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washington's vision. jjv wksucy brausiiaw. The last time I ever saw Anthony Sherman was on the 4th of July, 1869 j in Independence Square. lie was then iilnelyune. wtd becoming. very ...feflilp.il. lint though no old his dimming eyes re- : kindled os he looked at Indepandcnce . I Ilall, which, he said, he had come to yaze upon once more before he gwu ; t gathered home. "What time' is it *" said he, raising his trembling eyes to the elock in the . steeple, end endeavoring 1o shade the former with a shaking lmnd — "what time is it? I can't see so well now as I used to." 0 "Half-post three." "Come, then," ho continued, "let us . go into the Hnll ; I want to tell you an ' incident of Washington's life — one wftfSh no one alive knows of except myself, nbd if you lire, you will before long see it verified. Mark me, I am not superstitions, bat you will see it verified " Reaching the visitors' room, in which the sacred relics of our early days are preserved, we sat down upon one of'the ' old fashioned wooden benches, and my venerable friend related to me the fol- j lowing singular narrative, which, from the peculiarity of our national affairs at the present time, I hive been induced to givo to the world. I give it, as nenr- ^ ty os possible, in his own words.' t "When the hold action of our Congress, in asserting the independence oi the colonies, became known in the world . wc were laughed .aud scoffed 'nt as silly, presumptuous rebels, whom Hritish grenadiers would soon tame into submission ; but, undauntedly, we prepared to make good what we had said. , Tiie keen encounter came, and jh».world knows the result It is easy and pleasant for those «»r the present generation i to talk and write of the days of Sevcu-ty-SJx, but tlliy little know — neither 1 i can they imagine—the trials and snfftr--i igs of those fearful days. And there ■ is one thing that 1 much fear, and that : Is, that the Amtricau people do not pr0|»erly appreciate the boon of freedom. Parly spirit is yearly becoming stronger i

and stronger, and, unless it is checked, • i •a will, at no distant day, undermine ami tumble into ruins the noble structure of. the Republic. liut let mo Im-ten to my ■. narrative. "From the opening of the Revolution we experienced all phases of fortunenow good and now iH, at one time vie- • torious, nub ut another conquered. The darkest period we hud, liowever, was, I think, when Washington, after several ■ reverses, retreated to Valley Forge, where he resolved to pass life winter of < '77. Ah ! I have often seen the tear* coursing down our dear old common- j der's care worn cheeks as he would be , conversing with a confidential officer ! •bout the condition of his poor W* | dicrs. You have doubtless heard the ! story of Washington going to tho thicket i to prav. Well, it is pot only true, but be used often to pray :u secret for aid *** -and comfort from that God, the interposition of whose divine providence j ulone brought us ' safely through those . -dark days of tribulation. "One day, I remwnber it well — the • -chilly wind whistled nd howled through j the leafless trees, though the sky was i cloudless aud the sun shining brightly — j he remained in his quarters nearly the whole of tho afternoon, alone. When { he came ont, I noticed that his face was * shade paler than usual, and that there ' seemed to be something on his mind of more than ordinary importance. Returning just after dusk, be dispatched on orderly to the quarters of the officer * I mentioned, who was presently in attendance. After a preliminary conversation, which lasted some half an hour, ; Washington, gazing upon his compaa- , o ion with that r'.range look of diguitj which ho alone eoaM command, sitd to [

' ' "I do not know whether it was osj iur to the anxiety of mind, or whav. j but this afternoon, as I was sitting at ; this very table, engaged m preparing I a dispatch, something in tb<^ apartment rented to disturb me. Looking np, I ' beheidr standing axactlyoppQjile me, n j singularly beautiful female. So aston- ? titled tfas fc^for I had gtv-'ti strict or- ! tiers not to be disturbed — that it was ! some moments before I found language ! to inquire the causo of her pretence. A second, third, and even a fourth lime 1 did I repeat the question, hut received : no answer iroiq .iliy mysterious visitor, other lliuii a slight raising of her eyes. By this time I fell a strange seusaliou spreading through me. I would have risen, but the riveted gsze of the being j before me rendered vbiition impossible. I t-woyed oace tnor* to address her, but my tongue had become paralyzed. A new iuOuence, mysterious, potent, irre* •Liable, 406k possession of me. Al! I (,-uuld do was to gaze steadily, vucairtly, ' ut my unknown visitant. Gradually, the surrounding a tin upbore seemed u» | though becoming Gllpa with sensation*, ! and crew luminous. Everything about : me appeared to rarify, the mysterious | visitor herself becoming more airy. Mid . yet even more distinct to my sight than i before I now began to feel as one dj-- ; ing, or rather to experience the ecu so tiuus which I have sometimes imagined : in: com puny dissolution. 1 did not thiuk ; 1 did not reason, I did not move ; III were alike impossible. I was only con-.-clou* of gaziug, fixedly, vacantly,— army companion. " "Presently I hcaril n votcc, saying, "Son of the Republic, look a.tdjearu !" while, at tho same lime, my visitor extended her arnt and forefinger castxvnrdly I now beheld 4 heavy white vapor at some distatiCe. rising fold upon fold. This gradually dissipated, and I looked upon a strange scene. Before Iny etrctc- ed out in on* vast plain all the countries of the world — Europe, Asia, Africa, uitd America. I saw lolling und tossing, betweru Europe and America the billows ol the Atlantic, ntfd ; between Asia and America lay tho Paj cific. "Bon of the Ile|iublic," said the i ........ — — — - - — [ - — 1

j same mysterious voice as before, "look , j and learn .!" ' " 'At that momontT%ehqld a dark, . ; shadowy being like an angel, standing, . or rather floating, in mid-air between Europe and America. Dipping water | out of the ocean in the iioliow. of each i hand, lie sprinkled some upon America i with his right hand, while be cast upon j ; * Europe some with bis Igft. Immediatej ly a- dark cloud arose from each of these 1 I countries, and joined in ' mid-ocean. — 1 For a while it remained stationary, and ■ I then moved slowly wealwardt until it ouj velaped Amrrl -a in its murky folds — Slurp flushes of lightning now gleamed * | throughout it at intervals, and I heard j tin- smothered groan? and cries of the , American peop'ej " 'A Iteuhd time the angel dipped wa- j ' tcr from the ocean, nud sprinkled it out as ! before. The dark cloud wag then drawn I j back to tbe ocean, into whose bearing . waves it sunk*Irom view A third liato | ; I heard the mysterious voice, saying, ; "Son of the Republic, look aud leurn i "1 cast my eyes upon America, and J ! bebeld villages, towus, und cities spring- ; ; ing up, one after auother, until the { j wbcie land, from the Atlantic to the Pa- > cific, wos dotted with tliein. Again I j beafd tlie mysterious voice say, "Sou of ' the Republic, tbc end of a century com- 1 1 ! eih — look nud loarn." ' "'At tbi/^tc dark, shadowy angel! . turned his fuce southward, and from A f I I rica 1 saw an ill-otutued spectator np- j ■ | proachiug our land. It flitted slowly | and heavily over every village, town, and city of tbe latter, the inhabitants of 1 wtii< h presently set themselves in battle ■ . ' array, one against the other. At 1 cou- : • tiuued iookiug, 1 saw a bright angel, ou 1 j. whose brow rcstod a crown of light, ou j ' which was traced the word UxiON, bear- ;

ing .the Aiuorican flag, which be placed j between tbe divided oalion*, end said : Remember, ye ore brethren !" !' 'Instantly, tbe inhabitants, casting j , from them their weapons, became friends I once more, and united around the National standard. And again I heard the ■ mysterious voice saytiig, "^ou of the r Republic, the second pertt is passed — look and learn.'' 1 " ' At this, the dark, shadows angel I placed a trumpet to Ills wuutlOmdl.lew j three distinct blasts, and taking water - I fr -m the -ocean, sprinkled it u::: upon'- ' , Europe, Asia, and Africa/"Then ray eyas lookeB upon a fearful . 1 scene. From each of those countries > arose thick, black cloads, which soi n : joined into ore; and throughout tliir ■ moss gleumtd a dark red light, by which ' I stw hordes of armed men, who, moving the cloud, inarched by land and sailed by >ca to America, whlih country was presently enveloped in the volume , or the "cloud. Aud I dimly saw these . »j« armies devastate the whole cou'u1 try, and pillage, and. burn villages, ell* , ies, and towns that I had beh^jfl springing up. As my ears listened to "the 1 thundering of cannon, clashing of; I swords, and shouts and erica of the nill1 lions in mortal combat, I beard the mysterious voice saying, "Son of the Re public, loiik and learn." 1 "When the voice had ceased, the dark, ' 1 shadowy angel placed his trumpet once - I mere to hit mouth, and.blew aloogfeur- ' ful blast. : ^-Hwatantly alight, as from a thou sand sun ■Mjontf down from nbore me, ; and pic£nhc%id broke into fragments the darky cmau which enveloped Atactica. AtTTic swine moment I saw the angel upon whose forehead still shone the . 1 word Union, and who bore our national flag in one band and a sword' rin the other, descend from Heaven, atteuded by I legions of bright spirits. These iinmediwlolr joined tlio ttlftlkbivuutK oi _i>i-#r. irn, who, 1 perceived, were well nigh overcome, but who.lmniediaiely taking - . courage again, closed up their broken ranks and renewed the battle. Again, anJitNllie fearful noise of the conflict, I • heard t^e mysterious voice, saying, "Son nearu rue uiysirriuiis voice, saying, 0011

of the Republic, look anil learn." " 'As the voice ccasAl, the shadowy angel, for the lai>t time, dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled ' it upon , . America. lutinnlly the dark clou 1 ; rolled back, together with the 'armies it hud brought, leaving the inhabitants of I the land'victorions. Then once more I j beheld^ the villigcs, towns, and cities . ; springing up where they had been be-, lore, while the bright ougcl, planting ; the nzure standard he bad brought in the- ' j midst of them, cried in a loud voice to i the inhabitants : "While the stars remain and the heavcus send down dews upon the earth, so long shall the llc- ; public last I" m | " 'And, taking from his blow the crown, on ^»bteh still blazed the word' Union, lie placed it upon the itamiurd. | | while ail the people, kneeling down, said "Amen "TliVacene iiutaniy began to ^.Je . and dissolve, and I at last saw notiffng ■ but the rising, carting • white vapor I I had first beheld. - This also disap- j I pearfog, I found myself once more gsz- 1 ing ujion my mysterious visitor, who, in ' that same 'mysterious voice I had heard before, said ; "Son of the Republic, i whit you have seej^.U thus interpreted: : three perils will come upon the Rcpub- | lie The most fearful is tho second, 1 : passing which, the whole world united | shall never be able to prevail agatnsl her Lei every child of the Republic ' ' : learn to live for hfs God, his Land, and 1 ' I Union 1" ' . "With these words tbe figure vsuirh- ■ ! cd. I started from my seat, and fell that I had been shown tho birth, progress, and destiny of the -Republic of tbe 1 j United SiatrdT-ln Union she will have 1 , her strength, in Disunion hct deitroc- • ticu:." 1

| "Such, my friend," concluded the venI erable narrator, "were the words I j heanl from Woshiagton's own lips, and a Aw-icn will do well to profit by them I LeTber remember that ia Union she has ' her streugtb, in Disunion her destruction." OUR CAMP LETTER. t CM If Cakkv, Sept. "28th. 1SG1. ' | Ms. Eiiitou :-4>n the 17th. we struck I our leuta. und shouldered our knapsacks ! and uiu»krts, at Camp Otdco, and turned •Kir iace« fur "Hisfe." After a ride of 3G !> >ucn, 111 old con, propelled by aslowena'ne. «o arrived at Wavhiigton; and after refreshing the inner man we sought' the • Mifl siJe'of u plank." and slept at tho rate of -ten knots un hour.". At du^ light, tho . Vaveillu beui.'aud every man, was in line, in u few minutes, leady Tor ordei 'We then ; took tire»l;fi«*r. und after an hours ramble ■ through Washington, the drums beat to - nssnmble, and wo soon ugniu had gur knap- ' • acks and musket* shouldered, and were on j our way to Camp Casey, which we reached j about# o'clock 1*. M pretty well tired out. tho wearher'being very hot, und on r loads: heavy ; but we were ia tip top spirits. Wo Were not' long there before w« unfurled the beautiful banner, which the Indie* of Capo . May presented u* with, and planted it upon ' the land of I>ixi«\ amid three rousing j - cheers and a -tiger" for the Union, aud the ladies of Cnpe.May. Tiiere are' ojl kinds of rumors here of the enemy's uttxeks ou our line; hu| wo I ' are getting butler prepared to 'meet hiui I every day ; land if he 1. on't attack us soon, -

it will nut belong . before wo shall attack 1 him. .We have un immense army here, urnl : the cry is. still they coine. There is a con- 1 slant stream pouring in all tbe time. As j - far as tho eye can reach, you can scartslv si-e unvibiog but military camps; infantry, artillery ami cavalry, moving in every direction. Our boys are eager fof tha fray. We liava a splendid set of ofllcera' in our ; regiment ; Nearly every one has seen s«r- • vice. Our Colonel was all through the Mexican wnr; and after peace was declared . he joined the Mexicans, to'help them tigtit.i each other, just fur tli« tun of the thing. { j regime nl. Our captain — Lewi* It. Fran' cine— graduated at the hcao of his class, ut 1 West Point) about eighte«i-ye*<4 ago. and wii« live years ol the French military. ! school, in Pari", lie is what you may call, j ' in the truest *r use, a gentlemen and uj j sell, dot. Oar beys are in perfect love with | him, and will follow him through "thick or : thin and, you may "depend upon it, that, ir the war last any length of time, Capt. | Fraocine will leave his .mark. There i*. al* ready, strong talk of promotion in .that. ! ijaaiu-r. lfo is certainly capable of filling ! pi with honor, any office to which he may be.' promoted. W« expect to move from here in a few 1 day*, and plant our banner on the "sacrei ' | soil" of Virginia. Thiuk ing that the people of Cape May : 1 would like to know the uaaics composinj 1 this company, who have goue forth to bat . lie for thoir country, and assist in dafend , ing the constitution, for which onr father spilled so much blood, I giv. them below : ulso the names uf the regimental officers ' . ukuimkxtai. omcess. | j Cnloutl— G- W. Ilevere. 1 - .Wi'jur — •! umr' Mcintosh. Adjutant — Frank M. Price, (*on of K- . i [Gov. Pric , Quarter-Matter — Thomas Johnson. , . QanrHr'Mafter Sergeant — ri. It Magonsg. i ' 1 Sergeant Major— Paul B. llabcock, Jr. 1 -— t'ourjisr A. •j Co;Jftitij-— 42.' It. Frauciue. . 1 A*»| i 1st. i.ieuteoant— Thomas C. Thotifp«oi ; 1 2d. " —Israel K. Porter. 1st: Sergeant— Geo. W. Smith, C.. \ 2d. " —Richard T.TImIiU, C.. j 3J. •• — Midliu W. Rone. " i 4m. •• — Andrew Suff. ' Sib. -^.ho Brady. Right and I-eft Guide*. j 1 Frederick Laib. Malhias Frioks I c, _ , [1 I Corporals— i Joseph Shuff. Wni. ri. I^ooper, c. j Martin Jennings. Charles lRraghertj WlysSe Recervur, Kobott ^Uea, ' Mai tin May ^ e , Private# — e | The following are Irom Cape May : •- j Walter A. Barrows, Stephen 1). Benn4 ; Lewis H- Craw, SjmI. b. tuiainut . 1 ' *i '\ 1 I

Kdwsnl Filkin#, Isaac H. Hall. ' Charles Hays, Jos. W. Irelau, Levi U. Johnson, William Carby, 1 Mooes Matthews, David T. Kimser." : John Reeves, Johu W. Kimsey," Jonathan Storena, Wm. T. Kimsey^, I Swain Reeves,' John Shaw, ' l»nvld Reeves, Jr. Thome# Van Winkle, f Charles II. Weeks, John WoolaOB, Geo. W. W-nvhcll, The following are from Cape Island : Thomas Ru/h. James T. Smith, - ' Jofeph W. Joliiiioo, John Mecrwy. John Stites, Nicholo* T..Swaia, Stephen i'ierron. Oweti S. Clark, Towurend T. Irulan, Charles DeSilver, T. Fletcher Jacobs, Thomas Keeaew, James l-'larcgar. Tho remaining names are from different places : Theodore liiidtops, Theodore Rugle, Gotfried Bergniuo, Sila* Ilrooks. John Itetlenlrender, Henry Rereaw, John Calhoun, JuanCnrry, John Dcbarson, Frank Derring, S. Parker Davis, dames. MoGonagle, . Geo. L. Gott, Jobo Gekter, Abialiam Gai-ribauts, Martin liaun. George Hei, 4. U.U Ilagg, Frederick l.erch, Fiederick Mobl, Philip May. " Wm. Mohl, John Notion, l'oier Niuman, * ' John Rowe. l.'harles Robb. Samuel Rhodes, Win. K. Robb. John Rich ird.-, Charles Ilia-hart, . Henry Sullivan, * Henry Scliallmun, Sydney Sewuid, t Albert A. Tyson. John 1;. Triuley, Andgys-W*yAeine» A^EuTw. SMITH.

- 'sweab hi* and let hi* go." 1 j Tlio best of satire upoo tbe lenien- - cv ob«*rvmfl>y the uulhorilie*, iu refcreaca ' . to retielsffound committing depredations, ia the shape of a story, which i* told, we )>«• • ! lieve, by. Gov. Pierpont. As tho *tory • goes, souiaol tho soldier* in Oen. Cox'* camp, down i* Kanawha, recently caught r a large rattlesnake. The snake mtnifes- - I'd a mod mischievous disposition, *naps ping and throsling out- its forked tongue I at every ooe who cam* uenr itV-Tlie boys 1 at 1.1.-1 got tired of the rvplilo, tuwjjxs — body wanted aach a dangerous companion, 4 i Ijyssslka sn>», "What shall wo do with i' JfindT" This quoNtion wa* pro;>ouiided scv'. t oral time*, without an answ-r, wheu a half d _ drunken soldier, who was lyiog ne*r upon v • his buck, rcliereil Ills riimpnnioiM by reI. marking, "Swcnr biin and let him go." ([ What a glorious world tlti# would -be if r nil iu inhabitants could toy with Shakest peuro's sheppard j— "Sir, 1 am a true lat_ borer; 1 earn that 1 wear; 1 owe no uiau l_ hale; envy no mnn'a happinva#; glad of i( olliermen's good ; eoolent with my farm.". r PoraTiiKS — An llliuoi# correspondent of the Nashua (N. H.) tfazette Say* that ia Jlie vicinity of Alton Uia farmers have • acres and acre.yif potatoes mack they will 1 leave undug, as the price offered for tbew will not pay tbe labor of digging. j Quilp soy* when ho m«s kisses between , women, it remind# him ol two handsome unmatched gloves — charming .things with r their proper mate#, but good for nothing, , that way. One of tl»e uiost iiujtoclanl female qualities is iswloesi of temper. Hcaveu did not giro to women insinuation and peraaaI tion in brder.to bo surly ; it did uoi mako them weak iu order to lu employed iu scol- ; ding. » "M," said a little gitl to her mother, "do * men want to gel married as mut-li as I he I *oroe-.i. "IVbaw ! what are you Ulking abqat "Why, niu, the m.uiou why come hero are always .talking about gelling mar- ! ried — the men don't do so." j Why i* the Unitiu llfco a crab-apple ?— ; ltocaase lo be worth anything it most Imj I preserved. Beauties frequently die uldjiuaid*. They set aucfa a value on tbemielvea that they j don't find a purchaser until tho market is I closed. | Gentility is neither iu birth, wealth, mai • 1 ner nor fashion— but iu the mind. A high sciuo of honor, a di-ierminatiuu never to lake advantage of another, au adherence lii trutn. delicacy and politeness towards tbolo with whom we have dealing, are the esMMitial characteristic* of a gentleman. * ** "Mick, " said a bricklayer to his laborer, ' if you meet Patrick, tell him to make ha-te. as wo ore waiting for him." "Shore, und I will," replied Mick ; "but a hot will I tell him if 1 duu't meet him f" * ' J!**! . :.a ■■ i . -,-MBSbf— *• "Tjfli I