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that the soldiers would dig for the tin
lest root, to secure fuel to warm their
aching limbs). is now grown up with
scrub oak and bushes, until you can
hardly get through them. The dead
line. just seventeen feet from the stock
ade, is so far decayed that but few traces
of it are left. Here many a poor victim
has bitten the dust, it NAV be from
chance misstep or determination to
end his misery. There are aboutthirty-
five wells still remaining that were dug
with spoons and cups, while rope made
of blankets was used to draw up the
dirt and afterward the water They are
from sixty to eighty feet deep. and while
peering into them, side entrances may
be discovered that led some to light,
outside and freedom. Every prisoner
here doubtless remembers the providen :
tial spring that opened near the dead
line. on the hill side, duriug violent
thunder storm one autumn night, and
continued to flow SO freely as to supply
nearly the whole camp with delicious
water. Well this spring is running as
freely still, aud at it | quenchcd my
thirst, and also in the stream, where so
many have washed their aching bodies
|, too stripped of my clothing aud
took generous bath, thankful that it
was under so diiferen: auspices. The
forts, of which there are several, still
preserve their original appearance, and
show less of decay than anything else
about here.
Yet trees are growing in them. and soou
these, As well rs the space within the
stockade, will be so denselv covered
with thieket as to be rendered impassa-
bic, and thus hiding everything that
makes it an object for stranger to visit
here. All the money and labor is spent
on the cemetery, and no pains are taken
to preserve the stockade grounds in their
original condition. The cemetery excit-
cd put little emotion in me, for there
felt the soldier secured relief. There
they were beyond the reach OF mans in
humanity. But this stockade should be
preserved throughout the coming ages
OF our coantry,s history as n monument.
not OF the soldiers suiierin. 80 much,
a oi mans cruelty.-Letter 10 Cihcta-
natl Commercial.
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WORTH S1J.OOO. 900.

The FORTUNES OF OUR PRESIDENTS.
Washngton left an estate worth
nearly 100000. The elder Adams
left moderate fortune at his death.
jefferson died comparatively poor. If
Congress had not purchased his library
at a price far above its value (S2O.-
O00) he would with difficulty have
kept out of bankruptcy to the close of
his life. Madison saved his money
and was comparatively rich. The
fortune of his widow was increased bv
the purchase of his manuscript papers,
by Congress, for 100000. James
Monroe, the sixth President, died so
poor that he was buried at the expense
of his relatives, in a cemetery between
Second and Third streets, near the
Bowery in New York city. John
Quincy Adams left about $50, 900, the
result OF industry, prudence and a
small inheritance. He was methodical
and economical. Andrew Jackson left
a valuable estate known as The Her
mitage, about twelve miles from Nash.
vile, Tennessee. Martin Van Buren,
died rich. His estate was estimated
at nearly 100000. James X. Polk
left about sI50,OoO. James Tyler was
bankrupt when he became President.
He husuanded his means while in
office, and married rich wife, and
died wealthy in worldly fortune.
Zachary Taylor left about Sl5O,OOO,
Millard Fillmore is a wealthy man.
Franklin Pierce saved $4,000 during
his term of service as President.
James Buchanan died a bachelor and
left an estate valued at 100000 at
the least. Abraham Lincoln left about
$4,000. johnson is said to be worth
about $4,000. President Grant was
poor before the war. By a careful
husbandry of his salary and through
the generous gifts of friends before he
became President, his fortune is .
handsome competence"
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which unsuccessfuliy tried to cover
his face, and l have seen congrega.
tions more devotional. But the rustic
came out all right.
234 CAMP-MKErINGs.
have attended 234 camp-meetings,
all remarkably interesting. 1 have
witnessed many conversions. Hence l
am called 'Camp-meeting John Once
man in Boston called me d. d. l
told him there we're too many Of them,
but there is only one of 'us'-'Camp-
meeting But titles amount to pre-
cious little.
GOOD NIGHT.
In closing l have only to thank you
for your attention. l felt impelled to
say these things. Now let me urge
you in all yonr gettings to get the
true wisdom that cometh from above.
ANY one who desires a purely
literary treat, or simply to have his
ears tickled with fine sentences, will
hardly be likely to go to hear this
lecture, but whoever loves a heart
single to a high purpose and admires
the tact that can reach the great
masses Of people; whoever loves
idiosyncracies of the true ring and
grey hairs young and saintetl; should
hear Camp-meeting John Allen wher-
ever opportunity offers. There is
something better than to be great-it
is to be plain Camp meeting John!
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SIGNATURE OF THE Cross. - The
mark which persons who are unable to
write are required to make instead of
their signatures, is in the form of a
cross and this practice, having for
merly been followed by kings and no.
bles, is constantly referred to as an
instance of the deplorable ignorance
of ancient times. This signature is
not, however, invariably a proof of
such ignorance. Aaciently the use of
the mark was not confined to illiterate
persons; for among the Saxons the
mark of the cross, as an attestation of
the good faith of the person signing,
was required to be attached to the sig
nature of those who could write, as
well as to stand in the place of the
signature of those who could not
write. In those times, if a man could
write, or even read, his knowledge was
considered proof presumptive that he
was in holy orders. The clericus or
clerk. was synonymous with penman !;
and the laity, or people who were noe
clerks did not feel any urgent necessi-
ty for the use of letters. The ancient
use Of the cross was therefore univer-
sal. alike by those who could and those
who could not write; it was, indeed
the symbol of an oath, from its sacred
associations, as well as the mark gen.
orally adopted. Hence the origin of
the expression. "GOd save the mark, .
as form of ejaculation approaching
the character of an oath.
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Manhood: How Lost, How Restored

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The celebrated author. in this admirable essay.
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once simple certain. and e6ectual, by means Of
which every sufferer no matter what his condition
may be, may ears h.mse eiearly nHfately. and
radically. A.
sS-Tins Lecture should be in the hands Of ev.
cry youth and every man in the land.
sent, under seal in plain envelope, 70 any ~
dress, postpaid. On Feeeipt Of six ceats. or two
post stamps.
Also, Or. Culverwell's Marriage 0uiae,prics Soc.
Address the publishers,
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A bad wind up Of the week-reeling
home on Saturday night.
A man accused Of bigamy said his
only fault was an appetite for spare
ribs.
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DON'T drive lame HORSES

pRAGDoN and Martins we'll known Stand for
- merry occupied by Woodcoek and Gould OF
iohing and all kinds work done to ,rder ana with
dispatch. Particular atssntion glv on TO Horse
shoeing. Thankful ior past fayors | wish to ins
fo,m the citizens of Franklin and vicinity that
they will always End me in the shop when am
Rot IN the FRANKLIN House JOHN " FiCKETr
franklin. June 10th lsIs. tf25
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Ssnford's Independent Line.
For BO@tOn and Lowell.

Steamer KATAHDfN. Carr. Nv. b. Rorx.
VIII leave winterport tvery
tTUESDAY at IL oci'k n. touching
> at the usual landings.
viii leave Boston tor Winterport every FRIDAY
at O'Clock p. ~. touching as above.
Fares from Bangor. 70 Boston including stage
fare to Winterport, t4.00.
Prom wintcrport and Bucksport to Bosson, 800.
Seats secured and Tickets purchased at all the
principal Hotels.
LOOMS TAYLOR Agent.
Dec ~. s2tf
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pottrp.
The Old. Old Home.

The Old. Old Home.
when long for ssinted memories.
Like angel troops they come.
II I fold my arms to ponder
On the old, old home,
The heart has many passages
Through which the feelings roam,
But its middle aisle 10 sacred
To the thoughts Of old, old home.
where infancy was sheltered
Like rosebuds from the blast.
Where girihood's brief elysium
In joyousness was passed;
To that sweet spot forever,
As Ia some hsllowed dome,
Life's pilgrim bends her vision.
'Tis her old, old home.
A father sat, how proudly.
BY that old hearthstone's rays,
And told his children stories
Of his early manheod's days,
And one son eye was beamins,
From child to child 'tw ould roam:
Thus mother counts her treasures
In the old, old home.
The birthday giffs and festivals,
The blended vesper hymn
Some dear one who was swelling Il
Il with the Scraphin.
The fond good nights" 1t bedtime,
How quiet sleep would come,
And fold Us altogether,
In the old, old home.
Like . wrath Of scented flowers
Close intertwtned each heart;
But time and change in concert
Have blown the wreath apart.
But dear and sainted memories
Like angels ever come,
/ fold my arms and ponder
On the old, old home.
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MIDDLEToN'S POCKET CORN SHELL.

One Agent wanted in every county in the U.
70 sell Middleton's Pocket Corn shelter, patented
isll Ii shells all sizes ofcorn. and can be used
any one viii last for years Retail p-iee 80 cts.
0IOpLGTQN Co.
Sd @6UisbuEI. Pa
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In the chronological Journal VIC find
a good biography of William B. Astor,
in which the following characteristic
stories are told:
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REIORI.
was III the Christian Commission
in the army, and was only insulted but
once, and that by an old surgeon, and
when he asked me saucily where l
came from, replied: From Maine.
where | became we'll acquainted with
man who minded his own business
He was ever my good friend after
wards.
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At camp-meeting once, the Presid-
ing Elder requested me to pass round
and speak to the people personally.
came 10 verdant rustic, and asked
him if be did not desire to become a
Christian. With voice, audible oil
over the audience, he replied, i've
tried it once afore and went back, but
now I'm determined to 60 the whole
hogp The Presiding Elders eyea
twinklsd merrily through his Angera,
National Republican., 1873-04-04
A BEAUTIFUL ESTATE.

ton, elegant Mansion, shaded with hne trees;
splendid orchards and small fruits; large barns
the whole or any part Also, adjoining,
A SMALL FARM,
R'l acrcs, with comfortable Cottage, barn and
stabei hne spring house, and wellfenced; water In
every field, For further particulars apply per
sopally the premises seventh street road, eight
miles from washington city, or by letter TO W. A
BATOHEIoR, Wheaton post once, Montgomery
county, Nd. nr9 eU9in
National Republican., 1873-04-04

A couple Of weeks ago some one was 30
Kind as to send us q copy of the Evansville
(Indiana) Journal, q Republican newspaper,
containing long letter from this city severely
dcnunciatory Of the Board Of Public Works
and the city government We supposed that
tho letter was sent to us for the purpose Of
replying TO II, but lnasmuCh as all the charges
in had been answered again and again In these
columns had been investigated In the House Of
Representatives aud pronounced untrue, and
had been rejected by the courts and by the
people We did not feel called upon to give ii
more than passing notice Of about twenty
lines. Since then We have received another
copy Of the Journal in which our brief para
graph Ia made the text Of long column and
half, and In which the information
is given that the author Of the original
charges Is the editor Of our contemporary. We
regret this, because VIC had supposed that the
gentleman who occupied that responsible
position was a man Of more intelligence, DIS
elimination and fairness, and therefore much
better fitted to enllghton and direct the Re-
publicans Of Evansville.
Tho Journal invites US to point out some Of
the Misrepresentation" In the letter. We
feully Dcg 10 Do cNCuscu IL NOulu Oc great
waste Of time, and besides We have not tho
letter at hand. But We shall answer
one charge in his editorial and per-
haps that will satisfy him. It Is this
"Thc writer less than u week ago
made tour Of the city Of Georgetown
and saw no less than twenty blocks, Of three
aud four-story brick and stone buildings in,
the hands Of the housc.raiscrs, with an cleva'
tiou Of thirty feet to be accomplished. This
will make every Que In Washington who rcad'
II smile, but II Is fair sample Of the mlsrep'
reservations Of the Journal. Mr., Greeley at
one time, In answering a newspaper charge
called II "a squarc-tOcd lie We feel like
quoting Mr.. Greeley by way Of reply Ia
the above, but We shall not do i. Bridge ID
the principal street In Georgetown, and II has
been found necessary to raise less than 0
dozen houses on that street, and thirteen and O
half feet instead Of thirty feet, As to the
twenty blocks, there Is not that number OF
the street altogether. WIN the editor Of III,
Journal be good enough to lay this before BIZ
rcadcrs7
National Republican., 1873-04-04
,in. CURTIS AND THE CIVIL SERVICE

The New York and other journals In oppo-
sition to the Administration arc giving them
selves a good deal Of unnecessary worry and
trouble over the resignation Of Mr.. Curtis as
president Of tho civil service board. Coup
ling that fact with tho appointment Of Mr..
Cattoll, another member Of the board, to be
tho iisancial agent Of the Treasury Depart
ment In Europe, the conclusion Is arrived at
that the President means to abandon the en-
tire system and TO return to the old practice
Tho Evening Post declares that Mr.. Curtis
resigned because he is dissatisfied with some
recent appointments, which "he regards as
virtual abandonment Of the whole civil SER
vice reform" supposlng for moment that
the above Is true, what does II 20 to
proyc7 Only that Mr.. Curtis IL angry
that the President did not permit him to
draw up q series Of rules and regula-
tions which should be as lnfexible US the
Laws Of the Medos and Persians, and which
should control his administration in the mat
ter Of appointments during the next four
years. Il may be rs the Post claims that he
resigned upon that account, but We have nc
idea that the world will come to au end OF
that the plan Of civil service reform will bC
abandoned merely because he has retired
from the board. The President In refusing tC
allow himself to he placed In the stralgh
Jacket which Mr.. Curtis made for him doe
not, We arc certain, intend to give up what
ever Of good there Is In the means ant
methods to improve the public service sug
gested by the commissioners.
National Republican., 1873-04-04
FOR SALE AND RENT.

GOLDEN HILL-l-THIs FLOUR FOR SALE
NJ in quantities 70 suit u quality never better
street aptu
A N EXCELLENT BUSINESS INVESTMENT.
established Hotel and Restaurant the DICKSON
HOUSE" ps Eeyenth stree. above Pennsylyapia
being engaged In other business VIII be sold low
70 so9a "a Esa,, I,pso ", n KY ,dnas ~
ter O'clock y. m. aH9t
LNOR sALE-fRAME DWELLING, NO. lisi
It second street, from Fourteenth street Rail.
Tenien%y @ % srrsns,S snd niesiy nsished; aisc sum
mer kitchen. bath room paptries, cellar. Se tLui,
The ground can be purchased or leased. Terms
rart cash, balance on time with interest At siI pet
cept, making each annual Payment lees than
ordinary house rent Apply on ths premises or Al
room No. H. second floor, Navy Department.
National Republican., 1873-04-04

tai for the purpose Of defraying travelling eI-
pcuses, which the changed condition Of the
country has entirely swept away. But all
this is lost sight Of and drowned In the wild,
ignorant clamor that Is being raised over the
question. II any evil has been wrought by
the bill, and we fall 10 see any, II Is more
than outwelghed by the good that II has ac-
compllshod, and time viii show II.
National Republican., 1873-04-04

EoR sALE-A COUPE RoCKAwAY, FOR
T. four persons; New York build or will eI.
change for Top Buggy. Inquire at q. H. HALLS
delTIf
National Republican., 1873-04-04

THE TWO GERMAN NEWSPAPERS Of this city, the
Ansefyer and Columbia, were consolidated few
days ago under the name Of the Washington
Journal with Mr.. Carl Roeser as editor. Mr..
Roeser is trained aud accomplished Journal
lst and writer Of acknowledged force and
ability. We arc glad to know that under his
management the success OF the Journal is al
ready assured.
National Republican., 1873-04-04

d. ~ All ccumunicGtions, Nbtibtr tn tutirui
for publication. should be addressed 10 wn. j. Nun
TAaB. Proprietor NATIONAL REruBLIoAN, Washing
ton, O,
National Republican., 1873-04-04

VIZ ARE SORRY to spoil nice little story
that Is now going the rounds Of our cx-
changes, but decent regard for truth COM
pels 1t. Ex-senator Cole, OF California, does
not desire TO be Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, and the waning influence" of Mr..
Douglass IL all moonshlnc,
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DOUBLE DAILY TRAINS.
ON and.after TUESDAY, Arr. l, 1878. two
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and New Orleans. AT Gordonsville connection
| is made ty mail train with the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad daily, Sunday excepted, to Rich
mond, Stanton and the WEST, at Lynchburg
with Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Raiiroadfor
the West and Southwest, and at Washington
| for the Nor til and Northwest.
Leave Washington daily at 7.05 q. m. and $50
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arriving at Lynchburg at4.S0 p. m. and 4.zo
| a. m.
Leave Lynchburg ats 90 am and so a. M,
arrive at Alexandria at 6.l0 p and IL 90 a. m.
| For Manassas Division leave Washington
daily (exccepting Sunday with main line train
| at 7.05 am: and Alexandri ia at 10 am. Leave
Manassas Junction at 600 am. after arrival OF
! main line Express train from 4ynchburg, con-
| meet 1T Straseurg for Winchester and all points
4 on Baltimore and Ohio r. K. and arrive at
/ Harrisonburg at 40 p. M: thence by Hartman
| Il Cos stage lines to Stanton, Rawley Springs
4 DC.
] re- Eastward, leave Harrisonburg at $40
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| q. m. in time for mail train South on main line
! to Richmond, Lynchburg and the South, and
connecting with northb0und Express to Alex
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! Elegant sleeping rsare run daily between
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| Through ticketsand baggage checked to al
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p . E IL G A L
KING BABY.


His ecoptre is rattle
His throne is his mothers arms;
He reigns tiny tyrant,
In all his dimpled charms!
Yet round his royal presence
Our loving hearts entwine;
Die tator of the cradle,
And king by right divine. p f
Whatever be his mandates,
No Courtiers dare rebel;
His mothers chief Of the household,
Prime MINISTRIES as well!
In yon preambulator,
His,,downy car of state;
Exacting, rosy monarch,
What triumplts on him wait!
In purple ease and splender,
Long, long he seeks to reign:
All hints of nose disjeinted
He smiles at with disdain 7'Hi
Alas that royal greatness
Should ever be disowned;
Here comes tiny stranger
King Baby is dethroned.
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