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ATLANTA,
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^rcniTESDAY, MAY 10, 1865.
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War-worn veteran*
irom the “Army of
Northern Virginia,” pass through our city
daily and have done *o for many days past,
on their way to “home, sweet home.” Cheer
ful though the mood of most of them ap
pears to be, we frequently see* anxiety and
despondency in many a face,*and on some
wo have seen the tear-drop fall as he spoke
of the heroism of the army which for four
years had defended Virginia, and of the
“battles, sieges, and fortunes,” he had passed
while a member of it, and up to the sad day
it was forced to stack its arms. In many
others we noticed buoyant steps and exult
log smiles at the thought of soon ogaiu
meeting with“loved ones at home,” ifom
whom they had been separated for years—a
eon loyous in the thought of soon seeing bis
darling mother—a father, at again embrac
ing his wife and children—a lover, rejoicing
n anticipating the welcome smiles of her
‘he left behind” him. Again, we have uo
liced many of the recently wounded—some
wi0i one arm gone, others with faces bullet
marked, and scarred with bayonet thrusts,
cheerful in their afflictions and affectionately
attended to by their more fortunate aud gal
lant comrades.
Truly this “ Army of Northern Virginia ”
was a brave and noble army. “Ne’er shall
we see its like again 1” May the brave men
who in part composed it, and who are still
in the land of the living, safely and speedily
reach their homes I
AD VEBBITY—HOW TO BEAR IT.
in days of adversity the “souls of men
are more severely tried than at any other pe
riod of life’s pilgrimage on earth. Success
tal—in the pride of power and of conquest
—men may perform heroic deeds, com
inanding the admiration and applause of
ibeir fellow-men, even passing on Jo the
grave, themselves and the world uncon
scious of an innate weakness which, adver
sity overtaking them, alone would have re
vealed. Brutus, famed in Roman history
could not bear adversity. Strong when in
power, and when straggling, as he vainly
Imagined, to free Rome, he was weak when
bhffled, and sought'escape from that adver
sity, which his own act had entailed upon
him, in self-murder. It is he only who
meets what fate has In store for him, with
manly fortitude, who’is truly great. This
is true applied as well to (be leader of en
army, or the ruler of a people,as to the hum
blest citizen in our land. And now that ad
versity has overtaken the South ; now tha'.
we have become a people overpowered In
a contest long, and bloody,acd fearful ; now
that great suffering, even for food to feed
the women qpd children whom wo are
bound to pro:ect and support, 'has be
come our fate; what becomes our
duty? Yield to despair? No! —
Rather let us exercise fortitude; to “Cte -ar
render .that which is Ctesar's, and to God
that which is God’s." Politically and reli
giously, thi* becomes our duty. In no ala
vish spirit, with no timid or fearful feeling
with regard to coming consequences, do we
arrive at this conclusion. What we have
been during the great struggle the South
has had with the North, we have been.
Nothing have we to palliate or to deny;
nothing to beseech mercy for. But we have
□ow a future to pass over; a future that de
raands as much from us as the past, and so
has every son of the South. Adversity i3
upon ua and upon our people,
and we and they must bear
itr with manly fortitude. Our armies have
been surrendered and dispersed. The brave
men who composed them have returned to
their families and their homes. The fight
is done. We have become an overpowered
and an armless people, and our political, like
our military leaders, are dispersed no more
to be united in struggling against what
seems to be our fate. Truly we are in a
state of adversity, and in it let prudence and
wise counsels prevail The extent and na»
ture of the terras upon which peace is to
succeed war. we know not. Powerless to
resist, whatever those may be, let us be or
derly and peaceful, obeying the laws pre
scribed for our government, and leave ihe
rest to the wise dispensations of Him, who,
had we better served, might have given to
the South that victory which he has with-
held from it, and too surely bestowed upon
another.
the Chattahoochee, war has ceased. The
duty and province therefore o( ihe press, are
plain. It sbonld exert what inlluecce it
may have over th public mind lo reconcile
the people lo the lot which Providence has
cast for them; to subdue the fiercer passions
of their nature; to encourage them to re
turn to industrial pursuits; to be peaceable
and orderly; to obey the laws. These are
duties we owe to a suffering people; to the
women and children of our State, to society,
and we may add, to Hiii “who shapes our
ends, rough hew them as we may."
It is also our province to contend for all
rights and privileges that may havo been
guaranteed to us by the terms of the Con
vention already agreed upon, or that may
still be agreed upon. The future will tell
us what these are, or what they may be.—
This wo shall do with becoming indepen
dence. In the meantime, ignorant a3 wo
now are of what these are or may be, we
shall patiently wait their development, as
we trust—whatever may have been the zeal,
the fortitude, or the sufferings of our peo
ple during the war, to attain independence
and establish a separate government forthe
South—they will do so likewise.
Since writing the foregoing we have re
ceived, through the Augusta Constitutiona
list of Thursday morning las*, the follow
ing:
TIIE TERMS OF PEACE.
We are in receipt of a letter from an offi
cer from the Headquarters of the Army of
Gen. Johnston. Toe following is an extract
fromthe letter:
“Generals Johnston and Breckinridge
held ihe Convention with General Bherman
at Hillsboro. The result of the consulta
tion was peace, upon the basis of reconsuuc
tion, with all rights under the OoDSiitution
retained. Andrew JohBBon has telegraph
ed from Washington his approval of the
terbis of settlement agreed upon.’*’
This letter is ot late date, and comes di
rect, and states the case in few words.
Avgusta Constitutionalist.
We also publish Jn another column, a
Proclamation from Governor Brown, con
vening the Legislature of the Siate, at the
Capitol, in Milledgeville
the present month.
We have no time for comment,
Surely there t aa lie no divided opinion ex
isting upon a question like this; and we trust
that the invitation extended to Kentuckians
and Tennesseeans, now absentia refugees,
or otherwise from their homes, will be eEm
braced bv them without any hesitation,
confidently feeling, as we do, that Ihe future,
as the Louisville Journal remarks, “will be
characterized by no acrimony towards
them.”
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Special correspondence New Fork Herald.
The New Administration.
IMPORTANT SPEECH OF
DENT JOHNSON.
PRESI
HIS REPLY TO THE INDIANA DEL
EGATION.
cu the 29d day ot
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AN IMPORTANT OMISSION,
The Macon Journal <£ Messenger of the 3d
instant says;
“We re-puhlish to-day the orders of Gen
erals Johnston and Sherman, to supply an
omission in General Sherman’s Order No,
65. The third paragraph oi the republished
order, is the one to which we invite atten
tion.”
As wo copied, when we published some
days ago the orders referred to, from the
Macon papers, we novrpubliah the corrected
paragraph for the benefit of our readers, and
all concerned. It reads as follows :
“Commanders may at once loan to the
inhabitants such oi the captured mules,
horses, wagons and vehicles as can be
spared from immediate use, and the Com-
manding Generals of armies may issue pro
visions, animals and public supplies that can
be spared to relieve the present wants, and
to encourage the inhabitants to renew their
peaceful pursuits, and to restore the rela
tions of friendship among our fellow-citizens
and countrymen."
SAVANNAH.
The. Augusta Constitutionalist *r Thurs
day last says it i3 reliably informed that the
obstructions in the Savannah river below
that city are being removed,and that within
four days communication by steamboat will
be resumed between Augusta and Savan
nah.
And from a gentleman who reached this
city (Atlanta) on yesterday morning irom
Augusta, we learn that a boat had arrived
from Savannah, at or near Augusta, on the
day previous. This being so, communica
tion between this city and Savannah via
railroad and the Savannah river, may be
considered as restored.
Some time ago we published a sy
nop sis of the address of President Johnson
to an Indiana delegation, headed by Gov
ernor Morton—to day, we lay before our
readers a full report ot the address, as ro
ported for the New York Herald. It will
be found in another column.
THIS MILITARY POST-OUB DUTY.
In another colufnn of this morning's
paper our readers will find that the United
States Military Commandant of this Post,
Col. B. B. Eggleston, of the First Ohio Vo!
unteer Cavalry, immediately upon assuming
command thereof, has issued'orders explan
atory Of, and announcing the Same.
We have thus passed, in accordance with
the provisions of the conventional agree
ment between Ms]. Gen. Sherman and Gen.
Johnston, again to a state of peace, and un
der the government of the United States.
Oar^Yn duty therefore, and that of our
citizens, is unmistake&bly plain. It is to
obey such rules and regulations as may be
prescribed for oar government by the mil
itary authority here for the time being, and
until peace shall be fully restored, and civil
government shall again resume its sway all
over a distracted and‘distressed land.
Perhaps, as much as is always required of
the Press, more is now demanded of it by
an anxious people, than we, on our part,
are able to fi.lL We know nothing more of
the terms embraced in the conventional
agreement between Generals Johnston and
Sherman, than is contained in the orders
issued by those two military commanders,
and those we have already laid before cur
readers—therefore they know ,as much as
we do. But even with this contracted
knowledge, we are apprised of one impor
tant fact—that peace is to be restored to the
country, and especially that on this side of
THE BEST PEACE MOVEMENT
The Augusta Constitutionalist says “a re
cent number of the Louisville Journal con-
tarns au earnest appeal to ail Kentuckians
who have been in the Confederate service
to return to their homes. Mr. Prentice
feelingty implores them to pursue this poli
ey. He says by-gone3 shall be by-gones—
that they have nobly vindicated the historic
renown of Kentucky for chivalry and he-
oism, and that, the future shall be charac
terized by no acrimony towards-them.”
“Especial mention is made of the Hon
E. M, Bruce, and flattering inducements are
held out to him i o return to his native
State.”
It is stated also that Governor Brownlow,
ot Tennessee, has extended a similar invi
tation to all Tennesseeans—urgently invit
ing them to return to their homes, where
-they will be treated with kindly and gener
ous forbearance.
Now, this is one of the best- peace move
ments "that we have seen coming from Ken
tucky or Tennessee, or any State that ad
hered co the old Union in the late great
struggle between the South and North.—
Kindness and forbearance exhibiting it-
self now on the part ot those who
have achieved success in tha late strag
gle, wiy do more to restore confidence and
peace in the Scu h than a contrary coarse,
Tree; the South is powerless to resist. But
is it Wise—we do not say generous or chiv-
alric—on the part of the North to be severe,
where gentleness will answer the same end?
To be proscriptive, where forbearance will
more readily accomplish its purpose? To
be harsh, where mildness will persuade ?
To be intolerant, where tolerance will more
readily attain its desire, if that desire be
peace, with the restoration of law and order
in a distracted land, and a return to indus
trial pursuits on the part of the people?
The delegation from Ohio having retired,
the Induun^. delegation, led by Governor
Mortorqwas ushered in.
Governor Moiton, in a speech of some
lengih greeted Mr. Johnson as President Of
the United States, and assured him of their
full "confidence and support. He referred
appropriately to the inhuman murder of
President Lincoln, and to the confidence
aud affection, with which Le had inspired
the people of the United States. He also
referred appropriately to the approaching
end of the rt hellion and the duties imposed
upon the President and the people, and the
moial aud legal responsibility ot those who
arc guilty of the crime of treason. He said:
As lire crime of treason is individual in its
character, so must bo its punishment. Reb
els have the power to forfeit their own per
sonal rights, civil and political; hut they
have no power, directly or indirectly, to
work Ihe destruction of a Slate, ne then
referred to the statute of 8tale-rebellion,
and discflwsed the powers and mode of re
constructing State governments.
TITK PRESIDENTS REPLY.
1 lie President then stepped a fifth- for
ward, and began by stating that he did not
desire to make any exposition of his future
policy more than he had already made, but
that it was cleariy to be derived from the
history of his life, adding that he might
adopt the Governor’s sentiments and ad
dress them lo him as his own, and then
added : But in entering upon the discharge
of the duties devolving upon me by the sad
occurrence of the assassination of ihe Chief
Magistrate of the nation, and, kb you are
aware, in surrounding circumstances which
are peculiarly embarrassing and responsi
ble, I doubt whether you are aware how
much I appreciate encouragement and
countenance from my fellow citizens of In
diana. The most courageous individual,
the most determined Wifi, might Justly
shrink from entering upon , the discharge of
that which lies before me But were 1 a
coward, or timid, lo receive the counten
auce and encouragement I have from you,
and from various other parts of the coun
try, would make me a courageous and de
termined man. I mean in the proper sense
of the term; for there is as much in moial
courage, aud the firm, calm discharge of
duty as in physical courage. But in enter
ing upon the dmies imposed upon me by
this cala city I require not only courage,
but cetermined will; and I assure you that
on this occasion your encouragement is pe
culiarly acceptable to me. In reference to
what my administration will be while I oc
cupy my present position I must refer
you to the past. You may look back to it
as evidence of what my course will be^.
And in reference to this diabolical ancr
fiendish rebellion, sprung upon the country,
all I have to do is to ask you also to go
back and take my course in the past, and
from that determine what my future will
bo. Mine has been but one straightfor
ward and unswerving course, and I see
no reason now why I should depart from
ft.
As to making a declaration, or-manifesto,
or message, or what you may please to call
it, my past is a better foreshadowing of my
future course than auy statement on paper
that might be made. Who, four years ago,
locking down the stream ot time, could
have delineated that which has transpired
sinct then ? Had any one done so, and pre
sented it, he would have been looked upon
as insaue; or it would have been thought a
fable ft£blous as the stories of the Arabian
Rights—as the wonders of the Lamp of
Aladdin—and would have been about as
readily believed. If we knew so little four
years ago of what lias passed sinco then,
we know as little w: at events will ariso in
the next four years. Gut us these events
arise I shall be contrc led in the disposition
of them by those rules and principles by
which I have been guidev heretofore. Had
it not been for extraordinary efforts, in pan
tawing to the machinery of the State, you
would have had rebellion as rampant In
Indiana as we had it in Tennessee. Trea
son is none the iesa treason, whether it be
ia a free State or in a slave State; but it
thtre could he any difference in such a
crime, he who commits treason in a free
State is a greater traitor than ha who com
mita it in a slave Slate. Thera might be
some little excuse for a man who based his
► treason on his possession ot slave property;
but the traitor in a free State has no excuse,
but simply to be a traitor. Do not how
ever, understand me to mean by this that
any man should be exonerated from the
penalties and punishments of the crime of
rreasou. The time has arrived when the
American people should understand what
crime i3, and that U should be punished,
and i s penalli« s enforced and inflicted.
We say in our.statutes and courts, that
burglary ia a crime, that murder i9 a crime,
this arson is a crime, and that treason ia a
crime; and the constitution of the Uni:ed
States’ and the laws of the United
States say that treason shall consist in levy
ing war against them, and giving their ene
mies aid and comfort. 1 have jast remarked
that, burgiary i3 a crime, and has its pen^i-
ties, that murder is a crime, and has its pen
alties, and so on through the long catalogue
of crime. To illustrate by a sad eveftt,
which is before the minds of all, and which
has draped thi*land in mourning, who is
there here who would say if ihe assassin
who has stricken from our midst one beloved
and revered by all, and passed him from
time to eternity—to that bourne when os uo
traveler returns—who, 1 repeat, who here
would say that the assassin, if taken, should
not suffer the penalties of his crime? Then,
if you take the life of one individual for the
murder of another, and believe that his pro
perty-should ba confiscated, what should
be done with one who is trying to assassin
ate this nation ? What should be done with
him or them who have attempted the life of
a nation composed of thirty millions of peo
ple ? We were living at a time when the
public mind bad almost become oblivious c
what treasonds.
The time has arrived, my countrymen,
when the American people should be edu
cated and taught what is crime, and that
treason is a crime, and the highest crime
known to the law and the constitution.—
Yes, treason against a State, treason against
all the States- treason against the United
States—is the highest crime that can be
committed, and those engaged in it should
suffer all its penalties. I know it is very
easy to get up sympathy and sentiment
while human blood is about to be shed—-
easy to acq iire a reputation for leniency
ano kindness, but sometimes its effect and
practical operations produce misery and
woe to the ms as ot mankind. Bom “times;
an individual whom the law has overtaken,
and on whom its penalties are about to be
imposed, will appeal and plead with the Ex.
eentive for the exercise of elemency; but
before its exercise he ought to ascertain
what is mercy. It la a very important ques
tion, and one which deserves the considera
tion of those who moralize upon crime and
the morals of a nation —whether, in some
cases, aetion should not be suspended here
aud transferred to Him who controls all.—
There, it innocence has been invaded, if
wrong has been done, the Controller and
Giver of all good—one of whose attributes
is mercy—will set it right. It is not pro-
mulging anything that I have not heretofore
said to say that traitors must be made odi
ous, that treason must be made odious, that
traitorB must be punished and impoverished.
They must not only be punished, but their
social power destroyed. If nor, they will
still maintain an ascendency, and may again
become numerous and powerful; for, in the
words of a former benator of the United
States, ‘“When traitors become nnmeious
enough, treason becomes respectable."
And 1 say that, after making treason odi-.
ous, every Union man and the Government
should be renumerated out ot tho pockets
of those who have inflicted this great buL
fering upon the country. But do not un
derstand me as saying this in a spirit of an*
ger; for, if Iunderetand my own heart, tho
reverse is the case. And while I say that
die penalties of the law, in a stern ami in
flexible manner should be executed npon
conscious, intelligent and influential traitors
—the leaders who have deceived thousands
upon thousands of laboring men who have
been drawn into this rebellion; and while
T say as to the leaders punishment, I also
say leniency, conciliation and amnesty to
the thousands whom they have misled * and
deceived. And in reference to this, as I re
marked, I might have adopted your speech
as ray own. As my h norable friend knows,
I long since took the ground that this gov.*
ernment was sent upon a great mission
among the nations of the earth—that it had
a great work to perform, and that in start
ing it, it wa3 started in perpetuity. Look
back for one moment to the articles of’ con
federation, and then come down to 1/80,
when the constitution was formed. What
do you find ? “That we, the people of the
United States, in order to form a more per
fect government,” &c. Provision is made
for the admission ot new States to be added
to old ones embraced within the Union.—
Now turn to the constitution. We find that
amendments may be made by a recommend*
ation ot two-thi ds of the Congress, it rati-
fid by three-fourths of the States. Provi
sion ig made for the admission of new
States; no provision is made for the gecea*
sion of old ones.
Tne instrument was made to be good in
perpetuity, and you can take hold of if, nm
to b;eak up the government, but to go on
perfecting it more and more as it runs down
the stream ot time. We fi nd thegover.-
ment composed of integral paria, An indi
vidual is an integer, and a number of indi
viduals form a Siate, and a State itself is an
integer; and the various States form ;he
Union, which is itself an integer—they all
making up the Government ot the United
States. Now we come lo. the point ot ray
argument, so far as concerns the perpetuity
of the government, We have seen that the
government is composed of parts each e
sential to the whole, and the whole essential
to-each part. Now, if an individual part of
a State derlire war against Uie whole, in
violation cf the’constitution, he, as a citizra,
lieved that when I pleased them I was
pretty nearly right; and being iu the r ight,
I did not care who assailed me. But I was
going to sav that I have always adevocated
the priuoipie that government was made for
man, not man for government—even as the
Good Book says that the Sabbath was made
for man, not man for the Sabbath. So far as
in me lies those principles shall be carried out.
And, in conclusion, I tender you my pro
found and sincere thanks for your respect
and support in the perlormance of the ar
duous duties now devolving upon me.
From the Confederate Union.
TO THE MEMORY
Of Sirgtout Hubert It. Mitchell, ton of Dr. John J.
Mitchell and Mrs. C C Mitchell, (grandson of Gov.
MilcheU) of Georgia, on his burial at midnight on
the battle-field—and his removal to the beloved scents
of his youth in Millaiguille, Georgia.
has violated the law, aud is responsib e for
the set as an individual. There may be
more than one individual. It may go on
till they become parts of States—the rebel
lion may go on increasing in numoers till
State machinery ia overturned, and the
ooun-ry bscomes like a man that is paral
yzed on one side. But we find in the con
stitution a great panacea provided. It pro
vides that tha*,United States—that is, the
great iateger—shall guarantee to each State
the integers composing the whole—iu this
Union a republican form of government.—
Yes, it rebellion has been rampant, and set
aside the machinery of a State tor a time,
there stands the great law to remove the
paralysis and revttalizs it, and put It on its
feet again.
When we come to understand our system
of government though ft ba complex, we
see how beautifully one part acta in har
mony with another. Then we see our
government is to be a perpetuity, there
being no provision for pulling it down, the
Union being its vitalising power, imparting
life to the whole of the States 'that move
around it—like planets round the sun, re
ceiving thence light, and heat and motion.
Upon this idea of destroying States my po
sition has been heretofore well known, and
1 see no causa to change it now; and I am
glad to hear its reiteration on the present
occasion. Borne are satisfied with the idea
that States are to be lost in tirritorial and
other divisions—are to lose their character
as States. But their life breath has been
only suspended, and it is a high constim
tional ob-igation we havo to secure each of
these States in the possession and enjoy
ment of a republican form of government
A State may be in the government with
peculiar institution, ana by the operation of
rebellion lose that feature. But it was a
State when it went into rebellion, and
when it comes out without the institution
it is still a Stale. I hold it as a s-olemn ob
iigaiion in any one of these States wher
the rebel armies have been beaten back or
expelled—I care not how small the num
ber of Union men, if enough to man the
ship of State—1 hold it, I say, a high duty
to protect and secure to tnem a republican
form of government.
This Is no new opinion, it is expressed
in conformity with my nndersnuKtmg of
the genius and theory-of~Cur government
Then, in adjusting and putting the govern
ment upon its legs, again, I think the pro
gress of this work must pass into the hands
of its friends. If a Slate is to be nursed
unt»l it again gets strength, it must be
nursed by its friends, not smothered by
its enemies. Now, permit me to remark
that, while I havs opposed dissolution and
disintegration on the one hand, on the oth
er I am equally opposed to consolidation—
or the centralization of power in the hands
ot a few. Sir, ail this has been extorted
from me by the remarks you have offered
and, as I have already remarked, I might
have adopted your speech as my owe. -
have detained you longyr than I expected
but Governor Morton is responsible tor that.
I scarcely know how to express my feelings
in view of the kindness you have manifest
ed on this occasion. Perhaps i ought not
to add what I am about to say; bat human
nature is human nature. Indiana first
named me forthe Tice Presidency, though
it was unsolicited by me. indeed, there ia
mot a man can say that 1 ever approached
turn on the subject. My eyes were turned
yo my own State. If 1 could restore her
|he measure of my ambition was complete.
It'aank the State of Iadi&na for the confi
dence and regard she manifested towards
me, which has resuited in what is now be-
ftN yau, placing me iu the position I now
odcupy.
Ju conclusion, 1 will repeat that the vigor
ot|iriy youth ha3 been spent in advoca
ting those great principles as the founda
tion of our government, and therefore, I
have been by many denounced as a dema-
ogue. I was striving to please the people-.
a& free to say to you that my highest am*
tiffin was to please tbs people; tor I be* '
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Quick to your work bravejnen 1
ihe hour of three 1b near,'
Snat-ch oue more glance—compos* ht* hand*,
Now drop a parting tear,
Lightly those eyelids press,
Now draw his cloak around.
And now a slab to mark the epot
Where, thousand* atrew the ground
Now to th march ye brave
Yours is a toilsome way.
And oft defeat er victory
Hang on a moment’s stay,
Row hushed the hour I the'sighing bresce
fans many a sleeper pale,
And many a sigh is borne away
Upon the midnight gale, ,
Prom those whose aching limbs i online
Upon the cold damp earth
To wife, or Bister, children.
To her who gave thee birth,
but naught disturbs one here now
No visions steeped in woe,
No yearnings ior loves last caress
His pulseless heart may know.
He may not there repose,
florae verdant spot prepare,
He was Ida honored mother’s pride,
We must not leave him there,
Stern brows with hearts a» sort.
As heart In woman’s breast;
Again now In silence now advan.-e
To bear him to his rest,
~ .Rethinks I see those forms ;
The warlike true and brave ;
With many a thought unspoken
Again surround his grave.
Quick to your work brave men !
The foe is thundering near !
A tribute brave, a sigh a prayur
Another t arting tear.
Snmmer with her glorious train
Her zephyrs songs and flowers,
Her hand to autumn now has given'
To mark the golden hours;
The drear, cold months have come and gone,
Mild spring resumes her reign,
With throbbing heart beside ids form,
Silent we stand again.
Whom see I now, be.still my heart;
A mother’s form I trace,
Be 3till awhile and contemplate.
The noblest of her race.
Stand back ye mourners! turn a way '
Grief such as her’s Is calm;
Ah! well I know, for such a wounl
There U no earthiy balm,
Leave her alone and let her muae,
Xa silence with her dead;
The hour—the place to her bs given.
Let not a word ba said,
Now softly—tenderly ya friends,
The grave’s deep silence break
Gently tha cold, damp mould remove,
Ah ! gently for her sake,
Mother a ouse thee, it la done,
Now bear him hence away,
Beneath his own bright native sky,
Thy cherished darling lfy,
And now fond sorrowing heart be rai.u,
The long—long 1 way ia past,
Beside his honore i anoestry,
Thy Hubert sleeps at last.
Tour garlands bring, they'll tell of hopss
Crushed In their opening bloom,
They tell ot hopes and joys renewed
' Beyo d this new made tomb,
A fragrant wr. ath methinks X see,
-fcresh with the dews of eve’n,
Mother transfer that wistful gaze, *
There’s rest—sweet rest in Heaven.
The above was written by the wire of the
Rev, Mr. Cromwell of the Methodist
Church, We understand she has written
and is about to publish a book of poems, of
which, persons who have read them, speak
highly.
From the ?Mlo lelphla Ledge.
A CURIOUS aiO&Y-THE IAM SE 1WIS8
THEIR LIFE SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.
The Siamese Tvtias have been l.-hi
public view for the last icw yemit
well known of them ijxat they married *w,u
Sisters, and settled down near ririinfr.ny,
North Carolina, on a wed stocked pU;vu
lion. In addition tn this they have ‘ K u,o e
fundsidvcsUd iltrourii iheir* gent in Ne»
York. Through a North Carolina innhcai
gentUman low within our lines, weimd iim
other day an oppor’.uni y of minute and (u I
particulars In r*gard to them. Ever since
die war began tiny have continued tou-
side on their plantation, d lived in the
seme quiet and harmony as iwi, mail
within two years. Of tvn.rse no < , v . i
thought of drut ing ihnn, a: d iheii negr..*-*.
prosptied. ext.* pi tiiAi wLo n out i i iriiip. c
trotn any cause it vras s;v u> \vt>ik ttste-11 < u-
in 8’riking the firs: one .ini umo- io hue
from which the I*-s«. escape wu*. o> keep
out of Ilia way. The bro ke!.-* ;.iobr.h'y
atv.r would have had any vi fiicuhy, t u«
their wives, ih«»ugu sis;cr.', uuncJ away
iheir hearts, aud children were the tat.se Ji
this estrangement. Up to the peri d ih.*»»
cix'x had live childrco, all prospered w<di
enough, but out of liiem had u sixth, atd
this awoke envy and jetd- nsy >«, mj v -u a de
grte that tie two mm.< rs, no Using bound
together like ihe iwm broiiieis, would uo
longer live ur.dci the raiuc ; loot, thou b h #c
behove s'.ill in dilhroat houses on the same
p antation. 'I he brothers are now, u seems,
about fitly ye^r., ui oge, oiu one, we believe
ihe smaller and f tb er <>t the two, looks, U
is said now, lull ten >,(•»•••: • .1.a tt.au >L.-
ofhi r. They cuti non back w b .ik <n In c-
to face, blit ihat is h-s ini us liu: rcitiaik 1* e
bond ; hat umitH tnem will peimti.
It is almost certain that should either die,
the other could not. survive even for more
than a few minutes, as there is an nrfeiy a-,
large rsthe fcmorel firtoivil.ro connec-t-.
them. A tew years siin-e they eor respondt-d:
with some of the leading ougieal oprrHto;.-
in London, as to ihe uuihhi.ai-t which uia»&*
them being cut, so that in the death of iiie
one, the life of the other might be saved.-
At the request of the London surgeon they
^ visited that city, and many experiment
were tried to determine the safety of aneli
an operation. Among other things,'a lig
ature was tied firmly tor a few minute-*
r round the connection between them, so as
to prevent the circulation of blood through
(he artery. But it seeTned as if each w;ouiit
expire if this were longer persisted in. The-'
smaller of the two tainted away, and
all consciousness, and there were symptoms
that the same effect would follow* lo ihe
other, hut that the process could not be eon-,
tinned without endangering the life of him
who was first to faml. Should ihe stria!lei
and feebler die, it might be worth" while
making tha experiment of operating hut
the prospects of prolonging the life'of the-*
other would ho very small. Should, how
ever, the larger and more healthy of the
twin brothers die, there would seem altso-
lutely no hope of saving ihe feebler of the
two. From all this it is "evident that though
the connection between these two brother*
is very remarkaole and perfectly unique, ii
is yet not so absolute as has 'been usually
supposed.
THE SLEEPING DEACON.
There are times and places where sleep ia
never appropriate, and with these may be
classed the good old deacon of a church out
West. He was owner and overseer of a
large pork packing establishment. His
duty it was to stand at the he&i ot the
scald trough, cryiog “Hog in !” when the
just slaughtered hog was to be thrown into
the trough, and “Hog out!” when the watch
told three minutes. One week the press of
business compelled the packers to unusal
hard labor, and Saturday night found the
deacon completely exhausted. Indeed, he
was almost sick the next morning when
church time came; but he was a leading
member, and it was his duly to atten t the
usual Sabbath services if he could He
went. The occasion was of unusual
solemnity, as a revival was m progress.—
The minister preached a sermon well cal
culated for the effect. His peroration was
a climax of great beauty. Assuming the
attitude of one intently listening, he recited
to the breathless auditory :
“Hark 1 they whisper, angeis say—
“Hog in !’’ came from the deacon’s i»ew,
in a stentorian voice.
The astonished audien ee turned their at
tention from the preacher. He went on,
however, unmoved—
‘-Sister spirits, come away,”
“Hog out!’’ shouted the deacon, “tally
four.'; J
This was two much for the preacher and
audience. *The latter smiled, some snicker
ed audibly, while a few boys broke for the
door to split their sides laughing outside.—
The preacher was entirely disconcerted,
and dismissed the any thing else than
solemn minded hearers. The Deacon soon
came to his senses. The boys sought every
opportunity lor them to say, “Hog in !’’
“Hog out! ’ ^
A Good Forager, but a Bad Boy.—
Not a the usand miles fr< m this place, and
not long ago, a returned prisoner, an Irish
man, stopped at a hospitable looking man
tion, and asked for a glass of batter milk
The response was that the eow had gone
dry.
'•Will thin I’ll take swate milk," said the
soldier.
“Hadn’t any to spare,” came bat k from
the house. *
*Tll pay ytz for it,” ->aid tbepfcraeveringly
thirsty Hibernian.
“Don’t want your money," replied the .in
mate.
“Give ytz any thing ye ask—pay ye In
specie—jist from the North—got a pocket
full,” fired eff the Confederate in a quick
succession of vollies, intended solely for the
weak points of the enemy’s defence. The
last assault proved irresistible. The man
sion capitulated, and instead of a glass, the
poor soldier was generously treated to a
pitcher full of pure, luscious milk, which he
disposed of with a gusto that'was refreshing.
The most iniquitous portion ot the story
remains to be told. Returning the crock
ery, the soldier plunged his hand Into the
deep charybd is first of one pocket then an
other, until finally, with s a comic expres
sion on bis sun browned features, be* ex.
claimed, “Faith, I'm—I’m in trouble, I am
—I belave me spacie’s in my other shoot
of clothes, and that in me trunk, but if ye’ve
no objection I can do like MLsther Tri*hum
and give yez a certificate to payable in goold’
afiher the war.” The proposition was evi
dently not conciliatory, the tj me ^ 00 far
ahead, and the security unsound, Snd the
people who had been so ungraciously swin
dled by the thirsty soldier slammed the door
in. his face and left him to trudge on his wav
to “the Wife and children bey ant.’ 1 — Czroii
moo.
cheerfulness.
There is uo out: q :aluy, says the
ford “Couranf," that so much endears mail
to his fellow men aa cheerfulness. Talents
may excite more respict, and virtues more
esteem. But the respect ts apt to be distant,
and the esteem cold. But it is otherwise
with cheerlulneas. It endears a man to
the heart, not the intellect or the imagina
tion, There is a kind of reciprocal diffo-
siveaeas about th 13 quality that recom
mends its possessor by the very effect it
iroduces. There is a mellow radiance In
the li -lit ii oti all social intercourse,
which pervades the sou! N» a ifepsh that tut*
blaz^ ot irttelke, can an r reoefi.
The cheer!u 1 man is n-double blessing - a
blessing to himself and ihe world around
him. la his own character, his good na
ture is the clear blue sky of his own heart,
on which every star vi talent shines out
more clearly. To others he carries an at
mosphere of joy and hope and encourage
ment wherever ho moves. His own cheer
fulness becomes infectious, and his associ
ates lose their moroseness and their gloom
in the amber-colored light of the benevo
lence he casts around him.
It is true that cheerfulness is not always
happiness. The face may glow in smiles
while the heart “runs in coldness and dark-
ness below,” but cheerfulness is the best ex
ternal indication of happiness, that we haye,
and it enjoys vhis .advantage ove.r al
most every other good quality, that the
counterfeit is -as valuable to society as the
reality. It answers as a medium of public-
circulation full as well as the true coin.
A man is worthy of all praise, whatever
may be his piivate griefs, .who does not in-. _
trude them on the happiness of his lriends,
but constantly contributes his quota of
cheerfulness to the general public enjoy
ment. “Every heart knows its own bitter
nessbut let the possessor of that heart
take hoed that he doe3 not distil it info his"
neighbor’s cup, and thus poison his felicity
There is no sight more commendable and
agreeable than to see a man, whom vy»
know fortune has dealt with badly, smoth-.
ering his peculiar griefs in his own bosom,
and doing his duty in the society in which
Providence has placed him, witn an unruf
fled brow and a cheerful mein. It is a duty.
which society has a right to demand—a
portion of that great chain which binds hu
manity together, the links of which every
one should preserve bright and unsullied.
It may be asked : What shall that man
do whose burden of grief is heavy, and made
still heavier by tbe tears he has shed over
them in private ? Shall he-leave society t
Certainly, until he has learned to bear his
own burden. Shall he not seek for the
sympathy of hia friends"? He had better
not: sympathy would only weaken the
masculine strength of mind which enables
U3 to endure. Besides, sympathy unsought
for ia much more readily given, and sink-,
deeper in its healing effects into the heart.
No ! no I cheerfulness is a • duty which ev
ery man owes to the world. Let him faith -
fully discharge the debt.
StiLEcrED. PARAGRAPHS.
The love of glory can only create a great
hero; the contempt ot it creates a verv ere^t
man. J 6
It were to be wished that the enemies cl
religion wou.d, at least, learn what it is bt-
fore they oppose it.
a J!,iA U ., r COnditkm wer ’ really happy, w B
e™ 1 ^- 6110 °/. cas ' OD to divert ourselve*
from thinkt ng of it.
His sacrifice continued through bis fife
and was completed by Lis death,.
ia when it crushes a great soul,
is a thunderbolt destroying a temple.
Words are th*e daughters of the wind, but
actions are the sons of the soul.
liu J. e . tlr ‘ D g comforts ua, because a iittle
tning emtets ua.
JThe history of the church ought in ore-
priety to be called the history ot troth.
w? ?°k e rapeetabie to brack boots than
low atrif c “ araslers T^° shirts than to