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ATTORNEY AT LJItY,
CARLISLE, Pa.
» in. Volunteer BuiUUog ScittU HaaoTer
. 7, 1861—ly. .
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rap&FlCEim South Hanover street, in the
KKaToom formerly occupied by-A. B. Sharpe,
H'alj. 27. 1862—Sim.
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|K' A'-T'T O'R W'ST AT LA'W.
KHSPIfICE with Win. ll. Miller, Esq., south
corner of Hanover and Pomfret streets.
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(TCEFICE in IphofTs building, just opposite
Oayfudp March*,l;3, 1882—>ly.
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Aft roar tffthoCourt'llouae.’ncxt'dpbr to the
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door to tho American .Printing office
ng ,Test °* Hannon'S hotel.
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!ss«»*** V'A iM> CO ITNSE LLOH AT LAW,.
•, CARLISLE,J.PIrNN^Ay 1 ;
*^j^ywP| ! on Siiwth ’tlauuver street, oppo
'frentr/a store. , ~ .i l( jV
tfVrangomont with tho Patent Office,
D l^*i?|£d 8 to securing Patent Rights.,
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<SCO. ». SKAHSGIIT, _ _ .
7 pnlhrjp of Dwinl Surgery
euif . r ;O6idei)Co of his mother, East Louth
;•;, ■ A*r'itt€^t9=ttu^B. : Bedford.
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* a! ‘ iLo<>ftiiiis,:i^E^'
jvy -
'.'j bpoptfrot street, opposite the Fem’ido High -Sohool,
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puli- Carlisle wnri ‘AdJtxcen^Couul ry•).. . :
■ Office, (up stairs)' In
[ Bhilding, South Eaal'Corner of Marke
reni v-‘l-ffiahnrei 7 'dariislo. [Nor. 2,'fiS-tf.
»uH' y ? !i - ■- :
!SpVs'tf- W..‘FOUIiK,- Attorney
blames RiSmith, Esq., Rheen. s
attUyAll businenu culms’cd to him will be prompt
ramlnidcd to; Feb. 6. 1863.
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Ravine leaped the. ( Xntd!
“V >^SK^^S® occupied by Armstrong A'Hoffefrv
tho eiock of '. i; f
tit :* ' u *•*' »*• ''•
together trith an immensonOTfstbck.
tiowfj and furnish to crdor
and quality df-wSsnned *
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pert-i ,^/itl9»^Pla»fcet-Jog’, , L&lb f Latbi worked
- and,,\Veatbt^rbparning, Poals. ajjd -Haili, -
, ’andSvory article“that belongs .Iq uTLiubibor Yir'di '
' to wit: vVhitapihe, Hem-
of ears
'■ otVay can furnish bUlo : to nridr bf teny
length>bd
inost reasonable tebtftaY boards will be
~ , covet ho .they can bn furnished! diy at
\. alttimea
■ —-JV; - . constantly on hand all kinds of FAMI-
IflJKi' AIi under coyer, which I will deliver clean
' tfU ‘ L’. of the borough, lo wit; Lykens Val-
Stoic and Nut, Luke Fiddler,
,j e l/^v J ;; J pJCreyerton, Locust Mountain, Lobbery, which I
i to sell at the lowest prices.
„gl -of
WHl|
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Slni.i
Dillt-.
i£6ur»firs’ and : BlaeTcsmiihs* Goal*
\ hand which ! «rill soli at thelowost fig*
rd west-side of Grammar School, Main
|E.-~X still retain tlm name position
oCDISLA : NOy A BLAIR, which if ill ho
» as energetically as i/yi at lh«-ir cld
r the Gas house.* As onr'piircbusoa will
together at the head of the .’market* we
lent by 'so doing to be able to ecoornmo*
customers and'the'public on the most
terms. Having relinquished the tan-
« deovte in; entire attention to tbe Coal
iber business. All kin Is of Coni and
apt co jstnntly on band and In the best
. . Tbe dumber Yard will be managed by
Zuloff, whose experience and skill is woll
tho community. By strict attention to
short profits,: and a desire to do right, we
icure a liberal share of publio patronage.
ANDREW 11. BLAIR.
n«i
3 $t
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NS.—feOO : piii
tads, with a lai
I*lloB,
red't the Chea]
r. 19*3.
'S of Every Description, in large and
packages, Linseed Oil, Ac., at
A 90*HR8to
The Cleveland Jjeader-n dels the following :
“The droll old gentleman,."trim informed
us of the dentil of this rich mien, entertained
the party by giving some reminiscence i of
WroJennings. One story was toTd'hira with
great relish by the real estate owner him u olf,
and ia briefly os follows: A few-years -since
Mr.-tfennings took occasion to ride:,out in a
buggy to'his extensive uncultivated lands, in
a .certain .county in Northern Ohio. Ilia
hundreds'Of-acres there were covered with
virgin forest.and afforded the best -piwaihlo
opportunity ifor making maple sugar. On
■approaching;}iis- estate, one early spring.day,
he saw,a com pony uf tough looking men "feu
*i!y tengaged .in making sugar. They .had
mot only .tapped his'fiue maples, but evehjrir
'dled'theni.-sp as to bo sure to drain tjle.liist
' drop l of,saccharine. Of course, the girdling
fatal to,the trtes. and the sight.'of the
“ vandalism” stirred the. (timid of the.owner,,
'but he.sihothered tils wrath, being interiton
datß'fiit prosecuting the robbers and
destroyers. Ho' apj-roaclied, and, personal
stranger as he was, blandly told them that
they ought not to girdle the trees, and in
quired whoso property they were. “Oh,
they belong to that old skin flint
Sim Jennings ; haven’t you heard of the
d——d old cut throat f” Whereupon they
enlarged upon hie “ merits," thunder scar
ring the said S. 3. all over with scathing ex
pletives, which we would rather not tepeat.
The stranger having heard them go over his
own biography, inquired as to-lho amount of
-sugar thay hod made. They took him.into a
rough; improvised shed and showed him
some three or four hogsheads and several
barrels full of sugar. lie also ascertained
the nattiestindresidences of the parties, and
then drove on to the couoty seat, and took
immediate steps’ to prosecute the whole gang.
He made ihem sweat immensely, and to his
last days he told with glee the story of bis
sweet revenge.
Our informant said he had an interview
with Mr. Jennings, a year or two since, when
the subject <f the final disposition of his
wealth came up. He h,.ii never made his
will, he said, but he often wondered what ho
should do with his property. His guest ad
mini tered truth to him in rough, electric
shocks, tolling him that every one hated him,
even his own relatives, whqjonged to see the
day Of his death, when they would seize cm
His effea'ts. After his denth his memory
would rot. fie advised hint to make such
disposition of his riches as to ensure him
fame and ‘1 immortality,” and cited the ex
ample of Girard. He seems lo have urged
the ease with eloquence, for Mr. Jennings
was much taken with the idea of building
himself up in some charitable institution and
said, “ Well, really, I never thought of that,"
and often, in subsequent conversation, re-
ANDREW tl. ELATE,
urs or Traces (Jhaina,
.rgaasoYtmenlof
Haltoeabina,
, Fifth. “
Tonga© *•
Spread?, Ae., Ao,,
,p Hadware Store of .
H. SAXTON
CORA 'SONG.
BT J. Q. WHITTIER,
•Heap high the farmer’s wintry’hoard 1
Heap high the gulden ourp!.
'Noricher gift has Autumn poured
From out her lavish horn!
Let other lands exulting, glean
The apple from the pine,
The orange from its flossy green,
The cluster from :tbc vine.
We better lovetthe hearty gift
Our rugged vales bestow,
To cheer us when the sun-ms ohtill drift
Our harvest fields with snow.
Through rales of grass, and meads of flowers
‘ Our ploughs their furrows-made,
While on the hills the nun and showers
Of changeful April,played.
We dropped the seed «i ? er hill and plain,
Beneath the sun of May,
And frightened from,our spouting grain
The rubber crows away.
All through thedong bright days of Juno,
Its leaves grew bright and fair,
An>l waved lu hot midsummer noun,
Jtsttoft and .yellow hair.
And miW vrjth Autumn’s moonlit eyee,
Its harvest time has emm,
AVaipliiclc ftWity its frosledltfaves,
Andbear itatreueures homo.
There, richer than the f&bled gifts
App din showered of old,
■Fair hands the broken grain shall sift,
And knead its meal of gold.
‘Let vapid idlers 101 l in silk,
Around the costly hoard ;
Give ua the bowl of samp and milk,
By homespun beuu y pmred.
Then eliame nn all the proud and vain,
Wooaa folly laughs to soorn
The blessings of our hardy grain,
Our wealth of golden corn.
■Let earth withhold her goodly root,
Let mildew blight the vyb,
Give to the worm the orchard’s fruit,
The whetu fiuidsitutthe fly-;
But let the good old drop adorn
The hills our fathers trod ;
Still let us fur His golden corn
Send up our thanks to God.
Mimllnnemm.
DEATH OF THE-RICHEST MAN Ifl-OHIOi
Simeon Jennings, ol Wellsville, Ohio, died
suddenly, while sitting in hu chair, la«t
week. Ho possessed en.rtmma wealth, ojiost
iy in> the sliape of real estate feed . mortgages
on the same. ,He also owned large interests
in a number ol Ohio j banks. »H i was noted
for his extreme penuriouancas' and;,'intense
devotion to money making.- Though worth
millions, when frfiveliug on thocars hewould
carry a lunch in his pooke* fbytfave the ex
pense of adinner at an .eating house..* He
bought a plain brick residence below Wells
vilie, on the Virginia side of-.th'e Ohio river,
and made that his home, to escape paying
taxes in Ohio on his mortgages; judgment
nates.and money. Healwa » managed some
how ; to avoid paying a large share of the tax
es justly due from hiifc. The heavy federal
income tax nearly broke his heart. He was
very obese and gross lookin'!, and for several
years drank whisky in large quantities. He
was probably the richest man in Ohio lie
leaves no direct issue—dying childless. He
bus several collateral heirs, however, ‘but
leaves pniperty enough to bestow a large for
tune on each of them* -We Have not heard
that lie left any bequests to benevolent ob
jects. .
curred to the subject, as if the ashes had sud
denly been blown off from the embers of firs
smouldering imagination,'revealing that ha
had yet a little warmth of human sympathy
and benevolence, But the old nature or
wrapping of h bit was never sloughed ; the
glow Of mingled ambition and charity died
olit, and the old man dropped dead off his
chair, the other Sabbath Pay, and lives in no
monumental asylum, college or charitable in
stitution of any sorl.”
A TPiLLINQ TIME.
: In d. 852 a famous oomnnut advertised that
he Would make an ascension from Oakland,
‘California. ‘lt Was u total novelty to nine
tenths of those he addressed, and the public
•rushed-to seediim io 'crowds. -hi the centre
of tlio space from which the ascent was to be
made the-huge sphere floated,*held down to
vulgar earth hj a dozen ropes .gasped by as
rtnihy persons elected from among the by
slanders. The navigator of the heavens bad
•not■typfr&udo : his appearance, and the nudi
ence'Were growing impatient, as manifested
hy-tbeir*«houts und curses. He \yas proha
bly-plaving fredze-uut pokt*r with some flush
miner, in soihe adjoining, tavern, a la Arte
mus Ward, and could not be choked off. In
a few minutes more the ‘machine' would
have torn into threads, when a gust of wind
arising, the balloon Was suddenly -wrenqhod
from the hands of those that held it», and
rushed like a rocket straight toward,; the
clouds. Did we say wrenched from all? JJo,
not from all I A cry-of horror rose from the
late turbulent crowd; .for there.clinging ; to a
slight wooden cross piece attache’! to dtp af
the cords, was a small dark object, which
every one pronounc'd to he a human being.
A lad who.had been selling papers among
the crowd was one of those who had vdibn
teaied to hold the guys, and not being sutti
oiently alert had been car led off by the bal
loon. The spectators were appalled, arid
every observer momentarily expected in see
him drop. But the young adventurer had no
sncli idea, and those..wh « had glasses saw
him clamber up the cord and seat him elf
astride the cross-piece. The balloon ascend*
od upwarduntil in the' glowing rays of the
sun it seemed like a speck and then vanished
altogether.
It would hnvo been difficult just then to
have insured the life of that hoy at any pre
mium. Ah for the involuntary Aeronaut,
what must have been his feelings us he found
himself-thus severed from the firm mirth to
which ho had been accustomed. At first bin
little heart was in his throat, and he seemed
to have suddenly fallen from some vast
height in to. abyss of fathomless air. The
world vanished instantaneously from sight.
The boy hod unfortunately wound the cord
about his bond in such n manner that it was
impossible to let go »t once. Yet knowing
the fate that awaited him should he fall, ho
had, by the exertion of an amount of strength
Wonderful un one so young, contrived to as
sume the position of comparative sneft-y al
ready i oted. There ho anw’the wind driven
clouds of different strata rush'past. him wl h
’frightful velocity, and, looking down, could
IjTmlyTduwer.n the laTnlHcapß7“nmd“th’9 _ ucuan7"
with tfcs ships, spread out ns on a map. Do
wing the afternoon the people of Ucnicht saw
‘the car dash by -ond -little 'thought .of-the
llin bbing heart 'that 'from that awful em
nence awaited In the cold and anxiety the
doming.night, The blood began to congeal
in the veins of the little traveler ; the net of
breathing’grew* difficult; his muscles, in
creased to-oubh fearful tension, frerb begin
ning to relax ; a numbness’.vtuh seizing on
: tlre ‘firtgers that gnsped.; the cord. A few
minutes more must evidently terminate the
terrible ride, through spaces AH at once the
'rope, attached to the valve was thrown againsr
the boy He elu'ched it iu his despair as an
additional hold upciv. life., Joy 1 The valve
•opens'l the gas rapidly‘escapes!, The haJ
loon is once more nearing thef-ehTthd* Tr
rushes'ditto the leafy embrace of a grove of
trees, and, after a ’violent struggle, .rests.
When some mnohmeu, who had been watch
ing the descent, reached the spot; they found
the young adventurer sealed onthe ground
at, the font of an oak, looking the.'VeVytpicture .
of 'astonishment, but mmo-the worse for'liis
journey, except a few scratches. :
We have heard of,persons whoso hair from
terror turned gray in a single night. The
hair.of the hi I on coming, down was a bright
red 1 ; hut.ns it was red before he. went up. wo
.do not'-kn'iW'that’tliia was anything remark
able. Wo meet him—the boy then, the man
now—daily; he looks like another mortal
nrd seems to have forgotten all the circiim
stances to which he was indebted foi* bis ele
vation:— California Shindw/ filer, 1
. “I Want to go to 'liloaaow.”—On the lit-!
tie.Minina Railroad is a station called Mor
row. A new brakesman on the road, who,
did not know the names rff‘the stations, was
approached by n stranger the, other day,
while standing by his train itt the depot, who.'
inquired—
‘ B .es this train go to Morrow to day ?’
•No,’ said the hrakesmin, who thought
the stranger .was making,gi.«e of him, “ it
.-goes, to-day. yesterday, week after next.” ~ ,
■“'You don’t understand me.’ persisted thei
stranger.’• I want lo go to.SforVoiv.’
Well, why the thunder don’t yciu wait
until to-raorriwvthen., and nut come bother
ing around to day. You can go ih-morrow
or any other day yon tdease,’ .
‘ Won’t you answer a civil question civilly?
Will this train go heday to Morrow ?’
‘ Not exactly. It will go to-day, and come
back tomorrow /
Ah the stranger who w.mted to go to M »r
row was about to leave in disgust, another
employee, who knew the station alluded to
come along and gave him the required inter*
mati'm. .
A Good Irish Anecdote. —Some years
Binco. when the beautiful pointing of Adam
and Ere was exhibited in Ireland, it became
the chief topic of conversation. Finally’a
poor, racked, illiterate peasant went to nee
it. The light was bo arranged as to reflect
on the picture, and leave the spectator in
comparative darkness. The peasant, as ho
entered the.room to see his first parents, was
struck with so much astonishment that he
remained speechless for s »me m mients. Ho
stood like a statue, as though his fret were
incorporated with the oaken floor of the room.
At last, with an effort, ho turned to an ac
quaintance and said.:
“ Barney. I ! !l fljyor say another word agin
Adam in all iny life; for had I been in the
garden, I would have atei-'epery apple in it
for the sake of such a lovely creature ns Eve.”?
. It is needless to add r hat this was received
with roars of laughter.
- {£7* The. oldest IVeemason in the United
Sques is Daniel Niven, of M mtioollo, N. Y.
He is ninety nine years old, and was initia
ted in Scotland in 1788.
O* If a clock were to speak to a parrot,
what would it say? Poll. 1 ticks.
CAMSLE.BA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1865.
Wo print withput curtailment the eighth,
the ninth, and the eleventh chapters of Mr.
Buchanan's hunk, giving, the IhistOry of the
last eventful months of his administration.—
'From want of space we'relilptmitly otuit the
intervening tefuh chapter, making a chasm
in the cniitinuliC3 > uf that part of the hook
which relates to ami refutes the charges of
reprehensible negligence and feebleness in
his failure to conlrout the nascent rebellion
with a strong display of military menace and
propagation. Mr. Buchanan's/book contains
a rapid discussion of the causes which .led to
tho rebellion, and an ample one of the inef
fectual measures nrieinntml in the memora*
b o winter of 1800-61 for its peaceful preven
tion. \Ve will not offer oven a slight skele
ton of this part of its contents, which relate
■to'events on which men will continue to dif
fer,-and which do not concern the reputation
of Mr Buchanan more chan of hundreds of
others. But t.he .clikrges discussed on the
striking chapters .wo reproduce met bv
sue ran overwhelming amcy of evidence, that
they-can never he repeated by persons hav
ing any pretention to candor.
The .patience with which Mr. Buchanan
Ims M teil to oblnqov when he had pucli
mentis of •vinU*enti m, is'Hccounted ddraa his
preface ly ‘\vhHe 'the war
lasted, t» do anything which might orabafrass
President Lincoln., flis book was written
‘ fioOn after Ida retireni'ebtfrom the Presidency
Had’he. been taken away, its posthumus pub
lication would have vindicated his memory ;
but ,atb congratulate htih that he hits lived
to publish it himself, in time to receive from
bis conb’mporarieg that justice which will be
done him by history.
•I' 1 *^ r * Buchanan's message of December.
IBdo, has been misrepresented, lat the North,
bui it Ws correctly understood at the South.
Und so offended the secession leaders in
Washing on thtit ; l\is intercourse with them
was completely ihterrtipted .during, the last
wo months of-his aflniinistr'iitinh. Tts ideas
tin respect.to coertoion. were repeated witli
p*eat clearness and condensation by 'Souator
Johnson, of Tennessee (now President,) in a
speech delivered bv him that winter, from
which Mr. Buchanan makes a pertinent ex
tract. Hu always uphold the authority of
the Federal Government to compel the in
habitants of the Scutes, by military, force, to
obey the laws.
President Buchanan has been persistently
accused of feebleness and imbecility in ne
glecting to put strong garrisons in the South
ern torts; in failing to assume toward tli«
South a high attidude of milirarv menace;
and in not preventing Secretary F.oyd sup
plying the South with arms taken from. No
rthern .arsenals. Those charges have been
industriously circulated by common rumor,
and nioro than once made in print by so re
nowned an officer as General Scott. All
these, charges are triumphantly refuted by
the ex President—everybody will regret to
see with how much damage to the reputation
for accuracy of their chief author.
There was certainly a discreditable and
J mprovidem irnbcojlTty~}n - tlrnt - rhroateuiTTg'
crisis: but it lay at the door of C ingress, not
of the President. The hi indnnss and. in
fatnation of that body wa* as disgraceful as
it was astonishing. Wi h'State lifter State
seceding, and the whole S .uth full of 11 the
bustle' of military preparation, no law was
passed authorizing the President to raise an
additional stddier, or appropriate a dollar to
pay one:. The humming.administration was
left osJieloles and destitute as die ontoiing;
and when Sumpter was fired on and captured,
president .Lincoln was , 'CQippelled t in the
stress £ the emeigeicy, to raiae.’froopn wit hour
'the authority of law. ‘ Way did n.tP/o ideot
Buchanan do the (dune? For two sufficient
reasoha; the crisis justifying so hold a step
had not come; anti even if it had .Congress
ivasin.session and could have supplied the
authority.
President Buchanan, ns early as the Bth of-
January, sent a special message to Congress
laying .before them the alarmin' state of the
counfry, and submitting to their decision the
■tiesefisity. of efficient military preparati n\, On
die this message was referred to a spe
cial committee of which Mr. llenyndlds was
■chairman ; lie reported a bill on the 30th, and
killed hitt own bill bi/ withdraioing //.thesame
day, with the approbation of the House. Mr.
Stanton, of Ohio, .chairman, () f the Military
Comuilttee, afterwiifeis 'reported Tv’bill Tor
putting'fife-government in a state of prepara
tion, and (hie J House, "Still
anotiier'bill was reported, hot action on it
was postponed till the lust day hut one of
the AaeBion v when tfye.-House refused to suspend
ihe rulesioTaieek'up for. Lincoln had pre
viously arrived in Washington, fresh from
making speeches in which he declared that
nobody was hurt, and it was by the motion
of his Intimate friend, Mr. Corwin, that ac
tion on this subject was finally defeated. The
'friends of the new‘President must have been,
at that time, very confident of a peaceful set
tlement. and have deemed all miliiarv prepa
ration 11 needlees, -even ns a : preoautiouary
measure.
iTt'vrwa the purposemf President Buchanan
to oiilleot ithe. revenue at Charleston nt all
hazards, eveh if he had to ea'uhleh .the cos.
tom house on a Vessel of war. at the’ mouth
of the harhor. o But the oo'leutor nf that porr
reslgned im, tlio passage of the ordinance of
secession, and no step* could be. taken with
out a successor. The v ProsKl«nt, on the 2d of
January, sent to theiSonat'ethe-name-of Mr.
Mclntyre, Of 'Pennsylvania, but that liody
never,'confinned the nomination, thus leaving
the administration destitute even of the civil
machinery for executing,the laws.
Mr. Buchanan had determined to hold Fort
Sumter, and took such measures 10 that end
as the laws would permit him. Early in De
cember, the war steamer Brooklyn was or
dered to Hampton Raids in readiness to sail
on any day at a few hours’ notice, with throe
hundred disciplined soldiers, provisions and’
munitions, to reinforce Sumter. Ahsistant
Adjutant General Buell was despatched to
Charleston with verbal orders to Major An
derson, which ho reduced to writing at Port
Moultrie, requiting him to, make a resolute
defense of Sumter if it aho.uld be attacked.—
•When'the South Carolina ,members of Con
gress tried- to obtain from the President a
pledge that he would not reinforce the Fort,
lie (irmly refused. The letter addressed to
'President Lincoln by Secretary Holt (who
held over a few days for Mr. Cameron), de
scribing what had been done in reiorcnce to
Sumter, proves that {he f.ujt >vas not rein
foroed-only because Major Anderson had do-:
dared reinforcements unnecessary, till, t> the
ptter astonishment of the administration-.,
that officer, .discovered that less than 20.000
men would he of no avail. However it may
reflect on Major Anderson,'Secretary H dt’a
letter is a complete vindication of Mr. Bu
chanan, so far as regards Fort Sumter,
It is in proof that; on the 12th-nf March,
Gen. Scott advised President Lincoln to aban
don Fort Sumter, which Mr. Buchanan had
steadily refused to do. ** Its voluntary sur
render;" says he, “ would have gone far to
wards a recognition of their independence.* 1
AVith'regurd to putting 'strong garrisons in
all the Southern forts, a nuffioient reason why
it was not done is,‘that there were no availa
ble men 'forlhe purpose. Our small army
was on the western frontiers, where it was
inaccessible, for the emergency if it unuld
have been Spared; where It had been employ
ed for many years; and Where, by General
SsottVemplmtio and repeated testimony, ex
isting in official documents, it was insufficient
•lor demands of the service against the
Indians. To have distributed the six hun
dred and odd men GenemliScoit was able to
scrape together for the thiiiiguration am mg
the Southern forts, would only have exposed
the government,‘to -derision. Gen, Scott’s
own recorded, opinion that, if we went into the
war, it would,-require three hundred thou
sand soldiers. Under young and active Gener
als, to subdue the South, makes this accusa
tion about not manning the forts sufficiently
ridiculous.
No part of Mr. Buchanan's defense 5« more
lucid and triumphant than this refutation «.f
the standing « luiriny about his permitting
Floyd to supply the South with arms. This
charge is riddled till not a shred of it isdeft.
Wo will not recapitulate the heads of tlieevi
(lenco; and if justice did not require its pro
duction, we would fain cast a thick -frail over
jt.alt, in tenderness to the reputation of Gen.
Scott.. .-If it‘were airy iuan ufdoss’cunsidera
tion that received thtificrriblc dissection .the
exposure would be a« amusing as we find it
painful., L ; ke so much else in President
-Buchanan's-book, it is conclusive and unan
swerable.
You Wll,l us Wani’ko - l iite courage,
young man. What if you are hut an humble
apprentice—a poor neglected orphan—a scoff
and a by word to the thoughtless and gay,
who despise virtue in rags because of its tat
ters.
Have you an Intelligent mind, nil untutor
ed though it bo? Have you a virtuous aim.
a pure desire, and an honest heart ? Depend
upon it, one of these days you will be wanted.
The-time rimy be long deferred. You may
grow to manhood, and you may eventually
roach your prime, ere the call is made, hut
virtue us und pure desire ami lamest beans
are too few and not to bo appreciated—not
to be wanted.
Yoiir •viriues shnll not always he hidden—
your poverty shall not always wrap you about
us with a mantle—obscurity ■shall not always
veil you from the multitude. die cbivalric
in your combat with circumstances Be ever
active, however small may .be -your sphere of
action. Jt will surely enlarge with every
moment, and your influence will double in
citeinenC
"In the world’s broad field of battle,
•In (lio bivonno of life,
Bo not like dumb driven cattlo,
Boa boro in tbo strife.”
Work on. for surely you will be wanted,
and then comes your reward. Lean upon
the sacred verity, *’L have never seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging
bread." Never despair for the lives of good
Tuan,.abundantly snow mat oinnruirerry lre~
ohiuds are blackest and the tempest is fierc
est and hope is,faintest, a still small voice
will be beard saying ‘*Coine hither—you arc
wanted."
Souvd as Y-iUno ft aauh, —u use on a time
not Tong ago. a good hear‘ed imm and his
long tongued, style talking wife a
social party. Almost everv three minutes his
wife would check her husband thus:
* Now, WTliu ft, d m’c talk so loud P
* Come. William, don’t lean back iu the
chair that wav P
* Now, William, don’t gotnoisy over there!’
‘Sty. William, Ist the girls alone and sic
by me P
At Hut-forbearance ceased to bo a virtue,
and the huTmnd; who‘was really pitied by
all in the roem. arose ami said—
T beg pardon of the cr.mpany ; but as my
wife Tnsisie owheing bc.ss all the time, it is
right she should have these I’
. .And he deliberately took off his pants,
handed them .to -her,' and fiat* down in his
hoofs and drawers.
The company was astonished ; the woman
burst into fears ; the'happy couple soon went
home; but nebber of thorn vrufe-pdnts.
flow the affair was -settled-wi» -cKtvnpt tell,
but the last-time we saw. William he had-tbe
pants on. ‘We am inclined to think she will
not lam in company in a hurry. —Holmes
County Farmer.
IVttmem and Men. Women may talk of
their inherent rights as much ns iheypleaso.
but they can’t overcome nature. Mon and
oaks \rißre made to he twined,-ami women
and ivy were made to twine about them.—
Though an equality wore established between
calico and caasimnre.to morrow, it would not
be a week before all the officeis would be
men, and thb soldiers women. 'Females are
perfectly willing (o go ahead, provided the
men go first. Sec fire to a steamboat and
not a yard of di :iity will budge till corduroy
sets the example. S > long as the men cling
to the vessel the women will cling to the men.
But if the men;,plunge overboard, feminines
plunge'too'. /As we said before, reformers
may prate about equal rights, hut ihev can’t
alter the regulations of God.- ft is fts impos
sible for women to cut themselves loose from
men, as if is for steel dust to free itself from
its attachment to a magnet.
Bravery in Boys.— The youth that has the
moral courage to say I will not do it, because
it is wrong, is brave enough for a general.
If he can, even though taunted, rebuke his
fellows for evil acts, ho i* truly brave. Such
a character always moulds the elements of
mind around him, carrying almost unlimited
sway, and is respoctedhy even the worst of
his playmates, dt requires an effort to.stand
for the>right at times, hut, .if U ia >nuccess
fully done, the, *rnlid to honor and truth is
easy to travel, ami by his example many are
induced to.walk in it. This kind of bravery
gives every boy a commence that etarapa in
bnld characters, purity of thought, highness
o‘f purpose and.integrity of-heart, upon his
open brow. One. of the world’s renowned,
one whose memory we love and cherish,
George Whashi'nglon. wn* n hr ire hoy.
A Washington paper sajs: A poison
taking the trouble logo tothe northeastcorner
of llie capitol will bo rewarded with a sight
of the tfi »?»t. beautiful imilding.in-the country,
if not in 'tbo world. The colump on..the
end is up, and a few blocks of marble, -Which
a.'e now ready, will complete that si 10. The
dome will bo finished in alpmttwo month**—
the frescoed oeeling of which will probably
be equal to anything in the world. The ap
propriation for the work has run out .but the
enterprising artist, Mr. Bromide, whose skill
is evident to any one who Ims viewed his
paintings in the president's and other moms
in the Senate, intends to finish it before ho
leaves, on a visit of a few xnoDthe to Cuba.
[Prom tho Pittsburg Post.]
OUR “NATIONAL BLESSING/ 1
If the very remarkable paper written for
and issued by Mr. Jay Cooke, (Treasury
Agent for the sale of United States Bonds,)
to Drove that our stupendous national debt
is a " national.blessing,” was not a conclu
sive argument, Mr. Salmon P. Chase and
Mr.'Jay Cooke are living monuments that
tho aaid debt lias been a special blessing to a
part of the nation at least. Let me cite a
few incidents'to prove the truth of this prop
osition.
At the beginning of the war for the Union,
which war was mainly’engineered by Gree
ley, Philips, Banks,-and others, who had
been striving for years to oyertnrow that
’Union, Kr. Salmon P. Chase wa.i a politician
in Ohio, who had a law office, with few cases
and hutdittle cash or other “ assets." There
fore, as he ..was hot burthened with-.the
charge of much “ capital” of his own, he
was the very man of men moat-fitted to take
charge of the entire capital of every body
.else—so he was ihndo Secretary of the Treas
ury. The present condition of said treasury,
which is “ cleaned our,” and ■shows a ‘\little
balance” of four iuovsand millions worse
(Inin pithing, would seem to show that Mr.
Chase was not a first rate financier—but then,
the hict ’that Mr. Chase himself is now a rich
man, having accumulated (as is said,) a veiy
large fortune out-of his salary of, $BOOO, a
year, in four vein's time, would utterly up-mt
’the idea that Mr. Chase is no financier—in
deed he has entirely eclipsed the exploit of
the 'lrish a«*lder who “saved half a crown
mu t»l six ponce each day/' -
So, it is clear ’that to Mr’. Chase, at least,
a “ national debt” is un individual blessing.
Then, thore is Mr. Jay Cooke. Mr. Chase's
Bond Broker. Ho, too, at? the beginning of
the war. was a rather humble private-banker
in Philadelphia; waiting fretfully for M some
thing to turn’ up." /And flninethihg did
*' turn uo" sure enough/ Mr. Salmon P.
Chase *• turned up," and Mr. Cooke also
came springing to the.surface like ft buoy of
cork, and ha’s made a colossal fortune of his
little “ coinmissions” on the sales of bunds of
the United States. - And so'tliM national debt
has *• blessed" Mr. Cooke as well os Mr.
Chase.
Well, the bond* nre all Bold, (should
we say all?) and Messrs. Oh me and Cooke
are resting from their gicat labors—after
wiving the country; Mr. Cheap, who is re
warded with the office of Chief Justice, takes
r. little trip to Charleston in a Government
ship, to look upon the ruin he has helped to
make, and thence meandering. visitsvarious
other parts of the happy and regenerated
■S mth—always in. Uncle Sun's boats, cars,
nr other pleasant conveyances. This accom
plished. what could he more appropriate and
delightful than--that Mr.'Chase should vUit
Mr. liny 'Cooke, liis efficient and patriotic
agent, at that agent’s little principality, a
“dear little isle of his own” in charming
Lake EnVl
Pur, let ns make mention of the fact, that
besides u girgeous dwelling in Philadelphia,
Mr. Jay Cooke, hue procured and enjoys as
one of many “ blessings” an Island in the
Trtbrßßmd~fcakerwbinh-he--keeps and occupies,
and of which'-lie is sole “lord and governor”
—not governing in the unsubstantial and
tantalizing way that Sancho Panza governed
hi* " Island,”—hut a water-bound possession
teeming with edible anil potdblo delights,
whither ho can invito such of his friends as
are worthy of.the hospitalities of so success
(til an operator. It is nut like, Signor, Guls
eppo Garibaldi’s petty Island of Oaprera, the
poverty-stricken retreat of a ..broken-down
patriot, but it is one of those abodes of ele
gance and luxury only deserved and attained
tiy men who have talent and dexterity equal
to that of alchymists of old, whocUimed'that
they could transmute the basei* metals into
gold—albeit. Mr. Cook’s process was a little
different—seeing that ho transmuted fragile,
paper into soliddand.
Well, as we were saying, Mr, Chase very
pronerly rested from his “ progress” from
one end to the other of - our nappy land, by
going to Mr. Cooke’s delectable island, and
to that end he left his Especial”.car and ta
king his special train with him,embarked on
a special steamboat for a sail upon the Jakes,
which was to terminate at the hospitable
mansion-.of bis faithful Cooke-*-and so Mr.
Chase made hin : VisU to the domain won for
Mr. Cooke by the subtle art of the Enchan
ter who out Uerbian’s Herman—even he
whose wand can-change paper to gold 1 'But
what were the nature and the course of the
festi.vi in Hut hem ifil retreat, the vul
gar herd who must pay for them will never
mention,’for they will never know. Suffice
it to ouy Hhat, the pretty little steamboat
brought Mr. Chase and party safely back to
Buffalo, and report Raich that the captain of
that fitfle"Steamboat presented to the Cullen
tor of U. S. ountokna at Buffalo, a pretty lit
tie hill nf $2OOO fo.- Mr. Chase’s trip, which
said Collector refuser! to pay I Insane, and
most impertinent collector! lie asked his
superiors at Washington if ho should pay,
and was told to “ cash up” immediately.
And-su Mr. Chase <has concluded his trip
with much pleasure, doubtless, and no ex
ponse whatever I And thus the people can
see ho vf'.some *»f-their money goes, and they
can comprehend thaHf our national debt if
not a blessing to them, it is a blessing to Mr.
Chase and Mr. Cooke and many more gen
llenien uf their persuasion.
PHILO MACSIIANE,
[D~ One of'Uncle Sum’s Iree nigger agdnts
in -Virginia, the oilier (ley, tried about n
thousand of them in the iirt of voting. He
told them they should be allowed to elect a
Commissioner of their own choice to see after
their affairs, and directed all of them in fa
vor of a Mr. W.-to say-“ aye." One long
earthly black yelrwent up “ aye,-” every par
tioular nigger “ voting” with all his might.
Then he told all opposed to Mr. W. to vote
“no,” and every darkey“woted no" ten
times harder thaneVer. Thereupon the free
nigger agent looked puzzled and glum, and
finally swore that nigger* were d d fools.
and ought to bo in—a very warm place. It
is evident ye negro “ bears the palm,” not
only in fighting hut “ woting.”
The Ladies stun the GrurtEMEN.;—At a
recent festive meeting, a married man, who
ought to have known better, proposed: ’The
Indies -the.heings who divide our sorrows,
double our joys, and treble our expenses.”—
Upon which a lady proposed : * The ; gentle
men—the sensitive- .-individuals vfjrti divide
mir -time, double our cares, and treble’ our
trouhlos.* The married man didn’t stop to
hear anv mere.
"" (CT'riow long Eve/the first woman, lived,
we do not know. It is a curious fact that,
in sacred history, ti e age. death and buriai
of only one woman, Sarah, .the wife of Abra
ham, is distinctly noted - Woman’s age ev
er since, appears nut to jnavo been a subject
for history or discussion-
* NO. 25.
THE TWO DUOS."
A Fable not to be found in iEsop’c
Collection.
The following is from the Constitutional
Union, published by our old friend'Colonel
T. B. Florence, at Washington, ,p. C.:
There was a certain street in a certain city,
where dwelt a large and powerful dog of the
Newfoundland species. ’ lie was a mild, no
ble, forgiylng animal, courageous' as
lion—gentle as ,a lamb—neyer commencing
a fight with other dogs, but smftetlnics drawn
into contests with them, when lie showed Iris
spunk and strength. There was in the same
street also a ruddle-blooded terrier of the cur
species, remarkable for having a very dirty
tail to ; which he gave ** occasional” wags.-*-
He was of the true fireside breed, and sel
dom left the house unless in the company
of the noble animal spoken of above, and
then he kept close by his aide as a matter of
safety to him. and to p*ck up any bone his
companion might leave him, and wishing as
it were to be thought “ powerful by associa
ting hitaself- with the powerful dog—now
and again making an attempt on other dogs,
and running back occasionally, lop shelter
under the tail of his largo companion, which
ho sometimes brought into trouble by* his
peevishness and passion for whinning, growl
ing and snapping. Atone time, thohigdog
annoyed by -hi* 41 occasional” tcuzing pro
pensities, caught him by the napoand.gave
him a'shake or two and was very hear faking
away his bone. This had u great effect on
:t!ie our, and he changed his whine and course
of action—w.itched the big dog,-careluUy eve
ry move ho ma le —only growled when ho
growled—harked when he barked, even imi
tating his bark—sneezed when he sneezed,
and when the big dog would go up a street,
as If going to the end of • it, and suddenly
turn • back the little cur would watch him
and do so too; and ho became as it were his
echo—a sickly one—thV showing a strong
propensity to quarrel, if, ho dared—.‘ 4 occa
sunnily”—and the big dog has frequently
tried to get rid of him—shake him off ns dc
were, but it was useless, hwav no . fro, ha
would stick on like death to a dead nigger,
or a political hack, whoso fixed creed of poli
tics lies in his packet—he would not bo sha
ken off—he did t.ot want to lose his bone—
no no ” cold shoulder” for him. If he got a
blow of the big dog’o paw. the cur only laid
down, turned on his back, and licked the
paw, fawned and wagged his tail between
his legs not occasionally, but all' the time—
picked the bone the big, dog had left, and
domed happy in his degraded position, occa
sionally elongating his tail nnd curling il
over his often kicked posteriors as othof* doge
of noble breed passed him bymnnoticed
At‘length the big dog., seemed to; find out
flint the cur brought him into too many diffi
culties occasionally , and knowing he had
brought another largo dog into- the same*
years before* he drove him off—then look no
notice of him or the “ occasional” sycophan
tic vrr.gging of his tail—cur tailed his friend
ship—tolerated him some,’and-again seemed
to treat him with, silent contempt.
And behold it came pr pass that n great
inuny -noble.—welLbred dogs came inio the
street and were-proteoted by our noble ani
mal, and played and gambolcd-vvith him, and
they got a-kind criovc'for-Vim greatly to the
chagrin and indignation of the discarded cur,
who seemed like a discarded politician who
betrayed one .party »nj4d .wfcsjwrfring-to be
tray another, :hnd fie got .wcath'y .a'ritt shoWed
Ilia teeth, but was afraid to bite, r tho' ho did
gira an “occasional” .(map,..hud ho whined
and b'Qtdied/bht tKby ihirided bini fiot, neither
did the -noble animal; nudbcbecame furU
oufl and o mie of the boys in the southern part
of the street seeing bin peevishness, as ho
was inclined to bile their heels. tho’Jie would
fawn no them for o crust, and that he was no
good fur anything, -hie hair being singed
over by the cook ata big white house because
ho stole cold victuals from her out by the
back stairs, not being allowed to come in or
out at the front door. They got an old play
ed out block tin kettle ; the young wnss call
ed it “nigger,” it vru bl o<, and acl dhes,
line made by Masim.& Dixon, iv>pe makers
and they liod the nigger tea kettle to his m l,
an 1 bis muzzle got -black a la nigger with
fear, and holo>kod sorrowlully up into the
tace of the big d'g, an Muzeppa must have
looked when tied on the horse of the desert,
but the big dog turned away, and the boys in
the south portion of the street brought him
out, saying he had his day like any other
dog, and he trembled like a canine in a wet
sack, and the boys in the northern part of
the street were disgusted at his whining and
snarling and harking, keeping both ends of
the street at war. and divided: one from the
other, boy against boy, for the northern end
boys wanted to be on good fellowship with
the boys In the a'mfhorn; end of the street,
they being formerly s.-bool follows and.able to
whip any other street in the Whole jity-i-bul
the “occasional” barking at the southern
boys kept them- from amalgamating. The
boys put him.into the hands of g young Ethi
opian to bring him out for a grand Mazenpa
race with the darkey kettle tied to his caudle,
but the biped having a strong fellow feeling
for the Jim Crow animal, made a* rush into
an editorial sanctum, and shutting the door,
protected him at the back of a printing press
and types, from the just indignation of the
boys who wore determined to give him de
ferens, and then the boys north and south
hhook hands and promised that they would
not allow « df low degree” try and di
vide the street any longer and keep them at
war with each other, and to love and cherish*
the big dog who was a noble animal and who
hived all the hove and gamboled- and played
with them, and at the same time protected
them.
We,hope all such barnacle, whining snap
ping, mangy curs, will take a warning and
learn that—
No cur eon evade, if nnforgiven,
The patient watch and nigger kettle
Of boys .who treasure up a wrong I
C*Tcm*a the Idea.—A minister repent
ing the first lino or si of a ohapter-.in the
Bible, the clerk byt some-mistake-oivothtJr
rea lit after him. The clergy mon read it as
follows:
“Moses was an austere man and made
atonement for the eine of’the people." *.*
The clerk who, could not exactly catch the
-entonce, repeated thus:
“ Moses was an oyster man, nod mado oint
ment fer the shins of the f-nople.”
lrish Presbyterian* ■clergyman
nee broke off the. thread ol jiis discourse, and
thus addressed his congregnShn ; “ My dear
brethren, let me here tell you that I nin noV
just half through with my sermon, thut, as i
perceive your impatience. 1 will sav that the
remaining half is not more than quarter as
long as that you have had.”- -■* „
The yield of peanuts iiv North Caroli
na thin year is 15,000 bushels. Before the
war it was 140,000 bushels manually. .