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* WINTER Wilt NOT LAST FOREVER.' .
will not last forever;
■ Spring will soon come forth again, .
And with fldtTers'Cfev&ry oolor,
Deck tho hillsides' and the plain.
Lambs will soon in fields bo sporting,
. Birds re eoho from each tree r
( “'Winter’s gone; its days are ended 1 *
Wo are happy—we are free I" '
Podge and tree will,ebon be building,.
Soon with leoves be covered o’er;
Winter cannot last fprovei,
Brighter days in store.
'Sorrows will hot last forever,' .
Brighter times will come agaitt,
Joy our-overy grief succeeding.
As the sunshine after rain.
• As the snow and ioo of winter, '
Melt at tho approach of Spring,
. So, will all our cares'and trials,,
• Joy, and peace and comfort bring.
the heart is sad and drooping,
, Think, though you be vexed core',
■Sorrow cannot last forever,
Brighter bays hrft yet in store. ■
iSimllnnmiH , •
Fill Your Cwn Places.
BT PROFESSOR WILSON,
i It takes all edits of'characters to complete
this great world-drama, and somebody must
act them. In other words, I bcli'eVe that
'every man hne hie place in the world; and
that he was made specially for that place.—
It is only earnestly by filling that place that
ho fulfils his destiny, and answers the end
for which >God created him. Confusion and
disappointment only arise from our efforts to
•got into sotee other place than the one for
which.we Were intended. The change of our
'choice is limited by tho chaVp.oter God has
given to us, and the eironmstanbes by which
no hath surrounded us‘, and whipli have
Modified that character and developed those
faculties. . • , '
Each man is created with ■aci-t.iin possibil
ities whioh determine the direction ho most
go, and the height to which Ho may rise.—
Wo need not, therefore, remain in doubft—
X)ur path is so plainly 'marliod out for ns that
wo need hot seek long for it,.if'wo have Wil
ling hearts and willing hands to do if. . ;
“ No man is born into the woirftl whoso work
Is nbt bohi with him’; theto is always work '
And tools'.to work wiliial, ioV tboso who will'.''
The same, power that created, you, and
trained you for your work, has brought that
work for you. DAnot go out of your, way to.
seek for something grand and imposing to
do, but, take. up at once the simplest and
plainest duty that lies before you, and you
Will not go wrong!*. Do not stand waiting for
signs and wonders to reveals toyon-what
God would have you do; but listen, to tho
voices within you and around you calling you
to work. Trust those voices, have faith in
humble.things ; then God will seokyou, and
light and strength he given to you. as.year
path opens wider ahd higher before your od
vanoing.footsteps. : .
, ;J. believe God calls men to i humble' duties
its welhas gredt ones, foruto Him allidhtydfr
equally-great; qnd woe be to liiih .who, disro
.gards that tali'. Wc arp willing to recognise
thiscall to the jhinistryj themwhy.uot.tlio
other' pursuits ■of life f. Is preaching! the
gospel.the only ditty.that God recognizes ?
It is because we wait; for Godito riiinifest
Himself in, theligli tinting and thunder ytlmt
we; fail-to hElirlfis voice in. our iheatte,' and
in the indication of circumstances about us,'
hnd thus gaiestray; groping our- way. .blindly
hud etumblirig. oh our way. iil .darkness iand
doubt. . No .'man everi .-acddriiplislied much'
whoi hhfl' not this : idea of voorttidli', Who did
fsel that He wtis'oailed oLGad tofddtbatybry
thing: ■ ■ ■ •* ,
iiooi. -SXit&isip •pEuptaw-i-JCte igo'bd -nikbVcci;
jf can ffnr thofo is Obirtit'i'iietmn.su great;
nbeh'iirm'soadmirable., -’.A face” that, is ful)
iif tile cxpi'cssiph of amiability, sii always'
beautiful. It need, no, paint arid mi flowers.
‘’Cosmetics are superfluous for it. Roiigb'dau
not improve its cheek's, £0r lily : white;mond
complexion.' Its loveliness, Ijes beyond (ill
this.' It, is'not the beauij thfit .is bat skip
deep ; for. whoa you gaze iptu the, faeo of o
noble hearted man or woman, it the
ehapp,pf..tho features you redllyi.sQO, nor.yol
the tint .of, tile cheek, the hup of the lip, or
Iho brilliancy of the eye. You see the name,
less something which, animates'all these and’
. leaves’ "fbr'y’our instinct a sense of grateful
fascination 5 you see an'indesoribable em
bodiment obhoartfolt gobdnbss within, which
wins your regard, in spite of external appear
ances;.;,' Cultivato goodnature, therefore. It
is better than apples.of gold.sot in silver,”
• for,,gold.yvill. takp fyings, andfly
array; silybr will in time tjirriish, and both,
.while- abundant, will lode thoir pompafatiyo
valu'd. ■ Hut good nbtbre 'hever deteriorates
In .worth,'never abandons itfl.pdsaosser'to; the
Oriental.povorty ob tho ranlioious, never loses
its hold upon'tho_ealeBnl’ of'the world. It is
ilwaya in fashion; and! always in season.—
Everybody,admires'it,,everybody praises, it;;
bverybpdy is in, lovewith it. It never grows
stale.. .It costs’ little to' acquire; and nothing
'to keep./'Tot it is beyond 1 diamonds in it's
Woftli to its'owners and can neither bo stbldtt
Otloatj however 'neglected. Surely, this is, a
Jeyyel 'th'atmeritVpi.sparol), and, when found,
tbrritsprptpQtipn., i, ,
a lndy4ikd a sgpan?; When
gap is.in'-toa'-resting-.' .....
'GENERAL niw L lhu l,allle <lf B "' :l 11,111 was therefore not
uISitLML rAMBKsDnS WUCQESTEB’CAM- lost on account of Johnston's '■ unexpected”
•PAIGN.. ' 'appearance there, nor on aeoourtt of anv'bf
the circumstances fur—which- it has been
ijought to hold General Patterson responsi
plOa Generals Ilolntzleman, Wndoworth
Frapldin, Avcrill, Barnard Griffin, ’Slocum'
I f llrr J., (Richardson, ami dthbrshayo recorded
their ev! JdKbe to, the battlo of
Bull Run was lost because of the delay of
sevotal days in the attack, because (if the
fatal delay on. the morning of the battle, be
cause the- butteries worn'badly posted,’and
because thoreserves, 21.000 in number wore
never brought into the battle. ’
It may bg. asked, that, if General ‘Patter
son had so Jtrong a •case, why it has hover
been brought before the- public in official
form. The answer to thin is in the " Nar
rative.” General Patterson repeatedly ask
ed for a Court of Inquiry, but it was denied
on the ground that he had, been •• honorably
discharged, and that a’cdprt ooiild do no
more.' It was added that’(ho ’publication of
the oOrre'spoadonoe was “fhoonfpatiblo with
the pdblio interests/’ and so with a fail vin
dication in his hands he was obliged to suffer
‘on in silence. His, aid-de-oamp, Senator,
Sherman, sought to bring out the foots by h
resolution of the Senate, but that likewise
faffed. General Patterson appealed to the
President, but the President lilso'felt obliged
tS withhold the qprreßpbndenbo for .the pub
lic good, but he endorsed GehSral Patterson’s
conduct in the strong wdrds, already quoted.
Secretary Cameron, and Assistant Secretary
Thomas A. -fpqott, ’held the same favorable
opinion, but their'hrinds were tied.
But, at lorijffh;the, record is before tho puff
inl. oq,d-gustidb demands that tho people
-shall, lie triads‘acquainted with its character,
if they do net see 'the volhmp itself. Whorl
(ihey read it, it will bo strange indeed, if .they
do not- agree- with the President, and say
that General Patterson “ obeyed 1 his orders,
“Ud did his duty,”, -, The. Military, readers o'f
tho “ Narrative” will find what should be a.
'conclusive bplniou to.lhem from Major-Gen
eral Geo. H. Thomas, (who wasofPattorson’s
cd mm and,) in a_ letter 'dated Atlanta, Aug.
Bth 1864. letter, that distinguished
General 'atijU, 1‘ Ilmyt/always believed, and
have frequently so expressed' myself,, that
your management of the three months’ bam
iaign was able and judicious, and was to tho
ieSt interests-of tho llbrvioe.” ' 1
• Time, at Inst, Gels all things even. So’says
one of our favorite English classics, and of
the sound philosophy contained in that brief
sefatenoo we, are constantly, in those days
reooivihg convincing proofs., tlow mufclujos
tens thq judgment wo are now enable?! '-to
pronounce on’ftiauy'of the Qqitorni d&oeA,
S? t * le oompaTgiie, that were themes
Ot eicued'disoussion in the oarliermeriods of
the war.. 'While General Wm. T. Sherman
>J'? J i ?.'°oi ,11 nand of the Department of the
.phio, ih 1861, ho expressed the opinion that
, ‘ two bundl ed thousand men” wore necessa
ry for the Western campaign, and for this ho
was adjudged unfit for cunminnd. and was
banished to garrison duty at' St. Louis. Ho
was. eyen reported to bo crazy, and the ■bpllef
that die was so was for a long period! fixed on
,the popular mind; . That unjust-.and .hasty
'judgment came near depriving the oduntry
of fee services of its moat,brilliant General."
'How vastly different is the public judgment
to-day;!. Immediately after the ..battle at
■Fort Donelspn, and again .after Shiloh, it’was
positively assorted that General Grant was a
drunkard'and unworthy'df his-high position,
and for a dong time he held only a nominal
command. 'Nothing hut the .'readlute efforts
of a powerful friend in Congress sayed .him
from unmerited disgrifoe. It required, the
splendid campaign against Vicksburg to vin
dicate his character. It would be easy to
tia&o a great many similar oases, for they
suml tip by the score. ‘ln some of these the
victim has had to wait biit a few months for
justice, but others have had their patiofiee"
taxed oyer long years of hope deferred.,. . ,
We are prompted to these remarks by, tho
appearance of a .little volume entitled “ A
narrative of the campaign in the Valley of
the. Shenandoah infiSbl," which‘for the first
time places the.history of General Patterson's
operations fully before ! tho public. It is 'a
Clear-and.jponyinoing record, and no man,
who is, up can read it without
repeating, the Words of President Lincoln to
General Pattersenr—“ T am unable to see
•that job "could have done anything, else than
you did do ;,your handa were tied ; you oljoy
ed your orders and did your duly, and I am,
'Satisfied With your conduct."
It will be’ remembered that after the groat
disaster at Bull Him, General Patterson was
very freely ohaig6d with a large shard of the
■responsibility of that defeat, lie, was fierce
ly.assailed' for failing to hold the rebel John
son at Winchester ; for not attacking that
General in his works there, according to or
der; and for permitting Johnson to slip atvay
to Manassas Junction withodt informing his
superior officer. It was further charged that
oh "fepoount of these biilitary laches of Geber-!
al Patterson, Johnston was to arrive
et Manassas “ unexpectedly,""and that thus
the battle was lost. On all these pdiuts the
‘ 1 Narrative" just published is olear and full
in General Patterson’s favor"; tWro ,ir, fiiyt
and date, nijd order, and report, and docu
ment, ample fur, his complete-vindication. It
establishes first this fact; that General Pat-
column was placed on a line of opera
tions. vvhero it was as impossible tor. him |o
prevent Johnson from going to iManhss.as, as.
it would bo for a man in Baltiniore to pre
vent Philadelphia from going to
New York. It was a ll false lino'," and was
so pronounced by General Patterson and all.
his experienced regular'officers. Among
•those Wore the present Generals George H.
Thomas, Newton, Abercrombie, Stone and
Nogley'. • In lien of that, “lilao lino,” ho
proposed as early as the 20th Of dune to for
tify and hold Maryland Heights With n bri
gade, and to Move his main column to Lees
burg, where he wp'dld have threatened John
ston more 'effectually than at Martinsburg,
and of the same time would havd been'hoar
enough to M’Dpwoll to assist hinv'or to have
received aid from him, as circumstances
might demand. This plan, which ha's re
ceived the distinguished approval of Gener
al Ho.'ilcck, he was hot autluV.ized to carry in
to effect. On the contrary ho was kept on a
lino which, as General Halleck observes, was
“ un exterior line,” sixty, miles from Manas
sasj with Johnston’S army “ between ■ him
and. M’Dowell’s.” Tjiis jHould dispose-of
the complaint that Patterson Jailed ju : hold'
Johnston } but the facts 'mate a'still 'stronger
case that Notwithstanding bis." fa],So”
.position, for. which he.was not accountable,.
1 lie did so manoeuvre hiq.,c(slurtm as tii hold
Johnston hjj.to tlip time indicated lu the or
der of,.'the Gonoral-iu-Chief, and .fur several'
dhyS (.eyond that time. General ",Patterson
( was 1 informed that M’Dowell's attack would
botunde on the 16th of July, and that he;
' should ilemQnstr'ate 'against Job ii
, stop on that'day. 1 Thjs llq dijdJ'nc'qordibg' to
d>'der, : kS',oping'Jbhfdtpp ih']medf .biUtle alt
. that.' day, and',JdHhqton did hot uieW from 1 '
, Winopestdy.'dfltil'the Afternoon of tlio. Idtll;'
i at 1 \vhi'6h','timb J Pqtt'drs6h : whs ’ led 1 to belioWe, 1
; from 'tli ( d; te'h'df bf'tho Gohotel-imCbiol'e drS- 1
pqlehes that 1 M’Do'woil’s 1 battle had’ bden. d
alivered ahd, tbs‘‘/Juhqtim Hitf^ied;"-,,‘ 11
i ’"The '‘.‘Narrative’' ‘futthei'es'tiiblish^ li iiiSf
Geridfal'PutterSod wae’nefSr'ordefbd'to Sts
EVSry- 'diSbdtMi.'j’' 6f' ; fh'i 1
G'onOral-inJlUief''enjoins ‘'gtelit cadtied'*
arid “ dirduffiapeotidn tlie£-drij|jhasjzO |tlW
injunction tjiW" wc liilistsustain ho reverse,''
that “ ii olicult or i! drawn battle would'be d
victory to the enemy mid thutlhere'should
he holatta'ck uiile'sS it ti-ns,elelir to Pdttorfwh
ilia If’’bo "wlis fli “'superior,” or at ledst
V’bquiT'l foi’oP” to Johnston! ’All the bvidbileo
goes to’slib'w that ho never’WnB‘hi forco r’o'fh'-
oiont (o disregard those positive, emphatic'
and repealed instruction's; Infhrfnation on
the spot shpy?,ta, that !lbhnstbh’.B.fid not less
thpn 32.500, men and 00 guns, so'nib of theifi
bf'heavy calibre; abd'that Ifo was.’in'd streing
position thoroughly intrenched. : Johnston’s
ovyn-reports prove that he bad,.early iniJulyi
notlcsstban twenty one regiments of \olun
teens,, twenty live hundred militia 'in, his
works,-sixteen 1 field’ guns-npd'blber heavy
guns in position. General Patterson’ would
have beet; gmltjiof flagrant’.disp.bfldipnflo .of
orders if ho, had so <|’e
fendgd, vyitlt bis, thirteen tbonsahjl available,
men, and 1 bis six' smbotb-hbre gbriar' USI
notwithstanding this groat disparity; .Gonen
al Patterson,, on,tb<U'lBth of> July;i twelve
hours before
from Winchester,' telegraphed the'Gbnpral
in Chief/ “ Shall I attack ?” and to' that del
m’and for instructions be never got.an an
sweif.',,-;t;; j ,; ’ ~r-;
■ With respect to thei“ unexpected*';arrival
of[Johnston at ManaSsas, the record iaunan
sworable. On the 20tb .of- Julyy? the day? be
fore the‘battle of Bull Run,. General- JPattor
eon telegrhpho’d 'the, Qoneraldn-Chief, that
Johnston-had marched froih'Winchester da
the afternoon of the'lBth.,. That Johnston
•would, be at Manaesaa waa .well known in,
Washington and on. the, battle.field among
our officers on that - same day. There, are
jni
_i(iny wi^nasoos,.to. tliia foot; but if there,was
none, there BtaniB, ; the :unimpeaehaWe ,-dis
patoh itself.' J • '<•
How an Oii, is Bored.--A corre
spondent of the Traveler, writing from
the-6H. regions of'Pennsylvania, gives the
folio wing l description of the manner in which
dil is forintl’: ■'
" In scteclink-a epot for a well, the artesian,
driller raises a derrick about 110. feet, in
height, bringing up iv steam engine ofabout
eix horse power, and then, after driving down
an iron pipe about eix inches ip diameter
through the earth and gfavel. sortie fifty feet
or so; to tho first strata of rocki'introduces a
/iviJl pf about two and a halt inches in diam
eter, attached tq'a.,temper ppfew,.and thence
tp, the " working beam” and ‘ engine, with
'which bo bores nbw ( -at the rata of eight.or
ten feet per day in'to the solid slate and soap
stone, say cue ■lratidrcd foet; ho then comes
to the first stVatta of -sandstone, which may
bo ten, or twelve,feofe rpthioknoes; and boring
tlmrtfigfi fh'is cbtees again to a slatoand epap
'.st'bna of a blush, cast, and working oiiteay for
twenty feet or so, hc.reachea the seconoWat
ta of sandstone, out of which there, comes
rushing up, when the(right vein is struck, In
flamublo gas, salt water and petroleum. The
’boro of the well is enlarged] byarimmer, apd.
then an iron tube, in sections of about fourteen
feet and closely sbreVed trtgeth'er, is inserted
in two sections and l run 'down' to the veins of.
oil; a -flax-seed bag, yhioh expands when
wet, is fixed betwpijp, thp tpbing and the walls
of the well, in order to prevent the surface
wafer front descending i a “ pldhgof,” or val
ved piston is introduced info the tube, and the'
suoking-rrod being-attached to the “ working l
beam,”, the conduit rpuiCs. and tank,,which
may,hold-sixty barrels, being, in'readmes,
the enginef rtnbvcs’andfhe preoioW treasure
. gushes Tftrlb. This is\vhat is Called putfip-'
ing ti 'well. In the flowing, wells,” that Is,
,snpE as the oil out epoutaneSuSly, the,
drill in usd go down into the third strut fa of
-siindstonff,' blit this ill‘some Instancos'is 1 very
'dbpp.cifn a well on Watson's, Tiat.the drill'
hiis reached the depth.pf three hundred fpet,
'and yet, the third bed'Of sandstone is not
reached”' - . ‘ ' "
A llsSEt Spy on Tbial.—Some days ago
; archill officer'named -S. B. Davis, alias Wi
, G.iimmings, a lieutenant in, the rebel service
paS recognized by soldiers on'board a rail-'
‘ roS'd-trliin ih Oh'io' as the former '-keeper' of
jtho rebel, prisonipen at Andersbnville. He
wuHvarrastsd ert charge of being a, spy, and
iis in, Gipoinnati.
: Thursday, ho, mode a speech. to, tbe court,
CpiVcluding’a? follows';
! ;’“'Gentlemen 1 , I do'not nsk pity. Myheart
feats nothing bh this earth, iI. am no cow
arid.,’- i l,,:yiko; ) tl},cjoptOf yoq, havehfaoed bub
. lets before to-day,, ..Sortie of.you baye marks,
: dr‘tliem;' Icatt.'ehqW tli'em'.'tbd; 1' ask "ndt
fdf-pity ; ,T ;I risfc L> -fdr jnStidO/ Tf, in 'justiod, l
yodior! anyjnther caort.on' God’s globo can.
outanspys hayg,;mo.. ;Qqntlomen,
l npt.nfraid' to did, Young ,as I atn,
searce’ly vorgdd into nmuboo'd, X would lllro,
to live. But, gentlemen, I hih nb o'oward,
•and iTJeom 'd nian wvlio .would stand hero bc-J
fore his fellow uien,:bofqre soldiers who have
faced thq foe, who have felt bullets, and risk
'pity' does not., dosqryo the hnind of man.—
liiid rihodglit that ydd'oould-have regarded
mo nti a spy,.nothing cohid hr.vb forced ino
odt of liicfnnond.: lnform
ation, havo.qii woy.tq ■allow, that I .have not
done”it. 1 ' I know I'liayd 6'nfy done my duty.
I Imyo done it nS best I Could. G’dd :knows
what I intended, rind lid knows that I do hot
deserve death, ;-, Bubif I die Igo without pity,
hut.aa a soldier should die. I fear not death
and I can go to'tile judgment.bar of-God
now;- to-morrow, ''whenever it may please’the
Chief Magistrate of the'country to say go.''.-
_\lO~ 'tthy do, ymruof present yourself ai
hCandidate,for Congress?’ asked li lady of
her : burl anil; who waj confined'with the
rheumatism. ■:
~,/.Wby;shou|d I,my dear ?’’ ~
‘But I think you should,’ resumed the
wife, ‘ your language and actions are truly
patlimentary.' What '.bills are, , presented;
you either order them to be laid on the table
or make a motion to rise : though'out of.biv.
der, you areSsupportod by. the chair ; antf pf
fon.poko your nose into measures which arc
calculated to destroy tho'constitution,’
JKjy'lt is an error to think that a long facd
lO essential to good morals, or that laughing
is an unpardonable crime. . * ■.
DC7*JEdwar3 Everett loft no wfll; and his
estate w)J} ,be(diyided among the heirs at lam
Applidationhas been made for letters e| ad
jmniafpationV ......
' CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY If, 1865.
ABOLITION AND CIVIL WAR,
Extract from a Speech of llsunv Cr.AY.in
ihe QsjS- Senate, February 7,1839, on the
Jieceptwn of Abolition Fetilons. - .
- Sir, I am not in the habit of speaking light-,
lv of tho possibility of dissolving this happy
Union. Tie Senateknows thatl liavo depre
cated allusions, on ordinafy'oooasiobs, to that,
direful event. - The country will testify that,
if thoro be anything in the history of-my pub
lic career worthy of recollection, it is the truth
and sincerity of my.ardont devotion to its las
ting preservation. But we should bo false in
our allegiance to it, if we did, not discriminate
between the imaginary and real dangers by
which i_t may bo assailed. . Abolition should
r.o longer bo regarded as "an-imaginary dan
ger. .The abolitionists, let me suppose, suc
ceed in their present aim- of uniting the in--
habitants of.tho free -States. os one man,:
against tbednhabitants pf llio slave States. 1
And this process of 'Consolidation*
Will lie attended ■With'.oll'tho'viblefit 'pr'ejudi
oes, embittered passidhs/andlimplacable ani
mosities which ever degpaded : ;oc--deformed
"human nature, A virtual dissolution of the
Union will havo taken plaoe, ,whil 1 o tlie forms
of its'existence foinbiu, Tho ' trios t valuable"
element-of union, mutual kindness," the "fcel
ings of sympathy,;the fraternal braids; which
how happily unite us,, will havo.been extin
guished forever. .One suction will stand in,
menacing and hostile atray aghinst tbe'other.'
The'oollision Of opihiop will bo quickly ful
loiyed by the clash of arms. , I.will not at
tempt to describe scenes which now happily
lie ooncealpd from our view. Abolitionists
themselves wo'uld shrink -back in dismay,and
horror at the oontomplatitfu of desolated, fields,
conflagrated cities, murdered inhabitants, and
The overthrow of the fairest fabric of .human
government .that evef rose to animate the
hopesof civilized mam Nor should, these ab
olitionists flatter. themselves-that,-if they can
succeed in ;their obj eot of; uniting, the people
of the free,States,.they -Will enter, the,contest
with numerical superiority: that must insure
victory. All history and experience proves
the hazard and uncertainty of war. And we
aro admoniehed by-holy writ that the race is
hot always to the swift nor the battle to the
strong.,-But if they were-to conquer, whom
would they conquer? A- Jproign foe—one
who had insulted ouf flag, ipvaded-oUr,shores,
and laid our country waste? -„.-3So, sir ; .no,
pir. It. would be a conquest yritho'btlaui'eia,
without glory—a self, a, smcidaVconquest—
a conquest of brothers,"£qßiqvhdjhy;one over
another portion of the descendants of com mon
ancestors, who nobly pledged .thpir,lives;,thoir.
.fortunes; and, their sacred uhftnor,.,who hud
"fought nnd olod, siilo by sido/.in nifiuy u.hard
battle on land an ocean, severed pur country;
from the-British crown, and .established our
national independence.'" ’ "'' ' , " ,
■ -*• - * : e-.-od.*Ol!i • :#■
■I fcm, Mr: President, net frfCpd of;slavery.
The searcher of all hearts,.knows,itlja.t.every
pulsation of mine beats high. and strong in
tho cause of civil liberty:. "Wherever it is safe
and practicable, X desire to seo every portion
of the. human family in'.tho enjpyment:of it.
But I prefer the,. liberty,of my, owuvoountrji.
"to that of any,other people, qp.dihp"liberty,
of ray own race to that"'of any ether face.—
The liberty of; the desbehdants'bf Africa in
the. United States is "incompatible, with .the
safety and. liberty,.of,3sjirojjea.il, descend-,
ants., If heir slavery. exception—iiii’
:exbepti6n respiting ffbm V iitern‘arid" inexo
rable" noeoosaity-blhi"’the''gemeral liberty in the
United, States., ujyeididfnot originate, nor are
:’wa,T'esponsiblp fot this qpoqssity.'i, Their lib
rerty.J'fit were could' only b’o estab
lished by violating" the dbbbntestablq powers ,
of theS.tates, aodsubvertingthe'Uuiob. Anil
bonoath the ruins, of the Unionxyouldho bu
ried -sooner or later, the,.liberties of jjoth "ra
ces'. .. ■, ■’ . v
i But,if one dark spot exists in ouf political
i horizon, is it hot obscured by the bright and
effulgent and cheering Tight that beams all
aropud us?, "Was i.ever.j-a .people--before;so ;
blessed as.we.are, if, true to ourselves;?,'..Bid
eyCr any other nation, cob tain. within its bo
som so many elementsof prosncrity;ef great--
neesv.iina of glory ?‘ " (W- omy'real danger
lies ahead, conspicuous, elevotodmtid visible.
It was clearly discerned at,.,thejcpmmeuopmci
arid distinctly,Spen "througqnt ouf whole om-J
rpofc Shall * wo,wahtohly-.-T6nvhhp? Ah'l
destroy-all-lbO'‘glorious''.anticipations of the,
high destiny that awaits; uaf; Xboseech tho
abohtipnists thbnisolves, aolemnlj to panso.in
their, mad dud fatal course.. Amid tho influ
rite variety Of objects'of hqm>hity and b’enev
olonoe which invito the employment of th“ir.
energies, let them select sqmo,one more
less, that does not threaten,to deluge ,pui"
country in blood. Ipall upOh'thdt email por"
tibn' of the clergy, which "hasdent itself to
these wild and ruinous sohemesimot to forget
thp-holy jnaturo ,of the ;di.vjnq ( misslqn "of the,
Poandor pf our religion, and, jto profit by his;
peaceful examples., I ontA-eat tliaf,portion ol
jjny countrywomen wh6°_KAve iJ given their’
countenance- to nbolition,',tboramembor,thal
■ they, are ever most, Iqveji.aPd,honored yvhen "
! moving jin their, own appropriate and delight-'
flil ephere ■ and to reflect that tlioink which
ihejr,"skied m stthsbrihingWifh'theiffdir hands
abotjjdqnpetitione may provo'.but-tbe pr'oluda
to,.the shedding, of tho blood iD.f. their, broth:
reni , 1 adjure all the jphahitqntq qf.the free
Sfiit'es torobuko and diacoun'tennnob,"by their
opinion and their example, me'dsures which ,
must inevitably lead-to the most calamitous
consequences, ,_And let as nil as countrymen
as friends apd ab brothers," oherith in unfading
memory tho. nffttto" which ‘borb our anbqstofs
triumphantly through all the triala-'of- the,
revolution; and, jf naherod-to r it will conduct
their posterity.through, all,that may,.in the
dispensatiotie of■ Prpyidenbc, ha reserved for
theni;
®af“ Jlb an’ Honest tettinh', who'had ! jdst
dome into port was taking a stroll in the
country, ho saw.a, bull,(dashing furiously
along the road directly,tb.wnpds him, and qp r
cording to the custom of the animal, "when
under full speed, with u hia fail straight" out'
behind him. ‘ BuU ahoyibroared Jackymai,
king a'specking trumpet ofjjis hand; ,‘EasiO
off your spanker sheet you-lubberly
son of a bow,.or you’ll bo a foiil of'me." ‘But
the bull paid nb attention-to the warding bf
Jack, and the next moment the tactrrae.iceeb
ed in the dirt. * There blast your eyes,’ said
the enragqd seaman, gathering, hiraseff ift>i
.1 tbld wohl#?uri’a foul'bf'me; I ''
*.iv- .t. 1 * , 4 . , f tt . r i -i‘ •»
jjgy "We notice that a resolutiori’hnS Keen
introduced in Congress to oonfieoate the’prop
erty of dll persons who : ovadoothe .draft by
running away, to an uniount BUiiicient to pro*,
cure asubstitute. ' “What : Kextf”'afl the
toad said “ when his tail dropped'off.”
i (C/*‘An old lady who had '.insisted olr htr ;
minister ;praying for.rain, had-Jior cabbago
cut up by a-hail storm —atul,-otv viewing the;
wreck, remarked tlistsho". npypr nary hjm t j’
undertake anything without
matter, . ** ‘"
Mahhers of Congress Embracing Negroes in
o Public Dining Room—Joll ijication. oh
tie passage, of the Abolition _Amendment,
■ ' ' ' [Oorrospon ddn'eo of tlicTt. “T. 'NW^rf''
' w.i ,i» rr"f A . emN “T ON ’ Fob - I‘. 1865.
Willard s Hotel was last night the scene
of a most disgusting exhibition. The
itoans iyero so. elated with their success in
carrying the abohtiorf amendment that they
determined on having a grand jollification i„
honor of the event, and Willard’s was the
place selected for the-carousal. Several of
the niest ; noisy ,members,o,f thojlouso wore
present including some of those.who'.durbin-
the day recorded their infamy hv supoortin^
■the groat-abolition measure,-find'thus betrav°
mg their constituents, Too best feeling nre-
7 l ail ,? d .,! 111 l «H oollebi«a;iii,'tlio large-din.
“ Nogrops ofo\ery complexion were
•there, nnd, of-courHo;'tlioy. entered jnto the'
spirit of the .ooctikioai' Thu negroes Were'
distinguished from-their white brotliern liV
white aprons and other, fixings, peculiar Ui
colored gentlemen .who -attend upon guests
at hoiol dining tablps. .
When the dishes‘wore troinovoi), wine wan
ordered, and fora while the, least of giiod
'things was enjoyed with ordinary dehbrum.
But, el iiinsv.cn/as. says tho-adage; and so
it . was at Willard's last'night. Speeches
wore'made ad UltiUmi— your Abolitionist 1 is
a tremendous.fellow, for speech making'when,
the the no is congenial—ami congratulation
on the glorious victory of the day passed
alntig the tables. The virtues itnd noble at
tributes of the illustrious negro were expound
ed by gentlemen.of an im.igiinuive.turn, and
tbp worshipers of .the now England idea .weiip'
honored with the moat glowing npostro’piiics
which in toxicated eloquence is capable The
wrongs of the negro, and the right of Massa
chusetts to rule the, country, formed-the sta
ple of the speeches made, while articulation
remained clenrepough to,ho .'distinguished •
and; when the limits ofsobrioiy wore passed,'
the noble sa'ppnrters of the administration'
became so demonstrative in thoir 'affection
for the opressod obildren.of darkness that
serious fears were felt.fur the safety of the
furniture. .
. Qeiulomon vyho would .‘'scorn*tile impute-'
tion. of intoxication,'were so overcome by
their to,dings that they clasped the oppressed
cbildicq et cetera, to their patriotic bosoms,
and a'sured them, in the language of MrMi
oawber, that they could neverj no, never, de
sert them. Some, after great efforts, inform
od'ptliors thatthey were too full for utterance,
but.it is to.be deeply regretted.that they did
stain; not; with apy degree of accuracy, wii'at
tliuy; were full of. A few ill natured persons
woi-p afterwrtrd-known to say that.the wine
oii-rk knew somcthing.about it, but .that .gen
tleman was prudently reticent.
The disgusting, .orgies, were-kept, up for
several .hours,,and--while sense remained
there.-.was,no abatenient, in the enthusiasm.
Mr..’lsraudivgeo,.,a, Jtepresentr.ti vd,. from the
laud Of steady,liabits.pvas particularly dem
.oiis,tra;tivii.,towa)-,d, the. waiters. With trom
-1 ulcus voice lie, addressed an individual of
'that pi-ofeesidn,.‘apd declared that he was " a
mau-an-J. a brother and would soon be a voter."
•Th;« twomcn and.brotha ,-s weresooplooted in'
'ibfi'ateriial.einbruoe, aud it was then proposed
'to start,a-tuutual admiration society, but for
s-iiue reason the motion was not .seconded.
Mri.iU was.assisted to bis seat after.. th,o.‘ox
dumstion . consequent upon this affectionate
'outburst, but was sooin on his feet again, pro
fessing Ilia unconquerable love for the negro,
add reiterating the,assurance that the dark:
skinned portion of the .company were men.
and bretliorn, and would soon be voters.,
•* Others-whose mimes have not been men
tioned .were equally affectionate. Tliev de
clared that the nsilleniuiu had arrived , that
the time had at last opnje when all .men were
equal, .socially.-.and politically ; miscegena
tion should henceforth bo..encouraged that
the negro shouldfenjoy ail the rights here-,
tofore restricted to tho White man, and the
'dpstiuy of tho descendants of Ham would ho
tlio.moBt.glorious.ever vouchsafed to mankind*
. Tho.speetaole was the must disgusting and
degrading‘over witnessed in the capital of the
country. To see members of Congress .fra
ternizing with, negroes—actually hugging
' ■them in a public dining room—was sufficient
to (ill with loathing anV man having ovoh an
ordinary eenaa of propriety. .. It was a fitting
climax of the infamous proceedings' of the
day; an appropriate addenda-to the,outrage
that was’designed to yoh eight million of peo;
pie of nearly all the wealth they possessed*
It.'sliows the debasement to which the conn;
try has been brought jvhen lloprosoutativos
of the p.eiTpla—men i who should jealously.!
guard .the honor which has boon -entrusted
.to'them—openly. Wnzon, tt.eit; bestiality at
the doors of the capital,, irml take to their bos- {
oni the lofrOst of the hnnian creation
t-
I'h'e matter hbs been a topic of conversa
tion ia all parts of the city, today. It was
talked pf in. the hotelsj in. the streets and in
the Capitol,_und thoso 'who were parties to it
were denounced with,the utmost indignation'
by all who have a proper respect fyr th r 6 j hou* :
or of the * J«Jrep the '** socialists”,
gaged in- it wore saidto, bo henrtily -AspaDeed;
of their popdubfc, biit their, repentance vriil
not long* dujlve the bartfusal oflhst niglit.' |
f' 1 '* 11 pi 1' '
A Singui.ah'T'rabition.—AmmiVllio Soiri
inolo Indians there is a singular tradition re:,
ganjing the' white man’s.origin and. superi
ority. .They say that when the'Crept Spiyif
made, the'earth,. he~ also thade'threo men, all
of whomi-wore fair 1 oohvplexioned ; anfi that
after makitig.itbemi ho.lcddliem toitho'rpar
gin'pf a.sp|UiU I .iah'eJanU' badq them Jpifi), in
ahd’wcsh'.'-lOho oijdyrd, and painb pnt of the
water purer' and' Jhuripr.'thau before; ; the .sefc
K.i&pienVdayiijg' which time
thb'.'wator, agitated by the first, had- becomo
muddled, and. when he bathed, he dame up
coppefrc.olored i .the' tfiird did . pot leap unit 1
Iho.jWater became, blaolt wjtli rhudl and he
dame but' his ‘own’ dolori . Tlioii the Great!
Spirit laid before, them 'three and
put’pf pity; for :l hia...misfortune in, .Color,-fie
gave the pfack man the fits I choice. ■ 110-tonk
hold of'eaph l of the 1 packages; an’d'having fplt
theweight'/ohbsb'tli'e heaviest,'copper-colored
l mamthdn? obgaaethainext.. heaviest, leaving
thejyliito reap thehfiiyjeat. thp paqff
ages ,tlip first wa's,fo,und.-to cpn T
fain ‘ijpatfek, hbes.and all the implements'(lf
labor j'ith'b 'ppwrapped
■ing tith'spflurdagaye
.thei ; ryj[i.ito<man, peps, juiy-and.-pape.r, and em
gipes means pf ipiitual,'
piental the . social', link of liu
rnanityi the foundation bf the white man’s
superiority.. ,
>• o-K/H apteral of‘■’the most respectable young
lidies’. in", Nocthapipfon', Mdss.<.,bavo recently
.been Seized in. tho streets'in tho evrnipg and"
§ S ?° a - .0 'IW VlO '
■■ : -' ■: '
o - (C?l,There: iave-lately .been a "number -of
.deserters 1$ .t{jo,pnemy fropj
Potbmab, mpatly from among the* alien sub
stitutes. ""
ABOLITION EXHIBITION.
i -y
BOILER LV SELF-DEFENCE.'
» _ On Saturday.ovening the 28th ultimo, don.
i Butler, by an invitation, made a speech at
rhowoll, in defence of hia own conduct;. While
he did not take up the main charges that
have been made against him, He was careful
: to tarn - down upon Gen. Grant, fie divulges
the original plans of the Army of the Potb
mag for last summer’s'Cam paign, thbt’havo
never before been made knbwn. lie said:
I.neednot ; repeat what you all know of the
history of the march of that army; but T have
a rmht to say,because now it has-passed in
to history, that 'the intention.with which that
army set out on ,its march was to. move
M oU | n e ‘'North side of Richmond; hbpvo
MeohamosviUe* strike .the James river-above
of Richmond, and thor. forming n
1 a«dc«on. wytli the. Army of the James which
w,as to move up toward Richmond on tho Soulh'
Bidp of the James river, got around the city
op the south side, nndkhus cut it off.' N&w
norhaps you can imderertand. what may .have
slightly puzzled yo.ii heretofore, why the Ar
ipy of the James was demonstrating toward
Drury s B uff on tho 10th of May, while the
Army of the Pctomno was coming down from
the Uapidan on the.north aide toward-Rioli
mond. But the Army of the Potpmi>o never
reached its destination on tho north side of
the James, nor did the Army of the James
.succeed in reaching the Jlmos above Rich
mond on the soutli side.. ,Indeed, there was
no call for tno Army of tho James above Rioh
mpnd, it the Army of the I’otomno could not
join; but if tho Army of the Jambs failed to
accomplish pH that it hoped for,-at least, it
met with no disaster. We held the lines that
wo cook up from tho Appomattox to tho James'
and wo hold thorn to this day-the advanced
tines ot all the armies-operating ngaihst Riein
.mend. [Renewed Applaiise.-J Besides do
ing this, after fortifying our pbsition, tho Ar
my of tho James sent seventeen thousand
mon tp tlio pid of tho, Army .of .the Potomao,
audsayoa the battle bf Coal Harbor,
'ln the matter of tho exchange of prisoners;
lie the .whole Mure on Gen. Grant! ‘
. Vliicli, if trUo, places tlio thing in d now light;.
On says': • r ’ • '' 1
1 .Jccprlek tli6 points of ngrbcftiont totwcori
myself and tho rebel agent to tho. Secretary
of War and asked for power to adjust the
other questions of difference*, so as to have
the question of.enslavmg negro soldiers stand
alone, to.be dealt with by itself; and the
whole powqr (ff ; the Uni tod States shonld.be
exerted tp do jt’slipodo' those who iind, fought
of the country, and bebh captured
in its serviqo.. The whole, subject was re
ferred by tho Secretary o nVar to tho Lieu- :
tenant General rcmninnnding, who telegraph
ed mo,on ‘the 1-khr.qf. April,;JB'6£ t in sub
stance.‘‘Jl}rcak on tho
subject of [exchange till .further .orders”—
And, therfore, aM .negotiations Were broken
off, savo/th/it a Special exchange Of sick hud
wounded-. Can. either . sido yremt on. • .On tho
20tb of Apml, I;rccciW;d t another, telegram*
oi Gene Val Grant ordering “ not another man
bo .given .fo'the rebels" To that 1 answered
on the some day s “Lieutenant-GeneralGrant's
instructions, shall bo implicitly • obeyed. I
assume that you do not mean to stop the
exchange of the sick ’and, wounded
now going ou,"_ To this I received a reply
in substnace : “Do not give .the rebels a
single.ablo-.bodicd man.” . From hour,:
so long as I remained.in tho department, ex
changes of prisoners stopped under .that or
der,'because I .could hot'give the rebels any
of their able-bjjdied., soldiers in .exchange,
By sending the .sick and iY oan ded.forward,
however, somp twelve thoiYsaod of our suffer
ing soldiers .v&oro; relieved, being upward of
eight thousand (8,000)-nipre' -than; ,wo gave •
the rebels. In August last Mr. Quid, find
ing negotiations were broken off, and that'
no exchanges; were..made; wrote-to' General
Hitchcock, thecommissioner at Washington,,
that the rebels “were ready toexchangefman
fur man,.all,the prisoners held by I
had proposed in December.- . “
-Underlie inatructhm’s ,of the ineufconant
General,.Dwjrpto to-Mr. Ould a letter, which
hfts .beet ; publ|^rje.d,iBjiying: “ Do. you .mean'
Ju give np all your actiun, and,revoke-all your
Jaws about black'men omployedds soldiers?"
These qnes'fcipns, were tliereiii argued justly,
as X think, not diplomatically, but obstrusive-
Iv and demonstratively, not.for,tlio purpose
of preventing and' stopping the exchange and *
furnishing a,ground, on which wo could fair
ly stand. , •
I’ERiIIS CASH I
'SVe clip the following sensible and
able article from the Typographic. Advertis
er, .published by L. Johnson £ Co. Philadel
phia.
• v •.• -T • -j '* ' •
V Ayol tliat'ia Ws>rd’ jforjt^ia.t’imd&i
’Credit ianovvhorej It is-well
for all that it ia j«". fijrms'a Bplendid
basis for basineas. Witness theso partiou-
IA-ife —What isniado is surely
mado.and the Profit apt! .Loss -recount-may
almost bo brtnislie-i fiibjn tho Ledger. ’ At,the
end of the yearyoucan tell Whetheryouhave
really made Anything. ■ Yon have tangible,
evidence of the fdot-inyour hank balance, nr’
in '-goods and; property. ■ Y.oiir earnings arc
npt ih the pockets of other meh;fof six-months '
or a v'oar. The'bird is in ynur huhdi k ',-
2- iTds to : the buyed
ns well-as the Seller, 1 ~Tho cash-buyer conics
up to you with a’ frank "and open face; : IK 1
feels independent of ydd; He has. no favOrs
to ask, for he intends to pay on thd spVfdr
all he boys.' Ile'ehats with you withoiit S-e^
straint on equal terms., lie hutt yoiir con/I
-’ dence.and youltreiitfhim with 1 eordiil respeot.
Both are happy; llis business concluded; the
hand shaking is niututilly pleasant Itn'd'eStis
faolory;l ; .. ,V Vli-V '• ; V •'‘ :
■' 3; 'lt is HEALTtii-.—The buisiheso breast 1 is
not . perturbed nor anjtiOua l in regard to life
olmrhotpr ahd standirig.of a ne.W (fd'stbmar.
Yuudo npt look
Bating suspicion, iprbveht
plimente. -* jy.b'epWon sellcp-hHI elf goods’,-it
iji not at tho expense of' a'fi,t gf- dyspepsia.—
Year mind.'is placid, for/yo.d'kdoW'the Irtinai
action is ehfe.v-Ctood digestion is a prerequi
site of health; and, withaplabid mind t$ boot,
the seller for Cash ought to gain in substance,
fioubtless., - _ ~ .
: It is,benevolent. — -On the caahplan.tho
nttrohacertakos only ns, much jus ho bah pay
for; and he consequently has ho Wbrrimont
by dayjnor tossingsat night in dovisingWaya
ly purctmscd,,, Üblookc tmforehe
'i'l.he.epmps down Softly', I Tho ShbfVff never
peeps irfnt his dbofc; hidhbb gets a-good’chaW
aptep, .dnrpng hU: neighbors, and Sotnoi.riph'
man-ptobahly makes him lug oxpo.utqr.,. The
Way ts open tt(.him for trust and
honor; and who can say th‘4the’ : Sayhit’ba’-
f° m °, n ' , ::« ld “ r “ an r or.a Senator?,.^h.sama
JiaaUhv consideration, that ; happily Jbenefit
tho-seljcr equally hlesa.the cash buyer. ■ Tea,
surely, tl,e cash System ia a feiar.to ,thd E *aC
tie quality nf mercy, ."that blesses him that
giyes, and him that takes.". <.■■■ ... •
. •he inference that vro draw from from the
aho.ve points is, that tho Sash plan is o good
nMi»“ ■ft r 'r a : Winain*‘ nn emphati
|£ katin„rro esc!nim, £sto pspeitml.
[Contributed tolho Germantown ToiogrnpK.’l
• stock ihisinc, ■; • ■
n,®^ it>pny : ? o.)i; farmers gay
■that it does not. But whj.should. Jt-not ??-
iinyjroars ago farmers thought it did .nay.
and since than the value of some, kindtiof
stock has been doubled, and that without the
costi of being increased-.-.. j; • ....
.1 always raise .'alL the calves born- on mv
;pla c e,.nrtd have'. lnmght r scveritt iit'a flight
advance on butchers* prices. • • ' • *
By stock-raising-1,, (Jo.not .tvlih to' be un
derstood ns meaning tjio exclusive rearing, of
stock and negieot of other branches of farm
ing. . liftoan to say that farmers ..pught to
raise more stock tjian they dp ; .calves can ha
•lilT "I!- 1 8 ? ldom I)i®er lhah now; don!t
iniha til o butchers when.they say Von liovor
can make more on a calf than yb'u oanvdt four
■weeks, did it is to their interest to say-so
I know a-hut,cher, who, .while ho tolla.hia cus
tomers this, yet, whenever he comes aorbesa
fine calf, ho buys it to kill (some time)', but
it finds its way ipto.tho field. To-'mv'cortain
knowledge he has now ten .spring calves,
nearly ell of one ago,running about,his farm,
albot which .were bought tp kill '(sptho ’time)!
, 1 bclioyo it does pay, and, have arrived at'
this conclusion by'cxppncnco*
But if you raise them, Jet it he done Kelt.
liou t make steers, oxen or cows as 'wild- Os
any deer ;.,botter leave it, alone., .Although
some wives ate by natural, Sispositi Jn-mora
wild, yot by proper treatipqnt, this wildness,
or more, properly this timidity, maybe con
quered beioro the calf is four weeks old.
Any one who Ims read the agricultural.
columns of the TelegrapMm Oas last llalf a
dozen years,, will have no trouble in selecting
a plan to bring them thoroughly to an age
of flvo.or six weeks. This ie tho-mopt impor
tant era in the education, of the calf, and ha
bits then acquired are ton often lasting. Pa
lienee, good nature and kindness arc abac
lutely necessary to raise a'calf as it should bo
done. Those who do not control these prop
erties are thpso who will find that stOckd-aie
iDg don't pay. , *; .• J, : . ,
. .Always Jearn> calf to allow..itself to bp
handled allvover; while .feeding, is a good
tnne to put this in practice,;.’ , ..
I know of no other way of making a quiet
animal than to turn it over to, the boys, ibid
let them put it in a single harness ,'or'yoke
two together,, (whether they bo male dr'fe
male ) and play with them as they see fit.—
But lot the calves do what they may. don’t
let. them be abused; ... •
‘Too many of ouc farmers negieot to pro
vide themselves with good heme-raison oxen,
but are content rfth halt-broken,-runaway
steers. .-Some who have no bOye, will say
• they bavo no time to break them. ■ I will give'
,such a plan whereby Iptlo or no time is dost
m breaking— so called and often too truly;
Kniso tlie calf ip ’the manner which I havo'
mentioned, and handling and
yoking keep them quiet until three-or (hrea
and a half years old, then.-yoko them and : idit
them behind a.paji-.of quiet oxen, to plow or
cart, Don?t load too heavily, but allow them
to have, their, own way for a while; if they
arena quiet as tljoy should be, thoy will not
do any mischief, and the old yoke of oxen will
pull tbqdoad and,keep thoothors straight—-
Soon the youhg steers wijl begin;to pull with
the others and the load may be increased.- -
Learn them to back without-tho cart,: thei
with the oart„ but down hill, then with'the
loud.. 'When banking alwaye make tliem-hbld
their heads - up; one half of ionr olkbnspoil
their backing by holding their noses' dri-or ' L
near the ground. -\Vlreu trying- to make m
ox back a heavy load, never hit or whip him'
about' .thc.be head pit -only makes him -put
bis bead down To the ground. Hit him on
the shins—ope or-too light strokes on the
shins will do a;ore good, in backing oxen
(whether old or young) than twenty about the
head., _j ~ " , - ■
A yoke of-oxen should bo psed as carefully
as a pair of horses; 'it will pay and save
breath;- ; ~.. ;,, . .... ~, ' ;
Most people have an idea that any . body
can work with a’pair of oxen,-but
1 'would much.rather trust an awkward hand ~
with a pair of mules, than a pair of weiC
trained oxgn ; for I know that the mules;- if •
abused, will takoybareof themselves, while
the oxen "will'bear'it all patiently. - ,
If care is taken in their education, a yoke
of-good oxen may bo so trained that they
will walk as fastens, a common pair of horsed,
and do as much plowing bn’ less expensive
teed. 'When partially " broken” { (br trainodi
it ig.a very good ideri-fco wort; them bfehlpd’ S
horse, or a yoke of fast walking’’ oXen. 1
But do not put tliera wUh-a yoke of.old’oien
who drag themselves plong as if life was a
lieavy burden to ihbcni 1 ' : ; } ■• »•
■’ A" WoRKINg F-4 TIMER,
Guynded, Pa.
' Washing D .Vyin G e‘ru an y Th6'up nl e as
antest‘ day Ofiiill tU'a week ip. this country,-
as;Ayell aa in Germany, is thus described,in,
the letter, of,an Anierioariilady ; ..“Itispne
of the chief glories, of the v/crnianiiousowives
to poppaa un abundance of linen and, for
thp purpose of displaying their .wealth, they,
put off till used-.up—-sum 0 three
wbcka; 80ine*^ix 1 . aonio half a"year, and those
wl|o are.riiofo , affluent having washing but
once A year. Every house contains a Sch
warte wasoli hammer,,whore,the dirty clothes
kopthung' on polls' or lines.in tfi'e, air!—
Whim ', thel.drawe rs- and : presses .are’ ■ nearly
empty, two,or three vrnshorwopmn Aha hired;
who come at two in tho, morning,tiiko i a- cop,
6f-ooffee arid si me bread, with yyihe or Kiigar;
dhie'at twelve; at three or foitridgama bap ■
of bo'ffeo with breed, rind-.theri’ wash tili' lup
per at eight* They.wash in larga oval tubs,
at vfhioh.foiir or bye-can, stand ;Sd
It goes on for several days, according to tba
number of clothes. The remainder,ofthe
waek.is spent in iroylng—sheets,,piUpw-oflß
es, and tbo urigathered ■clotbbi.a)rß‘mdri*lßd,
and! fowals; Btockings.- bhildrari’a^hendkir-,
week no wupian, vu thO; family oar. /think of
anything hut.tiih” wash,and by. the ond/of it
uoriip hhv.a.soH hafidajiiicir ’they usb lyoi’bhd
allnro Diit of buibor! 1 )-'’ . i -v-i
- n (ty.'A-Make, you, a; coat, sir KsaldLa susph.
mqris.jtajlpr -to- a suspicious customer,.) pb,
yes,' sir, wllb the greatest pleasure.- jhera.
just'Bttod'dn'that'dobitldri please, and look
rlght upari that'sign whila rtake tho:irie|uj
nrc.h , 'Sign r--ada, ' Terms.Qtiah.’' ;
BSP* A iW ashington bootmaker states
thoritativoly thatdOld 'Abalo Issf U a verj
big thing'. '
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