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JEri'UKSO.V UAVIS UBEA5I.
Tho following curious "dream" we find in the
Springfield (Mo.) Journal, of Sept. 15th, and
publish it by request of one of our citizens for
the benefit of the curious :
The following dream was related by the "re
liable gentleman" from Kichmond :
One dat, a short time ago, while sitting in a
liotel in Richmond, V'a., a total stranger to every
jtjo in the city, I took up a daily paper for the
jnirpose of passing away an idle hour, and for
my further comfort I seated myself in the recess
of 11 bay window, and was thus wholly hidden
from the view of any who might chance to enter
the room. I was lite one solitary occupant of
file room und liad but just becomi interested
in the latest news, w hen I heard the door of the
roo.u open and tho footsteps of two persons
jippri achiug. They seemed to be talking confi
dentially together, and I thought it my duty to
make known my ji es n -o by some sign so that
I might not hear anything not intended for my
far, hut on peering into tne room, itniigine my
surprise when recognized in the occupants, Jeff.
Davis a id his traitor friend, Toombs of Georgi i.
1 he-i'aied no longer b it settled myself back in
in, seat, and with t'ue intention to listen to the
conversation w luc'.i was carried on in a low tone.
"But," said Toombs, "Mr. Davis, you must
not give way to the vagaries of your brain.
Come, tell me all about this wonderful dream,
und my word for it, you will feel better after th,
recital. U.iVH, rising, turned the key in the
door, and resuming his seat close by Toombs,
gave the following version of the dream thai dis
turbed him.
Said he, ' had .1 party of fi tends to supper
last night, who prolonged their visit to a late
hour. 1 tite heartily during ihe evening and ex
perienced a slruuge feeling ot heaviness before
retiring. My room you know is well supplied
with large windows, and the night being a splen
did one, I lay o i my back looking out at the
heavens, sparkling as it were with diamonds, and
ruminating on the destiny of the Confederacy.
How long 1 continued thus I know not but steal
ing over my senses, it appeared to me, instantly
came a clear perseptiou of our cause from the
beginning. 1 thought myself in Washington in
in the same room w here w e all met that night to
perfect our plans for the destruction of the He
public. I thought you were there and lirckin
ridge and all the rest, nnd I seemed to live over
again tho closing scenes which were enacting in
Congress, and I was startled from the contem
plation by a slow, deep, solemn voice, close by
my pillow, saying, 'Jefferson Davis ! Jeffer
son Davis !' This was the beginning, startled
and looked round to see who it was that spoke
in those awful tones, and a cold chill of horror
crept over me as I saw a dim, shadowy figure
disappear in the darkness. Presently my gaza
became fixed and before me passed the whole
Southern land, one State after another. Mary land
heaving and tosing upon the waves of the ocean,
doubting which way to plunge ; Virginia had a
similur exterior, but the most deadly, damning
hate rankling in her heart ; Georgia, crazy with
the tnormous weight of her sins and her passions,
Anxious to give them vent in the warm blood of
the Northern heart ; and so passed they all one
nfter another, the last appearing still more hell
ish than the first. No sooner were those ended
than by some singular change in my position I
imagined myself standing on the top of Hunker
Hill, and onee more the panaram.i ol the States
was present before me. This time :t was of the
North. Cut why enter into the details of this
vision, for saw them in all the beauty of their
free system ; th children on their way lo school,
the old people at the noonday prayer meeting ;
the farmer in his field, and the ss holar in his
study. All this passed rapidly before me, and I
felt fire in my heart that to my disordered j
brain threatened to consume me entirely. Again
the scene changed and I found myself on a height
overlooking Charleston harbor, and just at that
moment tlie Star of the West was attempting to
carry provisions to the starving garrison within.
I saw the shot fired, forcing her return, and rny
THE STATE
heart sank within me as 1 heard that deep, solemn ! streaming in st rny w indows. The scene seem nt her record in the revolutions! v wsr. The arms. In lf - t, at eal ti'l.fHM) men were re
oiec close U-side me ay, 'J. tTcrMi I i i ! ' 1 -o re il and my d joni -o pi ph t C t!i..t it n . number okii ei I . I in the Ci.tWii t"ri.i:ig f'olo S e- o i -; Mieie wrr- I ,'' in
' J iK rsou Davis ! thU U your preparation for tin
fleer sail to the
relief of Sumter saw tlie bombardment and its
final fall. Once more I imnnincd myself stand-
inr on the. summit of Hunker Hill and the whole
North lay spread out at my feet, and my God !
the clinico that had come over this land ' When
from this very spot mid extending out to its far-
thest corner, there was a hurrying to and fro
men bhoiihWinu; their muskets nnd nil teudinjj
to ona point Washington. My eves fairly
blazed from my head when from the clear blue
sky above me I heared once again the mysterious
voice ringing in my ears, 'Jellerson Davis ! Jef
ferson Davis! behold the armed legions of the
North ; see the ngony of parting ; see the mise
ry and desolation that tire to follow. Jefferson
Davis, this is your w in k !' My limbs trembled
as I heard these words uttered in these awful
tones. My brain reeled and 1 fell headlong from
my position."
At this point JetV. Davis stopped talking, nnd
wiped tho cold sweat from his brow, Toombs
remarking that "it was a n.ost wonderful dream
most wonderful."
Jetfi rson, resuming, said, "I thought that my
full was not sudden, but that I occupied sonic
months in my descent, an 1 (luring those mouths
i could see the Anaconda tightening its folds till
around the Confederacy and I felt, the certainty
that nil was lord, that wo should be crushed in
one common destruction. I saw Ihe capture of
Forts Henry and Dom lson, and a thrill of hor
ror crept over tne ns I saw tli.it traitor to North
and South, Floyd, steal away in the darkness of
liie night, leaving the rest to destruction.
Along the lines I saw onr armies possessed of
fearful dread, (lying from Nashville and Coluui
bus ; 1 saw the battle of Pea Midge, and in al
mo.st the twinkling of an eye, the Grand
Army of tho Potomac, in all its mighty propor
tions, appeared before me, and 1 felt that all was
lost. Again the solemn voice rang out in my
ears, 'Jefferson Davis ! Jellerson Davis ! thy
doom is sealed meet thy reward !' No sooner
were these words uttered, than in the distance, I
heard an unearthly shouting and yelling that
like red hot iron drawn through my heart grated
on my feelings. Soon there came in sihgt. w hat
I found to my horror to be a body guard of
'imps' sent f.om the bottomless pit lo bring me
to jndgnien. Placing themselves around and
under my body, we descended rapidly towards
Hades. Soon we found ourselves landed on a
barren rock in the most desolate place possible
for you to imagine. Stepping round lo my view
a wide entrance, and it grew the most beautiful
flowers, nnd 1 eeon.ed to hear the most beautiful
sounds imaginable. Ono of my guards here
spoke to me and sai l, 'child of mortality, follow!.
lie led the way an 1 1 followed closely. It was
long before the beauty of the enlr.iuco passed
away Mid all became dark, dreary and desolate.
Traveling wli.it seemed to me a great di- tniee,
we at last came to a great iron door, the nails on
it seemed to sparkle and b'.;7.: with some intense
heat within. Hero sat an elderly imp as a door
keeper, and by his side was a very largo book,
in which were written in letters of fire the names
of all the damned who preceded me.
'Child of sin,' spoke the old man, 'who art
.in. it ,.. . .
itinugn : aim i answereii, 'V erny, my iumiii reels
nnd 1 k-i'.wiiot.' 'Child of sin tell me bv what
name thou wert known to earth V anil I ans
wered, 'J efferson D.iv s.' No sooner had I ut
tered this name than the imps, w ith a horrible,
never to be forgotten screech lied to a distant
corner, and stood stal ing with gleaming eyeballs,
that seemed to loathe me w ith a most tremend
ous loathing. 1 tried to approach them, but they
would not permit, it, seeming fearful of any ton
tact with me. Horror strit ken nnd amazed at
this conduct of those I thought would be my
friends, returned to the door which 1 now found
Oj.en. No sooner had I entered than the door
closed with a heavy sou. id and I heard rolling in
the distance rny name as I was introduced to
the society ot the damned. Onward, and on
wjrd I found myself traveling, and ever and
anon, as 1 passed by some poor wretch writhing
in all the misery of the lost, would turn my
eyes to catch one look of sympathy, one glance
of commiseration for my fate, but in vain. All
seemed to look upon me with A dreadful h rror,
and pointing their burnt fingers of scorn as I
passed, whispering to each other, 'I loll is dis.
graced I Hell is disgraced !' Hurrying faster on,
I at hist f uind myself before an open door, hav
ing printed over it in letters of lire, 'Enter, and
receive thy doom!' I entered and there in the
middle ot a larg apartment was raised a throne
of living tire and upon it sat the most awful bein.'
I ever beheld. On his head was a crown of
living scorpions and around his imek and coiled in
his bosom Wi.s the dea 1 ra tiesnake. I had but
a short lime to look, wneti 1u a .oice of thiii.d ti
tle said to me, 'Who art thou?' And through
the long arches through wh ch I hid passed, cam
the answer, 'Jefferson Davis! Jcff'-rson Davis!
Hell is disgraced, cast him out cast him out !'
Transfixed with horror, the Devil seemed to
gaze upon me, and in a voice of awful depth and
Harshness, said to me, 'Jefferson Davis, once
upon a time, 1 w ho now sit here Jailor of the
damned, ambitious to 1 e greator than the greatest
rebelled, and was cast forth, and this sentence
was pas-eJ upon me to sink down to Hell and
have dominion over ail the iniquity of the worid i Union, but when we hear the npologists of the re
.i--..L..Ie .ii--. i il. ... ... . . ...
until ft greater than I should appear, w hen I
should oe released and my dom uiou be given to
him. Jefferson Davis, long have I waited, long
have I tempted, but in vain until to- ay ou ap
pear before me loaded down with crime that
even I shudder as 1 see you. Jefferson Davis,
said he, rising, 't.ikeiny seat and crown.' Ashe
I uttered these awful wo ds my blood seemed to :
freeze in my veins, and the most horrid wail of rebel and traitors. They are true to their tr -. other, and by a lucky chance, find under tho walls
agony rose from the my raid of tho damned, and j dition, for they were foremost, too, in that wnr'f l'aris the opportunity which he had vainly
lib a shout 1 awoke, trembling in every limb,' which gained our liberties and Union. Those ', ought at W aterloo, of defeating them scparato
an 1 cold sweat all over me, Mid broad day light ; w ho sneer at New Ivig'and w ill do well to l-K.k 'ji l41"' lhl" re establ sh the fortune of (he French
pi'v pn 'io like a eink'i hii-1 I find iiusclt
1 unable in east it nil'." Davis here, censed sneak-
lt'11 they both rose and unlocking tho door
! passed out, '""I '"'' passe i I caught a glimpse
them, mid never to the di . of my death shall
! ' f"-.-"'' 'I" haggard, careworn faces of those two
I traitors.
Fai.sk Chaiiuks. Tim S..irainetito Union,
mflr quoting the charges of th New Yolk Ex
pre to tho effect that the President has been
actuated entirely by political considerations, in
making military appointments, tefutes them by
referring to the speeches of Latham, in which he
claimed that out of two hundred Urigadier Gen
erals, at least a hundred and seventy five Were
Democrats. The Union closes as follows :
It was this same class of Democratic party
politicians who controlled affairs when the Mexi
can war was in progress. In that war President
Polk pursued a vastly different policy from the
ono adopted by President Lincoln. No General
of volunteers who went to Mexico was appointed
by President Polk who was not a Democratic
politician. Such men as Win. O. Hutler, Gideon
J. Pillow, Caleb Gushing, etc., etc., were the men
appointed Generals by Polk, and a Democratic
innate, conlii
men the anpointmenls. W hiiis
were then good enough for soldiers but not for
Generals. To such an extent was party feeling
and action carried, that an attempt was openly
made to supersede. Gen. Scolt bv the appoint
ment of Thomas II. lietit.on, a Democratic Sen
ator, Lieutenant General. An act authorizing
the President to make the appointment was lost
in the Senate, though every Democratic Senator
resent voted for the bill except Calhoun and
McDuffii, thi Senators from South Carolina.
1 hey refused to become parties to su. li an out
rage on General Scott, as well as on the army,
mid the scheme failed. In those days a Demo
cratic President conferred the commission
of General upon none but Democrats;
in these times, which try men's souls, a liepub
Mean President appoints one hundred and seventy
five Democratic-Generals out of two hundred.
A stronger illustration of devotion to party on
the pari of one and devotion to country before
parly on the part of ihe other, could not be
riven.
CoNHKDEKATK CfllltBSCV A flielld h.'lS SCtlt
us some interesting spaeimetis of rebel currency,
consisting of a ten dollar note of the "Confeder
ate States of America," and a five Cent promise
to pay on the "Hank of Tennessee." The first
named biil is payable "six mouths after the rati
fication of a treaty of peace between the United
States and the Confederate States," and "is funda
ble in eight per cent, stock or bonds" of the rebel
experiment. On the left is a figure ot a half
dressed, hard lookir g female, out of employment,
who contemplates will) no appearance of gratifi
cation the legend engraved before her, indicating
the time when the trite is to be paid. A pitch
fork protrudes over her left shoulder, from which
we infer that the figure represents the Genius ol
something or other, pertaining to the Coufeilcra-
y.at which the devil has made a "pass" an 1 tin
luckily missed, ( )n Ihe. tight stands the figure
of the best looking Indian lemnlc we ever saw,
whose duty seems 'o consist in steadying a top
pling 'X"' with her "left" while with her other
hand she holds up, in a tiresome poith n, some
thing which has the appearance of being an cur
of Indian corn. In the center is still an other
Indian, surrounded by a promising fiinily, hold
ing in his hand a totuakaw k, from w hich we infer
that he is one of the "plumed riders of the desert"
who at Pea Ridge performed such wondrous
feats in defense of the Confederacy. Hoth these
notes are printed on coarse paper, and are got
up in about the style of California poll tax re
ceipts. Marysville (C.il.) Appeal.
ftew Pnlanil nnd the Chivalry.
It is so common in these days of national
troubles to hear Massachusetts and the whole of
the New Engl md States spoken of in a sneering
st:d disparaging manner, that we cannot refrain
from presenting a few statistics for the benefil
of those chivalrous individuals who would have
the w orld believe that bravery was n thing never
inherited by a man born north of Mason and
Di xon's line. Let tho pompous, self sty led, high
toned geiithiiifit, w ho love to irate about the
valor of the South, and continually brand the
men of New England ns white livered Abolition
ists, remember that during the war which iibera
ted us from British tyranny and gave us a sepa
rate n it:o;ial existence, Massachusetts the much
dl-solsed little 11 1 v State alone furnished more
soldiers than all the S''ile toulf, of IVntisy Iva. j Xapoleon, who, alter Ins abdication, had retired
nia. Let them remember, also, th.t tho great j ,r"" I'arw, and was awaiting the means of es
imd immaculate State .,f Virginia only furnished K"!''.1 l" America :
loi more men for the revolutionary war than Napoleon was almost alone at Malmaison, ex
little Rhode Island, the smallest S'tale in thc!,-'Tl d Hassano, Lavaletle, do Rovigo,
Union. And let it be indeli.ibly impressed upon U'Ttainl, ho scarcely ever went out. Except
their memories that Sr.uth Carolina which issoj'" brothers and mother and (J.i.-cii Hoi tense,
often compared to Massachusetts was in th"S.-
da) s a nest of infei nal lories nnd traitors, and
has so continued even down to tho present day.
Under ordinary circumstances we should object
to the publication of anything calling in question
the bravery of any particular section of th
bellion constantly blowing about the valor of tin
j South nnd the lack of courage in the North, we
deem it but just that the truth should be publish
e l. Iv t those windy individuals blush for the
want of courage or patriotism displayed by the
fat in rs of the boasted Southern chivalry :
Ihe men of New En"laiid were the first to
rn - li to the Capital w hen it was thrcatend by !
lal servitv. frruu tho banning t tin oUo of tin
I war. was 2.'!l. $."!. ( t' these. Lorenzo S ahine
says, in his historic l essay prefixed to his
J 'American Loyalists,' that 07,007 wera from
Massachusetts ; ' ao all the States sinrh of Vim
sylvaida provided hut SO, !!;, or 8.11 I less th;
r in ii-A i 1 1 1 r iviv rs'ore i, on x.u- i-i.-i
eijuipped and maintained llS.o.V) men more pi'Icou, giving the rein to his last dream of hap
than one half of tho total number placed at the p'css, imagined tint it would be glorious to
service of the Congress during the war. The 'vnder su ,-h a service to France, w ithout wishing
rein oiaieoi irgiuia sent 10 ino war only 10;
men more than little Rhode l.-hi' d ; she c-iit
o. ' . . . .1 I .
'only a fifth of the number contributed bv Con
nectieut ; only one half as many as New H:lmp
slurc, tlieli an almost unlirokeii wiMcrness.' It
is as well to remember these facts when men
who do all in their power to embarrass the Gov
eminent nnd to favor the rebels, cry out 'Aboli
tionUt' at New England." 1'uvtUuul Times.
A dwarf elephant, twenty years old and only
thirty inches high a perfect Tom Thumb of the
ele h int tribe-has ju t been idde I 'o Wo i.b l.'.
(now Edmund's) meii-igeriu in England. It was
imported from Malacca.
At a banquet, recently given at Tronisoc, in
Norway, a dish of fresh beet was served which
was found hist Summer in some tin cases buried
at Spilzbergcii. According to indisputable iudi
cations these cases w ere placed tin re by the Par
ry expedition in lj'2i. The meat, was perfectly
fresh, and had not contracted any ha 1 odor.
A l-ar-Ncii sportsman, in the nctgli!or,ioo, of
the woou ol the idnirniarais. recently hunlnig.
shot an unusually large raven, w hich had round
O I I I 1 .
one ot its legs a small iron ring, on which were
engraved the words, '$ 'Pi at Court rari, in 11 2."
This fact goes to confirm I lie tradition thai ravens
iive for a century and upwards.
Tub Two Com manduus. A teamster in onr
army was out rageoiisly rough, and yelled tit his
mules very foolishly, annoying all around him.
The General w ho happened not to be informed,
once heard him and ordered him to stop such
outcries.
"And who arc you ?"' asked the driver.
"I am the commander of this division," replied
the General.
"Well, then, command your division; am
commander of these mules, and I'll holler as
much as 1 please," roared the team driver.
The I n ion ns it M as.
This is a question very often harped on by
discontented individuals, who fail to inform us
what it is. Circumstances change many thinns.
some of which can be remedied where loyalty is
shown, while necessary acts to crush rebellion
in several instances cannot. In order to u. dor
sum! what is meant by the " Union as it was,"
we would ask those who urge it so strongly, if
it means the restoration of slavery in the i)is
trict of Columbia, tho enforcement of slavery
against the will of the citizens of Territories, or
the endorsement of acknowledging the right of
n State to secede as the rebels claim accord
ing to the Constitution? If not any of these,
then wo respect fully nsk for inforiiialion, as we
can see no change except emancipation, w hich is
only nf'orced on disloyal persons. Probably a
few loyal persons may suffer, but the Govern
inent will make good their os-es. It our prop,
city sullers in a disloyal section, we are satisfied
lo see it destroyed, with firm belief that we
would lie remunerated, besides enjoying the grat
ification of seii ig onr enemy suffer to the full
est extent. Tho few Union men in reluddom
are not grieved about ihe safety of their proper
ly, and il is all nonsense lor theso "I'nion as it
was" pretenders to exhibit condolence, when the
scziiig propensities of the Southern Confederacy
are taken into consideration, liiichaiinn gave us
enough 'of the "I'nion as it was," which left
President Lincoln with a great civil rebellion to
conquer. If we have not anticipated any of those
"I'nion as it was' shrickers' ideas, wo will be
pleased to know their definition. If I he idea of
any State d siring lo emancipate is in opposition
to tho "Union as it was," we can't see it, even in
time of peace. In war, slaves being equal to
horses, according to the law, both are sulect to
confiscation, 'lhrso sapient philosophers, who
s e nothing but objections, should explain them
openly, like tho i cessionists do, in order that
some sense may lie cxluoitcd in what tin y ;.d !
vocate. Yreka J'iiriml.
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Napoleon's Last Military Project.
In the concludit g volume of his "History of
the Consulate and Empire," M. Thiers gives'thc
following account of the last military i r iect of
. . i
. the only visitors seen there were officers escaoed
lioiii the army, who came with the dust of the!... i ;. . .i . . , 7i i .i . a .i
, .. , '!" waking the patriotic blood that flows in the veins
tiolt e. tlelil to Inform , A ... .n ..I il... . ..l. ..1 . P. . 1 .
battle-field, to inform Nepoleou of ihe Inarch ol
the enemy, nnd to entreat him to place himself
once inoie at the.r head. lie heard them quiet
ly, calmed their excitement, thanked them, and
profited by tle ir information. Without know
ing precisely th position of the allies, he coiu lu
deel from these different reports that, according
to his wont, the impetuous lllucher had got the
start of the discreet Wellington, ami was at
least two days inarch distant from the English.
Suddenly, with tho ordinary promtitiido of his
miniary onservauon, ne perceived that it was
possible to surprise tie ail es apirt from each
! I''K 10,(104) comUalai.u ir more than
I "" "coded to nv. rwhelni Hluch r. who could
''ring into the li-IU over t0,000 ; and Mueller
j 'I'" w '', " chance of subjecting
!"" I'nUe ot eliiugtou to similar disaster.
Wlm
Id tell hat nr.lor such a triumph
tiouia pjotoue on ine oari oi l u i anon f
to prone ny it jinnseir, ami to return to the path
of exile tiller having made possible a favorable
treat y ot peace. To save, perhaps, the crown
'o his son, was all that he expected from this
I "MUI arms.
lie ruminated this great protect diiriii"- thn
night of the i):h (tor it was not until that even
ing that he obtained the information on which lid
founded his new eomhmaiion), and was interrup
ted by the arrival of M. Deeiv and M. Hon
long de la Meurthe, w ho came at midnight to
iiilorm fiiai .f the iut utions of the Executive
Commission relative to his departure. Ilo
received them immediately, and on the delivery
of the order requiring the cii tains of the two
frigates to weigh anchor without w aiting tor safe
conducts, he declare 1 ho was ready to start out
but thai he desired to send a message to the Ex
ecutive Commiosiou. lie then dismissed, with
an oppressed lire ist, t!i 's i two old servants,
whom lie was to behold ho more.
On the '-2U.il, at dawn, lie ordered his horses
to be saddled, put on his in il'orni, scut for Gen
eral lb ker. and w ith a siiooilur iiiiimotioii u-bl..b
! had not been remarked in him sine- tho lSth of
.I.nn. he ..vol.-,; I hio
purpose. The enemy, ho
' ...
aid, has committed a (.real fault, which, indeed.
was lo have been i xpceted with the character of
the two allied Gem-mis. They have advanced
in two m ts.scs of GD.OOO men each, and have left
between them a distance so great that one may
be destroyed before the. other can come up.
Here is an unique opportunity which Provi lenco
h is fun. i du d us. Wu should l e very guilty or
very insane not to profit by it. Accordingly, 1
offer to put myself again at the head of the army,
which, al my appearance will regain all its zeal,
to fall desperately upon tho enemy, and nfter
having punished him for his temerity, to restore
the command to the Provisional Government. I
pledge, ho added, my word as a gt neral, a sold
ier, a citlcii, not to retain the command an hour
beyond the certain and splendid victory which
1 promise to bring back, not foi myself, but for
France.
This proposition was, of course, rejected by
Fouehe and his colleagues in the Executive Coin
mission, but when General Hiker returned to
Malmaison ho found Napoleon still in uniform,
and w ith his aides de camp already to mount and
set forth. Not surprised, but afflicted and for
moment angry at the rejection of what ho ho.
licved to be a last, opportunity of crushing (he
allies, ho at once completed his preparations for
leaving r ranee. Unco more we quote M liners;
"Tho companions of his txilo were chosen.
They were Gen. Hcrtand, the Duke of Rovigo,
and Gen. G uirgaud. Dronet should h ive been
of tlie number, but he had been judged to bo
alone capable of commanding the Imperial Guard
alter Napoleon's departure, am! ho had been
obliged to accept that command. Napoleon
himself had required him to do so. He regret
ted Dioiiot, he said, as tlie noblest heart and thn
bet mind that he had know n. Hut ho did not
despair of seeing him in America, as well as
Count Lavalete and some others on whom ho
counted. His mother, bis brothers. Oueell Hor-
tense, were also to rejoin him there. All his
reparations being finished, he determined to
quit at the end ol the day. He had given but
little thought to pecuniary resources, and h id
eoi li le I to M. Lallitte four millions in gold,
which hid been found by accident in an army
wagon. O'iccii I lortensu besought him to accept
a diamond necklace, in order that he might al
ways have at. haitJ a resource easy hoth to con
ceal and to dispose of. He r fused at first, but
when she insi-ued, weeping, ho icriuiited her to
place tho diamond 4 in his (dot lies, i hen embra
cing hi 4 moi her, his brothers, icen I lorteiic,
his generals, he entered the carrige tit five o'cliK.-k,
(Juno !2!),h, ll",) while every tuic, even tlm
soldiers on guard, broke into tears. He went
by w ay of Ramhouillct, n oi ling Pari w hich
ho was not to enter again until twenty live years
afterward, in a funeral car, brought back dead
to ths Invnlidcs bv a king of tho house of Or.
...
tins, who himself is no longer at tho Tuillcries
at the moment when I finish this history, so rap
idly d the iuh ibitatits of that redoubtable pal
ace succeed each other in this tempestuous
century.
AcKNowi.KWiMKST. Rev. . Bellows, Chair,
man of the N itional Solitary Fund, thus ae.
know ledges Oregon's contribution for the relief
of the sick and disabled soldiers;
"The widow's mile was worth all the gifts of
the rich combined. Oregon's gift is not a mi to
though a mite would have been Oregon's share.
I'nt the Columhit does not, roll the proper name
of our country through her wilderness without
that thinly people i's bank. Oregon's heart is
warm mid loyal. She stands a stern, faithful
sentinel on the northwestern outpost ! Tho Pa
cific Ocean a'low licit) er meanness, inhumanity
nor di-iinioii to pollute her coast, the Western
line of the comment is even truer than the East
ern." Thais has ndopted a new plan for making
stump speech in Massachusetts. A ftcr deli verillg
his lecture on England, or Progress, of Young
America, or whatever he has announced, ho
informs hi audience that h iving spoken an hour
and a half lor their euterliainnient on that sub
ject, he propose to give them half an hour extra
on auotluT-ihe Negro. Those who choose t
stay, hear and discuss the question, can do so
but tleise who came only to hear the le"t'ir tail
Ir.iu it at tin ir option.