The Altoona tribune. (Altoona, Pa.) 1856-19??, October 17, 1861, Image 1
f' BUTTER'S STATE . ■■ bo o k miummm , AHD BLANK BOOK MAWJAACTORY N 0 .54 MarketSartUk^Ma. ’ fflhis establishment is chMy I the mannlacturo ofßlank Books for Banka,County Offices, Railroad Companies, mwBB; Hid private individuals-In Ml cascsjtbe very best of stock sad workmanship mi; bo tffiiHßSi relied upon. Blank Books' printed, paged and ***ssd Ift ; toy desired potters. Sheriff Attorney I Dockets of alt sizes, moils and ruled to order. ■TMtiaS.j i and Yearly Assessments, Pr|iHnttni| Ir , for ISIMI [ sea,printed or plain, ruled and .bound to order. 'iMao Dockets made of the beet linen paper. • • Librarians, and others, desiring to basis theta Bookawnli boundand at moderate prices, sliould givemsaetii, papers of the largest , sizes. Harpers Weekly/OIcJJJT Pictorial, .Ballous,, ScicntiOc American, London Se*« boand to order, and in any style required. Ilarpor's Month 1 ly Magazine. Knickerbocker. Blackwood's and Graham's Magazines, Godov’s Lddy’s Book, Lady's son's Magazine, Plano Music, be- bound in. Ityi-- the mote plain and anbstantizl half binding.. Select Pans phleta. Law Magazines, Pamphlet daws, hound In goodix brary etyle, at very moderate prices. Person! barTnck number of volumes to bind, will receive a liberal discount Binding can safety bo sent to us. from a distance byKr.' press, and alt work entrusted Uigur care Will bo speed' diiy executed, safely' packed and returned by Express' All work warranted. Address P. L. IHIPHyiT? Barri<rr/JPiu «b.McCROS * BERN, at tbe Tribute Office.-ago agents fin Altoona, and vicinity. Thov-will ri»« IpCa—T tkm in relation to binding, and receive and retain boobs free from extra charges, for all who cat. oat tlieir work to mycarc. [March Si;iS6i-ly u * w _r * H(r«d egitlai ju tills c*oe*- riltini ncdl>j dUI at and cx- ISM. r $35,00 ■';> . Pays the entire cost for Tuition in tins most popular and smtoessful Commercial School in the Country. Upvhraof > twelve hundred young lueii from twenty-eight different j SlnTts, have been educated for business here within tho yrara, sonic of whom have been employed an Book Keepers at salaries of . ■ , AN sr.iljp 4 «vrr |«rkc»- rat we boota j $2000,00 per Annum, i immediately upon graanuting, who knew nothing of no. counts when they entered the College. \ ““ _ *|t“H mister's em> half price, Students enter at »nw time, and review when tliey pleiwo, without extra charie. ; . r < atalogue of Si page*. Specimens of Prof Cowlev's ' business and On.aineiital Penmanship. and lU'im-' ■ ving of the College, inclose twenty-five cents in Paatain l «taoi|>i to tljc Principals. I ■ Aitoma, dan. af * ITU > «“*«*.*•.• ►S. b«t St of GROCERY AND BAKERY! T BJS UNDERSIGNED ANNOUN cesIo the citi/.cn* of Altoona and vicinity that b< has just received a large invoiced of . ; I;;-; terjv lode arijo' da no* Fruit, Confectionaries, Nuts, Spices, »n<l notions for sliilifrcn is, wcpressjy (hr thoHOIMaJs! Ue will aJk> keep always on hand a food dock <tf irfiit and fancy cakes, of his own manufacture. ' • LEMONS, PRUNES, RAISINS &£., always on iuuu) at all seasons of the year, '' 1 Coffee, Teas, Sugar, Molasses, Butter, EGGS, GOOD WHITE WHEATFLOUR, RUCKWHET FLOUR, CORK .MEAL, AC, ' ' J " * to r or Hie 1“ Isrgg orsmall quantities. V- and prico “J stock andyou will flod it as good unn cheap os any in town, lira.», ’GO-ly.j Literary Emporium and Hows Depot CONFECTIONARY, SEGAR, TOBA(SO,V JEWELRY & VARIETY STORE. SUBSCRIBER CONTINUES* ’ - c °ottontly on hand all the boat literary popersand wr«rffc»b, dally papers from Philadelphia, Kew lSrt and ■ Pitt* burghtocether with a good assortment of Booki. AU h»iid. CIUOI Boo '“ uaed ln ,lli3 P 1 aml vicinity always on a choice lot of Confectionaries, and knick .knacks or all kinds for children, A-lso the best Tobacco A Pegara “ nod in town, together with a Sue assortment *f«oU „ I r °cn«, Gold Kings and other articles ofdewel* ry. Cali and examine. Jl. Altoona. July 28,-60-ly. iVb. l JUeonf/^l jig. r PHE GIIEAT QUESTION WHIOH . now“*git«tc» the mind of er«rr person^Ajia "'t‘ w, I get the beat ankle for,xnjl|Hl mtroej ? In regard to other xnatterft, Ifcb •criber would not attempt to direct, but if too want anything la thereof * 4 / BOOTS OB SHOES -'Mlt he invitee an examination of his HtocltandTOfk. J« keep* constantly on hand on assert mcntWßooti, awes, fliutens Slipper*, *c., whiilh hp odTera at &lr prieen. vf i .He will give fecial attention toetwtom woriu *rhlct will he warranted to give *ati«6ict ion. KoMbotffa* vest workmciiare employed 'fteaumber my «hoj> is On Virginia street immediately oftpoefte Kessler's Drug Store September 3, ’57-tf] Bakery and Grocery Store. The subscriber keeps con ' BTAXTLT bo hand , freata-Uaked Bread, Cake*. Ac. PEED, BACON, PliOtHtj GROCERIES, Also, a choice lot of SUGARS nod TOBACCO. JACOB RESTK f « Nor. 10. Virginia Street, below AmuoStrect. Mational police gazette.^ /r* * Gf® 4 * Journal of j>ime and Crimlaalslsjlp ftn, Twelfth Tear, and i* ’widely circulated thrbnghont the country, It contain* all the Great Trial* Oriflklß*£ ** appropriate Editorials on the some, together wHI I iwnwtlffli eu Grlminal Matters, not. to bo fendd Othertfewspaner. r. -v.J'.-,--? . te-Sobroriptions per annum; $1 for six months, to roaitted by subscribers, (who should write lhsfr*UWW §m the town, connty and State where they, reside plalaly J V ■ t « , To °- W ' MATSWX « ■ Editor k Prop’r. of New YorkPolteeGaMtM 1 - ' ' •-. ■ jVcw rorfc^. BOOtsi and shoes.—the i£r’ Atrulgnod has, now on Vud and will. ' fu the Uaeoaic Temple, tfdbf !S Mwtmeot of BOOTS *iroBH«BBr rajy BWde, or ra.de to order, ftsssssaa 1 * **‘****<'*t^! WESTERN INSURANCE AKDTKPST COM PAN Y —I imranca onßpiu of PwWMI property will be eSbctod on lUrefilT.MSB. JOHN BHoKM®B^iwK !T Drugstore of AJ.Wgp. 'pW , ; LARD BANE AX McCORSHQK'RSk« rf S&jjf-jAi *W9S&- vw i&a m. ■■..i’ . *> yy jK>|y~ - 02 £ A K> O - ® vs Ph c « T " Q 5 C ; ..S:I S 5T laS'« '■ S OUi -«,-s -gf'l i-3 ■*•. S 3 “ /<?. £p S* || ■H ° Sj<?rS « r g g||. -J ►£» 2 s s vtop M -Xs*! &«■• ■« g S-d o§ I .£■ BS'Mifr- SsKf!; H-( ■ aSJ/S,Jt; W>S> -si JACOB WIBB. JOHN IL KOOSSTS. 3. sao: McCRUM & DEBN, VOL. 6. AND v v RESB'aRIHC. J.DVICE PE EE. ' Kew-York Benevolent Infirmary, ■ESTABLISHED 1850, ; Ami devoted to The Chuse of Medical Reform; to the THf fusion of Medical Knowledge for thrlrevcntion of Disease, and lo the relief of those Buffering and afflicted with Chro mic and Virulent Disorders. To this end this Infirmary is endowed. to enable the eick and suffering throughout the hucth and. breadth of our Iftiui. to «toU tlis /Wionow Drugs, Extortion, And Ignorance of prof coed Physicians. through which thousands and tens of thousands Annually * C TU. following are some of the'diseases wo cure, not only at the Infirmary but in all ports of our country : Consumption and Pulmonary Complaints, Covers. Scrof rj i( Dyspepsia. Eye and. Ear Disease, Cancers and other Turners, Jaundice anti Livcj-Complaint. Seminal Weakness, and hU diseases of, the Urinary and Sexual Organs, from whatever cause or whatever nature. Onr object will bo to cive jevto lire alftic ted by olfec t ifg in all cases aspoedy cure. Onr into is to charge nothiugflor advice mid written pre scriptions; but will furnish when r(n)antqd the very best medicines at the lowest rates. lh«« remedies are prepared in our own Laboratory, un der Tug car* of able qhemists, and aw the most reliable to science, including *ll tho-freunt discoveries. To all .addressing us by letter, containing: full account bf symptoms and appearances ofdUeiwo, age, .occupation, Ac-, ws will-wriw.a candid r*ply, with advice amldircctbnis Ur curf, Any fees sent us when lending far advice will be to famishing medicine for tbo poor. In all case* medicine can be sent by mail or express If desired.. fkmd jwf one or mote our works and jhidp?fur yourselves. Alio published at the Infirmary, to aid these, object*, THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN. C- Gaining simple remedies easily obtained for .the cure of Li-icoies in all it* form*, with full explanation* ( »f the v-nes symptom*, diet, bathing and exercise. FricooOcts. THE LADIES' MEDtCAL FIITEND, A SI) TflK PHTSIOLOGV ON MARKIAUE. A w>r!i on tlii' cutiio, s.vmiituuH fiinl truatmi-nt of:qll t -miiluiiU peculiar tn tho bot. ou marriage, it. clutir,, cUrtton Mut'itD results, on Children, their alls, «ml on tin prereutlou of conception. with Invaiuulil" liiatrlictlulurto them on subjects of a private nature. Price 25-oout#. The Gentlemen’s Medical Companion, AND riIIVATE ADVISER. A book for the ohUud yoiing..embracing thoPathnlrpy, utioa and Cure of all Diseases of tho Urinary and Sex* organs and a wuruiug voice of advice and counsel, t&vli *1 tw lit* found lu 110 other work. Fric-? do cents. THE GUIDE AND GUAHD roa EVERT ONE, It expose® all the Humbugs and tho various Trick? to catics the sick ami well. It Illustrates the plans of tho QuacUs and Hogues to dupo every one. It guidon the un v iry through life, and show? up every swindle uf tho age. It -h.ovs how all kinds of Food, Medicines, Liquor* and o’>Mo are adulterated, with the menus uf detecting tbo Price 2o cent;. TliS HOUSEHOLD AND FARM, PLANTATION AND SHOP., evvry family, having over 1000 receipts on Cooking, Prcr-erviup, Dyeing, Cleaning. Ac. How to plant and what "Ij tho best to raise. How to cure animals,'advice tohohse k*.'perd, farmers and mechanics, on IUOO subjects cf'inter ml Price 25 ceoti. Worth $lO to any ouo. THE CONSUMPTIVES LOOK, Fvr th-se who yvteh to got well from that awful disease, a full description of all the remedies used tor it, with a careful statement of the results,-audotber useful iaforica li.oi. Price lu cents. Thfeluft/rmation lu them Is not to bo found in any works published, nor obtainable from auy other source. TU**e Lovk-are published ou hue white paper, and beautifully b.-oud. • ! 1 . , Ant nf the above work* will bo mailed free, on receipt of price.’ in stamps, or money; or tho whole in .a handsomely l-juad volume far oxs hollar. No family should be with out them. They are illustrated with beautiful engravings, 4uJ contain the condensed experience of ytfirs. Wanted fur the above works, whbcuu makesUo a njontlv. Send for a circular for ag-’uts. To the young ot bath sexes :»uflVring from Secret habit'*; prosM-atum of mind: lassof power: nervous debility: h*** cl>ight;-wakefulness; love of solitude; eruptions on the ,un, Ac. StnJ hfj.ort it is too la'-:; before y-‘»u suffer Incurable damage to Iwjth body ami luhiJ.. To Fomalos who wniit plowait am) ture remedies, f-r Irregularities, Obstructions. Whitvs, Ac., send to u>». PREVENTIVE. We arc convinced that there ure many parents of scrofu* bus, consumptive ami diseased condition to whom A mi* tneroui offspring only brings suffering and povoi ty. To such wo would Bay write, and we will send information of a sure, well-tested, and neVer-faiUng Preventive. We will mail free, to any one applying for it, THE JOURNAL OF MEDICAL REFORM It Is a larg* and beautiful paper, and contains the most valuable Inforraatjoti on SpermatOrhtea. or SeminalAVbuk* Lets. T 1« cause,- effects and cure, showing UiC awful ef- Lets of tho disease, On all other diseases of the Sexual Organs, a full expla nation of thcprlgiu of Syphllk, the Uieuua of preveu'tioii nod cure. Ou Consumption, that fearful tliseo*?^. Ou the Liver. Heart. Htomaoh.und Skin. On Female Complaint®. Ou the various Schools of Jlcdlciues. On the modes of Treatment now priudUod. Ou the False Treatment of Diseases. Ou the various Medical Humbugs. On the Physiology of Slnrriapc. On the Common sense of Medicine. Ou Din, Exorcise*. and Ablution.* How the Physician should be. Hew to prevent Pregnancy* Aud many other things. StSD for IT. This journal should be in the, hands of every one. J. Ucsscix, M. D., A. M., Chief Physician. S. S. Morris, Surgeon. Dr. J. Boyle. Chemist. Office iu New York. 154 Chambers street. Office hi WllHameburßlt, South Bth and sth streets. Correspondents will please enclose two or three stamps Lr return postage, and address . . DR. A. BERNEY, Secretary, Williamsburg, New York. (Box 141.) Nov. 16,18C0.-ly THE ROOT & HERB DOCTOR, FROM PHILADELPHIA, Tirno HAS HAD B 0| YEARS CON- Y f ST ANT practice, can be consulted at the AUOOH& House, Mr. John Wood**. vfe.;—Om Ihk |7 th 0/ June, the SfA of July* ami Vte 7th 0/ August— he Will then vncnj'e for 3 months. Notice will b® given in tUis paper when he commences his Winter’s Term again. Ua treats all diseases that flesh is heirto. Ho invites all females who may be suffering with diseases peculiar to their sex, to call and examine his new niode of treatment, ns thousands have been restored to health who have been abandoned by other*. He is in possession of perfect in atrnmonts for sonndlug the lunge and dhest fuid*ia there fore able to determine tho exact condition °f the vital or gans—couseqnentlj can treat such cmnplaintswitb greater safety and certainty than It is possible fdr those who piles* at the disease and experiment for its mm. He believes that for malady,’there is fbund in our soil h sure and nover-f&illng remedy. . Patients can receive treatment for $5 pe month, except In cases of Cancer* and Tumors, they vary from $lO to fcl f »0. Examination free. DR. W. IjiVINOSTON. X. n.—Sco Handbills. f May; 8. *6l. ZDETSTTISTETST- J IRVIN STEEL, D. D. S., HAV • INO located permanently la Altoona, respectfully offers bis services in the different deportments of , . Suigical and Mechanical Dentistry. OShe nearly opposite C. Jaffgard’e 3tor*. Virginia at., Al toona. Pa. [May 16, WM. S. BITTNER, DENTAL StTRGEON. 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I'll* r.iiny mist was hanging low, Crocplng slow— Creeping al ng tho crowded street, Dulling the echo of busy foot, As the throng passed by in a ctaspics* flow Hastening. hurrying, to ami fro. i Overhead was a sky of lead, Kevnr a glimpse of blue-to be seen— Never a g’.etun the clouds betweenf-r And heart sank low with doubt aud Jiaud And thoughts of tho morrow, It'- caro and sorrow, *Ancl the toil for daily broad. Filled my heart with a wild misgiving; Without a friend to love or pity, All al me in this crowded city— . Whore is tho two of living?'* Trill—trill-—trill J The song of a lark Scattered the visions dreary and dark, And Woke my heart with a thi|ll 1: Poor iitile lark, in its tiny prison ' It chant-.d its swc«*t sung over and over, :Av if it were only newly risen From the Helds of emerald wheat |iid clover; And the notes cumc pouring, . Heaven wai d. sparing — Up—up-up; As if tho cup Of it- happiness were overflowing -. Out, ou tiif hills with a ftvsh breefctj blowing; Ami the sky tis eastward redly glow!ng> la tho bright green country far a,\i*gy. At the morn of a sunny summer dfty. Sorrow vanished—gloom was banished— Forgotten the dreary misty weather.; ’ And long Iv-uguos of, where Oojrii was green. Up in tho sunlight's golden sheen* My heart and the hrrk were moulaling together. High—high—high . In the bright blue sky! P - Trill—trill—trilll And ch'.vrily still Tin* lurk, in the midnt of the busyiilty, Over and over sang its ditty; liaising niy soul like a holy beatitude: So, with all gratitude, Cheered and chiu-tened, Onward 1 hastened. llles>iing the bird fur Its merry soup, That haunted my heart the wholelday long, otjl rnr i,oy washed nr ms ELpV.n sister Oh ! why im;«?t my face be washed so clean. And scrubbed so hard fur Sandfly? When you know very well, (a* yoiyve always seen,) ’Twill'ho dirty again on Monday.- My hair is Tiff with the lathery neap That behind my cars is dripping. And my smarting eyes I'rn afraid to ope, And my lips the suds are sippiifg. There down ray throat and up my nose— And to choke me y<»u seem to be trying— That I’ll shut ray mouth you needn’t suppose, . for how*can I keep from Crying? And yon rub as hard as ever yon edn-s- And your hands are hard—to my sorrow! No woman shall wash me when Pm a man; And I wish I was unc to-morrow. y ' I don't care bow much l frighten the dog, And I care for no stranger that passes. : And still I will cry till you wipo my face dry, And give mo some bread and molasses, Jkkct lUisrtllauD. i “ It is a real shame, Maggie, that I’ve not paid you a visit yet; but you must not think hard of me, fory I declare, I’ve set a day of every week Since you have been in the neighborhood to go and pass a day with you. You know my family is large, and I have a great 4eal of sewingto db; but next Friday I hav|e determined I will go, and take my wopk along. We ate mot half ns sociable as people ought'to be ;,but I can’t get time tp visit as much as I’d like to, and, I declare, I believe this is the first time you were ever in our house.” ■I I walked slowly home from Mrs. Wood’s, fpr I was busily thinking. The fact is, I thought her rather fast. We had not teen in the village but a few weeks, and sfie had already called on us twice. That morning I had gone up street on an er mnd, and it being very warm, had stopped ib at Mrs. Wood’s to rest a few minutes. X had not asked her to our house, and waS <sntirely unconscious that we bad received {Dec. 23, ’BS.-tf. BY, THOMAS HOOD THE CLEAN FAjGE. MBS. WOOD’S VISIT. ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1861. any slight by her and her children not having, as yet, spent the day with us, un til she informed me of the fact, amid re. grets and apologies. We were really in trouble about the unexpected visit, not that Mrs. Wood was at all unpleasant, but the children —l grew sick as I thought of them, for they were a - noisy and unruly set. Early Friday morning there came a knock at the front door that echoed over the whole house. Trying to feel resigned, 1 opened the door, but it was with utter despair that I closed the door after Mrs. Wood’s and five small children. I took them to -the sitting-room, but heartily wished afterwards that by some means we chuld have stumbled into the kitchen. Well, I’ve got here at last,” broke in Mrs. Woods, as she deliberately laid aside her bonnet. “ It is really too bad that I have left it so long; but as I told Maggie the other day, I have been so very busy.” We were scarcely seated when the children seemed to think some attention due them. “ Mother, I want a piece,” yelled Char ley, the second hopeful. “So do I,” said another, ‘f And me, too,” chimed in a third. “Ohl be still •; you certainly arc not hungry yet,” said Mrs. Wood, in a whi ning, coaxing way. “ Yes, I am, and I want a piece,” repli ed Charley, with a defiant, impudent look. “ Well, then, ask Maggie right pretty to get you a piece,” said the mother, as she picked up the crying baby from the floor. 1 did not say anything, but in very good humor laid down my work and went to the pantry, “ And fhis is. but the beginning of the day,” I thought, with a sigh, as I took up my work again. The children grew quiet while eating their bread arid butter, and the baby went to sleep. Then Mrs. Wood took up her bag and drew forth her work. ■“ Maggie, I want to myself a light cloak from the pattern of your spring cloak j dont you think it will make a pret ty one ?” and she gathered the goods up in folds to display it to the best advantage. Of course i thought it would make up well. “ But I have no pattern of my cloak, Mrs. Wood.” “ Well, now, I'm real sorry for it; but perhaps you and I could cut it out from the cloak. I have heard several times how handy you were about cutting any thing you wanted to, and I just brought this goods along to-day on purpose to get you to help me about it.” And she smiled insinuatingly. “I never cut one without a pattern,” I replied; “ and would not like to under take it. I jjdiit for my learning, too,” I added, mentally. ““ Well, let me sec your cloak, anyhow. I guess I -can do it-myself. So I went np stairs and took the cloak from a trunk where I had intended it to stay all summer. Then Mrs. Wood want ed to know how this was done, and how that was cut, and wished she had a pat tern, or had the cloak cut. I was very busy with my work and did not take the hint, for I did not. wish to have anything to do with it. finally' she .asked me for paper and scissors, so that she might cut a pattern. Just then the four eldest chil dren, who had* slipped out some time be fore?, came bouncing in with, “Oh ! mother, we got such good ber ries out in the garden; don’t you want some ?” “ Why, how do you know that the folks allow you to gather them ?” studying in tently on her pattern. “ Don’t pull any more, dears.” So away they all ran, like so ‘many wild horses, and into the garden, I suppose to help themselves. Mrs. Wood now had the fronts cut, and said she guessed she could cut the hacks without any pattern. I thought differ ently, but did not say so. Just then the baby wakened up, yelling so that I could not hear a word the mother was saying, and I heaved a heart-felt sigh as 1 saw my work bos set down on the floor for its amusement. I took occasion to need something in it, and took it from the baby. In a few minutes the mother asked wherb it was, but I pretended not to heather.— She then went to the door and called to the children to come and play with the baby. Two were in the cherry trees, and the others deep among the blackberry bushes, and from the looks l of their hands and faces I judged they had found plenty of fruit. I sighed again as I thought of the jam we had intended to make of the berries, and savagely wished the “ dears” were under my control for about fifteen minutes. I went into the kitchen to light the fire in the stove, and having got the dinner on the way, went into the room for some thing, and there the children were, build ing a house of stove wood which they had carried in from the shed; but it was rather more than I Could bear when I saw that Charley had my cloak wrapped around him-and over his head, as he sat on the floor playing “ peep” with the baby—it pulling for life at the tassel. I forgot "everything there, and I know I took it from him much quicker than he put it on, I was not aware at the time that I gripped [independent in everything.] his arm so tight as to warrant a yell, but he indulged in one at any rate. 1 put the cloak away and retreated to the kitchen, leaving my mother to entertain them as best she could. v As soon as Mrs. Wood heard the rattle of dishes she brought her work out into the kitchen to watch us. I did not do a thing but what she saw it, and I only hope she will know all about the way 1 work by the next time she comes. While I went to the cellar the children amused themselves by tasting what was op the table, so their mother informed me when I came back, as though it was something very smart indeed. At last dinner was ready, and amid all the noise and confusion we soon became seated —scarcely so, however, until three of the “ little dears” were helping them selves to whatever they could reach. Then it was, ' ' “ Mother, I want some peas,” and “ Mother, give me a piece of meat,” as though they had not eaten anything for a week. Mrs. Wood looked worried and excited, for my part I felt perfectly dis gusted, and no doubt looked the same. I could scarcely retrain from uttering a few words of heartfelt thankfulness when they all left the table. When I again joined our company Mrs. Wood had her cloak basted together, and requested me to act as a “ form,” while she fitted it. I was all obedience, but could scarcely suppress a smile, for it had no more fit to it than if it had been made without a single seam. She insinuated that she wished I would take the scissors and sit down and alter it for herj but I had no such idea. I told her the bept I knew what to do, and went to my dwn work. Just then one of the children came in with some blocks, with which the baby commenced pounding a chair, leav ing a scar at every blow. Another on? unitatedfa drummer boy by beating on a new tin pan which he had taken down in the kitchen, and Charley amused himself by scattering the’ pins over the floor, out of the cushion. Mrs. Wood looked at them and laughed to see them enjoying themselves so much. My head ached badly, and every thump and scream from the children went through and thiough it. I gathered up my work and went up stairs, thinking I’d have a quiet time, for a little while, at least.- Here I found the other child overhauling things generally. After having satisfied himself as to the contents of drawers and closets, he had riddled a couple of “ Wa vcrleys.” This was about as much as human nature could bear, and I could have spanked him with a right good will, but contented myself by sending him down stairs much quicker than I supposed he came up. I laid down to rest my throbbing head a few minutes, and the next I knew I awoke from a long sleep.. My head was belter, and I went down stairs. The chil dren were all out playing, and their moth er reading. The cloak was folded up and put away. Then supper had to be gone through with—attended with even worse noise than at dinner. The children all drunk tea from the oldest to the youngest;' and one had too much sugar in his, ano ther not enough, third said the tea was not good, and wanted coffee,-(which he did not get.) If Mrs ’ Wood corrected any of them, they generally answered, “I wont doit,” or “do it yourself.” Then she railed-her voice above all others, and entertained us by telling about her cook ery. I thought if all she said was true she must cook very differently for her family and for company, fpr I had had it from reliable sources that she could never set a decent looking table; and 1 thought* too, no wonder Her children acted so starved abroad. I never saw a much worse looting house than when we left the table—every thing was scattered everywhere. I may as well avow I aim a little bit “old maid ish,” and it really hurts my feelings to see things so out of order. I scarcely knew where to begin ; but, finally, in the course of an hour, succeeded in cleaning out most of tho rubbish—getting the tin pans hung up, .etc. Just at sunset Mrs. Wood gathered up her work and babies and started home, amid many pressing invitations for os all to come and see her. It was with feelings of the greatest re lief that I plosed the door after her, and turned again into the now quiet room.- So great was the reaction that 1 felt as though I had just awakened from some terrible dream, or had been rescued from a living death, and I do hope and pray that I may. ever ho spared the pleasure of being tft home when Mrs. Wood and her children come to spend the day. fl®- Wore you ever at a darkey camp meeting ? Well, they “ holler” some.— One old darkey of my acquaintance was reproved one day by his master for shott ing so at bis “ private devotions.” Pbm poy, with a grave face, said:— “ I guess masse don’t read de Scripters wid much ’tention.” “ Ah! how’s that ?” said the master. “Why.” said Pomp, vrith a knowing look, don’t do Soripter say, “ Hollered bo Thy name?”' DAN. WEBSTER ON SECESSION The loading Breckinridge men in the South all recognize the right of the State to secede from the Union, amj most of them advocated a resort to that jremedy if Lincoln was elected President. The man ner in which peaceable, secession could be accomplished was described by Daniel Webster in his great speech upon the Compromise bills in 1860. In referring to the threats bT secession which had been uttered iu the debate, ho said: Mr. President, 1 should much prefer to have heard from every member on this floor, declarations of opinion that this Union could never be dissolved, than the declaration of opinion by any body, that in any case under the pressure of any cir cumstances, such a dissolution was possi ble. I hear with distress and anguish the word “ secession,” especially when it falls from the lips of those who are patriotic, and known to the country, and known all over the world for their political services. Secession! Peaceable Secession 1 Sir, your eyes and mine are never destined to see that miracle. The dismemberment of this vast country without convulsion! The breaking up of the fountains of the great deep without ruffling the surface ! Who is so foolish, I beg every body's pardon, as to expect to see any such thing ? Sir, he who sees these States, now revolving in harmony around a common center, and expects to see them quit their places and fly off, without convulsion, may Idok the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without caus ing the wreck of the universe. There can be no such thing as peaceable secession. Peaceable secession is an utter impossi bility. Is the great Constitution under which we live, covering this whole coun try —is it to he thawed and melted away by secession, as the snows on the moun tain melt under the influence of a vernal sun, disappear almost unobserved, and run off? Wo, sir! No, sir! I will not state what might produce the disruption of the Union; but, sir, I see, as plainly as I see the sun in the heavens, what that disruption itself must produce ; I see that it must produce war, and such a war as I will not, describe, in its two-fold character. Peaceable secession 1 Peaceable seces sion ! The concurrent agreement of all the members' of this great Republic to separate 1 A voluntary separation, with dimony on the one side and on the other! Why, what would be the result ? Where is the line to be drawn ? What States are to secede ? What is to remain Ameri can? What.am ito be? An American no longer ? Am Ito become a sectional man, a local man, a separatist, with no country in common with the gentlemen who sit around me here, or who fill the other house of Congress ? Heaven forbid! Where is the flag of the Republic to re main ? Where is the eagle still to tower ? or ho to cower, and shrink, and fall to the ground? Why, sir, our ancestors, oar fathers and our grandfathers, those of them that are yet living amongst us with prolonged lives, would rebuke andreprpacb us; and our children and our grandchil dren would cry out shame upon us, if we of this generation should dishonor these ensigns of the power of the Government and the harmony of that Union which is every day felt among us with so much joy and gratitude. Peaceable secession, Mr. Webster deemed an impossibility; and'this opinion was also expressed by President Jackson in his cel ebrated Proclamation. Old Hickory pro nounced secession to be revolution. Breck- inridgo secessionists arc, therefore, accord- iog to the Jackson standard of Democracy, revolutionists. Such old patriots as Jack son and Webster considered the admission of a State into the Union a political mar riage, 'which could not be dissolved at the pleasure of one of the parties. It was a UnioU which the laws of divorce, could not reach. A Pretty Good Story.—A tolerable good story is told of a couple of raftsmen, based upon an occurrence during the late big flood and storm on our western rivers, in which so many rafts were swamped and so many steamboats lost their sky rigging. A raft was caught in a dangerous place just as the squall came. In an instant |he raft was pitching and writhing as if suddenly dropped ipto Charybdis, while the waves broke over it with tremendous uproar; and expecting;instant destruction, the raftsman dropped on his knees and commenced praying with a vim equal to the emergency. Happening to open his eyes an instant, he observed Lis compan ion nbt engaged in prayer but pnshing a pole into the water at the side of the raft. “What’s that yer doin’, Mike be; get down on ' yer knees now, for there isn’t a minit betweenn us and purgatory I” “Be aisy, now; what's the use of praying when a filler can fetch bottom with a pole & Mike is a pretty good specimen of a large class of Christians, who prefer to omit prayer as long as they can “ tetch the bottom. . EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. Husbands, Lore Yortr Wiv4»." Only let a woman be sure that sbe iff precious to her husband— not usefbl. not valuable, not convenient, simply/bntlovo* ly‘ and beloved ; let her be the recipient of his polite and hearty attentions, let her feel that her care and love ate noticed, ip> Ereciated, and returned; let- her opinion o asked, her approval sought, and her judgment jrespeoted in matters of which she is cognisant; in short, let he? Obit btf loved, honored, and cherished, in fulfill* ment of the marriage vow, and she will be to her husband and her children, and so* oiety, a Well spring of pleasure. She will bear pain and toil, and anxiety, for bar husband’s love is to her a tower and a for* tress. Shielded and sheltered therein ad*’ versity will have lost its sting. She may suffer, but sympathy will dnll the edge of her sorrow. A house with love in it—and by love, I mean love expressed in words, and looks, and deed, for I have not one spark of faith in the love that never drops ont—is to a house without love, as a per* son to a machine: the one is life, and the other a mechanism. The unloved woman may have bread just as light, a house as tidy as the other, but the latter has a spring about her, V joyousness, an aggressive, and penetrating, and prevading brightness, to whioh the former is a stranger. The deep happiaes ot her heart shines out in her face. She is a ray of sunlight in the house. She gleams all over it. It is airy, and gay, and graceful, and warm, and welcoming with her presence. She is full of devices, and plots, and sweet surprise for her hus band and her family. She has never done with the romance and poetry of life. She is herself to all pure and gracious melodies. Humble household ways and duties have for her a golden significance. The Jprise makes the calling high and the end (figni the means. Her home is a paradise, not sinless, nor painless, but still a paradise: for “Love is Heaven, and Heaven is love.'' PREPARE POR DARE DATS. “In times of peace prepare for war,*' says the popular political adage. There is much more meaning in this than most' people are aware of. It does not Simply urge us to prepare arms, munitions, ships of war, and strong fortifications. It has something more than this mere literal significance. It tells us that in all de partments of life we should prepare for the “ wet days” during the fair ones that we should labor to some purpose while tbe sun shineth, ere the night oom eth on when no man worketb. In tines of peace and prosperity we have (he leis ure and opportunity to deal with and study abstract questions and principles. Then arc our intervals of study and reflection,’ when it behooves us to get out lessoris in' thoroughly that there shall be no hesitan cy in the recitation; when wo shall in come so well grounded in theory as to* make practice easy; when we shall be come so embued with correct principles that we cannot be led astray when the moral atmosphere is thick and full of the blinding heat of passion; when we should . acquire strength to maintain our equilib rium amid the clash of arms and the roar of cannon, standing unflinchingly for the right and passing unscathed through the fiery furnace nnawed “ through the valley of the shadow of death.” 1 Guabd against Vuloab Lax outage.—There is as much connection bo tween the words and the thoughts as there is between the thoughts and the ac tions. The latter are not only the expres sion of the former, but they have a power to react upon the soul, and leave the staid* of their corruption there. A young than who fallows himself to use one vulgar or' profane word, has not only shown that there is a foul spot upon his mind, but by the utterance of that word he ertentta tbat spot and inflames it, till, by indolr gence, it will pollute and ruin the whom soul. Be careful of your words as well air your thoughts. If you can control thw tongue that no improper words are prot nounced by it, you will soon be able, also, to control the mind, and save that from corruption. You extinguish the fire by smothering it, or\by preventing bad thoughts bursting out in language. Never utter a word anywhere which you would be ashamed to speak in the presence of the most refined female, or the most reli gious man. Try this practice a little while, and you will soon have of yourself. “ Come, Bill, it’s ten o’clock, and I think we had better be going, for it ii time honest folks were at home.” “ Well, yes,” was the answer, “ I must be off, but you needn’t hurry on that a#» count.” IfiYvlt is a pleasant and profitable hah* it to store up agreeably images of the paat, with a view to present and fntafe imr provemonts as welt sa enjoyment. SQu Those persona Who areeontinnally talking behind people’s backs met usn tUf great liars. H. NO, B*.