, 1873-01-05

0f thu ~; {4n,,,+ !;,nt.s 60 6 - ~ 1o.n
swell sa; c;t;go, 'nua's ~ ~ was III 10y
tuIe (vlo would not broolf snci3 Irnno1t ~ tom
a'St. Louis or M;1waul,ce or 1s,kosh viaitnr1
lit wasn't mnch Of a c;ty Tier ali +" mt ;,cre
it Ia before ,,, II, it's frame as It looked then.
| and how much history has Il and Mi of us eenn
| since that time S11Dnose when va Looked A,
we actually did look. through tLat identcal
| camera. it's obicot-rlass ind became like tho
mirror Of Don nolepick. and the uuick-moyirg
| fatcfnI nhantoms NJ i,e twalvo vc,Is h,d nossci
before na or t,at @ soe hoowsorcd rann
seer lad lifted m his voice like mclean IN tl,e
wilderness from III the ct ton Of our old Conrt Hanss
tower aud thus pronhesied so loudly
tliat out from the low Wooden becr-sa1oons Of
Randolph street. and out from the frowsy
Justice oiiees over The Wy, and from the places
an audience 1or this mezzuin Of DESTINY , prophs
esyiug from his perch on the old Court House,
Yct few wesks and there shall be var in the
land-a treal;ng Of the wine press. Brother
shall rise up against brother, and thero shall be
trenble to the tramp Of moving hosts. Seyenty t,-
five thousand shall not suffice. nor shall 500 600
be- enough in this coming day Of the Lord.
There shau be- grief ia YOUR Mch places and
mourning in nll your homes Rachel. weeping
your midst. aud they who lit up their baud
against tlis nation shall OCCUPY IT. and they
sRall be tod bv thousands. and terror shali sit
upon your city because of them, and wrath shall
take possession Of tho land. There shall be bat
and tie seat Of the law-1nakers Of this nation
shall be encompasscd, and the wave OF blood
shall not bo checked until it cometh
near unto the houses OF tue men Of
the North. Your commerce shall be stricken
Magistrate shall perish by the assassin's hand.
Voc unto this land :: woe. Noe unto tits city. for
a fro shall consume it, and sweep over it, and
blot
have collared tie seer, for It was ~ Wv % they
had They would have had him down and made
his route up CLARK street to tie old Ar1uory on
hdams street as safe and easy rs was practicable
under the circumstances. But the seer might
have kept on talking, Tor it is hard
tho crowd Of curious aud astonishcd
etreet lookera-on, his lo"n finger might
have sought ont ono and another special subject.
To q 1.-the, b,ack-eyed Young LAWYER, "Iou,
your orders, lay you down to save the flag."
To an earnest-Iooking printer boy, sYou, Will
lam McllI. will find ,our death 1t the head Of
your men in a cavalry charge III Virginia." To
fiery little fellow, sYou shall be to the nation,
Ellsworth, the first slain in the war" TO
quiet LAWYER. "You. John A. Bross shall die
among your colored soldiers in Virginia aud
you, Hector Aiken, a more echool-boy, shall
suffer . thousand deaths on tho same
field before you drag yourself painfully
And You, Joe Scott, dashing lieutenant Of Zou-
ayes, shall find something different from holiday
training when death meets you at Stone River:
and you. John B, Wyman. Captain of the Chi
caro Light Guard. shall die in tho storm
ing of Ticksburg. Weep. women of Chicsco.
foP you ghnll be- Soldiers widows. WOE INTO Won
children, Cor YOU shall be ORPHANS OF tho
slain in battle. for the Lord lath spoken It.
Aud thus tl,e prophet in custody might have
COMO on telling tha Lists tIat fate held II her nm
Opened scroll. before thev cot linn into the Ar.
nory, where good Justice Miliken would have
given him three months in Bridewell for dis
turbine the peace, while thore were pale cheeks