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0 Vol. "VI. IVafofTJlcrT 'VJDIl.KroSd1, OHIO, T'lXTTXisiD.A.Y, AUGUST oo, looo TOM villi M If1 Ml w UuO AA. 11 li 0 THE BATTLE FIELDi Bt W. 0. BI1TANT. The ninth of the following exquisite verse which may fuirly cluim a place by the side of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Cliurch Yard," is tetter known from the Ircquency with which it is quoted. Ilian the others- The whole is certainly "a gem of purest ray teiene :" Once this sort turf, this rivulet's sands. Were trampled by a hurrying crowdi And fiery hearts and arhird hands, Encountered ib the battle-cloud. Ab ! never shall the land forget How gushed (be life-blood of the IraVe Gushed warm with hope and courage yet, Upon the soil they sought to save. Now all is calm, and fresh, and still, Alone tliochiip ol Hitting bird, And talk ol children on the hill, And bull ol wondring kine are heard. Ko solemn host goes trailing by The black mouth gun and staggering wnihj Men Hurled not at the battle cry-' Oh 1 be it never heard aguin. Boon rested those who fought J but thou Who minglest in the harder strife For truths which men receive not. Thy warfaitf only ends with life. A friendless warfare I lingering long Through weaiy day and weary yearj Ard wild and many-Wenponed thiung Hang on thy front, and flank the tear. Yet nerve (hy'tpirit to the prBof; And blanch ndt at thy chosen lolj Thellinid good may stand aloof, The sago may down yet luliit thotihbl itor bcifd the shaft too surety Cast, 'i he fiiul and hissing bolt ol scorn; ' 'Tor with tb side shall do HI at lust; The victory of endurance bom. 'Tiuth, crushed to the earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God era hers; 'Cut Km r, wounded writhes in pain, And dies among his worshipers. You, though thnli lie upon the" dust. . When they who helped theu (lee in fear, 'Die full of hope and manly trust, Like those who fell in battle here! 'Another hand thy sword shall wield, Another hand thy siundard wave, Till from the trumpet's mtJIilh is pealed The blast ot triumph o'er Illy grave. THE SHADOW WE 6A6f. BY T. S ARTUUR. ' A 'dhild was playing with some building hjlodfail'emd as the mimic cast In rose before 'Lis eyes in graceful piopoitiohs, a new pleas-'tiro -swelled 'in his heart. Ho felt himsolf 1 1 berireator of a "thing of beauly," and was 'conscious of a new born power. Arch, wall, 'buttress, gateway, drawbridge, lofty tower, and battlement, were all tho work of his 'hands. He was in wonder at his own skill 'in creating from an unseemly pile of blocks, ' structure of sucharawUeiigft.. 'Silently he stood and gnzed upon his castle, 'with something of the prido ol an architect 'who seta after months and years of skillfully 'applied 'ls'btJr, some grand conception in his art embodied in his iro'pBiishable9tU!V&. Then lie moved around, viewing it on every side. It did not seem to htm H'toy, Torching only a few inches in height, and coveting but square fodt of ground, but a 'real castle, rear "i.l8- itself 'hundreds'of feet upwards to the blue sky, anQ-spreaUlng Wide upon earth its ample foundation. TKa fhe idea grew mi ore and more perfect, his strange pleasure increased. 'Now 'be "stood "with fdlded arms, wrapped in the over "mastering illusion Bow walking ilowty tfrminO, Viewing iho structure on all sldrs,-and ndwpat down and bent over it with the foitdncss ol luofhc'r bending over her'thild. Kgaln he arose;pttr-posing to obtain anofhvr andmore cfistiritftlve ' iowofhis wcrk. ISutTris fodt'Bti'ildk against wne of the VnttrevseS, airid Instantly, Wtfti 'a crash, wall, tower, and Wtlimierft, fell m a hopeless ruin. . In the room, with the boy, satiis 'fatTitfr, heading. The crash disturbed him; and lie . Altera 1 a sharp, angry reUufke'; aj-hv cing for a foment toward the startled child, and then returning bis eyas to the attractive pages before hitn, unconscious of fhe shadow be had ' tast upon the heart of bis 'child.. Trtrr -Hcame mtobls (air blue eyes, dancing in liglft tUfore.-., From the fiowping face -eft Irm'Wch-ry to which his glance was suddenly turned-,.tbe child look en Vaxk to the sha'peless riins f bis caslle. Is it ay wonder that betawed 4.i face in sitence upon theft, and wet Uieru . ith his teals'! Fox roore five minutes he sat still as . ' If sleeping; then in a mournful kind of way ' yet almost noiselessly, he commenced rtstor-ing to the hoi flora hich he bad taken them, the many shaped pieces, that fitly joined to-together, Lad giown into a noble building ' - After the box was filled, he replaced the cov- .' .r, and laid It carefully on a shell in a 'closet " ' Poor chlldt TLal shadow was a deep one and long in passing away, Uls mother found htm half tn bour.afterwaids asleep on the . tloor, with cheeks fiushed loan tabusual brightness. She knew nothing of that troubled passage in bis young life, and the other had forcotten. in the attraction of the hook h had read, lha motweulary annnysrceexpita-fmore M in the words and tone, with a power in them to shadow the heart of his child. - A young wife had busted borsell (or many days in preparing a pleasant SBrprtae for her husband. The wrrk was finished at but,nd row aha awaited his return 1th a heart full of wattu amotioni. A dressing gown, a pair of elegantly embroidered slippers, wrought by herewn skillful fingers, were" the gilts with which sho meant to delight him. What a troop ot pleasure's fancies were In her heart! How almost impatiently did sho wait for the coming twilight, which wad b be dawn, not approaching twilight td ber! At. last she heard the Step of her husband io th passage, and her pulses leaped with fluttering delight. Like a bird upon the wing, she slmost flew down to meet him, Impatient for the kiss that awaited ber1. There are a few days to a man in tho world of business, without their disappointments and perplexities. It is man's business to bear these in a manly spi: it. They fcim but a portion Of life's discipline, and should make then stronger, braver, and more enduring. Unwisely, and we may say. unjustly, too many fail to leave their business caies and troubles in their stores, workshops, or count ing rooms at the day's decline. They wrap ihein in bundles and curry them and shadoir their household. It was so with my yoong husband on this pat ticulnr occasion. The stream of business had taken nn eddying whirl and thrown his vessel backwards instead of owards. fbr a brief space and though it was still in the current, anu linuing ouwuiu vpiiintti u, uio jr and disappointment had fretted hit mind severely. There was no heart in the kiss he gaVO his wile, and because he had let care overshadow love. Ho drew his aim aioulid her, but she was conscious of a diminished ptesture in that embracing arm. "Are you not well." With What tender concern, was this question asked I "Very well." lie might be in body, but not in mind; that was plain, for his voic Was far from being Cheerful. She played and sung her favorite pieces hoping to restore by the charm of music, brightness to his spirit, But she was con scious Ol only partial success, there was Still a gravity in his manner never perceived he fob. At tea time she smiled upnn him so Street!? a6ross the table, and talkfd to him oh such attractive (hemes, that the right ex pression returned to his countenance; and he looked as happy Hi she' c'o'did desiritj From the tea table they returned to their pleasant parlor. And now the time had con e tor offering lier gift, and receiving tho cove-led reward of glad SiirpriSoi followed hysweot kisses and loving woid-i. ' I will be back in A moment," she said'.nnd pissing from the room, she went lightly up' slaiis. Hut tcno and manner betraying her secret, or rather the p'ossessiod' tit a secret with which her husband Was to be surprised. Scarcely bad her loving face faded from before his eyes, when tbocght returned with a single hound to an unpleasant event of the day i and the waters of his spirit wefe tfg'ain troubled. He had actually arisen and crossed the floor once or twice, moved by a restless" concein, when his wilo came down with the dressing gown and ilipptfs1. She wos trying! to foico her countenanco into a grave expression, to hold back tho smiles that were continually stiiving to breuk the truant circlos around her lipiS; when a single glance at her husband's face told her that lha spirit driven away by the exercism of her lev, hud re. turned again to her bosom. Ho Ibifccfj at her sjberly, and she fafiie oi5fti. What are these?" rie iUkefl almost coldly, reiprcssing surpiise, and efleclii g an ignorance 'in Regard to the beautiful present she held in Irerfrimd that lie did not feel. "Thryaro for yeu dear. I made them?'' 'For Tire? Nonsense! What do 1 want with silt'h jimcraikeiy? This Is woman's witrr. (Do you think I would disfigure my feet w"ifb elubVoidered slit peri, or dress up in V Calico '-gown? Vut them away, de'ai; your husband is "too'irAch of a man to robe himself In'gBy'CnloYs.like a clown or actor.'1 And he waived his banc' with an air of contempt. There was a bold sneering, manner about him. paitly affected and partly real, born 6f t'is uncom tortoblo 'b'tsffaw mind. Yet he lowed 'his sweet wife, and Wotald not of set purpose, have wounded her for the world. (This unexpected repulse this true! reception 'ofbtr prertot, VeV which she h. d "wrought pati nlly in goTdtfa lirtpe tor many 'days that dashiug fo the Vfcth ctf 'this brim cup ol .jor, just as it touched her lips, was tnore Khan the fond yonng 5fo'Cftld baa'r.-Vo hide toe 'team that taTnie iHshing Co her eyes, Dire turned away from tfertMbontT; ai.'A to Toifteal 'her sobs sho had no power to repress, ha Vcut almost Wriedly Yrtfm (he room, ?d going lack to (hi chaftbcT from whetrce ifte had brouglit 'Ae present. Ae ut it away ont of sight in a closet. Then cov-errfrg bet fata with her hands, she sat down and strove herself to ttttlin. But itis shadow vrarston deep-thff heart too heavy, In a liUlo while her husband furlowed her and distoVcrfng something to his surpii.se that she was weeping, said lit a slight reproving voice! ''Why, bless met in tears! Vbat a silly little puss you Ire Why didn't you tell uie you thought of making a dressing gown and a pair of slippeis, and I would have vetoed the matter at ente? You couldn't hire me to weaf such flatjnting things. Cothe back to the parlor--"and sing abd play lor me, "TheDreara Wallr'Hor the 'trtrnolo.'t Dearest May," or "Still Night." 1M worth to me than forty dresr.ing gons,or a cargo of embroidered slippers.' Almost by foree, he led her bar k to the parlor, and placed her on the music stool. "lie selected a favorite piece and laid it befoie her. But tears were !n In her eyes, and she could not see a not. Over the keys her finger passed In skillful totjehes; but when she liitd to leep dp the tcr-filiUtralire failed and Sobs broke forth ihslbsj cT words. "How foolish!" said the husband, in a' Vexed tone, "1 am smprised at yoii!" And he turned from the piano and walked across the roonl. A li 1 1 Io while the sad young wife remained where she wits, left thds aMono; and in partial afiger. Then, rising, she went rflowty from1 tho room her husband not seeking tn retain her abd going back to her chamber, cat down in dnrknessi The shidow vVhich had beeti cost tpHn her spirit was a very deep one; although the hidden sun came out again right early it was a long tifne before his beams had power to scatter the clouds that floated fn love's hoi i-son . Tile sliadows we cast! Fattier, husband, wifo, brother lister, son, neighbor are we not casting shadows daily, on some hearts that are pining for the Silnlihi-of our faces? Wo have given you two pictures, not as n mirror, but as a kalfeidefcopo. In all their vaiied relations, men and woiran selfishly or thoughtlessly fiom design, weakness or ig norance are casting their shadows upon hearts that ard pining for sUnlight. A worcl , a looic, a tone, an net will cast a shadow and iMtldcn n spii it for hours tlhil days. Speak kindly, act kindly, be forgetters of lelf, and you will carry but few shadows abng the path of life. Tho truo gentleimn istlwajs tender of the feeling's' of others always watchful lest he would unintentionally wound al w.iys thinking, whf'n with others, of their pleasure instead of his own, Ho casts but few shadows. Bo gentlemen, bo ladies, or Ifi a word, that which incluJc's fl'tl rfrab'es and excellencies Cbrhsfians, for it is tho Chris t!in; who cast fewest shadows of all. The following eloquent tribute to the Coltbrnlion of Independence is taken from one bt the speeches' df the Hon. Abrnhit.ni Linc'jln, made diirifigliia if citing flfi I cfl-hint contest for the Scnntorship in 1858. Tfitse comihunities the tliirlcen colonies) by their representatives in old Independence llall, Srfid to the world of men: "We hold "these tru'ths ttf be self evident, that all men ate bom (fjuul; ihatlhty are endowel by their Creator with fnaliennble rights, (hat among these nfe life,. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." 'This was their majestic inlerpretatiori of the ecdno my of the universe. This was their lofty rind wise arid noble under.-landing of the justice of tb.6 Creator to Ufa crcattlies; Yes, gentlemen, to ail His creature, to ihe whole grfeat family of tfiah. In their enlightened belief, nothing stamped with the divine imag and likeness was r?('Dt inloi "t'.e world (o be trorkkn on, and de-degraded, and itnbruted by its fellows. They grasped not only the race of men then living, but they readied forward and s'eiz d upon tho furthest posterity. They crentcd a beacon to guide' their children and their children's children, and the countless myriads who Sbottld inhabit the eanh in other ages. Wise stafesflich a3 they were, they tnew'the tch'deney of prosperity to breed tyrants, and so they established tin se great self-evMefrt truths, that when in the d?stant future; some man, some faction, some interest, snbtrfd set tip the doctrine that' none btft rich men, 6 none but white men, or nbne btft .Anglo-Saxon white men, were entitled tb' life, liberty aCfd tho pursuit of bappines'S, ihtii poSterily might look up again to the Declaration of Independence, and lalre courage to' renew the battle which their fathers begsrl. s6 that truth, justice, and mercy, and all the humane and Christian virtues, mi -lit hot he extinguished (torn the land; so (hut no mm would hereafiCf dare to limit and CircumUVib'e ihk' great principles oh' ttlich the temple of liberty was being built. ftow, my Connlryrme n; if you h.tve been ttiifght doctrines conflicting;' with the great lafldraaiis of the Declaraliotf 67 lbdepen-derice; if you havo . listened to sriggei'ions which1 06'uld take away from its grandeur; and tatHlUi.k Ihe fair symmetry of ili ffo: portioos; if yofl have been inclined to be lieve that ail teen are not e'reated equal in those inalienable' fghts numerated by our thart of liberty; let &'e entreat you to come back return to tile' foorftaln, whose waters spring close by the blood of the Revolu tion. Think nothing tit me taltf no llio't for the political fate of y fiari whomso ever atMne back to the truths thdt are in ihe Declaration of IndepeWeflce; Yoii vnajr J anything wi& nle' fbtt choosei tf .you will but heed the ifi' iaced prnciphes-. Voa Way not only defeat rrre for the 8enare, fcat.ydti m y take me' and put me ttt deax. Whire iprutending no fa- diftorenCB to earthly t'.otrofsv I do claim lt be atttated In this coMret by something higher thatt the anxiety for office. I churge you Id dn)p every paltry afid insig- niocaat ihwjght, for any man's s'iccefrs. ftishothingt tarn nothing; JadgB&olig- U is nothing. But do not desi,r. f illat (nrhorlal etaWem of httmani yHb LV(S; larattofc of Atnericaw fndepehdence. -i a r A ntttbber of gentlemen at BandUsky have b'u.ft a splendid hfew yacht; and christened It, the &aj it vad lauhebed, ' Jobh eherman." E:egaHt ah J ahprbprialb colors for tlitft new yacht have Deed fur-dihed by Mf. 6hcttua. Fur. tlieMt, Varnan Itcpublivau. OK LIFE INSURANCE- LKTTKtt JO. 8. Alt. Vkbnow, Aug. lfl. iSCO. Dkau Sin: It may be interesting to you to learn something in regard to the history of Iiifo Insurant. To this topic, there'ore, I shall Confine my remarks in the present communication. Life Insurance may be said to have originated in Groat Britain; for Its prin-6iplei were first reduced to a practical science in Englnnd about 1GQ years ago. The project of a public office for the insuring of lives originated with Ihe Rev. Wm. Anhote, D. D. of Middleton, in Lancashire. It was fntehded for the special, though not exclmlvs' benelit of the widows of Clergymen, and for fie settling of jointuera and annuittea. This dosign was first undertaken io 1699 by what was called lha jlorcer's Company, In tBe following year, the Bishop of Oxford and certain ph'ianthropic noblemen and gentlemen, poreoiving that important adirahtagos inijht ncfiiUe to society from a properly conducted system of insurance on lives, formed a society for thitt purpose, in the beneficial provisions of which orphans as well as widows were entitled to'participafe. tn the year 1709 Queen Anno granted' an act of incorporation to the society under the name of the Arnica-ablo Sjciety for a perpetual assurance office. T k society was established on the mutual principle and is yet in slicc'esslul operation. But having teen formed bafore the true principles of Life Insurance were understood, it was at first rather a society for mutual benevolence than tn insurance company in tho present acceptation of the term, and corresponded fo iriany modern societies for the Relief of the widows and children1 o'f deceased clergymen, of which it may be said ts be the parent. The society now, howevos, conforms Io scientific modern U9age', retninibs one vestige ol its original Character, viz: that ail the meihbms, new and oid, participate equally pm iaia in the pnfiis. The benefit which the Amicable Society conferred on the families of its deceased members were soon acknowledged; and 1720 the London As-suranco Company was cstablish-id.nnd inl762, the KfuiuUo went into operation. In 1709 tho tables of mortality drawn up with great caro and diligence by the Rev. Dr. Price.artd in 1737, tho Carlisle tables by Rev. Dr. Hcys-bam,' appearedin consequence of which the rates of premium were reduced and Life Insurance began Io te practised on more scien-etilific principles. The. EquitabU). Company is still in successful operation and" has becon.e a mammoth. .institution. Its net receipts of premiums in SB years from its commencement amounted to 19,000,000. By the poJverof compound interest and economy ip its management it has been enabled to pay to widows ffnif n'efrs" m'orS than i'2i,OO6,O0O, or $100,000- 000. It was not, howevor. till the heirinninv or tho I resent century, th'u't the principles of . - o e Li o InsUranco and Us be leficial effects become very widely extended.- Atthe,close o'f the yoar 1847, there were 3'iO liio companies chiefly on ihe mutual plan in successful operation in England, and also many in Franco, Belgium and fjermafiy. Life Insurance was introduced into this country before the Revolutionary war by a little band pi Episfc'opaf Clergymen' in the city of Philadelphia. The Protestant Episcopal Association for the benefit of widows and children of Episcopal clergymen in Icnnsy. vania. formed, t ptesatile, on the plan of the Amicable .Fociety in England, Was incorporated in 17G9. Tho Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York and New Jersey were- at first admitted to an equal participation in its privileges' and benefits. But in 1306 there was a division of the corporation a'nd an equltat'te flistiibutfon of funds between the separate corporate bodies, The parent institution', as well as its offshoots, is still ia aetive operation affording protection and reliance and in many instsrecs entire support to the families for whoife bent fit it was projected, it has accumulated funds to ihe' amount of $100,000. Similar association tor iht exclusive benefit ot the widows and chilJie'ti of deceased Episcopal Clergymen have since sprung up in t considerable dumber of dioceses tft'oogh established upon a basis somewhat dilTereA't from that of the society in Pennsylvania; and1 re strictly conformed to the principles of life Insunnea Thus you perceive that tho first Life Insurance companies in Engiind, and also tho Brit ik this coiiVitry, were established through the efforts and for the special benefi'. of IB eliergy And not oly iave the clergy been among its earliest and constant friends and advocates but the science ol life insuring has bets developed maiily by fearfld divines men eminent for their ptedy and teaeVolence. The celebrated Blais Pascai author of the Provincial Letters, arid one of dhe brightest ornaments Of Chiistiaiiity in France, originated of reduced the system of cbancts to rules, a'nd aefluted the' theory of probabilities by which iosuraate M annuity tables are coi-strtr'6'tci. The inverse meibod of ealculatibA', hich hi& doaiWed the eflucPeney of the sys-tim' for philusoyUva reaearCk H universally ascribed to the Iter. T. Bayes; and! aaoiher eminc'bi English divine, the Rev. Vr; Price of Northampton,! Called the father of Life irt-surance in! consequent oT hating first mad observations' in'fegrird HO (he tito of mortall tjr in England, ttadj 6f devoting to the stibjeot th best energies 6f i? Ufa; eliciting ala'liMica froitt olbea cwrtii, and pwaiiahin'th t-bsrktble results, wtriek laid tM aVst at did! ba&W t a just thaty of caJeolalUitt o'f Ufa in- terwO. td tht early part i the aiMtil cenYdfry, few pVjprielSiy copanfc we'fe forated fn Vw H-.(jMVkatll inljeCd revived ie'ry little attention and awakened very little interest generally, till 1843, whon the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York laid the foundation of its career of influence and usefulness, which thus far is without a paral el in the annals of Life Insurance in this or any other country. This company was followed in the same year by the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company ol Boston, Mass., and in the following year by the Hutu 1 Benefit, Life Insurance Company of New Jersoy. 1 shall probably have occasion more than once in the course of this correspondence to refer to thele companies, not only because they were the earliest farmed in this country on the mutual systrm.bUt because tbey are the representatives of three different modes of Conducting busioeas under that system.. I will only say aijgrosent, in order to give you some idea Of the present condition and usefulness of these three companies, that the Mutual Lile of New York has paid to the heirs or creditors of the insured whose livei have dropped $3,177,756 and has an accumulated turn of $13,233,517. The Mutual Benefit has paid out on policies terminated by the death of the insured $2,154. b53 and in dividends $1,318,357 total $3,173,212 and ban an Accumulated fund of $3 400,582'. The New England Company has paid on claims by death $736,384, and in dividends. $499,030 total $1,235,420, and has an accumulated (und of $1,342 855. ' Thus these three companies alone hate paid out since 1814, nearly eight millions of dollars. And there Is one fact, which deserves to be serious' ly pondered add which iffdeed needs no coni-ment io impress its lesson, that in the long list of 926 deaths of persons who were insured in the Mutual Life of New York not one of the deceased lived ut his expected term, or paid to the company the amodnt which it tils' paid for them. And probably the same remark is equally true in reference to the other two companies, YoUrs, J. M. Little Giant Igitator.-Candidato Douglas as Daguerreotyped by a .Democrat. Cren. li. F. Butler, of Massachusetts, a dis tinguished Democrat, and a prominent member of the Cincinnati' and Baltimore Conventions, in a recent speech before a Democratic meetwg in towell, thus' brought o it the portrait of the Little Giant as be is. Remember, the artist and his subject are Democrats. Mr. B. said: ,. , "Whon the Democracy had carried' the election in 1852 for President, with uncquil-ed unanimity; when all parties had agreed to droj slavery agitation; when between North and South the bonlsol the Union were knit ting firmer and firmer;' when the Democratic! party were in a majority in Congress" from I North and South; when the opposition to the ' succesful administration ol Gee. Pierce was' either silenced or broken in Iragments, and there was no hindrance to the country in her I career ef power and greatness, what was it,' who was it that array td section against Sec'- j tion, fhi.md Into a blaze Abolition agitation; "struck down as il by magic," to use the word of his committee in their late address 'the Democratic party at the North," and armed brother against bis brother's life on the plains of Kansas? The answer is the truth of God and history en my hps Stephen A. Djuglas! Grant the Missouri line was un constitutional as we may all admit. Yet it was a matter of no practical importance, at that point of time, and in course ol litigation 1 bet een party and . party , it would have soon ' been declared bv the Supreme Conrt. and ihh ! agitation in Congress in consequence of its disturbance have been saved to tbt' country. What is the history of this repeal of the Missouri Compromise? Was its repeal the long thought of,earefulfy scanned measure of roost importance, weighed deliberately m the mind of a judicious statesman? Far from i. The ' tru b of its history is this; Alter Mr. Douglas had, from his committee, reported a bill for the organization of the Territories of Kansas' and Nebraska, in the usual form of Territorial bills, arid after, too, he had advocated the1 extonsion ol the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific, a Whig Senator from Kentucky remarked to him, in substance: Why don't you, Douglas, report a bill lor the repeal of the Missouri line? Sack a meas'nfe woold he supported by .the South, and give you the lead of the Administration." Douglas at once said. "I will do it;" and within forty-itght hours' ihts measure of repeal was intro-d'uied as aa amendment to the Kansas a'nd Nebraska bill, uncalled for by the Southern fjemewacy, but which they were obliged to support, a's H waris;ht in itself, and was advocated by its author as a measure io their favor, which would pea equally all the Ter ritory 6f the cooTitry to the citizen of alt the Slates for emigration with their property. Tht measure Was supported sabstantiaily by alt Southern members ol' Congress", atidf We claimed by Douglas to be a boon to the South a bTch he bad given them. For this he Was burned! in effigy by the1 Republicans; for th' he quarreled with the 3,000 minbters ot1 the North? for1 this' he Claimed tbt enpport of the South in the Cincinnati Convention ia 1859 )b nis second attempt to be President, by a bid for Southern support. The entire prostration of the Damoera'tia party North, be cause ol the evils Which flowed front the Kan sas bilL aa plagues' from' Pandora's' hoi. made Mr Buchanan, a necessity, and he waanami- aat4l - Tho BoistfcYjf ,Po6t eaya th'rt Go. Joiinfwn, cari'dixMer Yiee President on the Dono-laa tiotnt -said in si ccrVi speech at Angristal. G., that .if any one coma provo to tiita that Mr, Don'glaai was. in favor of Buatfef bo-Crtjigirty, be would troift for Mr. Erect iiiriJgcc Douglas Dumb-Founded. At Adgtista, Maine, the stumping candidate for the Presidency was completely stumped by an inquisitive Yankee. A corresponded! c'f the Tribune tinder date Augusta 1 8th inet., thus gives tket circumstances and the question's". Tbrit paper says the statement is from one of the most estimable citizens of Augusta, and sets forth fads Vrilh'n the personal cognizances of the Writer! They are as follows! As Judge Douglas, when he was here Thursday last, declared with strong emphasis that, as a National candidate for the Presidency, he had lip opinions to conceal, hone but he was willing to avow in any part of the Union, a rery respeotible cili zen of this place who wae invited to a seat on the stand with him, put into his hands the following question, which he was moat respectfully requested to answer in the course of his remarks. The Judge on re eeiving it (it was before lie rose to speak) read it very attentively, and resuming his conversation with the gentleman who offered il, respectfully acquiesced in the propriety of the question, and promised tb' reply to it in the course of his speech: "Will Judge Douglas be so kind as to oblige a fellow-eiliaen by stating before the people hfcie assembled his Asswna to the following QvaTr! m; ''Doyou hold, rfnd if elected President of the United States, would you carry out, the doctrine that the people of a Territory, before it beeomes a Slate, have the power, tinder the Federal Constitution, and net-Withstanding the b'red Scott decision, to prohibit or exclude Slavery therefrom? "In o'ther words; ... i "uo you Binrm that the people of a Territory have the Constitutional right to crush, the cockatrice's egs as soon as these are deposited in its nB', by the propagnn disls of Slavery, or .tnus.t they tofefate the incubation, and Wait tiU the eggs become full grown and active vipers, thut cun be newly-created sword of state authority?'' pursued and exterminated only by the With this question before him, which he promised to answer, the Judge arote and addressed ihe people for an hour and a nan; dui tor some cause or other you can judge what aa well as I not only did hot answer the qukstion, but very carefully avoided all allusion to it? I merely give you' the fafit, with comru nt of my ownt preferring thai't you will bestow s'ti'ch' reflections upon it as candor and fidelity to truth require. But il seems to me the public should know what questions Judge Douglas refuses to answer, and eoi jeetares as best they may, the reason why be chooses to "conceal his opinion" on that cost in ten sting point. A good1 point is made by the S induct y Register against the Union saving Bel! men and Douglasites, whobave united upon the Douglas candidate for Supreme Judge in th? Stated-Judge Smith, for the purpose of making a joint lilt against Judge Brinkerhoff, We quote from that paper as tbfiofa.' , "When Judge Swan was superseded by Judge Gholson, the Dem ocratic papers of Ohio were in an ayory of fear let a "independent Judiciary" would be destroyed. It could be nothing" else in their minds which had defeated his nomination but his decision on tho fugitive Stave law, and to proscribe hint for a decision was1 to destroy the independence of the Judiciary. They could not bear the idea of a judge being defeated because of a decision, whatever (hat might be. , But alas, heir virtue has evaporatec, and they are now , seeling to organize a crusade against Judge Brinkerl.off, in company with the Bell.everelts, on the ground of an opinion. Judge Brrukernoff Was overruled by the balance of the Court, but had the independence to deliver a distent-fng opinion'. Then', tie elective judiciary system was in danger, because ft watt claimed Judge Swan's aomhaatrou lad ba defeated! on account of his decision. Now it is demanded that a man shall ep-et'ally be opposed and defeated for Judge on, the ground ol an opinion.' The Springfield (Mass) Republican states' .that Senator D6rtglaS at one time went tfp to Baltimore trorn Wm tt-ingtod. "to bo initiated into the mys teries of! tho dart lafitefnl of Kpow- jSothiDgtsm, bat was refused admittance, being deemed unworthy. This fact, say 9 the .Republican, ia well to- derstood in all woll-iafarruod Know- Nothing circlos Mf. Coode, tlteinTcstigaitor of ik mocracy coifrnptiona4 made a Speech at Roeti06tef,N. y".; last vieelf; Speatk-ing of the .mestigpitfn (?oi'init-toe, of which ho Itrm chairmarv ho stated that lion. George Joitles, f Ten'riesseb, wh'a' has for sixteen yeare told hitof iff privara" ioiveraatFDO that the intestigtrting cotnmith''e hadj aTed the Government a milliovt of dollar A Bhcrt Bpeeab by Ooti Beward. Gov. Seward, during his recent trip Dowl East, was atopped by the crowd at Lwiatonj Maine, and eoifipelled to say word. And' heaaid: Follow-ch liens: What roean, all thlsf What signifles" this large gathering; of my,-(ellow citizjna a'nd lhase preconcerted designs upon mer I have cforle nothing, f have got nothing'. (Cheers) I have r.rfedtbt pock- ts of no one. I have no ''incendiary" doe "-ujienU in my hat. JBres cheers for Sana-; tor (Seward.) . f have not got a single "nochi : ester Speech" bout (nyaelf. (ReflntrSd $ plause.) Why then thi conspiracy of telei graph arid, railroad to hav mewaylald and 8irutinized at every station? (Applause. Not to be facetious, however, I suspect t,iat all this attention has reference; d liot , great '. Republican party and the principles which is, represents, Ifi advocacy pf which I have borne some partly (yhroe cheers, for the Senator1 from New York )' fam happy tq day, fefioif. citiiens to witness this evidence of your at-', tachmcnt to those great pHndpies of Justics' and humanity which distinguished the public life and works of the eminent lounders oi this Government, and it w'll be the proudest, day of my life when I ee these principle again dominant in the Fid ral Oovernment I see clearly the halcyon day drawing' near when the great Republican party, tb pertr of justice and freedom, shall triumph over ever, toe. ( j nree cheers i t-Ilow citizens, yow bannot And a iioblur, truer ropiesentatlve M, whom to intrust this priceless inheritance o( freedom tfian Abraham Lincoln. (Threel-cheirs for Lincoln ). The Sonata, too whlitf has1 so Ibng been the, citadel of the Slat pow' er, must soon yield before the march of Re publicanism and under the Presidency (as I ' confidently hi and expect) of your own dis'-(inguished Statesman, lletlhihil rtamlin, be-come the fortresa of freedtim. (Three oheeni for Uamlih ) Fullow-citizens, time forbid' ' that I should Hiyy hVnre. and thanking you one and'all for this expression of your esteem1 and this evidence of your devotion to thai cause of truth and Ireelomf Will bid yoef adieu, (Uearenitig applause.) . tiii Tvft ir Naw Yok'3om the friends of 11 r. Douglas afreet to b confident of carrying New York for tht "little ijnV gfance at' th probabll-'. itiea ot the contest will show the fallacy ' this hope. ( i ' In 1656. Fremont had SC6.007; Buchanan 124 604; Smith, 155 Now, i we conclude (hat Mr., Dodglas shall receivai ihe same vol tliat Mr. Buchman received and one-half the vote which Mr Fillmoiw' ; obtained he would only have 257,680, , w bilej if Mr. Lincoln should only gt thf 3tu east for Fremont, and one- half th.' vote American vote, he. would have 338,008,or 80,149 of a m jorify over Dcugla. It U well known to every one wbo htqb&ittv'ji tie tendency of thirgs in New York, that Lincoln .will receive more. than onw-kal of ihe A rrc&n vo'ie; while a large portion of the remainder will repudiate ibsl Hunt and Brooks surrender at Syrwemrff. In thiaC calcufaltoi we have made no timale of the Breckinridge vote, which will not be Used in any way to' aid i'o'ug!. ' This hiricli ?s cef lairi: Btrt iveS'if they should fuse, iie doubt ihtther etea such! a combiDtion can defeat tht foaa cjf th) people, Abiaham Lincoln.' ... u. . , Vt bt JStscariLa PtAsom Young Ladiel whhri'es! bonnits tm rainy Sundays jtnd dnsH es playing dip, dip, at every sten. A witness ht i briber easav A city sportsman at tb finish (T An day J shootimA, t , . . , . . A printer who publishes a paper for aotk-' ing and Onds hitfMtlf. A siuVtug aepbeW ott a viirt to' Ca aitt-' imokingaunt. f ' A slarr actrfcut with- br mm aV isaaU lU ters on the bills. An editor with nothing but cold fotalotJ for his Christmas ehbncV. r . In Georgia, untike Alabama, and kej. liev. moit oi tUauiw, a plurality i ihW vote f( tha people A6U b45 elect th Ut-' ral litiiti far ttU Presidency aad Tica Piaai-' dency, Hi AUbasaa Chrobct aay tkal tkaif law of lb WgisWtara.c lU 8uleapprorwt Decerns Zthht; ltrf. rtdjnreat lUkt.'t' i.- " flectedt lb tic let feewt rit a aaajorny iff all th vote east. If a BatoiiiitJ ii Uv et, sar sii or mAr tar rteeii.4 1 kalotuV of at! thm vqtea Mit.tken thaa ie r- ' shall iect the re'ovau.cfor' if i$ titktw Us least six do not rt.tv majority f su tM vowa, then il beeomep necasaarj toiiaaaVi lator tit tteH tn who,yKlLL ' . - savaMrai . i- K64. jess D, Bright,! a rrtatfrk) at a Brecfe&ito'j kiftiuifdliimrfisAi "W d'o'wi inteai (io' haw ephrn . t Ooaa aid kiii.oiU faa&W4 iJt our throata" . 4 iThej.tt4PWihj Denotiatir patj jUh i J fi lttf.j tk said whemTvi Iki dt astxy tk 4 I . J If to. Ub tie Lm. t iLiiLl ' aod ataad whs, kia. M tfiditU. wko WW Htri at ciJz iaii. ntaa'iJT. kas L,m t' jj J aoaiL.Lil.Uriij
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Full Text | 0 Vol. "VI. IVafofTJlcrT 'VJDIl.KroSd1, OHIO, T'lXTTXisiD.A.Y, AUGUST oo, looo TOM villi M If1 Ml w UuO AA. 11 li 0 THE BATTLE FIELDi Bt W. 0. BI1TANT. The ninth of the following exquisite verse which may fuirly cluim a place by the side of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Cliurch Yard," is tetter known from the Ircquency with which it is quoted. Ilian the others- The whole is certainly "a gem of purest ray teiene :" Once this sort turf, this rivulet's sands. Were trampled by a hurrying crowdi And fiery hearts and arhird hands, Encountered ib the battle-cloud. Ab ! never shall the land forget How gushed (be life-blood of the IraVe Gushed warm with hope and courage yet, Upon the soil they sought to save. Now all is calm, and fresh, and still, Alone tliochiip ol Hitting bird, And talk ol children on the hill, And bull ol wondring kine are heard. Ko solemn host goes trailing by The black mouth gun and staggering wnihj Men Hurled not at the battle cry-' Oh 1 be it never heard aguin. Boon rested those who fought J but thou Who minglest in the harder strife For truths which men receive not. Thy warfaitf only ends with life. A friendless warfare I lingering long Through weaiy day and weary yearj Ard wild and many-Wenponed thiung Hang on thy front, and flank the tear. Yet nerve (hy'tpirit to the prBof; And blanch ndt at thy chosen lolj Thellinid good may stand aloof, The sago may down yet luliit thotihbl itor bcifd the shaft too surety Cast, 'i he fiiul and hissing bolt ol scorn; ' 'Tor with tb side shall do HI at lust; The victory of endurance bom. 'Tiuth, crushed to the earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God era hers; 'Cut Km r, wounded writhes in pain, And dies among his worshipers. You, though thnli lie upon the" dust. . When they who helped theu (lee in fear, 'Die full of hope and manly trust, Like those who fell in battle here! 'Another hand thy sword shall wield, Another hand thy siundard wave, Till from the trumpet's mtJIilh is pealed The blast ot triumph o'er Illy grave. THE SHADOW WE 6A6f. BY T. S ARTUUR. ' A 'dhild was playing with some building hjlodfail'emd as the mimic cast In rose before 'Lis eyes in graceful piopoitiohs, a new pleas-'tiro -swelled 'in his heart. Ho felt himsolf 1 1 berireator of a "thing of beauly," and was 'conscious of a new born power. Arch, wall, 'buttress, gateway, drawbridge, lofty tower, and battlement, were all tho work of his 'hands. He was in wonder at his own skill 'in creating from an unseemly pile of blocks, ' structure of sucharawUeiigft.. 'Silently he stood and gnzed upon his castle, 'with something of the prido ol an architect 'who seta after months and years of skillfully 'applied 'ls'btJr, some grand conception in his art embodied in his iro'pBiishable9tU!V&. Then lie moved around, viewing it on every side. It did not seem to htm H'toy, Torching only a few inches in height, and coveting but square fodt of ground, but a 'real castle, rear "i.l8- itself 'hundreds'of feet upwards to the blue sky, anQ-spreaUlng Wide upon earth its ample foundation. TKa fhe idea grew mi ore and more perfect, his strange pleasure increased. 'Now 'be "stood "with fdlded arms, wrapped in the over "mastering illusion Bow walking ilowty tfrminO, Viewing iho structure on all sldrs,-and ndwpat down and bent over it with the foitdncss ol luofhc'r bending over her'thild. Kgaln he arose;pttr-posing to obtain anofhvr andmore cfistiritftlve ' iowofhis wcrk. ISutTris fodt'Bti'ildk against wne of the VnttrevseS, airid Instantly, Wtfti 'a crash, wall, tower, and Wtlimierft, fell m a hopeless ruin. . In the room, with the boy, satiis 'fatTitfr, heading. The crash disturbed him; and lie . Altera 1 a sharp, angry reUufke'; aj-hv cing for a foment toward the startled child, and then returning bis eyas to the attractive pages before hitn, unconscious of fhe shadow be had ' tast upon the heart of bis 'child.. Trtrr -Hcame mtobls (air blue eyes, dancing in liglft tUfore.-., From the fiowping face -eft Irm'Wch-ry to which his glance was suddenly turned-,.tbe child look en Vaxk to the sha'peless riins f bis caslle. Is it ay wonder that betawed 4.i face in sitence upon theft, and wet Uieru . ith his teals'! Fox roore five minutes he sat still as . ' If sleeping; then in a mournful kind of way ' yet almost noiselessly, he commenced rtstor-ing to the hoi flora hich he bad taken them, the many shaped pieces, that fitly joined to-together, Lad giown into a noble building ' - After the box was filled, he replaced the cov- .' .r, and laid It carefully on a shell in a 'closet " ' Poor chlldt TLal shadow was a deep one and long in passing away, Uls mother found htm half tn bour.afterwaids asleep on the . tloor, with cheeks fiushed loan tabusual brightness. She knew nothing of that troubled passage in bis young life, and the other had forcotten. in the attraction of the hook h had read, lha motweulary annnysrceexpita-fmore M in the words and tone, with a power in them to shadow the heart of his child. - A young wife had busted borsell (or many days in preparing a pleasant SBrprtae for her husband. The wrrk was finished at but,nd row aha awaited his return 1th a heart full of wattu amotioni. A dressing gown, a pair of elegantly embroidered slippers, wrought by herewn skillful fingers, were" the gilts with which sho meant to delight him. What a troop ot pleasure's fancies were In her heart! How almost impatiently did sho wait for the coming twilight, which wad b be dawn, not approaching twilight td ber! At. last she heard the Step of her husband io th passage, and her pulses leaped with fluttering delight. Like a bird upon the wing, she slmost flew down to meet him, Impatient for the kiss that awaited ber1. There are a few days to a man in tho world of business, without their disappointments and perplexities. It is man's business to bear these in a manly spi: it. They fcim but a portion Of life's discipline, and should make then stronger, braver, and more enduring. Unwisely, and we may say. unjustly, too many fail to leave their business caies and troubles in their stores, workshops, or count ing rooms at the day's decline. They wrap ihein in bundles and curry them and shadoir their household. It was so with my yoong husband on this pat ticulnr occasion. The stream of business had taken nn eddying whirl and thrown his vessel backwards instead of owards. fbr a brief space and though it was still in the current, anu linuing ouwuiu vpiiintti u, uio jr and disappointment had fretted hit mind severely. There was no heart in the kiss he gaVO his wile, and because he had let care overshadow love. Ho drew his aim aioulid her, but she was conscious of a diminished ptesture in that embracing arm. "Are you not well." With What tender concern, was this question asked I "Very well." lie might be in body, but not in mind; that was plain, for his voic Was far from being Cheerful. She played and sung her favorite pieces hoping to restore by the charm of music, brightness to his spirit, But she was con scious Ol only partial success, there was Still a gravity in his manner never perceived he fob. At tea time she smiled upnn him so Street!? a6ross the table, and talkfd to him oh such attractive (hemes, that the right ex pression returned to his countenance; and he looked as happy Hi she' c'o'did desiritj From the tea table they returned to their pleasant parlor. And now the time had con e tor offering lier gift, and receiving tho cove-led reward of glad SiirpriSoi followed hysweot kisses and loving woid-i. ' I will be back in A moment," she said'.nnd pissing from the room, she went lightly up' slaiis. Hut tcno and manner betraying her secret, or rather the p'ossessiod' tit a secret with which her husband Was to be surprised. Scarcely bad her loving face faded from before his eyes, when tbocght returned with a single hound to an unpleasant event of the day i and the waters of his spirit wefe tfg'ain troubled. He had actually arisen and crossed the floor once or twice, moved by a restless" concein, when his wilo came down with the dressing gown and ilipptfs1. She wos trying! to foico her countenanco into a grave expression, to hold back tho smiles that were continually stiiving to breuk the truant circlos around her lipiS; when a single glance at her husband's face told her that lha spirit driven away by the exercism of her lev, hud re. turned again to her bosom. Ho Ibifccfj at her sjberly, and she fafiie oi5fti. What are these?" rie iUkefl almost coldly, reiprcssing surpiise, and efleclii g an ignorance 'in Regard to the beautiful present she held in Irerfrimd that lie did not feel. "Thryaro for yeu dear. I made them?'' 'For Tire? Nonsense! What do 1 want with silt'h jimcraikeiy? This Is woman's witrr. (Do you think I would disfigure my feet w"ifb elubVoidered slit peri, or dress up in V Calico '-gown? Vut them away, de'ai; your husband is "too'irAch of a man to robe himself In'gBy'CnloYs.like a clown or actor.'1 And he waived his banc' with an air of contempt. There was a bold sneering, manner about him. paitly affected and partly real, born 6f t'is uncom tortoblo 'b'tsffaw mind. Yet he lowed 'his sweet wife, and Wotald not of set purpose, have wounded her for the world. (This unexpected repulse this true! reception 'ofbtr prertot, VeV which she h. d "wrought pati nlly in goTdtfa lirtpe tor many 'days that dashiug fo the Vfcth ctf 'this brim cup ol .jor, just as it touched her lips, was tnore Khan the fond yonng 5fo'Cftld baa'r.-Vo hide toe 'team that taTnie iHshing Co her eyes, Dire turned away from tfertMbontT; ai.'A to Toifteal 'her sobs sho had no power to repress, ha Vcut almost Wriedly Yrtfm (he room, ?d going lack to (hi chaftbcT from whetrce ifte had brouglit 'Ae present. Ae ut it away ont of sight in a closet. Then cov-errfrg bet fata with her hands, she sat down and strove herself to ttttlin. But itis shadow vrarston deep-thff heart too heavy, In a liUlo while her husband furlowed her and distoVcrfng something to his surpii.se that she was weeping, said lit a slight reproving voice! ''Why, bless met in tears! Vbat a silly little puss you Ire Why didn't you tell uie you thought of making a dressing gown and a pair of slippeis, and I would have vetoed the matter at ente? You couldn't hire me to weaf such flatjnting things. Cothe back to the parlor--"and sing abd play lor me, "TheDreara Wallr'Hor the 'trtrnolo.'t Dearest May," or "Still Night." 1M worth to me than forty dresr.ing gons,or a cargo of embroidered slippers.' Almost by foree, he led her bar k to the parlor, and placed her on the music stool. "lie selected a favorite piece and laid it befoie her. But tears were !n In her eyes, and she could not see a not. Over the keys her finger passed In skillful totjehes; but when she liitd to leep dp the tcr-filiUtralire failed and Sobs broke forth ihslbsj cT words. "How foolish!" said the husband, in a' Vexed tone, "1 am smprised at yoii!" And he turned from the piano and walked across the roonl. A li 1 1 Io while the sad young wife remained where she wits, left thds aMono; and in partial afiger. Then, rising, she went rflowty from1 tho room her husband not seeking tn retain her abd going back to her chamber, cat down in dnrknessi The shidow vVhich had beeti cost tpHn her spirit was a very deep one; although the hidden sun came out again right early it was a long tifne before his beams had power to scatter the clouds that floated fn love's hoi i-son . Tile sliadows we cast! Fattier, husband, wifo, brother lister, son, neighbor are we not casting shadows daily, on some hearts that are pining for the Silnlihi-of our faces? Wo have given you two pictures, not as n mirror, but as a kalfeidefcopo. In all their vaiied relations, men and woiran selfishly or thoughtlessly fiom design, weakness or ig norance are casting their shadows upon hearts that ard pining for sUnlight. A worcl , a looic, a tone, an net will cast a shadow and iMtldcn n spii it for hours tlhil days. Speak kindly, act kindly, be forgetters of lelf, and you will carry but few shadows abng the path of life. Tho truo gentleimn istlwajs tender of the feeling's' of others always watchful lest he would unintentionally wound al w.iys thinking, whf'n with others, of their pleasure instead of his own, Ho casts but few shadows. Bo gentlemen, bo ladies, or Ifi a word, that which incluJc's fl'tl rfrab'es and excellencies Cbrhsfians, for it is tho Chris t!in; who cast fewest shadows of all. The following eloquent tribute to the Coltbrnlion of Independence is taken from one bt the speeches' df the Hon. Abrnhit.ni Linc'jln, made diirifigliia if citing flfi I cfl-hint contest for the Scnntorship in 1858. Tfitse comihunities the tliirlcen colonies) by their representatives in old Independence llall, Srfid to the world of men: "We hold "these tru'ths ttf be self evident, that all men ate bom (fjuul; ihatlhty are endowel by their Creator with fnaliennble rights, (hat among these nfe life,. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." 'This was their majestic inlerpretatiori of the ecdno my of the universe. This was their lofty rind wise arid noble under.-landing of the justice of tb.6 Creator to Ufa crcattlies; Yes, gentlemen, to ail His creature, to ihe whole grfeat family of tfiah. In their enlightened belief, nothing stamped with the divine imag and likeness was r?('Dt inloi "t'.e world (o be trorkkn on, and de-degraded, and itnbruted by its fellows. They grasped not only the race of men then living, but they readied forward and s'eiz d upon tho furthest posterity. They crentcd a beacon to guide' their children and their children's children, and the countless myriads who Sbottld inhabit the eanh in other ages. Wise stafesflich a3 they were, they tnew'the tch'deney of prosperity to breed tyrants, and so they established tin se great self-evMefrt truths, that when in the d?stant future; some man, some faction, some interest, snbtrfd set tip the doctrine that' none btft rich men, 6 none but white men, or nbne btft .Anglo-Saxon white men, were entitled tb' life, liberty aCfd tho pursuit of bappines'S, ihtii poSterily might look up again to the Declaration of Independence, and lalre courage to' renew the battle which their fathers begsrl. s6 that truth, justice, and mercy, and all the humane and Christian virtues, mi -lit hot he extinguished (torn the land; so (hut no mm would hereafiCf dare to limit and CircumUVib'e ihk' great principles oh' ttlich the temple of liberty was being built. ftow, my Connlryrme n; if you h.tve been ttiifght doctrines conflicting;' with the great lafldraaiis of the Declaraliotf 67 lbdepen-derice; if you havo . listened to sriggei'ions which1 06'uld take away from its grandeur; and tatHlUi.k Ihe fair symmetry of ili ffo: portioos; if yofl have been inclined to be lieve that ail teen are not e'reated equal in those inalienable' fghts numerated by our thart of liberty; let &'e entreat you to come back return to tile' foorftaln, whose waters spring close by the blood of the Revolu tion. Think nothing tit me taltf no llio't for the political fate of y fiari whomso ever atMne back to the truths thdt are in ihe Declaration of IndepeWeflce; Yoii vnajr J anything wi& nle' fbtt choosei tf .you will but heed the ifi' iaced prnciphes-. Voa Way not only defeat rrre for the 8enare, fcat.ydti m y take me' and put me ttt deax. Whire iprutending no fa- diftorenCB to earthly t'.otrofsv I do claim lt be atttated In this coMret by something higher thatt the anxiety for office. I churge you Id dn)p every paltry afid insig- niocaat ihwjght, for any man's s'iccefrs. ftishothingt tarn nothing; JadgB&olig- U is nothing. But do not desi,r. f illat (nrhorlal etaWem of httmani yHb LV(S; larattofc of Atnericaw fndepehdence. -i a r A ntttbber of gentlemen at BandUsky have b'u.ft a splendid hfew yacht; and christened It, the &aj it vad lauhebed, ' Jobh eherman." E:egaHt ah J ahprbprialb colors for tlitft new yacht have Deed fur-dihed by Mf. 6hcttua. Fur. tlieMt, Varnan Itcpublivau. OK LIFE INSURANCE- LKTTKtt JO. 8. Alt. Vkbnow, Aug. lfl. iSCO. Dkau Sin: It may be interesting to you to learn something in regard to the history of Iiifo Insurant. To this topic, there'ore, I shall Confine my remarks in the present communication. Life Insurance may be said to have originated in Groat Britain; for Its prin-6iplei were first reduced to a practical science in Englnnd about 1GQ years ago. The project of a public office for the insuring of lives originated with Ihe Rev. Wm. Anhote, D. D. of Middleton, in Lancashire. It was fntehded for the special, though not exclmlvs' benelit of the widows of Clergymen, and for fie settling of jointuera and annuittea. This dosign was first undertaken io 1699 by what was called lha jlorcer's Company, In tBe following year, the Bishop of Oxford and certain ph'ianthropic noblemen and gentlemen, poreoiving that important adirahtagos inijht ncfiiUe to society from a properly conducted system of insurance on lives, formed a society for thitt purpose, in the beneficial provisions of which orphans as well as widows were entitled to'participafe. tn the year 1709 Queen Anno granted' an act of incorporation to the society under the name of the Arnica-ablo Sjciety for a perpetual assurance office. T k society was established on the mutual principle and is yet in slicc'esslul operation. But having teen formed bafore the true principles of Life Insurance were understood, it was at first rather a society for mutual benevolence than tn insurance company in tho present acceptation of the term, and corresponded fo iriany modern societies for the Relief of the widows and children1 o'f deceased clergymen, of which it may be said ts be the parent. The society now, howevos, conforms Io scientific modern U9age', retninibs one vestige ol its original Character, viz: that ail the meihbms, new and oid, participate equally pm iaia in the pnfiis. The benefit which the Amicable Society conferred on the families of its deceased members were soon acknowledged; and 1720 the London As-suranco Company was cstablish-id.nnd inl762, the KfuiuUo went into operation. In 1709 tho tables of mortality drawn up with great caro and diligence by the Rev. Dr. Price.artd in 1737, tho Carlisle tables by Rev. Dr. Hcys-bam,' appearedin consequence of which the rates of premium were reduced and Life Insurance began Io te practised on more scien-etilific principles. The. EquitabU). Company is still in successful operation and" has becon.e a mammoth. .institution. Its net receipts of premiums in SB years from its commencement amounted to 19,000,000. By the poJverof compound interest and economy ip its management it has been enabled to pay to widows ffnif n'efrs" m'orS than i'2i,OO6,O0O, or $100,000- 000. It was not, howevor. till the heirinninv or tho I resent century, th'u't the principles of . - o e Li o InsUranco and Us be leficial effects become very widely extended.- Atthe,close o'f the yoar 1847, there were 3'iO liio companies chiefly on ihe mutual plan in successful operation in England, and also many in Franco, Belgium and fjermafiy. Life Insurance was introduced into this country before the Revolutionary war by a little band pi Episfc'opaf Clergymen' in the city of Philadelphia. The Protestant Episcopal Association for the benefit of widows and children of Episcopal clergymen in Icnnsy. vania. formed, t ptesatile, on the plan of the Amicable .Fociety in England, Was incorporated in 17G9. Tho Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York and New Jersey were- at first admitted to an equal participation in its privileges' and benefits. But in 1306 there was a division of the corporation a'nd an equltat'te flistiibutfon of funds between the separate corporate bodies, The parent institution', as well as its offshoots, is still ia aetive operation affording protection and reliance and in many instsrecs entire support to the families for whoife bent fit it was projected, it has accumulated funds to ihe' amount of $100,000. Similar association tor iht exclusive benefit ot the widows and chilJie'ti of deceased Episcopal Clergymen have since sprung up in t considerable dumber of dioceses tft'oogh established upon a basis somewhat dilTereA't from that of the society in Pennsylvania; and1 re strictly conformed to the principles of life Insunnea Thus you perceive that tho first Life Insurance companies in Engiind, and also tho Brit ik this coiiVitry, were established through the efforts and for the special benefi'. of IB eliergy And not oly iave the clergy been among its earliest and constant friends and advocates but the science ol life insuring has bets developed maiily by fearfld divines men eminent for their ptedy and teaeVolence. The celebrated Blais Pascai author of the Provincial Letters, arid one of dhe brightest ornaments Of Chiistiaiiity in France, originated of reduced the system of cbancts to rules, a'nd aefluted the' theory of probabilities by which iosuraate M annuity tables are coi-strtr'6'tci. The inverse meibod of ealculatibA', hich hi& doaiWed the eflucPeney of the sys-tim' for philusoyUva reaearCk H universally ascribed to the Iter. T. Bayes; and! aaoiher eminc'bi English divine, the Rev. Vr; Price of Northampton,! Called the father of Life irt-surance in! consequent oT hating first mad observations' in'fegrird HO (he tito of mortall tjr in England, ttadj 6f devoting to the stibjeot th best energies 6f i? Ufa; eliciting ala'liMica froitt olbea cwrtii, and pwaiiahin'th t-bsrktble results, wtriek laid tM aVst at did! ba&W t a just thaty of caJeolalUitt o'f Ufa in- terwO. td tht early part i the aiMtil cenYdfry, few pVjprielSiy copanfc we'fe forated fn Vw H-.(jMVkatll inljeCd revived ie'ry little attention and awakened very little interest generally, till 1843, whon the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York laid the foundation of its career of influence and usefulness, which thus far is without a paral el in the annals of Life Insurance in this or any other country. This company was followed in the same year by the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company ol Boston, Mass., and in the following year by the Hutu 1 Benefit, Life Insurance Company of New Jersoy. 1 shall probably have occasion more than once in the course of this correspondence to refer to thele companies, not only because they were the earliest farmed in this country on the mutual systrm.bUt because tbey are the representatives of three different modes of Conducting busioeas under that system.. I will only say aijgrosent, in order to give you some idea Of the present condition and usefulness of these three companies, that the Mutual Lile of New York has paid to the heirs or creditors of the insured whose livei have dropped $3,177,756 and has an accumulated turn of $13,233,517. The Mutual Benefit has paid out on policies terminated by the death of the insured $2,154. b53 and in dividends $1,318,357 total $3,173,212 and ban an Accumulated fund of $3 400,582'. The New England Company has paid on claims by death $736,384, and in dividends. $499,030 total $1,235,420, and has an accumulated (und of $1,342 855. ' Thus these three companies alone hate paid out since 1814, nearly eight millions of dollars. And there Is one fact, which deserves to be serious' ly pondered add which iffdeed needs no coni-ment io impress its lesson, that in the long list of 926 deaths of persons who were insured in the Mutual Life of New York not one of the deceased lived ut his expected term, or paid to the company the amodnt which it tils' paid for them. And probably the same remark is equally true in reference to the other two companies, YoUrs, J. M. Little Giant Igitator.-Candidato Douglas as Daguerreotyped by a .Democrat. Cren. li. F. Butler, of Massachusetts, a dis tinguished Democrat, and a prominent member of the Cincinnati' and Baltimore Conventions, in a recent speech before a Democratic meetwg in towell, thus' brought o it the portrait of the Little Giant as be is. Remember, the artist and his subject are Democrats. Mr. B. said: ,. , "Whon the Democracy had carried' the election in 1852 for President, with uncquil-ed unanimity; when all parties had agreed to droj slavery agitation; when between North and South the bonlsol the Union were knit ting firmer and firmer;' when the Democratic! party were in a majority in Congress" from I North and South; when the opposition to the ' succesful administration ol Gee. Pierce was' either silenced or broken in Iragments, and there was no hindrance to the country in her I career ef power and greatness, what was it,' who was it that array td section against Sec'- j tion, fhi.md Into a blaze Abolition agitation; "struck down as il by magic," to use the word of his committee in their late address 'the Democratic party at the North," and armed brother against bis brother's life on the plains of Kansas? The answer is the truth of God and history en my hps Stephen A. Djuglas! Grant the Missouri line was un constitutional as we may all admit. Yet it was a matter of no practical importance, at that point of time, and in course ol litigation 1 bet een party and . party , it would have soon ' been declared bv the Supreme Conrt. and ihh ! agitation in Congress in consequence of its disturbance have been saved to tbt' country. What is the history of this repeal of the Missouri Compromise? Was its repeal the long thought of,earefulfy scanned measure of roost importance, weighed deliberately m the mind of a judicious statesman? Far from i. The ' tru b of its history is this; Alter Mr. Douglas had, from his committee, reported a bill for the organization of the Territories of Kansas' and Nebraska, in the usual form of Territorial bills, arid after, too, he had advocated the1 extonsion ol the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific, a Whig Senator from Kentucky remarked to him, in substance: Why don't you, Douglas, report a bill lor the repeal of the Missouri line? Sack a meas'nfe woold he supported by .the South, and give you the lead of the Administration." Douglas at once said. "I will do it;" and within forty-itght hours' ihts measure of repeal was intro-d'uied as aa amendment to the Kansas a'nd Nebraska bill, uncalled for by the Southern fjemewacy, but which they were obliged to support, a's H waris;ht in itself, and was advocated by its author as a measure io their favor, which would pea equally all the Ter ritory 6f the cooTitry to the citizen of alt the Slates for emigration with their property. Tht measure Was supported sabstantiaily by alt Southern members ol' Congress", atidf We claimed by Douglas to be a boon to the South a bTch he bad given them. For this he Was burned! in effigy by the1 Republicans; for th' he quarreled with the 3,000 minbters ot1 the North? for1 this' he Claimed tbt enpport of the South in the Cincinnati Convention ia 1859 )b nis second attempt to be President, by a bid for Southern support. The entire prostration of the Damoera'tia party North, be cause ol the evils Which flowed front the Kan sas bilL aa plagues' from' Pandora's' hoi. made Mr Buchanan, a necessity, and he waanami- aat4l - Tho BoistfcYjf ,Po6t eaya th'rt Go. Joiinfwn, cari'dixMer Yiee President on the Dono-laa tiotnt -said in si ccrVi speech at Angristal. G., that .if any one coma provo to tiita that Mr, Don'glaai was. in favor of Buatfef bo-Crtjigirty, be would troift for Mr. Erect iiiriJgcc Douglas Dumb-Founded. At Adgtista, Maine, the stumping candidate for the Presidency was completely stumped by an inquisitive Yankee. A corresponded! c'f the Tribune tinder date Augusta 1 8th inet., thus gives tket circumstances and the question's". Tbrit paper says the statement is from one of the most estimable citizens of Augusta, and sets forth fads Vrilh'n the personal cognizances of the Writer! They are as follows! As Judge Douglas, when he was here Thursday last, declared with strong emphasis that, as a National candidate for the Presidency, he had lip opinions to conceal, hone but he was willing to avow in any part of the Union, a rery respeotible cili zen of this place who wae invited to a seat on the stand with him, put into his hands the following question, which he was moat respectfully requested to answer in the course of his remarks. The Judge on re eeiving it (it was before lie rose to speak) read it very attentively, and resuming his conversation with the gentleman who offered il, respectfully acquiesced in the propriety of the question, and promised tb' reply to it in the course of his speech: "Will Judge Douglas be so kind as to oblige a fellow-eiliaen by stating before the people hfcie assembled his Asswna to the following QvaTr! m; ''Doyou hold, rfnd if elected President of the United States, would you carry out, the doctrine that the people of a Territory, before it beeomes a Slate, have the power, tinder the Federal Constitution, and net-Withstanding the b'red Scott decision, to prohibit or exclude Slavery therefrom? "In o'ther words; ... i "uo you Binrm that the people of a Territory have the Constitutional right to crush, the cockatrice's egs as soon as these are deposited in its nB', by the propagnn disls of Slavery, or .tnus.t they tofefate the incubation, and Wait tiU the eggs become full grown and active vipers, thut cun be newly-created sword of state authority?'' pursued and exterminated only by the With this question before him, which he promised to answer, the Judge arote and addressed ihe people for an hour and a nan; dui tor some cause or other you can judge what aa well as I not only did hot answer the qukstion, but very carefully avoided all allusion to it? I merely give you' the fafit, with comru nt of my ownt preferring thai't you will bestow s'ti'ch' reflections upon it as candor and fidelity to truth require. But il seems to me the public should know what questions Judge Douglas refuses to answer, and eoi jeetares as best they may, the reason why be chooses to "conceal his opinion" on that cost in ten sting point. A good1 point is made by the S induct y Register against the Union saving Bel! men and Douglasites, whobave united upon the Douglas candidate for Supreme Judge in th? Stated-Judge Smith, for the purpose of making a joint lilt against Judge Brinkerhoff, We quote from that paper as tbfiofa.' , "When Judge Swan was superseded by Judge Gholson, the Dem ocratic papers of Ohio were in an ayory of fear let a "independent Judiciary" would be destroyed. It could be nothing" else in their minds which had defeated his nomination but his decision on tho fugitive Stave law, and to proscribe hint for a decision was1 to destroy the independence of the Judiciary. They could not bear the idea of a judge being defeated because of a decision, whatever (hat might be. , But alas, heir virtue has evaporatec, and they are now , seeling to organize a crusade against Judge Brinkerl.off, in company with the Bell.everelts, on the ground of an opinion. Judge Brrukernoff Was overruled by the balance of the Court, but had the independence to deliver a distent-fng opinion'. Then', tie elective judiciary system was in danger, because ft watt claimed Judge Swan's aomhaatrou lad ba defeated! on account of his decision. Now it is demanded that a man shall ep-et'ally be opposed and defeated for Judge on, the ground ol an opinion.' The Springfield (Mass) Republican states' .that Senator D6rtglaS at one time went tfp to Baltimore trorn Wm tt-ingtod. "to bo initiated into the mys teries of! tho dart lafitefnl of Kpow- jSothiDgtsm, bat was refused admittance, being deemed unworthy. This fact, say 9 the .Republican, ia well to- derstood in all woll-iafarruod Know- Nothing circlos Mf. Coode, tlteinTcstigaitor of ik mocracy coifrnptiona4 made a Speech at Roeti06tef,N. y".; last vieelf; Speatk-ing of the .mestigpitfn (?oi'init-toe, of which ho Itrm chairmarv ho stated that lion. George Joitles, f Ten'riesseb, wh'a' has for sixteen yeare told hitof iff privara" ioiveraatFDO that the intestigtrting cotnmith''e hadj aTed the Government a milliovt of dollar A Bhcrt Bpeeab by Ooti Beward. Gov. Seward, during his recent trip Dowl East, was atopped by the crowd at Lwiatonj Maine, and eoifipelled to say word. And' heaaid: Follow-ch liens: What roean, all thlsf What signifles" this large gathering; of my,-(ellow citizjna a'nd lhase preconcerted designs upon mer I have cforle nothing, f have got nothing'. (Cheers) I have r.rfedtbt pock- ts of no one. I have no ''incendiary" doe "-ujienU in my hat. JBres cheers for Sana-; tor (Seward.) . f have not got a single "nochi : ester Speech" bout (nyaelf. (ReflntrSd $ plause.) Why then thi conspiracy of telei graph arid, railroad to hav mewaylald and 8irutinized at every station? (Applause. Not to be facetious, however, I suspect t,iat all this attention has reference; d liot , great '. Republican party and the principles which is, represents, Ifi advocacy pf which I have borne some partly (yhroe cheers, for the Senator1 from New York )' fam happy tq day, fefioif. citiiens to witness this evidence of your at-', tachmcnt to those great pHndpies of Justics' and humanity which distinguished the public life and works of the eminent lounders oi this Government, and it w'll be the proudest, day of my life when I ee these principle again dominant in the Fid ral Oovernment I see clearly the halcyon day drawing' near when the great Republican party, tb pertr of justice and freedom, shall triumph over ever, toe. ( j nree cheers i t-Ilow citizens, yow bannot And a iioblur, truer ropiesentatlve M, whom to intrust this priceless inheritance o( freedom tfian Abraham Lincoln. (Threel-cheirs for Lincoln ). The Sonata, too whlitf has1 so Ibng been the, citadel of the Slat pow' er, must soon yield before the march of Re publicanism and under the Presidency (as I ' confidently hi and expect) of your own dis'-(inguished Statesman, lletlhihil rtamlin, be-come the fortresa of freedtim. (Three oheeni for Uamlih ) Fullow-citizens, time forbid' ' that I should Hiyy hVnre. and thanking you one and'all for this expression of your esteem1 and this evidence of your devotion to thai cause of truth and Ireelomf Will bid yoef adieu, (Uearenitig applause.) . tiii Tvft ir Naw Yok'3om the friends of 11 r. Douglas afreet to b confident of carrying New York for tht "little ijnV gfance at' th probabll-'. itiea ot the contest will show the fallacy ' this hope. ( i ' In 1656. Fremont had SC6.007; Buchanan 124 604; Smith, 155 Now, i we conclude (hat Mr., Dodglas shall receivai ihe same vol tliat Mr. Buchman received and one-half the vote which Mr Fillmoiw' ; obtained he would only have 257,680, , w bilej if Mr. Lincoln should only gt thf 3tu east for Fremont, and one- half th.' vote American vote, he. would have 338,008,or 80,149 of a m jorify over Dcugla. It U well known to every one wbo htqb&ittv'ji tie tendency of thirgs in New York, that Lincoln .will receive more. than onw-kal of ihe A rrc&n vo'ie; while a large portion of the remainder will repudiate ibsl Hunt and Brooks surrender at Syrwemrff. In thiaC calcufaltoi we have made no timale of the Breckinridge vote, which will not be Used in any way to' aid i'o'ug!. ' This hiricli ?s cef lairi: Btrt iveS'if they should fuse, iie doubt ihtther etea such! a combiDtion can defeat tht foaa cjf th) people, Abiaham Lincoln.' ... u. . , Vt bt JStscariLa PtAsom Young Ladiel whhri'es! bonnits tm rainy Sundays jtnd dnsH es playing dip, dip, at every sten. A witness ht i briber easav A city sportsman at tb finish (T An day J shootimA, t , . . , . . A printer who publishes a paper for aotk-' ing and Onds hitfMtlf. A siuVtug aepbeW ott a viirt to' Ca aitt-' imokingaunt. f ' A slarr actrfcut with- br mm aV isaaU lU ters on the bills. An editor with nothing but cold fotalotJ for his Christmas ehbncV. r . In Georgia, untike Alabama, and kej. liev. moit oi tUauiw, a plurality i ihW vote f( tha people A6U b45 elect th Ut-' ral litiiti far ttU Presidency aad Tica Piaai-' dency, Hi AUbasaa Chrobct aay tkal tkaif law of lb WgisWtara.c lU 8uleapprorwt Decerns Zthht; ltrf. rtdjnreat lUkt.'t' i.- " flectedt lb tic let feewt rit a aaajorny iff all th vote east. If a BatoiiiitJ ii Uv et, sar sii or mAr tar rteeii.4 1 kalotuV of at! thm vqtea Mit.tken thaa ie r- ' shall iect the re'ovau.cfor' if i$ titktw Us least six do not rt.tv majority f su tM vowa, then il beeomep necasaarj toiiaaaVi lator tit tteH tn who,yKlLL ' . - savaMrai . i- K64. jess D, Bright,! a rrtatfrk) at a Brecfe&ito'j kiftiuifdliimrfisAi "W d'o'wi inteai (io' haw ephrn . t Ooaa aid kiii.oiU faa&W4 iJt our throata" . 4 iThej.tt4PWihj Denotiatir patj jUh i J fi lttf.j tk said whemTvi Iki dt astxy tk 4 I . J If to. Ub tie Lm. t iLiiLl ' aod ataad whs, kia. M tfiditU. wko WW Htri at ciJz iaii. ntaa'iJT. kas L,m t' jj J aoaiL.Lil.Uriij |