to
.lie honor in which he was held in the dis
,i ict and court was owing to his immense
.vcalllt, dishonestly enough obtained, no
loubt but often purchasing for him what
itheiwise could not have obtained.
When we say that Don Moranzo vas
oved by none, and feared bv nearh* nil ? ?
lave told his character.
The only friend llie peasant (tomanls and
lis daughter had made in Valentin, was a
riar of tlio convent of S.inla Clara ; lie
ratched over Imorene as carefully as if she
iad been his only daughter.
A few ntuiilhs after the introduction of
inorene to Don Moranzo, he had, in his
ileness, planned the dishonor of his beau
iful dependent. All his advances had been
let with such calm but firm disregard, that
t first he. was disconcerted ; but suddenly
ie fattier was taken ill, and sicknessadvance
il with fearful rapidity, until dvath came to
ie relief of his suffering*.
Tliorc was something about the sudden
ealh of her father that struck the priest as
ivfUTious. no ha<l very suddeuly died,
i n manner that to It is experienced eye
seined lo indicate that he was poisoned.
Vhether this was intentionally dono,or
therwise, he knew not, nor could he con
?ctUF4.V8ave by the inference and yet the.e
ras a lurking suspicion in h:s mind that
>on Moranzo knew something more of the
ard?mor's decease than ho wished to ack
owledge. The nriost Rimnorl.r ? -?
rg.f
ml play, nod that llio unprincipled cava
cr liadHnkon summary means in order to
tcomplish his designs upon the innocent
nd unprotected girl.
Tins was'indeed the owe, for she was at
nee removed to his own house, and placcd
nder the strict guard cf domestics who
new their master's pleasuro, and who had
ecu taught to r???n<>nt. !?!?> ?
f ?..^i?ivr>fc man as ^
leir Inw. Here the peaaAat girl ww most j,
liscrable. Though young and confiding,
10 could not mistake the fearful position
i which she found herself. She paw dan
jr, but,alas! she know of no wav to avoirl
! Even the priest waft no longer permit
d to seo her, and she felt indeed alone.
Struck with the noMc nature of the girl,
id subdued by her quiet firmnera Den,
oranzo, at last grew to look upon her as
mething rcccssary to his existence, and #
en offered her his hand and title if alio
ould become his wedded wife. Sho li??i
red onpe, her young affections had been
aced on the altar raised in her o\yn heart,
id she would never loyo again.
Don Morauzo had been drinking dvcpppo
y, and at a late boijr .caine )o Imorone's
artn)en!s. She say his excited state' and
;n)blcd m he cauje to her side.
tCorat\ my pretty one, give rae a kis?."
4Nay, Senor ! I pray you respect my
nely situation, I beseech you?*
'But one single kiss, Imorene, for good
glit.'
S.. - J T ?? -1 ? '?
poor weak girl. Ye wquk) notstrikeme
inib with fear.'
'Hot qno, [ mqst atjd will Ijgvo one.'
Hold !' sbe cried, raising bar outspread*
ods towards hiin. 'You Are strong and
0 compelln}e tx> this indignity, but?'
What ring is
of one who was kind to me.'
Let >iie soo it,' said Don Moranzo. half?
; sobered at some surpriso occasiopc^ bj tlio
jewel.
Aftfr a moment's examination of tlie
i ring, tbc cavalier, with seeming amazement
j returned it, and at once left Itnoreno alone.
: As much surprised as delighted at tliir, the
I poor girl soon fell asleep in an innocent re
l...i ....... ii -
| ?/uv ?i??ncu hi\u 1110 morning. ^3* '
soine lucky chance slio discovered an un
I I
guarded duor tbroujrli which she hurried '
j down the garden pal lis, and, knowing well '
'the ground, was soon outside the palace |
1 walls, and hastened toward the neighbor-!
ling convent of Santa Clara, where she
threw herself upon the protection of the!
good priest, who had bo long befriended '
her.
The enamored cavnlier. however, at once
suspected whither Imorcne had gone, and
soon sat:sfied biimelf of tl.e truth of his
suspicions. The priest was summoned, and I
directed to deliver hcv up, but this he per- '
eniptorily refused to do. Nor would he!
hoar of bribery or any offer at remunera
j lion, if he would return the girl to what
uio cavalier enllcd licr borpc. At last,
finding that this mode of attack availed '
him nothing, the cavalier unmarked his i
soul, and told the priest that unless she wan |
returned to him before night, he would j
surely take his life ; and thnt he would not j
be thwarted.
The priest knew full well the revengeful
chnracta of the man, and, though unmoved.,
by his threats vet he thought him that he
might make some arrangements by which j
ai
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TH
fil
lie could prevent any violence and yet pre-j in
serve Imoreno. lie therefore said :
'One way, an J one way only, will ? de
liver r.p to you this maid.'
'Name it.'
'In tlie presence of the duke.'
'The duke.'
Aye.'
'It is useless lo annoy liiin.'
'It is the only way'
''Tis well. lie will right me, and com
mand that this perverse girl do give me her
hand in marriage.'
'Within two Lours, then, we will moot
you at the court.'
4Tis well. Play mo no trick, else thy
life shall bo the forfeit.'
The priest procured proper apparel for
[morcnc, and in duo time led her toward
ihe ducal palacc, wbero his sacred garb
?awe hirn r?ady admission and audience
n ini uiu uuce. .vireati}' was X?on Morauzo
iherc, and already had he told his story to
lie duke, who sat in state with his officers
about him. And now, as they entered the
idicer whose duty it was to do so, called
ipon the priest to speak for his charge
iK'foj-e the duke, and show the reason why
le should not consent to a union to one so
. astly above her in fortune and blood, and
bus benefit herself.
'May it please you, noble duke, this
jentle maid is an orphan ?friendless but
or mc?ami pure and innoccnt as tlie
norning dew. This man?this Don Mor
inzo?is a bold, bad man ; I care not for
he frown of him or any other. The mai
Icn loves him not. More than this, her
roung heart loves another devotedly, my
table dtiko. And for those plain and
imple reasons I claim release from apy and
ill responsibility to this nmu.'
'Where i? he whom the mai(Jen lores V
isked the duke, camly,
At that moment tliere rang through the
ourt room of the palace a scream so shrill
md piercing that every one sprang to his
feet, while Itnorene, throwing back the a
jundance of dark curlb that screened her
ace, looked toward the chair of State where
too'J the duke a picturo of amazement.
4It is he?the Senor Gomea'
'Imoreno !' ejaculated the duke, spring
rig forward just in time to support her
tinting form. 'Imorene, it is tby friend
nd lover ? ootlonger thy poor wounded
oldier, hut if thou wilt so permit, your
ilure husband will bt? the Duke o?
'ulentia.'
jmoreue at once revived. On (hat breast
lie was happy indeed. Sbe feared noth
ig now, though Bhe sobbed as though bor
eart. wntilfl
Turning to Don Moranzo,tbe dpkesaid:
'Your suit and audience nj-e epded, and
on may retire, Senor.'
To the good priest lip presented his
arm thanfctand^' substantial evidence of
is regard, and lending, 1 more Tie to his
liair of 6tate, he seated her by bin side, and
eolared her the future dutches of Valentia.
Printers' errors are someti^eia lai&habte.
. young clwgyroan pridteda sermon-, the
lbject of wlitch was the ij.ocpwily for mod
ale and rational repreatiop; i|j whioW oc-! ting
nrred the passage. j the
'Men should work nod play too.'
. The want of a atroke' ruined it,apd the
iligious worl<? was scandalized by reading,
'Men should work and play lop.!
^henerer youse?^ *pap spending b|s
rpo Joaogjog about the otr?$t?.
RATES OF POSTAQE.
IN Till? CONFEDERATE STATES OK !
AMERICA.
Sue. 1. 77ir- (Ivngrass of the Co?J<"ie- >
"ate States of Amcrica do enact, That so
mick of the first section of an \ci entitled
an Act to proscribe tlie rates of postage in
he Confederate States of America, and for
>tlier purposes,' approved February 23, j
1801, as relates to sealed packages contain- j
ng other than printed or written matter, !
ncluding money packages, be and theaamo j
s hereby so amended as to require that .
uch packages ehall bo rated by weight, and
barged the rates of letter postage.
ur.v.. ?. iixii ul- ft janucr enacicu, 1 tint ;
lie second section of said Act be amended j
s follow.1;, lo wit : That all newspapers
ublished wilhiu the Confederate States, :
ot exceeding threo ounces in weight, and
snt from tlie o$ce o! publicatijn to actual
nd bon^ fide subscribnrs within the Con
:derate Slates, shall bo charged with pos
?ge as follows to wit *, The postage 011 the
>gular numbers of a newspaper, published,
eekly, shall be ten cents per quarter; pa
ors, published semi-weekly, double that
mount; papers, published si* times a week
x times that omoujit; and papers publish- '
1 daily, seven times that amouut. And
1 nMrsn.morc nninliinw tnni-n '
in cos, there shall be charged on oae.h nd- |
itional ounce, in addition to the foregoing :
;tes:_ On those published once a week,
- o cents an ounce or fraction of an ouuce j
?r quarter; on those published twice a j
eek, ten cents per ounce per quarter ; on ;
ose published three times a week, fifteen I
nts per oun-'o per quarter; on those pub- j
b'-'d si.j lirj.es a wet;!*;, t r.irty cents per
nice per quarter; and on those published |
liiv, thirty T.vc cents per oi;nce per quar- !
r. And periodicals published oftener than j
monthly shall be charged as newspapers,
nd oilier periodicals sent from the office
puojirauon 10 actual ami bona Jide sub
ribers shall be charged wi'.h poasstage
Hows, to wit: The postage 011 the regu
r numbers of a periodical, published witli
the Cunfederato States, not exceeding
le and a half ounces in weight, and pub
^ed monthly, shall bo two. apd a half
nts p.er quarter and for every additional
ince or fraction of an oun' e two and a
t!f cents additional; if published semi
onthly, double that amount. And peri
icals published quarterly or bi monthly
all be charged two cents an ounce; and
2;ular subscribers to newspapers and peri
icaly shall be required b? pay oue guar
's postage thereon in advance, at the of
e uf delivery, utiles paid at the office
iere rvuhlished. Anil ihi?rr? ulinll o'mr.
(1 upon eveyy other newspaper, and encli
c^lar not seated, handbill, engraving,
mphlct, periodical and magazine, which
nil be unconnected with any manuscript
written matter, and not exceeding tl^pe
noes in weight, and published within the
mfedcrate States, two cents; and for
jh additional ounce or fraction of an
nee,two cents Additional; and in all cas
the postage shall be pje-pa?l by stamps,
otherwise, as the postmaster-General shall
cct ; and books, bound or ijnbound, not
lighing over four pounds, shall be deemed
lilable matter and shall be charged with
stage, to be pre-paid by stamps or other
se, as the Postmaster-General may direct,
two cents an ounce for any distance,
id upon all newspapers, periodical and
ok?, as aforesaid, published beyond the
lils of the Confederrte States, there shall
charged postage at double the foregoing
icified rate*. The publishers oT pewsj^i
rs or periodicals within the Confederate
ites, mey sen<J ?nd repeije to and fVora
!fi oiuer, iron) iheir re-'peotive olHnes of
[>lioa(i.opt oo0 cop; of each publication
jjpstage. All newspapers unsealed
mm* other unsealed printed tran
it matter, placed in any post office, not
transmission but for deliuery only, shall
cbargtdjpostage at tbo rate of one cent
h.
Jkc. 3. And be it further cnacled, That
third section of tho abpvej reoi'ed Act
nod the same is herebj* so i^nicnded as to
horize the PostmaBter-Gcneral to proyide
I furnish ten centstaipps and stamped
elopes; ami that the provisions, restric
ts and penalties prescribed by sqid sep
i of said Act, for violations of the same,
relation to two, fire and twenty ci>pt
1 J
?! ? oiiiiiipvu uuveiojies, mini), in l)H
>ecU*, apply to the denomination of
np* qpd stamped eppelopes herein pro
wl fpr.
>ec. 4. And be it further enqctfd, Tim
proyino coptainpd in the fifth scotioii oft.
said Act, be amended >m? to extend
the pjiiefs of the j^ontntct, Appoint
it and finance Bureau* of the Post
ce Department, the privilege therein
feircd nppp the Postmaster-General, hia
if Olerb, and Ihe Auditor of the Jreasu
ot the post 0$6fe Department, ofirnns
tipg through the R]aif% fjrpo of postage
lettenj, .package* or otber mutual* rol#
exclusively to their official dutief, or to
business pf the Post 0fl|o6
eel to thp restrictions ?nd penalties prp
i?ed by the said propito J and th^t this
take cflfect and be jn'force, frouo and af
ta passage
JfOWELL (COBp,
Ptwident of the Congraw.
! AN INTERVIEW WITH OLD ABE?HIS tJIT-1
| FITNESS FOR OfflC&.
We find in tlio St. Louis Journal an in-!
(cresting letter from tho Washington corres '
pondent of that paper, from which we ex-!
tract the writer's opinion of tlio white house 1
occupants:
Since my last I have been presented to (
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln, at one of their pub-j
lie receptions, and passed at half hour, in !
l.~ - I * *
iiiu wuiie nouse, observing ancj taking notes. |
Mr. Lincoln is haggard, nervous, thoughtful I
f)/id disposed to taciturnity. His eyes indi j
cato the use of stimulants and mnrcolics.
Ilis manner, when speakings is of the free j
and easy school, n^d, when not under re- i
str?int, decidedly jolly, and calculated to j
make fripnds among 'the unwashed and I
itnterrifiud.'
i*ia bearing and conversat ion soon forced |
tbo conclusion upon mo that bo is neither j
qualified by experience nor education for the
office of president. So painfully conscious
is ho of bjs deficiencies, that old man Blair
control;} bi?ja io bis domestic policy and
Seward in bis foreign policy. On military
matters "Old ChepuIlepecV dictum is law (
and go?pel. On tbe appointir. alone is ,
be president, displaying a nepotism unpro- (
codeLted in tbe bist' of tbSa government.!
To. such an alarming extent was it at first!
carried, tbat some disinterested (?) and L
sensitive senators expostulated to soma pur
pose.
Mrs. Lincoln, uniler the schooling of Mrs.
I
Montgomery Blair, whom experience and
issocintions liave made couimc il fuut, he
Tins to wear iier honors with some degjee
jf confidence, ease and dignity, and un
doubtedly will, under the luiticvn of her ac
complished instructress, soon be enabled to
ireside at a state dinner; and over the bouse
generally, in a manner, if not an fail, at
fast acceptable to the most fastidious and
:riLica 1 of la belie vioniiv.
People will talk, however, particularly
the envious and captious of her sex, and
gaay are the funny sayings and doings at
he Whit? Uouso greatly exaggerated, of
onrse, bv goinc the round of the dinlnmti?;^
ircles and the 'xcbela.'
I give you a specimen as current among
ho genus homo :
Gov. Yates, of Illinois, familiarly call
d Dick Yates, called to seo the "Big Jo
er,' and was informed by tlie usher, 'the
resident had given strict order to admit uo
ne/
'Just t;^e this card to him,' Eaid Dick,
s I nip tho Governor of Illinois, apd his,
articular personal friend, and have come
II the way from Illinois to see him on very
nporlant business.'
Tlio president, who was surrounded by a
elevation of stiffed nocked 'nnfrinu' ron/J
io names on the card, ordered his install
incous admission, and inet him with 'I'm
lad to see you, Dick; I haven't been aide
> say Pisistratus (the name of one of Bul
ger's characters) since daybreak !' 'Phan
y the pheeiinlca' and astonishment of the
elegation.
In giving his views of the military status
f the capito', present, and prospective, he
'I haye good reason to believe the Presi
>ot, Seward, Cameron and Scott still favor
peace policy ; but old Satan Blair, (Jree
y and Chase, who are already 'pipe-lay
g' for the succession, overrides tliem and
mtroU the cabinet by 'outside pressure.'
'Old Clifpullepec' is suspected of intcn
jnal lukewarmness, and I am of tho opin
n the Mood-letters are right.'
y *y of Voli if rsEBs.
Tlie following are the conditions and
gulations under which volunteers are ac
pted in the Confederate States Arpy :
Under the bill for public defence,
\f\ nnn ? I?< '
)<'uu vuiuiuegrs pay DO accepted, wlio
il| bp subject 1q the rules governing the
gular army. The teinas of service will
i during the war.
Each regiment is composed of ten rom
ipies, pfioh consisting qf opo captain, three
plenant*, four sergeants, four corporals,
o buglers, and ninety privates.
The pay is as follows:
f" Pfii MUM 11.
polonel. ^ *175 00
I/.eutenaiit-Colopei. 170 00
Ma^or. 150 00
(CapUti^. 108 0Q
First Lieuttfnnnl. ' 00 00
Second Lieutenant. 80 00
First Sergeant. . 2\ 00
Other Sergeant#. 17 00
Corporis ijpd ^.rtifjcws. ? 19 00
private?. , 03
^hey hnvp ?Isp # yearly #}lp*n?icp fop
thing, itpd ope ration per day.
The volpntdrs are expected to furnish
nr pwo uniiorip?, and. will be paid in
?d?v by the Confederate States Govern
int, wfien flustered into service. E?cb
ptpept bail a Quarter^aiwter, whli the
>Jc of Ctjptajn, and * |CoB?rai*?nry, with
ual * Surgeop apd AuistAiit Sur
*s_s,
words FITLY SPOKEN.
The following from the Bangor (Maine),
Dcmzcrr' gives indication of the reaction
in the North. Sixty ci$yn ngo ',^e a ^1 ill or
would have beon hung bj' tho lliyti prevail
ing mob government, had$e dared to ut
ter corresponding sentiments:
The Stkr:; Logic ok Events?Tho
rapid fulfillment of nil the predictions of
democratic speakers and writer?, ?.a to
what would take place i?,? our beloved
tuiwiii* in me nvznt oi a scclional triumph
in tlio election of .1 president, need not be
attributed to any gift of prophecy ; it id
the resnljL of tin; stern logic of events.
Poorly read, in the ' '"tory of govern
ment, and n poor student of human na
tuie, mupL.be he - who, in the face of the
wnifire which the Black-Iiepublicnn party
lias been for years waging upon the insti
tutions of the South, could not have fore
told the disruption of tlx? Union, qnd the
disasters that might attend that disrup
tions.
Now that w? have entered upon
civil war, let those who would read his*
Lory of the future, appeal to the samo
'stern lopjic of events.' What does it
tearh 1 Wo t>pen 1; by its inst rut icons.
It teaches that, if Abraham Lincoln
jhall persist in attempting to carry out
.he policy indicated in his reply to the
Virginia commissioners, the fifteen slaves
vale?, numbering more than 12,000,000
jf people, will unite in, a gommon cause
j( defending their firevides and, horres.
It teaches that every man, within their
imits, caphble of wielding a awpjd or
eveling a rifle, will Inke the field, de?
ermiued, like their revolutionary fathers
)f old, -tp repel, the invader, or to die in
lie attempt.
It teaches that, sooner or later, the fate
>f every northern army seut within their
)onJeis, will inevitably be that which
>vertook those of the British tyrant which
vpre lapsed on our coast to j;iv?t on our
orerathers the chains of slavery.
It teaches that the armies of the North
nay m?et with occasional triumphs ; may
>urn a few cities an,cl devastate, a few
ields , may rob the southern, mother and
ler tender children of their peaceful and
[uict homes; may here and there incite
ervile insnrroctions ; but su cesses like
..coc ? hi oniy provose the wrath o^
leaven, and raise up for the Sou'.lv 'armiea
o fight their battles for them.'
It leaches that at least, after one, three,
eyen or ten years shall have passed away,
,fier oura;mies have vanished before the
ever-failing aim of the southern rifle, the
rrcsi3tible charges of southern cavalry,
nd the terrible ravages of a sq^hprn
!i nate ; after myriads of northern home3
ave been made desolate, and poverty and
isti ess shall bfgin *yo stall; abrortd in the
treets of our cities and village^ then the
carts of our people will yearn for peace,
nd penpe will com?.
It teaches that the independence of the
'onfederate States will be recognizcd, and
lat the North will be compelled at last to
rant that which, in according with the
iiril of American liberty, it should cheek
ily conepdo.
Such are the teachings of tlio sfern log
of events. \Ye put thom upon tecord
id invite all who read this article to re
ember predictions founded upon them,
hp authority of the federal government
ill ne~. er again be established within the
nits of the seceded States. The peoplp
those States will never again recognize
at authori'y voluntarily, nor can they be
mpt llcd to do so by force.
Ueal Men and Women.?For goo<|
mraon cause, sterling worth, foupd in
jrilv, and real talent?for original think?
'prolific genius, and soul that loves an<|
iks to exemplify thg goldep rulp?porp
?n;l us to the plafh, homespun nien and
>mon, whq are not too proud to wor)c
r to elevated and refin?. d to be honest-t
in and women who go about tbeir
eincss>, do their JgosinesB, and treat all
10 behave themsql^es. as members of th?
me brotherhood, and entitled by natprq
equal rights ,and privileges?commend
to tbo blunt; hearty outspoken men and
>mcn, who are not Apprehensive of re
nting sotpe secret every time they tpeak,
d do pot stop to rjoto the sooial cast of
iiiiliyidua! btsfore they address him,
U they may be haughty and overbear
{tp^Hfd the humble and we?k, ppd &w
lg nud sycophantic towards |.be wealthy
d influential. Give qs the plain, fr^pjc,
en countenance, (Ira bonesl the
irseand woru but tjie '
i warm heart that
) pitty dcpeitful ?Ujfts of etiquette
urt U^t hi kind to *J1 that is straggling
nertty through life, cruel to none,-but
Hgnaqt sod fa)! of rebuke towards tbcpMt4
10 assume the 'J am-beUer-kfaau thoo'
, and prefer genteel idleness and le^tfl
*9 bpoast. industry and productive,