on the 23rd of April, 1837. He lived at home, a good and studious boy, till the age of thirteen, when he went into a store in Troy, then to a store in New York, and then, about six years ago, to Chicago. Here he formed a military company of young men, all between the ages of 18 and 26 years, and taught them the drill practiced by the French Zouaves. They became, in a few months, the best drilled company in the country, and last summer Col. Ellsworth brought them to New York and Boston, visiting many other cities, and everywhere they astonished and delighted the people by their skill. Afterwards Col. Ellsworth went to Springfield, Illinois, and studied law in President Lincoln's office, and went with Mr. Lincoln to Washington. When

it became necessary for the government to call the people to arms to subdue rebellion, Col. Ellsworth went to New York, and there formed a Zouave regiment from among the firemen of the city.—His regiment was raised, drilled and equipped in a few days, and went to Washington. They were among the troops ordered to cross the river and occupy the city of Alexandria, and on the morning of the 24th of May, Col. Ellsworth was shot dead while descending the stairs of a hotel, with a rebel flag wound around him, which he had taken down from the roof. His murderer was James W. Jackson, the keeper of the hotel, who was instantly killed by one of Col. Ellsworth's men. Col. Ellsworth was 24 years of age.

Col. Ellsworth's Chicago Zouaves were a noble company, but what gave them their highest and peculiar honor was the fact that they were all young men of strict temperate habits. Their rules forbade them to drink spirituous liquors, wine, beer, and cider, to use tobacco, or to be guilty of licentiousness. They were on no account to enter bar-rooms, or other disreputable places, unless some business made it absolutely necessary for them to do so. This gave them more honour than their skill in arms; and, indeed, to this strict temperance was their vigor and skill chiefly due. All honor to such young men.

Col. Ellsworth's name should be honored, because his example furnished so true and noble a type of young manhood for the emulation of American youth-an example so priceless where so many of our boys and young men seem to think that a certain amount of vice is necessary to establish their character for manliness. Col. Ellsworth was not one of these. He did not think it manly to smoke and chew tobacco, and he never defiled and degraded himself by using the vile poison plant. He did not think it manly to drink intoxicating liquors, and never was the

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wine-cup pressed to his lips. He was a strict teetotaller. never polluted his body and stained his soul by dissipation and debauchery. He did not degrade himself by profanity. He knew that the noblest and most vigorous manhood was the purest, and he acted on this principle. A pure and virtuous and temperate life, and a filial trust in God, (which is evinced in the last letter he wrote), are the ornaments which make his valour, his patriotism and his genius shine with the brightest lustre. So brave, so young, so noble, he will be honoured so long as the country for which he died shall be worthy of such sons.

Let the boys who read these lines, and the boys of our land wherever his story is known, honor the name of Ellsworth, and imitate his example. And let them, as they look forward to the time when they shall be men, remember that his manhood is the truest and the noblest who with temperance, integrity and high principle, the physical vigor and strength of a healthful prime, and the courage and firmness of a man, unites the innocence of a child, the tenderness of a mother, and the purity of a maiden. The Youth's Temperance Visitor, America.

LENDING LIBRARIES.

By the Rev. G. W. MCCREE.

Every temperance reformer should be familiar with temperance literature. He should endeavour to have a thorough knowledge of the history, philosophy, progress, and results of the movement to which he has adhered. Knowledge imparts confidence, zeal, and life. The intelligent abstainer never violates his pledge. The man who is familiar with our standard works is not prone to instability and cowardice. Knowledge gives firmness and courage. Hence the importance of lending libraries for our members, our bands of hope, and our speakers. But, it has been said, what shall we read? We present our readers with the first of a series of catalogues which we intend to place before them. It is a carefully-selected list, comprising forty-two volumes of choice temperance and other literature. They are handsomely and strongly bound in half-calf, and present a series of uniform, double-lettered, instructive books. Here is the catalogue :

VOL.

1. Teetotaller's Companion.
2. Pictorial Tracts:-
Taylor's Drunkenness as an

Indirect Cause of Crime.

VOL.

Scottish Pictorial, 1 to 70.
Stowe's Tales.

Leaders of the Day.
Illustrated Hand Bills.

VOL.

Wasted Life, Passages from
the History of a.

Cousin Alice.

32. Burnish Family.

Fortunes of Fairleigh.
Lathams, The.

33. Adviser, 1858-59-60.

34. Danesbury House.

Washingtonians, The.

35. Alcohol: its Place and Power.

Nephalism. Professor Miller.

36. Songs, Dialogues, &c.
The Band of Hope Move-
ment. By S. Shirley.
Hood's Melodies.
Crystal Fount.

Drunkard's Career.
Glees and Madrigals.

Dialogues, in Three Parts. By
Kate Pyer.

Teetotal Hymns. By Chap

man.

Touching Incidents and

Tuneful Melodies.

Mended Homes.

Science of Swimming.

37. Fracts, &c.

Ready to Perish. By the

Rev. N. Hall.

Stop the Leak. ditto.

Mr. W. Tweedie, 337, Strand, has undertaken to supply societies with this noble collection of volumes for ten pounds. This may appear a large sum; but it is not really so. The books are worth the money, and, if obtained would greatly promote the permanent usefulness of any society purchasing it. "How could we most easily raise the money?" will be a question proposed by many an anxious secretary. We promise to attempt a solution of this problem, and invite our readers to do the same. We ask for their hints on the subject.

ANNALS OF THE BAND OF HOPE UNION.

LANT STREET, BOROUGH.-This Band of Hope held its meetings for the first time in their new school-rooms, on July 5th.