BY DAVID OVER. |5 of tr q. Far the Inquirer. OUR COUNTRY. BT REV. J MILTON AKERS. May tbe God of our fathers defend The land and the homes ol the lirave, And grant that rebellion shall end, And treason be laid in the grave. May the morn of prosperity daw • , And the bright sun of harmony rise, May the clouds of disunion be gone And darken no more our fair skies. I May "peace" be our ruler and king With the coronet LIBERTY crowned, Upon it the "banner" we sing With tbe "eagle" and "peace branch" are found. May his throne like a monument stand O'er the top of contention's deep grave. Whose ghost may not visit the land. To tronble the white or the slave. I Next to God shall tbe land of my birth, Be cherished as dear to my heart. No nation so prosperous on earth ; From my country I never shall part. May our nation continue to shine, As a star in God's £alaxy here, And brigbteu with glories divine, Through eternity's unending year. Bottle's Run, Md., Oct. Ist, 1861. For the Inquirer. THE POET'S LAMENT. MY RLV. J MILTON ACRES. t', Go;! lam weary, t> rloia and oppressed, By care and anxiety deeply distressed. The pride and tbe hope of my life's early day, Forever from me have now passed away ; But tbe scsr they have left though the fact it reveals, 'Alui Co use of my anguish dorever c '.My harp that once trilled with the pleasures of youth, Or echoed the songs of friendship and truth, is broken and silent, to tunc it is vain, It can never be wakened to music again. Sometimes in a vision my youtb reappears, And I wander through vistas of happier years, While o'er them tbe sunshine of realized bliss Streams down for to contrast tbe former with this. The home of my childhood, and friends that I knew, Ara standing before exposed to my vitw. Loved ones are arouud me to welcome me home, And tell me again that 1 never shall roain. '1 he cot of my fathers before me doth stand, With the hills and the vales of my own native land. My lather and mother are waiting for roe, Ami sister and brother I plainly can eee. The one that I loved now responds to my knock. There nothing is here my pleasure to mock, I am perfectly happy no care in my brest, No mortal on earth so supremely is blest. But alas for my pleasures! my vision bss flown, And again I am silent, forsaken, alone. I wearily wander a stranger below, Surrounded by danger, temptation, and wo. The home-place is silent since I am away, Tbe dooi-latch is rnsty, the buildings decay; The one that I loved is "no one knows where," While 1 am a stranger distracted with care. My father and mother are far, far away, And sister and brother ore with them to-day. O, Father in heaven! relievo my distress, And grant that Tbv presence my pathway may bless. May Thy grace and Thy glory through Jesus be given, And receive me at last in tbe kingdom of heaven. Pleasant Grove, Md. 1861. * An Expedition to Edsell's ftllll—Our Troops Fired On. A train with 200 troops left Alexandria yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of obtain ing wood t Edseli'e Hill, eight miles from that city. While the oars were loading, some of the troops proceeded over tbe bill toward Springfield station, when tbey were fired on ,by the rebels, and three of tbeit number wounded. Tbe entire party, with tbe exoep tion of two, who became detached, and were probably taken prisoners, returned to Alex andria, having fully succeeded in their expe= diiion. A very pleasing incident transpired ID tbe camp of Pennsylvania Twenty-ninth in Geo. Banks' Division, at Darnestown, Md., a few days sgo. At tbe request of Coloucl Murpby and the Protestant Chaplain of the regiment, the Rev. Father Dougherty, of Montgomery county, celebrated Maea in tbe camp The whole regiment, witb uncovered beads, kneeled aid r.ceivod the benediction. Colonel Mur |by is a Protestant, but was happy of tbe oeeasic-n to show that lie wa no bigot, and in u*ter pertaining to tbe Constitution sod tbo kwe that there should be no division of senti ment even is religious matters. A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Polities, the Arte, Sciences, Agriculture, Ac., Ac—Terms: One Dollar ind Fifty Cents in Advance. We have been requested to publish the following f letter to John Smitb, Esq., of Schellsburg, frotr bis son, who is in the array in the State of Missouri j CHILLICOTHS, MO., Sept. 23. DEAR PARENTS Once more lam permitted to take my pen and write you a few lines, somethings few days since I hardly expected. We had quite a serious trip the last week, I may as well give you tfce particulars. We were at Macon City when I received your letter. 1 had but time to answer 1 Eliza's and we were ordered away again. On last ' Sunday morning we were ordered to go on the cars as far as Cameron, thirty five miles this side of St- Jo." There we got off the cars and got din ner and breakfast together, after which we started on a march scuth. It commenced mining after we got off the cars, and continued nearly all afternoon, j We all got as wet as could be. Wo mirch-d ten miles and then put up in an open flel I. We were verv glad to slop anywhere, we got plenty of hay to lie upon, so we did well. The next morning we started again and marched some thirty miles On ; the third morning we started about two o'clock, and airived at Liberty, about six o'clock. Liberty ; is a pretty good s'aed town, very wealthy and se cession to a man. There WH learned that three ' thousand of the enemy had passed through Uie I evening before. We sent out onr caoius and weru informed they were crossing the Missouri ltiver wi'h ' a large amount of stores taken at "St. Jo." Wa ' hold a position above t wn on : bill, with s good ' ! view oftlie surrounding country. More of our scouts comming in told us the Kansas boys wwe engared j with them and wanted us to reinforce them. We j immediately started on quick tiine. and marched three miles, then halted, and rested for we were j near'y all worn out, hiving been on a forced march for the last six weeks. We rested and got a drink i : then our company and one other were sent in front 1 l as right and left skirmishers. We were on the left : and company I, were on the rizbt. We marched ' j through the Missouri bottom where the bushes and i uiider brush was so thick wa could not pee a man , ten fovt from ns. We had only marched about | mile, when our Japtain spoke to the Colonel ant j said, he thought be heard orders given by the ene my. The Colonel thought not, and eontinu-d on. We had not gone teu yards when we wero fired upon from a concealed enemy. We immediately . tell down and concealed ourselves. The Itattle i then commenced. We had but one piece of artil • lery, whiah was immediately put in a position and fired twice, when the horses were killed, also the cannoneer and two of his men. We got on so close j that their old shot guns took tremendous eff-ct on j our men. We fought them one honr and forty minutes. We were completely taken in, but our j boys fought like tigers. There were only five hun dred of onr men, and only half of them engage!, as those in the rear could not get up. We fought four thousand, four hundred of the enemy. We never expected to get out alive, and we determined to fight to the last. They were in a position to cut • us all to pieces.fiTbey had us all in th? road nn 1 were finking us o'i three sides, intending to surround j 1 na, but our Major saw the movement autl stationed I ' some of our men on our right, they fired into them | killed their leader and caused them to retreat.— ; ; Finally ourColooel ordered us to fail ha * an 1 gain a new position. Vt'e did so, hauling our cannon with , i-s by hand amid an incessent shower of bullets ; and grape. We retreated in tolerable order and as > they caino up we poured into them a heavy fire which made them retreat fur good. I was in -the | hottest ot the engagement but diu not receive a scratch. Our men were a good deal cut up. We ' lost eighty six killed, wounded and missing, io- I eluding home guards. Only eight or nine of our regiment were killed, about sixty eight wounded. ; None of our company were killed, eight were i wounded, fire seriously, but all will recover with care. At least half of our officers were wouuded. Onr'2d Lieutenant was shot through the arm, our ! captain had five holes shot through his clothes. ' We left all our dead and nine of our wouuded on the field. The enemy took our wounded prisoners, and took them across the river. We kiliel and wounded one hundred and seventy-two of the ene | ruy, over one hnndred were killed. They bad so many of tbeir own to attend to tbat they sent us j word to go and get our dead It was said to he | , the hottest battle considering the number engaged j | that has been fougbt in this state. I got four shots • i at them, these were the only times I could get a | sight of the enemy, we secured a large College for j a Hospital aud carried our wounded to it. I never j saw such a sight, it was wonderful bow the poor j j fellows bore up under tbeir afflictions It was a | sight to stir up the hardest heart. Wo were com i polled to leave our severest wounded there and j march towards "St. Jo." We got to Plattsburg, ' when we received a message from Gen. Sturgis, i who was at Liberty, and wanted our men to go back. Tbe Illinois 16th who were nine miles west of us. The Colonel, chose out of all who were wounded and sick, and sent back to camp, and took the rest to Liberty. I was not well tbe day of the battle bat would go and consequently was com pletely used up. I have been unwell ever since.— We arrived at Cameron on Saturday night and re mained all night. Yesterday merning we came on to this place where we stopped for a few minutes I and found a lot of home guards stationed here, aud among them a iot of my old friends of They would have me get off and stay with them all night. I will go to casap on the morning train, where I will remain till I recruit. As soon as our regi ment gets back 1 tbink we will be sent some place to rest, and reeruit our regiment in men, as then are a great many that will not be fit for service for several months. I must close for this time. I will j write soon again, I want you to do the same. I i remain your affectionate SOD. T. R. SMITH. (JAPTDRB" OP JAME3 b7 CLAY. CINCINNATI, Sept. '2s.— Yesterday after* I noon, Lieut, Col. Letcher, with a detachment I ot Col. Woodward's regiment, captured James I B. Clsy, with 16 of bis meo, while they were on their way to join ZolJicoffer. Tbey were ; taken to catop Dick JdobiosoD. John C. I Breckinridge was with tbe party but managed to make his esospe. FLIGHT OF BRECKINRIDGE CON FIRMED. The Louisville Journal says: It is now rendered quite certain that John 0. Breckinridge, Col. Wo, Preston, Beck, the law partner of Brcokinridge, and all the prominent rebels of Lexington have left tbeir homes and found an asylum in a military camp in !t#>rgao eouoty. A man whom Dr. Johnson once reproved for following a useless and demoralising busi ness, vatd, in excuse; "You know, doctor, tbat I runs! live." Tho brave old hater of everys thing mean and hateful coolly replied, "be did not see the least necessity of that." A school-boy having good-naturedly help ed another in adifiouit cyphering iessou, was angiilv questioned by the Dominie. M Wbj did yon work ibis lesson?" "To Lnttn his work," replied tbe youngster. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY. OCT. 11,1861. j 111 bat Wreck of the Ereal Eastern. FATHER POINT, Tuesday, Oot. 1, 1861. The following in regard to tbe disaster to the steamship Great Eastern is taken from the English papers: The Gnat Eastern left her morniDg* in the j river Mersey at 14 o'clock on Tuesday, the 10th of September. The pilot left her at 4 o'clock on Thursday, when, a strong breeze prevail* ing, tbe aft tackle of one of the forward boats on tbe port side became unhooked, leaving it suspended by one tackle. The captain endea j vored to steady tbo ship while this was roelu sed, but found to his surprise that she would ! not answer tbe helm. The fact was, though it wis not known at the time, the rudder-pin was brokeu. The fore staysail was run up, but the wind immediately split i: into ribbons. ' The fore trysail was then run up but it was blown away. Tbe paddle engines were now ' stopped, and the boat lashings ordered to bo i cut away, when the Great Eastern ooee mote > 1 started on her course. Tbo passengers then j went down to dinner, and from that moment ! commenced a chaos of breakages, which listed j : without intermission far three dijfi. Every- | ' thing breakib!e was destroyed. Furniture. ' fittings, services of plate, glasses, piano—all were iuvolvsd in one common fate. It nuw j teo uie k iowo that the rodder was unmanagc** j bio. About six o'clock tbe vessel had to be , stopped agaiu owing to two rolls of sheet lead, weighing several hundred weight each, which, were in (he enginoroom, rolling about with every osci'liation of the vessel with fearful force. The*e having been secured, another start was made, when a tremendous grading was beard under tbe paddle-boxes. The shaft had beoome twisted, and the floats were grind ing agaiust the side of the ship. Tbe piddle were stopped, and thenceforth the scene is described as fcarlul in the extreme. Tbo ship rolled so violcudy that the boats were washed away. Tbe catdn, beside undergoing the dan gers arisiug from the crashes [and collisions which were constantly going on, bad shipped, probibly through (ho portboies. a gaeut deal of water, ..rid tuc stores were floating about in otter ooafusiou and ruin. 8 me of tbe chand lers fell dowu with a crash. A lirgo mirror was smashed into a thousand fragments, rails , of hanis'erg, b*ra t und uumeroas other fit* ! tings, were broken ioio num erics pieces,— Some ides of the roughness of the night's in„ cidents may be gathered from the fact tbilthe chaiu-cablei poli-bed themselves bright with friction on deck. A spare riding lit gave way to the cable deck, and Knocked a bole through tbe ship's side. Two oil tank-*, also oo the Cj'jlc deck, were so uiuob u.iu.geJ by another couousiiou that two huudicd galluus of lisb oil contained in them no into the hold aud caus ed, during the rest of the unhappy voy age, a must intolerable odor. The luggage of tbe passengers IU the loner alter cargo space was lying in two feet of water, and before the de liverance of the tfleeted, the luggage was httraly leduct-d to rags and pieces of timber. Tweuty-hve frae uros of limbs occur red from ibe concussion* caused by the tre mendous lurching of tbe vessel. Cuts and bruises were iuuuiiTabLe. One of the cooks was cast violently, by one of tbe lurches, against the paddle-box, by which be sustained fearful : bruises on tbe arm-, putting it out of bis pow er to protect, biuisrlf. Another lurch drove hiiu against one of the stanchions, by which conoussion one of the poor fellow's legs was br.ikeu iu three place*. The baker received injuries of * very terrible character in vital parts, and one of tbe most striking incidents of the disaster was this poor, brave man, crawling, in his agony, to extinguish some por tion of tbe baking gear which at that moincut had caught fire. OO Thursday night tbe gale was from the southwest, but on Friday morn ing it bad turned round to tbe uorthwest, and the ship was drifting ao unmanageable log in tbe trough of the sea. She did not ship much water on deck. It was soon discovered what was tbe matter with the rudder. The pin upou which it turo od bad broken off three feet above tbe point where it entered the stern of the ship. It was wrought iron, ten indies in diameter—and the iron appeared thoroughly good, breaking at that particular point where it appeared the strongest, which was one of tbcinost curious j incidents of the disaster. It was now found | necessary to rig up some kind of steering gear. A spar was thrown overboard with the auohor fluke attached, which dragging in the water ' behind the ship, might bring her head to the ] wind, but the swing of tbe rudder made it j useless; aud a plan was then suggested to tbo captaiu by the pass ngers, to whiob the escape of the vessel is probubly attributable, it was to pass two or three turns of obain oable around tbe rudder pin, immediately below the poiut at which the breakage occurred, and secure it with wedges and small chains. By pulling cither end of tbe oable, a circular mo tion of tbe pin was produced, and a connec tion boiDg effeoted with the usual chain attach ed to tbe rudder, and a temporary wheel rig i ged up below tbe deck, a shift was made once iporo to proceed, but the sore* of tbe vessel upon which the locomotion now depended— hardly a vestige of the paddles remainiog— soon stopped, being fouled by tbo rudder, by which tbo rudder was prevented from veering more than was neoeesary to steer the ship. All of Friday was ooeupied with these ar rangements. The ship had drifted up the west coast of Ireland, oo* of the ordinary track. On Saturday night the brig Magnet, of Halifax, hove in sight, hauled alongside and lay to for the purpose ef rendering assistance. Sunday, at two o'clock, the Great Eastern got under way, the rudder was found to act, \ ;*od the vessel proceeded at the rata of nine | knots an hour with tbe screw alone. | She met the Perm the next morning, god signalled her to some under the lee, which the Persia did. But circumstances wero such that ♦he Great Eastern's engines could not be slackened, and the Persia made off, probably under the impression that foul play was inteu* ded by tbe Great Eastern. Ao attempt was made at an explanation, but tbe Persia wa* too far off. Tbe Great Eastern continued ber course on Tuesday morning, aud reached the Bead of Kinaale; where she stopped four hours to arrange her tackle. She signalled the shore but no Dotice was taken of her. At four o'clock she arrived off Cork, and a small steamer came off to assist her, and tbe harbor was soon reached. As the rudder was suffi cienlly repaired, tbe ship would proceed to Liverpool soon. Oar infoimaot stales that it is almost im possible to exaggerate tbe anxious state of mind which prevailed while the fate of tbe ship was doubtful. There were several eler gytaeu on board, and religious services were frequent. The demeanor of the passengers was sufficient, apart from any sigos of disas ter around, to signify the distressing nature of the crisis. A meeting was held in the sa> loon on Tuesday, and resolutions of a pious aud congratulatory character were passed. The passenger* expres.-cd gratitude to tbe coiuinaniler of the brig Magnet, aud compli mented Capt. Walker and th 9 officers and crew of the Great Eastern for their iudefati gable exertions. Some of tbe procedings, however, were of a i ss pleasant charaotor, severe comments be ing passed on the ooudition of tbe ship, her strength of paddle*, aud the way she was bal* lasted. The North and the Souih. Those who imagine that in tbe present con test tbe traitors have been more suecess'ul than our ova troops, and that they bavo exhibited greater capacity for a protracted war than tbe friends of the Union, greatly misapprehend the true position of affairs. It is true that we have encountered some sad reverses, aud that we have not accomplished all that we desired to perform. But there is a disposition o mag nify the extent of our tevorses and mistakes, and to undervalue the iffect of our offensive operations, and the magnitude of our prepa rations for defence, which should be corrects ed. It should not he forgotten that our ene mies will never risk an important battle unless it is offered under ncfi conditions ns render i their success almost certain Oo all ordinary occasions their policy is to make retreat after retreat, until the patience of our troops is ex hausted, or they arc eotioed iuto extremely unfavorable positions. Tbey have captured Fort Sumter, won tbe battle of Manassas, and compelled Col. MULLIGAN to surrender, but on all these occasions their armies -o v.stly outnumbered our own that their triumph was almost eovitablo. Oo the other hand, we cm point to the triumph of LYON at Bonneville, the brilliant success in Western Virginia, our triumph in many tumor skirmishes, onrcapture of the forts at iiatiera* Inlet, our destruction of a number of their privateers, including tho recent dashing exploit at Peusacola, our com plete defence of the capital despite their vain glorious threats of capturing it, our efficient blockade, our well-uniut uued line of forces along the Potomac, iu Western Virginia, in Kentucky, and in Mi.-aoun. It is evident, t to, that every new day itiire.ses our streug b and weakens our onemie*. We are adding to tho number and improving tbe condition of cur men, and constantly obtaining new mnr.i iors and powerful means of aggression, by tod by sea. Their power h.a already culminated, and every hour diminishes it. Few new re cruit* cau be obtained for their armies, and the means of supporting and equipping them are consumed much more rapidly than they can be produced or replaced. Whenever the curtain which bides the real state of affairs in the South from our view is partially witbdrawu, a frightful picture of destitution aud misery is disclosed to us. The people of their seaboard cities arc living in daily dread of attacks from powerful eombioed naval expeditions against which tbey bave no efiicieuv protection, and witb tbeir trade almost entirely destroyed, and every mau compelled to perform military duty, tbeir ooadition is iuconceivabiy deplorable.— The people of iheir rural districts, having no market for their products, and no means of supplying most of tbeir numerous wants,arc reduced to a semi-barbarous state, and tbe dread of servile insurrections constantly thrills them with horror. They are rapidly realizing tbe terrible realities of tbeir position, aud it would not be surprising if a fearful rebellion against tbe rebellion should break out eveu iu tbe heart of the South.— Phila. Press. MRS. PARTINGTON'S LAST.— Ike goes for a soldier; Mrs. Partington makes a farewell address. ("Ike, my eon, stand up while I 'dress you; bold my bonnet and specks."— "Fellow soldier: It is the abandoned duty of all to be patriarchal in these times, aud to hand down, unrepaired, tbe glorious flag to all seceeding generations." (Here Ike com menoad ooanting off tbe new fashoned cheer and swinging tne old bonnet up and down as he went in, one, two, three; tiger.) Maroh besitatiug into the contented field, and if a rebel demands your quarters, tell him you bad but three, and tbe last one is spent ; then, if he won't quit and leave, quit yourself like a man, aud may you have a glorious campaign of it." Why i& a selfish friend like the letter P? I Because, though the first in pity, i* tbe last in help. A pretty woman's soul sometimes sits and looks out through a bright eye like a purring oat out of a sunny window. Couratinnnf. EDITED BY C. W. GREENE. B7"Ali communications for this department may be addressed to the Editor, at Bedford, Bedford county, Fa In the last cumber ot the Gazette, "Simon" says, in criticizing our article upon Economy in school matters, that our arguments were weak and that our figures weut to prove noth ing. We did not expect that auybody so ev idently weak in calculation would oompreheod thenr. When be speaks of "reduoiug teach ers wages to soldiers' rates," he mutt have reference to Reduction ascending. Tbo pri vate soldier receives thirteen dollars per month aud bis board and clothing. Tbe teachers of Bedford County receive on an av erage abont tweuty dollars, pay eight for board, and clothe themselves for the balance. Again the soldier works the whole year aud the teacher four ntmths: the sol Jier receives full pay from (he time he commences learning, aud the teacher must work years upon ex* pense before be is prepared; the soldier may be a drunken, disorderly, ignorant person, while tbe teacher must be sober, industrious and well educated; and last, but not least considered, the soldier has but one mast:r to serve, and receives credit aud advancement for the performance of his duty, tbe teacher seldom does. We allow that effect follows cause, but un til there is a cause, (which wc contend there is not) we shall Dot look for tbe effect. All we ask is, to have the two in regular order. As for tho personalities in this and other articles, we can only say, that if Simon has no higher purpose to prompt his labors, and finds pleasure in such ebullitions of supposed wit, wc are inclined to allow him the gratification. We fear DO permanent injury therefrom. It is to be remembered, that Done but inferior minds resort to that style of argument. OUR PROTECTORS. It must bave been said nj iny times, —if Dot it is time it began to be said, that tbe best* fortresses acd arsenals of a free people are its school houses and libraries. Books are bet ter than bombs, aud the drill of tbo school chs*e- more efficient for the proieoiion of out libel ties than the noisy military drill. Say, if you will, that an appeal to tli3 sword is sometime* necessary to establish the rights of a people, yet this is forever true, that pops ular were never so far invaded in a well constituted government as to rt quire the arbi tration of the sword till ignorance and corrup* tion had many times been permitted to out number virtue and intel igcuoe. Tbe problem in *ll governments is bow to get the best man into tbe first place. To do this we must Dot ouly have tbe bigh moral culture which can recognize tbe best when it sees it, bnt also tbe intelligence necessary to the adjustment of right men to right place*. All excelleoco it not excellent for everything. There must be selection, even among the very good, to ensure that fimess which is essential to all good "cab inet" work from a milking stool to a chair of state. It is a mere truism to say that the ignorant are nonqualified to make such nice selections as tbe true interests of government demand The hod carrier aud the farmer, honorable in their place*, and even experts in their proper vocations, are not competent to select those rare works of art wbeiewitb wealth would adorn its palaces, nor to choose front the great masses of literature,foreign and domestic, the fittest studies for a growing geuus. But thou sands venture not to express a doubt of the am ple qualifications of utter ignoramuses for the responsible duties of popular sovereignty; and in all lands demagogues very much prefer that a goodly minority, at least, of their constitu ents, should be untrammelled by any such in convenient and unmanageable possession as General Information. That is an officer not desired in the "wigwams" and "cabins" of tbe "anterrified" and "unwashed," If (be enemies of free institutions have need o£ allies, be sure they will uot seek tbeui among the graduates of oar High Schools; nor even among those to whom our primary insti tutions have opened the doors of knowledge. The presenoe of full grown men who oan neither read nor wiite in their own icother tongue, is preoiseiy the most dangerous ele ment that a constitutional government can have within it; for, happily, eduoated and competed knaves will forever be in a small minority where knowledge is diffused, it takes a fool to give any efficiency and fofca to ooe rascal in political affairs. It follows that the only safeguards to our government are the school house and the printing pi ess. Let their influence he universal a and the reign of rognes will cease, if it ever begins; relax their bet ter influence and anarchy will grow and ripen into ruin— School Journal. NKVER DO TOO MUCH AT A TIME: —Sir Edward Huiwar Lyttou, in a lecture recently delivered in England, gives the following his tory of bis literary habits: '•Many persous seeing me o much engaged in active life, sod as much about the world as it I bad never been a student, have said to mc, 'When do yon get time to write all ,yonr books? How on earth do you contrive lo do •o much work 1 1 will surprise you by the an- VOL. 34, NO. 41. swer 1 make. The answer is tbis: 1 ooutrire to do so maoh by cover doing too much st a time. A man, to get through work well mast not over-work himself; or, if he does too mueb ta*day, the reaction of fatigue will eooae and he will be obliged to do too little to morrow. "Now, since I begin really aad earnestly to study, which was not till I had ie't college, and was actually in the world, I may perhaps say that I have i gane through as largs a course of general reading as most men of my time 1 have traveled mueb, and 1 have seen much; i have mixed muoh in politics, and the various business of life; and in addition to all this, I have published somewhere about sixty volumes some upon subjects requiring much research. And what time do yon tbiok, as a general rule 1 have devoted to stndy—to reading aad wri ting! Not more than three hours a day; and wbeD Parliament is sitting, no: always that, but then, during those hours, I have given my whole attention to wbat 1 was about." Pisa DING DISO. — I was spending a few ; days in an excellent hotel at the South. The ! guests were numerous, and so were the sera vaQtd. When about to retire, i noticed tbat i the barkeeper rang lite bell repeatedly belnro any servant appeared to aooompao? toe to mv room. Directly under my room, io the court of the Louse, was the bell which summoned ; the waiters to ihe office. Hour after hour the j bell was jiugltng, the repeiion after the first call having more and more of a scolding, im perative tone. The troth I found to be, to my cost, tbat the servants, naturally, lazy, had become accustomed to wait for the third or fourth oail before stirring, so they did not con* j sidet themselves really called until the last . ring; wlurcas the simple aud invariable rcg | uistion to an*\otr the first ring would have M | cured proper obedience, and all the subsequent j ding-dings were not only needless, Lut uiis ; uhievuus. It would not be strange if they j should be entirely disregarded at last. Parents are apt to ring too often . Ona | command or request is enough, if it is under stood. Every r petition weakens authority, and encourages disobedience. Let it he a j fixed pr.ucipie of domestic discipline, that tn staut obedience is to follow each command, and the trouble of government is at an end; while the opposite pciuciple has in it the ela i ments of procrastination and rebellion, which will reach beyood the family and beyond iiato. Teachers tu ike the saute mistake. Perhaps j the school is uotsy. Ding ding goes the bell. The noise continues. Ding-ding-ding. The timid give heed, hut the clamor ceases oot.— Ding-Jing-diog-t/tflg DtNG. The school is brought to a stjnd at Lsr: but the probabili'y is that every subsequent uproar will deimnd an additional ding. The training, to be au thcrative and effectual, should be such tbat the first touch of the bell should arrest every ear. cnii the refusal to heed ih.t should be , dealt wiib as rebellion. llebtr. Geo. Fremont in the Field .i MARL Y AND PATRIOTIC LETTER. Geu. Fremont and Staff have left St. Louis to take the field against Price and MoCullocb. Just before leaving he wrote ilia following let ter to a frieod in New York, which is publish ed iu the St. Louis D emoerat: ST. LOUIS, Friday, Sept. 27, 1861. MT DEAB SIR: I leave at 8 o'clook in the morning, and send you tbis buirted note in tbe midst of the last arrangements before starting. We leave to oontend with an enemy having no posts to garrison, and no lines of transpor tation to defend or guard; whose whole fore* can be turned at will to any one point, while we have from Leavenworth and from Fort Scott to Padncah to keep protected. I wish to say to you that, though, tbe posi tion is difficult, I am competent to it, and also to the enemy in the field. I am not able at the same time to attend to the enemy at home. It is a shame to the country that an officer go ing to the field, his life in bis bands, solely actuated by tbe desire to serve his oountry and win for himself its good opinions, with no oth er object, should be destroyed by a system of concentrated attacks utterly wit boat founda tion. Charges are spoken of wkeo there are Done to be made. What is the objeet of the repetition of these falsehoods, except to fa miliarize the public mind to tbe idea tbat soto- thing is wrongi Already our credit, whioh was good, is shaken in coosequeuoe of the [ newspapers intiuiatious of my being removed. ; Money is demanded by those furnishing sup plies. To defeod myself would require the time that is necessary to and belongs tc my duty agaiust the enemy. If permitted by the country, this state of things will not fsil to bring on disorder. lam ■ an exponent of a part of the foree of the na tioo directed against the enemies of the coun try. Everything that is directed against me it directed against it, and give* ite enemy aid, and comfort. My private character comes in only incidentally. I defend it beeause natural. - ly bis reputation is dear to any man, but only incidentally. This is the foundation of many of my acts, and will be if I stay here. Eve rything that harts, impedes or embarasees the work entrusted to me, I strike at without hes itation. 1 take the oonsequeuce*. The most that can happeu to me is relief from great la bor. Tours truly, JOHN 0. FREMONT. Why is the Union like a ornb apple! Be cause to be worth nnythiog it must be pre served. An old bachelov says that the talk of wo men is usually about roan—even their laugh it. ' tut He ! he ' fce !
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