■**r. Eli T gE REAVER lts2i 00peran“ u “ mmm If ldings, inAdvanpe a | contrii f iio ' Jt lT eprom P i a ‘tentfon^ po3STXCAXu ■* idepi ie 1 1 ' \bj JOBS O. :. 'Kjtatnl .«W«7 *: It is done • |- u .. it,( Cling of beUi«nurits strength ] da when itsjleude h' n character drl WfKL'”'™ IB ofsS onn K T edeasv th 6 ° V 4 es t^ K tho l '. ht ’^od,ou 8r >uldl th * eenei^l l enuhr 0 ? uarei >j ■fed that £l*' in' the human by the sanguine political parti two ago a lead rty .’calling- itself I to its readers rcr organization convenient lime of government—. lira should elapse ra jvould 'dawn :h ii the flatter* to I Democratic y may not quite j i.fio faithful may Jo juncture to foi virlihous leaders, irty that has just’ irityj of four bun . Jhaving regularly’ publjc estimation sdir.g months, is im ite depression kr affection,with it n j emotion of ied c a|jmeritorious faith which can m'such possibil ,ve been inspired Abase har was | thelcomparison, :civcd in his mu- se false prophets eracy. But as a [dealer awaked ed he bad kicked pals',I so will the vied! |party | when 'Ortunity of mea- i» its best 3re were reapect id talent, never > Una nation. |t by professions of japd noble princi (itical equality’of cliffeiant or hos es affecting ■ that •jd upholding nc 3>gnty which ren** Ipn of little pligar ‘estrictions pf the Ija defiant attitadc go vet n mb ntw hich lb every State ngovcWiment. In, inis unfaithful par daiming loudly its >1 the Constitution, = ”, 1 byimall, - • ■ ■ _* i_ -/•**! ■' t-■ - ft Z > i.-. ■~ < j. Pro’w. allow toat-ohprtcr [of. purj \ to be? grosslyj violated, i jgiionpter. a slave Stlte Totirtd it eonvemchV to push itasidp j,or trample ot it. Thus was “Georgia, allowed to wrest 1 the Cberdkees their reserved land; and to defy, thjo Supreme Court: when it or«- dero’d restitution Even; the Demo, cratic boast that the nullification of our revenue laws by South Carolina was properly rebuked and checked,; was ont a hollow pretende—the true-, nlent olignrcby was bribed to remain in tho.TJnionby.a changd in our tariff .which bioughtj inin bp thousands Of northetn manufaetioiioaV,> ", ’ We rood nptßecount :hpw- tnrough many weatyj-ears ibis baadfnbservi encyjto slavery wlas manifested; hundred kindred acts of omiseion or com mif aion, DojUiimpunity fori minor cHmes at length engendered, the pres* ehtroballipn. Then' was the oppor tunity for this ’Democratic party to redeem'all r formolc. errors, and rally in the grand endeavor to. resist the mighty treason. VTo freely aoknowV edge that many thousands did so—but , alas, it was only b!y abandoning their party c rganizatioij,-mod uniting them selves jvith the ;lvepublican party. — The party, asja party, was derelict in the perilous hour,, and forfeited its'' (hums td tp 'tho ppblio% confidence, Hdhco its repudiation by the people in the recent Presidential election. ’ - i ident] v. - 1 > ’ ■U '} l' . The Democrats { had 'always been truculent, to foreign nations, and on .several occasions had lowered Vue ■na tional dignity j; by assuming ground and- then abandoning it. : 1 f?o,did they, bungle iu the Oregon difficulty, and a similar fiasco j Was likely to attend their"management, of the Vancouver controversy. Yet when the arrogant southern traitors advanced to assail the national unity, threatening sabju gallon to the north,! and social; disor ganization iu every partjbf these free coratnuaities,thcae warlike Democrats, i s 6 valiant When the endmy was three thoußand.j.milhs away, held back from the combat - , arid advised an ignomini - -ous surrender. ’ They qtill hold that, unpatriotic atliUiiio^aud-stillcontinue to embarrass liie administration by factious opposition. Therefore have the.people condemned them.and there fore is it unlikely that 'tho sentehco will he revoked. There would si however disadvan our national wel U bo acceptable- to ly managers, ;if os cure a reunion ' IME anditalo. •ar - i toons law. iraise ! reran ; them into power. Slavorj* seems weak ulrao.it to .extinction through the mure dislocations of war. Yet taieic, partisans' 1 would slop tlho war, a aud confer upon tlio expiring institution renewed vitality, knowing. it'would vex us through all future time, but hoping that meanwhile [the Democrats might profit by politico;! alliance with, slaveholders, j itor this they would embrace the mJst degraded or the .most desperate polity, j Provided on ly that slavery Could be preserved as a cement of future political affiliation, these leaders would bring back upon | us the wdpful times when bullies and! assassins wore rampant in the nation al enpilaf, and flourished -theiribpwie-; knives and pistolji in tlio face of every’ outspoken freeman, 1 , That they shall; have-jio opportunity of bringing bock! -upon us those days of'misery and in famy soonisi ths jinfloxiblo determina-j tion of the American people. That they will recede from this firm resolve,] and ontrußt.th l eir welfare and eharac-: ter to the keeping of each Unfaithful custodians; as now manipulate the- Democratic pajrjty, seems an hypothe sis too monstrous and improbable to receive acceptance iHrjany reasonable! m\nd.—North American. ~ i - •-■ I - ' Private Letter from Gen' Lee. The,originator the follwing private letter from General Lee to his eon, was found at Arlington House, and fen- j toresling as illustrating a phase in fite ' character: J 1 •, I ‘ i ' - . ..f • ' • " I ' • ARLINGTON lIotJSE, > ! I April 5,1852. j “-t] ‘ My Dear Son; I am just act of leaving' hoino for Nev? Mexico.— ■ My fine old regiment baa boon order ed to that distant rbgion, and I must hasten to see, that thej- are properly taken earo of. |I have bat little to add in reply to your loiters of March 26, 27, and 28. Yourletters breathe a true spirit of frankness- they have! given'myself and your brother great: pleasure. Yon maat.etudy lo be frank with the world; frankness is the child of, honesty and Icpuragol Say what you mean tb dp on every bccasion;aod take it for: granted you moan to do righ*. If a Mend asks a favor, ;you should grant it, lif it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot;' ybu will wrong him and wrong yoqr self fay equivocation of any kind.—. Never do a wrojng thing to make a friend of keep one; the man who re quires you to dp so is dearly purchas od at a sacrifice.. Deal kindly, but firmly, Jwiihj all your classmates; yoo will find it,ihnpolicy which hears beat Above all, do J not appear to-others what you are rfotj If you have., any fault to find with any one, toll him, not others, ofwhat you complain; there Js «p more dangerous experi ment than that bf undertaking to bp one thing beforaja mains face, and an other behind his back. We eboulc live, act,and say nothing to the injury , Of any one. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but is the path tb peace and noncri I In regard to duty, let me, incondul- '“* •♦! ■ C. 4 t:.lse: ‘J!SSL.A. M ■■-■■■ v ! i . lenf tpi be no terras, itagooiis'pr £utal. to ire, which would not too Democratic jV;u-- mly they could pro- Mileft' 'Woufal :trn^f ‘ : ■ --< ;i If■ J- >3-S i'S ° - T •■• ■ - -f.J. ■?■ ’.U: tut*#.*. 1 ! olaob.t od i rl.-J -H, —!'■ s:^-1 ... T'J I- 7r f ’,’l . ' ll . r T- : i e --4,. sion ofthls sasty' fetter, inform you tihat nearly »i hundred years ago there was a dayj rfi remarkable gloom- and darkness-]- still known as thcydark day day iwhon the light o£»'he Bun _\vaa slowly extinguished,as if by ani eclipse. The .Legislature of Connecticut was in session jand as its memßers Saw lbe unexpected and unaccountable dark ness: corning on, they; shared: in the general awe and terror.’ ■ It was sup* -posed-by many that the last day—the day / ofjudgment had come. ; Some one, in the consternation of the hour,, mov •, edan adjournment. - Then there arosel an old Puritan legislator, Davenportij of Stamford,l who said, that if the last: day. hacl come, be desired-to bofound at,his his duty,-aud,thorp tore, moved that candles be brought iiV so] tnht ,tho House could proceed with ilaattiy. ■- There was ; quietness in that i.nariV mind—the quietness of heavenly wisdom—an inflexible wil lingness to oboy prosent.da ty. r Du ty, {then* is tl>d snblimest word in jour lan guage. Bo jyour duty T; in things like the old Puritan. You cannot do inorcjyoueuould never, wish to do less. Nover lot. mo and your mother wear one l!o G. yr.jCcjstis Lee. '!- •J'h ■ i Mr. N&sbyi jßenouucea Slavery. Saint’s iiEsrl (w’ch is in the Siait uv 1 | NboJersey,) Jan 15,1865. j ‘■The wagia.uv sin is dethi” Sich is the 1 substance uv a passidge uv Sktiplci, j tvibb, sense my exile 2 this lonely shear j hez bin my solip. How troo the [remark ! how feerfly hez it. bin reelized 1 j The i anshont Dimocrisy pwnd this Gruvenn.ent., | and mite hev bed it to day. But then they wuz a rychus sot. They wuzn’t d'ssipatid They didn’t rub after harlots, Jason, and Benton, aud| Silas Write and sich men, who wuz men, Jtepl" ns strata. But wen they! went to their respective re wards, another class uv men bkkopied us. Jimjßooknnnon and Jeff. Davis took hold uv the Dimocratic kite, and ore off -its, time-honored talc, Ekal silb-ititootid Slavery. The rpsulris before the world- Dimocrisy s in the mud, and the Ablishnists hev the Post !oi fisis., , Aland | | In the blden times wo used 2 beer this sprig':' ■ | 1 . “Uoe iKe car nr cinansipasben - larcllin’grandly thro, the nashca." I’ve seen that car. It’s on 2 wheels and carries balls from 6 to 500'pounds in watb, j Sherman rode it in |2 Savan- Per totppr day. '' ; . ; Tho hsirder the work yoc do fer the Idovil, the inbar doth yob.git ior wagis. t W.o labprd fathefully in the seryis uv slavery, F We dismist oar conshenses, pwent back on our recurd, swore black) L .wuz white and vicy yersy, even goin j ■so fur ez [to ga in 2 two wars to per- 1 pelooato|it. i What is the result ? L. Xankih bbz abolisbt it by proclama shon. Ilis bloo-koted hirolius hey abolisht it, niggers and all-, wherever they h<|vigone, and they boy made sum rayiiiw pxtensivo toors. And finelly the wich wuz ibstitooted ;to preservoj it, is perposin to throw it overbord ez lhe price uy rocognish jcn t and ithis they do without stoppin 2 inquire: wat is hokum hv us north ern DimOcrats who hev tied ourselves jo it. i, : : ■■ f >; : , So reckless salers fling overbord a priceless: cSrgo to save a worth&ss balk. | ;Sb Joner wus bisted in 2 the biin waves (2 save a set uv . mariners 4 who wiiS nqt profits. Wood, o wood that I, l|ko him, cood bo gobbled by some fro.pdly whale, who wood, in doo time, vdinij. me out land. f Ez fcrjmQ, I'm dun. I'm a aunty-4 slavery matf frum this tjrao put! My conshonOowon’t allow mo to support it n 6 longer, and besides it don’t pay. Ez the hold servivin leader uv the DimboinOy, { I shel immejitlyj ishoo a sorkler, instructin uv cm to make this j change iiv front, "j ~ i ! .4. )•. ji PetEOLCTM Y. KPSBT, Laitt Faster ’,hV Church uv. the NpoDjispi The an n at the same mofeerit foi may dare to follow itl, himself, os though it Bbono for him alone, and made alone! his joy or his sorrow. ■; Hi.-1 .X . i'■ • Ghcanti^ The to the let the SS.ei wherein history l and'hut One of General certain! for an ' tiro aup< and 1 bii which ' myli dindte ti l»r favor, bis OV7Q overtih commas I beat fitt< they su< dandid oven rii seem al bis jinf cools' the (& IV reputation up, to straig about undermining it This is oneof tho virtues which ev oryimah is ashamed not to exhibit,'but it is£ also 'hot one of the most common. Outsidcolthc military profession it is not mot'sp frequently as to'lose its at tractions byfamiliarjty; while’in that profession the effectsof its 1 absence hayoboon so papablo’,that it is a note worthy thing viihod we hare a Gener al-itiwCfeqf who exhibits it in'full beaii; ity. c Indeed, couple ttiis generous ap slightly used. In the revolution, whop wool was becoming scarce at Newton the British troops availed, themselves of the beds of peat at Tratp’s 'Meadow, of whiclT they excavated great quanti ties. It has since been at times brought to flhe Brooklyn' market; Burnt ;n open fire places it makeika very faojt and enduring fire. * ■jOn Block Island no; other fuel is found oi ’iuscd. l In Uihoesota there are also extensive rp gions, which hnt lor. peat, wbuld he void of fuel. ; * l I it*- read inanoth sr paper that there is a tobacco which, if a raap smokes of chewp, will make hint foiget'thpt he owes a shilling jin the world, innocently concludes that many of his subscriberabave been furnished with the article. ;\< '! • ' r ■; ■■ .1 I • 'rTt.'V.irt; JT v- *v j, v ; .i " StephenGirard- ; ; -j r [ uaryisays s~ Witbintho memory of mhuj pursorji , still-uliyc, • * l olcl! Gi rewcp* as;the famous banker was usually styled, ashoyt, stput, brisk pldgeutloh man,; used to wplk,;\n his swift, awk- W»«| wny.’jtho streets of the lower parCjof; Philadelphia. Though every whore about him indicatodthat he hap ‘ reryj in bis follow-. citizens, lie was the marked txpQ'pi thapityfor morothfin ageneraiion.-—• Hi4ii aspect; was rather insignificant! and quite Unprepossessing. flitydriaa waSipid .fashioned and shabby; and ho -Wpfe.tbp pig-tail,the white neck|cl6thl tba jwido brimmed ,l*at. and the large ahtated coat oftho last contui y. iHe wras blind in one eypytho ptbep.though bis burly eyebrows.gave some! char- I'actor twhiacotiritananco,waa curipas dydtqyoid olnßxprfaspn. He: hadalso cbejabsent jlqok pfVnmpwhoPitter haft no thoughts- or was absorbed in thp.ught; andhe shuffled- along -on hia pnprmusfeet’,looking neither; to right not tho left. There wais always Vcertain look of the old marinoi about be had been fiflvyears an Juhabitant of the Wh6n[|ho (rode it was in the plainest,-Jeast cpm iof table gig in by nd ill-formed horae. dfiv-’ '■the; master’s owh kand iaotep He chose 'still! to ie ffltd lived for ’fifty years iholose.tothe wharves,! ia Wnient,bouse darkened by js’es, amid the bustle, the fiddors of commerce leasardf'wasto Wsit.onco heposseesod wt offto he was off and roll up >ves, labor and boding ig tpsmhglhayi ana ig even to assist jini batch- Is which he raipoji in may no more, -ornamental or fhrin. Ho mado it pay. luce was carefully, nay insbanded, sold, record ihtodJpivJ. Holovodhis ilutns/wia pigs, and espe jk byead' of canary hir< J4> tie ofHhiladelphia bad tjie* ofth there [was W map.off such' .aam r- Toby, if he had hoard that? the Devil' [was; hopelessly damned, would have said; “I #m .sorry Ifor it "•••, Hevoyjwas a person more destitute than - pirard of the qualities which win th4k ol them, complain that timothy dojCjS not take well; with'tham,| and dUppy fcioiis are, had as to tjie best maahbfiof • sowing the seed, Wliklief by /the drill, before the drill, or the drill„ in the Fall or in the Spring.; But whop / we aipply a diessing>oi made bone phosphate, we. Audit dcios not matter hoW it d sow h; it grOjws . equally well sown any of tliosq ways., Our land was 100 poor to grow tiitt*)« thjf. : -V'- ■: ■ ;>-r :■/’>* Another fact is also ■pgiunipgriolbo apparent,, and that isj wo must not follow the homeopalhicipfacticb' In wip - application of honej fey however aft- - coisfnl it may bo,in treating-'the mjtj* -' adios of the human subject,- it is not good! when applied to . the ills of'soil. Wo used. to j .dribble on; tw6 ■ or thrbu - hundred pounds per acre,and id though tho effects were good, it was not siilli cient to encourage much outlay bone! and acid.. Subsequently the dp so was increased, aiid so fair the pr&nti has beon pepportionai to the cxporinci How{ far tbis'proportibn will bo rapin talned it is hai d to loll; bht I have jap plied this Fall one-half ton to the pero qn my whcat. indull confideiu-p.ihat I sballibe .richly paid for tho outlay.* 1 expect a good crop of wheat, and heu-f vy gfass aftef ii, and if a {armor can have-goo'd crops pi* grass, be can have everything else. ; L;: I kpow one ioßianco ncay somp ten ycars ago a half ton j bf pure rhomc-mado ' bone phosphate [ mixed with a portion of gnano, was,, applied to the acre, on u very, poor, ] stonyv clay soil, on which nothing would grow, and the result was a ho.a vy drop of .\dicat,?tfhd heavy crops of grass Kucccediugdt, and the held is now! covered by a' very’ elosolyjset,' compact sod, that a%rpfl t every year an abundance ot pasture,. Such an application;,'with accompanying judi cious 1 ifoalnient, constitvdosa j»6vina-r nbnttimprovomcnt. I profeu the phos-. phafo to the raw bbnc, on account of its more immediate acti j!i; and .1 pro-, fer making it to buyiug.rcatly mjidb. because, aside from the certainty ot , getting; a’purp artiedo when made at boke.it is important in order to secure its best .effects,that it;bo applied; bo foroformeutation sots in, which is ve ry destructive to the organic ma-ltci which tho inistnrff contains. " i ' »; i - ould muai ted wife; iearh* jf old ijdney’s And her Grafts should bo andlwbatcvcr. hcodedTOwaxed. Ow» ing to the growth bl the tree andj tho. dclioa of tho sun; and' wind, grafts* which i.nay liava been waxed witliUho utmost card will sometimes require a. second application. ■. - ~ ; y ■ Budding,a very simple process wbon onco understood,, .and which .is-; Very easy) to understand, must bo attended to in! June and July. Cherries, c*pev oially,are much more successfully bud ded than grafted; but all other fijuils,; can be propagated in this way. V , 4 Keep your strawberry beJs,thor-i oughly free from grass and j woods of all kinds. ’sfow is the thiio'to nVuleli 1; thro beds, in order that'you < may have cloanfruit,- Spoht 7 tan very gpod. but'straw cut,’six or, eight inches in length, is excellent. It should; bo carefully placed about the with the hand. ■' J Asparagus beds are mote bcncfitlod by a-dose of salt, (the eommoncstkind will answer, or even moat pickol,) than any mother application. But it kills everything else.j Yo.ungaspara gus bods should, never bo salted oven iD’.tho slightest -do Tee. '' Salt, strhngo to say, da j-oadg bods is almost! coin laid destruction,, < t 1 • * ’ WiHAT 13 A Ws paploja properly applied to Any manure made by mixing i various u ubstilnoea ; of -Jor tilizing valpc, so that by thoit aqtioii upon one another, or by Ibe effect of 1 thenuxturq, thojr joints valiiois en- ;■ handed. Thus wheniwe mix a bpahel or two o£ linie.elackcd with britvp, or of ashes with -a load of muck,,the re. suit is..a compost worth .m,oro-.tOi the soil than both applied separately* So Whpn.we take bobd .dust, .hen manure, amf ieapbcd ashes iiis judi-' oioqs propertiopa,WO'raako a compost • which is good for- manuring corn in the hill, for for grass,! &e , and so composed or composted as to be rrtoro conveniently handled,! And \vprth more than if! separate..: Gom-' post does hot moan anything! iriipar ticular, but all compound manures in. genunrl which, our farmers mwkc a i A: [■ , 1 'l i \-. i ■Wrir,; Bo Manure - Short Hints • • 1 ‘V-j 1 • —■ —- ' , ■• baat' tan , 9^favijioi:s' - df^' / <:utevs.'i - |: / ' ■_ Ell I