~ 7-r~. ~:.v.-r AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. ’fobiiHHED EVEST THURSDAY MORNING BY Joint B. Bratton, TEEMS. '9drisoßtPXio».— -One Dollar and Fifty Cents, Said In ndyanco ; Two Dollars if paid within the pH»r; and Two Dollars, and •Fifty Cents, if not paid within, the year!, These terms will bo rig idly adhoted-to in every instance. No sub scription discontinued'until all arrearages are pfiid.nnlesa at the option of the Editor. r 'Advertisements —Accompanied by the cash, and not exceeding one square, will be inserted ({(roe times,for One Dollar, and twenty-live cents tor each additional insertion. Those of ageeat fer length in property. Jon'-I’iuNTiNO —Such as Hand-bills, Posting bii'ls, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c.,&c., exe cuted with accuracy and at the shortest notice. ;jWuaL THE OLD PLAY-GROUND. BY BENBY MOnrottD. I sat an hour to-day, John, Beside the old brook stream, Where wo were school-boys in old time, When manhood was a dream j The brook is ‘choked with fallen leaves, The pond is dried away— -1 scarce heiiove that you would know The dear old place to-day. The school houso is no more, John, Beneath our locust trees; The wild rose by the window slide No more waves in the breeze; The scattered stones look desolate, The sod they rested on Has been plowed up by stranger hands Since yon and X were gone., Tho chestnut tree is dead, John, And what is sadder, now— The broken grape-vine of our swing Hangs upon the withered bough'; - I read our names upon tho hark. And found thepehhles rare Laid up beneath the hollow side As wo had piled them there. Beneath tho grass grown bank, John, - I looked for our old spring, That bubbled down the alder path, Three paces Iron; tho swing. The rushes grow-ripoh the brink, Tho pool is’black and bare, And not a foot this many a day. It seems, has trodden there.. I took the old blind road, John, ’ That wandered up Ilio hill, ?Tis darker than it used to bo, And seems so lone and still! Tho birds sing yet among the boughs Where once the sweet grapes hung. But not a voice ol human kind . , " Where all our voices rung. I sit me on tho fence, John, . That lies as hi old time, The same, half panel in the path We used so oft to climb— And thought how o’er the bars of life Cm; playmates had passed on, And left me counting on this spot The laces that are gone. J&imllanmiH. THANKSGIVING- SERMON Or Rev. John Chambers, at Ist Independent Church, Philadelphia, Thursday, Novem ber Hi, 1859. • The Speaker road, as introductory .to his B Sermon, from the Bth chapter of Deuteronomy, and the 2d chapter of First Timothy. Thun, ||| "ier prayer, he said : iifavb announced to you ray purpose to re jve liiv heart of a burden that has oppressed STur a raiig time, i" X am an' American citizen an American Minister of the. Gospel. I love is Bible. I love the . God of this. Bible. I ve my country, its constitution and its Jaws.— am a man of pcafce. I have a hea'rt for the ition. I love it (rom its extreme Northern irge to the utmost limits of its Southern boun iry. I love it Irom tho spot upon which falls e first ray of the morning aim, to that far olf r est, whore linger the last beam of the sun’s dining retirement. I love it from its centre its circumference. X love it as a unit. lam ady to live by it us a unit; X am ready to put ,e blood of my heart fresh upon its altar, rath • than see it anything else than a unit. The worth of this union to ourselves and the arid of mankind is infinitely beyond price.— o powers of Arithmetic, no mathematical ge ns, however cultivated, can figure out the in insic value of.this .Union, to ourselves and to e race. The eyes of the civilized world are >on to day. Fixed and steady is that gaze at comes from every quarter of the globe; it eras just to hover, in its burning look, upon is galaxy of States. The nations of mankind o watching us with especial interest, because j are engaged in working out the groat, the omentous problem of self government. The. iger of storm has been .pointed; the pen of o opponent of republics has been dipped long id deep, and has dashed rapidly;across the ige, declaring the impossibility ol our success. It has long been my fixed opinion that the anarchies of Europe, and especially England, ifo.Jealour ofL.us. It is possible that in tljis i may bo mistaken; but tho old adage that actions speak more loudly than words” comes rto our assistance. When, small in size and oungin years, wo escaped from under tho op fossice dominion of that goverpment; and in espito of her armies, her navy, her wealth, we loved on. with the strength of an infant giant, id hurled from ,our nocks, shook from our inds, burst from our feet, every badge and ittar of political bondage, and stood up mob on—freemen before the Universe. Subso uontly, insult added to injury roused the heart f the! young giant, and brought him into re ewed conflict with his former oppressor!— hat attempt:to ornsh us failed, as had tho revious attempt. Why did the first fail 7 Bo wse, the heart of our nation was infused with to spirit of the'Biblo and patriotic unity. Why id tho second fail 7 Because tho increased ultipiied States of this Republic felt that they ere bound together by hooks of eternal steel; i one mah. tlfoy irfot the. enemy, they oonqnqr l, they triumphed. The invading foe, with .lien crest, were commanded to' return' to their wn shores and let ns alone. Thiaspirit of jealousy is, Wo think, manifest; id the monarchies, the despotisms of Europe lean to-day see no hope of triumphing over this 'Western Continent in any other way than by I breaking us to pieces. They cannot break us; I but wo can break ourselves. The combined ar- Smios and navies of the whole throe continents lare not equal to tho task ol serving this Union, Rif wo bo true to ourselves, h' Seeing, then, no hope, other than by divid ing us against ourselves, our adversaries are ! apt, as a matter of course, to seize hold of that i- Whereby they may most readily engender strife —make us sectional —lift the heart from tho great ark of the covenant ot the Union, and put it down in a'iittlo spot hove and a little spot there. Hero It is you find England particular ' jy, most impertinently officious in attempting to interfere with our institutions. Her press, her pulpits, her forum, her Senate chamber, roll out anathemas upon us, and endeavor to stretch forth the hand to lay it upon that which belongs to us, with which they have no business. And, as'the Lord lives, if they are not careful, that arm will one day bo smitten from tho shoulder, in its intermeddling attempts. .We are a long suffering people; but, brethren, there was a point at which wo found encroachment unondu ruble; and 'there may bo another. If wo are capable of working out tho groat problem of . self-government, wo are capable of taking care ol our own 'institutions, whatever they may bo —commercial, ngricultuVal, domestic, civil, io ligtous; we are capable vof taking care of our institutions, and we, must ho left alone. . If, however, the enemies of republics can, by the utmost stretch of their cunning and their power, urge us on to a spirit of mutual jealousy, .—•of anarchy, of confusion; if they can discover, (and they think they have discovered it,) the means by which an entering wedge of separa tion may bo introduced between these States, dbtv bound together by ten thousand ligatrients imfrifiitt BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 46, of tho hnmnn heart, and cemented by ocoans.of holy and patriotic blood, —if they can discover how they may divide and disrupt this Union, they will do it; and when it shall he done, they will put the iron heel of despotism upon the scattered fragments, as may suit their pleasure or their interest. But, 0 God I that day cannot come, that day will never come, if we be true to ourselves I I- have nb apprehensions from the malignant influence of.any power, unless it be seconded by our own folly. Sometimes men tell mo—‘lf we should have war with England, our enemies would burn Boston, and burn New York, and burn Philadelphia, and bum Baltimore; they will burn every city on tho Atlantic shore.’ I do not believe a word of it. That is not the kind of stuff that wo are made of, to.be thus burned. But we may bum ourselves. While no other hand dare grasp that holm ol tho Ship of State, and drive thOTroble vessel upon the quicksands of the rocks, we may do it. In viewing tho aspects of public morality in this country; one of the most alarming signs of the limes, to ray mind, is tho utter indifference that seems to prevail with regard to the solem nity, value and importance of an oath.- Every President, every governor, every judge, all the mayors and lawyers and marshals and justices of the peace, all the members of Congress and of our respective State Legislatures, are sworn - , solemnly before God, as they rfill answer at the Great Day, to stand by the Constitution and tho laws of the. U-jjjtqn Slates. This is tho oath that, they take. It is no trifle. The. question is, now,, is this oath: complied with? All naturalized citizens—(and I want this heard, I want it understood) —all naturalized citi zens are if possible, more solemnly bonnd to the Constitution and laws of the United States by oath, than either the, President, the Governor, the Judge, the Lawyer, of tho Magistrate; For the man t)iat comes to this country from abroad and is naturalized, first solemnly renounces allegiance to the Govern ment under whjcli ho was horn, solemnly de clares his abandonment of that Government, and then he solemnly swears or affirmi before tho great I AM; that he will maintain the Con stitution and laws Of tho United States. I ask, then, are our official men faithful to their oath? Are our naturalized citizenslaith fui to their oath ? What do they swear ? They swear to stand by the Constitution and laws of the United States. What do tho Constitution an 1 tho laws require? It is your business to know; it is your duly to know. If, as ah adopted cit izen of this Republic, you have not examined that Constitution and those laws, yen are bound to, examine them that you may know what those laws load), and what are your duties in regard to them.. The Constitution is the compact. It does not belong to the North nor to the South, to the East nor to the West, it is the covenant, my brethren, bolwoeh the Slates of tills Union ; and while that Constitution remains as it is and what it is, yon are bound by. it. ' You may possibly say to me, “ But I am na tive-born. I never took this oath of fidelity to the Constitution and the laws.” But, my brother, your birthright holds you to that Con stitution as solemnly as tbo oath which binds the adopted citizen. Yon are born under its obligations. Being born here, yon are bound to. obey the Constitution and the . laws. No man lias a right to. set them aside.' ■ '’ Now, for example, the Constitution most pos itively and absolutely—-in the plainest and most unmistakable manner—provides that a fugitive from labor, escaping from one Slate into anoth er, shall bo delivered up. This is the Constitu tion. lam not to day touching slavery, right or wrong. lam looking at things as they are. This is the provision of'the Constitution. If, then; the President or Governor, the judge, the lawyer, or the magistrate, the citizen .(native horn or adopted) does not comply with that provision, when it is within his jurisdiction to do so—if lie connives at its evasion, if ho aids or abets the fugitive in his flight, he is before heaven a perjured man, and the waters ot tho ocean could not wasli oat tho stain. With regard to the Fugitive Slave law, it is not my purpose to say whether that is a right law or a wrong law. But it is the law of the land. It was-enacted by a majority of our rep resentatives; it received the signature of the President. It became a law. Every public of ficer is by oath bound to obey it. Every adop ted citizen is, by his solemn' oath, made when ho received tho rights and privileges of an Ame rican citizen, bound to obey it. Every native born citizen is bound by his birthright to obey it. If tho Constitution is wrong, the people who made the Constitution have tho right and pow er, acting through tho legitimate means, to al ter it. If tho Fugitive Slave law is wrong, with tho people rests the law making power; and thank God, they have the right, acting though their representatives, to repeal that or any oth er law. But no individual man has a right to ignore that law ; while it is tho law, you and I and all tho citizens of this country are bound by It. If, therefore, Wo, as President, or judge, or lawyer, or magistrate, of naturalised cili2en,aid or abet, countenance or encourage the violation of that law. or wink at ita-evasion, we are per jured. I defy iportaj mart,to contradict this.— It it bo not so. Jaw is worthless, and an oath is a bagatelle. Unless an oath is to have some so lemnity and obligation, unless the Constitution and the laws are to have some binding force, wo may as well throw up tbo game and lot all go: After these general prefatory remarks, I now take up that question of questions, ‘Can this Union bo perpetuated?’ I answer, yes. By what means, then ? Ey taking tho Bible lor our rule. This, as I have intimated, is the sheet anchor of our hope. If this bo faithfully watched and guarded, tho Ship of State need fear no peril. Tho winds may blow, tho polit ical sea may rage, and wrathful waves may mount, tho political heaven may gather black ness,'the lightnings may .flash, and the thun derbolts may bo dashed down ; but Itell you, my brethren, if this Bible bo followed strictly, prayerfully, earnestly, no storm that earth or boll may raise, rib tempest that crowned heads or despotic sceptres can invoke, will over throw our ship upoifth’o-100 shore or put put the light of this American Union. In considering the means by which this re public is to bo preserved, I’would in tho first placo, that Government is of Divine ap pointment. If wo turn to tho 13th chapter of tho Epistle to tho Romans, wo shall find this question definitely and absolutely settled. Wo there read : “ Let every soul bo subject npto the highor.powcrs, (tho civil authorities.) For there is no power but of God: tbe powers that be are ordained of God,” God has appointed civil government. Ido not say that God has given us absolutely any specific form ol govern ment. I J do say, I fearlessly say, that tho men who claim tho Divine right of kings, claim right which God gave in His wrath. God did give a king to Israeli but God gave him in his wrath. That, however; is merely by the way. In a government of the people, the laws are of thoir own selection. Wo are subject to a Constitution ordained by ourselves. The for mation of that Constitution was object of long solicitude to wise heads and noble hearts. You romombor that tliosb largo minded patriots in tho Constitutional Convention expended up on their task five weeks of anxious thought and consultation ; yot a satisfactory issue seemed still far distant; no daylight appeared to break upon them.. Then , Franklin, (though ho baa been suspected of rather skeptical views on tno subject of religion,) made bis grand proposi tion. He rose and said that the Convention bad been laboring in the dark, trying to get along alone ; he desired that they should get some fight from God, and proposed that prayer should bo offered. The proposition was adop ted ; and, if I recollect aright, in three days af- ter that, tho Constitution of tho United States was completed and.signed. Tho next point I would notice is tho duty that all men owe to the Government. Every citizen of our country, whether an official man or unof ficial, whether a native born or adopted, owes allegiance to the .Constitution and laws o( the United States as he does also to the Constitu tion and laws of his respective State, and to tho municipal authorities. :In this groat compact, as citizens, we are bound. Obedience to tho legal authorities is not a mere matter of option. Wo may not say, “ I will do as I please; I will obey or not obey, as suits my wishes or my con venience.” You are hound, my brethren. The official man is bound by bis oath ; the adopted citizen is bound by his oath, tho native-born citizen is bound by his immutable birthright. What are the teachings of the Bible as to the duty which all men owe to the Government The great Teacher, the grand Reformer, the mighty Missionary from tho skies, who made Judea’s hills resound with the eloquence of his sentiments and the divinity of his doctrine, was on one occasion applied to by some persons who were anxious to ensnare him. ‘ls it lawful,’ said they,'to give tribute to Ctesar?’ Jesus was living under Ctesar’s government; Jesus was amenable to Ceosar's laws. Had the son of God answered ‘no,’ instantly the charge of treason would have been brought agaipst him. But he. knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them. ‘Why tempt ye me? Bring me a pen ny, that I may see it.’ And they brought it.- And he said unto, them : .‘Whose is this imago and superscription ?’. And they said unto him. ‘Cmsar’s-’ What then, did Jesus say? Did he say, ‘Never mind Coosar; Ctosar is a tyrant; his laws are not worthy of obedience; pay, or not pay. us you like ; and if they attempt to force you to pay. then fight!’ Did Jesus say that ? Not a word of it. Jesus, answering, said unto (hem, ‘Render to CmSar the things that are Cresar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’ In the tcnchingsof Jesus Christ, there is. you perceive, no interference- with the civil institu tions of the land—no attempt lo excite the peo ple lb riot or bloodshed. Christ says in effect, “Go meet the claims of the Government; you may not like it, but you are under it, and you arc bound to it.” The Constitulion and laws of this country are made by ourselves. We may not be entire ly satisfied with them; if so. there is a legiii mate and orderly mode by which they can be altered. The adppted citizen has no right to complain if our Cofistituiion and laws' do not suit him. He came to this country of his own choice; he voluntarily went before the authori ties, and laying his hand upon this glorious book of God, pressing it also to his lips as an evidence of fidelity, he took a solemn oath that he would obey the Constitution and Laws of the United States; or he solemnly affirmed that ho would do so. Did he not assume this obli gation voluntarily f Has he any right to inter fere in opposition toour Constitution and laws"? Does he say, -I do not like yeur Constitution ?’ Then, sir, pack up and go home: the sooner we are rid of you the belter. We did not ask yon to come here; and if you have come here lo find faujt with pur. !nslitaUQtistand:,oui' 'Javvir go home where yon have belter. It is not a matter of option whether we shall be loyal to the government. The Constitution and laws of this country are our Caesar, and on us rests the solemn duty of obedience. In the 7fh verse of the 13th chapter of Ro mans, we have this injunction Render there fore to all their dues ; tribute to whom tribute is due ; custom to whom custom ; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.” This is the du ty of the American citizen. The performance of this duty is one of the methods by which we are lo keep together these Slates in one magni ficent brotherhood, an object of universal'admi ration- In this Bible, our guide toward the practical duties'of life, without ihe performance of which we cannot be good citizens, we have also pre sented to us the duty of husband and wife. I need not detain you by referring to the passa ges ol Scripture; you will find them in Ephesi ans v chap., xxv, iv., and Colossians 111, xviii, xix, and first Peter the third chapter. • The husband is enjoined to treat with deference and honor the (vomafi of his choice. If he fails to do this, he is recreant to every principle of manly honor: but hois no viler, after all, than the perjured governor, or. perjured judge, or per jured lawyer; or perjured magistrate, or per jured adopted citizen, who will assist in the vi olation of the Constitution and the laws of the country.’ " ~ " ' We have also distinctly pointed out the rela tive duties’of parents and children. I. regret that my time does not allow me to dwell on these points. The duty' of the child to obey the parent is slated in the most absolute terms. — “ Children obey your parents,in the Lord ; for this is right.”—Eph. vi. i. Parents are com manded to bring up their children. “ in the nur ture and admonition of the Lord.” The parent that is guided by this Bible will teach bis child fidelity to God, fidelity to his country, fidelity to the Constitution, and fidelity to the laws.- The Christian parent will tench his child to re speot the magistracy, not to abuse nor villify them. Why you may see little urchins, eight or ten years of age, running about your streets —oftentimes in rags and filth, at other times clad in the habiliments of gentlemen’s sons reviling your President, denouncing your Gov ernors, and ridiculing your laws! Has such a child been brought up “ in the nurture and ad monition, of the Lord?” Has he been trained in accordance with the principles of the gospel? No. But if our institutions are to bo kept from peril, the parent or the guardian, Ihe father and , the mother must instruct their children in the principles of the Bible—honor, integrity, patri- ; otism—love of country and love of the race. — ; Do not set your children an evil, example; do not inflame them, with passion, and darken their , minds with prejudice; do not bring them up to , hate their fellows; but subject them to bo blcs- , sed influences of this gospel. , It is only neecssary that we follow the in structions of the Bible. As I believe in the ex istence of a God, I believe that this book— whatever it may be to other people and other nations—l believo that this open; free, unlearn meled Bible is, as I have said, the sheet-anchor of my blessed country. I have no other pana cea to present. ~ ... ■ . Again, we have the duties of master and ser vant clearly set forth., “Servants be. obedient to them' that are your roasters according lo the flesh, with fear anil’ trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unlq' Christ; riot with eye ser vice, as men pleasers', but ; as’ the servants of Christ, doing tho will of God from tho heart; with good will doing service as to tbo Lord, and not to men; knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doetb, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And ye masters, do the same unto them, forbearing threatening; knowirig that your Master also is, in Heaven; neither is tho resp.sCt.o£,pcrspns with This is the teaching of the Holy Ghost, remem ber. There is no Stale in this nation, there is no county in this nation, there is no town in this nation, there is no township in this nation, where I would not stand up as God Almighty s minister, and preach these doctrines of His Gospel, whether men wonld hear or forbear. I would preach the duties of the master, just ns “oca COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS BE RIOUT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE. PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1859. t •• • h 1-would those of the parent, or the hnsband or the wife. I would say, “ Sir; you are bound by the God who made you to treat that servant kindly and honorably, and provide faithfully for his needs.” • The master is bound by the very same Gospel that binds the servant. I do not go into the question?, as to the locali ty. the moral right, the rcligiqtis right of these relations. I say these things’'are here ; 'these things existed in the days, of \ilesus Christ .Whatever is wrong this Gospel-Will correct. If we carry out its doctrines weshall have peace. ..Are'wo-all conscientiously, impressed with -this sacred obligation to obey the Constitution and the laws? We must reinetyiber that if Wo disregard this obligation; we become guilty be fore God and, man. If any biiiaeu directly or indirectly violates the Constitution a"nd the laws, whether by bis own,act, 1 or by abetting others, he is in such proportion destroying his title to good citizenship, and fie is a perjured man. ,1 What man in this house to-day. what man belonging to these United States, (and may the lime never come when, any mortal on the foot stool o( God Almighty shall bo-able to say any thing else ihan/AcseUriiteß Slates.)—what man in this nation, whether, he be ainative or adop ted citizen, is willing to see the Utenp dissolv ed? You may say there is no danger. I tell' you, my brethren, there is"daijger unless our people come up to the great duty of obeying God, of " rendering unto CaJsaMhe things that are Cffisar.’s” —unless our pu.(pits cease their clampr against the Cuostilutiou and -the .'laws —unless the ministers of Qod;regard their ob. ligations and teach the people their duty of fi delity to, Caesar and (idelity to God—unless men cease prcachig frdm the altar that it is. better to pul into a man’s hand a ride, a death weapon, rather than a mothers Bible—unless we cease the agitation and (iGilse'that arrays State against Stale—unless w(j abandon all sec tionalism, and resolve that tVe. will adhere to the Constitution and the laws, reforming that Constitution and those la\vs: wl)en necessary! by legitimate and orderly methods. If we move on in this way, our Republic will remain. If there is any man who would like to see this na tion severed, who would..tear into fragments that banner of stripes and stars, and pluck the feathers from the proud eagle of thy Country, let him fall crushed and mangled before a ga zing. a laughing, a b ahpheming world of crowns and despotic-sceptres. :Tsny to day, before,the Eternal lAM Father, Son and Holy Ghost, (and it I were on tire banks of the Poto mac, standing by that vault aVSlount Vernon, I would say it/over the sacred., dust of ihii im mortal Washington.) the mah'tlint would labor or wish for the dissolution of the American Un ion. let him be analhema maran alh'a. ■ini'TO’ Iprinmit. From the KunU llspsler. Farm Work for ITeeember. The work to be done by tlip jfarrocr faring ■ atiis 'iiioniiS is' of K desultory character,’ and consists-rather of odd Jobs than of any connec ted suiics of operations. I’et much may be ao cdmpiishcd bolh.iu doors and ,out of doors, to advance and, facilitate those labors which often become so, exceedingly'pressing at the .first opening o( Spring.' There is, moreover, at this season of the year, a bottler opportunity to provide for the winter comforts of the, family, because there is more spare time to devote to this laudible service. There is the house to be made close and snug; trees and shrubs to plant out in open weather upon the lawn waits, and farm roads to be attended to. Useful boohs to be purchased for reading at the cozy fireside during the dead of winter, and all the various plans for improving the soil and pro moting the growth of the next season’s crops, to be thought oyer and decided upon. Com paratively speaking, from December until the close of February, it is a period of leisure, so far as active and continuous field work is con cerned ; but the time may, nevertheless, be profitably spent not otdy in acquiring addition al stock of useful knowledge, but in promoting I I these social relations which go so far towards promotin'" the real happiness of rural commu nities, by evincing a neighborly regard for each other’s welfarc t , and by that interchange of opinion by which ao much va'uablo informa tion is gained. The great objection urged against country life is the stale of isolation, in which so many families are accustomed to dwell. If this system of exclusiveness were fairly broken,down, and frequent intercourse between persons residing in the vicinity more generally encouraged, the worst days of winter would thus be deprived of half of their gloom, and while the homewould be made more at tractive by a succession of innocent pleasures, the sentiment of local attachment, which is generally so weak among our people, would be come'so deep and abidingCs to sensibly lessen that desire for change of scene which so fre quently prevents the improvement of the home stead and its surroundings, and tbc.proper cul tivation .of the soil. With these preliminary remarks, we now turn to those matters which require attention during the month There ere frequently periods'of open , weather during this month, and espeotelly is this the case in the middle States, when strong clays .may be broken up with advantage to the soil, which will be greatly benefited by the' disinte grating action'off rest. But it is only on soils of a stiff and adhesive nature that winter ploughing exerts its most salutary influence. Sandy soils and the lighter loams should, as a matter of preference, be left undisturbed until the spring, so that the chemical action of 1 the soil.may operate at. once upon the newly-turned earth, and thiis influence immediately the ger mination of the seed. Even clay soils, if natu rally wot should not be ploughed until the land has been thoroughly drained. , FATTENING SWINB. In fattening hbgd, warm and comfortable pens will economise food to a considerable ex tent; and*although it is a common practice to feed them on corn in the ear.it is certainly more wasteful than is supposed,- It has been stated on good authority, that the outside leaves of cabbages, salted and let stand for a month, then mixed wjth buttermilk, will fatten a hog in three weeks. For quick fattening, crushed grain, partially fermented, is preferable,at all times tp corn, either shelled or in the car, and will effect a saving of at least fifty per cent, in the process of elaborating ffesh. Thetroughs should bo kept clean, 1 and Small quantities of food should be given at a time, which should bo frequently replenished. A capital method of feeding, embracing cheapness and expedition in fattening, Isas follows: For the first month feed with boiled potatoes and pumpkin's mashed together and mixed, af ter the preparation has had time to cool, with a sprinkling of corn meal, crushed oats or peas. 'From two to four weeks before killing, feed on ly with dry corn and clean, cold To prevent acidity, the hogs should, at all times, have free access to charcoal and rolion wood, and a mixture of salt and m»hcs. It has. been .well said that a judicious farmer while feeding WINTER PLOUGHING, Bfllmteer. his bogs well, will make them work for him in return. This they will not fail to do if they are liberally supplied with coarse materials to turn into manure. The great secret in fatten ing hogs expeditiously is to keep them; clean and warm, and to feed them liberally, though with but little at a time. Harvesting corn. If the corn has not been gathered in, see that it is done as early in the month as possible. Crows commit sad depredations upon corn shocked in the Held, and become more ravenous after the freezing of the soil prevents them from obtaining other means of sustenance. : jit is, moreover, a slovenly practice to leave corn ex posed to the weather, and he is the best mana ger, who pushes forward >*is work and secures his crop under lock and' key at (he earliest op portunity. milch cows, l Even fresh cows, if fed wholly on dry food, 'will speedily fail in their milk. If, however, they are warmly housed and fed upon chopped hay, mixed with meal and bran. and made into a slop, they will amply repay the additional attention which is thus bestowed upon their wants. They should not, however, be kept housed all the time, but should have free access for a portion of each day in good weather to the barnyard, and to a liberal supply of pure spring water. They should, also, receive salt regularly twice a week. COLTS AND YOUNG CATTLE, Tf these tender animals are carelessly fed on rough, dry food; under the impression that it is too expensive to treat them with the same attention that is given to milch cows and work ing cattle, they will surely, indicate,-by their stunted growth and rough unsightliness, the ill effects of this bad management, The growth of all animals is promoted by proper feeding and 'care,'and if they are neglected when they are young, ho amoont of subsequent attention Will compensate for the neg'cct. Give them, therefore, a warm shelter, and maintain them in health by a fair, supply of appropriate food. Sheds lor housing sheep during ine’ement weather, are indispensible on every well ap pointed farm. They should'bo bedded with straw or leaves occasionally, wateredTcgularly. and should have their racks well filled with pood hay, or-with, provender equally nulrilous. Bock salt should be deposited .in places con venient of access to them at all times. FIREWOOD. During frosty weather, when all the usual fanning operations are suspended, there is yet exhiferating work which may be accomplished, in providing a supply of firewood for use du ring the ensuing year. Haul it home while the ground is frozen, and see that it is neatly cord-, ed up under shelter, whore it can remain until it is properly seasoned. ’ If there is but little wood upon the farm be yond what is needed (or the purposes of fenc ing, it would bo better to reserve it for that particular use, and purchase coal for- fuel,' wherever had at a cost not touch ex ceedibg five dollars pc-r t'dn. 1 FENCING. There is nothing that is more apt (o make breachy cattle or to provoke dissention between neighbors, than weak or insufficient fences. Provision should therefore be made in due time to guard against contingencies of this sort, by getting out a sufficient quantity of fencing stuff. As worm fences are at the best unsight ly objects, arc only justifiable when it is nec essary to enclose a piece Of ground expeditious ly, we recommend that the post and rail should invariably be adopted, whenever lime and op portunity will allow of their being used. The rails and posts after being split, into proper lengths, should be hauled into the barn or un der a shed, where iti bad weather they may be readily pointed, hewed and morticed, ready to set up at the first convenient opportunity. DRAINING AND DITCHING. If low lands, full of bushes and slrong roots, require to be ditched, the best time, to do it is in the winter, when the ground is frozen two or three inches deep. ' The roots, which would otherwise prove exceedingly troublesome, can, at that season, be,cut through with an axe. and all the matted surface thus broken up and removed. When these difficulties are removed, it will be an easy matter to complete the re mainder of-the ditch in lhe>spring. CARTS, FARM TOOLS, AND IMPLEMENTS. Examine these and see that all defects are repaired, so that no time may bo lost when their services are required. MATERIALS FOR MANORS The winter season oilers an excellent oppor tunity for collecting materials from the woods and marshes and headlands, for converting into manure either by spreading them in the barn yard or by collecting them into heaps for the purpose of forming composts with lime and ashes and refuse salt. No work upon the farm will pay a better profit than this. A Happy Home. The first year of married life is the most im portant era in the history of husband and wife.’ Ciencrally, as it is spent, so is-a'most all sub sequent existence. The wife and husband then assimilate their views and their desires, or else conjure up their dislikes, and so add .fuel to their prejudices and animosities forever after ward. , “I have read somewhere,” says the Rev. Dr. Wise, in his “Bridal Greetings,” of a bride groom who gloried in bis eccentricities. He requested his bride to accompany him into the garden a day or two after the wedding. He then threw a line over the roof of their Cottage. Giving his wife one end of it, ho retreated Jo, the other side and exclaimed : “Pull the line!" • I can’t,” she replied. , ; “Pull with all your might!” shouted the whimsical husband. But in vain were all the efforts of the,.bride to pull over the line, so long as her husband held on the opposite end. But when became round, and both pulled at 000 end, it came over with great ease. - .. ~,, “There,“ said he, as tho line fell from the roof, “you see how. hard and ineffectual was our labor when we pulled in opposition to each other, but how easy and pleasant it is when we both pull together. It will be so, my dear, through life. If wo act together, it will be pleasant to live. Let us, therefore, always pull together.” In this illustration, homely as it may be, there is sound philosophy. Husband and wife must mutually bear and concede, if they wish to make home a retreat of joy apd bliss. One alone can not make homo happy. There must be union of action, sweetness of spirit, and great forbearance in love in both husband and wife, to secure the great end—happiness in the domestic circle. changablo the wind is,” said Mrs. Partington, upon her return from a walk in the city; “ it la the changablost thing I ever did sec. When I wont up Cannon street, It was a blowlnMn my face,, and when X turned to go down,"it wont Wowin' on my back?" SHEEP. Some days since, while writing in my office, my attention was directed to a small spider de scending from the wider side of a tabic in the corner of the room, where it had:stationed itself unmolested. A large horse-fly, mpy limes too largo for the Spider (which was very small) to.manage, had by some means,become disabl ed. and lay on the floor. The spider descended to the fly, and, with some caution,.began to en tangle it in Us web, and soon had it completely bound. Thespider then ascended to the tabic, and soon descended again ; and thus continued to ascend and descend for some time, fastening the By more,completely each' time it returned. I was at a loss to know its object in binding the fly so completely on the floor. Soon, how oyer. it ceased descending, and appeared to be busily employed at its station near the table. I could not conceive what ‘ its object was in passing about so actively; but imagine my surprise when, in a short lime, I saw the fly leave' the floor, and begin to ascend towards (he table. This was soon explained. The spider had attached a number of cords to the fly, ex tending from the table, and by stretching each to its greatest tension, and confining the upper end, the elasticity of all the cords, some fifty or more, was combined in raising the fly. By continuing the process of tigntening one cord at a time, in some fifteen or twenty minutes the fly was raised to the table, and there deposited for future use. s ... .. . Hero was a lesson in mecnamcs taught by a spider; and where is the difference in principle between this machine of the spider and a cord, ns used with a number of pulleys by a man ? Thespider, as he had no pulleys to enable him to use one long cord, and tighten the whole by applying a force at one end.-as man does, effec ted the same object by using a number of cords, and tightening oue at a time, thus obtaining the force of them all AT 32,00 PER ANNUM, NO. 27'. The Superiority of Educated Labor. The most abundant proof exists, derived from ail departments of human industry, that uned ucated labor is comparatively unprofitable. I have before me the statements of a number of the most intelligent gentlemen ip Massachu setts, affirming this fact, as the result of an experience extending over many years. In Massachusetts we'have no native-born child wholly withofft school instruction; but the de grees of attainment in mental deyclupempnl arc •various, llalf a dozen years ago, the Massa chusetts. Boam of education obtatnetJ state ments froth large numbers of our master man ufacturers, authenticated from the books of their respective establishments, and covering a series of years, the result of which was. that increased wages were found in connection with increased intelligence, just as certainly as in creased heat raises the mercury in the thermo meter. Foreigners, and those coming-front, other Slatesj who made their marks, when they re ceipted their bills, earned the least; those,who had a moderaie or limited education occupied a middle-ground on the pay.roll;’ while the in telligent young., women .who in the miffs in winter,.and taught schools in summer, crowned the list. The larger capital in the form of intelligence yielded the larger interest in the form of wages. The inquiry teas not con lined to manufacturers, but was extended to other departments of business, where 1 the re sults of labor could be made the subject of ex act measurement. This is universally so. The mechanic sees it, when he compares the work of astupid with that of an awakened mind. The traveler sees it,when he passes Irons an educated into an un educated nation. There are countries in Eu rope, lying side by side, where, without com .pass or chart, without bound or land-marks, I could run the line of demarcation between the two, by the broad, legible characters which ig norance has Written oh roads; fields, houses, and the persons of men,-women, and children on one side, and which knowledge has inscribed on the other. This difference is most striking in the me chanic arts ; but is clearly visible also in hus bandry. Not the most fertile soil, not mines of silver and gold, can make a nation rich with out intelligence. Who ever had a. more fertile soil than the. Egyptians ? Who -have handled more silver and gold than the Spaniards? The universal cultivation of the mind and heart is the bnly true source of opulence—the cultiva tion of the mind, by w hich to lay hold on the treasures of nature; the cultivation of the heart, by which tp devote those treasures to beneficent uses. Where this cultivation exists, no matter how barren the soil or ungenial theclime, there com fort and competence will abound ; for it is the intellectual and moral condition of the cultiva tor that impoverishes the makes it teem With abundance. Tle who disobeys the.law of God in regard to the culture of the intellectual and spiritual nature, may live in the valley of the valley of the Nile, but he can fear only the i-lean kino” of PharaPb ; but he whifobeys the highest law, may divell in the cold and inhos pitable regions'of Scotland or of New England, and “well-formed and fat-fleshed kine” shall feed on all his meadows, —Horace Mann. , CnDglit in His Own Trap. Once two ministers of the Gospel were com versing on extemporaneous preaching; ‘.‘ .Well,” said the old divine, waxing warm, •“ you are rnining.yoUrself by writing your ser mons and reading (hem oft. Your congrega- tion cannpt-become interesting in your preach- ing ; and if you were called upon to preaiih Un expectedly, unless you coiild'get hold of an old sermon, you. would be completely confused”’ ' The yodhg divine used’ all his eloquence, but in vain, to convince the old gentleman that the written sermons expressed his own thoughts and feelings, and if called upon, ho could preach extemporaneously. “As we arc of the same faith," said the’ young minister, “suppose you try the next Sabbath morning.” On ascending the pulpit you;can hand mo a text from any part of the Bible, and I will convince you that I can preach without having looked at the text before.l stood up. >■ Likewise, I. must be allowed the same privilege with you, and see who will make the beat of it.” The idea seemed to delight the old gentleman, and it was immediately agreed upon. The following Sabbath, oh mounting the pul pit, the;senior brother handed him a slip of pa per, on which was written : “ And the ass open ed his mouth and spake;” from which he preached a glorious sermon, chaining.the,atten tion of his' deli'gl/led hearers, and charming his old friend with, hqt eloquence. In the a/terhoon, the young brother, who was ailting'below' the pulpit,.handed his slip. Alter rising and opening the Bible, the old man looked sadly around-—* Am I not thine ass?” Pausing n few minute's, he ran his fingers through his hair, straightened his collar, blew his nose like the last trumpet, and read aloud— “ Ani f not, thipe ass 1” Another pause, in which a deadly silence reigned. After reiding the third time—“ yi|in I not thine ass?”—he looked over the pulpit at his friend, and, in a doleful voice, said—“ I think I am, brother." •Engineering of Spiders; i&bs anil (Ink 03* The beauty of holiness, like the. atm. It soon by its own light. By Why is a sheet of postage stomps like' distant relations T Because'tbey are butslight ly connected. The service cf earthly temples on In tended to prepare for the employments of hear*: • ep, and to conduct their worshippers to its hap piness;— W. Barton. > “ F ell ’ John > lam 8«iog East; who* shall I fell your folks f” •• Oh, nothing—but If they say anything about whiskers, you can list . tell them that I've got alow.’* • 03" A disease, resembling the cholera; has broken out among the swine of Western Ten nessee, and is pforing so destructive that the entire pork crop of that suction is threatened with annihilation. (XT'The tobacco crop Of Kentucky-far tbls year is stated to be twenty-tour thousand eight hundred and tllty-four hogsheads, and la val ued at one million nino hundred and flfty-eight thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. Qy The practice of ovor-riding considera tions of mercy, benevolence and good neighbor ship can only bo tolerated in courts whciejudg co were without humanity, jurors without hearts, aud lawyers without souls. . 4 E 7" Digby says, «< if that gold Woman recent ly exhumed from an Indian grave on the Isth mus, is of good size and will come on here, he will marry her.” Ike thinks that she would make a Jewel of a wile. Qy A correspondent ol Porltr’t Spirit, sayai “ Did the United. States adopt any measures to delay the European war I” And answers his own question, “ Ves, they sent Morphy over to hold their kings in cheek.” . [£?” •! What is tho.nicaulhg of a backbiter t’l said a reverend gentleman during examination at a parochial school. This was a puzzler. It went down the class till Jt reached a simple lit tle urchin, who said; “P’raps it bo Djflea.’’ 07“ Smith, the other day, while, looking at the skeleton of a .donkey, and admiring and wondering at,the structure 61 that despised ani mal, made a very maladroit quotation : “ An;’* said he, “u-e uru fearfully and wonderfully made.” ■ 05” A man who has the vulgarity and petti ness to insult a once generous employer who has become a l.ellpw employee with him, should he treated with significant contempt. Such an ipgrate will, doubtless Had bis fltting reward, sooner of later. 0?” There Is no. safer protection against liter glars Ilian to feed your baby, before going to bed, with green apples. 1 It will certainly begin to cry before midnight,.and it is equally certain that it can’t ho stopped before morning. ~K?". Which causes a girl the most pleasure— to hear herself praised, .or another run down ? Hard to decide. A bachelor friend hazards the notion that “ both cases are about equal;’’ hilt allows that “ rntrclrmay bo said on both sides.” CC7” Oh ye poets hud proaprs, who aspire to Write in periodicals, (Oku care, pray j-otako care, to cultivate a good, plain, bold, found text. Have an eye to your pothooks. Do as the schoolboys do—pul out your tonguo and take pains, -.- t OS’* “ Pompey, why la a journey found dls world like a cape tail /’* . - “ Well, Gulf, 1 doscu’t ’zackly sec any sedt blanco ’twixt de two cases.” “ Well, den, nigger, I ’apect I’ll bavo to tell you. Bekaso it am fuf to. (bo end of it.” . K 5” A butcher presented a bill for (ho tenth time to a rich skiutilint,. “It strikes me,”, sild the latter, “that this Isa pretty round bill.”— “res,” replied the butcher, “j’vu sent it round often enough to make it appear so; and I have called now Jo get it squared.” ff-?* A merchant oi a certain city, whp. died suddenly, left in his desk a letter written to ono of his correspondent. His sagacious clerk, see ing it necessary to send the letter, wrote at tbs bottom: “ Since writing the above! hare died.” K?“ An Irishman wasaccuaod of sieafihga handkerchief (rom a fellow traveler, but the owner, on finding it, apologized to Pat, and auid it was a mistake. “Arrah, my jewel,” fe torled Pat, “ was a two-sided mistake—you took me lor a thafe, and 1 took you for a gin tlenian.” 1 Tlie Strongest Ilian in (lie ffotlif. " Acorn,” who hits astonished our millers some time sihee by his description of >Ji.- vcllous feats of strength of Dr. Georg.; 15., VV ship, of Roxhury, Massachusetts. .«(i,li*iy <n ihe Spirit 0/ the Times on the same sufj.-iii,' says: i : , " Our young giant. Dr. George B. Winship, of Roxhury, continues to increase in strength, and now lifts with his hands, unaided by any sttaps or hands, except those given to him by thb Almighty, ten hundred and thirty-two r pounds‘This I have seen him do. with as much apparent case as an ordinary man dan. , lift three hundred and . fifty pounds ? ■ Thisex • traordinary young man only weighsone hun dred and forty-two pounds, and is hilt twcHly fiv'e years old. If he keeps increasing his strength .as he has the past year, by the time he is thirty-two years old he will indeed.,ho at -Sampson.’- He has delivered his lecture m Portland. Mo., hi Amherst. Mass., in Spring• field,.hi Worcester, and in various other towns 'and .'cities, to overflowing audiences, and will repeat it in Albany, Troy, and Buffalo, and has. invitations from more towns and cities than ha can possibly respond to for months to come.— lie hopes, however, to be able to deliver the lecture and give illustrations in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and some of the other Southern cities, during the coming winter.— This young man is not only physically strong, but has an intellect equal to his extraordinary, muscular powers. He is a giant in more ways than one.” i Mist/. Michael Baird, (or Bear, as he was sometimes called.) who lived near Little York, Pcnnsylva nia, was a miserable miser. His father left a valuable farm of five hundred acres in the vici-, uity of Voile. with some farming and household, articles. Ho kept a tavern for a number of years—married and raised four, children. Ho accumulated an imnjenso estate which'he're-' served so tenaciously that he never afforded i dollar for the education ..of bis children. He, was never known today out one dollar in cash, fur any article he might be in Want of; he would either do without it. or find some person who would barter with.li.im for something he could not conveniently sell for the money, He farm ed largely and kept a large distillery, which he supplied entirely with his own grain. He kept a leant for conveyance-of his Whisky and flour* to Baltimore, where, when he could not sell for money at a price to suit him. be bartered for* necessaries lof his family and tavern. In - this' way hu amassed an estate worth four hundred thousand dollars. Such was his attachment to money that he was never known to credit a sin gle dollar to pity man. Upon the best mort gage or other security that could be. given ha . would not lend a cent. Ho never invested'one. dollar in public funds, neither would he keep the notes of any bank longer than he could get them changed. Ho deposited his speeje in. a large iron chest, until it would Hold, no more. He then provided a strong iron hooped barrel,- which be also filled. After his deathhis stroaMi boxes yielded two hundred and thirty thousand dollors in gold and silver- • The cause of his death was as remarkable, as the course of bis life. A gentleman from Vir ginia offered him twelve dollars a bushel for one hundred and ten bnshels of clover seed, but ho would not sell it for less than thirteen dolf jars, and they did not agree." The seed wall af-, terwards sent tp Philadelphia, where it wajt Isold for seven dollars per bushel, and brought, in the whole five hundred and fifty dollars less than the Virginian bad offered fpr if. Op re ceiving an account of his sale, we walked pat* through his farm, went to bis distillery, .sod gave directions to bis people, lie then went to bis wagon bouse and hanged himself, Seimonlßepubltear-..
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