MIMCAiY.VOLUNTEEK. 'ODIiaiIED'BVEBT-TnOBSDAr MOBNINQ By ; Joftii B. BraitoMi T E B it S . jsoniPTioN.— Orin Dollar and Fifty Cents, in advance; tfwd Dollars 11 paid witlan the ! and Two' Dollars and' Fifty Cents, if not .i within (ho year. Those terms will bo rig- Jy adhered to„in',every instance. No sub ription discontinued until all arrearages arc id unless at the option of the Editor, Advertisements— Accompanied by the cask, id not exceeding ouo square, will be inserted arco times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents lor each additional insertion. Those of agreat tcr length in proportion. Job-Printing— Such ns Hand-bills, Posting- Ills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c.,&c., exc ited with accuracy’ and at the shortest notice. ADDBESS OF THE CiBBIEB OP THE American volunteer, Heard ye (hat bell hose solemn tones upon the night air swell, Asking the distant echoes all around amidst the midnight darkness profound ? Hark ye! and lend a listening car. It rings the knell of a departing year. Old “Fifty-seven ” with circling flight has fled Tbtakeits place amongst the mouldering dead Bright hopes there were when first the year had birth, • !t ?” Klrts l^ echoed to the strains of mirth; ' V'.' Eyes that were radiant with the .beams of joy, ... And purest Happiness without alloy. Alas, how changed! those,hopes are blighted i- now. And cares corroding.cloud the anxious brow; Hearts have been , wrung with anguish care and WeP ain ’, Which ne’er will wake to harmony again. Friends whom we dearly loved have passed away From all life’s scenes to regions of decay, But whilst we now the tear of sorrow sited • For those the loved, the sainted and the dead, We know that Death must yield his dark do main. And those that slumber now' shall rise again. Yes ! lan beyond this chilling gloom There is a land of everlasting bloom. The darkness of this world shall flec.away . Before the blaze of everlasting day. Kind Patrons. T hops you’ll not take it amiss That Strains are here mingled of sadness and bliss; ,These whims of our fitful and fanciful muse We hope you will freely and fully excuse. ■ The lime-honored custom of New Yeah de- . roands Some notice of passing events at our hands. 4 Here goes” then : the arduous task we begin .Although it is endless and tedious as sin. Old England puffed up with her.national pride. Still rules with her sceptre the wave and the tide. For ages long past, and for time yet to bo She claims the proud title ** the queen of the sea.” Fair France the great land of the grape and the vine Still claims the proud city where Fashions com bine. ... . ThcJßussian Bear still remains in his den And wo be to him that disturbs him again.' The Turkey has spunk enough left yet «• to gob ble 1 ’ . . Whene’er he may chance to get into a squabble, lit India the bloodthirsty rebels are kicking, And England is trying to give them a licking ; They fight, though, like tigers, and ’tis not much wonder, v ‘But England will let them have plenty of thun der ; . , The contest, though dreadful, will soon be past. For the city of 'Delhi has fallen at last. But now let us notice our own favored land r Which Heaven so blesses with provident hand. With richest abundance our harvests were •“Crowned, . , ■ mVst . <i <U l ifor.t ari‘d' plenty sit smiling aroundi ,- ; 2So famine prsickiiess with withering breath xlas spread o’er our country destruction ’and deal h: . • . At;peace with' all nations of whatever name, j We are rapidly growing in importance and fame; 1 Though more highly favored, than others have been. Some troubles within oiir own borders arc seen The first is, we learn, to oiir heartfelt sorrow. That the needful indeed is a hard thing to bor row ; . The Banks upon which we for money depend. Have the payment of specie resolved to suspend! Deprived of " the ready” the factories close ■Aiid suffering follows as every one knows ; • . Here too is hard Winter!! ye wealthy be sure To open your hearts and remember the poor. 1 Though matters have taken a ourious cast, We hope that the crisis in safely is past, . •; The Banks will the payment of specie resume. ; And that will (financially) scatter the gloom. ;,,;The question of Kansas still troubles the nation, .Which has for so long been a plaguy vexation : dt battles profound calculation and figures, Kansas is destined to frecmcu or nig f gers. i: i But Jimmy Buchanan the ribbons can hold, 1 -Tie will his transactions with prudence unfold ; f So let us bo easy; there’s nothing to fear, " ' we havea pilot that knows how to steer. Mprmons in Utah are cutting.a fuss [getting themselves in a plague of a muss, V re trying to scorn us ; to scoff at our laws, thinking they’ll soon be in Uncle Sam’s Maws. ; uibt but “Old Brigham” will fight like a cat. urcly there’s no use for him-to do that, dormons, aliho* they’re a numerous host, have to cave in, or give up the ghost, i s .no use whatever for war or commotion, iovernment surely has taken the notion •eak up the haunts of their deep rooted evil ise up some powder in making them oiv ; tow let us cease from our circumgyrations, continents, islands and various nations, longer abroad should \ye needlessly roam it so much remains td*be noticed at home? lorough is flourishing wondrously grand. Town Hall at present is much in demand: . there isn’t a place fit,for lecture or show iy one surely can easily know, do not the people their wishes assert, . -he Town Council members a project con ijch the mncK needed'affair may arise ;ace our fair town and to gladden our jyes? . shame on our borough, a burning dis ;race, we for amusement have no suitable, place ickinson College next merits attention, one thing that we must forget not to icntion. ics Buchanan, the honored and great fdritc son 1 * of the Keystone State, his diploma with honor from hero progress in studies severe, of Old Dickinson ever shall be, in a Son to, the land of the free. ■odist Church with zeal worthy ol le, ■ ' ’ ted a new place of worship to raise, on the corner of Pqmfret and West ihurch to be finished as one of the best, let me say, without circumlocution, ' :rs of. town have a new institution : id in a crowd on the corners to talk, ics and gentlemen cross when they is it happens, (I'm sorry to say,) ' boys are seen with the negroes to improvements I frankly confess ) your knowledge and shrewdness to and prosperity with yon abide, may you live and no evil betido, coming New Year bo.happier and *r, of your most humble, servant THE CARRIER., i January 1, 1858. BY JOHN B. BRATTON. YOL. 44. THE QUAKER PATRIOT. Throughout the land sounded the loud sum mons—to arms ! Hundreds of our country men were flocking to the standard thrown bold ly to the breeze, by those leaders whom the minions of the King had denominated ‘Rebels.’ The battle of Bunker Hill, with all its honors, was fresh in the minds of the daring few who had staked their lives,, fortunes, and sacred honor in their country’s cause—yet no feeling of intimidation came to the breast of a single man, for all-felt that they had a personal inter-' cst in the struggle. The bar, the pulpit, the factory, the farm-- : all contributed their stal wai f sons to do battle for the right. Age formed no exemption!. Youth assumed the powers of manhood, arid joined the tide setting towards the bloody field. There was but one class that scenied to be regarded as non-com-' batative. They were the -Friends' Or ‘Qua kers. ' Pcletmh Payne had settled in early life upon “ f! \ rm "' the town of Cold Spring, Long Is land- Hero he had married, and here he had seen falling from his side, due by one, the chil dreu Cod had given him; until, in'his old an-e, he stood alone with the partner of his youth and malurer years, a childless man. He was one of the leaders in the Society of Friends— I and in a pure worship of his Master his days were drawing to an honorable end. ;, I The messengers of .Washington, who was I then supposed to be near at hand, were living I through that section, and calling recruits to join him. Old Payne stood at his gate-way as the Courier approached. Wnews from the camp ?” he.inquired, •i m enelll y is Stowing . moi-C formidably daily,- was,the reply,;as’the rider drew up-his panting steed,‘fand weave seeking men.in eve ry direction. Pity you hadn»t a son to repre sent you in the struggle!” . - : The aged Quaker bowed his head, as the memory of hjs lost ones was thus rudely awa kened. I “But you are a ‘Friend,’ continued thecour- I ier ; and'don’t bclicve in resistance;” ‘ I “Who says that Peletiah Payne does not ad vocate resistance io oppression ?” cried the old j man with animation., “Who .can him with the baseness of inaction, when the foes Of I Ins stand at the threshold of. that ooun- I try s honor ? lam a Friend,-in the sense that I thee puts upon the word 1 , but lam no friend to' the enemies of my native land.’, ‘T am glad to hear yon say so! I would that youth and strength were yours 1 As it is, we are e.cn grateful lor your good wishes.”—t -I’he courier rode onward upon his mission. . “Youth and strength !” soliloquized the Qua ker. “Ay, I would they were mine, indeed ! But they have left me, as a withered tree, al most nsehss! Yet not so ! Why may T. not j’oin the forces of Washington? Why not stand beside my neighbors^—Sly wife ! Yet, she will not bid me. pause! Wo must see ! —we must sec!•” The gate was closed, and Sir. Payne mired £0 the duties of his farm. ■ Gloriously and bright arose the sun ori' the succeeding morning, as our Quaker ..friend, led- I his horse, already saddled, to the gate. At the I same moment. his wife came-from the-house bearing a gun. With tearful.eyes she handed i the weapon to her husband as she said : I ■ “Slay that God who has watched'over-thee I and me, be with thee still, and if it ho his will to return thee to me —” ■ ’ I Sobs choked her utterance. The old man I stooped from his saddle and imprinted a kiss I upon her upturned cheek. I “And what matters it,'Judith, whether Ire turn or not. Belter to. die in such a struggle.- than live for years'in the recollection that I bore no hand in the contest. Be of good cheer! I will return if spared! If not, thee will bo proud to know that I fell in ray couritry’s ser vice ! , Cheer up. wife ! God bless thee ! Onward to the fight rode the noble man.— Joining.tho leader he had come to meet, lie bore bravely and well his position in the front of batile. O’er many an ensanguined field, he strode with .others to conquest, and no one amid the dauntless, host who have by their deeds enrolled their names upon Fame’s stroll, were deserving of a prouder position than the old •Friend.’ Nor did he turn back, until Washington had bade adieu to his army, and victory was ours. **# • # Leaning on ihe same gate we have spoken of before, stood the wife of the veteran, watching the return of their neighbors from the war.— She had waited long and patiently for the com ing of her only earthly treasure! but be came not. Day after day passed, and yet no knews of the absent one. Hopo«>had nearly .died in her anxrou^heart! A horseman approached 1 Mechanically she enquired of her husband. **X reckon he died at King’s- Bridge,’ 1 was the answer. “I know he was badjy wounded. But we will hear particular in-about a month. 11 The speaker spurred on his horse,’ impatient (o greet his own expectant family. “Dead I dead !” munnered the sorrying wife, as she sank overpowered upon the green sward at her feet.. "Judith, lam here ! Judith, arouse (bee l n cried the veteran, clasping the form of his aged wife in his arms. “The battles'are done ! The victory is ours! I have come to thee alive! Well!” VVith the passion of earlier years Jio impress ed kisses upon her quivering, lips. Languidly she raised her dimmed eyes and gazed upon the returned hero. “Is this a decani ?” she sighed. “Nay, Judith! rouse thee, wife! The God of battles heard, thy prayers, and his arm was over and around me. lam safe.” vet^ rar> ond h ' s *ire rest in an old bury wcre g noc!>^ nCar . thcir farmcr ho,l>e - Tlitre y-Sfttg! t tudejot- even this mentiontho “Quaker Pa- • OS’* Tho alarm felt among the, bachelors on account of tho decision, by the- conrta, that a few visits and friendly attentions to a lady miirht bo construed into an engagement is subsiding under the following method of protection. Out west tile bachelors provide themselves with cards duly labelled, .“Good for this call only!” which are sufficient evidence of no serious in tentions. - I Families decline-as do empires: each succeeding day some part of life’s ancient hon ors are lost j the descent that leads to adversity is precipitate and rapid. Children detach them selves from their parents. Parents separate themselves trom their children. Thus all fades, til the last great scone lets fall the curtain of death and oblivion. ' Li ‘ T a --?’ he London correspondent thus ” N tloDal Illte llgenCer opens his last letter. .„ T l ,° I . nont l of November commenced with its usual characteristic, an intense fog j and during da J? "’liicli have since intervened the nhabilauts of London h.avo not enjoyed twelve liotirs’ sunshine. . - J • 11 trill/11 The true origin of the India insurrection, for it is more than a mutiny and less than a revo lution, is, although Delhi has fallen and Luck now has been relieved, quite as mysterious ns ever. The uncertainty upon this subject seems to deepen as the war progresses. so general a movement, extending to such dis tant localities and involving in it such a multi tude of persons, should have occurred without preconcert, without a plot, a plan or a leader, seems, to, our notions, quite incredible. Yet no traces of a previous understanding have been discovered, and, certainly, no one man has stood, forward as the chief, fhe leader, and the animating spirit of his countrymen. The events which have occurred since the outbreak and all the facts preceding it as far as they nave been ascertained, compel us' to the con clusion that the explosion which has so deeply shattered the edifice of British rule in India was alike unexpccted.on. all sides. It sprang from a sort of-spontaneous combustion and spread like a fire on the prairies. The mated al was prepared beforehand and the train had been laid by tht hands of the English themselves. It needed but the spark and then .came the crash, the horror of the most lamentable catas trophe ever endured by that people. Forages the waves of conquest have swept over the plains of India from the north of Asia. It has been the destiny of that rich and .luxurious land, at almost stated intervals, to fall into ihe power of a new race of masters; but until the advent of the English these came ever from the north in conquering masses and settled and made their homes in their new possessions, thus holding them by a warlike colonization until the lapse of years assiinilnied their, de scendents with the people they had subdued, and prepared them also for the yoke of servi tudo and submission to still newer adventurers, ihe English were the first foreign conquerors that came by sea, and unlike their predecessors they made not their homes in India. They have individually made it but the plaee of so journ for a i ime and ever considered it as mere ly a field on which they might'reap their for tunes. This done they sought again their isl and home, giving room for others to fatten in their places. Their Indian conquests were not colonized, they became merely tributary pos sessions. , The necessities of the peculiar tenure by which they, held these conquests engendered a peculiar machine by mhieh they might be ex tended and maintained. This machine was a native army, offered by Englishmen, and thus was created that peculiar force which has hith erto served them so well. . Sepoys, it must be remembered, are quite unlike,troops of the,regular European armies, inasmuch as their service was a profession which did not prevent or break up the family relation, and they rarely, if ever, left it until they retired upon a pension, their sons moreo ver succeeding to their calling. They were well paid,- the position of Sepoy wasa desirable one compared with almost-all other callings,' and they thus grew up, although composed in discriminately of Slahomcdans and Brahmins, ,t° ”0 a distinct and almost separate class in die stale.. Each native company 1 had its native captain, ■ giving tnem an individual organization. IVXany of-tlie oepoj’S; were educated and well informed, i a"d. these at’ lease could -riot-help but rceh*nff ; | that the strength of the English. was in them. Formerly also a degree ot intimacy existed among the English officers, and Sepoys under their command, which promoted an attach ment to their persons. But of late years this has been almost completely changed, and the English officer has kept himself "more and more aloof from the.native soldejr.. . There have been other.grievauces, no tic id) t, in the supercilious ness and overbeifring chafactcr of many un skilled junior officers, to whom it has been the .custom lately, tb confide even the command oi roe regiment, y . • Thus in tlm Sepoy breast throughout the army there existed the consciousness of their strength, with nothing, whatever but custom and routine to keep them -to their obedience, for ins beyond' the nature of things to suppose I they felt cillier the obligaiiohs of duty or grat itude their masters. Their very or ganization thus eonstituted’a living conspiracy, I in the bosom of the Indian empire. Thirty years ago, the native soldiery were often appeal ed to by circular letters m which the English were depicted as usurpers of low-caste, with the uniform instigation—-‘Ygnf European ty rants are few in numberr-kill them.” and such missives were widely circulated' and eagerly read. Troops educated with saoh impression's on their minds were indeed dangerous tools for [ their masters to handle, and the wonder is ihat they have so long proved not only harmless but serviceable. „ The time at length came, and the horrors of the Sepoy massacres and deeds that have no name for-flendishtrcss, will , stain forev er the,future page of history with their unc quailed attrocities. The singular fact already alluded to, that no individual lias been seen coming forward as the leader and master of the movement, seems ful ly to demonstrate that the. insurrection was sudden and unexpected.: So remarkably has this been the fact, that not a name has been lifted up out .of the obscurity of the general mass, except lhat of Nena Sahib, by which j appellation Soreernunt Doondoo Punt is usually known, and ..under which he is now linked to the execrations of all civilized humanity. ■ And he, it would appear, has been singled out by the natural disposition to individualize such crimes and to bring up some one person upon whom the vialaqf wrath and denunciation may be The Scpcv attrocities have been personifieej/n Nena Sahib, as the most promt nent indhe knowledge of Europeans, from the factor his having, on all occasions, cultivated an intimacy with them, more than from any prominence in position' or cruelty in the ranks of the rebels. As for, the old dotard King of Delhi, it is evident ho neither directed nor ori ginated the insurrection. He was borne along on the topmost wave like a floating log, and has had as little influence over its course. A mere drivelling inanity, he cannot,: in any shape; be held responsible for it. Another, fact which now seems to be well as certained. and certainly is not, less surprising, is that the people have not joined, in the insur rection. It has not been a popular nor nation al movement. This singular phenomenon maj do explained, however, by the naturally timid dparacter of the mass of the. natives' and the !iul e ®> rtn P at hy they feel with the Sepoys. n;roul, thoy u a " not rc S artl otherwise than with nd . ®' as , , * l ? ]nslr U| I )entsof their oppression, dm u- C r °r 3 " t * le ' r foreign masters, far a "' a y ,n their island home, hive kepo them m subjection. They may have no love for the English, and in the depth and pride of their religions prejudices feel no doubt much secret contempt for them, but the Sepoy sol i dier has probably still less of their confidence, iheyraay, in the overthrow and expulsion of of the former, and the triumph of the latter, see but a change of masters with a fear that it would but, bo for the worse* Whatever the* causes may have been, it is certain that the movement nas been confined almost exclusively tp the with fhe exception perhaps of the felons wnoth they set loose from the prisons all over the country, arid certain predatory nr Aiicnoi.A, “OUB COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS SB "BIGHT—BUT BIGHT OB WRONG, OUB COUNTRY.’.’ TDE EAST INDIA INSURRECTION. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY ?, 1858/ tribes and Tillages always ready to rob and murder Hindoo; Mus-felman qr European indis criminately as they might (all into their hands. A Sepoy success course have carried the natives withtheni.Vßut even if the insur reotion were a ; populat; one, the opposing (Slo mehtsof Hindooisnv.could only be forced to coalesce while contending against a common enemy to turn against ; each other with bitter virulence when, that' cjiemy should have been overcome. In the contest which would ensue one race would become 1 subject to the other, i and the yoke of their.new oppression would be I much heavier, than thttt’.pf their former masters. But such a contest .will not take place! The fall of Dellii and, indeed; the logic of necessity foreshadows the certaiffiquelling of the Indian insurrection; But whaji. then ? Thediffloul ties of their position will befell by the English when they havo dispersod and expatriated the Sepoys. . The question; of ■ how they are to maintain their empird.will then meet them. By what sort of . an organization or army will they hereafter succeeded : preserving their do minion? The resource; of native troops can hardly, again be titisjcd; to garrison India with an exclusively, English army seems to be but of the question. “They cannot afford En glish troops for the) service. They cannot, however, depend upon the native force. If the English intend to keep*'lndia, it must be by colonization, by Britislbcsettlcments planted in the northern and more elpvated regions of that country. The Sepoy.-insurrection, whether quickly suppressed oy |i6t, is destined to work an important and enduring revolution in the affairs of India, and hbt hnlikely in its sociaf and religious oharactctislics. KOTIIIXBjfO vim. , ITwas an awful ■ hat; .'day, the sun set the night before in a rcd ric&j and halohed out the hotest day, that ever Caused- an. old fogy to •‘hist” a blue cotton “umbril”-—the earthwas parched till the cracks could be used for boot jacks, the grass wilted .like a toad in a show, storm, the dies were to- sleep under the toad stools, and molasses wtj3too .lazy to run. I had a cent in my priokoi. .arid the heat gave the ■Goddess of Liberty upoajt a rush.of blood to the head causing her to! look as if she had the mumps oh both sides, arid -a .wart on her .nose. It was some hot. I was sitting upon a box marked triangle Q trying to keep (he corners of my shirt collar from'sliding down into my boots. The horn buttons of. my coat had al ready melted arid stopped tip the hole of thy night key. I lelt so: kinder flabby that I be lieve you could-have hut button-holes in my ribs and buttoned thcrii‘|o my toes. Things were kinder coming .focus to me, when along cathe a friend in awagpo, I call it a wagon, but it. looked more diKtf .a ■ four-wheeled hen coop, It was drawn by. two somethings ; I suppose they call them ihorses, but I, never saw more knife-handle inaterial, .and less,flesh, than tvere inside those two hides; I verily believe that if they had sneized they would have blown themselves out of Iheirslrins. _.My friend sings ’l^J a !' 00 ac k. you' want to go’a swira- ! nln S -. “IVill a Butcher Boy eat dumplings '■“ftrd..• , says I,;and;■ ini, J iumnnd.-,.T fminrt |forir orliei■ scat | trying to.keep shady,‘fthe.driver, brought.down .his stick upo.n the 'two-' ninny sever nl times which, sounded iiko.a' nigger beating a l carpet, and after considerable of an effort the apojogies got started,.a’qd.w'e had a lively ride. The wheel,s hadn’t - been • greased since Noah wore his first nightcap, and they furnished us with some rich, I can’t say rare music ; while the hind wheels were grinding the “Dead March in Saul,” the fore wheels were playing “Jor don is a hard to travel;” every tithe the wheels wpuld go down, into a rut, the nigh skeleton— who had the stiring halt—would twitch his hind leg up. giving us a jolt that would cause our chins to come into juxtaposition with the toes of our boots. I had just made up ray mind .to get put and.walk ahead. -When ,we arrived at the sea shore, that paradise, of long clams, the Eden of; Crabs, we had nothing to tie tip, so we tied to it—arid dotfn into the surf.. We; all disrobed and—leaving our clothes in the wagon, at a given signal dove into the. “mul titudinous seas ” I .went.under head and cars,' cut my, too pri a clam shell, and came up. I spit out sundry pebble' stones, scratched a number of.the countless sands Of the sea shore out of my head, danced on one foot till I burst the bubbles in my . ears, when I became aware that my comrades were shouting pretty Justly. I pushed the hair out-of-my eyes and -what a sight for a nervous man 1 I’ll be darned if the animals hadn’t got scared at the. splashing in the waters or else theyhad smelt an oat and they; were on the home stretch with all' our clothes. They rapidly disappeared from sight, old string halt's hind, leg jerking against the dash board at every “turn..”' We were in an interesting condition, ,Fiye miles from home. I wish I was a canvass back duck more than once,that afternoon; it was romantic but nut very funny, we stayed in the. water till our skins looked like patent isinglass, and the wa ter soaked through till we could taste the salt, when we cut stick-for a' neighboring cornfield;" and had just got fairly .bid when down came two loads of the prettiest and sauciest boarding school girls that ever wore bloomers. Wc Were congratulating u'|)on pur escape,whcn we heard t hat rich Irish brogue.; we heard the corn crash ing,' and, a : voice crying. “Sake him,! ' Sake him!” and had just time to climb.atree, when up rushed the mostoperi countenanced bull-dog I ever saw. with a homely vrsaged. Celtic gen tleman behind him. “Sure tiint ye a pretty group of model .artists, up there, ye black guards : ye was after staling gintleman’s corn, wasye?” The damsels were bathing close by us, and there was not a leaf on the tree, and we begged bard that the Irish gent would! shut his mot|tn or the girls would see us.; but ’twas no use, we hadn't a hot’ potato and we could, n't stop hipi,; and good Lord, the dear maidens saw us. and the way the water foamed for u second was a caution : they didn’t stand upon the order of their going but went at once. We told Patourstory and agreed to pay him logo up to town and gel our clothes. “Divil a bit will Ido it,' 'says he, “ifoncof jrc will go to the house witha front door at the side I'll give him some of me own clothes, and'bo can takethcnicewalk himself, and to make sure he’ll come back. I’ll leave the dog to'take care of ye,”- and leave him he did. The dog kept-guard, and for three hours and a half wo roosted in that old tree. fighting the horse flies and mosquitoes. I got bit till there wasn’t a fresh place to bite, and I looked like a.two-legged nutmeg, grater.— Every time we stirred; the dog would growl, and I didn’t feel bad when Sam came back with the clothes. The anniversary.of tliat.day I always fast. It was wonderful to see how I some young-ladies blushed when we fnet.theih 1 lon the street after that! and how -suddenly ir boy about my size became interested in the number of cracks in the,pavement when he. saw a hoop-skirt approaching in the dim distance. [£?■ Within thine bosom arc the stars of thy destiny. . . CT" There is no greater calamity, than the ncsire qf acquiring. „ The rich-should remember the poor. T j| I A Skill in Everything. I The science of agriculture Is made up of a whole group of sciences, whose theory and ap plications the farmer must understand and practice, if he would be master of’ his profess ion. He mnst know something of Chemistry, to understand-the treatment of the'soil, and the composting and use of manures. He must un derstand Botany, to riianage all the vcgetablfes, grains and limits which he grows. Ho needs Physiology and medicine, to treat his.animals wpll in health and sickness. If he builds a house or barn, a knowledge of architecture will stand him in'good stead. If he has a threshing machine, or mower, he needs some acquaint ance with the principles of motive power. In the construction ot drains, he must apply the principles of Hydrostatics, and to some extent of Hydraulics too. ■ " I Wo give these facts ns illustrations of our meaning, not by,any moans as exhausting what might properly be said oh this matter. The truth is the farmer needs to be a bit ot a genius in almost any thing, if ho would stand at the head of his profession.. . ’ It was not our,purpose, however,.when wo penned the heading of this article, to say much on these gravo themes. It was an humbler top ic.that tempted our pen. TVe wish to exort our readers to become well skilled in all the minor, operations which the management ol the firm and. garden involves, Wiiat wo .mean, two examples will show : ' Mr. A; is a farmer, and nothing else. If a strap breaks in a harness, he Sends two miles to havo.it mended. If a horse’s leg is bruised, ho Will not treat it himself, but sends for a far rier, His .bee-hives need repairing, and ho hires a carpenter to do what a very little skill would enable, him to do for himself. - He can not even mend an old sled, or repair a broken backed rake, without foreign aid. He is a good farmer He keeps his implements in good condition, too, but it is at a great ex pense. , Mr. B. is another sort|of a man., He is as good a farmer as Mr, A. But he is limber "and elas tic too. AH the little jobs about the house he does himself, or leaches his boys to do. He can roof- a house; ho can hoop a barrel, or. he can dig and wall a well. He can build a sled, put a. spoke into a wagonrW’heel, graft or hud a fruit-treo, or make a new harness out of an old one, with an awl, waxed end, and a hit ol leath er. If ho attends a (air, he sees the point in the improvements that are on exhibition, and ho can apply many of thein to his own work without •any fhrther aids' - We will go v but little further. Our renders see what wo aye at. . We. hope they will .them selves be, and bring up their eons (d be, men who will have some skill in everything. Here are some reasons Tor this recommenda tion, which w© will give.nt the risk of making this article a little longer : , ‘ 1. Almost-every farmer will need this kind of skill. Not one in a thousand will Uve so near a Village where there are skilled mechanics, as to be able to use theiraidal all times. Fewcrstill wjll larm on so large.a scale as to embrace all these trades in the force employed on their own grounds. He will hee'd some sklll' himself. , 6. Such skill renders its possessor more, in dependent. Th,e'«cusc of Buohiindcpendehce'ls, a great comfort.. Its exercise is sometime a' S. It saves a grcat •Wo knew a man who lost.a Whole day’s.time I and. several /dollars- In. money, in the following °f- the harness was taken a\va3 r . He had dot enough fact and skill to repair-lt with a piece of a rein or halter. Ifewlll develop talcnt.jn many persons, whore it now slumbers useless and powerless. -The exorcises in mechanical, skill furnished by the farm, has awakened the mind of many a youth, \vho hag ripened into a. noble and skiUnf me chanic or artist. But wo have said enough. Give the boys and girls a good chance to Cultivate their powers in .a practical way. You, can .'never predict what treasures you will flud.— Ohio Fanner.. “Baptize the Whole Army.” Wo-have, already referred to the religious faith of the General who added-so much Jusfro to the English arms, during the war in India The following-anecdote was related by Rev. Mr. Graham, of Bonn, at a meeting ol the Hib ernia Bible Society at Belfast: “lie had to fell them that General Havelock who is now so distinguished in India, although a Baptist, was a member of his (Mr. Graham's) missionary church at £oon, ana his wife and daughters were members of it for seven years. He Could also relate ah anecdote regarding that great and good man which he had heard from | the lips of Lady Havelock. When General Havelock, as colonel'of ins regiment, was trav elling through India, he aliyays took with hima Bethel tent, in which he preached the gospbl, and when Sunday came in India, ho usually hoi sted the Bethel flag, and invited all men to come and bear the gospel—in fact, ho oven baptized Some. Ho wa? reported for this at headquar ters, for acting in a non-Vnilitaryand disorderly manner; and the Commandor-in-Chiel,General Lord Gough; entertained the charge, but with the true spiiit of a generous military .man, lie caused the state of Gen. Havelock’s regiment rto be examined. Ho caused the reports of the moral state of the various regiments to bo rend for some time back, and lie found that Colonel Havelockis stood at the bend of the list; there was less drunkenness, less flogging, less impris onment in it than in any other. When that was done thu Comraandor-in-Chief said,‘Go and tel Col., Havelock, with my compliments, to bap lize the whole army.’ ” Neat People. A traveler “out west,” gives Hie following as his experience In neatness, which is rather good: We always did like neat people. Wo always I cherish a kind tenderfeeling tor nil neat women. , But we never was really “struck” with one un fit last week, and the way .of it was this: Wo were “out west” a few miles’and got belated; looking for a plader to stay air night; found a cabin; asked if we could be accommodated, and a tall woman; with a freckled-face, red tiairl bullalo-skin moccasins, buck-skin dress, and a baby, said “she reckoned we mout.” • Wogotofl'onr horses, hitched them to a cot ton-wood corn-crib, and - went in. Wo asked for supper. We got some bacon, molasses, broiled pumpkins and corn-dodgers. We ate heartily. After nieal was passed the woman said to the oldest gill: “.Sow Botldy Jane, yoit have-juat got to keep that old slut and them oral pups from sleepin’ in this ore mopl li -,hQ5- any longer. In maltin' this strangerjjcqr.n breadl was just nat urally postered to 'dbath'DlCkin’ tlitf small hairs and dead fleas’ohl’hMf.-'fhalr-co'mo'oft'fi om tliem pesky dogs; and if they sleep ip it a week lon ger it won’t-bo-llt foMieo.”.- . - Wu wqfo.ipiDvq. with -that woman on account '"S 4 ?? 88 ''- tl,at owning wo laid ronglrhown floorand had pleasant T Glnstly neaa wore hopping about g “?. r P 010aI diversities, mid spectre sluts with goblin pups, danced before us in box-' os ot unearthly meal,'during the livelong night, and our greatgrandfather sat straddle of iis six hours; and with a ramrod to a six pounder can non, stuffed oordg of that neatly prepared-corn dodger down our unwilling throat, and whistled , all the time for, dogs, while the baby arid its dy mother sat by and wept for the departing I hoo cake* "Wo like neatness* I It is thc-straincd bow (hat gives speed to (lie [ arrow. It is the determined will that makes la bor easy and successful. Whatever honest em ployment Providence throws in yonr way, go at it with a good will, and a fixed purpose to do it. Keep at it—heartily and earnestly at it. Do not slack and bo languid. Press on. Wo will give capital reasons and a variety of them. 1. It is the way to be happy. “I have lived,” said Dr. Adam Clarke,” long enough to know that the great secret of hnnmn life is this: The old adage of “too many irons in the fire,” con veys an untruth. You cannot have toomany— poker, tongs, and all—keep them all going.” 2. 'll is the way to accomplish a vast deal in a short life. The late Win. Hazlitt romaiked, “There is room enough in human life, to crowd almost every art and science into it. The more we do the more wo can do j the more busy wo are, the more leisure wo have!” 8. It is the way to be contented. Tho unem ployed are always restless and weary. Occupa tion (fillets the mindj by giving it-something to do. Idleness makes it, like.an empty stomach, uneasy. The mate of a ship having put eveiy thing to rights called on the captain for what next should be done. “Tell them to scour the anchor,” was the reply; on the principle that, occupation, however needless, saves from the discontent.of idleness. l* is the way to keep out of bad company. ll© will rove who has not rest lor his mind in some occupation ; and roving, he will fall in with other.rovers: they are birds of a feather. And as gathered burning brands augment thd flame and heat, so do gathered rovers and idlers aug ment, the taste and activity of each other’s minds for evil doing. 5. It is the way to disappoint Satan. Jlc comes up to the idler with the assurance of a victim ; from the well-occupied he departs ns a roaring lion robbed of his prey. The one wel comes.the otherrepulseshim. C. In conclusion, learn the true secret of en ergy: “The lovo of Christ constrameth us.”— All energy' from other motives will in time phli and die. This alono,wiU bear°3*ou up amidst life’s storms, and sweep awav every obstacle before it. ‘ * Sham. Notes.— We are rejoiced to sod that the bunkers and merchants are at length open ing their eyes to the fact that not only are fl nancial embarrassmems greatly aggravated by the use of small bank notes, but that they also prevent the circulation of specie, and induce people- to hoard it up. We think there is now a pretty unanimous sentiment throughout the nation in favor pf.prohibitirig the circulation of bank bills of a less denomination than twenty or twenty five dollars. So : unanimous is this sentiment that many think it'unnecessary to take Congressional notion on the subject, as every State will- probably take stich action through its Legislature. We think. However, that Congressional action is prdferrabloi be cause the Legislatures may differ as to the low est denomination ; and, also, because the eas tern Slates would probably return to shinplas tera’Whencver they imagined that. they could thus procure a large circulation outside of their State boundaries.—West Chester Republican. ' following selection from the Public ofnlfflhr:tiifeoPWtdew>.tlo i n7.-:. I, The. Kansas subject lias been.started in Con gress as if it were the absorbingquestion of tbe j aa.v,and yet scarcely a dozen persons can.be round in a day's .walk who care anything at at j about it. The. business, derangements of the country press more strongly; upon the public mind; People who are looking about to see how they are to manage their oiyn affairs to' bring about a return of prosperity, care butiitllu : What the factions in Kansas are doing. The i r. re ?!I^ n * ms subject tu Congress, whore it will form a iruitful themo for oratorical dis play day after day for the benefit of letter writ- 1 ers and telegraph companies. But when it is decided by «a rote of the people that slavery i shall not cxist in the Territory, as it undoubt edly will be if the inhabitants there desire any settlement of the question, the whole subject ! will lose its interest, and Kansas will fall quietly in among the other States.of the Union attract ing no more attention than the rest of them. ■in , op CouNinr Ginns.—An amusing . .incident took place in one ofthedargedry-goods stores of our city a short time since. A good looking, honest-faced country girl came to town • "'‘‘ 1 11 er '‘oiler’ to do a trifle of. shopping. The magnitude of the store, the piles oh piles I of goods the dazzling array of articles, the rows of busy clerks, the flitting cash boys, quite ov. empowered bur good friend, who scarcely knew what to do.- Her ‘feller’ obstinately refused to I go in, but loitered about the door. .. T,l ° olo'ks being al] busy just at fhe'mbnient, the young lady was obliged to remain standing a few moments. At length a dapper fellow with gold, watch-chain and flourishing moustache came bowing and smiling up to the blushing customer with, . • ' b waiting on you madam V The color deepened in her cheeks, ns she hesitated and drew a long breath, (id finally wi h a nod of her head toward the door. sho faltered out, *Ycs, sir, ho is,* A CoMPLTSiBNTAiir MAhHiAGE Notice— The Seymour (Indiana) Times publishes the following very queer notice of a marriage that was lately celebrated in that village. Tljo cake and wine sent to the editor must have been sour ; •‘Married, in Seymour, on Sunday, the 4- h ult., by Esqnire Carter. Mr George' Wolform (better known as o!d Wolform the tanner.)‘to Mrs. Frederick Miller, a charming widow of twenty-two. Old Woliorin is the ugliest and filthiest man in the United States, without any exception, and how with all his ugliness, he got the Widow’s cqnseui to have him is a mys tery to us. We can assure the bride that she . IV? 1 , 1.' 0 ofrai<i of «"y woman running away with Wolform. for she is the only woman tha has been within ten feet, of him for twenty years.’ •». nlnr* 1 S /t°^ ’ ? S . a eepd-nafured joke of an llat ’ Ing on a visit to a village niittr 10 i' a4 Spont ll ‘° carlk ' r part oi his life hi practice, ho one morning before breakfast went into a church yard near the house where ho was Breakfast being placed upon the la- D ctor I wna ‘"fiOired for. «{ believe,” u tt b L7 ' !° had seen he went, old paao..t 8 ” 80nP t 0 Pa? ° Vi3it “> «*« his ii &T w ' ( f° w said one day to. her daughter, W hen .you, are of. my age yoti will be dream mg of a husband,” “Yes, mamma,” replied he thoughtless little hussy, ’■ for the second time.” : HP" The French excel rill nations in studied equivoque, but give us a Yankee for the unin tentional kind. A western New York. farmer wfites as follows to a distinguished scientific agriculturalist, to whom he felt under oblige-' lions for introducing a variety of swine: I V Respected Sir: I went yesterday to the I fair at :—; I found several pigs of your I species. There were a great variety of heasts. I and-1 was astonisqed at not seeing you there!}’ I HZ/* Mr. Oaa. the new Speaker of Congress, is but 36 years of age. AT 82,00 ANNUM NO. 30. Be Energetic. “ Bittie boy, pan I go. through this gate to the river ? politely inquired a fashionably dressed My. «X>’r B ps so—a load of haywont thtongh tins morning,” Was the horrid ropiyi “ ®° you understand mo, now 7” thundered n country pedagogue to. an Urchin, at.whoso head he throw an inkstand. «< I’vo got an inklinir of wiiat yon moan,” replied the boy. nJ / . -!' . a , t 0 S cf hia life Insured— I\ on t do ,t,” said ho_«lt would be tost njy luck to live forever, if I should.” Mrs. Snooks merely said j « Well I wonldn’t, my don?. Lora not yonr chlidron nnequallr: or If you do, show it not, for tear youmako.fhe ono proud, the other envious, and both foolish. If nature has made a difference, it is the part of the tender parent to help the weakest.” ■ ' A yo "J'l n \ nn ’ nlool ' n g ah acquaintance, said ■‘l heard that yon were dead.” t. But ” said the other, “you see me alive.’ “Ido not know how that may bo,” replied he, “yon are a nobT credd « r ’* tnt n ’ y m,ormant ' vas “ person 01 B ivte°„o t)o!it . thinK fo eivc ‘o yoor enemy is for fri rU ; ,n . y° llr opponent, intolerance; ton fntnd, your heart; to your child, a good exam. “ •'Tj'nt does,the minister say of bur burvimv pound ?»_ asked Mrs. Hines of her. i, 1 he it all; ho says he never will bo buried there as long as he lives.” « TYeIL” S” 8 ‘ nes ’ “ if ,hc Loid spare 3 w One jour printer in our hearing, asked ano ther, what ho thought ot the world—a mt/at pregnant inquiry—which was answered by the other in the statement that -‘the world is a stage and the printors'are the horses.” ■ The great business of life fs to Watch over > yourself. ■ Second’ thoughts have novelty ’to-'' guard against (hat, . ■ L - v The Utah who' wrestled worn out his silk stockings, andgot woratod; - _ A has been discovered™ in. dia, but ho Ja chased, by agents ol the • British Zoological Society, who want him for exhibi tion. .-r--:. ■-. Tito Press, (lie Pulpit, and (bo Petticoat,— The first spreads thu nmvs, (}io second the. Go spel, and the last—spread all over the sidewalk. .. “ Here’s your money, dolt. Plow, le)[ me why yoitr master wrote eighteen letters-about I that paltry sura f" said an, exasperated debtor, [. “I’m stiro, sir. lujnn’t lei) sir t but if you’ll oxcuse me. sin I think'it was because' seventeen letters did not letoh it.” , I’ ■ A recruit going through the exercise of Word 1k ; Parry.. ‘ Nev.-fbllmi that, said the old hussar, who w|ts fencing /nef, fm nnb /annj, I.ovejs like a cigar—the longer it 'burns the loss it grows. ■ ,■ > Mock ho man for his snub hOsO, for yotrcafi never tdl what may turn up. “ Good morning, Jones. How does thd world use you ?’ “It uses mo Op, thank yoft.” Dr. Franklin says : “If a man empties bis purse into his bead, no one can toko it from him.” . - 7 ~ Long words, i like long dresses, frequently hide something wrong about the understanding] Three things to bo despised—a brawlor lh a workshop, a fool in fine clothes, and a slanderer. A fofleh of real calamity cures the imaginary, sorrows of those who make mountains of mole, hills. Honesty is a term formerly used in cage of a man who paid for his newspaper and tho coat on his back. . Unpleasant—a first-rate appetite arid nothing to eat. Quito as agreeable—plenty to eat and no appetite. irhat animal has the greatest quantity, of brains ? The hog, of course, ■ for he hag a “ hogshead full.” ~ ®ohif jves are' not necessarily oar test friends, hut they cannot do us injury without being ene mies to themselves. ■ ■ ■ ■ ,llata lightning hug? asked a short-sight. wl ad3 i- i said the Miss . “>‘’s » big bag with a lighted cigar.” . ; . " Somebody says a wife should be like roasted uicely dressed. Somebody else adds, “ and without sauce.” ' * Sqlno one says of a certain congregation, that (hey pray on their knees .oir Sundays, and on their neighbors the rest of the week-. ‘ Tom says, when they won't trust'd fellow for us drink long enough tor him to, swallow, ft, ha thinks credit u leotlo too short. P„7^' iat , f i-f r °" ' vrHing s,lch a hr e° band tor ifi 1 ,' V ,l - v > ??» 3Ce that my grandmlfher is dafe, and I m writing a loud fetther to her!” The happiest man in the world is the one with just wealth enough to keep him. in spirits, and just children enough to make him industrious. Sojne one says,that low-nocked dresses reached, their height. That fellow must have been standing on his head when he took the ob servation. : The many m o wiser than the tew; the ranltl tudo than the philosopher ; tin, race than the in dividual j and each succeeding age than its pro accessor. , ■ • Let a woman be docked with all the embellish ments of art and nature—yet, if boldness is to ho rend in her face,: it blots, out all the lines of beauty. , . Ladies are like-Watches—prof fy otrotfgb to look at—sweet faces and delicate bands, but somewhat difficult to “regulate,” when once set “a-going.” • A man came into a printing office to bog a paper, said He, “ we like lb read newspapers Verymuch, but our neighbors are all too stingy to take one.” .. ■ Swift bold the doctrine, that .there were three places where a man sbould be allowed to speak without contradiction, viz : “ The bench, the pulpit, and the gallows.” « I. say, mister,” said one Yankee to another “now came your eyes so crooked?” “Myoyeat why, by silting between two girfs, and trying to make love to both at the same time.” ■ The best bank ever yet known is a bank of earth—it never, refuses to discount to honest labpr. And tbo best share is the on which dividends are always liberal 1 f . That’s so. Quaint old Fuller says f “ Let him who ex pects one class of society to prosper in the.hfsh esl degree, while the other is in distress, tty whether one side of his face can smile while the other is pinched.” ~ . Some one says if Is batter.to die poor, than * ' to hvoi upon the hard earnings of the unsuspect ing., Bank “suspenders” wiii please to notice. Nonsense—(bey don’t beiievo in such a doc. ' trine / r . • : ■ , heart is breaking.” “faff, f n : deed. Mr. Closoiist ? .So muchtbe better for ”7 “ Because, .when for gnri"ffi™ " P ° nt ’ youmaJ ’ s ' ll ‘^PJecep Epitaph—on a lamb just killed—<• Beits to his iemains,” ; ■■ *>.*.ololllo There is many a good wife who can neither dance nor sing well. ’ <•. . . ißr a denflsb" UVCS S ° muoh ffom band tomqtrtbaß man cannot find case within himself.ilia little purpose to seek it olsowhero. A wise man will speak WeH of h’ia neighbor!, love his Wife and take home a newspaper, and pay for it in advance. , . ’ The best way fo.sllenfie a talkative person Is never to inforropt hitos .• , . , ° n *)'j s, h-bod, a. distinguished humorist no one,might, be invited to bis funeiai. “ Because, "said the dying wag. «,( is a civi/ify I can riercr repay/' - •
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