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Ac., executed lyith 'accuracy and at the shortos notice* |soEticaL THE DYING YOtUNTEER. “ 0 wrap.the Flag around mo, boys,” And lay mo down to dio, ' ’"Whore tho canuou, roars, around mo, ' - Ami tho caruagorages high; Whifp tho last-thought's of my country And my mother—-oh, my God, Lefthy strong right,arm support hot, • While sho passes 'uoath thy rod. There’s if cottage on a" hill side . Of the noble “ Prairie State,” ‘ Whoro a golden willow droopoth O’er a little rustic gate. And my, grey haired sire is sitting ■ With his nihlo oh his knee;' By its hearth atono, while he prayofh Even now, perhaps, for mo. • And further on, another still, But, oh, tho mad’ning.tiio'ught,- What misery totheo,..beloved, ■ Treason Is black hand hath wrought;. But thine is not tiio only heart -, • Tit at hows in woo to-night, Nor thine tho.only a.rieken soul ‘ - That, looks above for. light. : Xsnt ho yo strong, and boor yc up— . . Wo Im.vc hob bled in vain— Tbo ibltors wo- lmv6 slrleken oft’, Will uc’or be j'orgod again. 'And had I now a thousand lives, I’d give Uiotriull for theo, 1 My native lah I rny precious homo, ll’ they uiig it make thee .free.. Then “-wrap, the flog around mo, boys,” The Ued, tho White andfHluo, In every-thought and every act, • To them I have been .true ; Living, I fought beneath its folds, . Dying, my prayer shall bo, That every star .may typify, .• ’A country truly free.',, THE lIEIIVV-CROSS, A STUKY )V ITU A' MORAL, ; had lived in thfe village,- most <l6drT*ti». Sainunl KnllinSj-at least a dozen •years ; and no doubt the neighbors' would have been on good terms’together* hut, un-., lafekfty ‘ penuo ol’ lluhert Hodgkins, • Samuel.llliUins had a pension on aceouub of ui Wound which he rheoivod when figiiting as :a seamen under Admiral Nelson, at tho bat-, 'tie'of’ Trafalgar, livery, week, when Hodg :klns went to pay his Vent, lie'muttered and gram bled-all the way. there and hack,, because • his neighbor could aft'ord to pay.his rent so much better than himself. An envious, dis conted spirit is one of thp worst.qualities a •man can foster in his bosom ; ii'mak*es him 'miserable at home and abroad - ; .it sours his sweetest enjoyments, and pluuts stinging net tAs in all his paths along the ■'journey of life. For a time, Hodgkins growled nnd grum ■ 1 ded,to himself, but afterwards Ins dlsuouloot grew louder, till, at last, it became Ins favor ite topic to lament bis own ill-luck, and to Tail against those whose money came in whether they would or'not, and who had nothing else to do l;ut to sit in an easy chair from morning-till night, while lie-worked his heart out to get enough to support himself and his laniily. It was.on.a Monday morning that Hodg kins, who -was sadly behind in his rent, walked up to Mr. Starkey’s, to make some ■ excuse for not paying up what was due, when die met his neighbor Hollins, who was as clock work in his weekly payments. -The very sight of Hullinswas as had.as- physic'to dlodgkins, who, as he nodded hia head in re iply to Hull in’s salutation, looked as surly as ■a hull about, to run at a' pointer dog. ■ Hodgkins entered the house, and was soon reproved for not paying rent by his landlord, Mr. Starkey, who told him that his next door, neighbor, Samuel Ilullius, paid up regularly -every farthing. ‘Yes, yes,’ replied Hodgkins, -‘ some folks mre horn with silver spoons in their mouths. Hullinsis a lucky follow; no wonder that he -can pay his rent with such a pension as he ■has gig.’ - - . ‘Hollins has a pension, -it is true,’ said -Mr. Starkey, ‘ hut he carries a .-pretty heavy ■ cross for it. If you had lost your log as ho lias done, perhaps you wo?.ld fret more than .yon do now, notwithstanding you might in that-oase have a pension!’ ‘. 1 N , otI ’' r epl>ed Hodgkins-.; ‘ if I had been it C '}„n U l l - sh ‘° osc a le R twenty years ago, if fS r beßn a gn ° a d "y s ' vork for me > it I could have got as much by it as Hullins has contrived to get. You call his a heavy • cross, hut I fancy that his pension makes U know7f'', hl ‘"v the . l,eavißBt that I know of is being obliged, to work like a ne igro to pay my rent.” Now Air. Starkey was a shrewd man, and possessed a great deal of-humor and well : fo"t ) dho g n I rI" kh '’ S - diSpoBition t 0 r °P in ° ; 1)0 ; tli IiX Z 1 t 0 Conv,npo I,inl ’ possible, that •discLinted B°piri S t. 800 n b ° 00me3 bcaV * t 0 a =afralf e lT°V Vl , lllt " od «. kine -’ sa!d he, ‘I am host ofM • !Up kai ’dly disposed to make the vour ne l'i KB: TrT. OVOI- ’ as you think that ff !' ln ’ B cross is so very light, llin-idn.. W 1 ondertako to carry one much vno ni : /°i U 8 V 1 * Pve ro, it free as long as •jou abide by the bargain.’ . what sort of a ,cross is it that you mean to put upon my shoulders ?’ inquired tn ?• f lB ’, h 3ar ‘hg -that it might be something t 0 which he could not agree? , in,. " t'opiiod Mr.’Starkey, fetching a ” g 0 hunp of chalk, rind making a broad' „? u ? a 01 ? Hodgkin’s back, ‘that is the cross ; ~.,1, 80 „ S ns y° u hko to wear it, I will not a farthing of your rent.’ v,, °T lr l l at h rat thought that his landlord , ‘ °“ly J°kii3g, hut bping assured that he i,„ serious, ho. told-Mr.. Starkey that lie W U ' -n k Por no more rent from him, for ■all ti? 8 ,' vl “ ln K to wear such a cross as that ■MI the days of his life. - - hi ins'll 1 / Hodgkins chuckling within , a f„ ol , afc * U8 ,good luck, and thinking what «o oaiiiv l k! ftndl ° rd - ho !" ld g°t to.lot him off ho in bJifni” P llyin S his rout. -Never was oi humor than irhon lio onterod his cottage. Everything seemed to go on right; he laughed, and joked, and seemed in such high spirits, that his wife, who well know that ho had been up to the tan house on a gloomy errand, could not.at all account for it. •’ . ■ Hodgkins having seated himself with his back to the cupboard, his wife had not seen the cross on his coot; hut no sooner did he turn round to pull up the weights of the cuck oo clock, than sho cried out with a shrill voice : ‘ Why Hodgkins, where have you boon? •There is a cross on your back a foot'long;. you have been to the tavern, and some of your drunken companions have played you this trick to make you look like a regular simpleton ; come, stand still and let me rub it off; or every lad in the village will be laugh ing at you.' ‘Lot it alone,' said Hodgkins, turning' quickly round. ‘ I won’t have it rubbed off; Go on mending your stockings, and let my coat alone.' But'l won’t let it alone,’ replied bisyvife; ‘ do you think my husband shall act the fool in that manner.? No; that ho shan’t; I’ll have every bit of it off before you stir out of the house?’ Hodgkins knew very well that his wife was not easily turned when she had once set her mind upon a thing.; so, striding, across the cottage, he hastily made his escape, bang ing the door.after him with all his might.— .‘An ill-tempered vixen!’ muttered he to him-' •self. ‘ I Would have told her of riiy good 'luck had sljo been quiet,.Hut now she shall know nothing about it.’ , ‘ Halloo, Robert 1’ cried bid Fallows, the ! bricklayer, as Hodgkin's turned round the corner, ‘who has been playing you'a trick ? Why, your back is scored nil across. ' Como here, and I will give you a dusting;’ ‘ Mind your own back, and let mine alone,'’; said Hodgkins surly, making the best of his way forwards. ;‘ Mr.- Hodgkins,’ cried little Patty Stevens, the Huckster's daughter, running after him, ‘ if you please there, has somebody been ma king along score all down your coat; mother will rub it off for you ifyou wilbeomo back.’, '‘ You am] -your mother had better mind' Your red herrings and troaele,’ replied Hodg : kina.sharply, leaving the little girl wonder-; ling why -ho did not Atop to have brushed, No one else noticed tho criws.'on Hodgkin’s back till ho got to the blacksmith shop, whore the butuber and the blacksmith were talking— ; the .butcher cutting a. piece of; older, to make skewers, and the blacksmith, •with his anna across, leaning on the half door of his'shop I .' ■ ■ "Toil-tire just the-very man I wanted, to ace.;’ said {ho butcher,' stopping Hodgkins; but before,ho hail .spoken a do/.en words to diim, old Peggy Turtou cpind up. in her red cloak and oliock apron. ■ , ■ Hear me !’ cried old Peggy.-, gathering-up her apron in’ her.hand, '■‘■why Mr. .Hodgkins,', your back is rpiite a fright; but stand still a' moment,.and I’ll soon have it off.’ When Hodgkin's turned round to tell old ,Peggy to .1,-.-' point, the I,hicksmitlv roared cut to the Impeller to- twig tfnilgkiri’H hank.’ - . ‘ Tie looks like a walking finger-pus',’ cried the butcher.'. 4 Ay,, ay/ saiik the blacksmith, ‘I warrant •ye his wife has done .that fur him, spending .his wages at ,the-Malt Shovel” There was no other method of .escaping the cheek-apron of Peggy Tnrton.-nnd the -laugh ingandjecring of the Lutuhcraiid-hl.acksimth, liian Unit of getting oft’ tlm ground asf!mm as he could ; so. balling poor Peggy a nmUll-Hiig old hussy, and the other twu a'iiracO:of grin ning fellows,. he turned the first corner he came to, feeling the cross on his liack-a great deal heavier than he had expected to find it,- Poor Hodgkins seemed to meet with noth ing hut ill fuck, for just before ho got to the school all the soholara ran boisterously into the road, ripe and ready for any kind of fun that could he fuund. Hodgkins was ilLtem ‘ pored enough before, but when ho saw all the . boys hallooing and spreading themselves along the road, ho was in a terrible-taking, expect ing every moment to hear a shout from them on account of, the cross on his hack. This took place directly after, -and fifty young rogues, full of frolic and fun, waving their caps, and following Hodgkin's, shouted as loudly as they could bawl, “ look at his back !” .-Hodgkins was in a fury, and would perhaps have done sonie'misohiof to his young tormen tors,-had it not boon for the sudden appear ance Of Mr. Johnson, the schoolmaster, who at that moment came out of the schoolroom. Thejboys gave over their hallooing, for Hodg kins directly told Air. Johnson that they wore ‘ impudent set of young jackanapes,’ -and everlastingly .'in mischief!? Air. John son,:who had heard the uproar among the boys,, and caught a .glimpse of Hodgkin’s back, replied, mildly, that ho would never encourage anything like impudence in bis scholars, but that perhaps-Hodgkins was not aware of the cause of mirth ; he aasured him that lie had so large a chalk-mark on his ■hack, that it was enough to provoke the merriment of older people than ids hoys, and advised him by ail means, if ho wished to ayoid being laughed, at, to get rid of it ns soon as possible. Hodgkins said, peevishly, that his back was ‘nothing to nobody,’ and muttering to himself, walked on, feeling hie cross to be heavier than ever. The reflections which passed through Iliidgkin’s mind wore not of the most agree able description. It was, to bo sure, a rare thing to live rent free ; but if every man, woman, and child in the village were to he everlasting tormenting him, there would ho no peace from morning to night. Then again, even if his neighbors got used to the cross on his back, and said nothing about it, ho know that his wife would never let him rest. On the whole, the more ho considered about it, the more was he disposed to think that the bargain was not quite so good a one as he at fii-st had taken it to ,bo. As Hodgkins went on toward the Malt Shovel, ho saw, at a distance, his landlord. Mr. Starkey, and directly after, to his groat consternation, neighbor, Samuel Hollins,' came stumping along with his wooden log, in company with Harry Stokes, tho carpenter. Now Harry Stokes was quite the village wit, and Hodgkins dreaded nothing more than to he laughed at by him, : in the presence of Samuel Hullins. His first thought was to pull off his coat; but then, what would Sir. Starkey say to that?'Not knowing what else to do, ho took refuge in the Malt Shovel, but sopn found tho house too hot to hold him ; for, when those who wore drinking there be gan to laugh.at the cross on his back, both tho dnndlord and landlady declared "that no customer of theirs should bo made a laugh ing-stock in their house, while they had the power to hinder it. Tho landlord got tho clothes brush and tho landlady a wot sponge and Hodgkins was obliged to make a hasty ro'treat, secure his coat from the sponge and tho clothes-brush of his 'persevering friends. When ‘Hodgkins left homo ho intended to go to a neighboring village about some work which ho had to do, but his temper had been so rufled by old Fallows, Potty Stevens, the blacksmith, the butcher, aud Peggy Turton, as well ns by Sir. Johnson and his scholars, the company, at -the Malt Shovel, and the landlord and landlady, that ho determined to got homo.as soon as ho could; thinking it bcttcrito'bo railed-at by his wife than to bo laughed at'by the whole'Village. ,’3 No sooner did ho enter his cottage door, than his wife began ; ‘ And so you are come back again, are you, to play the tom fool ? Hero have been half a dozen of your neigh bors calling to know if you arc not gone out of your mind. If ever there was a madman, you. are one,; butil'll put that.coat in a pail of water, or behind the fire,, before'l will have such antics played by a husband' of mine. Comb, pull oil'your coat 1, I say pull off your coat’!” ' . Had Hodgkin's 'wife soothed him,, he might have been more, reasonable, but as it was, her words were dike gunpowder thrown into the' iiro/ A violent quarrel took.placc, words were followed with blows and dashing, '.crashing, rind smashing resounded in tho .dwclling/Of Robert Hodgkins. ' The fiercer a fire burns, the sooner/rtill it consume the fuel that supports it ; and .pas sionate people, in like manner, exhaust their strength by tho violence of- their anger. When Hodgkins found that there, was no prospects of peace night or day, at homo or. abroad, either with wife or amongst neighbors .nnd villiagers, so, long-as .he continued to, wear his cross, he of his own accord rubbed, it from his hack. Tiro next Monday, Hodgkins' went up‘ to tho iauhousc betimes, with a week’s rent hi his hand. ‘ Ah,, llohert/said Mr. Starkey, slinking his head, *1 thought you would Soon repent of ymu* l argain. It is a good thing to.encourage a.contontod disposition, and not :tb envy .others, nor unnecessarily to repine at the troubles w-hich God had been pleased to lay upon us. Let this ditto affair be a los l son to’us both; for depend upon it,.wo never commit a greater mistake than when’ we-im agine tno trials of other-6* to heiight, and our own crofse-s.to bo heavier- than those of our neighbors’’ \ ■. ’* kindliness • witl.t contentment is greui . 'f>rw;’'T Croakl—r'Nu ! no ! friend,■svlinlovor weak an ] unmanly thingsyoinlo, don’tcroak. It’s-a had haWf.' it useless habit, .11 pernicious habit,and in a period like the present, positive ly siiifnli If tintbs are hart), croaking won’t ■bettor them. ;If business is dull, wnrJc the harder and smite the more. Your neighbors will- thank you for it, 'your children will thank you for it. It is impossible to ruin a m till who works hard, is always cheerful and, won't believe hiinscij' mined. If tt plan-iniii;! gines every straw that lies' in his way, ah im passable' harrier, or, when his. path’ becomes, really diliieult, sits down on the nearest eufhstoiio, and goes to .blubbering over his f hail luck” instead of exerting himself brave ly’ and cheerfully to suriiiount, the obstacle and change' the “ luck,”' lie cannot of course expect to, succeed. Such a. man not only ; fails Ui-iipself, tlj|ic,(iuragßti his noigbUai-s, and helps"tn pull them down. Croaking is ,:is contagious as the measles, and -twice us destructive to niaiily vigor and health. ' No man, has any more right to introduce. t-fi'e* one malady than the other. .Society instinct ively shims a sour face, ami 11 1 ways feels kind ly towards-a’ pleasant one, — and ■ sovietn is el jilt. ' TxTF.i.r.ir.RNrE and LniEßtY.i-rTbo Phil adelphia Daily News,in closing an afthllc in regard to.the rebellion, saj-s: ‘Ttrshonld have-been the care of the intel ligent and ii Hnential among us, that in every part of the Union the -people should be thor •nughly educated in all the- dutics-of citizens, and made to know how to enjoy and 'exercise those rights, which -Constitutional Ctovorn mcnts.nrc intended to secure to every one. Intelligence and virtnearc the chief pillars; of-the'Temple of Liberty; and virtue are, un less they ho diffused 'through.tho whole land, -and made to influence the sentiments and ac tion of all men,-how can wo linpe.to-'poi'petu nto our free institutions? 'lt Inis boon-well and truly said that ‘ llightenusness nxaltclli a nation ;’ audit is. only by correct deport ment nnd the exorcise of truly Christian feeling that wo can hope to prosper,mm! to make those, who shall anno after us worthy, of 'tno heritage of freemen. Romantic Love Scene. —'Tis past the, honr of midnight. The golden gold of ‘hiy, when .yesterday drove his emblazoned chariot through the heavens, has- ceased shining, on ‘file earth, and a black pall reigns over the lower section of.’our city. 1 Nothing is heard save the distant stop of the melancholy .hill poster as lie pursues his homeward way ! Sud denly a sound (peaks the stillness—it i-s the voice of Frederick William calling in plain tive lanes upon his beloved Florence Amelia. ■‘Throw open the lattice, love, and leak down upon the casement, for -I, your dear --Frederick aiu-hero.’ ‘ What brings thee, nt- this time of the night, .when all, is till and gloomy ? . * 1 come to offers thee my heart. Upon my -Boul:I love thee—truly, .-Wildly, passionate ly, love thee. Dost thou reciprocate ? The maiden blushed as she hesitated, ‘ All,’ cried ho, and-the face of our hero lit up with a sardonic smile, ‘ thou luvosf anoth er;!’ ‘No! no! noT cried 'Florence. ‘ Then why not rush to this bosom that is bursting to receive thee V ‘ Because,’ replied the innocent, but still trembling damsel, ‘ I am undressed!’ • ■ o". Talking to boys in public meetings is getting to bo an art and science. Billy Boss is a great Temperance lecturer, nnd atJUish villo, -Illinois, was preaching to the young on hia favorite theme. He said : ‘ Now hoys when I ask you a .question you inusn’t ho afraid to apeak right out and an swer mo. When you look around and see all these lino houses, farms, and cattle, do you over think who owns them all now.?— ■Your fathers owns them all, do they not?’ ‘ Yes sir!’ shouted a hundred-voices. ‘ Well, whore will your fathers he twenty years from now ?’ ‘Dead!’ ‘ Tlmts right, pi-oproty thoh ?’ And who will own all this ‘ Us boys!’ .‘--Right. Now toll mo did you ever in go ing along the streets, notice the drunkards lounging around tho saloon doors waiting for somebody to treat them ?' 4 Yes, sir; lots of tlioan l’ * AVoil, were will they bo in twenty years from now. ‘ Dead I’ exclaimed tho boys. ‘ And who Will bo the drunkards then !’ ‘ Us boys I’ Billy-was thunderstruck fora moment.; but recovering himself, tried to tell the boys how £o escape such a fate. “OUR O.OHNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE- RIGHT-BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR-COUNTRY.* CARLISLE, PA,, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18/1862. .IC&* w, to.jw..- .1 you propose tend your I'lxecut’tvo’ clemency, when the whole country, ami tlio farmers w.o; c husily engaged in gathering. their crops, arose with fearful 'violence, and travelling, from one farm housp. to .another, indiscrimi nately murdered Ull.’tho men, boys, and little children '.they came jo ; and,, although they sometimes spared the lives of the. mothers and daughters, they .did so only to take thenj into a captiyity. Milch was inlinitely worse than death. ' Mr. President,.let'Cus..relate to you some facts with which wo'*ipar you havo.uut horet tofore been made acquainted.. Those ludians whom (as wo understand) you propose to pardon and sot free, have mur dered in blood nearly or quite one thou sand of our people.; ravaged our frontier for a ilistaneo of more than one Imndreil and fifty miles, north arid south ; burned the houses of the settlers, and driven from, their homos more than ten thousand of our people! They seized-and carried jiitii captivity nearly one hundred women and £ivls, and,'in nearly eve ry instance, treated tl|j)iu with the most fiend ish brutality. ’;’3f ■ To show, yon, onoi'mity of those outrages, rvot hog Icaysj to state a-few facts,, which tire well knownjrto onr people, liutdol ioacy forbidsthat.-'wf) should mention the mantes.of the -parties w|inm wo refer. .. In one instance f)oms ten or twelve of those Indians visited thpjmfrjo (if a worthy farmer, Avbu. nt-.th't tlrnfrNWvfSimyigad- witlr-lris stars' in stacking wheat. 'l'Ui\v atcatUi*iy approached the place.where this honest fanner was at work, and, -seizing their .opportunity, shot the father, and liis two sons at the stack. They thou wont .to rtlic 'house, killed two little children in the presence ol their mother, who was. quite ill.of consumption, and they, then I took the- sick mother, and -beautiful’little. I daughter, thirteen years of ago, into captivi , ty.' Hot this is not all, nor is it the niostap-' palling -feature of this awful tragedy. ' Its horror is yet to -bo revealed. After remov ing, thesb unhappy prisoners ton lodge which was some miles away,.those fiends incarnate,, planing a guard over the body of the weary and. exhausted mother, took her , little girl outside of the lodge, remo-kod all her clothes, and fastened herupon her back on the ground.- They then commenced their work of brutality' upon the body of the young girl. One by one they violated her person, unmoved by . ■her dries or .’unchecked by the evident signs of her approaching dissolution.. 'This work was continued until her Heaveny Father re lieved her. from suffering. The;/ left her dead upon ‘the tf round,- This outrage was com mitted’ within .a- few feet of a sick dying mother.'’ There is another instance of a girl.eighteen, years of‘ago.. We knew her well -before and' Tit the time of her She was as re fined and beautiful a-girl as wo had in the Stale. None had more or better friends ;, no one was more worthy of .them than she. She' was taken -captive by these Indians; her arms were tied behind her, and she wafl tied, fast to the ground and ravished by some eight or ten of these convicts before the cords were unloosed from her limbs. This girl fortu- J stately lived to testify against the wretches whp had violated her; Without being more , specific we will state that all or,nearly all the 1 women who were captured were violated in 1 this way." 1 Again, there was a little boy brought to St. Paul, (whoso father and mother had been murdered,) whoso life was spared, ns a wit ness of the horrid nature of this massacre. — Ills right cyo.was cutcomplotply out; it had fallen from its- socket, find perished on his cheek. His two .little sisters, aged respect ively 6 and 4 years, wore also saved, butjjjp an awfully mutilated condition. Their tender arms had been mangled with the savages’ knives and otherwise fearfully wounded, and left on the ground for dead. Mr. President, there was no justification or pretext oven fox these brutalities. .We state what wo know when we say that the Sioux agent, Major Galhraitho, has labored faithfully and efficiently for the welfare of those .Indians.- The Government, as you know, has built a house - and opened a farm for every mio of these Indians who would re side upim and cultivate it. Missionaries, ns our worthy Bishop can testify, have labored zealously among them for their spiritual wel fare. There has been paid to them yearly the interest upon 1?2,000;000. Farming im ploihouts have been purchased, and farmers have been employed by the Government to improve and cultivate their lands. These Indians are called by some prisoners of .war. There - was no war about it. It was wholesale robbery, rape, and murder. Those Indians wore not at war with their murdered victims. . , The people of Minnesota, Mr. President, hare stood firm by you, and by your Admin istration. They have given both you and it their cordial support. They have not viola ted law. They have borne those sufferings with a patience such as but few poopleevor exhibited under such extreme trial. Those Indians are nowat their mortjy ; but our peo ple have not risen up to slaughter thorn, be cause they believe that their President wou c deal with thorn justly. ~ Wo are told, Mr. President, that a commit tee from Pennsylvania, whoso families are , living happily in pleasant, homos in that , State, have called upon you. and petitioned you to pardon those Indians. Wo have a high respect for tho religious sentiments of t THE MASSICRB -IN MIXSESOa The Case .of tho : Condemned Indians, TL'ho following protest against Presidential ■enby in the case of the throe hundred ana convicted' of participating in the jesota outrages, signed hy Senator Wilk inson rind lloproientativos Aldrich and Win dom, was sent to tho President on Tuesday : Washington, December 3, 1802 To the. President of ihe-Jlniled 'Slates-: ■ Sir : Wo have learned, indirectly,' that yo'u intend to. pardon qr reprieve, a large ma jority of the'lndians, in Minnesota, who have been formally condemned for their-pal-tioipa-. tioidifi the brutal massacre of our people in the months of August .and September Inst. If this.be your purpose, as .Representatives from that State, w.o beg leave most respectful ly to.protest against it, and we do- so for the following-reasons ': : f These Indians were condemned, most of them, upon the testimony of women whom they had carried into captivity, after-having, murdered their fathers, husbands, and broth ers, anil who wordytreated by those Indians with a brutality never known before in this country, nor equalled in the practices of the must", barbarous nations. There were nearly ninety femilo captives. They wore the wives and daughters' of our 'neighbors* and friends. , They'.woro 'intelligent and.vir tuous. women. Seine of them were .-wives and mothers'; others wore young and inter esting girls.. . These savages, tojwhom - !S3S= ■your petitioners; but wo submit that it is bad taste, indeed, that it. is ontirtly unbe coming them, to interfere in matters with which they are so little acquainted, and which relate to the security of our own people. . Wo protest against the pardon of these In dians ; because if it is done, the Indians will become more insolent and cruel than they over were before, believing—as they certain ly will believe—that their great father f t Washington -cither justifies their .acts or is afraid to punish them for their crimes.. We protest against it, because,-if the Pres ident does riot permit these executions to take place under f shb forms.of. law, the-outrnged people of Minnesota will dispose of these wretches without law. These two .people cannot live together,. We do not .wish to see mob law inaugurated in Minnesota,’ns it certainly will bo if you ■force the people to it. We. tremble at the ap proach of such, n condition of things in our state. . You can give us peace,-or you can give us lawless violence. Wo pray you,, sir,; in view of all that wo have guttered , and of the danger •which still awaits us, let the law bo executed, —lot justice bo. done our people. ••• With high respect, we are ; your obedient servants,. . Scai.inij ■ the Alpine Peaks; —The., only. Swiss mountain, and sole peak of the high Alps Avliich-lias .oontinifed to defy flip abili ty and daring of man to scale it, and; which' top is stiU wiiito with virginal snow, is that called the Matterhorn.. An attempt was' made.to reach it last summorghy Mr. Whim per,-ain English ipembor of the Alpine Club. 110 roacTiod a.higher point than had hitherto been reached ; , but an accidental fall, .which, may bo„truly.do3eribod as one of the most .mi raculous escapes from instant death on record, .caused him to abandon all further assaults on the. virgin summit. ;In ascending th’e. mass of ice apd.sUuw, Mr. Whimper, who Was alone, was coinpelloc). in one place to cutaeo;. ries of steps' in the ice.. Knowing there was no further difficulty oftliat kind tu be feared, bo left his hatchet bchiuod him, and oil re turning from his baffled attempt to mount, he found, tb his horror, that liis steps were gone. The sun had-'m.cited them awity. As his hatchet could.nut be recoverod.be leaned over the precipice and began to prod at the ice, with his■ alpenstock. Spine snow gayo' way, and ho rolled over the ledge, grazing, his: face and. .bodyon -the roolcs. and. ridges, crash, crash, down tbo sides of a chasm 'Slip foot deep ! By a happy.phanoohe was caught’ in a rough bed on tbo crest of a .precipice scarcely''equaled'in the Alps, and there .re mained for an instant stunned and bleeding,.* though not .seriously hurt. Ho is slowly, rer -eovoring froui.tlio shock and from his wounds,. A few days later, Professor Tynharappoafed. Mr. Whimper’s tools and experience wore placed at bis disposal, and.ho set off full of confidence' and courage. But hi|_cpuiiigo* ' lin'd' cridufairce 'wereTuxeiT uT vain. Again, ithd again he risked bis life. Higher than any one has ever been up the peak ho crept’ and climbed' ; .higher than-Mr. Whimper, hut the steepness of tbo highest peak ropuls-, cd him, and the undaunted hut unsuccessful ■mountaineer'left the Matterhorn unsealed. to*ex- , Conclusive Evidence. —Several years ago; and soon after thp antidieonso law wont into force in the Green mountain State, a travel ler,snipped at a liptol and called for a glass of brandy.'. 1 Hun’t keep it,’ said the landlord; ‘ forbid den by law to sell liquor of any kind.’ ‘ The deuce you are,’ said the stranger, in-, credulously. ‘ Such is the fact,’ said tbo landlord, ‘I don’t keep it.’ ‘ Then bring your own bottle,’ said the traveller, with decision'; ‘ you need not pre tend to me that you keep that face of. yours in repair on water.-’ .The landlord laughed heartily and hrough iis. private bottle. • •. . ,DC7”-‘ I say, stranger,’ said a pottage urchin to a Yankee pedler, ‘ don’t yef whistle that ore dog-away.’ ‘ Why. ho liain’t no uso no bow; he’s too Hgbw' ’ : ‘Oh, hufho saves heap of work.’ : ‘ Why ho always licks the plates and dish es so clean that they never want washing hud ninmmy say's she wouldn’t part with him no,how, for Our new dog ain’t, got used' to mustard.vet.’ , - ... O’’ ‘ Samuel, iriy. darling,’ said . a . fond mother, to her son, ‘ I’ve not soon your book for several-days or more—where is it?’ ‘I know where it is.’ ‘Well, whore?’. ‘Why, it’s only l(sat a little—kinder—in the barn, or round out doors, summers •! guess, p’raps up garret, or behind the woodpile.’ ' Man proposes, and God disposes,’ said a pious aunt to her'over confident niece. ‘ Let a man propose to me if ho dare,’ was the, response, ‘ and- I’ll dispose of him ac cording to my own views, as ho suits me.’ O* A young lady was thrown from a car riage, and on being asked where she was in jured, most innocently replied : ‘ Down al tho surprise party, when 'Tom Skillman wenl home with another girl.’ JJ®*A witty dentist having lahoiedin vain to extract a tooth from a lady's mouth, gave up the task with d)he felicitous apology: ‘ The fact is madam it seems impossible for ■anything hut.to come out of your mouth.’ BQy The teeth are friends that wo always got with tears, and generally lose with a groan. OCT*For most men life picks its way trough chances, as a pedestrian through a lOrOughfare. 0I7 3- Tho sotting sun stretches his rods of light across tho landscape, and, like.the He brew in Egypt, smites the rivers and the brooks, and they become as blood. Tho empty cradle of dead infancy is perhaps a sadder spectacle than the coffin. flSy Get into no quarrel or fight with a aok-guard; like chaff ho isn’t worth thrash- oC7’ Matrimony is a soft of choss-gamo in which many a poor woman gets fool-mated; jjgy Drunkenness which is called the be sotting sin of tho ago, is more peculiarly the besotting one. C7* Surely that man niay bo envied wllo can oat pork chops for supper and sleep without a grunt. [C7” Caught in her own net,’ as tho man said when he saw one of the fair sex hitched Abigail 1. water —soap — towels quick 1 —a brush—get me his tooth-brush,nail-brush, scrubber, anything I Oh ! 1 fill his mouth— plaster it iu—the nasty, filthy stuff! ‘ Hold him. James! hold his mouth open, head’ back :—fast, James !’ and all, this in a perfect tem pest of excitement; and hastily tin-owing a towel -around, the boy, and rolling up her sleeves, she entered upon the cleaning Opera tion.' 1 Good gracious ! Miss Osborne, what is the matter ? ‘ -You’re goin’ on drefful,’ said Abi gail, hardly knowing whether to laugh dr to cry at the strange catastrophe.. v , lias he hurt himself, Miss Osborne ?’ ven tured to inquire, James, holding the strug gling boy in bis firm grasp. , ‘ Has he got the toothache?! What ails .you, Willie ?’ Tobacco’! .James, tybaeoo!’: eagerly re sumed Mrs; Osborne. \"}Our hoy our Willie, chewing pig-taill—bad his mouth full!—teeth all black—tongue all dirty—breath—ah ! pah 1 shall I ever get it, clean ?’ And in went the soap and. the dipping brush, until" the child’s mouth looked like a shaving pot, and. he was nearly strangled in. his efforts to -re sist the offensive appUcathnv ‘ Hold still, child, hokbstill,’ she exclaimed; ‘ soap’s clean, but tobacco isn’t 1 Ah I'theAir ty poison stuff!’-. Hold still; ITI scrub it oft’ if I cim. There, now, rinse your mouth; rinse it well; gargle the water, in your throat;’ and the mother, suffering the flurry to . sub side, sank into.a chair. The three witnesses stood bv amazed. M. S. Wir.lCl-.NSON Gviiirs Ai.naicrr, • •W.m. Wisdom. ’ ‘ If ever I seed sich a time 1’ said Miss Ab igail, as she returned, laughing, to her cOok iug-stove. ■ ‘Soap’s healthy; .they say, it-cures bile,’ remarked James, dryly, as he proceeded to bis ordinary routine of business’: ‘but I de clare’tain’t so pleasant-to have i fc chucked down your, throat at that rate.’. ... -‘-Rinse'it well,' Willie,’’ said Iris mother ; ‘ take plenty of wator-r throc, four, a dozen times.’ ...... There was no'need of that eShortdtion, for more rinsings and gurglings than could be counted were necessary to take the taste of that strong, coarse soap out of the poor child’s mouth. At.last,'after gaspingsiind swallow ings innumerable, he‘ recovered his speech, ■while tears of anger, fright, surprise or shame, or perhaps all tsgetbpr, flowed freely down his .cheeks, ■ ... ‘ You’re too bad, mother ; you ’most killed me, ’Twnn’t pigtail at all—’twaa honey dew.’ , ‘,’Twas tobacco, child, tobacco ; that’s what it avaa,-and'that’s enough, 'No matter liow •much they honey and sweeten it up ; ’tvya? iobacied, the filthy, poisonous weed, in; my Willie's mouth. What do you think father’ll say.?’- ’wafi_nh ■unanswerable ' question.— like oven to think about it. So. liis, ujotber, who, by this time, had resumed tranquility, wiped the boy’s face, him back to the sitting soom, au .RKflred , t-’V 4 i He’ll say, "Willie, thnt lio is 'ashamed, mortified, that a child of his.should do such a course, vulgar, dirty thing. -Ho’ll shy, that ho is grieved that-you,, knowing .what his opinion, and practice are about, tiie-nse of do*' baooo, should go •contrary to Ids'wishes,, and disobey and dishonor him by chewing it.— I lie’ll he surprised, perfectly astonished, that, . I after what was said upon the'subjept only the .other night, you should slyly and deceitfully commit’ such a fault. Willie, lie’ll under: stand now, and so shall I, why you did', not join the society in school, and why you. were not willing to remain and hear your teacher’s lecture, 0 Willie !my son', my' dear child, I would hot have believed it possible that yon should have acted so wickedly.’ Thq'mnthcr was silent, ■ and her Taco was sad. ■•Willie 4 , stood looking earnestly into the.fife, the big tears rolling down his cheeks. 4 fi@'''WattyMon'isnn, a Scutch clergyman', was a man of groat, wit' and humor. ’ On a certain occasion he .entreated an officer at Fort George to pardon a poor fellow’that was sent to the halbeart. The officer offered to grant his request, if ho would in return grant •him live first favor ho would ask. Mr.' Mor rison agreed to this, and the officer immedi ately demanded that the ceremony of baptism .•shouldibe performed on a puppy. . Tlip cler gyman-agreed to it, and a party of gentleinfen assbmlded to 'witness: the novel, baptism.— ■Mri Morrison desired-the officer to hold up the dog, as was necessary-in the baptism of '"children, and said; , 1 " ‘As I am a Minister of Scotland, I must proceed according to. the ceremonies of: the church/ ’ ~ ‘ Certainly,’ said the Major, ‘I wa.nt all the ceremony.’ ‘Well, then, Major, I hegiu by the ques tion—do you acknowledge -yourself to ho tlip father of this puppy ?’ , A roar of laughter hurst from the crowd, and the officer threw the candidate-for bap tism away. Cal'iJHT. —A Now York Hotel Keeper who gives as an excuse for the net the want of small change, issued four thousand dollars worth of hinplaslers, Fearing.p’rosooction, as indicated in a recent note from the treasury Department, he called in ids notes, giving in exchange bankable money Thinkinghe had redeemed all he had issued, ho counted his stock and found that he had cashed five thou sand dollars-worth and,a large amount still in outside hands. More'titan' half of that re deemed on examination proved to he coun terfeit. O’” A wag upon visiting a medical mu seum, was shown some dwarfs and other spe cimens of mortality, all preserved in alcohol. ‘ Well,’ said ho, , ‘ I never thought tilo dead could ho in such spirits. ’ 1 Now, my child,-I hope'.you will bo good, so that I shall not have to whip you im-iiin.’ ‘lf you must whip any one,.you’d bot tbrwh'ip one of your size. 1 (£7* Last winter, it is said a cow floated down the Mississippi on a piece of ice, and be came so cold that she has milked nothing but ice-creams ever since •-0” Women first resorted to tight lacing ■to prove to men how well they could bear squeezing. (C 5" The Petersburg!) Express boasts that ft rebel sharp-shooter, named Jay, shot four Yankees in one.skirmish. Hu must bo a poppiu’ Jay. O” Bo what you are. This is the first stop towards becoming bettor than you are. [CT’ Ono of the saddest descriptions ono.can give of a household is, that the master of it ‘ generally goes out of an evening.’ ttZ/” A noble mind disdains to gain its pleasure from another’s pain. 4 Timely Scrnbblnil igmuHural. DECEMBER WORK. Rouse* tho blazing midnight Cro ; 'itoup tho crackling faggots higher, , Stern hocoiuhor reigns. without, ;. With'old. Winter's blustering rout." Kirk White, The growing season is now over. The llolds ~ and trees are denuded of their; beauty and verdure, and the. forests, and the once beau tiful landscapes, look desolate and dreary. No tail grass or wavering grain floats in the breezes"; no bleating flocks and lowing herds roam cheerfully over the green pastures ; no busy hands are seen in the fields, wielding the plow or the spado, the sickle or the fork ; but the glory of Authlfin has faded away, and the old year has laid off her beauty and love liness, and is wrapping herself in the wind ing sheet of show. . / ; , , ' \ With most farmers in this latitude, the Opr. oration's of the field have been 'Completed for i , this year ; and we hotvdjegin, hy consumifig the. products of the farm, bay, straw, eornr stalks, coarse grain,, .a id moots—to prepaid';' for another season, and for' crops. ■ Pur several months past the farmer. . has been' collecting revenue from the fields', as a'remuneration for his labor ; andfor sev eral months to come, care should be exorcised ; to see that an honest account, and practice also, is kept with the. soil, and thjiitj nothing be loat-JtjttU. properly belongs to 'it; a*remu-‘ deration for the crops that itdigs produced. Animals are now in winter quarters ; and the chief business for this month—unless the .weather is very favorable—will be, tdcarofor, the stock—retain all the florb that has been made.during warm weather—save all their, manure, and do simietl;ing at thrashing grain where it lias already boon done. ■ Ventilation or SJables. While many farmers ventilate too largely, , others do not ventilate enough, and some not at all. .A moment’s reflection will convince almost any one- of the great importance of furnishing animals with a good supply of pure air. .When we go into a stable, and the ammonia arising from the manure makes our dyes smart, or if the ,air appears at all dm pure, wo may rest 'assured that there is a deficion:. •by of pure air, and the health of animals will bo seriously affected, if ventilation is not ■more perfect. ■ t ■ , ff frequently step into the stables ofhotels, 'd'nfl.in •the morning the, drench and impunity of the air is enough to sicken a healthy horse in Ono hour.- /It is no wonder at' all that there are so many sick horses, where so largo a number are confined within a small stable, where ventiloijpn is very imperfect; Out ft is a great wonder* that they dn/not die right out, from being confined in suohdmjmre •apartments'. . ■’ ■■ • - 4 vO lippuro ;dir. in stables, always yises, tb; . . upper-o:iiloo>f.thern,, ■- r .t 4 tiu;'ofovo,.ff‘>v!miv>bhh... an opening over head, the foul air will es cape, and pure air will take its place ; whereas, if there are nothing but -small cracks, or other apeturee in the sides of the building,the •Air' -will'become very foul in a short time, bet; tho, cracks be well battened, and let the doors be fitted tight, •<!.nd'tlien cut a hole from three to four feet square in the floor over I head ; and' if the building is not a spacious one, there should be a ventilator at the top of the roof. Stables should have windows, also; in tho sides, or behind the horses, for admit ting tho light, and which.may he thrown, opon when the weather is not freezing cold. When the manger or rack is formed against the outside of the stable it is.a good arrango inont to have a small dark window before each horse, which : will slide open and-shut . easily, so that each horse may thrust his nose but when ho desires, and inhale the fresh air. , Great caution should ho exercised irt ven tilating stables, that the animals he not exposed to a current of cold air. Currents of , cold air should nevor.be allowed to enter a. stable through largo cracks in. the floor, as horses will most assuredly contract hold when Huts exposed. ’When the .weather i? not freezing cold, windows should ,ho opened, and. sometimes the door-also. , 'Sunday Considerations Does every animal have a comfortable pro tection from the pinching cold and pelting storms'?'-If they do not,, rest assured that their proprietors are dossing money faster than they are-aware of. -Put calves in ah apartment 'by themselves,, especially at night, where they can he well fed, and vdiero they can lie down and ha comfortahje. A few hundred foot of and throe hours work, will iuakd”a comfortm hie shelter for -half a dozen clilves. Lettaern he fed with the fipest .quality of hay and sOnio cut cornstalks, and cut straw with about one quart of meal, each,-daily; and lot them have a good bed of straw.' ■ Cults, and all young horses flint have good ■ teeth, like oats unthrashod, cut up about .on, inch iii length, and moistened, with-water. This is. a very economical mode -of feeding oats to yonn'g 'horses, and I fiiink it is pref erable to thrashing and cleaning them, and 'feeding them separate^.from the straw. ■ When there are a few weak and. feeole sheep, let them ho separated from the flock, and placed by themselves; where they wiU ■receive a little extra attention. - , ' ■See that, store hogs have, a good warm and dry; as they will not thrive Well when exposed to the wot and cold winter. Lot every domestic animal have access, at ail times, to good water that is near by. When they are compelled to go a furlong or two —as many cattle do—they often drink too much, which gives thorn the colic. ' Cut down timber for saw-logs this -month and lot the trees fall- on small logs, that they ■ may be ready to bo hauled,to -tiro -mill when the first snow falls. dVhon the ground is not frozen, 'laborers may work advantageously and profitably at picking stone and other obstructions from the meadows. When horses are not exercised' in someway daily, let them bo turned loose in the open field for a few hours, ilf they are inclined to face about incessantly, attach a piece oflargo rope, about three foot long, to one of the fur foot. All animals need exorcise everyday in the open air ; and oven when the weather is quite cold, if not stormy, {boy like to bo blit in the field or yard. ' .- Let the manure of the horso stable be spread around the yard, and suffer it not to remain, . in a heap and 1 fire-fang.’ Let potatoes bo assorted, if it has not been done already, and lot a few bushels of the best and fairest of them bo put in barrels for seed and the i.niorstinoes filled with dry sand.— By tliis precaution, good seed will be secured. And who dares to affirm that it is not as im portant to secure the best, potatoes for seed, ns well as the best ears of Indian com-ir—, ‘ Like begets like.’ NO’.'SS
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