A C A If rti' I v. rvvvy--: ' w ' -?C Ti- r : 'lv vv f WX Ilk AX" BY 0. B. GOODLANPEH & CO. FRINC1TLE3, not MEN. ,TEHMS-$i 25 per Annum, if paid in advance N K W 8 F. IU IISVOL.T-NO 32. VOL. XXXI. WIIOLK MO. 1GU. cucAimixn, pa. weonesla., feu. 27, m. r Hi urtk. . s i. v r V H ' 3 II H ' - WE WAKT NO WAR. TplAe Lditort of the Atr I'orA: Ej-prttt: ' TliO following lii.cn nomto mo very applicable t the presort erl.sls, I ond them to you fur lloallon, if'yon llitnk proper. 0. THUS FRKEDOM, AND HOW TO GAIN IT. , BT CnAllLtl MACKAT. We want no flag, no flaunting rag. For liberty to fight; ; We want no llure of murderous guns, t- To struggle for the right. Oar penrpnml swur.N nro ijriitteri words, Tl' mind our battlo plain : We've won such victories heretofore-, J"1 And in v! that! nynin ;,., 'We have no triumphs sprung uf force; They etnin her brightest cause; Tis nut in blood that Liberty f'.' Inscribes her livll laws; i. She writes them on the peoplo's heart, .In language l nr and plain ; ' True thoughts have moved tuo world before, And to they ihall ngnin. We jield to none in earnest love ,0f Freedom'! oouse sublime; ' We Join tho cry, "Fiiatkhnity 1" We keep tho march of Time. And yet wo gr.-.fp ncrr.iko nor spear, ' Our victories to obta!n ; We've won without their aid bofore, And to tee thatl ryiin. We want to aid of barricade, To tbow n front to wrong ; .. We nave a citadel ix truth, More durohl" ni'l strong. 'Calm word j, groat thought;, 'juillaiLinj; faith, Havo never ktriven ia vain; They've won our bnttlen ruanv a time, ' And to they thai! cjain. Peace, prorcn, knowlodgo, trotherhood r 'The Ignorant may eaeer, The bad dor.y ; hut w o ro!y ' '' To EfO their triumph near. Jfo widow's gronns shall load curcuuso, No blobd if brethren slain ; We're w m without tuih aid bofore, . ,t ; Aud to uc ih a 11 ajain. . . i i - '; peoceasthjatio:!. . .i'l LOST A WIFE BY IT." New Yrnr P?y I retuvneJ home from ft Sontht-ni tour, i.rd was silting in rry rpsru-in tL? c-ening, willing to some of my friends, when- ft she cousin of mine cafaj in and laid a small bundlo on my table. It wits a slice of wedding cake, ddne op very nr-Mly in gold edged paper. ' Ab,' said I, 'what have we here?' Wedding calte,' said coz. ' ' Wedding Cike,' said I; 'a generous lice .truly ! Who of my friends have been foolish enough to commit matrimo nii and v.hc.i Jid this melancholy affair lmppen V , ,,' C:tsti.iii3 Eve," returned coz. 1 The card tl:!t firjo n ith 'he cako will ansvvcr your f."sf quebiion ; ' and giving mo an arcli smile as she p ointed to tho card, left the-'rp'om. '' ' IndL-ed, my old chum rnnnied?' said I -to ni titlf, a? I look up the card and read LIr. and Mrs. Georg? Adams.' 11a, lift! who'd hae lltouglit George would likve 'ciuntnitted sti"h an act ! Mr. and ifrs, Gorj6 Ad ms! ha, ha! really, I should like Wseo the fellow, just Id bore hiui a bit,. .'But who is thi lud;-? It. can't be ilia , nor Miss ; they were no favoiitp? of his. Let mo think,' con tinned J, inking out my pencil find put ting on a bit, of paper the names of our fe rnale acquaintances. 1 went on with: 'There's Ellen Ki.e can't be her ; Jane Greencor her ; Mu y Willis nor .her,' until I had wri:teij do" n the names of aboot twenty girls without s;vt!bfying my elf as to the riht one. 'So, then, Ad srus it really married 1' said I to myself. I ft!t d uly l-ojoitv-d lhat it was fo, and I could not help thinking how comfortable it would be to drop in of nn evening ith you know how, reader, I dare say. I was my Udy ,' for I had then serious notions . almost tempted to do violence by kissing of getting p". ricd as you shall hear by. it, hut thinking it. would seem sweeter af-and-rry 'and having sonial titiies. 1 plan-' ter the tremblinc 'Yes.' had beon said. I I ned out, how we would spend our oven ings togethei in plcannt intercourse. I - Uetermh-.od that, his ladv and mv ladv should be the bent f F t. ! H . 1 . 1 M . ATM,. I . Adams tis a s-sUv iu me, and my tvim as a I This was said in such a fone of affection sister to him. In fact, such a picture of that I began to coon over an answer, domestic happiness dill dr.iw up ' which would weaken the ice, and give her co bright and plowing v.ith nil that a hint of w hat was coming. d is delightful did (lie future seem in a mar-1 Yes' I replied, ' I feel wonderfully V lied stn'o-tliiit, I threw try pflpcr one inM,rovej . an(l ;t appears to me,' I con vay. my pen another, jumped ur, anil tinued, ' thero is also an improvement in prepun.: for a vkit to Maria Builer, to your appearnnce you ' r whom I meant to offer my-elt that very; 'But how was you pleased with your , night, nnd get married es soon as th journey ?' interrupting me, while a deli rlaw and ihe minister would let uf. L'av- cate flush passed ovor her. cheeks, ' dia ,ing put on a clean diokey it wan a cold you not meet tvith someSouthern beauty, !itibt, nnd I was in a hurry - I sallied who weaned your heart fro n your native ir fortb)to vi,it my intended. Maria lived place?' at th north c..d fl town with her motU- Here was a fine opening. er-idow lady. While en the way to, No, Maria, home i home, and ever Ji' J"l5. I will make the reader a .little dear. I must confoss, however, that I 1fo'ril',Vned uit'' Maria, n'nd the' relation wi greally pleased with the ladixs of the rjin Ii 1 stood to !ir. I will not praise South, yet I satf 'none that would com- w-iui) although as beautiful a crca-i . i l,t f 0a"n'1 bor w" ' ppc'A of her amiu'ilo !ihi)oition, her Ac complishments, etc. eto. Marin nnd myself had known each oth er from childhood up, and were pretty intimate In our friendship. When I was tweuty-two years of age, I conolnded to take a trip through the States ; nnd as I had been indisposed for some time back", with a losj of appetite, no sleep, etc., I made this my excuse ' I traveled for my health.' 'When I made this declaration, thero was nothing like traveling for health everybody recommended it. Ho I btarled with tho intention of being ab sent a year or more. Traveling, I must say, agreed with nie completely, for at Ihe first stepping place, I made as hearty a nu .d us any of my fellow passenge i s; and when I stopped for the nigl-t, I slept as found as a roach. To tell the truth, I feigned sickness to get atvay from home. The real motive of my departure was, my feelinga toward Maria began tochango ; I nhvayj had a foolish longing to be near her, and a singular feeling of regret when she was awty from homo when I called to spend a social evening ; and then there was a peculiar sensation about mj heart when I saw her engaged closely in con versation with any of my companions, or when she bestowed upon them a smile. In fact I began to feel something more than friendship towards her. I did not let her know the state of my mind, but la'tghcd and frolicked with her as much as ever. My allect.on for her increased daily. Not knowing, however, but that my lore might prove only momentary, and wishing to know whether uhsence would wear it off for it had always been my determination, that when I wedded, it should not be merely a union of h inds but a union of hearts I determined. I without hinting tho object of my journey j to Maria, or even giving her the tlight test reason to nuspect the nature of my j feelings towards her to take the journey, jand if time did not alter my heart when I returned, to offer myself to her. I went on my journey visited all noted places mingled in company as much as possible trifled with the ladies iu tho fashiotia ble way ; still, though surrounded with beauty in every engaging form though flattered and caressed after all, a thought of Maria caused a throb, which nono of the lovely ones around rue cculd create. Her image kept fast hold upon my heart, and wouldn't leave it. Finding, after an absenceof six months, that the complaint that caused me to leave home increased rathei than diminished, I hastened my return, and arrived home on the aforesaid first of January. When I reached Maria's place of abode and began to ascend the steps in front of the house, my heart quailed a little. I bgiii to grow faint hearted, and to think in what manner I should 'pop the ques tion.' I regretted that I had not studied my part before I left honn-. I hesitated as I took hold of the bell kr.ob my breath gretv shorter, and my nerves shook. I was relinquishing my hold with the in tention of taking a short stroll around the square to think over what to say in fact, I got half way down the steps, thinkiuc I would put off my declaration until another time when the thought of! George and his wife, and the pleasant I evenings we should have together, fixed my wavering heart. So, witli renewed de termination, I turned and ran up the steps, opened the door, and proceeded to the parlor As good luck would have it, thero ra Maria on the sofa, all alone, looking as be witching ns an angel. She blushed as she arose ant joyfully extended her hand. I gave it a hearty shake and squeezed it refrained. ' How glad I am that you have return ed,' said sho, and how improved you 1 1.11 pare with the girls ot my own town. As w . 1 'or De)n6WCRnftc Irooa noma, my hoirt Noart of arose. , too strongly bound to tho scenes of my birthplace, and to the friends of my childhood, to f jar that. These are affec tions, my dear Maria, that cling to the hnart, and will not torsaio you, be you where you may, or your situation what it may , Here I stuck for a moment. Thinking if I negleoled to strike now I iknuld pur er gather courago to speak again, I took her willing hand, and, as the moments were precious for I felt my course oozing uwny 1 commenced: ' 1 foci truly happy in finding you alone this evening ; I havo something for your privato car. You will excuse my blunt ness my intention in calling on you this evening, Miss Maria was , Tho door at this moment opened, and my friend Adams walked into the room. I sprang up, nnd, seizing his extended hand gave him a cordial grasp, although from my heart I wished him anywhere else, at that moment, than where ho was. After we were seated we began to talk on com mon topics. Shoitly after, I thanked him for rememlcriug me in the distribu tion of his bridal cake. 'Oh,' said he, ' that was wife's doings; you must thank her for that.' ' Indeed, husband, I knew flot of our friend's return, until yoa told mo of it ' ' Husband ! wife ! ' Gracious heavens ! had a thunderbolt fell at my feet at the moment, I should not have been more as tonished than when 1 heard those words. I started from my seat my brain reeled, and u sudden fuintness came over me. I should have fallen had I not been suppor ted by Maria and George Mr. and Mrs. Adams ! ' My dear friend, what is the matter? ' exclaimed both, as I began to revive. 'Nothing nothing at all,' I replied, ' only a touch of my old complaint a dizzine;s ! ' As I revived, I added, 'with your leave I will retire.' They urged me strongly to stay were fearful I .might have a second attack on the way home, etc. but in vain. When I stood in tho entry, waiting to bid them good night, I trembled like au aspen ; and it was with tho greatest difficulty I made out to utter, ' Mrs. Adams good evening.' It nearly choked me. When I got homo, and within my roomt the first thing I did wa? to throw Maria's wedding.cake into tho fite frosting and all ; and, moreover, I drove a large ten penny nail through the card into the bed post, and then went to bed. I was con fined to my chamber seven days with a fever, at the end of which time I got about nsain. I am now quite reconciled to my fate, and can say ' Mrs. Adams ' without hardly a stammer. Ecader the moral: If you are in love, go instantly and offer yourself. Learn from this the danger of procrastination. fitsTn ore of tho noithern towns of New York resides an old dutchman by tho name of S , whoso son wa? not making tho wisest disposition of the pro perty which lie had received from the old man. At least so thought the anxious parent. How to put a stop to Bill's ex- tiavagarce was the question. After every thing elso had failed, he resolved upon a .lesperate measure. Application was made to the proper authorities, and a Court was appointed to decide upon tho question of Bill's sanity. After the organization of the Court, the old man was the first wit- called to the stand. The following were thfc questions of the counsel, with the answers of the anxious parent: Counsel--How leng, Mr. S , since you first thought your son becoming in. sane? Mr. S. A little over a year. Counsel riease state to the jury what it was that first awakened your suspicion? Mr. S. He jinrd (he mcetin' ! , Counsel Well, Mr. S , what else did you see in his conduct that led you to doubt his sanity ? Mr. S. He gave the minister a had of hay 1 It is needless to say that, nothing else of importance appearing against Bill, he was allowed to return to tho management of his own affairs. JGdA man once applied to be shipped before tho mast. 'Are you nn able seaman or greenhand?' asked tho captain. 'Why no, not an oblo seaman nor a green hand. I have somo know lede of the water.' 'Ever been on a voj age T 'No. 'Well, what then do you know about the sea?' 'Why, I have tended a saw mill !' CaJ Slanders issuing from beautiful 1 ! r c .r. 1 i L-A ftt.i.tnl- 4taml,nv fifn Va ..WD, M V ' IIVUVII VIMUIIIl IIVU1 IMV WAR TEEMS. The Columbiad, or l'aixhon, (pronoun ced pay-zan,) is a large gun, designed principally for firing shells it being lar nioro accurate thnn tho ordinary short mortar. A mortar is a very short cannon, with large bore, of some thirteen inches in di nmcter, for firing shells. Those in use in our army are set at an angle of forty-five degrees, and the range of Ibeshell is varied by altering tbo cliatgo of powder. The shell is caused to explode at just about the tinio that it strikes, by mean of a fuse, the length of which is adjusted to the time of flight to be occupied by the ball, which, of course, corresponds with tho range. The accuracy with which the time of the burning of the fuse can be adjusted by varying its length is surpris ing ; good artillerists generally succeeding in having their shells explode almost at the exact instant of striking. In loading a mortar, the shell is carefully placed with tho fuso directly forward, and wiien the piece is discharged, the shell is so com pletely enveloped in flame, that tlui fuse is nearly always fired. The ltise is made by filling a wooden cylinder with fuse powder, the cylinder being of sufficient length for the longest range, to be cut down shorter for shorter ranges as re quired. A Dahlgren gun" is an ordinary cannon except (hat it is made very thick at Ihe breech for some three or four feet-, when it tapers down sharply to less than the usual sive. This form was adopted in con sequence of the experiments of Captain I'ahlgren, of the United Stales navy, hav ing shown that when a gun bursts, it usu ally gives way at the breech. The Niagara is armed with these guns, and at tho Brooklyn navy yard there are sixty, weigh" ing about 9.W0 pounds each, and six of 1'2,iuO pounds weight, the former of which are capable of carrying a nine inch, and tho latter ft ten inch Ehcll a distance of two or three miles ; and there is one gun of this pattern which weighs 15,910 pounds and is warranted to send an eleven inch shell four miles J A casement is a stone roof to a fort made sufficiently thick to resist the force of cannon balls; and a easement gun is one which is placed under a casement. A barbette gun is one which is placed on the top of the fortification. An embrasure is the hole or opening through which guns are fired from fortifi cations. Loop holes are openings in walls to fire musketry through. Scientific American. A Soft Answer Turneth Away Wrath. The horse of a pious man in Massachu setts happening to stray into the road, a neighbor of the man who owned the horse put him into the pound. Meeting tho owner soon a'.ter he told him what ho he had done, and added " If 1 ever catch him in the road bores after, I'll do so again." " Neighbor," replied the other, " not long since I looked out of my window in the night, and saw your cattle in my mewing ground. I drove them out, and shut them in your yard; I'll do it again. Struck with the reply, tho man libera ted tho horse from tho pound, and paid the charges. 35"' What do you call this?' said Jones tapping his brcaklast lightly with his fork. 'Call it?' snarled the landlord, 'what do vou call it ?' 'Well, really,' said Jones, '1 don't know, it hadn't quite enough hair in it for phis ter, but there's a leetlo to much in it for hash.' BJu"IIow much did yecs ask for thim buttons?" inquired an Irish customer. "Fifteen cents." "I'll give ye thirty-seven." "I didn't sy fifty I said fifteen," re plied the. honest dealer. "Bedad, nn I'll give ten chits, thin," was the prompt reply. ffcTln the tenth century, to eat off the same plate and drink out of the samo cup was considered a mask gallantry, nnd tho best possible understanding be tween a lady and gentleman. CuTUpon the marriage of a MUs Wheat ; Washington, made its report on Thurs of Ya., an editor hoped that her path ' day. It thus concludes : might be flowery and that sho might nev or be thrashed by her husband. fcrWhy is the letter "0" tho most charitable ietter in the alphabet?" Bo., cause it is found oftcner than any other letter in "doing good." ra)r Liberal dealing is belter than alms ! giving, fir it tends to prevent jpauporism which is batter than to relieve it. fcirOn all occasions have in prospect the en J ol life and a future ttate. THE NATIONAL TROUBLES. r. cctume's I'RorosnnN The Committee of the Tcace Conven tion, now in session in Washington, to w hich was referrod nil propositions for a loaipromise of cur National difficulties, agreed, on Wednesday night last, to the plan proposal by lion. Jamos Oulhrio, ol Kentucky. A telegraphic dispatch from Washington states that Mr. Field, one of the N ew York Commissioners, took a strong stand against the Compromise pro posed, and that other delegates from Northern Stales, are exerting themselves most strenuously to defeat it. Still it is hoped by many that the proposition will be agreed to, and the prospects of a set tlement of our national difficulties, on an honorable basis, are therefore considered more promising. Mr. Guthrie's plan in brief is: First The re-estnblishment of the Missouri Compromise lino, with a provision for tin admission of new States into the Union, when they have the requisite population, with or without slavery as their constitu tions shall provide. Second territory shall hereafter bo acquired by the Ur.ited States without the concurrence of a ma jority of the Senators of the States north of Mason and Dixon's line, and nlao a majority S the Senators south of said line; but no treaty by which territory shall be acquired shall be ratified without the three fourths vote of the Senators, as required by the Constitution. Third Forever prohibits Congress from interfer ing with the institution of slavery in any Territory, in the District of Columbia, or in any other place under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United Slates, no:' shall the rights of citizenship ever be con ferred upon persons of African descent. Fourth Hereafter the paragraph of the fourth article of the Constitution shall not be construed to prevent any of the States, by appropriate legislation, and through the action of her judicial and ministerial officers, from enforcing the delivery of fugitives from labor from any other State or Territory of the United States to the person tc w hom such service or labor is due. Fifth The importation of the Afri can race into any State or Territory is forever prohibited. Sixth The first, sec ond, third and fifth articles of these amendments, and the third paragraph of the second section of tho first article of the Constitution, and the third paragraph of the fourth article thereof, shall not bo amended or abolished without tho consent of all the StateB. A CONTEMPLATED OUTRAGE. The Harrisburg J'atriot k Union says ; " Several Yankees arc here, pressing upon the Republican members of the Legisla ture the necessily of putting the State on a war footing. These men are interested in the sale of urms manufactured in Connecticut ! A war is what they want first to sell arms to the South, and then to the North. Yankee Abolitionism may thus be made to pay." The proposition, we observe, was seriously discussed in thellou e few day ago I We expect to see the Republican majority of the Legislature commit all manner of evil, but from this piece of vil lainy they must desist. The State is not in vaded, nor is there danger of invasion or domestic iiuuricctioii. There is, there fore, no authority in tho Legislature to "arm the State;" and as sure as such a bill passes, the bonds upon which money is raised to pay for the arms will never be paid. Notice of this fact will at once be given, and the whole nefarious scheme shall be resisted at every step. Let our Legislators bear in mind that we still jhave an uncorrupted Supreme Court in I tho State, and hence that their unconsti tutional enactments will be but a waste of paper. If the Republicans want arms, let them buy themj themsolves. We think nobody, either North or South, would object to that ; but they shall not squan der the money of the people by such un mitigated nonsense and villainy as lhat of arming the State at tho public expense. Clinton Meritocrat. THE EXPLODED COSSNRACT. Tho special Committee nppoicted to investigate nnd report upon the alleged conspiracy to seize upon the Capital, at "The Committee aro unanimously of tho opinion that the evidence produced before them does not prove the existence of a secret organization here, or elsewhere, hostile to the Government, that has for its object, upon its nrvri responsibility, nn attack upon the Capitol, or anyIherof the putihc property hero, or an interrup tion of any of the functions of the Govern ment." Mr. Branch, of North Carolina, then offered the following resolution : '-That the quartering of troops of the regular army in this I'iitrict around the Capitol, when not necessary for thoir pro tection from a hostile enemy, and during tho aefsions of Congress, in 'impolitic nriri offensive, and if permitted, may become destructive of civil liberty, and in the opinion of this House iho regular troops now in it ought to be forthwith removed therefrom." This resolution was rejected, by ayes 35, nnys I2S. So it is fair to presume that the. Repub licans are determined to keep up a staud ing army r.t Ihe seat of Govern men I, and to enforce the Chicago platform and tho doctrine of the " extinction of slavery" by means of the sword.- I'crnsyh-anian. inn insiour or a wirc-AWAKE. A feiv weeks ago, we published nn an ecdDto of a ycung man in New Haven wiio wis t! icvn out of employment iu consequence of the hard times and who manifested groat anxiety to get into soma sort of business. IIo asked employment of a gentleman of that city, who inquired , if ho had not boon a Wide Aalco. The answer wa, yen. Tho next question ".vas, if ho stiii had his uniform? This w.u al so enewerad aflirmativeiy. Tho gentle. man then offered him a dollar a day 30 long as he would wear the uniform. He accepted the oli'-r and has made it his business ever since to appear in his Wide Awake habiliments. The Wide Awake fraternity remonstrated with him about it, and he thus justified himself: "I carried this thing around, day after day, during the campaign, and made no thing, but Tost considerable by it. If it was honorable then, it is equally so now; and it is giving mo the means -by which I can pay my board and washing. You attend to your business, and I will to mine ; but if you fion't like my style, fur nish me better employment, and I will lay down my torch and throw awav my rig." We doubt not there are hundreds of young mechanics in this town who during the heat of the late campaign, wasted time nnd money with the Wide Awakes, who would now jump at the opportunity of earning a dollar a day by parading through the principal streets in their uniforms. Kcw Haven Xcws. ANDREW JACKSO". Some people who once abused Andrew Jackson without stint now say they wish he was President, that he might crush out secession, hang nullifiors, burn Char leston, &c, &c. They forget that South Carolina rebellion in ISGOiavery differ ent from that of 1832. Then a largo por tion of the most prominent citizens oF South Carolina were openly adverse to resistance, now they arc united to a man. Then the surrounding Stales withdrew countenance from South Carolina, now they yield her warm sympathy and sup port. It is an easy matter to dictate or censure when clear of responsibility. If General Jackson was in the Presidential chair, we doubt not the Lincolnite AbolU tionists would hear from him, and wish him dead. We honor tho memory ol Jackson ; he gallantly braved the storm of vituperation to uphold Democracy, and saved the country when the anti-demo-cratic idol w as tho flowing locks of Biddle, sealed on a golden pedestal of thirty-five millions, and which has now been trans formed into a wolly headed negro, astride a rail, holding in one hand "Helper's Im pending Crisis," and in the other a like ness of "dear o'd John Brown." Jackson was too pure a patriot to worship at ei ther of those Shrines. He whs a Demo crat 1 Mt. Holly Mirror. TOO OOOD TO BE LOST. Governor Andrew, ot Massachusetts, is in hot water about his military order in. tended to menace the South. Amig many letters of remonstrance from pn'ri olic military men in the State, is one fi m Captain Charles II. Manning, of the Sal 'in Artillery. Ho says: " They, the S;ib m Light Artillery, are now filled with nst'r." ishment at the alacrity with which Massa chusetts oilers her services in th work of war against her brethren. That she, who swept on by political rancor, proposed tc shut up her arsenals and her st&re-housos, and bury every military ensign in tho dusty seclusion of deserted armories, while a foreign foe was sweeping our seas, de strojing our towns, and devastating our fields j that Bhe should now rush to arms against those of her fellow;citizons who. ask for a position equal with her own under the Confederation, is as strangaand unnatural as that national madness which vents itself in tho horrors of civil strifs, That shewliD denounced nnd defied the Union while it was in Iho hands of foe? political opponents, thould now be eager to fight for its preservation, is somewhal significant." tvA man may be called povortl. stricken when he is knocked down j a
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