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5u Surts Of @SaA gtaaing.
A Patriots stratagem.
A tBeEND OF I776.

NIGHT had set in deep and dark, and
in small log cabin situated a few miles
from Trenton, N. J., sat FIVE men, four of
whom we're seated round an old oaken
table in the center, of the room engaged
in playing cards, while they frequently
moistened their tbrOats with large drinks
from an eartheR jug that stood on the
table. r,- ra.r.
They we're heavily bearded, coarse
looking men, and from their dress, which
resembled the British uniform, they were
evidently tories. The other was a stout
young man, clad in the Continental uni
form. He sat in the corner Of the room
with bis face buried in his hands.
atom, +" said one of the tories, raising
from the table and seating himself near
the young prisoner, for such he evident
" was, "TOm, you and 1 were school
boys together, and 1 like you yet. Now
Why cant you give up your wild notions
and join us2 You are our prisoner, and
if you don't, We shall hand you over to
headquarters tomorrow, while if you
JOIN Us your fortune is made, for with
your bravery and talents you would soon
distinguish yourself in the royal army,
and after this rebellion is crushed out,
your cause RiH be ersWardsd BY knight
hood and promotion in the army Now
there are two alternatives which do you
choess2" 1asr-za7 @
Neither said the young man, rais-
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Mcclellan and Antietam.

TIE Baltimore American gives the follow
ing as one reason why Mcclellan did not fol-
low Lee at once from Antietam:
"One fact bearing on the possibility of re-
suming at once the fight at Antietam, may be
considered in the case Of French's command,
which in the battle was so scant of ammuni-
ton as to be compelled to hold its advance by
procuring it from the dead and wounded ly-
ing OF the feld-aided by the bayonet When
we remember the fact stated of this same,,di
vision (French's) that at the battle of Fred
ericksburg, it was again out Of ammunition
and of course for the time rendered worse
than fully sufficient to vindicate General Nc
Clellan for delays for which he has been so
extensively blamed"
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Cz1AT Rodolph, the Prince Of Hapsburg House
With his barOns, chiefs, and lords around,
Rode forth one day to the blithesome chase
Mid the yelping pack and bugle's sound.
Over the plains, in their CANDY pride,
At sultry noon moved the sportive train;
But they sought the shade, ere eventide,
To shelter secure from storm and rain.
And there reclined in their calm retreat,
While the storm Ger head rolled rudely by.
The bard strung his harp, in accents sweet
Tolnsay tale Of ehivalry. -est- --s1
He sung Of many a bsttle won
Ere the crown encircled Rodolphis brow,
what Austria was, ere his days begun,
@ And the CORY gliding her banners now. = 81
When forth from the lords and chieftains proud
Strobe the foremost knight in peace or war,
And raising his helmet, quoth aloud;
Hurrah for Prince ROdOlph, our Emperor
The rest, responsive, then loudly cheer'd,
Making the forest resOund again,
And before they ceased trooper appeared,
Approaching With speed in the Pelting rain.
He reacLed them breathless, weary, and wet
And addressing the prince on Blended knee
To Frankfort he cried, sthe Senate have met,
And Emperor thou. shalt chosen be-
Haste. haste, obi haste, my leige pray;
Alphonso, King Of CASTLE, is there, - :
And Ottocar bold, who tain would sway
fiThs Imperial sceptre thou shouldst bear,
On his gallant steed proud RodGiph sprang, q
And bounded, mid cheers and loyal cries,
Forth llke the arrow loosed with tWang,
And not less swift on his way he flies.
Two hours be rode through the temPest's wrath,
And neared ravine as night came on,
where swollen torrents opposed his path, -
From the neighb b'ringmountains rushing down,
He plunged amain in tho angry tide, i
His heart unchecked by thought Of danger,
When he saw figure past him glide,
Andheheard voice, Christ bless the stranger
rHol who art thOuq Prince ROdOlph quoth,
And wherefore take such treaeherous road?
Had not crown to win, forsoOth,
Ine'er had ventured this night abroad Z
Yoa beheld a priest upon the way
To dying woman, with the Sacred Host
Obi delay me not, Sir Knight. pray,
or a precious soul win, I fear, be lost
The noble chief from his steed leap'd down,
Mount him. he said, thou man Of grace,
Thou run'st for q soul, and for a crown,
'Twere better that should lose the race.'
The good priest reached the sinners side,
And saved a soul for endless glory,
The ehieftain won the crown, and died,
The greatest name in modern story.
--NoEtkeg5l Press Elglish.)
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Reflections Of Our Chief Insbrias0.

Upon Cars Resolution reducing the sssy a0or uiss
key 70 figs cents per gallon.
Cox, nay boy, how are your Cox, my
charmer5 give US your aippsrl Cox, yOu
rascal, what will you take? This looks
like Legislation, this doesi Now we be-
gin to see the daylight, We do. Here
they've been perpetrating all manner Of
foolish actions, a-taxing and a-tornrenting
everything and everybody, and how did
they think We we're going to stand it,
without our bitters regular, good and
cheap? HOw's COlumby to come up, if
|Columby doesn't go down? Cox knows
thing or two, Cox does-Cox knows
how reeessary his liquor is to the Mem
bers Of Congress; and what I mean to say
now is, and so I tell EN-, and no mistake,
that if it hadn't been for whiskey, you
wouldn't have had more than half as
many speeches, and bills, and orders, and
resolutions, and fights, and COngTessiOn-
al Globes, and victories on both sides, and
why should you tax, proudly ask, ths
beverage which is so much enjoyed By
that dear, old creature, the Very Vener-
able james Buchanan, who imbibes reg
ularly with sugar and hot water, and an
older man you cannot find in this eoun-
try, being also a Funotionary, and it's the
Fluid Of the keystone which has pre-
served him; but how are you, if you tax
Whiskey, to keep EN- from putting in
camphene, which is deadly and, thanks
to Cox the American Eagle will eontin-
ue to mOult-I mean to mount, and spread
his wings triumphantly; and here's to
you, Old Cox, and may we all be happy
and virtuOus-and-
NoTE.-The Ms. of our misguided
friend here becomes absolutely iIIegible.
Where Our Inebriate is, we do not know.
At this point he said he was going out
for a moment, and he has now been ab-
sent week. r Fanity Fair.
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Ancestry of General Mcclellan.

1. Gov. William Bradford, of the May
flower, and his secOud wife, widow Alice
lSouthworth.
2. Deputy Gov William Bradford, of
Plymouth, and his first wife, Alice Rich
ards. He was born 1924, at Plymouth,
and was Commander-in-C Chief of the Ply
mouth forces in King Philips war, and
greatly distinguished himself Waswoun-
ded in the Narragansett Fort fight, and
carried the Indian ball in his body to his
grave.
3. Hannah Bradford, his daughter,
born about 1863 at Providence, married,
1852, Joshua Ripley, of bingham; born
I'd May, 1868, son of John Ripley and
Elizabeth Hobart, and grandson of Rev.
Peter Hobart, the first minister of Hing
ham, and his first wife. She removed to
Windham and had three sons and nine
daughters.
f. Joshua Ripley, their eldest son,
born 18th of May, 1858, married, 1712,
Mary Baekus, and settled at Windham
and had six sons and three daughters.
5. Mary Ripley, their eldest daughter,
born 18th Nov, 1714, at Windham; mar
ried, 1876, Joshua Able, of Windham,
born goth JAN, I'LL, second son of Ebe-
nezer Able and Mary Allen. They set
tied at Windham, where he died at the
age of SO years. They had four sons
and six daughters.
6. Rachel Able, their second daugh-
ter, born 9th Oct, 1879, at Windham !;
married, 1866, Gen. Samuel Mcclellan,
of Woodstock, Conn, who served in the
army of the United States in the war of
the Revolution. She was his second
wife, and he had by her three sons and
three daughters.
Z. James Mcclellan, their second son,
born goth Sept, 177O; married Nancy
Eldridge and was the father of
8. DR.. George Mcclellan, who gradu-
ated at Yale, 1916, and settled at Phila-
delphia, married - Brinton, and was
an eminent physician and Professor of
Surgery in Jefferson College. He died
in 1847, and was the father Of
9. George B. Mcclellan, who gradua-
ted at West Point Military Academy in
1916 and entered the Engineer Corps.
And 14th May, 1861, was appointed
MajOr-General of the U. S. Army, and is
now the senior Major-General.-ABany
Argus.
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What to be Thankful For.

THE Chicago Post enumerates the fol-
lowing reasons why We should give thanks
this year:
l. Because the air we breathe is still
free and not taxed for internal revenue.
2. Because Greeley's 100000 men are
still liable to be drafted.
3. Because one rebel isn't quite equal
to FIVE Yankees.
4. Because, notwithstanding the Pres
ident's bull against the comet, the comet
hasn't yet projected any horned quadru-
ped against the President.
5. Because greenbacks are not worth
less than fifty cents on the dollar.
6. Because printing paper isn't half 3
dollar a pound.
Z. Because the rebel army is hemmed
in between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, and has no alternative but to fight
or not to fight.
8. Because the rebels still protest their
to die in the last ditch, (giy-
ing ground for a supposition that they
expect to die some time or Other.)
g. Because the radicals have not yet
prevailed upon the President to turn the
moon into green cheese by prOelama-
ton.
10. Because Washington is safe"
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We are glad to record such express
ions as the following from Republican
Senators of the U. S. In the recent de-
bates on the suspension of the haBeas
corpus, Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio, said
"He believed that the right to suspend
the writ Of haboas corpus was purely a
Legislative power, and it could only be
done by Congress. He thought many of
the arrests were great mistakes, and every
arrest ought to be reported to Congress
and the reason for it. If this power was
unlimited the Government would become
oppressive. Congress should throw
around this suspension of the writ all the
guards and checks necessary to preserve
the rights of citizens and the character
of the Government The people have
been exasperated at the manner Of these
arrests and discharges, and it was due to
the country and justice that no man
should be arrested for light cause, and
then the causes and charges should be
properly explained, and set forth, that
they may be known; and Congress had a
perfect right to call for all information" "
Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, spoke in
similar strain, and said
"He thought these arrests have been
unfortunate and impolitic. Judges and
courts and commentators have held that
the power of suspending the writ Of ha-
beas corpus was legislative power. 1t
is not from any sympathy with traitors
that there is great feeling on this subject,
but because is is feared that this is an
exercise of an unnecessary and arbitrary
power. And he would say to his friend
from Massachusetts (Mr. Wilson,, who
gloried in these arrests, that there was
very great danger in them. "
These are the words of patriotism in
opposition to the blind fanatioal devotion
to party which distinguishes such blus.
tering characters as Wilson"
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THE METHODIST CHURCH IN DECLINE.
"A correspondent of the Western Chris
tian Advocate gives certain startling facts
in relation to the Methodist Church. He
says, "Of the forty-eight annual Confer
ences, all but six report losses ranging
from 5,171 to 81. An equal aggregate
annual loss for twenty years would ex-
haust the entire church." That this is
attributable to political preaching, 40
sane man doubts for moment. e
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A Sound Endorsement.

TIE Buffalo Courier is responsible for the
following:
A gentleman of this city, high in official
position under the present Administration,
was called upon, recently, to indOrse the
claims set forth in petition about to be for
ward to the "powers that be" at the Federal
Capitol The following is the Endorsement
Uerbatim ct lteratim:
81 fally concsr IN the aBOugh."
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A YOUNG fellow of our acquaintance, whose
better half has just presented him with pair
of bouncing twins, attended Rev. Mr.. IS
church on last Sunday evening During the
discourse the clergyman looked right at our
innocent friend, and said in a tone of thrilling
eloquence: Young man, you have an i'm
portant responsibility thrust upon you. " The
new-Aedged dad, suppOsing that the preach
er alluded to his peculiar home event, consid-
erably startled the audience by replying ::
ayes, have two of then" Utica Telegraph
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KENTUcK1ANs whe are in Washington say
that the State is undergoing a revolution on
the emancipation question, and that before
long it will take apositiOn by the side Of Mis-
souri,, in favor of compensated emancipation.
Hartford Post.
We find the substance of the paragraph in
several Eastern papers. 'Tis all a fraud. If
any KentuCkians in Washington say that this
State is undergoing a revolution on the eman-
cipation question, they are hunters after Of
See or hunters after contracts, poor and cring-
ing sycophants, who hope to compass their
ends by telling the President whatever they
think he would like to hear. We believe he
has great deal too much sense to let himself
be cajoled by such dishonest and mean-spirit-
ed mercenares-Louisuile Journal
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The following anecdote of Pope Plus
TX. is related IN monthly review enti-
tied lie Monde Judiciere: 'Fhe Sover-
eign Pontif, among his other powers, en-
joys that Of annulhng the wills of his
subjects The son of a Roman landed
proprietor complained to his Holiness
that his father had bequeathed the half
of his fortune, or 100000, to the priest
who, on particular day and in a church
named, should say the first mass. The
Pope, not daring to cancel a viii on ao-
count of an act of religious insanity,
adopted another plan. He went himself
at daybreak to the church in question
and celebrated the first mass. He thus
gained the 4O.OOOf., which he then han
ded over to the grateful heir.
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MCCLELLAN digs too much; he has
mud on the brain, was the howl of some
newspaper idiots little while ago. The
fact is, Mcclellan always knew, what
Gen. Burnside has just found out, that
in these days of rihed cannon and mus
kets, the army that assaults an intrench-
ed position before making the necessary
scientific approaches and parallels, will
be destroyed.
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s The Courts have decided that refusing TO take
periodicals from the Office, or removing and leaF.
De them uncalled for, is PTiSnd faeie evidence Of
Intentional fraud.
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New York Argus.

We would recommend this excellent paper
to our Democratic friends. In every depart
ment Of newspaper enterprise the New York
Argus will compare favorably with the ablest
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DURIya the recent fight in North Carolina,
chaplain of one of the Massachusetts reg-
ments who was on the field, seeing one OF
the men Of Battery B, Sd New York Artil-
lery, being borne of wound ID, said to him
Were you supported by Divine inspiration1 5
"NoP was the reply, we were supported
by the 9th New Jersey.
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They tell a good story of two bachelors
who lived a short of cat and dog life, to their
neighbors' discomfort, good many years, but
who had been at campmeeting, were slightly
converted, and both of them concluded to re-
form.
Brother Tom, says one, when they had
arrived at home, let us sit down, now, and
I'll tell you what wen do You tell me all
of my faults, and III tell you what wen do.
You tell me all of my faults, and III tell you
all of yourn, so wen know how to get a
mending EN-
"GoodI'
"Well, you begin"
"No, you begin, brother joe"
In the first place, than, you know, my
brother Tom, you a0tH lie"
Crack goes brother Toms double fist be-
tween brother Joe's "blinkers," and con-
siderable of " scrinmage" ensued, until in
the course of about ten minutes neither be-
ing able to come to time, reformation was
postponed sine die.
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II poverty, like Saul, has killed its thous-
ands, riches, like David killed their tens of
thousands.
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ABOLITION TRACTs-Con-tracts.
ABOLITION sENsE-Li-oense.
ABOLITION JoY-Lovejoy
ABOLITION HARDwARE-Tdr-cs.
AHARD Lor FOR THE REPUBLICANS
Ballot. sa .H.tI..- .--4..a.
The Republicans wish to suspend the
Constitution for fear it will suspend
them sr55 55ITIFTqEHF FEgEEaE
CHANGE WANTED-The people would
like to see some change in the money
market
Our Devil says he carries a small for
tuneoR Bis black snow that rags have
risen.
We don't know that We would ike to
zee JEFF. Davis hung, but we would like
10 see him endure an agoniziiag suspense.
Courier,
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A MARRIED editor rarely writes about wo-
man. He dares not try to make her his sub
ject, since he is hers E
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As distrust is sometimes the mother Of safe
ty, so security may be the gate Of danger.
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8attrE for tss YGar.
TRE PRIEST AND THE WARRIOR,

BY JOIN P. EHFB,
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-25
Conservatives and Fanatics.

Between the two classes of our IA ortal foemen
at the North there is little to choose. One is
commercial, and th5 other crazy. IF the latter
are more cruel and devilish 10 their sl0th. the
former are more persistent and systematic IN
action. II we had only the lunltics 10 deal
with we might hope for a lucid interval, or pos
slbly that their insanity might vary its form.
But 0t the cJmmercial classes we can entertain
no such expectations. Tney have invested their
money in the war, and they Intend to get 1t back
If they send every dollar they have left after
that which is gone.
II we were called upon to say which is the
worse man, Wendell Phillips, who is the enbodi-
ment OF Massachusetts ldnaglcism, EIward EV-
erett, who represents Its conservatism, or Caleb
Gushing, It's pc lclan, we should find no diff
Guilty 10 reDly. We have infinitely more re-
spect for Wendell Phillips, or any honest ia
matte, than either of the others. The fanatic
has prInciples-such as they are-while the
commercial class has no principle whatever but
aelbshnes. Ii 1t Is opposed to Abolihonism, it
As b"cause the success of AbolitionIsm would be
fatal to trade. Could Conservatism be con-
WINGED that freeing the slaves would increase the
production of cotton, it would be converted in
an hour INTO the very genius OF universal eman
clpatlon We dread and detest such an enemy
as this more than honest Abolitionism. We
despise and execratc Edward Everett and Caleb
Gushing more than Phillips or Garrison. No
man OF honor could take Everett or Gushing by
the han the latter especially. If there be a
negro 10 the South as degraded as Cushing, he
ought instantly to be freed and sent to Massa
chusetts.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-25

few rich and remorseless people wopla
have governed France but there would bava
been no difficulty, except moral rot and gen.
eral National decay.
Let US suppress the Aboltionistsp But
suppose you begin at the beginning First
subdue the common sense Of the people Of
the country then you may aubdue those who
influence it. 1t is not what you call with an
amusing persistence, abolitioDism, which caus.
ed the war, but the opening of the eyes Of
the people SO that they saw. The people Of
this country know perfectly we'll that slavery
is at the bottom OF this rebellion. If there
had been no slavery, there would have been
10 war just as there would have been no alb.
oitionsm. The temperance movement springs
from drunkenness; and when drunken man
tries to kill his wife, don't you think the teto.
talers are responsible for it
Slavery was trying to kill the country. It
had almost succeeded Watch watch
shouted the AbolitioDists. Slavery, madden.
ed that its crime WAS discovered, shot and
stabbed right and left. There = cry the
sensible Wicklilfo and Company This
comes Of calling the watch! Why the devil
can't you hold your tongues? Let US sup
press these fellows that cry watch watch
and all will DO quiet again ?
Certainly a dead dog and dead nation
are both perfectly quiet. A nation Of free
men throttled, with its own consent, by
slave system like ours, is the doadest and
meanest Of all dead dogs !'--HarperS Week.
IN.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-25

SCARCITY OF LABOR AT THE WEsr.--A CORES
pondent of the Salem Register writing from
BellevIlle, Wisconsin, l4th INST. says:
There is, and will be, great scalcity Of help
among the farming anity this season. Ia
many of the towns nearly all the young men
are in the army There are more young men in
the large towns and villages than among farm
ers. If 1t was not for the machinery now used
in farming, not one half tho land that s under
the pillow could be cultivated if there should be
another draft before harvest, it Will be almost
impossible to secure the crop, if it should be an
average one.''
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-25
Words In Season.

Let us suppress the Abolitionists, cries
some slack'wltted orator, and the rebellion
will end J Of course it will, you dear soul :;
and If all your fellow citizens had been Of
your callore and kidney, there would have
been no rebellion at all. If Hampden and
MS a friends had said, Let us suppress these
fellows who cry out against ship-money,'
England would quietly have submitted to the
tyranny OF the Stuarts. If Otis and Patrick
Henry had shouted, Hurrah for King
George and the Stamp Ac ? there would
nave been no bloody revolution. If Mirabeau
and the French people had beloved, Hur-
ran lor starvation aristocrats forever = all
'ne trouble III France would have speedily
ended. Io be suro every right would have
oeen annlhllated, every liberty destroyed, and