Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-07-05

              riMl MT1 .JJJIIUj lyjiJlo V I Wi isfo. oq Vol. VL mount "vmrusroisr, omo, tuttiibday, july .q, .aoao, . . . . Fetching Water from the Well Early on a sunny morning, While the lark wa,s,inging tweet, Came, beyond ihe ancient farm houee, Sounds of lightly -tripping feet. 'Twas a lowly cottage maiden going-Why, let young hearts tell With her homely pitcher laden, , Fetching water from the well. . i I . Eh adowg lay athwart the path -way, All along the quiet lane; And the breexes of the morning Moved them to and fro again. OVr the sunshine, o'er the shadow, Passed the maidep of the farm,-With a charmed heart within her, Thinking of oo ill or harm. ' 1 - Pleasant, surety was her musings, For the nodding, Jeaves in vain, -Bought to press tbelr brightened Image On her ever busy brain. Leaves and Joyous birds went by her, Like a dim, half-waking dream, And her soul was only conscious 01 life's gladdest summer-gleam. At the old lane's shady turning, Lay a well of water bright, Singing, soft, its hallelujahs, To the graeious morning light, , , 1 Fern leaves, broad and green, bent o'er it, Where its silvery droplets foil, And the fairies dwelt beside it, In the spotted foi -glove bell. Baok she bent the shaded fern-'eaves, Dipp'd the pitcher in the tide-Drew it up with the dripping water) Flowing o'er its glased sido; But, before her arm could place it Ou her shiny, wavy hair, By her side a youth was standing! Love rejoiced to see the pair! Tonet of tremulous emotion Trailed upon the morning breete, Gentle words of heart devotion WUisperod 'ncath the ancient trees. But the holy, blessed secrets, It beseems1 mi not to Ull; Life had mi't another meaning Fetching wator from the well! r.it , Down the rural lane they sauntered He the burden-pitcher bore; She, with dewy eyes down-looking, Grow more beauteous than before! When tuoy near'd the silent homes toad, Up he raised the pitcher ligh t; Like a fitting crown, he placed it On her hair of wavelets bright-Emblem of the coming burdens, , Tuat for love of him she'd bear; Calling every burden blessed, , If his love but lighted there! Then, still waving benedictions, Further, further off he drew, While his shadow seemed a glory, That across the pathway grew. Njw about her household duties, Silently, the maiden went, And an ever-radiant halo With her daily life was blent. Little knew t.e aged matron, As her feet like music fell, What abundant pleasure found she, Fetohing water from the well! '( leader. iaf jff-a pictures. The Eteir of Linri; ( Than is as boautilul a Scotbh ballad by this title, as ever I saw in my life; it made veij Htrong impression upon me; but, as, t be ballad is not to be found, I will endeavor to tell i he story in plain prose. The Laird of Liun, in Galwsy, was one of the richest landed proprietors in Scotland. 34 ides the lands and dwellings, he hud Docks and herds, and a good htyk o gold. Moreover, he was a man ,of frugal and paisi monious disposition, so that the men of Galway avoided his company, and the whole town cried shame on him. Nevertheless, bis J icbes grew and increased to a mighty sum an I there was no telling; what neaps of tree-are he had snugly concealed.' Tho Laird of Linn did not marry till late in Vila, and bis wife' died within a year after his nurriage. She left him one. child, a son, who was the joy and plague of hiaexisteno. bough naturally ol a noble and generous tamper, he was wild, reckless and extravagant. Seeing and hearing his father ridiculed every day, for his misorly temper and, habits, je resolved at all events not to be like hiiDj. n i spent ail he could lay his hands on. among low, dissolute companions, in riotous living so true it is that one extreme often produ-t cos another. It was in Tain that bis father,, remonstrated with him; ha only grow won U be grew older. At last, the Laird of Linn lay on bis death- bed. lie bad out-lived all bis near relation"; and be had no friends, so that he was obliged t leave all bis substance to his son, and. beside, nest to his gold, he loved his prodigal heir. Prev ous to bis death, he called the heir of Linn to his bedside, and tbus spoke: "My son, when my lips are cold in death, nd my tongue sjjenjt in the rave, I know hew it will be with you. You will spend all the substance of your ancestors, epd all 1 the gold I have go) together, in dissipation and extravagance. Nevertheless, I . dp not wish xoy sen to live a beggar. 1 herefore give heed to my only dying command, and if you dis-, regard it, nay a father's dying curse cling" I yoa. jibe upper chumbei ol my house in Kippletringsn is now locked np, and I hare ' throws the key into the sea. When yoa have lost both gold and lands, wbe? you hate not a friend who will lend you a baubee, and when roil are actually sijffering lor a erust to ppeise your hunger break open lbs door; belore that time, I say again, may" a father's corse cling to yon." , With these words, the old man fell back and expired. ' m ; , 0 he teir of Lino did not griev long fer his parent., le seon. altar threw open bis house to all comers.., His lorests foil eneath be site, , His chimneys were always smoking; a hundred, men sat daily at bis board, imd he bought horses and bounds, apd lent money without, counting it, to his dissolute companions, , He jested, and drai.k, and gam bled, as if he could, not get rid of his sub- Stance in all these ways; be took no care ol his affairs, but gave,up the guidance of them to a bailiff, or steward, named John of Set), s- who was a knave, and a notorious usurer. John cheated his master in a variety ol ways and put more than hall bis rent in bis own pocket. , , , At last, what the beir ol Linn's father had foreseen came to pas?. His money was all gone, and he bad no moans of keeping jip his excesses, except by selling his lands; but no one was rich enough to buy tbem, except John ol Scabs, and all knew how he came by his money. The young Laird wis des perately in want of cash to pay his gaming debts, and was moreover healed with nine, when the unjust steward off-red to buy his estate. It was a hard case, but alter much discussion he agreed upon the bargain. "Give me your gold, good John of Scales. and my lands shall be yours foiever," said the heir of Linn Then John counted down the good,, clean gold, and a hard bargain his master bad of it 1 Fur every pound that John agreed, the land was worth three. The last money w'ent like the first, and the heir ol Linn was a beggar, tie first went to the bouse that had once been -bis own, but now, belonged t( John of Scalsa, to seek some relief. ..He looked in.to the window of the great banqueting ball, but there was no feasting goi g on in it., The Are wa,s out and the dinner table taken sway, and ail., was desolate and dismal. "Here's sorry cheer," said the heir of Linn. , . John, would not give bim a penny, but told bim to go to, the Iriends he had spent so tuunh money upon, foolishly. , tie did so, but it did no good. Some preunded not to know him, and no one would lend him a Jart!iiiig, or even offer him a dinner, so ht wandered, about forlorn and hungry lor two days; lor work he Jculd not, and to beg was ashamed At Inst, in bis extreme misery, he bethought himself of bis lather's dying words: "I have not sold the house in Kippletringsn yot," said he, 'lor no one would buy it; I will go and break open the upper chamber. My father said I would find relief there, and perhaps he meant treasure. ,11 it should prove so, I will be a wiser man . than L was, and not waste it on knaves." 10 the house then be went, and broke the chamber door open. He found relief, indeed! There was .nothing in the room except a high stool, and directly over it a halter dang, ling from a hook in the ceiling, lie looked up and read the wotds: , "Ah! graceless wretch, and wanton fool! You are ruined lorever. This is the only re lief foi those who have wasted their pat-iuio- riy.as you; have done. Behold then put the halter around your neck, and jump from tho stool, save your lamily from the disgrace 0! beggary." "Very excelltnt counsel,' said the heirof Linn; ''and as I must either bang or starve, I think I'll take my father's advice and bang, It is the shortest death of the two. So be mounted, fastened the halter around his peck, and kicked the stool from undei. But the beir ol Linn was not to die so The board into which the hook was driven, gave way with hja .weight, and be fell 00 the floor with a shower of gold (join rattling about bis ears. I will not say .(hat he felt no pain in the neck nextdayr but at that mo ment he certainly felt none; joy rushed into bis heait likea torrent, at seeing himself, res- cued from death, and beggary, , Tha space between the ceilling and the roof contained an enormous treasury. On the upper side, Ql the board Iroin which he thought to suspend himself, was fastened a letter addressed to him. He hastily tore It open and read as lol lows: , . , ' b'y dear son I km w your cbnracter, and no expostulation oradviee-pan.weanyou from the desperate course you are .pursuing. Nothing but misery sbarptr then dea: h, can work the cure or. you.,, Jf, therefore, your uiislortunes and sulPeiing? should bj sogriev-uus that you pieler death, to their endurance, ypu will not rashly encounter them ag-tin . You have made the trial; take my gold, re deem your lands, and become a belter man." The heir ol Linn did not leave the spot without putting np pray,-to Heaven for the; soul ol a parent whose admirable wisdom had discovered the means of raising him from beggary and despair to affluence and 01 weaning him from the follies and' fies which had so disgraced bis character. To evince bis gratitude, be rosolved to amend his. life from tbt day forward, and become all a lather's heart could wish. . ., 1 . Dut he first 'thought he would make one more trial of bis false friends, on whom be had wasted his time, his substance, and his character. He therefore kept his newly discovered wealth a great secret, until he heaid that John of Scales was to give a great entertainment, and all the lords and ladies of Galfrar were to be there. When Iheheir of Lion entered his fattb-er'a hall, (.was crowded with richly dressed gentry, but be was in beggar's rags- Heap pealed to the charity of the company, saying he was starving. To one he said, frpu have dined at my board a thousand timet;, will yoq deny me the crumb which fall from your own?" To another, "I gave you a pair-ol steeds and trappings." And to another he said, .'.'I, Jenf yoa a thousand pounds, and never asked yoa to repay me;" and so 00 to all the rest of the company. But instead ol remembering bis favors, they reviled him, and called him a spendthrift, beggar, and all manner of vile mines. Some said it was a shame that smb. a wrelchod looking object should be suffered to come among them; and one to whom, more than all the rest, bis purse had boen open, called on his sorvant to thrust him out ol doors. But one man look his part. It wss master Rich-rd LackUnd, a poor younger son ol a wealthy gentleman. He stood up arid said I never, ate at the board of the heir of Linn; I never, rodo bis .horses, or shared liU purse or received a favor of him to tha amount ol a larlhing. . Bufc whatlhen? .He was a worthy gentleman .when, he had the means.. I have twelve golden nobles, and that is all I possess in the world, and there .are six of them at the service of the man. whose, hand was never shut.to the poor. And as I am a gentleman, no man shall lay a finger on him while I wear a sword." ,. ,, u A glad man was the heir )f Linn,to find one man worthy to be his friend. He took the. six nobles and advanced towards John of Scales, who was standing at the end of the hall, attired in gorgeous apparel. "You at least,", said the beir of Linn, "ought to relieve, my necessities, for you have grown rich on my ruin, and I gave you a good bargain for my lands." Then John of Scales l egan to revile him, and to declare thathe. had given him much more than the lands were worth- for he did not like to be reminded of his extortion be fore so goodly a company. . . , "Nay," said be to tbe -heir of Linn, "if you will but return tome half of what t paid for your father's estate, you shall have it back again." v "Perhaps I will find friei da who will lend tue the sum therelore give a promise under your hand and seal, and I will see what can be done." y John of Scales knew that but few people of the country had so much-money, even if it were a common thing to lend money to a beggar,', and be, ia,d just seen what reliance was to be placed upon friends in such a case, lie bad not the least idea that tho hoir or Linn would ever be the owner of the bun. diedth part of that sum. He therefore called for p,en ink,, and paper, and sat down before the company and wrote the promise, and right scotfingly gave it to bis former master., , Then the heir of Linn strode to the -win dow and opened it, and took a bugle from a tattergabertine and blew it till the joists and rafters shook with the din. Presently a lair-troop of servants rode up, well armed and mounted, leading a mule with them, laden with treasure. They dismounted and bro't the bags of gold into the hall. 'My father's lands ere my own again.'i cried the beir of Linn joyously, and before the.pompany, bad,, recovered (rom their astonishment, he had .counted down to John ol Scale, just the sum he bad sgrocd to take. Then turning to his servants he said: , Scourge me this riper out of the house of Lino with dog whips." And it was immediately done. 1 , The company crowded around him to congratulate him on receiving his patrimony, and excusing their own neglect and ingratitude. But be said. to. them;,, M r .' , r "Catiffs, slavoscdogs, begonol Pollute the floor ol my house no longer! II you enter my grounds again, I will have my servants loose the hounds upon you!" : .1 To Master Lacklrnd he said: "Come to my arms, come to my heart, my brother! Live in my home, and share with the heir of Linn in all thing." And the heirof Linn became another man, and an ornament to his coun try and a blessing to his tenants. The following memoranda and remeniscen-ces respecting the history of Church Psalmody in New England will be read with pleasure by your subscribers who are interested in Church music. They are extracted from "Historical Sketches of the town 01 Leices tor, (Musi), by lion. Emory Washburn,' j ust published, a monogiaph which makes aval uuble addition to the materials, that are last accumulating for a minute and accurate his tory of pur country. The. publication of this and similar local histories leads me tp remark that now is the time lor collecting and tie positing in the Library of the Mt.-Vernon Lib. Association the materials which exist res peeling the history of our town and county, we want regular and perfect files ol the News papers arid other periodicals shicb have bo in published in the county. Wo want copies 01 whatever books, or pamphlets have been priu ted beie, we waut .memorial sketches of our pioneer citizens, and , of the professional mon Wbodied among us,,or who lei t us to die elsewhere.. We want accurate views of our churchos and other public buildings. We want the portraits of a'.l our distinguished citizens -rof the aged who are rapidly passing off the stage, af. life ol our Clergymen, our .Physicians, our Lawyers, of the pro essors and instructors in oureducati;nal institutions ol those among us who have occupied honors ble and responsible official positions 'of a 1 in fino who have contributed in any way to give character to, or to add to the material wealth and prosperity of our country. Now is the time to "gather up the fragments which remain, that nothing be lost." All these things will be of the greatest interest and value a half century hence. .Our youthful, happy, and prosperous country ia entitled every nook and corner of it, to a minute, spe-eiflo and truthful history, and all who hare contributed to its happiness and. prosperity, morally, intellectually, or physically, are en titled to a place in that history. The public library, of the Mu .Vernon Library Association, Is the1 place where thoso historical ma terials and works of art should be deposited and where they will be faithfully preserved for future use. It is to be hoped that all who wish well to that institution, will bear these things in mind, and, -aid it tothe.exlont of their ability in the accomplishment of its important mission. The Puksident or tub Mt. V. Lib. As , . CHURCH PSALMODY. Although the practice of psalmody, 'in some form, has been adopted by the New England churches from the earliest 'planting of the Colonies, few -are entirely lamiliar with the history of the changes through which it has passed. According to the universal custom of these churches, the singing, such as It was, was strictly co.tgiegational. The tunes were exceedingly few, some of them, by omitting or inserting syllable in certain linos, were made to serve the double purpose of long or comm in Metre, Theconsequencee was that not only were the whole congregation at liberty to unite in the exercise, but they did so, often to the, sacrifice of accent and time, and not unfrequintly -of tune also. From the want of bowks, it was customary to sing from dictation; the deacon reading one, and after a few years, two lines wbich wtre sung; and then followed a suspense, until another line or two was "deaconed out," and the tune resumed. .. , The Pilgrims brought with them Ains-worth's version of the Psalms. This-gave place to the "Bay Psalm-book," which .was the first book printed in America. 'It went through! many editions i-i this country acd England more than seventy in r-.l'i; and in 1758 it was revised and published by Rev fhomas Prince of Boston, II space per mitted, it might be amusing to refar'tu some of the matters upon which thj public mind was agitated at different times in the Colony and Province; such as, whether one person alone should sing the Congregation joining in spirit, as in prayer; whether women sho'd be allowed to sing in public; whether "carnal men" and pagans, or only christians, should be allowed to sing; and whother singing should be practised "in tunes invonted;" and Whether it might be done by reading from a book, and tbo like. . ' , ' Before 1720a singing-school was an unknown thing in the Province. : In 1690 there were only five or six tunes known here. These wore Oxford, Litchfield, York, Windsor, St. David's and Martyrs.'' The introduction of a new tune was a rare and grave matter, acted upon by the Church and often submitted to a voto of the parish. In 1714 was issued an edition of the "Bay Psalm-baok," in which- wore printed thirty-seven tunes, all of vbKch httone, tce 'Common ' Metre. ' The first book of music ever printed, by itself in tho coun- try, was by the Kev. Mr. Walter in 1721; and this was the first music with bars ever printed in America. The singing of psalms was regarded, like prayer, as a sacred exer cise, in the performance of which people ur-covored their heads. Before 1764, music had been printed with three parts; but a woik published in that year was printed with four parts, giving the principal melody to tho tenor. Before, from 1764 to 1770, there were few or no choirs in the churches in the coun try,,-. As these were formed, the custom of "lining" or "deaconing" the psalm of church music.it was only after a must violent and determined struggle that it was given up. It hid been recommended by the Westminster Assembly of Divines, ' as many could net read;" and having come down to thorn from the r ancestors, the custom had become sanctified in their minds, -and was not tq Desur-reudercd.-'- The first singing-book typographically printed, as distinguished from engraved scule and notes, was publiehed in Worcester in 1786. ...... The first singing school ever taught hi the town ol Leicster, was about 17G8 or '3.. In the latter year, the people were called together "to see if the town would grant a number of young men who had attained the rules of singing, the hindermost seat io the fiont gallery." Upon grave deliberation, that seat was appropiated to "those who have learnt the rules of siiiging until the. further pleasurts ol the town." This was not accomplished, however, without serious and determined op- posilijn, as has already been observed : but a 11 oro violent and determined resistance was ufiered to the mote serious innovation of singing without "lining." Thi3 took place in 1780. The singers had applied for permission to occupy , the front scat in the gallery, with a view doubtless of performing the service of singing as choir, as a substitute lor tho gener al and permi'cuous singing by tho congre gation. The permission was granted, and the choir, not stopping for the deacon to read tbo line diowned his voice when he attempted it, greatly scandalizing him in his sacred offico, and giving mortal offence to many by such an unholy usurpation. Many persons left the meeting bouse in disgust. Good Mr. K. and his wife were among the number, and they, consoled in the assurance, which they pretty candidly expressed in the hearing ol the congregation, that "when Col. -Wi' got home from the General Court, he would put a stop to such a scandalous doing." Unfortunately lor them, the gentleman referred to bad become familiar with the change in Boston and approved it, and it was found that re volutions in psalm singing, any more than. ia more worldly affairs, never go backward Cok. A boy of weak intellect io Delaware coun ty, 0., sportively fumed his little half sister to the tail of .a .cow. The animal became frightened and raa away. The girl's skull wscrasbed against a peica of rock, and the cow'l tail palled out. African Mavo Trading and American Blavo Breeding Speech of a Georgia Douglas Delegate in the Bump Convention. 1 ' 1 Mr, Guulden, of Georgia, thd fearless advocate of Driuglas- from, the sunny-south, bid high' for Vice on tho Douglig ticket. He is the Southern representative man of tho party and as such was lustily cheered in two speeches, one at Charleston, the o;!i9r at Baltimore. Fitzpatrick gave way to Gouldon on the ticket, but the ungieatrul Committee tilled tho vacancy with H- V. Johnson, of Georgia, thus completing the Comedy of Errors. ; An tne patriotican' patriarchGoulden has not filled and obtained his proper position on the Douglas ticket, it is suggested that the bold and out-spoken champion of the principles of n in-intervention in its limited sense and spirit, should stump the North till November. The non-Interventionists will not-d his powerful aid to seciire a single electoral vote for their ticket North of Mason and Dixon. Read the following verbatim ronort of Mr" Goulden's speech in the Convention just be- lore air. Douglas was nominated, takon from the Baltimore American, and1 hand it to the first bragging Bupporter of the "Little Giant" you meet. K his stomach be not stronger even than Ban, Ilallett's, the author of the Cincinnati Platform, he too will hurry to take position "out in the cold." ! SPEECH OK MR. OOULDES. Mr. President and Centlemen of the Convention : I coma here from the State of Gebrgia, indorsed by that State Convention and by the Convention at Charleston. This ought surely to give me a right to be heard before you; and though I have not joined my fortunes in the State ol Georgia either to the House of York, or the House of Lancaster, I feel that I have a right hero to speak to the great Democratic party of the United States. In seeing the elements of disruption and disorganization which seam to prevail in the midst of this intelligent atsembly, I have (elt that the experiment of tho capability of man for self-government was about to prove a fail ure hero, and that the gonius of liberty was about shrieking to leave the world ; but I trust tbtjt this may be the darkest hour just before the day, and that from these element's of discord, the representatives of the intelli gent American people bore assombled may be able to deviso a plan upon which the Great Democratic party of the United 3iatcs may he united; and that we will yet add another vic tory to tho many we have already achieved DEMOCRATIC INTKGHITY lam an alvocate lor maintaining the integ rity of the national Democratic party. ' AS EXTBEMB 'MAS "' I belong to the extreme South; I am a Pro- Slavery man in every sense to free word aye, and an African slave-trade man f Applause and laughter. WHAT SLAVERY HAS DONB. This institution of Slavery, as I have sud elsewhere; 'bis done more' to advance the prosperity and intelligence of the white race and of the human ract than all else put together'. I believe it to bo founded upon the law of -Nature and upon the law ol God; I be- ieve it would be 11 blessing to all races; I be lievo that "liberty woud not truly exist in this Western World except by maintaining the integrity of the great national Democrtic party. Abplauso.?As for this irrepressible conflict parly, with their serried ranks now ready to march down npon us, I have no faith in it, bee use it is founded in anarchy, in every-thing anti-republican, in everything that is opposed to human progress; irbile I under stund the idea u"T the great National Democratic party to pe non-intervention in Us broadest sense. - Applause CANNOT DO UVCa IS CKOKOIA. New, my Northern friend 1, 1 do not now know thut I can do anything in Georgia to reconcle these matters, but wateverl can do I will. Applause. ' I say thut our friends in Gcnrgia who are orying out' fer protection to Slavery 'In the Territories ere advocating a mero theory, a mere abstraction, a thing that is not and cannot i)S they would do much -better if they would demand protection from the General Government, and have a line of policy cstah-lished. along the borders of the Slave States'to catch and bang the thieving Abolitionists who are stealing onr niggois. Laughter uud sp-dlausSThat is a means of protection, and why? Bccauso it is practiial. Renewed laughter and applause. SLAVE nitKBplNO. Uei is my old native State of Virginia, the slave.lrading and slavo breeding State of Virginia.Mr. Godlcn. Well, I will say the slave breeding Stale of Georgia then. 1 glory in being a slave breeder myself. Loud laughter. I will face the musio myself, and I have as many negroes as any man torn Vir ginia. As I invited the gentlcnttn of this Convention at Charleston to visit my plantation, I will say again, that if they ' wi'.l come to see-me, I will show them as fine a lot ol negrobs, and the pure African too, as they can find- anywhere; and I will show them as handsome a set of little children there as can be seen, laughter, and any quantity of them, too; renewed langhter, and I wish that Vir-giaoia may be as good a slave trading and slave breeding State as Georgia ,and hi saying that, I do not mean to be disrespectful to Virginia, bat I do not mean to dodge the question at alL K0N-1HTIVKNTI0S Now, I want no office; I never asked any; I did not ask the State Convention to send me here; but I am here to tell tha truth to you all, and this is my idc ol non-intervention: I want the State of Tirglnia,if she has tregrtiS' to have as many as she pleasos, 11 you want j S'aiery in Massachusetts, I want you to have it; if you want It in Indiania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in God's namo have it. It is your right to have slaves, and just a many or as few as you pious. I will never join a party which de'tdfos o lorce slavery I anywhero or keep it fio:n any place. Ap- j plause. I boliuve that it is regulated ly the , luw of God, ol nature's God, snd nil history : provos that to be so. All tint I ask is hands j off leave it to the peoplo cf the Stales aud Ten itorir a to Settle that matter for lhcm- solvos, under the Constitution of the United 1 States, Applause. And now while I am up I want to put my veto upon one'thtng, I know that I am not going t1 bi applauded in what 1 say but soed sown in good time will bring forth frnit,and thoughyou may say now that I am wrong, yet I think .1 s'll livo. to see the day when the doctrins I advocate tonight will be the doctrines of Massachusetts and of the North, for Truth ormhrd to earth will ri?o a-,-a;is The aternul viir of tVn.l lire liom - While crmr, wounded, wrillii'4 in ' And die uiuM hur worshiper? ! WANTS TUB SLAVE TRAlIf, Isay I go lor non-intorveniion in tho broadest sense of the term. I say that this whol" thing should be takon out of tho hands of the General Government. ' I say it is all wrong to bo spending two or three millians of dollars annually from our pockets, and sacrificing thousands of lives upon the coast of Africa in that terrible clime, to prevent our going there to got a few noirroes. If it is right for us to go to Virginia and' buy a negro and pay $2,000 for him, it is equal right for us to go to Africa, where we can get tHcm 'for fifty. Applause and laughtor. Here is the condition we are placed in, and you may as well come to your senses and face the music. ' There are 2,000 of our negroes now down at Key West, begging and pleading not to le sent back. If they should bo sent back, what would bo the result? One half of them wotil i die before they got there, and the other half would be turned upon tho coast of Africa upoa the coast of Liberia, among strangei-M, lo be eaten up by cannibals, or be caught -nml sold again, or die of starvation; and this you call humanity! J say it is piracy; Isay that our Government is acting against right und reason in this mattor; and if the. Southern men had tho spunk and spirit to come right up and faco the North, I believe the Northern Democracy at last would come to the true doctrine of popular sovroignty and nou- intervention. Applause and laughter. Think of it : two thousand of these poor barbarians from Africa caught within the last' four weeks',' and kept upon the miserable island ol Key West, dying there from disease and starvation; and what do not die are to bo sent back by our Govrrnmcnt at an expense of one or two millions, though they aie begging not to be sent back.and landed upon the coast of Africa. It is cruel inhuman-wrong and 1 appeal to the good sense of the American nation against it. . Look at John Bull; he has bound us to catch all wo can,' and we send them back at th expense o' twenty-five dollars per head. Wj send them back, but what does John Bull do when be gets them ? lie apprentices' them out again and makes slaves of liicin. That is the hypocritical treaty that you are bound by, and yet I bear no Southern voice, or Northern voice, raissd'ogainst this aggression upon the Uwol naturu and of Nature's God. but I in-tend to raise my voice against it, humble as it is. ' Now, this mny be a secondary question bo firs us to-night. Tho great point is harmo ny und union in the great Democratic party. Let us whip tne Black Hcpublicaii, let us win the fight, and when wo have 'settled these things, lA us act together and all will lo right. Tho Sicilian Revolution, ' Tho recont successos of Garibaldi in Sicily, and especially the capture of Palermo, give strong reasons to hope that the whole of that fine island will soon le reloascd from tho cluches of a remorseless despotism, and added to tho list of European Slates which enjoy t'ae blessing ol constitutional liborty. The strug'gle', indeed is rot yot ended. The Neapolitans are still Li possession of numerous more or loss strongly fortified military stations on tho coabt; and as their navy will enable them to provision these ports, and sup ply them with men and munitions, it may be some time before the liberating army, unprovided as it must be with a battering train and other apparatus of seige, can reduco them. In the meantime, the maritime towns may be bombaidod from the sea; and this is a measure to which Naples will not lail to resort, unless as may be hoped, domestic r ballion shall find woik uearer capital, both for tho navy and for tho renegade Swiss and other mercenaries upon which tho rcii.ing family relies for support. . The Siciluns have long been disarmed and of the adult peasantry, it will not bo extravagant to say that not one in tan ban ever fired a gun. But if there was ever a caso where fury will supply weapons, and teach the use of them, it is such a strufglo'ss that of the psople of Sicily against their detested opress-ors. There no-whero exists a more deadly national hatred, than that felt by patriotic Sicily towards continental Naples. The Siciiian vespers are not fergotton; and the descendant of those who.io the therieeoth cen tury, wrested the island from the brutal ty raony of Charles of Anjoo.and the infamous Urban IV, will we trust, show equal heroism and endurance in emancipating thcmsjlves fro:n the despotism oi Francis II, and the real gnant and vindictive l'iui IX. In order rightly to estimate the impoitance tf Ike S.ciliao rcrolulioiif ft Buet cast gUnce at tuo position, the uittural resouiu--, and the general statistical condition of tl.o impoverished island which was once liuowu m "the granary of Rome." ' By theceususof 1S5I), the' populmion of Sicily was 2,231,000, which, as the area it about 10,500 square miles.is between six and seven hutidred to a square mile, aiidnotf.ii1 fioiu ono to an acre of improved load. To an American,, t'-issoems'a very dense population; but such is tho fcrtiliy of the soil, tint tliouija tha amount ol oiable and pasturage landu has boen considerably reduced by cleui-iiu; the uplan-ls, 'anil'lho consequent woahin;;' tt'.vay of tho uimmtain-soil and the widening f ,. I,,1D r thn tui-ra'uta. an well as bv tin Hawing of low-grounds to 1 aise ponds lor thd breeding of fhh to augment the revenues of the iuoDaslctif f und the nolilily, the islai.d ii capaUo offeustaiiiiui; much greater numUis! At the pariod of tho liotnaa conquest.-theio was at leant six or seven millions of people Sicily, und the iwo great towns.Syr'acuse ai A Agrigcntvm (the inodora Girgoiii',) contain'- , ed more citizens than the present populati.ui oflho'boie island. Nut only' did Sicily furnish Ire-wl'WtUo'so great numbers, but i! exported immense qtuutitios ol ' wheivt' mi l' other products; and Cicero's Vervino oraiiot.J as wcll-as much other testimony, show-tiiiit its people wa J s.i opulent and as luxurious ni its soil was fei tile. ...,.' ' The volcanic region embraces about one-' third of the r.oithtr.slcrn porlion ofKitil.t: and of the impiovcd lands, a!)il tho s-iuu' proportion is cursed with uii cncuiubiau worse than a yo'.canoo the proprietorship i( the church.' Upon the slopes of Ktoa ai V sound tra-'ts cf e;reat fertility, but the suit owned by tho priesthood, though the richest iii Sicily, scarcely yields tnough tosuppoit tho 30,000 or, us some a ithorilies say, the-00,00) moti nuns, and secular clergy, wh- must dine before tho lubore r ami bis childieu can bu led. ' The remainder of the arable soil is but den- . .1. j. I : ed hy a taxation so onerous, maiumy proprietor whoso other ui ans arc large, can allot 1 to cultivate it, and the consequence is, th.ic many thousands of acres' of very fertile land ha.J laiu waste olnso.-t for generations. Ilenco tho peopband in so great a statu of in digence, that actual starvation is not very uncommon in this little territory, which if ouce released from temporal and hpiritul oppression, might sustain in comfort three times the population which now drags out a beggarly and miserubio exi.-.tJtica upon its sei - vance. 'Besides tho products common to all thti Miditleranoan shores, Sicily exports great quantities of sumac and of sulphur, and of tho latter it has almost a monopoly. 1 hu principal sulphur mines do not lie in the vol- caiic region. Tho most important and pro ductive are near the centre of the island, case of Castro-uiovnnnt, and in the neigiiuorcona of Girgetiti. Liho everything else in Sicily, these tubes and their products aro Luidcne-l with an enormous taxation, and tho quantity extracted is consequently scarcely the lithe, of what might be furniohed to commerce under a just sod wire administration. In tbo present stalo of industiial ait, sulphur i scarcely inferior in importance lo any olln r mineral, a:td tho commercial and manufacturing world is thereforo directly interested in the emancipation of Sicily liom tbo sluj iJ misgovcrnmcnt of Naples. With tho esception of a few localities which aro rendored tmboilthy by swamps or lakjs that might easily bo drained, Sicily en joys a highly salubrious climate. Dastruct- ive earthquakes occur only m the voicaiiic district, and at long intervals and, in point of natural beauty of scisnery, anl variety snd exhubeiance of vegetable and mineral pio-duct.this inland is t:fisuipa;:st.d by any pel ii )U of tho teiritory'ol Europe. '' Its position.-lividing as it docs the Mediterranean into two groat basins, separated from Itblybya very narrow stiait, and from tha territory of Tunis by a channel of but sixty miles in width makes it an important link ia the chain which Italy forms between Kurp. and A fries, as well as bolwcen tho coa.-ts of Westa n and Eastern Europe, but its mini r. 011s haibirs, with such improvement as is easily practicable, would furnish unlimited facilities forcoHting'as well as for foreign trade But tlis position is t f still greater imp r u with reference to the general quest i.i of Italian na'ionaiity and independent . 1 o-ttveon emancipated Piedmont in the uoi h. and emancipated Sicily in tha south, the tniu tyrannies. Homo and N.ip'es, must ineviuhly be crushed. Present lodic.lious auilwrizd in to believe that a righteous si d irrevocable doom will soon bo pronounced against tl.em both, and that the territories which have s.i lung groaned' unJer their wickeJ misrule wiil be united with, tie rest of Italy unler the sway of a free and liberal government. Xeit I'ui Du.lj Ilorcf. " The Union fer Victory in Ohi'. The Opf osition in Sou hern Ohio, aru coming up in solid hilanx for Lincoln and Hamlin. In IS 00, a large vote was polled in tl Scioto, ic. district, for Fillmnro. Now, tbo' lrouton Ilegi-tcr says "the Opputfl&w are a lr as ono in this -Congrewtidnal" District A-f, ', :. from every country, so far as wa ctoJori, except the Democrats, i re ehthuiastiu in!' support of Lincola and Uaml n. The Ports-' mouth Tribune and the Gallidis J j.irtixt-.1.- i.;iiv.: n tl... li;u,;..fe ... 'iwr.r. - are out heartily for the republican nominees,. , . ' Boston, July 4. Counterlcil jto's on the Commonwealth Bank of PniUdelph'u a in in circulation io this city. -Tbty are imj w II ' exttutcd that but Very few p.-rsjns ean'dir-tec'. tbvin.