Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, November 14, 1860, Image 1
) 0 D! mi tab ro iltC Mi aim i. 1 tint' Vt lilt. ill ... l-.m. da t H reii v bW ib t.W ptol riUs let , P hi U iiri' (Cfl Ml co 7 pin 0t 0 r CO fof BIT. bet d , ' ii g bh 1J !krt.. w BY 0. B. GOQDLANDER & CO. , .4 VOL. XXXL-WIIOLK NO. Select 'octrj. MEET AGAIN. Vot again ! when fund heart ie?er. . ... v r na our K"1 outpours 111 teats, . ' "jTli the thought that tlirilli ua ever, 1:1. Through tne Inpso of lonely years. f. 'After absence meeting's dearer 1(A h ParUng houre are full of pain ; nfx-iut we briner the loved onei nearer, -ff 1 While we bop to meet again. . J But aim ! too oft are parted ''" Those on earth to memory doar, J And we mourn them broken-hearted, Ii ' Nevermore to greet them here ! Still, affection lingering round them, sjoS . Can its yearning! ne'er refrain ; .J,,.'.- jAnd we auk: ' In that bleat morning taiil "ball w 'h00 all mBet gaia ?' ' Meet again ! 0, rapturoua greeting, V"5'1 When we've won that golden aboro, -"Wher the Tree of Life, all heuling, "Ua ) Wa-ea ita olustere ever more. .finried love regain! iu gladneaa, nj K , Buried nope revive! ita bloom ; Ol II lonqjerors ill me luaiusome onto. " S Meet again! hew iweet and bleased .X'Ls la the ho to moet once more, ,nt.: Where the friends we lore are death leal, j OS.-' ;Abd our parting! all are e'er ; Iicund in lovo'e unaevered chain ; . viii, U.V....V,, a0, VIU.UDI) Clasp each otiier'a haad'a immortal Meet again, moet again 1 JHiscelltincous. -S3 BATTLE OF FORT MOULTRIE, , 1778. - ,,Froni Bancroft' forthcoming History of tho Unitod Stutea.j .vmTiic month of Mav robed the catalpa sftnd. the oleander in their goreeous mas , to of flowers, and the peace of Charleston fKWetill undisturbed except by gathering jUtuors that the Knglih fleet and trans , ports destined for its attack had arrived j;JJ;Cpo Fear rivor. All the mechanics & and laborers about town woro employed iil frtreiigthcning its fortifications, and a great n nrnl er of negroes, brought down (,iVpm the country were put upon the i work s. The Doom of the magnolia was .turning yellow in tho hot sky of early ivmrner, wlien on the hrst day of June UK expresses from Christ Church news to tho President that a fleet of forty or.tilty sail lay anchored about ttenty I miles to (he north of Charleston bar .linppily the colony hnd ah-eady organ- ixl an etHcient government, and invest ed Uutledge, its chief executive officer, with largo power. He ordered the alcrm , lo be fired, und while tho citizens were ' r... i ... . . . wumiig uuv ior norses, carriages or uoats to remove their wives and children, he ... .. . iiamenou uown the militia Irom the coun try, by expresses, and in company with " Armstrong visited all the fortifications. .Barricades were thrown uiinitainsi. th principal ttieeta ; defences were raised nt tue poin'.s most likely to be selected for l oint was impossible, and not being per , landing ; lead, gathered from tho weights milled by Uutledge to direct the total i bouses, was east into miisket balls, and a respectable force in ruen was concentra- v i'iiMtii'D vi liiuiliiub unu untrilllli; Mm- ', twl in the capitol . . Tho eyes of the whole country were r turned upon the people of South Curoli itrtt ( na Their invitdeis at a nioiiient when 11 ' instant action .vas cstential to their tuc Cf?s, were pcrilcxeu by uncertainty ol m Mouth Carolina had sympathy with counsel between Clinton and Sir l'eter , Moultrie, and mechanics and negro la 'Farker. the respective commanders efthe borers were sent down to complete the army anil the naval torco. On the sev enib Clinton would have sent on shore a ' proclamation by a Hag of truce : his boat ' was fired on by an igiioiautscr.tinel, but next day Moultrie ottered an explanation ' through one of his officers, nnd received the proclamation in return. In this the .British General declared the existence of ''a most unprovoked und wicked rebellion ' within South Carol ina, the succession of "'crimes of its inhabitants, the tyranny of 1 ita congress nnd its committees, tho error, ' thus far incorrible, of un infatuated and .'mwguided multitude, tho duty of pro ceeding forthwith against all men in arms, "congress and committees, as open enemies of the Stato ; but from humanity he con ' tented to forewarn the deluded people, " and to offer in His Majesty' name free pardon to such ns should lay down their arms and submit to the laws." Having " done this he consulted Cornwallis on the ' beat mentis of gaining possession of Sulli- van's Island ; and both agreed that they "could not more effectually co-operate With the intended movement of the fleet, tllan by takitic possession of Lone Island. z ' which was represented to communicate f, ) ' with Sullivan's Island at low wato.', by a C(n ford, nnd with the main body by a chin- , iiuvigariie ior iioats or light ura!t. Clintonliad four days' time to sound the ford, but he took the story of its dentil on trust. jit t . ( i fit i t mcw'nin8 t"e "'nib of June, CTiarles Leo, attended by his .i.d-de--camp iui i ii i i ii. 0 ort" Carolina, .ftp. I' ; Iflved at Haddi ell's Toint, After exntnin- J IS, Tnc its fortifications, bo crossed over to t ft Tiullivan's Island, wbero he round a nood I took 6f powder, a fort of which tho front ari . i ntlA ttlliA tt-drrt 1 III. ini n...l 4 'hundred men encamped in its ren'1 in ' fcttts und booths that were roofed with pulmotto leaves. Within tho foil numer ous mechanics and laborors wero fitting 'fttid lifting pa' mctto logs for ita walls. 'Ha had scarce glanced at tho work, when 'tie doularod that -hc did not like that post at all ; it could not hold out half an hour, ana mere was no way to retreat; H ws but a 'slaughter pen.' and the garrison. '.rrn1il l.rt - :n . r rv i . ! 's. e " wu "J t' lvJ Charleston, Ia?o loucbad at James Island, where Gadsden bad tho command, -i I be battalions raised in South Carolina Were not aj yet placed upon tho continen tal establishment ; an i although Con gtew boro tho proportionato expense, tho K30. disposition of the forces still remained under the exclusive diiections of the col ony and its officers- This cireumstanco became now of great iniportunco. To Armstrong no command whatever was conceded ; and hohnd little to do except to receive the hospitalities of Charleston ; but General J, en wu tlio second ofliccr in the American army j his military fanio was at that time very great ; ho had pow er from the general Congress to order, und ho did older butallions from North Caro lina And Vircinitt : his presence wns a. cona.ant pieugeot tho active sympathy ot me continent; ftnu on ins arrival ho was invested with the military command through an order from Kutlodgo. On that samo day Clinton beg.m his disembarkation, landing four or live hun dred men on Long Island. It was there fore evident tliut tho first assnult was to be attempted not on tho city, but its-outposts ; yet Leo proposed to Rulledgo to withdraw from Sullivin's Islr.nd and aban don it without a blow. Jlad ho noted in concert w ith tho invaders, ho could not more completely promoted their design. But llutledge, interposing his authority, would not6ufTer it, and Lee did not ven ture to proceed alone : yet on the tenth day his very first order to Moultrie, ex cept one which was revoked as soon as is sued, directed that officer to construct bridges for his retreat, ami the order was repeated and enforced several times that day, and aliuo-t every suco.oediiv: one. Happily Moultrie ' courage was of that pla eid kind that could not be made anxious or uneasy ; lie weighed carclully hi dan ger and resources; with quiet importura bio confidence, formed his plan tor repel ling the impending douhloattack of the enemy by i ami by land ; und never so much us imagined that, ho could be driv en from his post. On tho tenth of June, while the Conti nental Congress was finishing tho debute on independence, the Bristol, whose guns had been previously taken out, came over tho bar attended by thirty or forty ves sels, ond anchored about throo miks from Fort Sullivan. In Charleston, from which this movement was plainly visible, all was action ; on the wharfs, warehouses of great value, ?icro thrown down to give room for tho fire of cannon anc' nius- Keiry irom tue lines along host mv ; in- trenchmcnls surrounded the town ; the i barrteaUos, raised in tho principal streets rch Parish bro't'wero continued to the water; and arrow - I headed embankments were projected up- Ion the landing places. ecroeg from the country took pari in tho labor: tho hoe and tho spado were also in every citizen's hands, for all persons, vitlioi.it distintion, 'labored with alncrity,' some for the Mike of example some as the best way of be ing useful. Neither tho noon 'lay sun nor the rain, which in that clime, drons from ! the clouds in "ashes, interrupted their ... ' toil Cn the eleventh tho two regiments from North Carolina r.rrived. Tho same nay i.ee, u-ing told that a bridgo ot re I treat from Sullivan's Island to Uaddiell's i cii.uiuiuii vi mu inutiiti. oikirit'ii uiuuiu ir immediately to send tour hundred ot Ins men over to the continent; in his post script ho added : 'Makeup tho detach ment to five hundred.' On tho thirteenth he writes : ' You will detach another huu- : dred men to strengthen tho corps on the other side of tho creek.' But tho spirit tort: but hard as they toned, it was not nearly finished before tho action. On the I'2th the wind blew so violently that two ships which lay outside tho liar, wcro obliged for safety to btnnd out to sea, and this assisted to delay the attack. L'n the fifteenth, Loo stationed Arm strong at Haddrcll's point, nnd Arm strong, as the superior officer, ever man ifested for Moultrio a hearty friendship. On that same day, Sir Feter Parker gave to tho Captain of his squadron his ar rangement for the attack of tho batteries on Sullivan's Island, and on the 1'Uh ho communicated it to Clinton, who did not know what to do. Tho dilatory conduct of tho Britsh betrayed uncortair. ty and a division of councils, and the Carolinians made 6Ui h use of tho delay, that bj the 17tb they were in exceedingly good state of preparation at every outpost and also in town. Cut Clinton intended only to occupy and garrison Sullivan's Island. For that purpose, be completed the landing of all his men on Lou,? Island, a naked sand, where nothing crew except ' i- i i. - . . i . .. . i i ' . i . e a lew ousues iiuu inuuu c i niyiiuas in mosquitoes, and wuero ti e troops sul fered intensely from tho burning sun ; the want of good water, and the bad quality and insufficient supply of provis ions. A trial ot the lorn wiis made, i.nn lon waded up to his neck, so did others ,.r i.:. ,ii;.. ,..,,i nn ,.. ,i..., n i.w l, ' Ul Ilia UU11.I.IB, Mill. Ull tliU " ., : he succeeded in getting ull his men on shore, he nnnounced through iughn to 'Sir Petot rnrkerthalno lord was to be found ; that there remained a depth ot seven feet of water at low tide ; and that ! II, a IpAiiu IInpfnpA .milfl nnt tnke the fchaio thcv'cxcectcd in the intended at 'i , ... r ,t , tuck. His six full rogimcnts, and com panies enough from others for ono more, a body of more than threo thousand men, thoroughly provided with arms, artillery and ammunition, had loft tho transports for a naked sandbank that wis to them a prison. Yet, compelled to do something Clinton fixed on the 23d for thojoint at tack. On the night after tho day appointed for tho attack, Muhlenburg'j regiment arrived. Ou receiving Lee's ordors it im mediately set out from Virginia, and marched for Charleston, without tents, continually exposed to tho weather, It was composed chiefly of Muhleiiburg's old German parisionets and of tho Vir ginia regimonts, and was the most com- rMNCIrLES, not CLKAKFI KLI), PA. WEDNESLAK, NOV. 11, (8C0. jiloto, the host nvmed, best riot lied for immediate service. The Americans were now very strong. The contidonco of Sir Peter Parker in an easy victory was iinshuken. To make all sure, ho exercised a body of marines and seamen in the art of entering forts through embrasures; intending first to silence Motiltrio's battery, then to land his trained detachment, and by their uid enter the fort. His presumption was jus tified by t he judgement o f Loo. That gen eral, coming down to tho Island, took Moultrie asido ft id said : Do you think von can maintain this nr.r. V !tfoiiUrin you answered, ' l oa 1 think I can.' lsut, Lee had no faith in a spirited detonce, fretted at the too easy disposition of Moultrie, and wished up to the last moment, to re move him from the commnnd. On tho 2.'!i tin unfavorable nind preven ted the joint attack. On tho 2")th, tho squadron was increased by tho arrival of the 'Experiment,' a ship of sixty puns, which passed over the bnron tho 2th. I, otters of encouragement came also from Tonyn, then (Sovernor of East Florida, who was impatient for in attack on fieor gia; he would have had a body of Indians raised on tho bank of South Carolina, and a body of royalists to terrify nnd distract so that the assault at Charleston would lnvo struck an astonishing terror and aflright.' lie reported South Carolina to be in a mutinous state that delighted him ; tho battery on Sullivan's Island would not discharge two rounds.' This opinion was spread through the fleet, and became the belief of every sailor on board. With or without Clinton's aid tho Commodore was persuaded that with his trained sea men and marines, he could takeand keep possession ot the fort till Clit.ton should send a many troops ns ho migh think proper, and who might enter the fort in tho same way. Capt. Lampyrer, walking with Moultrie on tho plattorm, and looking nt tho Brit Lsh ships-of-war, nil of which hnd already come over the bar, addressed him : "Well, Colonel, w hat do you think of it now ?" "We shall beat them," said Moultrie ''The men-of-war," rejoined the cap- tuin. "will knock your fort dotvn in hulf un hour," "Then, said Moultrio, "wo vill lio . be ! im,i xlQ rujIIS an,i prevent their men ; f,.om landin"." , Qn l0 nl0rn On tho morning of the twenty-eighth n "entle sea breeze procnostigated the a. tack. Lee from Charleston, for tho t" nth or eleventh time, charged Moultrie to finish the bridge for his retreat, promised him re-enforcements, which was never sent, nnd still meditated removing hi in from his command ; whilo Moultrie, whose fac ulties under the outward show of imper turablc and even indolent calm, were res trained to their utmost tension, roue to visit his advanced guard on tho east. -Here tho commander William Thomson, of Orangeburgh, of Irish decent, a native of Pennsylvania, but from childhood a citizen of South Carolina, a man of rare worth in privato life, brave and intelli gent as an officer, had, at tho extiemc point, posted fifty of the militia behind sand hills ami myrtle bushes. A few hun dred yards in the rear bo guarded breast works that had been thrown up, with three hundred riflemen of his own rogi ment from Orangeburgh and its neighbor hood, with two hundred of Clark's North Caiolina regiment, two hundred mora of the men of South Carolina under Horry and the raccoon company of riflemen. On his left ho was protected by a morass : on his right by one eighteen pounder ami one. brass six poundor, which ovelookcd the spot where Clinton would wish to land. Seeing the enemy's boats already in mo. tion on tho beach of Long Island, and the men-of-war loosing their topsails, Moul trie hurried back to bis fort at full speed. He ordered the long roll to beat, and offi cers ncd men to their posts. His whole, number, including himself nnd officers, were four hundred and thirty-live, of whom twenty-two were of the fourth reg iment of artillery, the rest of his own reg iment ; men who were bound to each oth er, to their officers, nnd to him, by per sonal ailed ion nnd confidence. Next to him in command was Isaac Mottc ; the Major of his regiment was the fearless and faultless Francis Marion. The fort w is square with a bastion at each angle ; built of polmctto logs, dove-tailed and bolted together, and lain in parallel rows sixteen feet asunder; between theso rows tho space was filled with sand. On tho east ern and northern sides the palmetto wall was only sevon feet high, but it was surmounted by thick plank, so as to be tenable against a scaling party ; a traverse of sand extended from east to west. Tho southern and western curtains were tin - ished with their platforms, on which tho can n in was mounted. 1 he standard which was advanced to the south east bas tion, displayed a Hag of bluo with a white eresent on which emblazoned Liberty. The whole numlier of cannon in the fort, the bastion!, nnd tho cavaliers, was but tliirty-ono, ol which no more than twen-ty-ono could at tho same time be brought into uso ; of ammunition thero were but twenty-eight rounds for twentysix can non. At Unddrell'a Point across the bay Armstrong had about fiftceu hundred men. the hrst regular rsoutn (..arotina regiment, under Christopher Gadsden, occupied Fort Johnson, which stood on tho most northerly part of James Island, about three miles from Chnrlestown, and within point blank shot of Ihe channel. Charleston was guarded by moro than two thousand men. Half an-hour after nine in the morning, the commodore gave signal to Clinton that he should go on with the attack. An hour later the ships-o'-war wre un der wsv. Gadsden. Cotesworth, Pinckney, nnd th) rest at Fort Johnson watched all their movement ; in Charleston the what fa MEN. and watrr-sidc iilong tho buy were crowd. ...I ..ill I . ' . . ivi m.uis uiiiiiT arms anil lookers on. J he men must foil their adversary. or their citv mnv iioi lul, . a !..:.. i, i... I j f -. , .... it liuiinv. I'u sacked and burned, nnd tho savages on the irontior start Irom their lurking places. No grievous oppression weighed down the industry of South Curolina; nho enme forth to the strucjlo from rrenerous sym pathy j nnd now the battle is to bo fought ior nor cinei city, nnd tho province. Tho 'Thundei bomb,' covered by Friend ship, begnu the action by throwing shells, which it continued, till' moie than sixty were discharged ; of these some burst in tho air, one lighted on the mnttazino with out, uoin morass, or the fort, At about a quarter to eleven tho 'Active,' of twenty-eight guns, disre garding four or fiveshots tiredat her while under sail ; tho 'Bristol.' with fifty guns, having on board Sir Peter Parker and Lord William Campbell, the Governor; the 'Expeiiineiit,' also of fifty guns; arid the 'Solo Bay,' of twenty-eight, brought up n ilhin about three hundred nnd fifty yards of the fort, let go their anchors with springs upon their cables, and began a fu rious cannonade. Every sailor expected that two broadsides would eno. tho strife ; but tho soft, fibrous, spongy wood of the palmetto w ithstood the rapid fire, and nei ther split, nor splintered, nor started ; and the parapet was high enough to protect the men on the platforms, sides from three or four of When broad- the men-of- war struck the logs at tho same instant, the shock gave tlio merlons a tremor, but the pile remained uninjured Moultrio oi seed time and tillage, the joys of the had but ono tenth as many guns ns irere early and latter harvests, nnd has wel brougbtto bear on him, and was more- corned tho last of his crops to tho barn over obliged to stint the use ot powder. and the granary. His store-houses are His guns accordingly were fired very slow- full, and tho flocks and herds now live ly, the officers taking aim, und waiting al-1 upon the accumulated provisions of the ways for the smoke to clear away, that summer. Tho last of the flowers has they might point with more precision. , 'aded, nnd the frosts have turned field 'Mind tho Commodore, mind the fifty : and forest lo a ruaset brown. The leaves gun ships,' were the words that passed that pU on such gorgeous coloring in along tho platform from cflcers nnd .October, aro now either changed to a men. sombre hue, or fallen, leaving the forest .-nan i sena ior more powuer ; ojueu Moultrie of Mot'c. 'To bo sure,' said Motto. And Moultrie wrote to Lee : 'I believe we shall want more powder. At tho rato we go on, I think wo shall ; but you can seo that. Tray send us more, ifyou think proper.' More vessels woro seen coming up, and cannon were heard from the north east. Clinton had promised support ; not know ing what else to do, ho directed tho bat teries on Long Island to open a cannonade, nnd several shells were thrown into Thompson's intrenchnients, doing no oth er damage than wounding ono sol.lier. This firing was returned by Th laqi.-eii with his one eighteen pounder ; but, Irom the distance, with litllo effect. At twelve o'clock tho light infantry, grenadiers, and tho fifteenth regiment embarked in boats, while floating batter - ies nr.d aimed craft get under weigh to cover the landing ; but tho troops never so much as once attempted to land. The detachment had hardly left Long Island before it was ordered to disembark, for it was seen that tho landing wis inipraeti - cable, nnd would hnvo been tho destrue - tion ofmany bravt. men without the least probatiiiity ot success. i ho American j worn brute, us he quits the yoke or the defences were so strong, ami well con-: cart, and regales himself in fat pastures, structed, the approach so dillicult. Thoin.. ; lie knows nothing better than the grntiti son so vigilent, bis men such skillful cation of his appetite for food. But man sharpshooters, that had tho British land- eu, tny wouni navooeencut to pieces. aim, that wh'ch constitutes his manhood, 'It was impossible,' says Clinton, 'to le- lies waste. The mind must have occupa cido positively on nny plan,' and he did tion of some kind, and tho release from the nothing. 1 more pressing esres of cultivation nt this An attack on Uaddiell's Point would season, should only induce a higher netiv have been still more desnernto; though ity of the mind. th 3 Commodore, nt Clintons request, pent It is indeed well to employ a portion of three frigates to co-operate with in that this leisure in visiting frieyds and rela design. The people of Charleston, as lives, nnd in keeping nlivo the sympathies they looked from the battery with senses and associations of earlier years. Some quickened by tho nearness of danger, be- uro so situated in their business, that this held the Sphinx, the Acteon, nnd the Sy. is tho only time when they can return to ren, each of twenty-eight guns, sailing ys the old homestead, to look again upon the if to get between Haddrcll's Point and familiar scenes of childhood, and to tho foot, so as to enfilade the works, and receive words of blessing from father and when the rebels f hotild Ve driven from mother. These social reunions at the thorn, to cut off their retreat. It was a annual Thanksgiving, aro worth all they moment of danger, for the fort on this ' cost, and more. Tl ero is a reviving in sido was unfinished. Hut the pilots kept ' flueneo in goinu back again to the old too far to tho south, sj that they run all hearth-stone of childhood's homo ; the old the three upon a bank of sand known as , well and its oaken bucket, the ancestral the Lower Middle Ground. Gladdened trees gathering now glory with their ii by seeing the frigatis thus entangled, the j creasing years, the garden, tho orchard, people at Charleston wero swayed alter- the fields, the forests where our eyes first nately by fears and hopes ; tho armed in- opened upon tho world. The farmer is habitants stood every ono at his post, un. nrtd a better citizen iv l a better man by certain but that they might be called to thus cultivating his social nature, and immcdiato action, hardly daring to le- keepine alive the tics that bind him to bis liove that Moultrie's small and ill-furnish kindred. ed garrison could beat oil' tho squadron, Theso 'annual visits nro also profitable when lhold : his llag disappeared irom I their eves. Fearinc that bis colors had ! boon struck, they prepared to meet the invaders at tho water sedge, trusting in Providence and prefcring death to sla very. In tho fort, Willi.wii Jasper, a sei-. gcant, perceived that the flag had been cut dowu by a ball from tho enemy and had fallen over the ramparts. 'Colonel,' said ho to Moultrie, 'don't let us fight without a flag.' 'What can you do?' asked Moultrio; 'the staff is broken off.' 'Then,' said Jasper 'I'll fix iton the bal bred, and pUco it on tho nverlon of tho bastion next th enemy ;' and leaping . tiirougn an cui'imme n i"j thickest fire of the enemy, bo took up the flag, returned with It safely and planted it 'as he had promise, on tho summit of the ' merlon. The day was exceedingly hot, I thoalmost vertical sun of midsummergla- red from ft cloudless sky, and the temper ature was increased by tho blaze from the cannon on tho platform. A I of the gar rison threw otr their coats during the heat of the action, and some were almost na ked ; Moultrie and several of tho officers smoked their pipes a they gavo thoir or ders. The defence was conducted within ( sight of those whose watchfulness was to .-'.II i; them most animating. They know innt tiietr movements by the inhabitants from was observed tho hotisetons ol Charleston : by tho veteran Armstrong, aint tho little, army nt lfaddrells toint; I... i"!...l.. 1-... r , . ' v.iu- .ei. t i ort.,0 nnson, who wUs nl - most nenr enough to lake t.nrt in tho n-'.. gngement and was cha in with diseon- tent at no being himself in the scene or danger, hx posed to an increased can- nonade, which seemed sufficient to daunt the bravest vetorans, they stuck to their gun w. l, the greatest constancy. Hit by a ball wh.cl. entered through nn embra-1 ..ire. Mcl aniel cried out to his brother soldiers: 'lam dvini but inn't Uf i !,. November. 'Tia ensy to resign a toiUom i pluco, Hut not to inonnge leisure with a grace : Alucnce of occupation in not. rot, A mind quite vacant is a mind diftrotaed. ti, ...... a i - . i . . . 1 1ILT " ' .ta.l' l"r 'r?.1 I in kind eoinpiuwon of tie fuilinif atrenirth. And turned into the park or mend to graze, Kiempttrom future aorvice all his dnya, Thcro feels a pleasure perfect in its kind, Itnnges at liberty nnd snufl's the wind ; Hut when hie lord would quit the busy road, To taau a joy like that he hnd bestowed, lie proves loss happy than bia favored brute, A lifo of ease a dillicult pursuit." Cowr an. The only period of rest in tho circle of the furiner's venr is now at hand n. noi iml of enjoyment, bnt also one of peril. Tho business of cultivation the nnnmnriiKo 1 oecuoation of the husbandman is flnnp lie has pnssod through tho pressing cares Dare and desolate. Tho skies have lot the roseate hue of summer, and begin to look chill aud wintry. The weather is fitful, nnd every sunny day is succeeded by cloud and storm. In the olden time farmers accomplished vciy Iittlo after tho potatoes and turnips wero gathered, and the eider was mado until the opening of tho Spring. At home, the cider barrel had its potent temptations, and abroad, the villuuo tav ern and grocery held out theirallurements to drinking and dissipation. The country was new, tho soil fertile, and the farmer did not feel tho necessity of those im provements which prepare the way for nuvcjsful cultivation. 1 'raining had bald ly been heard of, and the mnek mines had t 1 I If. f. I I ! . ..I nured his fuel for tho winter fire, marketed I hoi ue-n opencu. ne i on ins came, pre : his crops, and the rest of his time ran to J waste. At this season he visited his friends, enjoyed their hospitalities, and I too often contracted their drinking habits and prepared the way for debauchery and jruin. It was the most perilous period of the year, beciiuso ho bad not learned how i to improve its leisure, j We are 60 constituted that we cannot 'enjoy idleness. This may satisfy the toil- cannot be satisfied while the best part of i lor ins business, as nicy atioru opportuni ties for observation. farming is no longer a stereotyped business. One can hardly visit the most limited and obscure rural district without seeing abundant evidence that the leaven of new ideas is at work. The tillers of tho soil are getting out of the old tracks of tho fathers, and aro beginning to uso mind in their hus bandry. The barn is no more a mero dc positoiy of the harresls of the field. It is a manufactory of fertilizers, the one thing needful in profitable tillage. It is the great hinge on which everything in the operations of tho year turns. 1'arns are now a po3 table study, to learn hew practical farmers contrive to shelter all their cattle, and to mako the most of their manure. The plow has beoomo a tool constructed upon scientific principles, turning the furrow with the least ex pen - dituro of strength, and making it broad; or narrow, deep or shallow, ami laying the slice flat, or at a sharp angle with the sur face of the field, at the will of tho plow man. Tools have become a prime noces. sity of economical cultivation, and the strength of the ox nnd the horse is more nnd moro taking the placo of human sinews. No n.on ran observe the dirt'ei ent methods of farmers in thoir business, TERMS-ll 23 per Annum, if pnid in ndvanco. ni:vseh!!:s-voi, i.no. in. 'without lenriiinK something rrotill,l... Ho will return with new ideas nnd a new p. tr Mm .iiii;,.,.i; i.: Nor noed the season upon Hiieh we am entering bo wholly lost to tho farm In ' many parts of the North plowinirean Mill ,?., r.. ,i. " ,:... f. J , V anil the surface of tho f cl'ls left in that rough, broken condition t w I i 1? J freCxn,M and thawing, of wi "tT w mc It benefit tho.,.. There is no 1 n ic 1 f.on that will break down rough clod, and 'pulverize then, like tho S.FnmSi nre using this season for labor, much mo ro than they did in theolden time T renZ ... .i... ....i.. , . . " B nl work an ntTaniionient mticli bettrthr the laborer than four months of idleness, ot occasional work fiy tho day. Many nave mucK deposits so situated thnt they can bo worked this season. Muck- thrown up in summer can bo carted, and the deposits in tho barn cellars enn bo v ""r1""" l"" win eeuars enn uu composted with-manure, from the stable and the sties. Manv imnsovo the leisure to top diess thoir meudows with compost from tho yards, and whrre tho land ties level, nnd is not subject to washing, this U A good practice. It is found by shrewd calculators, that tho labors of the next four months, spent mainly in handling muck, digging, compos! ing, spreading, nnd laying up stores ior summer use, tiro the most profitable of the ye nv Whatever labors aro attended to or neglected cut of doors, rending and reflec tion should be carried on vigorously with in. The most successful farmer nmv, u tho mnn who applies, tho' most of thwqht to bis business. Tho days of routine farming nre numbered, nnd" the man who plods on in tho ways of his fathers, is cer tain to bo distanced. The problem to be solred is, not how to groT crops not even great crops but how to get them economically. We wnni, to get rich by firming, without selling off all the fertil ity of the soil under our feet. A rich farm, giving a generous yield to toil, make3 a rich farmer, whether ho hns much or little stock in tho bank or railroad. Ho may bo sure of dividends when banks fail. We want to study, not only to get greater crops of corn nnd grass, bnt to make tho crops pay for tho labor and manure, nnd leave the soil richer. There nre manifold details of husbandry that require forecast inn roiieciion. ,ow is tho time to lay plans for the coming year, and for tho distnnt future. It is a great work to bring up a long used eoil to its primitive fertil ity, nnd to manage the old homestead so that every acre shall do its best, making us richer while it enrtcbes itself. To solve this problem will tax the invention and quicken the intellect. He who does tbi. will " manago leisuro with a grace," and grow a wiser and better man, and also increnso his wealth. Amt.r. Agriculturist. Ixxock.nt Flirtatiox. A flii t is always innocent. Young ladies who skip about from oho resort to another to engage thr atteutions of young men who nre suscepti ble of beauty, little think of the danger which beset such a course. We say a flirt is al.vays innocent, meaning thereby that she intends herself no harm. Men the majority of them nre not so foolish ns to be deceived in tho character of a youn" lady who goes about indiscriminately' among male acquaintances. They readily perceive that a friendship, if it can so bo called, regulated by flirtation, has no claim upon their honor, and consequently nny ndvanco towards intimacy on their part can only bo faction-?, leading them to taku any advantage when opportunity offers. The record is conclusive upon this point. Criminality lurks bonenth those innocent llirtations, boldly apparent to thosjowhi can comprehend tho unscrupulous nature of loan's passions. Fathers and mother-' who have daughters will do well to giv this subject earnest nttention, nnd so ex ciciso their control that sorrow mny never fall nt their door, on accousitof "inno sent" conduct. The Last of the Atlantic Caulk. Cap lain Kell nnd Mr. Varley, who h.ivo been trying to raise tho American end of th Atlantic cable, found it broken every twn or threo miles, nnd have abandoned tho nttcmpt. The rockoweed nnd animalcule adhering to some of the portions recover ed, prove that there arc rocks at the hot torn, although mud is shown on tho chart?; but even where it came out of the mud. tho outer covering frequently parted whi! it was being hauled in. In sonio place tho iron wives were coated with copper, from veins of that ore in? Trinity Pny, Th -gutta percha nnd the copper wiro were - good ns when laid down, nnd those po, tions of tho cable that were wrapped wiib tarred yarn, wero sound and freo from rust. Ix A Kctsiii.l. The Gelesburg Clfrvtr presents the followingconiprehensiveand ondenscd statement of Kepublieun argu ment tvud principle ; nEiTlll.TCAN AROl'MEXT. II A M I LIS LT BF.Pt'RLirtN HUM OOLX mtNciri.B. II U G BEAK Tho Secret ury of War, in his consmuni catioit to General Harney, in regard b i. : :., i.ns:..n I.,.,.'..!1,;, nil i Ii on cri U rpnsurM ,lim for drying tho order ofGenH1.nl in con,l(temtiou o . - Vfl,llftllIn finrviti- Rml f his high eat i - maticn of bis character as a soldier, li is disposed lo bo light in his censun . General Harney will remain in his forme - porilinn in t iv nrn Live I'o'i IVKF.n if at Ski. Tie. hnrqup An.jnd't Jesse, at Queoustown, r jrfutt (hat. Sept. 'Jtl., ia bit. W 1'., Ion. II picked up a J'onii lo Ji'. ,