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"brethren," after refreshing their spiritual their reception to their principals. The appetites with the crumbs of his sanctu- next Sunday, after another refreshing seaary, took his case into consideration, and son, the "brethren" again met and took unanimously determined that he should action upon the contumacy of Mr. Wright. be made to leave the country, appointing a committee to inform him of their decision.

The Captain of a company of secessionists was present, and after due deliberation, it was determined that upon the next One of the party, although an ardent Thursday he should take his command, secessionist, happened to be a personal proceed to Wright's, and summarily eject friend of Wright, and forewarned him. him from the sacred soil of Missouri, Wright, knowing that he had done nothing Wright's friend was again present, and he to warrant such proceedings, determined soon communicated to Wright the state of to fight it out, and in this he was backed affairs, and begged him to save bloodshed by his wife. He provided himself with by leaving. two revolvers, and his wife took one, and awaited further developments.

Wright lived in a portion of the country remote from the church, and the resiMonday afternoon, three men rode up dence of those who were endeavoring to and inquired for Mr. Wright. He walked drive him out, and he determined, if pos out, with the butt of a revolver sticking sible, to prepare a surprise for the worthy warily from his coat pocket, and inquired captain and his gallant forces. To this their wishes. The revolver seemed to end he bought a barrel of whiskey, anupset their ideas. They answered that it other of crackers, a few cheeses, and some was nothing in particular, and proceeded other provisions, and then mounting a to converse upon every thing in general, black boy upon a swift horse, sent him but never alluded to their errand. Finally, around the country, inviting his friends to after a half hour had passed, and the men come and see him, and bring their arms. still talked on without coming to their By Wednesday night he had gathered a mission, Wright grew impatient, and asked force of about three hundred men, to whom if they had any special business-if not, he told the state of things, and asked their he had a pressing engagement, and would aid. They promised to back him to the like to be excused. Well, they had a lit-death. The next day they concealed tle business, said one, with considerable themselves in a cornfield, back of the hesitation, as he glanced at the revolver house, and waited the development of butt. events. So, a little after noon, the captain and some eighty men rode up to the place and inquired for Mr. Wright. That gen tleman immediately made his appearance when the Captain informed him that, being satisfied of his abolitionism, they had com to eject him from the State.

"Stop!" said Wright, "before you tell it I wish to say a word. I know your business, and I just promised my wife on my honor as a man, that I would blow

out of the man who told me of it, and by the Eternal God, I'll do it! Now tell me your errand?"

"Won't you give me two days to settl up my affairs?" asked Wright.

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Saying this, he pulled out his revolver and cocked it. The fellow glanced a moment at the deadly looking pistol, and took in the stalwart form of Wright, who was glaring at him with retribution in his eye, "But I can't get ready in five minute and concluded to postpone the announce- I have a fine property here, a happy hom ment. The three rode away, and reported and if you drive me off you make me

"Two days be ! I'll give you jus five minutes to pack up your traps an leave!"

beggar. I have done nothing. If I go, Reverend Pecksniff, who officiated, and

my wife and children must starve."

"To hell with your beggars! must travel!"

"Give me two hours?"

then left them to plot Treason and worYou ship God in their own peculiar and pious

manner.

He soon became Major Wright, doing brave and valuable service for his country.

“I'll give you just five minutes, not a second longer. If you ai'nt out by that time (here the gallant soldier swore a most Noble Greeting by a Loyal Southerner to a fearful oath,) I'll blow out your cursed abolition heart!"

"Well, if I must, I must!" and Wright turned toward the house, as if in deep despair, gave a preconcerted whistle, and almost instantly after the concealed forces rushed out and surrounded the astounded Captain and his braves.

"Ah, Captain!" said Wright, as he turned imploringly towards him, "won't you grant me two days-two hours, at least, my brave friend, only two hours in which to prepare myself and family for beggary and starvation-now do, won't you?"

The Captain could give no reply, but sat upon his horse as if ague-smitten. He at length found voice to say"Don't kill me!" "Kill you! No, you black-livered coward, I won't dirty my hands with any such filthy work. If I kill you, I'll have one of my niggers do it. Get down from that horse!"

Green Mountain Boy.

A tall, splendid-looking man, dressed in the uniform of the Allen Greys, Vermont, stood one day conversing with a friend on Broadway, New York city. He was entirely unconscious that his superior height was attracting universal attention on that crowded thoroughfare, until a splendid barouche drove up to the sidewalk, and a young man sprang from it and grasped the soldier's hand, saying,

"You are the most splendid specimen of humanity Lever saw. I am a Southerner, but my heart is with the Union; if it were not, such noble-looking fellows as yourself would enlist me in the cause."

The subject of this salutation, although surprised, was perfectly self-possessed, and answered the cordial greeting of the young Southerner with warm enthusiasm. He was of superb stature-several inches above six feet, and his noble, open countenance, beamed with the ancient patriotism of the Green Mountain Boys, of which he was so fine a specimen. He had walked fifteen miles from the village of Chittenden to enlist, and was the only representative of that village; but he was a host in himself.

Parson Brownlow expressing his Sentiments in Jail.

The gallant Captain obeyed, imploring only for life. The result of the matter was that the whole company dismounted, laid down their arms, and then as they filed out were sworn to preserve their allegiance inviolate to the United States. An hour after, Mr. Wright had organized a force of two hundred and forty men for Parson Brownlow's sufferings while in the war, and by acclamation was elected jail for his fidelity to his country are well Captain. The next Sunday he started known, as well as his unflinching endurwith his command to join the National ance of them. General Carroll, of the troops under Lyon, stopping long enough Confederate army, who was at one time on his way to surround the Hard-shell a great friend of his, visited the parson in church, at which his miseries had all been jail, and said to him, so augmented. After the service was over, he administered the oath of allegiance to every one present, including the "but here I am."

"Brownlow, you ought not to be here." "So I think," responded the Parson;

"The Confederate Court is sitting within a hundred yards of the jail, and if you will take the oath of allegiance you shall be immediately liberated."

"Sir," said the Parson, looking him steadily in the eye, "before I will take the oath of allegiance to your bogus Government I will rot in jail, or die here of old age. I don't acknowledge you have a Court. I don't acknowledge you have a Government. It has never been acknowledged by any power on earth, and never will be. Before I would take the oath I would see the whole Southern Confederacy in the infernal regions, and you on top of it."

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"Yes, Sir. We have voted on secession, and this district gave three thousand majority for the Union."

"Yes, at the point of the bayonet."

"No, Sir. There were neither bayonets nor muskets to intimidate us. Every man was free to vote as he pleased."

"Then we have been most damnably deceived."

"Hail Columbia," and the "Star Spangled Banner," at Fort Sumter.

It is familiar to all, that, on leaving Fort Moultrie, Major Anderson brought away with him the flag which he had been in the habit of hoisting over that fort. He entered Sumter on the night of 26-27th December, 1860, and determined to hoist the flag at noon on 27th.

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Anderson.

Confederate Notes in Maryland. The rebel officers treated the citizens of Frederick with a great deal of courtesy, but generally forced upon them their worthless Confederate notes and scrip, in exchange for provisions, or any thing else they desired. The merchants and others who had articles to sell, upon the rebel forces entering the town, closed their places of business and refused to sell. Stuart threatened to use force unless the stores were opened, and then the merchants concealed the bulk of their stocks, and opened their doors. At one store Colonel Gordon called, and insisted upon paying for goods with the workmen employed on the fort, he wanted in Confederate notes. The around the foot of the flag-staff. merchant happened to be a man who did national ensign was attached to the cord, not hesitate to utter his Union sentiments and Major Anderson, holding the ends of freely, and he told the gallant rebel that the lines in his hands, knelt reverently Confederate notes were not worth the paper they were printed on. The Colonel, in reply to this, asked, "And pray what may be your political solemnity of the scene. The chaplain

sentiments?"

A short time before noon Major Anderson assembled the whole of his little force,

The

down. The officers, soldiers, and men clustered around, many of them on their knees, and all deeply impressed with the

made an earnest prayer-such an appeal

"I am a Union man, Sir, and always for support, encouragement and mercy, as intend to remain one." "Indeed! are there many people like tremity is God's opportunity.' As the you here?" earnest, solemn words of the speaker

one would make who felt that 'Man's ex

Cities built and in Embryo: Schaffer and

Ould at a Joke.

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them. Keep silence, and we'll carry you safe across.' This simple but wonderfully graphic idea answered the complaints of half an hour, and not only silenced but charmed the auditors.

ceased, and the men responded "Amen" that was said, and then replied: "Supwith a fervency that perhaps they had pose, 'gentlemen, all the property you were never before experienced. Major Ander- worth was in gold, and you had put it in son drew the 'Star Spangled Banner' up the hands of Blondin to carry across the to the top of the staff, the band broke out Niagara river on a rope, would you shake with the national air of 'Hail Columbia,' the cable, and keep shouting to him, and loud and exultant cheers, repeated Blondin, stand up a little straighteragain and again, were given by the offi- Blondin, stoop a little more-go a little cers, soldiers, and workmen. faster-lean a little more to the Northlean a little more to the South!' No, you would hold your breath, as well as your tongue, and keep your hands off till Colonel Schaffer, chief of staff to Gen- he was safe over. The Government is eral Butler, and General Ould, the rebel carrying an immense weight. Untold Commissioner of exchange, were the best treasures are in their hands. They are of friends, personally, and, in their official doing the best they can. Don't badger interviews, always very pleasant and agreeable to each other. On one of these occasions, when chatting at City Point on matters and things in general, Colonel Schaf fer picked up a map of Virginia, and glancing at it casually, it occurred to him that there was a good site for a city in the neighborhood of City Point, and expressed his astonishment that it had been over- President Lincoln took it into his head looked so long. Said he, with great seri- to call one day at the studio of the artist ousness, "If I had the capital, I would who at that time was engaged in painting invest it right here. It's bound to be a the Cabinet group. Mr. Lincoln inquired great city some day or other." Ould kept how he was getting along with the happy his eyes for awhile on the map, and then family. The artist informed him that he looking at the Colonel, remarked, hardly was progressing finely, and would soon able to suppress a smile that was trying to have it completed. Mr. Lincoln, after force its way out, "It seems to me, Col- scanning closely the arrangement of the onel, that instead of building a new city, group, expressed his admiration of the you had better take one already built." work. "Yes," said the artist, "it will be "Sam," said the Union Colonel to the a fine painting, and as soon as I get it comservant, "get that black bottle out of my basket ;" and the rebel joke was washed down with old rye.

Cabinet Pictures Before and After the Elec

tion.

pleted, I intend to travel through the country and exhibit it." "What!" says the President, "exhibit that all over the country? It will ruin my chances for re-election. Everybody expects me to change my Cabinet."

Blondin's Art Serving a good Figure. Some gentlemen from the West obtained an interview with President Lincoln, at the executive mansion, when things looked Danger of Freedmen Voting. dark for the national cause, and gave vent, Some southern gentlemen were disin an excited and troubled manner, to cussing the question of the possibility and their feelings as to the commissions and propriety of giving votes to the freedmen omissions of the administration. The of the South; a measure in the expediPresident, as usual, heard patiently all ency of which the Southern Unionists—

Vanity of Patriotism and Honor.
A humorous colloquy took place upon

more particularly those from the far South -appear to be tolerably unanimous. One of the gentlemen present-a loyal Texan the hurricane deck of one of the Cumber-announced himself inflexibly opposed to land river craft, between a newspaper corany such a grant of votes to the blacks, respondent and an elderly darkey. The "because," said he, "in six months after latter possessed a philosophical and retroyou give the right to negroes to vote, half spective cast of countenance, was squatted the politicians in the country will go about upon his bundle, toasting himself against swearing that they have negro blood in the chimney, and apparently plunged in their veins." a profound state of meditation. Finding upon inquiry that he belonged to the Didn't like Vallandigham's Defeat. Ninth Illinois, one of the most gallantly The news of Vallandigham's guberna-behaved and heavy-losing regiments at the torial defeat, when announced to the Ohio Fort Donelson battle, and part of which troops, caused a good deal of lusty cheer- was aboard, the correspondent interrogated ing, such as would have been heard after him somewhat on the subject. That the the reading of an official dispatch on dress Ethiop's philosophy was much in the Falparade, proclaiming a signal victory for staffian vein, the following will show: our troops. The noise attracted the attention of the rebel pickets in front, and many of them inquired what it all meant. The following conversation on the subject took place in front of Fort Wood:

Rebel-Say, Yank, what's all that noise about?

Union-The boys are cheering for Brough's election. Vallandigham is whipped.

"Were you in the fight?"
"Had a little taste of it, sa."
"Stood your ground, did you?"
"No, sa, I runs."

"Run at the first fire, did you?"
"Yes, sa; and would have run soona,
had I known it war comin'."

"Why, that was not very creditable to your courage!"

"Dat isn't in my line, sa-cookin's my

Reb.-How do you know Vallandigham perfeshun." ain't elected? your telegraph's out, ain't it ?

Union-I don't know about that. Rosey says Brough's elected.

Reb.-Rosey's a d-n liar, I guess,
But is Brough elected, honest?

Union-Yes, he is, honest.
Reb.(vociferously)-Officer of the guard,

No. 6!

"Well, but have you no regard for your reputation?"

"Reputation's nuffin to me by de side ob life." ❝ Do consider you than other people's?"

your

life worth more

"It's worth more to me, sa."

"Then you must value it very highly." "Yes, sa, I does more dan all dis The officer of the guard made his ap-wuld-more dan a million of dollars, sa ; pearance very shortly, and asked what for what would even dat be worth to a was wanted. The rebel picket replied-man wid de bref out of him? Self-pres"Brough's elected and Vallandigham's erbashun am de just law wid me." whipped like h-1. You had better send word to General Bragg."

The pickets were told to find out how the election went, if they could, and send rd to head-quarters.

"Then patriotism and honor are nothing to you?"

"Nuffin, whatever, sa; I regard dem as among de vanities."

It is safe to say that the dusky corpse

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