, 1864-09-10

f1ltn} DRAWINGS Ut the lot. The Deacon Was
lionhlg huuming Old Hundred, and h4d
just finished The Words t'B. thou, o, God, |
exalted high" Wien ~ old raa that had
Of bls supposed good disposition and amta-
hility, turned, and, running full tilt at .he |
De. con, struck hlnl In a part that shall bo
aid 1aoded bin plump in the |
savcry slough: Dripping With water, and
coscrrd witt 1lih, the good Deacon c!an noez-
chiet innccebly and denure)y chewing his
cud-it maj b., of eatlstactiOu-torkot hts
long life OF self control. shook bis fist ut tue
qrsd1uped. sna roared OUT, ''You damned |
iufcrnaI yillAin." just then, the ;enormft3
Of bis offense uas revealed to him, aud a.
though be could not rad himself Ut his
hpgeF whtn be surveyed his dripping gar
4 eLts, with admirable seifcontrol b. qnali-
hcd his juci! nunt ouIbuIst, With of I
mAy be allowed the expression" Now |
almost any nan, while admitting that pro-
family Is wrong in tho ao-tact, would say
starce vas inllt juetitied In using tue cpl |
thets with or Without qualification.
MORAL.
The moral wish to draw from this Incl
dent and the application wish to make to
the ratr, can DO readily inferred bJ youg
readers.
AFTER THE RAIN.
There arc but two thiogs that have no end
In this rorld anu The nt1t-taxes and eter-
nifty. Night IL succeeded BY day, sorrow by
hurplnets. and death bS u glorious immor-
tatitF. Even thie rain which ushsred Ia the
~ 1h cian s!y:er ernseu sa aor ''.e S gsloao
t.nt1n, elnSed silvsr ;,snue % thro,, XII
1i,ts, ata ,h.n little after, the glorious
uoohuay sun broke forth In all its bright-
Less sud beauty. Whether this wondrous
,snesu.nae.oa , lIou o1iAoess 10 AS9a "aa
,nfopgAe aoout o5 prayers OF eussss CONT
Ano"-
fA1R1oT1sa N7nE RAIN.
III had not seem 1t, wcula not have be-
]ieycd that, during that pouring rain, there
were lp1.g lines of lunber Il nsgous laden
| With etalwa1t men and blooming women ira
| Yelling along muddy roads aud bound to tho
! run cane ont they made their appearance,
| To be ture they looked little worse for the
| weuther. The people were decidedly wct,
| but they Nere honest and true nevertheless.
= 1nosteF ~ ram sto!m uaoel tae ~! ot
. ca!t WIN uloopipe !eaauete @n4 ol4uaus
| piuHaee cute1ta WIN "et A1n ulle, NJ
ZEE toosser as 81 tuA1. Nueu ine 50! SUI
s1lnkes out his plnmage, AID ID cock OF the
Welk again. so The honest people oil Lee
county, a1thopgh lneY cln come ont second
t1s .ia,ts 80 .a.,ha-er. fs,., ~. Gaid wara
mxa3t e[ra', Tbas. oT ~ j.,
a. ~,.,iJ uI h',.e nra!.a1 -
thst Sa9tsrg " r.in I''s' "oaau Lave D1"'eo
s"@S es''''s -
n. :na anh III. ILL., Ok, Ok pAps. n,.'sn,, na
1ens'r caonon um kaMI aasy IoaIed; % noW
III tne5 5 sonneea, anu NJ how aeas1aly taeJ
3Tal.o nL Ia.s ,o5igat nool,csy rom me ni!s oi
drnms rla1ed and beaten af1 bT oid n1 1oxed and
yonnr ma, st1,r1d mn lie 1ai,,at,s hioo5 ~ -
cb.1ge 81 nid 4bny ever fes sa an
ha Ely ~ ~ e. ngtti. oraa a lucy ever near,
M =, ~ ~ ha,,,.. f'o,. aose ~, open
~ of afea harm nnn,7snr 1,,n ths 1aaar ~
bes. ot rnms ana The 6fe @ i,,onsso" @ eo1 ~ anu ~
t;,lers f.tt mo :. II tbem tha1 c1et, waria ~
The fi1ts> lie dri,rns and m. wtde month..j 1d1e
| canron WIRE not wantIn~ at i,i4on atuso to.d,a
nm 11s1 hefors ta1e assen ,;linc of ~ mn,
1ncfiinc. they zach Of their sfnd awe,!.n.s5
snsptring echoes from hiu and yalley.
| INV .1,,,.7r1xc
| The meeting vas held in . beautiful geose
IN The punl1c E4uare, opposlte Tue Nachusa
douse. 11e htieLuancc tsacaeu I'VE tuua-
croTa 1or The Inv iIad tic DIV o;cnrd
1ieoeont1v- thsrr Wcnld have been ,t laast
| rrtee,, tht'nsAnd there.
ono.sIz.r1op
A ,..s].
o9oa Vt n4et tns t'r Fsn M ~
as fitsDt41. aA!ssy oa1el!' VI Au9oI
ChsTles T. HaH, OF A,to; inos: a. nqslpnt,
q bIaoioFn7 1onu n. Eoulthus, ~ Dtooh-
tn >. n: C1a"io1o, o. Gnl6a paslq nrlSgs'
u dsnn1l!tvn eer' mau - oaaT, " Leg ,:a sEn-
tei; N !. H'1 1rti ~ a. r. 2: sdsne:
q Any onniei n' on' =. M' Me.ssn' ,s. 1asne.isa
eoe' VI l~5 a1i.. pae; 1seJnetns' s.s!s
pi Aes nolus, .7S. 2as - o6tn, TIit,s, " suo.
tetD - tv-o', - ~ n ah..
ot Opl-: Harry Marsh. Of ft0la: 8. @. Pier.
SOD, Of Harmop, and Wm. Butler, Of Dixon,
as Vice Presidents, and J. s. DUar.iman. oj
the Dixon Rpsb!te and Telegraph, and II. G.
Pratt, Of the AmboT Timer, as Secretaries.
Ihis vas capital start for q mass meeting
-of othcets. 1oe ffesldeAt and p1ce
f1esiqenis 1ook s,ats upgn M nae Pmt.osm.
| aud keT. h1r. heisef, OF tne Lutheran
church opened th3 proceeotpgs, 6fst with
reading selection from the Scriptures, aud
after~srd with prayer. Luu.vards aud
R.ckey sapg-as your compositers obliglngl;
ssMY couptYy 'tis Of T1ee,'' and Genera]
oe,csty tnnk the atand.
80 oc7rsnv
oo.. .-1,,,.-
hc slssd 10 aT huae
With us cahe, out al'er . Httle, 10 tbe e3ctte
Mtrt Q! the occasion, ne forgot bis Woundi
atd 1et olenees, and "aiked tno sage u
etetEe{icaDy, tno gesusn!Asta as tof.onr!5, ai
T le bad MT 1coel eau 10 ms booy; ten
OgleepF Is Poseessto ol Inte1se 1a1Iea q O
fceels. ihls Is noe 70 oe wondered A. ~
1eels n lis own pers2n: IN tYtIl movemen'
ho Dake6, 1ue ansulsa traltors eau occasion
His remasEs were o1 Inc same general tenol
rs those maoe 81 ffeetofE ana tfalenR. ana q
is unnecessary ntre 10 Iepeae t6em. LIS I'D
dress was 1tcelvto Wlth e7!deIt marks Of
eatisfact,on. aud at a's cooclus1on he WaE
| QQECIEQ VIII T0nEQ6 OF applaU3fe
wM. BRoss, ESQ.
Mr. Brees was next introduced, md 1oad
" chcered. HI declined to spesk 1T len 9Th,
until evening, but fntr. duced Ger. B. II.
PrtnttEe, the hero OF Shiloh.
GEN. FREST1ss.
It is impossible, In the space lett in this
letter to do Justice to the speakers remarks,
and hhan lot attempt to report tnssq; y !
we're ess$ 70 catet 1oe n4sa ~ o. aan ene ~
nlng 81 t.enhs n.n"t n s.s e ~
70 transter " ~ pep "a a's .1irt
lhat peisaoshh h+ ~ fa;, t,at ~ y @+th.
dared 20 ng1a 1ns e aal ~ nas - ~ -
Lnem' l anianio+fnr afenn,on no5e~ rehsta NJ
vvv. nr1s enid do fnstfce to the feeliugs Of con
t.mnt and 1oathfnr he entertalue3. Thert
tncss tlat ~ were there, could 70 forth fron
fhst meetsnr. after Ustep1og to the fearful
strs,m of ;r1ectiTt he poufed upou them
end ~ tee3 list h,5i1g fhsir heIds for th,
ha1a.ca ~ fia1r 1ivrs for yerv ehsme
shsi. oire t},cm credit fnr more uoral cour
sre Than I ever enpnosed any man on tn,
; faca Of Gods earth poaeeseed. His blow
.eq We1e r. trenchant and cntt;np. and his Sarcasm
tx ia Gnnnerbe.1 ea hearars 1ike tree liver
1,v he tbnIderLolt. Cen. prenties is one o
tie most tfeetiye SPEAKERS that ever I'd
dresEed an audience. and he IL doing excel