ft Witmtnu. 
The American Covpt.tot A lliriory of the Or oat r 
Rebellion in tbo United States of America, 1880-W4 
—its Causes, Incidents and Results—Intended to ex 
lift It especially its moral std political phases with 
the drift and prosrreas of American Opinion respect- t 
itij? Human Slavery from 1778 to the close of the war 
for the Union. By Horace Urebi.ky. Illustrated, 
irartford: o D Case & Co. Chicago: Geo. & C. w. 1 
Sherwood. \ 
We have received, the first volume of this worlc It s 
contains near 850 pages. Its character and scope is ( 
well told by Ha title page, the contents of which we ^ 
have copied above. In his preface—which is called 
“ Preliminary Egotism ”— Mr. Urerley tells wbat he 
has aimed to do, and how ho has aimed to do it. He 
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those problems." We ihinlc tie has succeeded—that ( 
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stoned statement of tho causes of this great American 
Conflict He glances at the condition of the country in 
1762, and compares it with the same In 1«SWJ, glances at 
Slavery in America prior to 1770, during tho revolution 
and under the Confederation, giving clearly and con¬ 
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quoting copiously from public papers of Hint period, 
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period of the Battle of Ball's Bluff. 
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dissent rrora Mr. Greeley as to how wo got into this 
war—aa to the cause of this conlllct. 
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A Report op tuk Derates anl Prqceedixos In Ihe 
Secret Sessions or the Conference Convention for 
Preoarhiv Amendments to the OonstltnUtm of the 
United States, held at Washington, D. O , in Febru¬ 
ary. A t>. 1801. Bv L K. CfltTTEMiKv, one of the 
Delegate- New York: D. Appleton A Co 
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The Four-footed Orderly. 
As we were llying about in every direction, 
now here, now there, with a pud for one, a basin 
and sponge to wet the wounds for another, co¬ 
logne lor a third, aud milk punch for a fourth, I 
felt Dick (our hospital dog, my faithrul friend 
and ally, a four-footed Vidocq, in hie inode of 
scenting out grievances,) seize my dress in his 
teeth, pull it hard, and look eagerly up in ray 
face. “ What is it. Dick ? I am too busy to at¬ 
tend to you just now.’’ Another hard pull, and 
a beseech ing look in his eyes. “ Presently, my 
fine fellow! presently! Gettysburg men must 
come first.” 
Tie wags his tail furiously, and still pulls my 
dress. Dot s he mean that he wants me for one 
of them? Perhaps so. “ Come, Dick, I’ll go 
with yon.” He starts off delighted, leads me to 
the ward where those worst wounded have 
been placed, travels the whole length of it to 
the upper corner, where lies a man apparently 
badly wounded, and crying like a child. I had 
seen him brought In on a stretcher, but In the 
confusion had not noticed where he had been 
taken. Dick halted as we arrived at the bed, 
looked at me, as much as to say, “ there, Isn’t 
that a case requiring attention?” and then, as 
though quite satisfied to resign him into my 
hands, trotted quietly off. 
He did not notice my approach; I there¬ 
fore stood watching him for a little while. His 
arm and hand, from which the bandage had par¬ 
tially slipped were terribly swollen; the wound 
was in the wrist, (or rather as I afterwards 
found, tho ball had entered the palm of his 
hand and had come out at his wrist,) and ap¬ 
peared to be, as it subsequently proved, a very 
severe one. 
My boast that I could make a pretty good con¬ 
jecture what State a man came from by looking 
at him, did not avail me here. I was utterly at 
fault. His fair-, Saxon face, so far as I could 
judge of it, as he lay sobbing on his pillow, had 
something feminine—almost ehlld-likc—in the 
innocence and gentleness of his expression; and 
my first thought was one which has constantly 
occurred on closer acquaintance,“ liow utterly 
unfit for a soldier 1 ” He wanted the quick ner¬ 
vous energy of the New Englander, who, even 
when badly wounded, rarely fails to betray 
his origin; he had none of the rough off-handed 
dash of our western brothers, and could never 
have had it, even in health; nor yet the stolidity 
of our Pennsylvania Germans. Nol it was clear 
that I must wait till he chose to enlighten me 
as to hia home. After a few minutes’ study, I 
was convinced that the tears were not from the 
pain of his wound; there was no contraction of j 
the brow, no tension of the muscles, no quiver¬ 
ing of the the frame; be seemed simply very 
weary, very languid, like a tired child, and I re¬ 
solved to act accordingly. 
“ I have been so busy with our defenders this 
afternoon,” said I, “ that I have had no time to 
come and thank you.’’ 
He started, raised his tear-stained face, aud 
said, with a wondering air, “To thank me? 
For what?” 
“ For what ? said I,” “ haven’t you been keep¬ 
ing tho rebels away from us? Don’t you know 
that if It hadn’t been for you and many like 
you, we might at this moment been flying from 
our homes, and Gen. Lee and his men occupy¬ 
ing our city? You don’t seem to know how 
grateful we are to you—we feel as though 
we could never do enough for our brave Get¬ 
tysburg meu to return what Ihey have wou 
for us.” 
This seemed quite a novel idea, and the tears 
were stopped to muse upon it. 
“ We tried to do our duty, ma’am, I know 
that.” 
“ I know it, too, and I think I could make a 
pretty good guess what corps you belong to. 
Suppose I try. Wasn’t it tho second corps? 
You look tome like one of Gen. Hancock’s men; 
you know they wore praised in the papers for 
their bravery. Am I right?” 
The poor tired face brightened instantly. The 
random shot had hit the mark. 
“ Yes, second corps. Did you konw by my 
cap?” 
“Your cap? You don’t wear your cap in 
bed. do you? I haven’t seen your cap; I 
guessed by that wound —it must have been 
made where there was pretty hard fighting, 
and t knew the seeond corps had done their 
, share of that.” 
But this was dangerous ground, as I felt the 
* moment the allusion to his wound was made; 
' the sympathy was too direct, and his eyes filled 
at once. Seeing my mistake, I plunged off rap¬ 
idly on another track. 
“Did you notice my assistant orderly who 
oame in with me just now ? He had been over 
i to see you before, for he came and told me you 
a wanted me.” 
a “I wanted you! No, ma'am; that’s a mistake; 
9 no one’s been near me since they bathed me, aud 
1 gave me clean clothes— 1 know there hasn’t, 
'[ for I watched them running all about; but none 
( canto to me, ami 1 want so much to have my 
arm dressed.” Aud the ready tears once move 
l- began to flow. 
s “There is no mistake. I told you that my 
a assistant orderly came to me in the lady's room, 
8 and told me that you needed me. Think 
* again — who has been here since you were 
* brought in?” 
,, “Not a single soul, ma’am,—indeed, not a 
thing but a dog, standing looking in iny face 
o and wagging his tail, as if he was pitty ing me.” 
‘•But a dog! Exactly; he’s my assist suit 
, l . orderly ; he came over to me, pulled my dress, 
19 aud wouldn't rest till I came to see after you. 
te I am surprised you speak so slightingly of poor 
Dick.” . 
THE LATE LORD ELGIN. 
The accompanying portrait and biography of 
the late Lord Elgin, formerly Governor-Gen¬ 
eral of Canada, will interest many Bubal 
readers to whom he was known personally or 
by reputation. Lord Elgin was an able and 
remarkable man, worthily esteemed by our 
trans-Ontario neighbors, and respected by the 
people of the United States. The following 
biographical sketch embraces some of the most 
important acts ani events of his life: 
Loud Elgin was born in London on the 20th 
of July, 1311. Hb was educated at Etou, and 
from Eton he went to Christ Church, where he 
was one of the distinguished band of scholars 
and statesmen, including Sir George Lewi?, 
Lord Dalhousie, Lord Canning, aud Mr. Glad¬ 
stone, who were reared iu that celebrated seat 
of learning. He was of the first class in clx-.-ics 
in 1832, aud subsequently he became a fellow of 
Merton College, being then known in his father’s 
lifetime as Lord Bruce. We hear little more of 
him till 1841, In that year he married: he 
entered Parliament as a member for Southamp¬ 
ton, and as a supporter of Sir B. Peel. The 
electiou of 1341, which sent Lord Bruce to Par¬ 
liament, raised Sir Robert Peel to power, with 
Lord Stauley as Secretary of the Colonies. Sir 
Robert Teel and Lord Stanley were both schol¬ 
ars and statesmen, trained in-Christ Church, 
were both prepossessed in favor of the new 
comer, and iu 18-12 offered him the Governor- 
Generalship of Jamaica. In Jamaica Lord 
Elgin had no easy task, but he acquitted him¬ 
self so well that when, inlSIC. the Whigs bed 
to seek out the ablest man they could find to be 
Governor-General of Canada, they pitched upon 
Lord Elgin, notwithstanding hts Tory connec- 
ffaSittg Ux ifti 
THE WASP AND THE BEE. 
BY JANE TAYLOR. 
A wasp met a bee that was just buzzing by, 
And he said: “ Little Cousin, can you tell me why 
You are loved so much better by people than I ? 
“ My bach shines aa bright and as yellow a 3 gold 
And my shape 5s most elegant, too, to behold; 
Yet nobody like? me for that, I am told.” 
“ Ab, cousin,” the bee said, “ ’Us all very true; 
Bat if I had half as much mischief to do, 
Indeed they would lovo me no better than you. 
“You have a flue shape, aHd a delicate wing; 
They own you are handsome, bat then there is one 
thing 
They can not put up with, and that is your sting. 
“ My coat is quite homely and plain aa yon see, 
Yet nobody ever :s angry with me, 
Because Pm a humble and innocent bee” 
From this little story, let people beware: 
Because, like the wasp, II ill-natured they are, 
They will never bo loved, if they’re ever so fair. 
-- - 
THE C HAR COAL CARRIER. 
Jacob Freeth was a charcoal-carrier, and 
every day during the season for making char¬ 
coal, he might be seen trudging along with his 
loaded donkey, dressed in a black frock, and 
carry ing a stick in his hand. Sometimes as many 
as twenty mules and donkeys came out of the 
woods In a long line, every one with a sack or 
two of charcoal on his back. 
Jacob worked hard, and he made his donkey 
is»h peerage. The next office which he was every day during the season for making char- 
called upon to fill was that of Ambassador to coal, he might be seen trudging along with hia 
China. It was on his way thither that he heard loaded donkey, dressed in a black frock, and 
if the Indian mutinies; and the troops which carry ing a stick in his hand. Sometimes as many 
bad been ordered to China, in support of his ^ twenty mules and donkeys came out of the 
mis-ton there, were at onec diverted to Cal- woods in a long line, every one with a sack or 
cutta. He passed on to China, and though his of charcoal on hi3 back, 
progress was delayed, yet in the end he sue- Jacob worked hard, and he made kL» donkey 
ceeded ia his aims; be saw Canton taken, and work hard too. This was ail very well on a 
he negotiated the treaty of Tien-tsin, which | week day; but every now and then Jacob, for- 
forrns the basis of our present relations, as well setting the fourth commandment, if he had ever 
as those of the European powers, with the Chi¬ 
nese. This accomplished, he returned to Eng¬ 
land. Tn the summer of 1859, Lord Palmerston 
entered upon office unce more, and Lord Elgin 
became a member of his Cabinet, with the duties 
ot Postmaster- General. "What followed it is 
almost needless to recount. The brother of 
learned it, broke the Sabbath, by taking his donk¬ 
ey into the woods, and carrying charcoal just 
the same as at another time. 
Now it happened that a Sunday school was 
opened in the village through which Jacob had 
to pass; and though he was a thoughtless and 
careless man, he could not but help taking no- 
Lord Elgin had N en appointed British Envoy tice of the neat and clean appearance of the 
to China, anil in accordance with the treaty he scholars. 
ought to have been received at Pekin. Access 
to the capital, however, was refused to him 
save on conditions which were considered de¬ 
rogatory to the 3ritish representative, and when 
he insisted on the right secured by treaty there 
ensued the disaster of the Peiho. Forthwith, 
in 1861), Lord Elgin was dispatched once more 
Jacob Freeth had two little girls of his own, 
very ragged and dirty, and very ignorant; and 
more than once the thought had come across 
his mind that it would be no bad thing if he 
could get them into the Sunday school. 
One Sunday morning, as he was coming 
from the woods with his loaded donkey, just 
to sustain the English authority, and he fob as he had passed through the village, he met a 
filled his mhsion by entering Pekin in state, and 
compelling the submission of the Celestial 
chiefs. Scarcely had he gained this triumph 
than he was appointed to suaceed Lord Canning 
little girl on he- way to the school, reading her 
Bible. 
“ What book are you reading this morning, 
my little maid ? ” said Jacob, in a good-natured 
hs Governor-General of India. It is stated that 'vay. 
he had suffered from heart-compbuui:; and 
though he took great care of his health, pare 
tieularly avoiding the heat of the sun. it was 
“ God's book," replied the little girl. 
“ Let me hear you read,” said Jacob, stop¬ 
ping his donkey. 
this malady which, assuming an acute form, Fira htflc S' r l began at once at the place 
tiona. Lord Elgin carried out in Canada the prostrated him with the illness which ended where the book was open:—*• Remember the 
_ ..... r _ n.i? ai_ y ^ _ t __ j i a 
conciliatory policy of his father-in-law. Lord fatally. The G 
Durham, and by preserving a neutrality be- north-west prov 
tween parties, by developing the resources of season at Simla, 1 
the country, agricultural aud commercial, and elevated tracts i: 
by seeking in every possible way to study the said, a few days 
wishes of the colonists, he, in a reign that ex- poiut 13,000 feet 
tended over eiglr. years, did much to quell dis- exertion proved 
content and to knit the Canadian provinces aud brought on 
closely to the mother country. He was so sue- iu his death at 
cessful that iti 1849 he was honored with a Brit- camber, 1S63. 
nere was at once a safe and fertile theme, taugle; men an? 
I entered at large upon Dick’s merits; his fond- uses the horse as 
ness for the men—his greater fondness occasion- side it to shield 1 
ally for their dinners—hia having made way with ful creature seldc 
three lunches just prepared for men who were once Liken. If i 
starving—(the result, probably, of having heard caution; first it i 
the old story that the surgeons eat what is in- oring gently to 
tended for the men,) our finding him one day turns itself ver 
on our table with his head in a bottle of lemon- not to trample u 
ade, and how l tried to explain to him that round it. If tl 
such was not the best way of proving his re- ground is wet c 
gards for his friends, the soldiers, but I (earn! force his horse 
without much effect—in short, 1 made a long down awhile, w 
story out of nothing, till the wardmaster are not dry. 
rived with his supper, saying that the doctor’s Tho most alft 
orders were that the new cases should all take between man ar 
something to eat before he examined their thus living toget 
wounds. My friend had quite forgotten his derstand everyt 
own troubles in listening to Dick's varied tal- he knows his m: 
ents, aud allowed me to give him his supper knows bow tost 
very quietly, as l found he was really too much is a faithful, dlsi 
exhausted even to raise his uninjured arm to to him, and has 
his mouth. I had the pleasure of seeing hitn other good con 
smile for good-bj e, aud having given him rather weary even of si 
more time than I could spare, hurried away, 
with a promise ot seeing him the next day (Sun- Indian Strategy 
day.) for they were too ill not to be watched. A very ct 
- took place the ol 
The Cavalry Horse. of Cooper’s hero 
The cavalry horse is quite as familiar with N 'v. art ill 
the long lists of varying trumpet signals as the western part ot t 
rider himself: hi stops instantly when the sig- to bring in alive 
nal for halting Is sounded; passes from a walk Parched in a tre 
to a trot, from a trot to a gallop, without re- ^ly in advance 
quiriog aud reminder from spur or rein. If his eompbshing^thv 
rider fall in battle or lose his stirrups, he stops a ^Jokim' rwLl 
moment, and waits for him; if he remain lying pine boughs he 
on theground, hi stoops his head, smells at him, head to fot 
and when he ascertains that there is no hope of ^vh'en^oomplete 
his re-mounting makes his wav back to his troop, casual observer 
wedges himself In his place iu the ranks, and and resembled 
shares afterwards iu the movements of the rest. *M e for k* s 
„ . . • • , . ,r Thus prepared, 
Music has ru amazing influence upon hint, if L . oa ,i t .d like wise, 
an air be suddetly struck uq>, you will see the movements to 
worn-out and mortally tired horse raise his sharpshooter w 
sick head, prick up his ears, become animated, *ouj l me 
and move briskly forward to the front. musket to b 
During a halt, nr when quartered for the uight, lime to re- load 
the cavalry division, stretched out ou the ground, * disad vantage, 
lies sleeping confusedly together, a jumbled ant jy marched 
I mass, which it would be impossible to Uisen .wou his wager. 
fataliy. The Governor-General was in the 
north-west provinces; he had passed the hot 
season at Simla, had lately been traversing- some 
elevated tracts in the Himalayas, and had, it is 
said, a few days before his illness, ascended to a 
poiut 13,000 feet high. It is supposed tint this 
exertion proved too much far his constitution, 
aud brought on the illness which terminated 
iu his death at Dhurmeai, on the 20th of De¬ 
cember. 1SC3. 
Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt 
thou labor, and do all thy work.” 
“There, that is enough,” said Jacob, stop¬ 
ping her:—“and now tell me what that means. 
“ It means,” said the little child, “that you 
must not carry charcoal on a [Sunday, nor let 
your donkey carry it.” 
“ Does it? ” says Jacob, musing a little. “ I 
tell you what, then. I will think over what you 
have said.” 
— Thus speaking, Jacob Freeth went on thought- 
tangle; men and horse side by side, the rider his donkey one way, and the little 
uses the horse as a pillow: or Tolling himself be- ^ er Bible the other, 
side it to shield himself from the cold, the faith- ° Q tJie lowing Sunday no one saw Jacob’s 
ful creature seldom changing the position it has ^ on ‘ ie y 1° to the woods, and for ibis good rea- 
once Liken. If it is so, it is with the greatest pre¬ 
caution ; first it moves its head and legs, endeav¬ 
oring gently to free itself; then it raises or 
turns itself very slowly and carefully, so as 
uot to trample upon or disturb those who sur¬ 
round it. If the halt takes place when the 
ground is wet or frozen, the rider will gladly 
force bis horse to one side after it has lain 
down awhile, which by that time is warm if 
not dry. 
Tho most affectionate relationship subsists 
between man and horse, as the result of their 
thus living together. The animal seems to un¬ 
derstand everything connected with his rider; 
he knows his master’s step, his peculiar ways; 
knows bow to seek him out from among others; 
Is a faithful, disinterested companion and friend 
to him, and has this advantage over many an¬ 
other good comrade—that he does not grow 
weary even of suffering for him. 
Indian Strategy before Petersburg. Would tatnbly » 
A very curious piece of strategy, which Xaeir Savior a 
took place the other day, shows that the wonders 
of Cooper’s heroes have not ceased. One of the wnen from the 
14th N. Y. artillery, a Seneca Indian, from the Ard paj?s tfe ., hoa 
western part of the State, undertook, on a wager, q n peace and bi 
to bring in alive a rebel sharpshooter, who was ,... 
perched tn a tree in tront of our line, considers- WhUe on their 
bly in advance of his own. His manner of ao- Th( , gaWMllh ftag 
eompUshing this was as Ingeni ms -.is successful, Rest <m that sat 
and rivals thc{" deviltry ” ot any of the Le&th- _ 
emocking redskins. Procuring a quantity of 
pine boughs he enveloped himself with them Laughter is ti 
from head to foot, attaching them securely to a t - rom t q e human fa 
branch, which he lashed leDgthwiseof his body. 
W hen completed, he was indistinguishable to a Hk is an admiral 
casual observer from the surrounding foliage, ;cs if he had no sen 
and resembled a tree as closely as it was poa- i, a ,t 
si hie for his really artistic efforts to render him. u,lu no w 1 • 
Thus prepared, and with musket in hand, con- He who differs fi 
coaled like wise, he stoic by almost imperceptible uut ters shonid the 
movements to beneath the tree where the , 
sharpshooter was lodged. Here he patiently m ludiflerent ones. 
waited until his prey had emptied his piece at 
one of our men, when he suddenly brought 
his rnuskut to bear upon the “ reb.," giving no 
lime to re-load—Tho sharpshooter was taken at 
a disadvantage. To the demand to come down, 
donkey go to the woods, and for this good rea¬ 
son, that Jacob did not go there himself. But 
if he did not go there, he went somewhere 
else, and very likely you can guess where. He 
went to the Sunday school, taking his poor girls 
with him, to ask leave for them to attend the 
school. 
It was known that Jacob had for’ a long time 
been a Sabbath breaker, and ic was agreed, in the 
first place, that one of the teachers should call 
upon him. 
On the morrow tue teacher went to the cot¬ 
tage of Jacob Freeth. Everything went on 
well, and the teacher soon found that it was 
Jacob’s intention no longer to work in the 
woods on a Sunday. And now what has come 
of’t all ? Jacob Freeth is now a Sabbath keep¬ 
er, humbly attending God’s house; aud his 
children, neat and clean iu their dress, are 
about two of the best behaved scholars in the 
Sunday school. 
“ Oh, would that all, boifi old and young, 
God’a holy, blessed word 
Would humbly read, and love, indeed, 
Their Savior and their Lord. 
“ Then would they truly prize the day 
When from the dead he rose. 
And pass the hours with all their powers, 
In peace and blest repose. 
“ Then would they keep with watchful care, 
WhUe on their heavenward way, 
The Sabbath least, and man and beast 
Rest on that sacred day. 
Laughter is the sun which drives winter 
from the human face. 
Hk is an admirable man who lias as much wit 
as if he had uo sense and as mueh sense as if he 
had no wit. 
He who differs from the world in important 
matters, shonid the more carefully conform to it 
Nature, when she makes a beautiful head is 
often so absorbed with admiration of her own 
work that she forgets the brains. 
One in a million, once in a lifetime, may do a 
he readily assented, when the Indian triumph- u v ' “ uIVh l- Z 7 VZV 
antiy marched him a prisoner into camp and I heroic action, but the little things that make up 
our life come every day and hour. 
