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CUCAIU I KL1), WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 0, IT.G2.
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ETTER FROM THE SEAT OF WAR
Ham tit i k f. ro., Va., July IS, lst51.
Dear friends. It is with tho greatest
rasure that I soul myself to writo iv few
Inestoyou. I rccuivod two letters ltust
Split, oii'l I must answer tliem both at
M.I t 1.1
(ice. uno ot them was lrom J. annum
her from W. When I last wroto I toKl
bu tliatl would not write again until af-
h- 1 had been in a tight ; hut it is nil non-
bnso talking about that. A o eunrot gel
fight out of them. Our fellows look Wic
Lvn named New Creek .Station, and tho
he Is worn going to tuko il hack. We
Lie ahout two and a half miles from the
nvn when the news came, and they call
,1 on the Cadets to go forward ut once
M( ynu may be suro tliat pleased us first
Mtu. 'e got ready and started and met
aincs M. Welch who told m to hurry,
Mul we went on a double quick for about
collides. Wo were all running and the
;'niHin said that no man must flinch now.
V on had hotter think there was a boy
('.out my size felt for fight. Wo ran into
1, tun and the women ami children wore
nil at n little house at the river bide, in
tln cellar. We crossed the liver on u fish
dun, and saw tlio citizens climbing up tlio
Miks on the hill. 1 thought that looked
liko light. Wo stopped in the town and
the Colonel went to find a place for us to
! t'av. Some of our men were breaking
f (l.uvii the brush between them and the
F fn:id. This looked ominous. When the
' Colonel returned we were marched up the
! ciock about a quarter of a mile, und to a
' church standing on a nob, ir. a nico grove
en. 1 a valley all round us, presenting a
tVautiftil view oT the country. Six of the
ttoiiUi-l men wore taken for guard duty.
The lost of our company were qtiprtered
in the church, I was onguaid, ami sta
tioned at a rebel's house, and told to let
li o person cither into or out of it. That
M.s to keep the news from getting out. J
w;n concealed from view. Well, Hie old ;
Scrosh wanted out, but 1 told him what' the South, kill ell' the traitors theie, send
the consequence would be if he -'id not be enough yanke s down to populate those
,, , ' ....ISUtos, unit drive ,!.. r incurs to !.
till. 1 kept my ear cocked tor h.m. I be . u)(, v,M lho Clik.n0 Platform
women were much seMcd, and toll n tha fiipreiiie l:uv of the land." This is no
lie was a good Union man. 1 said, "in a prevni ieation, Messrs. Editors, but tlio
pig's eye ho is a Union man." They wan
led me to take something to eat, but 1
told them 1 had plenty to eat in my liav
eismk, an 1 I guess they thought I was
older than 1 looked to be,
We wailed for
the rebels to come and take us, but they
did not come. We were on the lookout
11 night, and in the morning about day-';
light we formed a, ranks, the Captain toll-
,c i i ., i ,
ing us that '.he town was to bo attacked
nd that this was the time they expected
It r.ii. i-. ivnn nn enme
then started for Komney. I was on guard
l the baggage wagon. After going tLout
five miles the news met us that the town
. . - . .
Was burnt and ttio tort in possession oi uio :
Union troops
Wo were again cut out of
' fight, and had to turn back. Yesterday
tie Capt. and W. llchnn were out looking
rnmiil i. ii.l saw- ft ai.Tiiiil of rebels ihillili!?!
ID a field about thiee hundred roods from
Jt , , I
them though and,
them. The rebels saw
. ran liko the d 1. The Captair. came and
got a squad and went after them but Ihcy
could not bo found an place. J
j Our guns are the old
musket, but we will got rifles after while.
We started off in such a hurry that we
could not get rifles. A havelock is some
thing liko a bonnet, fixed on our caps to
keep the sun off our necks. It is a nice
thing. I am glad to hear that your corn
..-fa growing so well, and that your spring
: wheat is so good. 1 want you to have the
c new house icady for that dance we are to
' havointho fall. I think that I will be
homo this fall. Yesterday I was thinking
Hbout homo, and I thought I would give
11 1 was worth to get a letter from you or
from V. You would not know how glad
I was when 1'illy 0. gave me those two
letters. I toro them open and rr.id them
pretty quick, and then I was not satisfied
nd read them over again to see if 1 could
get something e.so out of them. They
' were not half long enough for mo. I
would like to got a Tetter from you about
throo sheets full. 1 am coming to tho end
of the i heei ; but 1 am not half Uono wri
ting. O, what a blessing that 1 can write
to let you know that 1 am well. Good
bye, for this time. H. S. C.
iCou Frank Sikoei., who so gallantly
hd tho United States forces against tho
, Xissouiiatis at Carthage, is about thirty
ven years of ago. II e is a native of l!a
den. und wns graduated at tho military
Mhool at Cnrlsruhe. Ho entered the rae-
uhirarniy of Radon, and was advanced to
i ............ . to-, it-
Uio post ol t hief Adjutant in i? r mi
. yrapathio with the first revolution in
aouiliern Germany, lost lum ins commits-wt-
He was appointed general-in-chiel
I in the beginning of tho second revolu-
tn, May, If 18. and led tho forlorn hope
I tho liberal party with great energy and
eal. Ho catuo to America in l,'iO. was a
' professor in Dr. Dulon's academy, and
married Mr. Dulon's daughter. Ho ro-
i ceivod a cill to a professorship in St. Lou-
! Ji whero h'. soon became distinguished by ,
, hia great military talents.
For tlu Hrputilioftii.
Bii.u.v tp. July 2'.", ISO.
On Saturday last our vitiligo was visited
by a set of tho most God forsaken ruflians
from Keynoldsville, Jellerson county, it
was ever my lot to see; and what was
worse, they camo hero with uniforms on
said to imitate tho dress uniform ot the
army, but which really looked more like u
squad of Sir John FalslaH 's men, with,
from all appearances, even less than half
a shirt to tho whole regiment. Their
coats profusely decorated with yellow cot
ton taie, ar.d niado out Kentucky joan,
mounted with heavy brass buttons, evi
dently got up for this grand display to!
our plain citizens were intensely admired'
by this economy-loving community, while I
their horses looked as il they had been ;
hired from sonic veterinary establishment j
representirg all the shades ot diseases in-,
cident to l oi sellesh from pole-evil to ring
Lone. In short, they were tho most shub
bily oui-at the-elbow and graceless set of j
ragamuffins imaginable.
When they alighted their spokesman, a
certain Orlando (but by these chaps called
Captain) Cray, announced, in blasphem-
ous language that they had come to soo !
whether all reports of 0 d d d traitors
and secessions said to abound in Clearfield '
county were true, and if they were they
would hang every (mother compound1
oath) one of them, when they werepo-,
litrely told by Mr. Andrew I'cntz, jr., to j
bring on their rope and other fixings ac
cessary to carry out tho decrees of Abra
ham, which, however, were not then forth
coming. The valiant captain then pitch-,
ed into Dr. I'.oyer in hard language, necu
ting him of disloyalty to the Union ; but
soon learned to his great chagrin that he
had caught a taitar, and while the Doctor
quietly but seveiely unfolded to him the
designs of the I'.lack l.'opublictn party,
the drunken captain, as his rage would
permit him to talk, uttered curses and
imprecations against the Democratic par-,
ty, James iluchaiian, and especially t tie
citizens ot Clearfield county. On being
told, however, that the people of this
county could not be insulted by a ruiliiati
and a blackguard, ho stopped his blas
phemous ravings; and finding that his
bti reolyped argument wouht avail him
nothing, and completely driven to the
wall, he replied to a (pieslioii how they
proposed to maintain the Union by war?
ti,.lt Lincoln was determined to wine out
simple statement as uttered by tho leader
of the nitliaii band tioni eiierson coumv.
Alter dinner a rope wiei taken up to Mi.
deed's tavern and oileied to the Captain
for the purpose of hanging those he threat-
10 ,;a"fr'- in'- poiifiy asu.u
. 1. ..... f .... . U ni.im.l cil'l'V I Weir lujinba.i-
; Uc .lj:.(s i)t0 c.xt,oulion. p,ut lo. the
tcmpeut in a teapot had given way to a
polled calm, and whether a hasty dinner
"'n'Vn'Ibnnd nice
'patriotism ivanuluctured by an abundance
1 f vvlljskpyi md just then run out, 1 am
linilble to say ; but there certainly was a
dim oe C Oil l ie W1IOIC puny ; hum n.
stead of staying to complete the object of
their visit here, which was, I believe, to
recruit men for a company at Keynolds
ville. thev ouietlv left their paper and
, , -1 , .l .lltllt
mane a nasiy reireni m-iu.
Wrongly mipressca w, n inc oeue. u..u ..
I UC 11. IZl IIS Ul 111 in iiinu wv
to express their honoht sentiments con-
corning mo (.i.icago iiauoiui, numuum
Lincoln and his liolicv and designs, they
Klo not lack tho courage to defend their
rights against a set ol lowdies lrom hey-,
n-klsvill(? Somo of lheir ivionds, no
doubt, gave them to understand that an
apology for their conduct would be need
ed, and nono of them being possessed of
sufficient decency to make an upology ress
iK.cii.l.le iliev wiselv concluded that dis
cretion wis the better part of valor, and
consequent!) retreated tovtuds Keynolds
ville, if not wiser ut least sober men.
Yours, UNION.
The Hiciiit sort of liti.nuoN. We want
a religion that goes into tho family, and
keeps tho husband from being spiteful
when the dinner is late, and keeps tho
dinner from being late keeps tho wife
from fretting when the husband treaks the
newly washed floor with his muddy boots,
and makes tho husband mindful of tho
scraper and tho door mat ; keeps the mo
ther patient w hen tho baby is cross, and
keeps the baby pleasant ; amuses the chil
dren as well as instruct them; wins as
well as governs ; projects tho honey moon
into the harvest moon, ana makes tho
happy hours liko tho eastern fig tieo,
bearing in its bosom at once the beauty of
the tender blossom, ar.d the glory of the
ripened fruit. We want a religion that
beats heavily, not on the ' exceeding sin
fulness of sin" but on the exceeding ras
cality of licing and stealing j a religion
lhat banishes small measures fiom the
counters, small baskets from tho stalls,
pebbles from the cot'.ou bags, clay from
paper, sand from sugar, chickory from
coffee, otter from butter, beet juice from
vinegar, alum from bread, strychnine from
ine, water from milkcans, and buttons
lrom the contribution box. The religion
that is to save tho world, will not put all
the big straw berries at Ihe top, and all the
bad ones at tho bottom. It will not offer
moro baskets of foreign wines, than the
vinoyardsjevcr produced bottles, and more
barrels of Gcnoico flour than all tho wheat
fields of Nuw York grow, nndfll her mills
grind. It will not make one-half a pair
of shoes of good leather and tho other of
poor leather, so thul the first shall re
dound to the maker's credit, mid the so
cond to his cash. It will not put Gon
vin's Btamp on Jenkin's kid gloves, nor
make- Paris Itonncts in the back room of a
Boston milliuer's suop, nor lot a piccn of
velvet that proleascs to measure twclv
yards, como to an untimely end in the
tenth, or a spool of sew ing silk lhatvoucli
es for twenty yards, be nipped in the bud
at fourteen and a half, nor tho cotton
thread spool breaK to the yard stick fifty
of the two hundred yurda of promise that
was given to the eyo, nor ynrd-wido cloth
measureless than thirty-six inches from
selvedgo to selvedge, nor all-wool dehiinos
and ulMincn handkerchiefs bo amalgaiu
ized with clandestine cotton, nor coats
made of wollen rags pressed together, be
sold to tho unsuspecting public for legal
broadcloth. It does not put bricks at tivo
dollars per thousand into chimneys it
contracted to build of seven dollar mate
rials, nor -smuggle white pine floors that
have paid for hard pine, nor leave yawns
ing cracks in closets whero boards ought
to join, nor daub soilings that ought to bo
snnothly plastered, nor make window
blinds of slats that cannot stand the wind,
and paint that cannot stand the sun, and
fastenings that maybe looked at but nro
on no account to lie touched. The reli
gion that is to sanctify the world, pays its
debts. It does not consider that forty
cents returned for ono hundred given, is
according to the gospel, though it. may bo
according to law. It looks inon a man
who has failed in trade, and who contin
ues to live in luxury, as a thief. It looks
upon a man who promises to pay fifty dol
lars on demand with interest, and who
neglects to pay it on demand, with or
without interest, as a liar. Conjrctionil
Fanny F:un ox Sdn.s-in-law.
l'anny l'ern. (Mrs. Tartou,) having lost
her eldest daughter in marriage, makes
the following reflections, by l.er rather
significant When sho penned them
"Doesticks" (Mr. Thompson,) hud proba
bly just declined his intentions:
How any young f.-llow can have tho
face to walk into your family und deliber
ately a.-k for one of youi daughters, sur
prises me. That il is done every day
does not lesson my astonishment at the
sublime impudence of tho thing. There
you have been, eighteen or twenty years
of her life, combing her hair and washing
her face for him ! It is lucky the thought
Lnfi-. elfil-nj Kiil I' I i I I a fl-ill lif '. il l-'W-. I
that this is to be the end of all. What if
. . . . .
vou wore married yourselt 7 Hint is no rea-
son why she should be witched awav into
n separate establishment just asyou begin
to jean ui'on her, "I'd foc-l j-.ouj .' liur ;
or, at least, it stands to reason tliat alter
you have .voniod her through the uim
"les, tho chicken-pox, scarlet fever and
tho hooping cough, and had her properly
baptized and vaccinated, this young man
might give you a khort breathing time be
fore she goes. II-seems to be of a differ
ent opinion ; ht not only insists upon ta
king her, but upon taking her iiimicdia'e
lv, if imt sooner. He bilks well about it
very w ell : you have no oly'eclion to him,
not the least in tho world, except when
the worlds full of girls, why couldn't ho
fix his eye upon tho daughter of some
body eh of There arc some parents who
are glad to get rid of their daughters.
lllue 'eyes are as plentiful us berries; why
need it be this particular pair? Dont ho
have meat.and biead.and clothes enough,
to s.av nothing of love? What is the use
of a certainty for an uncertainty for an
u ice. tuintv, when that certainty is a
i i.. . r,.i
J
icr, and vou can never have but cue? , w 1 111 l ,D "
, H all these questions to her, and they thirst anu then the people will be
i the uciness to ask if that is the Kcve tliat they have a . tight to say i he h-
1 1 V 1 1 1 1 1 uim j
You
l"c,IMl,,tt ' r ;,r :"I
. i. i.
o, -. You disdain to answer, or course;
I l mean dodnin i of tho question. F.ut
she ... round vou. for all that; and so
does he too, though you try your best not
to like him ; and a ith a "well if 1 must, 1
must," you just order her wedding clothes, I
muttering lo yourself the while, Dear dear,
what soit of a list will that child make at
the head of a house ? How will sho ever ,
know what to do in this, that, or tho oth- !
cr emergency ! she who is calling on moth-
j, . t v limes a claw io seiwu uui . 11.11.1.
.. . .. - , j ... ......
-jtra
away by lij.s that, alas! may bedust.when
the baptism and womanhood comes upon
her."
Major GeneralPattfrsos. MajoiGen.
Hobert Patterson was born in Ireland in
17V2, and emigrated to this country when
S : lh;l 'i :
education, and early manifested military
inclinations. After graduating at college,
aliens. vusr iiiaiiuauiii: ill. uuiii.-fsi.-,
, appointed First Lieutenant in the
iegiment or regular U. S. Infantry ;
nil. 113. he was transferred to the
he nas
2'Jd l!eg
.7Jd Infantry appointed Assistant Depu-1 culiarly npi-ropnate among mo men oois
v Ouarteru aUcV-GeneraMwith the rank of a l!epuhl.c, as one common fan 1 ly -of
c.1 ai...)January, 1S13, and Captain- Compromises have this recnue..da m
h -line IS t, and thereupon relinquished I that if you concede anything you 1 av e
rank in the staff. He retired from the something conceded you in tu. l iea
ar nv in the sa-.no vear, upon the disband- tics are conipromisea
M .egitnent. ile sublquently follow, powers con rary to wha t done in . c..s
ed the profession of the law in his adopt- , i" l"ls. . ;".,. ,n vrillP n r
ed ci.yland for man, ; jr-"-" -n"ccj; I u o o Z
ed with tho military of 11 nlndo lpi- In X"'lUl anity, bove its weakness, its
1, 7, he wa, appointed , f o o hum. i, .f
ill AV 11, 1 -l J, " Lia.isiuiiv.il J l.J'J
volunteers, niiu riuc.cu lW f..y.v,
assumed command ot ins utv imoo. ..
n...;.,r.1., nn.mrrnA ill 1 1... RIP'TA of Vcr.lCrUZ.
i.... .lfwi,, rir,vnr.i l.u Leah b failed.
and he returned to tho United States, and
was therefore unable tj tuko part in tho
well-contested battles in tlio upcr part
of Mexico, and which crowned tho Amor-
icon arms with glory and conquered peace.
. . -
KTA Scotchman asked an Inshman.
why half-farthings weio coined in J-ng';
land. The answer was. "To cive Scotch-i
meu a chance
U btituuoiu."
to subscribe to cL
Compromise.
So.no of our military editors arc becom
ing io tiereo for blood, nays tho 1'olicc tin:
rttr, that they nro actually noiug stark
mad for fear that a patriot may ariso in
tho' and w ho will discover a method of
rccoiciling tho nation, and restoring the
fraternal bonds that have been broken,
without tho necessity of piling up thous
and!! of slaughtered human beings on the
field of Wattle, One of them goes so fat
as to assort, that any man who dares to
profoso a compromise of any kind, will
seal his political death.
Well, wo have no political deatli to
seal, so tint wo uhnll escape- and trying
the terrible doom that must of necessity
fall on tho head of some other, and there
fore wo have no personal tear on that
score. And again, wo are free from the
effects of lho anathema, for the reason
lhat we have no compromise to propose,
oilier than that provided for by the Con
stitution and the laws, and to them wo
expect always to adhere. It may be pos
sible that some ablei and wiser head can
discover a way by which the tlovernment
(like our merciful Creator did with fallen
and rebellious man) can be just, and yet
the juslifier of those who have committed
such grievous wrongs ajjainst soc iety and
government. -Nebuchadnezzar, who was
u more powerful man than any of oui
military editors, issued a decree that no
person in his dominions should pray to
the living God, for the space ot thirty
days, unuer tliii-penalty of death. Vela
Daniel was found, who had more respect
for his God than the edicts of tho King,
and he refused obedience to the decree
j anj jn consequence thereof was cast into
the lions' den. The God w hom Daniel
worshipped sealed tho mouth of the lions,
and he walked around ite den as safely
as if he had been in tho king's palace-
Our military editors wculd do well to read
this little story, and team wisdom there
from. For a man to sit in his sanctum, ;ind
fulinina;c his bull of excommunication
against every one who docs not oU'v his
behests, or who d.ncs to exercise the part
ol a liicmaii, and the rights inherent to
his political condition, is supremely ridic
uhiiis ; and if he is vain i lMiigh to t-up-tiosu
that he can thereby deter other men
from doing what they consider right und
ijust, we can only say tliat lie is an eligible
, i i. i I..
cauumaiu iur me iu.i.u.o .-. .u..,
e think that the true couiso lor too
Government to pursue is, to carry on the
war vigoronslv und onert'etically. and "l
t.iii& in u single iiiciaiiio necessary to
, the successful indication of the law.--
Nevertheless, if any man can suggest a
method for the settlement of the whole
'dillioulty with honor to tho Government,
j and that will insure tho integrity of the
! country, and restore the fraternal rela
j tions of the people, ho will not only be
I gladly heard, but instead of sealing his
i political death, ho will be elevated to the
1 dignity of a savior of his country, and his
I name and memory will be :evered as long
as a freeman lives to treasure it up in his
I heai t.
I We would suggest to these gentlemen
I who are so afraid that human gore will
1 not be poured out to stain the land, away
'by which they can give uioro force to
j their counsels, and entitle themselves to
bo heard bv the nccple cn masse. Let
tliem cxci.ange me pen lor me r.ne, u.,u
'join themscves o the army, ami meet on
the tented field the men tor whoso blood
I .1 f . I - ' Ll - 1
or the thing Vl.all be settled without a
hght cr not. Otherwise it will be , though
tlut they are only vahant when other men
t.gl.t their battles, and
thev are them
selves at a convenient distance from can
non balls and min.e bullets.
To such persons who object to a com
promise, and assert that all who would de
sire it now are traitors to the Government
at heart, we commend the following from
Henry Clay's remarks made in the Senate
of tho United States, on the Mh of April,
1,-MU. IiaLl 11113 llUiOUI.a ?, i.v v. .w
. . . . , , . r
but that is no reason why a compromise
should bo attempted to bo made. 1 go
for honorable compromise whenever it
cr.n be ma.ki. Life itself is but a compro
mise, between death and life the struggle
continuing throughout our whole exist
ence, until the gre.it Dostroyer finally tri
umphs. AH legislation, an goveiuuieiii-,
iH -iety is formed upon the pinciple of
tual n' KZ Ulti
courtesy ; . -.v.,... . e
I -- j , , , .1
I Low to you to clay because you bo to
1 me. You are respectful to mo because I
'am respectful to you. Compromise is pe-
.. . il, ,..r,,lrj
- M novcp coin.,rouljsc lml
- r , . . ,nvn ,j.a friliiLiea
let no - ,. .
I of our common
naturo uisutnn compro-
miso.
j j-Kxtra Billy Smith, of Virginia.says,
1 (i.. i,o "snuffs victory in the breezo. And
enly A. Wise snutl's victory in the
ijrc,t,z(j too. What would Virginia tako
for that pair of snutlers ?
..j UlIuk j havo gecn you l)efore
ljero," biiid a swell to a btrunger
,lin i.0 met tho other day. "Very likc-
a; liable ly," was the reply, "1 was formerly keep
' cr of the Penitentiary."
Tribute to Woman.
Ladies ! I know that politics are somo
w hatuuinteresting t3you,yet 1 believe you
have in tho goncial result unabiding in
terest. It is always a gratification tome
to behold my fair countrywomen in assem
blages like this. It is a guarantee that
their husbands and fathers and brothers
are men of intelligence und refinement,
who appreciate their mental capacities,
and desire their cotintenaneo in their un
dertakings. Your presence exercises a
calming influence upon thouA antagon
isms lhatp.ro too often engendered in the
heat of political contests. All parties do
siio your approving smile, and therefore
all our encouragement by your presence
and by your smiles. I. know, that, in
the direct administration of political af
fairs, you have no sli ic ; but yet reign
in", s J'ou (1 supremo in the empire of
love vour influence often controls the
destiny of nations. Woman's love is the
great lever which rouses man to action.
The general, as ho plans tho strategetie
combinations which are to ensure victory,
looks forward to a recompense dearer
than the laurels upon his brow ; the soldier
as he trudges along on tho weary march,
or mingles in the scones of the battle
field, even with death around him, forgets
awhile tho carnage, and turns his thoughts
to the "fond girl he left behind him;"
the mariner, tempest tossed, driven by
the rude waves, sings merrily aloft s ho
thinks of the cottage by the 'shoro, whero
his wife and dear ones await him ' the
statemum, as ho devises, amid deep
painful thoughts, plans ot government,
which aro to tell upon his own and his
country's fame, never loso3 sight ofthe
joys which nwait him when c.ibinct coun
cils are over, and ho enters the portals of
home : the sentinel, as he paces his watch,
loves the moonlight tramp that ho may
look beneath its rays at the dear memen
to of a mother's or a sifter's ljvo. Over
man in all his relationships, the influence
of woman hangs like a charm. Deprive
us of vour inlluene?! which dignifies and
simulates us to noble deeds, and wo be
come worse than barbarians. Let it be
ours, end we can brave tho caiman's.
mouth, or face danger in ten thousand
form. You stimulate us to all that is
good. You check us in ignoble purpo
ses. You hovealsoan important influence
upon posterity. 'The early impressions
which the chiid receives from you, out
lives all the wisdom of later days. Sages
may reason, and philosopher may U nci.
but .n!n -..I.:.,!, w . l..-l ,'n mft.).
will overcome to our ears, bearing a mo;h-
er scouncei. continue to msui into your
children, virtue and patriotism. Imbue
them with proper veneration for the f.uh-
n . . . 1 II ...... . ,
ers ol liberty. iA'aiu iiiein io love tueir
country, and to labor for iu good as the
great aim of their ambition. Hi J them
proudly maintain our institutions, i'oint
them to tho deeds of their ancestors.
Make thoso their escutcheon, and bid
them to hand it down to their children
as free from stain as it came to tliem.
Do this, ladies, and your influence will
not be lost in lho future. I n the language
of the poet it will be said:
"IVnmiin la lovely to the sight,
Af pontic as tlio dons ol even,
Ab brigl'l as raornin;'8 earliest lij;ht,
And fpotless as tho snows of heaven."
. S'ii JJouilon,
Stimci.ants. The louisvillo Juurml
beautifully says : There arc times when
the pulse lies low in the bosom a"' beats
slow in the veins ; Alien the spirit sleeps
tho sleep, apparently, that knows no wa
king in its houso of clay, and the. window
shutters are closed, and the door hung
with the invisible crape of melancholy;
when we wish the golden sunshine pitchy
darkness, and very willing to fancy "clouds
where no clouds be." This is a state of
sickness when physic may bo throivn io
the doge, fr wo will havo not.e of it.
What shall raise tho sleeping Lazarus?
What shall mako the heart beat music
again, ar.d the pulses dance to it through
all the myriad thronged halls in our Louso
of life? What shall make the sun kiss the
eastern hills again ! :r us, with all hi own
awaking gladness, and tlio night overflow
with "moonlight, music, love, and flow,,
ors ?" Love itself is the great stimulant
tho most intoxicating 6f all and performs
all these miracles ; but it is a miracle it
self, and it is not at tho drug store, what
ever they say. T he counterfeit is in tho
market, but tho winged god is not a mo
ney changer, we assure vou.
Men have tried many things, but still
they ask for stimulants. Tin stimulants
we use, but require the uso of more Men
try to drown tho floating dead of their
I own souls in tho wine c up, but tho corps
I os will ri-o. We see their faces in the bub
j bios. Tho intoxication, of drink seta tho
; worid whirling again, and the pulse play
I ing wildest music, and the thought gnl
: loping, but the fast clock runs down soon-
or, and the unnatural stimulation only
leaves tho house it tills with wildest rev
1 elry, more silent, more sad, more deserted,
I more dead.
There i only ono stimulant that never
! fails and never intoxicates duty. Duty
I puts a blue sky over every mnn ; up in his
I heart maybe into which the skylark, hop-
piness, always goes singing.
! 3"A young lady in company, who
1. n . I l.i.nt. .'UcViinrf I'm- fftn ttl i mi.li t a" veirw
unsuccessfullv, was surprised by the young
JiOI. in lit. .. ..fiv rim uuai.it iiiri nilllllull-
I atelv putting his arm around her neck
and kissing her. Filled with indignation,
i khe angrily demanded why sho was thus
1 insulted. ' My dear lady," replied the
young man, gasping with excitement, "I
hopo 1 hive not oflciided you. Iteally, I
I supposed that those who jishrd for com
! j-liuicnls would not object to taking them
Ul iS-iuh!.s.''
PaTTho cabin passago from Quebec to
Liverpool, by tho 3reat Kaalcru, is only
sixty-five dollars.
Peace ! Teace !
How very true it is, that ''blessings
brighten as they tako their flight." Wa
do not venture an assertion beyond lho
ready acceptance of every thinking mind,
when wo say, that whatever may bo the
partisan or sectional animosities awakon
ed in tho presont strife, nineteen-twon-tirths
of tho people of all sections and of
nil parties sigli tor peace, i'eaee. lovely
peace, a thousand tunes more beautiful
and precious when set round with the
grim frame work of war, than when sho
reigned undisturbed i.hrought the land.
We are and have ever ben for peace
pace at any sacu'ioo but honor. Thoro
can be no good thing come out of this war.
It involves tho destruction of our present
form of government, and ils immeasura
ble evils will engage and disgu't the at
tention of mankind for generations to
come. When tho laud is filled tvitli wid
ows and orphans, w hen our homes aro
draped in mourning, and the broad bosom
of our beloved land has boon seamed with
the ploughshare of ruin, then we will make
peace tho peace of dessolation, When
the vain effort of conquering millions of
freemen has been tried end failed, when
the seeds of hereditary anil unquenchable
hatred havo ripened to their bitter fruit,
then efforts will be made lor peace. Why
not mako thoso efforts now before all
those tremendous eflbrts have boen borne ?
Is there no voice potent enough to speak
peace to the raging eloments? Wouid
that the very thunders of the Almighty
should pioclaim from tho mountains to
the sens, "Peace ! be Hlil."llichmoui,
lu., Di'iKilch.
Wrsr Point GuAui:ATt;s. The official
register of graduates from United States
Military Aca lamy furnishes tho following
particulars concerning individuals who
have become conspicuous in tho progross
in the rebellion :
Joseph K. F. Mansfield of conn., gradu
ted in 122, second iu rank in a class of
I".
Kobert Anderson of Ky., in 1825, fif
teenth in a class of .'!7.
Samuel V. lleintzloman of Tn., 182(5,
Jellerson Davis of Miss., in li28, twon
tv third in a class of
Kobert E. Lee of Va., in 1820, socond in
of class of 40.
John 1!. Magrudcr of Va., 1830, fir,
teontli in a c lass of 42.
William II. Emory of Md., in 1831, four
teenth in a class of e3.
Montgomery Blair, ofD. C, Ib3o, eigh
teentii in a class of oo.
llraxton liriuj g of N. C, in 1837, fourth
in a class of 50.
Peter T. G. Beauregard of Le 1838,
second in a class of 4').
t Wm. .1 Hardee of Ga., 1838, twonty
si.xth in a class of 45.
Thomas J. Kodman of Indiana, in
1841, seventh in a class of 52.
Nathaniel Lyon of Conn., in 1841, elcv
en tit in a class ofii2.
Abner Doubledty of N. Y., in 1812,
twenty-fourth in a class of !'.
The ii:ctivir's Cuatechism. Q.
How would you form your men to meet
the enemy ?
A. On tho square.
Q. What in your opinion, is tho most
uselul movement in the aouuvo tactics;
A. Kunning.
(2- What time would you choose for
marching through a hostile country?
A. 1 imc ol peaco.
! 0.. How would you get supplies aod
I ... : .. i i t
siuros in a uusiuu cuuiuiy
A. Annex 'em.
i. What would you use for broakiug
the ranks of tho enemy 'I
A. Mortals.
l. How would you measure firearms?
A. By tho barrel.
' t-i. At tho close of tho engagement, if
! tho enemy asked you to treat, what would
' you do ?
1 A. Mako him stand tho shot.
! What troops should follow cavalry
1 on a retreat ?
I A. The enemy.
j (l- If the drums beat to arms and your
'men refused to leave their quarters, what
would you think of their intent '!
' A. I should think thr,so in -tent wera
1 mutinous.
t- What would you do if tho enemy
' surrounded you in overw helming lbrco,
and all retreat cut off?
A. Fight liko thunder.
FlFTtKN TO Tw'KNTY FEKT F S.NOW.
A letter datod Gorham, N. II., July 15th,
speaks of the discovery of snow in tho
Tuekerman Kaviue as follows :
In visiting Tuckerinan's Kavinn, the
snow was found to be from 15 to 20 feet
in depth, its melting on the upper end
furnishing a most beautiful vaiioty of cts-
I cades, whose waters in their fall sparkled
i;l .iu. .,,-,.,.: .i. a. .... i
IIIVO til 1 .1 Vlll.3 .11 ll.U DU1J. .IIUUI.U Mil'.!
just above the ravine may bo oounted
thirty distinct patches of sdow, somo of
largo size, which, although exposed to the
direct rays of the sun for near ten hours,
aro btill left as testimonies to the awful
depths of enow thrown there during tho
winter. As the enow is thawing away,
vegetation is seen just starting, a the
snowdrops and other flowers and plants
do in the vicinity of Boston the last of
March or the first of April.
No Cotton to he SmrrKD. AVe
publish to d iy a card signed by every
cotton factor of New Orleans, recommen
ding the planters not to ship a l.nlo of
cotton to New Orleans until the blockada
is fully and entirely abandoned. Tha
g.-ntlemen who sign this cord are all men
of their word, who menu precisely what
they say, and who cor.tiol the ono half
the cotton product of the Unite:l States.
Their recommendation will be carried out
by tho planters to a man. N. 0. Crcx. 22-f.
R$. The most fashionable cap for lh
times-th percution cap.