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Memory

| In the most remote chamber of oul
hearts, we find upon its walls paintings en-
craven, as it were, with an iron pen, which
cannot be eefiaced,-pictures on which we
love to gaze and neutrality-suspicious. which
bring with them the smiling faces of de
parted friends; and dcompanions of by-gont
years. Whenin our hours of solitude, we
are musing onthe scenes of the past, search
ing out the darkest corner of this little
nook; we, in imagination, appear to be
surrounded by the friends of our child
hood although they may have been laid
in the cold and silent tomb years before.
In this sacred spot, we gather treasures,
tear, a smile, blessing, a little word
spoken in kindnss, or by chance the prayer
of some dying loved one; alas it brings
us hours of sadness, as well as times OF
pleasure. How often we see the tears
tickling down the cheek of the aged grand
father as he leans upon his oaken staff, -
looking intently into the past, and we feel
well assured, that it was some dark and
gloomy hour of his youth, or prime which
has called forth those melancholy tears,
no seems of happiness would have caused
him to shed tears like those.
Should our lives be spared to an old age,
we can glance into this chamber and view
the history of our past lives, how we spent
the /" golden hours ofouryouth," whether
in idleness and Incidence, or in striving
to gain useful knowledge; we can then nsee
our follies and errors, and by this means
warn others against them; then is not
Memory one OF Gods greatest and best
gifts to man?
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WHOLE NO. 1888.
The Fight at Front Royal, Va.

A correspondent of the n. Y. World,
gives some of the particulars OF the battle
above named, on Friday, May %:
The severity of the fighting beggars all
attempts at description. Not private
soldier, not an officer in the whole regi-
ment, but fought with desperate deter
mination not to surrender to rebels and
foes OF their country, which has placed
them already upon the most heroic and
brilliant pages of all history. The slaugh-
ter, which was commenced and continued
until they were completely powerless, was
terrific.
The loyal Mary landers encountered
them hand to hand. fighting when crowd
of rebels were upon q single opponent.
and instances of individual bravery have
been mentioned to me which seem almost
fabulous.
No man upon the field of battle ever
managed his soldiers with more GOODNESS,
Judgment and bravery than did Colonel
Kenly. His cry to his men was not ''go,"
but ''come with me" and they did so, ey
cry man of them.
When ordered to surrender, he shot the
one who demanded it, and when overpow-
cred and summoned to give up his sword,
he broke the blade in halves-was shot,
wounded, placed in an ambulance, and at
terwards-I tell it not on the testimony
of one but of many-while being carried
away was killed by a pistol shot fred at
him as he lay wounded in the vehicle.
The forces engaged upon our side COM
priSed eight companies of the Maryland
First, two companies of the twenty-ninth
Pennsylvania, two companies Ira Harris
Guards. two pieces artillery of Captain
Knapp's battery. and Capt. Mapes' Pio-
neer Corps of ffty-six men -.
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A Good Illustration.

! The New York Erc,,i,g Post contain:
some excellent remarks in regard to the
conservative members who are endeavor-
ing to so direct affairs that, whether sue.
ceSsful or unsuccessful, the rebellion shall
inure to the benefit of the rebels:
The Union will be re-established as il
was, but the experiences of the war will
not be overlooked, 4 man who survives
the crisis of a malignant disease recovers
his health; his constitution becomes what
it was before, but, if he be wise man, he
does not forget the causes of his prostra-
ton. Ifhis habits had been bad, if he
had eaten or drunk to excess, he reforms
the course of his life. If deep organic
malady pervaded his system, he tries to
eradicate it: he is careful not to aggravate
tho seeds of disease; and he so shapes his
future conduct as to avoid the recurrence
of danger. He knows that in no other
way can he restore and preserve his con-
sutton; that if he trihes with it he keeps
it disabled and shattered, or perhaps per-
ishes. Nations must be governed by the
same common sense. They cannot cure
themselves of disease, either by denying
its existence or salving over wound here
and there which is n mere external symp-
tom. Our own nation, to recover the
integrity, of its constitution, to be what it
was before the disease of secession infec-
ted its parts, must not only suppress the
eruptions of the skin, but correct the in
ternal weakness which rendered it suscep-
tible to the disease. 1t is poor cure, or
rather no cure at all, which allows dis
temper to lurk in the blood, ready to break
out as soon as it is exposed to morbid in
fluences."
We are as sincerely anxious to recon
struct the Union as it was, rs any self
styled conservatives can be, but then it
must be the Union which the constitution
organizes, such as it came from the hands
of its trainers, and not the Union over
laid and perverted by pro-slavery mis-
constructions. 1t must not be a Union
which shall ignore the gigantic rebellion
through which we have just passed. and
the single source of that rebellion Moth
ing but the insane blindness which refuses
to see can close the eyes Of the people to
the fact that slavery is the one element
of discord among US, that it only creates
sectional divisions, that it alone has
prompted this internal war, and that il
alone, in the future, is likely TO disturb
ouT harmony and progress. But having
in our grasp, ROW that it has rendered
itself amenable to the laws, we should be
fools indeed TO restore it to its ancient
powers of mischief To close the war
without passing a stringent measure of
would be 10 forego indemnity
for the past and security for the future.
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Attempt to Kill q Yankee" s older
He Comes to Life and Identi-
fies his Woud-be Murderer.

A writer from the army in Fauquier Co.,
Va. relates the following singular affair.
J He says:
A somewhat sigular affair has turned
up at our next military post. A care
worn looking soldier, who represented
himself as belonging to the New York
Ninth Reg't, stopped at that post, called
lIaymarket Station, last Thursday morn
ing, and related the following =
Immediately after the battle of Bull
Run, he belonging to the New York
Ninth Regimentl having become detach-
ed from his command during that en-
| gagement, strolled along the country and
stopped at farmers house for dinner
He was treated with apparent great kind
ness by the family, named Wilson. At
ter relating q soldiers story, dinner being
ready, he was invited to divest himself Of
his gun and accoutrements and wash his
face and hands, q basin, with water, hav-
ing been offered him for that purpose
lie willingly accepted thier (suPposedl J
kind offer. Whilst engaged washing him
self the brutal Wilson, unperceiYed by the
poor soldier, raised the lstter's gun and
deliberately shot himl
Falling upon the ground, he lay there
bleeding, while the scoundrel Wilson, ate
his dinner. Several children being near,
they, of course, became frightened, and
told their parents. Wilson, fearing the
neighborS might find out too much, put
the supposed dying man in u cart, and
conveyed him some two miles, where the
body was laid near woods. Fortunately,
couple of Secesh cavalry saw the man
and had him conveyed to camp, where,
after lying for four or FIVE months, he re-
corercd.
Having been taken to Richmond, he
was exchanged as prisoner of war. Ar
irving home, he joined his regiment at the
expiration of his furlough. His comrades,
hearing the above particulars, ultimately
sent him to this neigborhood, to endeavor
to lind clue to the perpetrator of the
deed.
He arrived on Thursday morning at
Haymarket Station, and detailed the
above particulars to Major Atwood, of the
First Michigan Cavalry regiment, a soldier
and a gentleman. in command there
Major Atwood sent an armed guard at
once to the mouse of Wilson, which the
supposed murdered man identified, and
tnere was the same scoundrel ut home
with his family He, of course, denied
the charge. But several children and
grown residents gave voluntary evidence
against the accused. On searching the
culprit's house. there was, among the
Yankee trophies" collected, the musket
cartridge-box, cap pouch, knapsack, hav-
ersaek, canteen, plate and tin cup of the
very same soldier who now stood before
him. There are his INITIALS on the articles.
The ''son Of ehivaIry" was sent to camp
the same afternoon, and is now under the
eye OF Gen. Geary-a very humane. but
just soldier. / do not doubt the would-be
murderer viii experience the truism that
''the way of the transgressor is hard"
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They Say.

Who are they? Who are the icowled
Monks, the hooded Friars, who glide with
shrouded faces into the procession of life,
muttering in an unknown tongue, words
of mysterious import? Who are they? !?
The midnight assassins of reputation, who
lurk in the by ways of society. with
tongues sharpened by invention and en-
veloped by malice, to draw the blood Of
innocence, and, kyena-lihe, to banquet
on the dead. Who are they? They are
the multitude no man can number, black,
stolid familiar to the inquisition of SLAM
der, searching for victims in every city.
town and village, wherever the heart
of humiliation throbs or the ashes of NOR
tality find rest. Give me the bold brig
and, who thunders along the highways
with flashing weapon, that cuts the sun
beams as well as the shades. Give me
the pirate who unfurls the black flag and
shows the plank which poor doomed feet
must tread but save me from the They
sayers of society, whose knives are hidden
in velvet sheath, whose bridge of death
is woven of flowers, and who spread with
invisible poison even the spotless white
ness of the Wihding-sheet.-taretnc Lee
HeHtz.
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wife. He saw, as he looked across the ia,
BILE, on resuming his seat, that her eyes
were dim with tears. lie knew thoy were
tears of pleasure, but did not imagine
how deeply her heart was stirred, nor how
full of precious memories and golden
hopes the moment was crowded.
Ten years after marriage. Loves lamp
was burning low, the oil nearly exhaust
ed the wife grown so unattractive that
the husbands heart was turning back in
worship of the bride. But the lamp has
blazed up agaiu-there is a supply of oil.
A beauty beyond any bridal beauty, in
vests the wife; and it shall grow more wo-
manly, more mxuriant. more enchanting
as the days succeed each other and years
progress. until the soul puts on her gar
mentS of eternal youth.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-06-04

The adventures of a young sailor are no
ticed in New Bedford paper. The lad,
only seventeen years old, was assistant
to a surveyor in Nebraska for three years,
then came to New York and shipped as .
sailor on voyage to the Indian Ocean
He remained on the Island of Desolation
engaged in the capture of sea elephants,
for FIVE years; returning to New Bedford
in whaler, he was on shore about three
weeks. when he again shipped on the
bark Black Eagle, and was absent eighteen
months on a whaling voyage to Cumber-
land Inlet Having visited his friends at
the West, he has just sailed again for the
Arctic whaling grounds. BIZ .-t-.-t g..
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well, Jane, this isaqueer world, "said
a cora sposa, to his wife at breakfast, the
other morning. "a sect of woman phi
losOphers have just sprung up"
Indeed" said Jane, ''and what do
they hold?"
"'rhe strangest thing in nature" sid he
"their tongues"
Why is an attorney like minister
Because he studies the law and profits.
-Woman-the morning star of our
youth; the day star of our manhood: the
evening star of our age. Heaven bless
our stars. .
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When first saw our banner wave
Above the nations council-hall.
heard beneath its marble wall
The clanking fetters Of the slaVel
In the foul markCt-plaee I stood.
and saw the Christian mother salI
And childhood with its locks of gold,
Blue-oyed and tar with Saxon blood.
shut my eyes and held my breath
And, smOuldering down the wrath and shame
That set my Northern blood adame.
Stood silcnt-where 20 speak WAS death.
Beside me gIoomed the prison-celI,
Where wasted one in slow decline
FOR uttering simple words of mine.
And loving freedom all to well.
The Gag that hoated from the dome
flapped menace in the morning air;
stood. Perilied stranger, where
The human broker made his home.
For crime was virtue; Gown and Sword
And Law. their threefold sanction gave.
And to the quarry of the slave
What hawking with our symbol bird
On the oppressor's side was power;
And yet knew that every WRONG,
However old. however strong,
But waited Gods avenginE hour.
knew that truth would crush the lie
somehow. sometime. the end would be;
I OF scarcely dared hope to see
Ihe triumph with my mortal eye.
But now see it In the sun
A free flag floats from yonder dome,
And at the nations hearth and home
The justice long delayed is done
Not as We hoped, in calm of prayer,
The message Of deliveranee comes,
But herslded by roll of drums
On waves of battle-trOubled air!-
Midst sounds that madden and annaiI
The song that Bethlchems shepherds kneW!-
The harp of David melting through
The demon-agOnies of SAUL
Not as we hoped-hut what are we:
Above our broken dreams and plans
God lays, with wiser hand than mans,
The corner-stones of liberty.
/ cavil not with Him-the voice
That freedoms blessed gospel tells,
l. sweet TO me as silver bells
kejoicing!-yea, will rcjOieel
DcSr friends still toiIing in the sun
1e dearer ones who. gone before
Are watching from the eternal shore
The slow work by your hands begun
Rejoice with me! The Christening rod
blossoms with love; the furnace heat
Grows cool beneath his blessed feet
Whose form is As the Son of GOdl
Rejoice! Our Marah's bitter springs
Are sweetened; on our ground of grief
Rise day by day in strong relief
The prophecies of better things.
Rejoice in hope! The day and night
And one with God. and one with them
w ho see by faith the cloudy hem
OfJudgnent fringed with Mercy's light!
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Our exchanges in Northern Ohio make
frequent mention of hauoc among sheep
by dogs. Wednesday night Capt. Apple
BY, of Conneaut. had fine flock nearly
destroyed by worthless CANNES. All but
three in o flock of fifty-twowere bitten
Seventeen were killed outright, and most
of the balance will die. The Reporter
says Capt. A. puts his damage at $780,
The sheep were superior lot, and all pets.
Dogs should be drugged. -....-o-.
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"A sharp tongue is the only edged
tool that grows faster with constant use. :
Why is palm tree like ehronologery
Because it furnishes dates.
"A belle doesn't differ so very much
from bell, both have their clappers in
their mouths. ..-. ....... --.
Why is the Atlantic Ocean Ike the
Star Spangled Banner? Because it shall
never cease to wave. -@
We are often more cruelty robbed
by those who steal into our hearts than
by those who break into our houses.
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In times Of old. as people say.
When Webster fought as we'll aS Clay.
For what should be in after time
OHe straight. one true dividing line
'Twixt sldrerV. and its dreadful wiles.
And Freedom. with its genial smiles:
Instead of landscapes dark as night.
Should be 4 country ever bright.
Worth Of this line, twas said should be
Forever absolutely free.
To this the country all aSsentod.
But afterwards the South repentsd;
Repealed. alas. with fraud and lies,
This great Missouri Compromise:
And gave what now in great derision
Is held by US, Dred ScOn decision
Where Uncle Sam hereafter goes.
Slavery must follow with its woes.
But times have changed. the South rebel.
Our forts are taken. Sumter fell;
TOombs boasts he'll march with force aud will
And call bis roll on Bunker Hill.
How vain the hoasti how loud the CALL
Their masters lodge in Warrenis Hall.
And now are looking through the Eratas
To watch the slaves from their estates.
Whose mind their own. whose limbs are free,
Our banner floats DER land and sea.
The Doctors say, to act on human laws.
If you are sick, you must remove the cause
Slavery has caused US all these dreadful ills;
We have heard an Adams and q Giddings plead.
We have seen a Sumner and 3 Loyejoy bleed;
We have heard our statesmen raise the warning
voice
The Districts free. and we will all rejoice. X.
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]. P. Williston, Esq, of Northampton,
Mass, friend of 0berlin, who has con-
tributed two or three hundred dollars
yearly for some years past to the support
of the Theological Department has just
sent the institution a check for Sl,000.-
He wrote to the Financial Agent, that
having made little money in the man.
ufacture of free labor cotton, he contrib
utes it to help ON the work Oberlin is do
ing.
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ABRAuAx's BURIAL PLAcE-While the
Prince of Wales was at Hebron, he and
his suit obtained permission to visit the
cave of Macpelah, Abraham's burial place.
They are the first Christians who have
been allowed to enter it since the Crusades.
nearly seven hundred years ago. DIR. Stan.
ley says everything is kept in the most
beautiful order, and nothing could be
more satisfactory than the state in which
the ,tombs are preserved. Abraham.
Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Sarah. Rebecca and
Leah, are buried there. s ... ..
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An old lady walked into the Office Of
Judge of Probate in Massachusetts,, ono
day and asked -1--
''Are you Judge of ReprobatesT
Il am the Judge of Probate"
"Well that's it, ] expect" quoth the
old lady, ''you see my father died detest-
ed, and he left several little infdels, and
want to be their executioner." -s...-
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A little girl went to camp meeting, and
when she got home she said the sisters in
the various tents told her good many
things, and asked her questions about the
Bible. On being pressed TO state what
they told her, she said one thing they told
her was about Peter, who swore three
times before he crowed"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-06-04

81 say, landlord, that's dirty towel
fos man to wipe onv'
Landlord, with aHazement. replied
"Well, you're mighty particular. Sirty or
ssrenty OF my borders have wiped on
that towel this morning. and you are the
first one TO End fault" -...--.-. .-
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The finest composition of human nature
as well Us the finest china, may have flaws
in it. though the pattern maybe of the
highest value. -l~
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There are great Ihen enough to incite US
TO alma true greatness, but not enough to
make us fancy that God could not exc
cute his purposes without them.
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HrPRocRIcY.-Manyw who would not for
the world utter falsehood, are yet etern-
ally scheming toproduce false impressions
on the minds of others respecting facts,
and opinions. ~ p.
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The temptations is not here where you
are reading about or praying about it
1t is down in your shop, among bales and
boxes, ten-penns nails and sand paper.
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HA When the leaf of the oak is aS large
as a pappoosa's hand plant corn, IS as an
old Indian maxim, therefore corn planting
time is nigh at hand.
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Hon. PETER HITcHcocK, of Burton,
Geluga CO.. has been appointed Trustee
for the State Asylum for idiots, for the
term of thre years.
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/ Beyond this, there is no news worth
sending. so | respectfully subscribe
myself, JULIUS
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS


rodnes Commission and Forwarding Merchant
nesiers in Western Reserve Cheese and Butter
10. Il Pine Street. 81. LouiE. Missouri. Partieu-
lar attention viii be paid TO the sale Of Western
Reserys Cheese and Batter. viii make liberal
.dTanees on and render prompt returns for any
properly consigned 20 them.
sams Parties under the style Of. MCCoMBS i
HTTHS Warren Ohio.
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-4O-~

Joseph Miller mentions an IriShman
who enlisted in the Seventy-6fth regi-
ment, so as to be near his brother who
was in the Seventy-fourth.- -
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Railroad trains are protected from aeoi-
dents as houses are from hghtning-by
good conductors.
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Lines

Written on the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
Act-the first cause of all our troubles. and the
passage Of the late Emancipation Act of the Dis
trict of Columbia
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The Indebtedness ofthe The World.


We condense from the London Eeoao-
n''a the essential facts in relation to the
Indebtedness of the principal nations of
the old world. which go to show that the
united States, even after the immense
expenditure required for the preservation
OF It's nationality, will be far behind the
co'emporaneous governments in the mat
ter OF large debt. We have turned the
pounds sterling into our own currency at
tne rate OF five dollars to the pound,
winch is near enough for the purposes of
this article. The amount, however, will
not be strictly accurate.
THE DEBT OF GREAT BRITAIN.
In the article from which we quote the
debt OF Great Britain virtually, is separ-
ately given, and the writer confesses that
II Austria has boasted of a surplus, and
II Hungary had been getting deeper and
deeper into debt, we should have vigor-
ously contended that the accounts of the
empire must be considered together"
The following is the debt of England
itself: