****************** Republican Advocate Batavia, Genesee County, New York State August 23-1864 A Tribute. To the memory of Euclid Henry, aged 23 years, respectfully dedicated to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Erastus D. HARDING, of Bethany. By Mollie E. ERWIN. Alas! that the flower should fade in its bloom, Should be smote in its bright morning time; That the darkness of death and the night of the tomb Should crash the young life in its prime. Alas! that promise of the Earth is so frail, That the halcyon of youth is so brief- That so soon the cold hand of the Harvester pale, Draws the half-ripened grain to his sheaf. Our Euclid has passed from these earth scenes away, Our eldest has gone to his rest. We have stood by his bier, we have gazed on his clay, And placed the damp clod on his breast. Oft we smoothe the green turf where his pillow is made, And the tears gush again to our eyes; Cold, cold is the couch where his young form is laid, And dreamless in slumber he lies. The loved and the lost! How we miss them at home, How we yearn for their presence once more, How in fancy, we list for their footstep to come- Though the bound of that footstep is o'er. How a word, or a tone, will come back to the heart Long after its __ has flown. How 'twill swell with us here, till it seems a sweet part Of the loved and the lost, who are gone. Far away from the home of your childhood you strayed, From the friends that your heart loved the best; Bright hope and ambition, gay visions had made In the far away land of the West. But youth's fair horizon was darkened so soon! And its day-star of glory declined While yet in the beauty and freshness of noon, And where Hope's greenest tendrils were twined. Fond friends gathered near in the newly-found home, Kind hands smoothed the couch for they head; But who like a Father or Mother can come, When the death-wing its shadow has spread? Ah! there's none like the ones of the dear loving band That at home, 'round the altar-stone bow- There's none like a Father to clasp the cold hand- Like a Mother to kiss the pale brow. Fond Sisters would fain supported they form, When the life-leaping pulses grew weak, Would have brushed the damp locks from the brow fair and warm, And sighed o'er the fever-flushed cheek. But the languid eyes closed, and the laboring breath, More faintly at intervals come, And the weary hands fell in the cold clasp of Death, Far away from the loved ones at home. But we know that they Saviour was near to thee then, That His presence was Peace to thy soul; That He guide _ thy barque as no mortal hath ken Far beyond where the dark waters roll. And we feel we shall meet thee in that "Better Land," Where sorrow and parting are o'er; Where the wild waves of Time, on Eternity's strand Shall toil their dark surges no more. (By request.) Bethany, N.Y., July, 1864. * * Furnished Substitutes. The following persons in the town of Batavia, liable to draft, have furnished three years' substitutes, which have been duly credited on the town quota under the late call for 500,000 men:- H.B. Ferren W.H. Story H.U. Howard O.W. Lord Jeronie Rowan S. Masse John Delinger H.T. Cross Wilber Smith W. Vandebogart William Hoyt T.S. Glover A.J. Andrews Alvin T. Smith David Y. Smith A.D. Tryon C.S. Pratt Patrick Donohue S.B. Pierson George Kenyon D.M. Jones Eugene Wakeman Joseph Houtsman Edward Walker W.G. Bryan Frank Gasper Seth B. Gates James N. Otis O.R. Clark V.R. Terry Benj. Graham Charles Moreau * * Names of Persons Exempt For over age and Alienage in Genesee County. Names Town. Causes. Calvin D. Thompson, Stafford, Over 45 Nathan Rogers, Pavilion, do Joseph _ontill, Pembroke, Alien Eben L. Daniels, Stafford, Over 45 Joel P. Seeley, Batavia, do George Wilson, Pavilion, Alien Michael Flinn, Byron, do John Skinner, Niagara, do Ebenezer Griffith, Darien, Over 45 Thomas McDonald, Pavilion, Alien Charles Bears, Elba, do Charles Knilt, Batavia, do John McDonnell, Batavia, Over 45 Charles K. Ward, Pavilion, do Henry McGrath, Bethany, do James Anderson, Batavia, Alien Edward B. Daveney, Batavia, do Nicholas Prince, Elba, Over 45 Frank Kennedy, Darien, Alien James Grayton, Pavilion, Over 45 William B. Dixon, Bethany, do David A_ains, Stafford, do Ebenezer Ingalsbe, Alabama, do Oswald Bond, Pavilion, do John L. Foster, Batavia, alien Charles Fisher, Oakfield, Over 45 Otto Cook, Elba, Alien Barney Sprague, Stafford, Over 45 Nathan Whalen, Bethany, do Ebenezer Hart, Jr., Batavia, do William Tousey, Batavia, do John Douglas, Covington, do Henry Shepard, Covington, do William Irwin, Bergen, do Simon Clume, Batavia, Alien Richard Walker, Batavia, do Andrew Walker, Pavilion, Over 45 John Foley, Stafford, Alien George W. Lyon, Alexander, Over 45 James Nutting, Pembroke, do * * Mr. Chas. KLIMITZ will, as heretofore, give lessons on the Piano Forte, and Mademoiselle RESSOUCHE is to aid in the French Classes. Batavia. * Gainesville Female Seminary. The Fall Term of this Institution will commence on Thursday, Sept. 1st, and continue Fourteen Weeks. Board and Tuition per Term, in Common English, $35; in Higher English, $36. For further information address Miss C.A. ELDRIDGE, Gainesville, N.Y. * submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************