Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-14

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Syracuse, in Morgan County, Missouri,
have received notiea within fhs, lass,
week that If they do not leave the eonnss
Try they viii Be taken 6ut and shot, IL
Is feared that there Is = combination OF
returned rebel soldiers in that region
who viii undertake. TO drive OF frightepi
away The Uniou men living there. One'
Of the party who received notice has
taken counsel with the Governor.
BUETAS's SAEcAsx "a QaAker called
on BunyAn one day, In isii, with whA. be
professed TO be message from the
Lord 1sis3 ,eFa ESQ ~
Amer searching for thse.ss said he.
" in half the jails Of England, an
| glad 10 have found thee 81 last" /"
|" If the Lord , mt thee, said BanyAn,
"yoa would not have needed 70 take 90
much trouble to 6nd me oat, for he
knows have been ia Bedford iail RAsss
seven years past. sssfA
Attorney General Speed has given a
VERY important aud interesting decision
in regard to the trial Of the assassins Of
President Lincoln BY military eommis-
sion BE i Of the opinion nos only that
such cemmitlals may Be thus tried. but
that they cannot Justly be arrAigned be-
/ fore any other tribunal; and that mili.
tafy courts exist under and accordinx 20
I the Constitution in time OF war; tknt the
K laws Of war authorizs human lire 10 be
taken withont proesss; and that il yosld
be as wrong for the militsry TO turn over
such criminals TO the civil courts aa for
the civil courts TO convict man Of mur-
der who had in time Of war killed an
other in battle. sa ass a''eh ila'aa
A PExNsYry1sI1 SoLDfKK,s IBK1.--A
soldier Of a Pennsylvania regiment, Who
gas wounded al the battle Of Chancel;
lorsvile and LEFT on the Geld, afterwards
related his adventures 10 his Colonel
When the tide Of battle bad swept past
the spot where be lay, rebel soldier
came to hita and took away his eanteen,
haveFsaek, hfs musket and accoatret
msnts, and finally demanded his coat
aud shoes. At this The Psnnsylganiaa
at 6rst demprred, bat wAs forced 10 sub,
init Thereupon ensued a couversAtions
"Where do you belongT' asked The
rebel. "To PenasyfVAEiG," was The ra
ply Aud what are you doing dowa
here in ViFginia7'l "Vel, come daeh
here 10 6ght," said the pnlueky Bncks
county man. To 6ght, ehf' said tho
VirginiAn; why don't you hght in your
own State IL ron want 20 fight; what
business have you here in YirginiAT'
That question might have been poser
for some, but the brave Dusehman 20.
piled: " Vel, / 6ght nit Uncle Sam, aud
Uncle Sam be goes efrywhere.' -
II Tue PowEh TO SAL. "No." The
! purity Of moral habit is, am afraid, 81
very little use to man, unless Il is aAe-
I comp&nied by that degree Of 6rmnses
which enables him 70 set up 10 What he
may think right, in spite Of solicitatiops
to the contrary. Very few young men
have the power Of negAtion in any great
degree At 6raL Il increases With the
increase Of con6dehce. aud With the ek-
periencs Of those inconvsniepces whieh
result from the absence Of this virtue.
Every young man must be exposed 10
temptation; be cannot learn the ways pf
men without being witness 10 their ways.
IL you attempt 70 preserve him. from
danger by keeping him out of the way OF
il, you reader him quite unit fof Any
style Of life In which he may be plseed.
The great point is, nos TO turn him Qua
too soon, and 70 give him = pilo. ct 6rbt.
Sidney SMITH 49,. -.
THR LAUGH or ywoxRx.--A woman has
no natural gift more bewitehing than .
sweet laugh. Il is like the soand Of
fales upon the wetsr. II Leaps rem
her 10 clear, sparkling rill; and me
heart that hears il feels as II bakhsd 10
the COOL exhiIerating sptine Have
you ever pursued 50 uoseeai fEprs
lhrough the rrevs, ied-on BY . fair
laugh, nov here, nov there, DOS loss,
, now sfonnd9 We have. And We are
. parsuiDg thas wandering voice to- thiI
day S0metimes it comes 70 as ia th'
midst OF care aud sorrow, OF irksoms
! business and then We turh asay and
g listen, and hear IL ringing thFoaehDu
the room like q silver bell, with poWs
70 scare away the evil spirits Of th'
., mind How much We owe to that swssi
: laugh II turns prose % ,poetry;l Il
Aings showers Of sunshine over the dark
. ness Of the wool IN which We are lfAy
cling; 1t touches with deIighreven on
sleep, which 10 no more the imaga o
death. but is Consumed With dreams Cha
/ are the shadows Of Immortality. 0