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W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1866. VOLUME XIV. NO. 11.
. A /.. * irirrnuott DaVir in fcfctsotr.
V The Prison Life of Jefferson Da?
/ \ \ Vla-^-By Lieutv GoJ. John S. Graven,
V. M. I)., late Surgeon tj. S. Volantocrs,
and Physician of the Prisoner, Carleton
: New York.
The etory x>f the imprisonment of the
illustrious personage whose name and fame
We tinkod inseparably with the fortunes of
*th6 Confederate cause, possesses peculiar
interest, especially when written by one
*>vi<l#>ntlc mnvpd hv mnnlv imnnlsnq and
a respoct for the truth of history. Wo
CAnnot At this time attempt any critical
notice of tho work, or givo mQre than one
or two extracts, but promise to return to it
from time to time, until we have given our
readers a fair chanco to judge of the interest
and value of the work. Wd begin
with
mb. davis ushered into trison.
May 21, 1865?The procession into the
fort wib under the immediate inspection of
Major-General Haileck and Charles A.
Dana, then Assistant Secretary of War;
Colonel Pritchard, of the Michigan cavalry,
who immediately effected the capture,
being the ofBcer in command of the guard
from the vessel to the fort. First came
Mujor-General Miles holding the arm of
Mr. Davis, who was dressed in a Buit of
plain Confederate gray, with a gray slouched
hat?always thin, and now looking
much wasted and very haggard. Immediately
after these came Colonel Pritchard
accompanying Mr. Clay, with a guard of
soldiers in their rear. Thus they passed
tnrough tiles or men in blue From the Engineer's
Lauding to the Water Battery
Postern ; and on arriving at the casemate
which bad'been fitted up into cells for
their incarceration, Mr. Davis whs shown
into cusemeut No. two and Clay into No.
four, guards of soldiers being stationed in
the cells numbered one, ihree, and five,
upon each 6ide of them. They entered ;
the heavy doors clanged behind them, and
in that clang was rung the final knell of
the terrible, but not extinct rebellion.
BeiDg ushered into bis inner cell by
General nni) thp two ilnnrii Isi^inn
, e,
thereinto from the guardroom being fastened,
Mr. Davis, after surveying the premises
for some moments, and looking out through
the embrasure with such thoughts passing
over his lined and expressive face as may
be imagined, suddenly seated himself in a
chair, placing hoth hands on hislcnees.and
asked one of the soldier* pacing up and
down wkhin his cell this significant question
: "Which way does the embrasure
face?"
The soldier was silent
Mr. DAviB, raising bis voice a little, re
pented the inquiry.
But again doad silence, or only the
measured footfalls of the two pacing pacing
sentries within, and the fainter echoes
o f the four without.
Addressing the other soldier, as if the
first had been deaf and bad not beard him,
the prisoner again repeated his inquiry.
But tbesecond soldier remained silent,
as the first, a slight twitching of bis Byes
only intimating that he had beard the question,
but was forbidden to speak.
'Well,' 6aid Mr. Davis, throwing his
bands up and breaking into a bitter laugh,
4iI wish my men could have been taught
your discipline!' and then, rising from hia
chair, he commenced pacing back and
fourth before the embrasure, now looking
at the silent sentry across the moat, tnd
anon at tbe two silently pacing soldiers
who were his companions in the casement.
His sole reading-matter, a Bible And
prayer-book, his only companions those
two silent guards, his only food the ordi?
nary rations of bread and beof served out
to the soldiers of the garrison?thus passed
the first day and night of the ex-President's
confinement.
On the 23d day of May, the third day
of his imprisonment, he underwent being
put in irons?''a trial severer,' says, Dr.
Craven, 'than has ever been inflicted upon
aqy one who.has enjoyed such eminence.'
Oapftain TUIow, of the Third Pennsylvania
Artillery, wm sent to see it performed.
HOW MB. DAVIS WAS PUS XH IRONS.
'Well 1' said Mr. Davis aa they entered,
slightly rsUiog bis bead.
I bato an unpleasant duty to perform,
sir,' ta$ C*pt, THjof, tod M b# spoke,
the semor biftdVamith took tbo shackles
(torn bis assistant. , . . *
Dsns leaped intUntly fromb'U recum*
Dent attitude, a fltuh ev?r,hii face
for a moment, And tten hi* 6oQt>t^nanoo
growing lirid and rigid at death. V .'
He gatped for breath, clotcMrg hi*
throat withlfca Ih l? flog Art of kit'right
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hand, and then recovering himself slowly,
while hia wasted figuro towered up to its
full height?now appearing to swell with
indignation, and noen to shrink with terror,
as he glanced from the Captain's face (
to the shackles?ho said slowly and with a
laboring chest:
'My God ! you cannot have been cent to
iron me 1'
'Such are my orders, air,' .replied the
officer, beckoning the blacksmith to ap- i
pronch, who stepped forward, unlocking
the padlock, and preparing the letters to do
their office. These fetters were ot' heavy
iron, probably five eighths of an inch in j
thickness, and connected together by a
chain of like weight. I believe they aro
now in the possession of Maj'ir Gen. Miles, >
and will form an interesting relic.
'Tim is too monstrous,' groaned the prisoner,
glaring hurriedly round the room,
no if -- <" -
no II IV/1 QUUJU *>caj?yu Ul ilJt'HIlB OI bell
destruction. 'I demand, Captain, tliat you
let me see the commanding officer. Can
be pretend that audi shackles are required
to secure the safe custody of a weak old
mac, so guarded and in such a fort as
this?1 I
'It could serve no purpose,' replied Capt. I
Titlowj 'bis orders art from Washington, I
as mine are from him.' I
'But bo can telegraph,' interposed Mr. !
Davis, eBgerly; 'there must be some mis- i
take. No sucb outrage as you tbrealeu <
mo with is on record iu the history of na- I
tions. Bee bim to teleeraub. and dulav :
until bo answers." i
'My orders are peremptory,' said the (
officer, 'and admit of no delay. For your I
own sake let me advise you to submit wiili i
patience. As a soldier, Mr. Davis, you i
know I must execute orders.' t
'These aro not orders for-a soldier,' shout- t
ed the prisoner, losing all control of himself.
'They are orders for a jailor?fyr a c
hangman, which no soli)ie/ wearing a r
sword uhould accept I I tell you the world i
will ring with this disgrace. The war ia I
over; the South is conquered ; I have no i
longer any country bat America, and it is t
lor me nonor ot America, as for my own I
honor and life, that I plead against this c
degredation. Kill me ! kill me !' he cried, t
passionately, throwing his arms wide open f
and exposing his breast, 'rather than in- i
flict on me, and on my people through me, t
this insult woreo than death.' I
'Do your duty, blacksmith,' said the of i
ficer, walking toward the embrasure as if t
not caring to witness the performance. 'It \
only gives increased pain on all sides to b
protract this interview.' j.
At these words the blacksmith advanced t
with tho shackles, rind seeing that the pris r
oner bad one foot upon the chair neur his t
bedside, his right hand resting on the back I
of it, the brawny mechanic made an at- 1
tempt to elip one of the shackles over the c
ankle so raised, but, as if with the veho- t
menco and strength which frenzy can impart,
even to the weakest invalid, Mr. Davis
suddenly seized his assailant, aDd hurled j
him half way across the room. t
On this Capt. Titlow turned, and seeing v
that Davis had backed against the wall for c
further resistance, began to remonstrate, t
pointing out in brief, clear language, that t
this course was madness, and that nrdnrn v
must oe enforced at any cost. 'Why com* f
pel me/ he said, 'to add the further indig- i
nity of personal violence to the necessity t
of your being ironed ?' t
'I am a prisoner of war,' fiercely retorted i
Davie; 'I have been a soldier in the armies ]
of America; and know how to die.* Only t
kill me, and my last breath shall be a \
blessing on your head. But while I have <
life and strength to resist", for myself and <
for my people, this thing shall not be |
done.' ]
TTAMiinnn Pant Tillnw nallo/1 id a oq?. I I
geant and a file of soldier* from the next, \
room, and the sergeant advanced to seize ]
the prisoner. Immediately Mr. Davis flew |
on biro, seized bis musket and attempted to t
wrench it from bfe grasp. t
Of coarse such a scene could have but t
one issue. There was a short, passionate J
souffle. Jn a moment Mr. Davis was j
Bang upon hit bed, and before bis four <
powerful assailants removed their bands I
from him,-the blacksmith, and hit assistant t
bad done tbeir work-^one securing the <
riiet on the light ankle, while the other 1
turned the key in }be p^dlo^ on the lefu <
This done. MiO W . mnmAnf I ?
? t : 771?? "" w j
as if io stupor. ' Then slowly raising b}m* <
self and taming roaud, ha ?dropped > Ml i
haciM If rt to the TTBe harih j
olankof ibii striking ?bain nenu fiitt to <
hare reoatfod him to bU ^(aa^?tt?'find ]
dropping bufaoeinto his bands* b* boat ;
into ft pmbotto fldod of #obbing', rocking i
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to and fro, and muttering at brief intervals
: 'Ob, the bliame, tlio ehame !' f
THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
The following eloquent aiMicss was delivered
by the llov. J. L. Girardeau at the
recent celebration in Charleston to the
memory of the Con federate dead :
We liavo corne, my friends, to this sacred
spot in obedience to the promptings
of ? Universal and well lliirti irr.ieialMl.To in. 1
Btinct of tlio human lieart. Men of all
forms of religion, unite in cluing honor to
the memory of their dea l. Tlio philosopher
and the savage, tho Pagan, the Mo- j
hammedan, tho Jew, and the Christian, 1
lire at one in the indulgence of the sentiment
which dictates the discharge of those
mournful offices, tlio Ins*, which it is competent
to affection to render in behalf of kindred
countrymen and friends.
We are hero as mourners to day. "\Vo
have repaired to this burial grounrt to
mingle the tears of a common sorrow, and
to pay that tributoof respect to our de
ceased soldiers which was previously prevented
by the hindrances of war. The act
which we aro assembled topeiform is suggested
not by acrimony towards thu living,
tiul by affection lor the dead. Simply retrospective
in its character, it has no
political complexion, and no latent and in
?idous reference to tho future. It affords,
it is true, not only an expression of our
grief over the ashes of our departed heroes,
jut of our admiration fur their character.,
ind our love for their memories and their
lames; but there is no noble and gener?
jus spirit, evon among those who were vie
ors in tho great and sanguinary struggle |
through which wo have parsed, that would
efuae us the consolation of dropping a
ear, snd of laving our cbapletsof cypress
ipon the graves of our dead.
Wo aro here as mourners, not only for
>ur owo unuUerablo losses, hut uIjo ad rcpeaentatives
of the disconsolate kindred of
nnny of those who liere bleep in death, de
mrred by distance from participating with
is in thesa sod rites; of fathers and mothsrs
who sent forth their sons, with their
lenediclioDB, to eee them no more on earth ;
>f wives and bisters, who slowly and relucant'y
unwound their arms of affection
rom the neck? of husbands and brother?,
vhoie faces they wore destined never more
o look upon in this world ; of littlo orphaned
children who olung to their departng
sires, and all unconscious of the dreHd
ugniticance of the insignia oT war, toyed
vith their glittering sword chain*, aud
miled at the nodding of their plumes.
Vlasl their fond visions pf the soldier's reurn
to gladden his home were doomed
lever to bo realized; and now , in place of
he joyous greetings of a father, a hus)and,
a brother, a son, is the voiceless sience
of a grief that casts its daily shadow
tver the desolated family circle, and which
laugbt but the divine consolations of religion
can assuage.
Whether they are right or wrong in the
?ro3ecntioo of the contest which cost them
heir lives, the men whose sunken grave
ve repair, ond whose memories we honor,
lied for us. We can uever, never forget
bat lliey were sacrificial victims on an al
ar which we helped to rear, and that their
>lood was poured out like water in deence
of principle which we avowed and
which we counselled and exhorted them to
naintain to the last extremity. Foi
hat caU80 which we, as welt as they,
egarded as the exponent of constitutional
iberty, and wbiob, during its protracted and
igonizing struggle for existence, we love-i
with a nasnmnnfo intnn^iln ...t. :..U - J
r??WMM.w *r u iv/u uu> woruB
jan express?for that cause these men
jncountered every hardship, under every
jrivation, and freely sacrificed their lives.For
it they forsook the sweet felicities of
lorae, and bade , a last farewell to those
ivhom they held dearer than ' life .itself.
Sncouraged by the blessings of those whose
hearts broke at their own exhortations to
.bera to go forward in the path of duty,
ittended by the sanctions of religion and
;be prayers of the pious, and stimulated
>y the applause of a whole people, they
went forth cheerfully and exultingly to the
endurance of trials to wbieb even the so row?
;nl annals of warfare < an scarcely furnish
i parallel. Engaged in a Conflict with
joe of the great Dowers of ih*
ffhoda voice i? heard with respect' by "the
jcGupantt of Burepean thrones, exoommaaicated
from the fellowship and sympathy
the human race, engirdled with a wall
rffirfeaad barred off from intercourse ?iUj
&ertst ot mankind, sustained by rtsoarces
it boa* which were barely adequate .*?-Uy*
mppjy of their most pressing -neoaaqUa*
yet odooeirivg that they Vera syug^tiilgto
uphold the grfet prineipleaiof ?Wil and ra?
. ufru ?
?/.-jJ* *-'? ''
ligioue liberty for which tbeir fathers before
thorn had bled, they manfully endured every
trial, nnd heroically confronted every
peril- They wcro scantily fed, they wore
poorly clad, they wero often inefficiently
armed, yet amid tho enow* of Virginia
win tore, amid tho deadly malaria of Carolina
swHinpR, amid the bleak winds that
sweep our ocean slioro, amul the burning
heats of Mississippi, amid tho bayous an<l
wilds of tho fur Wopt, in labors and watch
ingi, in hunger, nakedness aud cold, iu the
dreary lienchea, on the exhausting march,
and on the red Gold of carnage and deatu,
they attested their fidelity to a cause whic?*
wnscommon to them and us. Who of ur
in tliis conuourso which was spontaneously
poured forth, not as a triumphal procession
with floating banners and clashing cymbals,
but as a community of stricken mourners?who
of us can forget the I ttle wornout
handful of heroes that on this day four
years ago stood an immovable breastwork
before this city, and met and broke the
thunder-cloud which buist upon them
'n fury with that morning's earliest
light ? "Who of u9 can forget the gal'ant
men who fell amidst a tempest of
Gre, and a hail of iron, at Wagnor and
c -5 \1m._ p . "
ni. uuiuiui * n uu 01 us cnn lorgo'those
who saturated with their blooJ the
fields of James Island, John's Islanl, Pocotaligo,
and Coosa .vhatchio ? Noble old
city ; poor as she is, she is rich in Buch
memories as these. Torn, a(lloted, impoverished
sho may be, but none can wrest
from her the inheritance of that immortal
legacy which was bequeathed her by her
dying sous. The crovn has fallen from
her quoi-nly brow, and 8he nits in dust and
a-dies, but there are still left, in her dead
and living oliildren, c-istly and glittering
jewels which blaze upon her bosom, and
nrn pressed with ineffable fondues* to her
breast. Our brethren fought and bled,
and died, ns vicarious sufferer* on our behalf.
Our profoundest graiitudo is, therefore,
due them; and every generous emotion
of our natures impels us to do what
we cud, consistently with our present relations
and duties, to honor their memories
and to consecrate their names. Their
spirits have passed from amongst U9, but
their graves are with us ; and, although
we may not lay upon then? thd laurel garlands
of the victor, we would revereutly
place upon them the tokens of our undying
gratitude, and our quenchless love.
It would bo as idle as it would bo nneandid
to deny that in performing this office in
memory of our dead, we offer a silent protost
which, however feeble and useless it
may appear, is still solemnly rendered
aga;nst the judgment which would consign
them to infamy as the perpetrators of
unnatural and monstrous crimes. Let
others say what thevmav. it ip not in our
natures to regard as criminal? those whom
revered and loved as our fathers, husband?,
brothers and sons, and who freely yielded
up their lives for principle which we deemed
worthy even of suoh a saorifico. Wo
would be guilty of grossest consistency with
ourselves, and o! deepest injustice to them,
did we reluse to do them such honor as it
is possible in our circumstance to pay.
We cannot frame our speech to pronounoe
augbt but blessings upon their Dames ; and
palsied would be our tongues should they
ever be schooled to utter a syllable of re?
pronch upon their memories. Were it so
that we were required to do it, our answer
must neod be, by God's beip we cannot.
Belter, far better, in that ease, would it be
for ub to say of our dead oountrymen, aa the
great Roman poet makes hi* hero exclaim of
hid 'llappy, thrice happy they, to whom it
was allotted to die before the faces of the
fathers," and to look forward to the
hope of sharing their graves as the last, the
only consolation that would be left as,
The world, which haa misunderstood us in
the past, and which misunderstands us
now, may withhold from the soldiers of anill-starred
conntry the meed of praise for
the performance of heroic deeds. It is ours
?we oannot help it It is ours U> repeal
.l 1 .s.?- r*
mpir uhluqb wiiu aaecwpnaie veneration?
to oheriah them in our hearts,-apd to bold
them in everlasting remembrance as the
symbols of every quality which we are
wont to honor a# noble', brave and
true. The great" and good Jaokaon
never oould have >been a leader -.of
poaspirators, outlaws and banditti.?
His; life?ami it' was- one pf those
bright *n(i gterious tiaont) wfifcb oooe be~
frpij jugbji914 yirtu*,*hiah Iiwped
U#elfc*t pbcs ftqUlowerupob th* hearts
?f mankind; his death-*** serene and
peacSfdl ak the eretfnf scene which oloW
^ njwi spm# <Tsj of might/ Con? .
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flict; the life and tlio death of Buch a
man cannot but redeem from reproach the
principloa to which they were devoted
.and shed a hallowing lustre upon even a
defeated cnuse, which now, but for such luminous
Illustrations would, in the judgment
of tho word, go down into the night of a
perpetual oblivion. Nor were there want
iug many kindred spirits of lower rank
mid lesser note. Hundreds, officers and
private soldiers, developed the lofty spirit of
self? sacrifice, the noblest, the sublimost, the
most god-like trait which can adorn and
dignify our poor human nature. A gallant
ntid bclovod young officer from this
city, when d)ing of a wound, in a distant
State, said to mo, 'Tell my dear parents I
<lo not repent of fighting for my country.'
lirave. crentle. affectionate mesamafo Mn<l
friend I fie sleeps not upon tho soil of liis
cherished Crtro'ina, but tho Bosom of Virginia,
redJeDed with the goro of beroe?,
softly pillows his head in his last unbroken
reposo. Said a private soldier to mo,
while he was lying in a hoppital in prospect
of death : "Sir, I may die, but if I
had forty lives I would give tliem for such
a chuso as this." Said another to me, after
be had contracted n severo and dangerous
dinea^e in consequence of doing
pickot duty, in freezing weather, without
an overcoat or a blanket to cover him :
*.T 1. - /T ? - * ' T ? 1
i. iihvu suuereu mucu, dui i would rattier
die than give up the cause I have been
fighting for.'' Sacred to us muat be tlio
memory of such heroes I Greon be the
turf that reals upon their sleeping dust I
But I must forbear. The emotionB
which thrill us at such recollection* are
deep, too tender, to find exprossion in language.
We cannot give utterance to the
feolings which oppress us, and yet, like an
inward fountain of fire, they would fain
burn for themselves a vent.
It has-pleased an all-wise Providence to
ueuy success co n cauBe in wnicn tUO Dlooa
of our brethren whs spilt. We would reverently
and submissively-bow to the dccision
of His sovereign wiU. We would retail
tho whole case to His wisdom and
raeroy, and quietly and pationtly await its
ultimate developments. Wo have no quar*
re! with the providence of God. We would
obediently accept the situation wbicb Qe
allots ur, and would endeavor honorably to
meet the obligations and discbarge the
duties which it implies. We are not insensible
to the sanctity of oaths, and trust
WA rriAtT Kuva nrrn M stswfs%?m i/v ?
requirement of conscience, probity, and
honor.
But while thus in sincerity wo feel and
epeak, justice to the dead and fidelity to
truth alike compel us to say that we cannot
ignore the fact that "the mere presence
or absence of success does not, of itself,
determine the question of the righteousness
of principles. We cannot close our
eyes to the great lesson which starts out
from the pages of history?that causes,
which, while struggling for existence, were
branded with the stigma which attaches
only to crime, have been rescucd from con*
tempt and glorified in the eyes of men by
the mere accident of victory; and that
others, which, while in the ascendant,
were atteoded with acclamations of applause,
have, by a reverse of fortune, experienced
an opposite fate. Such was the
ksson written upon the great struggles for
the maintenance of constitutional law in
the history of the English people; such
was the lesson impressed, as in letters of
light, upon the face of the American Revolution.
Nor can the argument, (rom the
apparent favor or frown of Providence, be
deemed "conclusive as to the cbaraoter of
principles,since the Church of God her
sen nas sometimes Deen suDjectea to persecutions
which drenched ber ia blood, and
brought h<r to the very verge of extinction.
Bight is right, nod wrong is wrong,
whatever may be the outward and accidental
circumstances whiohaocompany tbem;
and it is an ineradicable faith of the human
heart, which eJ^o would be bot eopulohre
of heps, thai troth and right, though,
like th* setting sun, y>ey may sink beneath
r horizon of daibneea and an ocean of
s^proui may at last re-appear Id the morn
iof grory of an UDCttoqeq day.
The blood, the proofed*, prioeleat blood
of our breatbren may teem to as to .bare
been drank op by the earth in vaia?bat
whatever of truth, whaterer of right,
whatever of pare and lofty principle
there tnu for wbioh they oontomfod taclfor
whiob they died, may, in another dajy toi.,
and prophet*, eame.forth-in tha naMii if#! f)
m?otiul,wb?o th? booM of it* wnftww i
v? '-vM ' .
and martyrs shall bave mouldered into
dust.
"Truth ?traok to earlh shall rise again,
The eternal years of God ore ber'e.
Ladies of the Memorial Association, the
suggestion of this affecting ceremony orig.
inuted in your delicate and loving sympathies.
Nover did you, never can you, forget
that the namo of Woman waa sacred
to the Southern soldier's heart. It is no
wouder, that as he lived for your defence,
he should die with your blessing. Tour
hands industriously wrought to supply his
wants while he lived, your hands softly
ministered to him when lying on the pal?
lot of suffering and of death?it is but fitting
that the same hands shonld gently lay
upon his last resting place the touching
memorials of a people's gratitude and love.
NTr. ~r ? '
...? ui bouiiuu, uvii ruii 01 arums,
nor blaro of trumpets ia heard abova tha
graves of oar dead, but as long as they
shall be surrounded by kneeling mothers
and daughters, sisters and wive.", vrho shall
bedew them with their tear?, they will not
be wanting in the noblest and truest honors
whioh the human heart can pay.
8INOULAB DREAM.
A gospel minister, of tbo evangelical
principles, whose name, from the circumstances
that occurred, it will be necessary to
conceal, being much fatigued at the conclusion
of tho afternoon service, retired to hia
apartment in order to take a little reat.
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tie nau not long reonnea upon nis ooaou
before he fell asleep and began to dream,
lie dreamed that on walking in his garden,
he ei.tered a bower that had been erected
in it, where he aat to read and meditate.
While thus employed he thought that he
heard some person enter the garden, and
leaving his bower, he immediately hastened
toward the spot whence the sound
seemed to come in order to discover who
it -was that had entered. He had not
proceeded far beforo he discerned a particular
friend of his, a goppel minister of
considerable talent, who had rendered
himself very popular by his aealoua and
unwearied exertions in the cause of Christ.
On approaching hi* friend, he was surprised
to find his countenance with a
gloom, wbicb it bad Dot been accustomed
to bear, and that it strongly indicated a
violent agitation of mind, apparently anting
from conscious remorse. After the
salutations bad passed, bis friend asked
the relator tbo time of day, to whioh he
replied, "twenty-five minutes after four."
hearing tbis tbe stranger said: "It is only
one bour since I died, and now"?(here
bis countenance spoke unutterable horror.)
"Why so troubled!" inquired the dreaming
minister. "It is not," said be, "because
I have not preached tbe goipel;
neither is it bccause I bare not been rendered
useful; for I have now many seals to
my ministry that can bear testimony to
the truth as it is in Jesus, which they have
received from my lips; but it is because I
have been accumulating to myself the applause
of men, more than tbo honor that
cometh from above; and verily I have my
reward." Having uttered these expw
sions he hastily disappeared, and was seen
no more.
The minister walking shortly afterward
with the contents of this dream deeply engraven
on his memory, proceeded, overwhelmed
with serioua reflections, toward
his chapel, in order to conduct the evening
service. On his way thither he was
occoBted by a friend, who inquired wheth*
ap ha hml Itpurrl lh? Rftvnro 1dm th? flhnrah
bad sustained in the deatb of tbnt able
minister * * * and be replied, "No,**
bul being much affected at the singular intelligence,
be inquired of him tbe day and
;ime of the day when bis departure took
place. To tbis bis fiiend replied, "This afternoon,
at twenty-five minutes after three."
?Herald of Truth.
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A National Bankrupt Law.?It is
an instructive fact, says tbe Tribune, (bat
the repugnance to a national bankrupt law
is strongest in those communities which
are least exposed to loss or injury by its operarion.
That, tbe Cbamber of Commerce
of New York has just reiterated its
prayer to Congress to pass the bill alread/
through tbe House, though it is certain
that many millions ot debts due from tbe
interior and West to that city would be
sponged out by such an act; whereas the
West, as represeotdd in Congress, seems
generally averse to suot> a law, though tie
Waat.wnnlri Ka raHnvad hv it nf-thfl IwmI
obligation to pay many million* ownad
then 06 to the Eaat. Io other Word#, the
credi wr intoreflt aric* for abeokfopt. Jew;
while the debtor interest reuito iu eoeot?
mqpt?. : *> * >' i
- W?bopo?od trart that Oflfcgfett'will
not adjourn without louiitg the capttVe'' ?o
#j^Bi?ipef|ytfi rt;were lht? 8u?<aw
ektiedLthftt'tbedetj imposed br tbe OootkH?lto&'oXOofigto*m
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