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Most Centrally Hotel in TownTerms ^12 Per Day. ^ Commercfnl rKf* i *M will have every attention paid to their c for', and be fur nishel with 8AMPLE **?0118 at this House; aud persons visiting Cunulea will find it a quiet mmLpleasant hoi''e .Special rates made for parties traveling V together, and for those who wish to aiay a V week or more. #aST In connection with the house is a first-class LIVERY CTA RLE, where horses and vehicles can be had nt all times' for town or country use, at the most reasonable rates. Conveyances to and from the depot at every train. decl8t. * * r Of Canned Goods, of best quality, and warranted full weight, for sale by mw KiRKtffV * wmr. VOLUME XXXVI. Tgfc GATHERED ROSE. Only a rose-bud sweet and fair, < Dotn by the road-side growing. Of other flowers, rich and rare And cultured, little knowing: Content its blushing face to hide 'Mong its own leaves, when si raying Bees came wandering side by side With zepbvrs idly praying. The rose-bud blossomed out ?t last 10,0 !? tr^y80*"Ami,' plifin hy Me who sauilercd Ere^ hi?d|hlo^ mr l an hour, You understood, you say, with scorn, While listening to my story ? You know which rose one Summer morn ( You robbed of all its glory 1 I Ah, man, the heart you cast away When so it served your pleasure, t My own,for iuany ami many a day Had worshipped without measure. I l She knew it not. I was not worth , The love you held so lightly But I could lift her from the earth, The flower once blooming brightly? I The rose you threw away?ah. yea ? Again to toy with?never! But mine to worship and to bless, To keep and held forever. i The Soci.il Advantages of Masonry. -r* i It is with pleasure that we present to Dur readers the admirable address de!iv? ( ered bj Rev. John 0. Willson before hToruhnor T.ndl'fl N*0. 29. A. F. M.? OB , 1 the 24th instant, the annual festival of St. John the Baptist, which is published by request of the ludge. It will be read with profit by the members of the craft, 1 and with interest by all. Being intro- j1 Juecd by Gen. J. D. Kettf-dy, Worshipful Master of Kershaw Lodge, Mr. ; Willson spoke as follows : I Worshipful Muster, Brethren and J Friends : Masonry has fixed but two festal days. 1J One is appointed at a time when the tying; year is clipped in winter's icy ' ir|?p; tlie o?lte?, when blooming spring. j? a'ider the ardent kisses of the kindly ; 1 sun, blushes into summer's radiant ! ' beauty. Thus we learn and t?-ach that , 1 the joy of the human h>ari is iodepeud- ] ?nt of not ward surroundings. One of I these festivals commemorates a man and : Mason who loved to rest on loving bo- : t )om. hut who wos so absorbed in grand- ? st mission, that he f lunti smallest time Tor such sweet shelter. The other cornajemornt^a a man and uason who chose ' tbe so itudcnf r 1-e wilderness ti>r home; J but as a roico in tb?* wilderness was I lblt to empty the city's multitude intu. i the rude lap of the cb-sert. Thus we ! lea-n and tench that human hand and | tongue often pour oil of joy on others, 1 when its own heart is denied the J | ~ . 1 draught To-day ie the fewival of that John ' who from wilderness t?il was thrnsi into J prison's fettered darkness, and by [ tempted hand of violence was soon hur- J ried to ''his chamber in the silent balls j of death." Wo therefore commemorate a lonely, friendless life. Does not its treat want and our abundant supply suggest and cniorce as our theme IDE SOCIAL ADVANTAGE# OP IJASONRV 7 j It is needless to argue the necessity of man's a; social ion with man. The same voice which said, "let there bejlight and there was light," in gentler tone apake, saying : "It is not good for uiaD to be alone:and of the dust already refined in man's creation, God made , man'c fairer, purer helpmeet. The sleep j ing Adam woka to gate on beauteous | Ere. and Gien hand locked with hand j they walked the fair meadows of Eden aod th? rupged steeps of earth uotil death made their parting. Aud since that ?Uy each son of Adatn seeks his Eve?thrice huppy if he finds her. But this companionship does n*t supply all (he Deed Man's association with woman is an absolute essential, but it must he supplemented by association with his fellow oi&u. k'hut out man's felb>w from him, and he becomes purgr but weaker. Shut out woman from him and he becomes stronger, (perhaps,) but certsiuly Ie6s pu*c, Proof of these assertions ar<* daily facing one of us. I> fo'Iows. then, that the best manhood demands both companionships Row to obtain and profit by sweet wo .. ..4 mir tnnnhinrr i man's presence, ur* u. to-day. Bright cyrt and roay lips are the best guides In the seeking. Our' plainer paih directs us in the scare!) after the supply Masonry ha* furnished, j or can furnish, of manly companions to ; their fellow man. The fi'st and eliicfrst means of sup- j plying this social need, Masonry pos- ' season in h^r UNI V FllSAI.lTy. 1 do n<>t refer to the abstract speculation, but to the living facts. Ma?-onry has girdled the globe. From hill top ; to hill-top the temples speak each to i ojhc#. Jvvery sea is cleft by navies icorijjg her ragnj^. There are to her well J.'4*'1 "" h?rcjgu parte, C?i l,er dc' voters arc C\."rvwhere, fn t)ie full city and in the deserts olitu'fe brotlicr meets brother. Be.->ido Jlis owri vifl? and fig tree and on alien soil, master ' greets ma?tsr. W'heraver p.an dwells, wherever he toils, wherever he travel*, wherever lie rests, he may find one i to whose ear is easy access, and in 'whose heart he may safely confide A i jMason is never an u'ter strange uohea he chooses so to be. He may be sur, rounded 1?V Strange fares, bu' h? can .find that behind many tbvre beats a JffUlnVf" theart-. . Where else is name, or fnuis, wnicb j fit#* vuifrat is tfvilijttl br it) savago ': 1 '' j7'" f ^ / T f V| j r <1 f_ '-- a ?i Jtu<g= lands ? The 'loudest hlnst of fame's trumpet is heard by few ere ? J,housa<i<l bills have echoed its sound. The far* roachinir. nnmes of kings bare their limit. The might end expanse of nations find a bound, but from lowest earth to h nth est l>eaven-?-f?^h^l#rkeuhig YV^st to shining East?froth farthest South to snow-bound North?shiue those lights which reveal to the true Mason ; the presence of his brother, and which , enable him to commatie with the most faithful hearts. j There are occasions wWn man meets I.is fellow man and there are mutual but vain longings for communion. Since man's dariDg purpose of sinful rebellion was thwarted and punished by coufusion of tongues it chances oft<n that man lacks some medium by which lie can im?n tK? tfnnirnr ihft fhon?flt# <if hig f"??" " " p." r own heart, or receive those the stranger seeks to communicate, kindest thoughts are unuttered, and troubled hearts struggle on unrelieved because they rise in stranger mind, and press on stranger bosom. Mere presence does uot suffice for man'e social need. Man may be utterly alone with thousands of his fellow^ men nipund him.. '.JM, helpful tfAptWHfc- : ship must havo mutual undcrstanoing, mutual sympathies, mutual communica- i liou. This noeesstfy fe mot by the \' COM 310 N LANGUAGE of Maaonry Masons have a common means of communication. Scattered over the whole earth, they must differ in ordinary speech. Some sing in flowine Italian, some shout in harsh, guttuj^l Norae tongue, aomosptyk in strong, < so hie Snoti* .starve, .mutter* in weird, contused fThtn*3se. Mut *tlrcy can all sneak th?* common tongue which Ma ?onry touches. They may not pour out i multitude of words, bul the supply is? sufficient, llrcthren speak eye to eye, band to baud, ear to ear, heart to hut Masons'fcave this^"I/mhron ! possession. There is no nation's touzuo, ?.here are few. if any words?which ' ?an compass the whole earth. The near gt annrpafih to uniyersd use, is said to he* the words, * "Halfafujultltd 'Amen !" Fifty years ngo, on the trackess ocean two ssels approached each oilier. Both wire manned ?y true mm, but men of ditfciys* faoes tnd speech. Tl was fn "thh carntvaT seaion. and the chosen sp.hrro of piracy ind murder.4 Anxiety reigned over all. As the ships drew nearer the dread of vil was deepened. Nowv UtfV axe .side jflifllfKut no anpty ?Aiwn#wnw^s'l^trd, S'n dreadful cannon played. The crews | oked each other in the face They were out ene.piies. Fear pave place to joy. ! Kind hearts lnngod to utter kindly I greeting. They shouted. They were ! but strangers still. Swiftly they were | parting Thrilling with joy a sailor tossed aloft Ins cap and shouted "Halle- j lujah y' The zephyrs swept the wrd of praise to fhc strangers. A moment, and then repeated by every billow was i thundered back the grand "Amen." ? . t i They ha J but expv<?5?6eil a common tuitn, j hut it was enough, heart had spoken to heart. Masonry has her ''Hallelujah" and her "Amen," but she has more. Brother i can ask and answer brother. Masonry. ; the common mother, has bridged over ^ the separating hindrances, and her sons sit themselves dovn to cheer and ; strengthen each other. Thus Masonry furnishes the comfton ion and the means of companionship i Anywhere, everywhere, tlie taca aod j the language may be found. But ex- [ perimcc teaches' us that men of the same tongue meet daily and pass each other unnoticed. They have the means of mutual assistance, hut have no detire to exercise them far as social need is concerned, they had as well in- ; habit different worlds. Something is 1 required to create the desire to beinu- J tuuMy helpful. This something is at: least, in part supplied b.v the COMMON OBLIGATION - j of Masonry. Every Mason is bound by ! one and t)ie same obligation. The Mason- j Kinu and Ins humblest Brother-Subject | have knelt at tb*? same altar? JFic gallant, misguided Moslem, the proud fettered Hrahinio, the chcen child of Israel. itie follos'et pi the iowly Nazarcue, ( us Mnspris arc ijoand by u common iV\ . No reservations arc alfoWea f o ftft Wiy: no conditions are imposed upon the , loatly. WhatoVdk one JlfstNi promised to do, all ape p>I?-dir? u to perlorni,. Whatever one Mason h^s promised not; to do, ail are solemnly pledged to leave ; undone. The mere fact of having uttere<l* the ! same obligation has a tendency io draw mm together. Hut few obligations are j | purely negative. Almost always duties > w?uA24?j by thon}. Aid the pressure of mutual duties invariably unite. Two I neighbors ui?y have b' en inharmonious j for years Nothing in common existed i between iheui, and they have lived iodifferent to each other's existonca?if not declared inemics. A change comes They are summoned to disehurge the d^ticp j*nd face the dangers ot war. 'i'i? .l/linrj r.t ns.nio host. (1 (It'JI UL'CUIU? p?l?)vif lf. Apparent chance places them us sent-' s over the sl? epinjr army. They must pass tlie cry of wnrnin?.or the assuring wcH " aloBL' tho lino. Tlicy most watch Jo? enetjiifht wi'lmut anil for traitors within Katji jjnd both tnu.si lip .faithful for individual and ceneral safety. They feel the rwponHibMv pf*a common ohllgutjo# ^ud tne pressure ofa common ouiy. Each acptry p-present,s a vital interest of the ether. They can not, dare not continue their esttamrcjuent. Silently but surely they bury past tuitugooisuit sod ntfo sro rval comrade*, foeJ ?* ! : a. * ' )u t > a?y*6 1. i* f4 V - - a IL-Ltl i-Sl3 AJll- U** - -CAMDEN, JtfLY ing and uttering kindest cheer . as they meet ig pacing tha weary heat. Op^ in obligation, one in du'J,. they become" oue in feeling. ,( * St with Masons. _ Before theywere bound with a,ye;*hicU can ""^e broken, there wight exist aniagonjsnis. or cowpletcs^indiff/trencp..' Now, jlieir common obligation, thpir common pod mutual duties banish causes of variance," and they arc brothers iuaecd. I do nok slander iny s^x by thc,n^ertton that all men are io some slight degree selfish. Even if this be error, it is certainly true that work is better done aDd wore pcrscveringly apno when selfinterest is added to the imperative of simple duty. Socio) needs and corresponding social duties have no fixed eqd. 4 :?vnannnl i ncr fo fTincn any iuu>|u<4ipjr ?....n needs, breed* difficulties |{hicli ever afterward mars, if not entirely hinders,, efficient helping. It, if therefore, best that interest snouJd move in < tnc direction thq.t duty takip?^ TtiiSj iu'erest is found in the / ' , COMMON liRNEFTT* OF MASONRY, Masonry is no chuHirhrenother. She will not adopt- a son who comes with sclSsh, mercenary motive. Rut when, generous heart aecla.andiidds a place among hcr children, she dpes not receive service without bestowing rich rowssd. In her gifts she is inexorvbly impartial,' Every Mason receives the same wages. It is by wiser use of wages receded tiiat^ some master workmen setm tn derive more benefit than.others less ^oolous. It is tempting to bo *We to recall so' many instances of ftferporft advantage .WWttttor masons and tliose who shjra j PSSSSt^.^fffCtfSO to purtue the ourao of biding fr?ow riglu. hand the good deed ?f tUw left. *- BtU it most be so, it'should bo so. Mfiijet tttrVt' fV?u? suuh ^bfulding to' fh? effect produced by these common benrijte.*. This effect i* partly. illiietraud by a J story told of *+>o far Kust. An Arab ; a?t in tiis Mat do* lookwig ont into ' the gathering darkness of nljjtft. The I pioneer stars peeped ,poo bj; one front ltidiofc placet) of gloom. Tko chiidtaio's practiced eye discovered a t dsafc ohjeet approaching-hitr frail hom^" It vrtw a man, alone. Wearily hij tired feet j toilejil forward. He fell af^ the. Arab's f feet nud pleaded for shelter from pur suintr enemies lie was gtntly heard, i The door was uplifted nnd?he was shel tcrcd. In a little while ha shared the bread of his protector. Wyh the giorn-'j ing cauic tbo pursuers. | They told their story and asked after the object of their search. No answer was given and they passed on Then rho Arub called the treuibJmg mau, and sw< epipg hand,around the .whole waste, said * ''Go; the life tbou didst take Was of mine own kinsman But go; thou hast eaten bread with me. Go; four and twenty hours I shall not move. Then beware! The avenger ot blood will seek thee" ! Reveuge was curbed, hate subdued by the crust broken between the injured and the injurcr. Underlying this obedience to custom, for it was custom, is the deep principle that sharers of the same benefits mast be friends. Be it the sparing of life, the bestowal ot aught uoedc4 ,?> make life happy, the crumb to destitute, or opening of truth to the view, small or great the principle is unchanged. No 011c wiM deny fbat Musona everywhere enjoy identical benefits. This surely will tend to create that necessary individual interest which will sustain UUI lllp I |JU LUIini?Uk|ttuiiviivv, Vi M.M I tu.il social duty,. ( Close, proGtable association among men requires tbAt habits of thought ami : life should not diverge too sharply. I often question the old axiom as to choice of opposite* Perhaps the contrast between pcrsous mutually attracted uud claimed to be opposite? is oftener in appearance than in reality. It is proba-. ble that the opposition is merely in external appearing and uot in the inner and real being. I do not ueed, however, to overthrow litis common opinion. It will harmooire with tlio assertion that profitable association demands that life habits and thoughts should not conflict or divirgc too greatly. This danger with us is largely avoided by the COMMON ATV OF MASflNS. Every true Mosou has one and to saute Masonic aim. The uinu of wealth, apd the man of poverty, l})mau of culture, and the man unlettered nurce in this high purpose, bqrgcr power to labor, better uuderstauding the devise, there may be. Hut some appree hensjon of the governing purpose of ttja- i sonry, all must have. Symbols and rituals arc twa mere mumim-i iv*. Living, immutable Truth is everywhero. livery step increases Light. livery advance perfects the workman. Of eld, the Temple and the Temple's Mission towered above applause, boiicyI olguce, ami loving service. Frotu the I humblest apprentice to Solomon in ull i his glory this master aim directed, livery uian had his task, but every task was part of the magnificent offering which rose without sound of hammer or axe or any tool of iron. At last the cap-stone is brought forward and placed. W ith slioutiDg und praise all joined in off-ring the dwelling to the Most High/ Then "the fire came down from hcuven and consumed the burnt offeriug und the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lqrd piled the bouse !" Tho aim wus ajiainei}. The wofk wu9 approved. The workmen weru found worthy. Hencufbrth farthest wanderer might turn him towards this House and cry with assurance |hat the cry should be heard. Our ancient bro'iireu had fashioned a piuue far their refuge aud for the refuge of lilLMVVTtti ' 1 4 # 2, 1078. i id 'et i"l ?a * , 0, brethren, let u?, who build not in fifone, and whrse tenlipToS no eye but life All-fcrelh? can betfAW?let us press the work/ Wo are one. Our work i? one. In duo season, our aim may be attained,, "for JJis pieroy endureth forever.'' Perhaps it'"Will be well to call to remembrmce thcroefal influence of a common nim. To snceced in Pitch will* urely 1?ring honn-.tn all engaged in it; to fail wili necessarily involve all in common shame. How strong this will be to fnduA mutnal 'communication ?'Atftl rrtorc, when ail wnrch after tho eanio truth, build after the same design, walkiug in the.saute path, how can there be waut of mutual sympathy, finding voice in kind words and prooffn brotherly deeds? Tt haa nftnn luinn ilVUtrfitd. and with Boeming troth, that ppfsnos coming in constant contact will purely love caoli other. There is plain philosophy "and serious tru'h in the 'influence of eon-slant ns*neinfwo. It Is wise to utilize thin influence. .This we do in our i ? Kfenft.AR MASONIC N *???*? u 'While atlendunoo at Masonic assemblies is ucvcr qpuipulsory, the duty of meeting togetncr is insisted upon. At least once in" each month, masons are desired to meet. What engages attention-during these meetings matters little. ;k oertainly brings men in contact all the closer because they are separated from 'tho outer world and shut in racli to other. And this much mori; cartW [ft-dflenfed uj-on htntters a'resd} considered.-the laborer rest of ?uch meet iogB h4g #<*0^nyot whioli. vould, tend to create division or discord.^; We all know that times j ress Kardly upoh aW AAftWTiW^avlMt weight a?i& He tfjtoh ih+to to whom Wife and elrildrroH>ok for aappl/, a* a natural vonaequpnp* the very b at mm wbo are boat examples and who are peculiarly fitted to develop :i pure social intor-1 cbtlfs^, ate tertfptcd to a closer toil and a mofv exclusive isolation than'in time ipast. Supply for man's .social, need is allowed tp come from the i lc,. and often the dissipated. Tie deplorablo result who can doubt ?' A rninrd yollth and a lieaf'-BMketi parerifdge is the whirlwind rnnped. 1 J" ? Give ?ue a moment to plead for the men pt our daj. The worthies^ are wearing out. auu the unworthy ^flre drinking from broken cUforris bdcjtnse thoy know no? the refreshing of living fountains. The unworthy need work first, thou, rest afterwards. If they do not labor, they can not possess tjiat selfrespect and strength which m inhobd requires. When wearied with' labor, they mujt find a pure rest, or-they will plunge iu an impure. . The toiling need rest. They will know how to find it in better things than the vices of earth. If they stop not, soon the pitcher will be broken at the fountain. 0 "men, my brothers, men the workers, ever doing something new, That which we have clone but earnest of the things that ye shall do," stop the busy brain, the weary hands, and rest! It is duty to all you hold dear. Stop and enjoy a pure 1 rost. Draw to it the young who daily stumble iuto wayside pitfalls. Teach them noblest toil aud sinless rest ! ? * i ? i Yes, tHrsc arc nara nays ior u?, uuu fr> nothing is the harden heavier than iu it* tendency to make man forget H e brother'a right upon him, and isolating himself perii|it t)ie springs of brother!j sympathy to dry up. Mere basltibss contact docs not, can not snpply th# demand. The meeting must be one into winch the scheming nud striving of life, do not eater. Mere family assemblies will not answer. liesfriction to these, feeds the selfish tendency of man's heart, and breeds indifferent contempt or tnoancst envy ol the world beside. Jn Masonry the meeting is of brethren whose only striving in "who can beet work and best agree", aud brethren who ofVon were stranpets until they knocked ut the same door, and woic permitted to enter. The times of Masonic meetings are certainly too infrequeut.to cause undue neglect of otl er things, while they are too near together to allow shortest rnmnnt-tr ?a Inrrr.-t fho Craft. ..vu.w.j In this world there is no spot where sharp diversities fail to appear in and among men. Tho Kind's palace shelters the King and Ins lowliest servant. ''The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is Maker of them all," so Solomon states the inevitable luct. along with a truth which snould cheek unJuo exaltation or debasement. Hut alas, they forget that one "is maker of them all." Therefore they neither know nor ire how joy or sorrow comes to cither. As a consequence the rich do not roccivo their just sympathy from the poor, nor tho poor from the rich Other causes of drifting apart tiro legion in number und power. Has Masonry in her economy any remedy lor this fateful disease iu the social body ? IIXU IMPARTIAL RULE FOR SELECTING Masons has a helpful influence. Masonry regards no man for his worldly wealth or honor. It is the iufernal and not the Vxfernirl quali(icatiottw of a man that render him worthy to ha made a mason. The Widow's Son shares the glory as well as the work of kings. And from his day to this, the sartic prinelplc haf heen professed and followed. Nor is there disregard of wealth or station alone The other and uluiost intiuitc differences and diversities among unit i have no place among masons. The sinI gle requirement is belief in One tiu I prome Being, tin \rchiteet and uphol der of tha Uuivcrue. Inspiration savi I "Tho fwi bath wid iu his heart, Tbvri ??i?? ww^e?? W NUMBER 51' H is .no God '' Wide as ? j! <r eliaritjj IVTaSonry dlsfrrs no Ibd'sin Tier Following, and therefore tins on? thing1 is de manded'bf every Mason.- I well know j that recently a pliant but erring brof.tr, erhood removed cv.t-n this ancient landmark. Now thpy rail without even poleWar for*puide. They 'cannot and will not continue. Let u? hope tlie inevitable abandonment of the unproved way, and the .return to the old paths may^bc speedy and final! The fact that Masonry unites' b;en differing in opinion, in faithj in position, in country, in raoe?uod all else?none will dispute. The fact thai in this she-1 is alone, cannot successfully be dented. We'can then admft that as masonrf are but men, the practical obedience to tfiis principle ia-iraperlectr-tbat Masons simply try to do duty irrespective .of externals. Sopietin.cs they sceni jo come i short of it. tCc can admit such clitfrgc, j but folhiW the admission with the mdis - iiW- i..'t T purnoic as?eruon it c curo? hiarrr mi* ? filling tbw profession, than a#y Oixier1 besides 1" ., ^ , ,|i .. Xow tlui argument upou the pol- i icy a9 heaTing the social breaches .and upbuilding thd social temple: *" 1 believe it is universally conceded that do man is altogether vile, $oine jgood or. gyrtn of good remains in the most depraved. The wav of the' world is to ( spread abroad the bad rhtbet*' than the godd of men?so that wo frequently h know the wore! without dreaming there* tlists a bolter side. Contact may show 1 the covered good, and may cultivate it, i since mm try most to exhibit their bet-j te?sclvcs tu tho*c tlrcy meet and wish i to pUase. Common rights and duties, which,are also mutual, have a tendency ! ,U> croate intrrest and sympathy.. .The! exis'cnco of such interest and sympathy twill induce kindly intercourse ana'ulti* tnately/if needful, will more to hdpful service. If this argument of the influence which is probable iulhe ease named be well taken, how much stronger is! similar chain where differences and } < diversities are not in character, but)( arise from tWngS 1cm vital ? (), may Masouft,hlrivc the more to perfect and practice this grand jhc- , oiy ! Externals, nothing. Internals, J everything. Deny admittances to Infti- ( est rank, if the heart Ke-vife'. Open gladly tohumbleet whoso "Sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, J/ay hear the grot, and-a' thntl ! TIi'it man to man, .the wiuo woriu o or, Shnll brothers be for a' that'*! Such, Friends, ape some of tie ad-| vantages which Masonry supplies nr. ean supply fr> th?* Swetel need. R?-! pronch us not if we couae ehort of our 1 possibilities. Judge us gtnily. What I: uinn or woman, wliut order of men or women have done what they could ? 1 My IJiothrcn, behold our opportunity and duty ! See the mighty dark- | ness, tlie humble aspirations, the rest-! less cravings, the bitter want,, the1 bruised hearts, tho burning toars: Is I' then-no help for the Sons'of men?, Thfcro is. there is 1 Fair-featutcd Masonry ' opens wide her uiighty heart and pours out. the healing balm of Brotherly Love. Quaff deep, the draught. Raise it to every parched lip. Sprinkle it on every 1 ne*dy heart. Then Drothcrly Love s"on mingled with Love Divine, flow- 1 ing from heart t<? heart, shall raise' Iri- I un.pbant anthem which, growing grander. and sweeter, shall burst into Glory, 1 song of which fills Eternity. 1 ,?. ., A Safe Man. t * 1 1 That utan who is scrupulously polite ! ' anJ respectful to al! womeh in public, j . j but habitually saxes coarse manners ami | j i vulgar Juogunst* for his own wife and j j I daughter*, is no geot'cman. llo is, I only an iuiposter. The young man who ( oils his hair, puts sweet odors upon his I pocket handkerchief, aud Lows with , j charming elegance to Miss Arabel Sprig- , "ins aud her lady friends, and goes home to sneer at his mother, disobey her wishes, and treat her with familiar discourtesy, is a pinchbeck imitation only of a gentleman. Genuine good manners and gentle breeding should begin at home. As a rule the men in a community who are the most trusted arc the best men at homo. When a man opens his front gate, only to mpet bis wife's faec ut the door radiant with pleasure, and hears the shout from the eager childreu, ''Papa is coining," it is I cufn ne > rnln In Ipnrl thllt Ulan IllonOV. He is honest and will repay it if he cau. The 1^1 Qf Life. The roads leading over tho hill of life are numerous; soiuo people take the rond' which is bright and guy?on which flowers of the richest hues are blouiiiiog?but they find, that before they arc half way, the fiowefs have laded. all Is blbik, they arc wearied, and arc glad to lie down and die; others I strive to go over the steep bauks which j loads to fortune and to lame, but the j paths on which they walk are weak ( and ruggcif; some stop at a deep prcoi- j pice over which they are unable to pass,' tho foothold of othfcrs give way, and! they are hurled tj the bottom; while only a few reach tho coveted goal; but, the wise mail chooses tho road whioh goes over the hill with a gradual slope, on which hero and there, are sweet flowers which cheer him on the way I 1 until he arrives tit his journey'a enu,! 1 where dwell Pence, llappinesi and Coo* | ' lentmeot. i A verdict of 8150 damages has been ; given in favor of a lady, who was wrong-; - fully accused of taking a purso from a . New York store, and was forcibly dai Uincd and searched4in consequence of i that accusation. * ^ 0 ? 0 , 4?:. ADVF.RTIiySQ RAItX Ifcjjb Time. 1 in. \ col. .] cel. 1 col. 1 week, $1 00 $5 00 $0 00 $15 00 2 " 175 7 50 12 25 20 00 3 " 2 50 0 00 15 25 . 24 00 M 4 " 8 00 10 50 18 00 27 50 ^ 5 3 50 < 11 75 20 50 3100 % 0 ' 4 CO 12 50 22 75 34 00 4 7 " 4 50 13 25 24 75 37 0O , 8 " 5 00 14 00 2G 00 40 00 " 3mos C 50 17 00 32 00 50 00 4 " 7 50 10 00 30 50 50 00 0 " 8 50 24 00 48 00 84 (Ml 9 " 050 80 00 69 00 10500 12" 10 25 35 00 08 00 120 00 tv Transient advertisements mustl>e accomftlniA] with riie cash to Injure insertion. ' Waked up The Fort " A month before the bombardment of fFort FUhcr began, tlie celebrated pow'der explosion occurred, which was intended to blow down this solid earthwork, a tniie in extent, with forty-feet traverses every few yards. Its ridiculous failure is well remembered. The night after the explosion of the powdership some of our pickets on the beach were captured and carried on board the Admiral's ship. Among them yras a very solemn-looking fellow who Fat silently and sadly chewing tobacco. As thctc was intense curiosity among the officers of the fleet to know the result of the remarkable experiment, one of them asked the solemn-looking '-Reb" if ,he was in the fort when the powder-ship exploded ; to which he replied in the nffirmAtir<> ? -hut. wifhrml. eThihitinrr /h? Icist interest in the matter; whereupon the officers gathered around him and be* gun to ask questions; 'You say you were inside the fort ?' -s; I was thar.' 'What was the effect of the explosion?' '* ; 'Mighty bad, sir?powerful bad.' , 'Well, what was it ? Did it kill any rebels or throw down any of the works?" 'No, sir; hit didn't do tliat. Well, what did it do ? Speak out, damn your eyes.' Why, stranger, hit waked np prcjty nigh every man in the fort!' The Assassination of President & Lincoln. * John T. Ford, who was manage* of the theatre at which President Lincoln was assassinated, believes that the crime was the sudden thought of a man who had been tiained from his earliest in* fancy to consider Brutus as a deiGed hero whom Shnkispcare has immortalized. Iu the rourse of a rambling con* versation with a reporter of the Baltimore Gazette, Mr. Ford states that J. Wilkes Booth, after calling on Mrs. Surratt, reached the theatre at noon on Good Friday, and learned that tho President and General Grant would eecupy a box that evening. A messenger from the White Ilouse had been there an hour before to secure the box, and the workmen were then decorating it. Then and there the terrible thought of assassination was suggested. It took this form : "If I failed to serve the South in my conspiracy to abduct, I cou now be her Brutus." He went to the Kirkwood house to find some of themen with whom he had plotted six months before. John Surratt was away, O'Laughliu was in Baltimore, Arnold was at Fortress Monroe, but Payne, Atcerodt.and Harold were in Washington. These three men be called together and conspired to kill the President, VicePresident. Sccrctarv Seward and Gen - . J -- - f Grant. During the afternoon he wrote a long statement for publication, defending his intended crime by Roman precedents. This scaled package he gave to uu actor early that evening, directing that it should be delivered to the National Intelligencer the next day for publication. The actor, it seems, was * % frightened at the ri?k lie rau in holding such a document. He broke the seal, read the statement, and burnt it in the grate of his chamber in a boardinghouse. The actor subsequently confessed the fact to a Catholic priest, and also informed Mr. Ford of the destruction of the statement. If that package had been preserved it would have revealed the fact that until noon of that Jay -and after he had seen Mrs. Surratt r t It*! 11 1) ..?L 1 1 J. ?.jonn ?? iikfs u<>uui iiuu uui prciueu-, itated murder; but feeling deeply tho humiliation of the South, which ho loved as Hrutus loved Home, lie then resolved to strike down the leaders of the hosts who were shouting their pcans of triumph. When ho was dying, with his face lit up with the blaze of the burning barn upon the Garret farm, on April 24th, 18G5, he muttered some words, and a soldier bent over him and caught them. First a message to his mother ; ''Tell her I did it as I thought for the best." Then these words : "Tell others that the communication I wrote addressed to tlio National Iutelligencer will explain why I did what I did.' Du. ring the conspiracy trials Judge Advocate Holt could not find any trace of that statement. Mr. Ford explains the reason. A long box was shipped on the Truekcc Railroad in Nevada, und at the Virginia C/ity elation it was rudely thrown about whileja change of cars was made. A moan inside the box led the baggagemen to open it. They found a young Chinese woman, inseosiblo though standing on her head. Shu had been brought to the United States by one ot tuo.l'uinc&c companies, wnosc price for jicr was three hundred dollars. All Kim aud she fell iu love, nod, as he could not buy her, he boxed her in order to get her away from her captors. An exchange says there is a man out West so dirty that the assessors put him down as real estate. This reminds us of the soldier who, while home on a furlough during the war, culled on the wife of a brother soldier to tell her the latest news "Ah," said she, 'perhaps by this time poor Jimmy's under the soil of Virginia. "Perhaps so," replied the visitor; "he was an inch under it when I saw liiui last." Everybody has heard of Glauber'i salts, but how many know whether Glauber is the name of a place or a uian. lie was in fact a famous chemist of Amsterdam in the sixteenth century, who invented the peculiar preparation | Waring bis nam*. Ma