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miNCirLES, not MEN.
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TERMS-tl 23 per Annum, if f niil in .t!vpi.te
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(T il'lf ill
THE STOCKING. '
By the fireside eni.ily scaled,
With spoctncUs riding hur nose,
The lively olil laoy is knitting
A won derful pair kfbose.
She pitis ttio shivering soldier
Who is out In the polling itonn,
And busily plies her needles
To keep him hearty and warm.
Ucreyes are reading the embers,
But her heart ii off to the war,
Fur iha known what I hose breve fellows
Are gallantly fighting for.
Ker fioKon as will aa her fancy
Are cheering Ihern on thoir way,
Who under the good old banner,
Are laving their country to-day.
She ponder bow in ber childhood
11 gninduiotber used to tell
The story of barefoot soldier
Who fought so long and well:
And the men of the involution
Are nearer Is her than us,
And that, perhaps, is the reason
Why she is toiling thus.
f he ciinnnt bouldr & raa.ikot,
Corrida with the Cavalry crow,
But nevertheless she is ready
To work lor the bors who do.
And yet in official dispatohos
That come from the army or fleet,
rr feats may lure nevtT a notice
Though ever so mijjhiy the foetl
go rrlthoe, proud orner of muscle,
Or purse-proud owner of stocks,
Iion't sneer at the labors of women,
Or smile at ber bundle of socks.
Her heart tuny be larger and braver
Than his who is tallest of all ;
1 he work of her bunds ai important
As cash tbut buys powder and ball.
And thns wLite her quiet performance
Is being recorded in rhyme.
The tools iu her tremulous Angers
Are running a race with Time.
Strange that four needles can form
A perfect triangular bound ,
And equally strange that their antics
llesult in perfecting "the round,"
And now while beginning "to narrow,"
She thinks of the Maryland mud.
And wonders if over the storking
Will wade to the aukle in blood.
And now she is "shaping the heel,"
And now she is ready "to bind,"
And rmpes, if the soldier is wounded,
It never will be from behind.
And now she is "raising the iniitop,"
Now "narrowing olfat the toe,"
Anil prays that this end of ths worsted
May ever be turned to the foe.
She "gathers'' the last of tlio stitcho",
As it a new laurel was won,
And placing the ball in the basket
Announces the stocking as "done.''
Ye nion who oro fighting our battles,
Away from the oomforts uf lifo,
Who thoughtfully muse by yourcnmp-liros,
On sweetheart, or sister, or wife,
Just think of their elders a little.
And pray for the grandmothers, too,
Who, patiently sitting in corners, j
Are knitting the stocking for you.
I'RoinBiLiiv of Marrvinq A table in
sirted in a paper in the Assurance Magic
fine, exhibits results of rather a startling
character. In the first two quinqMcniv.al
period, 20-25 ami 25-30, the probability
; of a widower marrying in a year is nearly
5 three times, as great as that of a bachelor.
At 30 it is nearly fo'ir times as great ; and
; it increases, until at CO the chance of a
' widower marrying in a year is eleven
times as great ns that of a bachelor. It is
a little curious to remark trom this table
liow confirmed either class becomes in it)
condition of life how little liktly, after a
few years, is a bachelor likely to break
through his habits and a solitary condi
tion ; and, on theotherband, how readily
in proportion does a husband contract a
second marriage who has been premature
ly deprived ol Ins tirst vife. Alter the age.
of .'!0 the probability of a bachelor marry
ing in a year diminishes, in a most, rapid
ratio. The probability at 35 is not more
thuu half that at 30, and no irly the same,
proportion exists between each quinquen
nial period afterwards, Our bachelor
friends may learn a very melancholy lei
boh from the above starlline facts.
J Tower or Music. A Minister was once
j called toolriciate in a cold and dreary
church. When lie entered it the wind
'levied, and loos ;lap-boards andwin-
'lows clattered. Tho pulpit stood high a.
We the first floor j there was no stove,
! hut a fe peisons in the church and those
few feat itig their hands and feet to keep
i them trom treezing. no aorfed himself:
t Can I preach ? Of what use can it be T
I Can these two or three singers in the gall
I eiy p'nig 'lis words if I read a hymn f I
j i concluded to nikea trial, and I road,
j "Jesus, lover of my soul " They commen
ced; and the sound of a gimrle female
voice has followed rue with an indescriba
bly pleaf'ng sensation ever since, and
probably will while 1 live. The voicj, in tonation,
articulation, and expression,
eenien to me pormci. i wai warmed in
ije and out, and fir the time wai lost in
rapture. Iliad heard of the individual
and voice before t but hearing it in thia
"dreary situation mud it doubly eraleful.
iNeverdid I preach with mote satisfaction.
I Severe of the Dosiinib. At SU Paul,
i Minnesota, recently, Kev. Mr. Fisk de
clared "that John Brown was a second
j Jesus Christ." Sonn men assembled to
I consider certain political matters concern
ing the d-imestio interests of Minnesota,
nd, in view of tbe above, adopted tho
.1 lolloping ;
I Whereat. The Xey. Mr. Fisk, of St. Taul.
yM declared from the ptlpit "that John
jl'rown was a second Jesus Christ," there
Kenolved, That Mr. Fisk has made him.
tell a second Balaam's ass ; provided, how.
;ver, nothing herein contained is intend
d to slander the original ass by intima
J'ne that Mr. Fish- m n 1inn.il iIAndnnl
w - -' a- m II.IVI.I UVSLVUMl.Ui
From tho I'hiladelph'n. L'vining Journal.
KENTUCKY l-Its Principal Editors
and the Secretary of War.
Our worst fears arc now confirmed. Wo
have rect ived unmistukablo evidence from
(he noble .State of Ki-titucky that the dit.
position on the part of subordinates to
interfere with and embarrass the con
sistent and conservative policy of rrei
dent I incoln in producing bad results
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loo, "elhsli anil hypocritical dicta ol pia.v
neat enemies oi ine union it I o atiriiiuteii
to the connivance of the patriotic .'resi
dent. This is tMiinently wicket) and attroci
ously unjust. '.',- be t.iri', tho continu
ance of a gi ntlemnn in tlio Cabinet, after
mere is a public exposure ol li if Strange
desire Bud almost buccuogful a :toinpt to
dictate a mo: sine which would alienate
the Joval of the border
Slates seems to
give some color to the charge, but our!
i,:j, .i , . i .1, , ... .ii .,
'that, in tlin lirfspnt exiirnncv. it is e.Lsit'i'
iiirimfl ill iiic uui ill i oiaira imini ivviiirtb
for the pres. tuaemand the removal of a
( Cabinet minister, than for tho rresideut
to make such removal.
I We would however suggest to the Un
ion men of the Border Slates, to exercise
I a little patience. All cannot be dune in
Jan hour, and they should not forgot that
it took some time to move in the direct
I ion of the Union that they at first de
clinei.1 lurtnishing their respective quota
: of troops, and ttien they will appreciate
I the situation of President b noln.nnd
' be disposed the more firmly to stand by
! that true patriot, when they find that he
is about toreaiizo tint "a man's worst foes
' are those of his own household "
Lei our friend, we say then, be patient.
We doubt not, iu a little while, that Pres
ident Loncoln will have for hisconstitu
tional advi-ers only men who can appre
; hend that the Union it not dissolved, and
. that the President will not violate the
constitution because rebels and traitor
' have done so. Hut we proceed to give
; the proofs of editorial sentiment in Ken
tucky.
In addition to what we have already
given from the Lonisville Journal, we find
the following in the issue of December
Cth
"We this morning publish tho official report
of Secretary Camerou. As respects tho question
of slavery, the report contirms our worst nppre
hensiers. And the moat grievous fuel of all is
that ths report on this hoad can be regarded on
ly as an expansion of what the Preside tit rays in
tho same relation ."
i We emphatically declare that the J.ou
isville Journal is wrong with reference to
, the President. Mr. Lincoln ought to be
' sustained by -every true patriot. We may
well suspect the head of the heart of tiny
man who tries to make the load of the
Chief Executive heavier than it i. The
eil'o.-t should bo to asi.-t in relieving him
of all "dead weights ," wheth.-r con.dsl
ing of demagogues or political heresies
, We defy any man of reputation nnd sulli
cient intelligence to say that the President
has not throughout, ave 1 as the Presi
dent nf tho whole country.
That ho is U.rotvn i ito 'aV positions by
bad advisers we believe ; but, we also be
lieve that he will very soon rid himself of
them, The countrv needs no better pr't oi
his conservatism than the unstinted abuse
to which he is subjected by the Abolition
ists and their lunatic organs, nr.d the faint
praise he receives from the Black Repub
lican sheets.
The Louisville Democrat is just as deci
ded as the Louisville Journal. We give
this extract :
"It Is reported and blicvcd nil over tlio coun
try, that he (Cameron) had countenanced and ap
proved the arming of the negroes, and the Black
Republican and Democratic papers have been
discussing it for the last two weeks. We have
extressed as strongly ns we could, our utter con
demnation of the scheme. It has not even the
excuse of aiding in quashing the rebellion ; but
it is, in fact, more bortile to the Union, than a
million ofJolT. Davis's in arms, and equipped
from top to toe. It is suvuge and butcherly, and
lik all savagory, tbe instinctive outbreak of
cowardice.
If Mr. Cameron fan relieve kimself of the sus
picion, welt and good ; but. hi uujjht not to hold
, the position in the Government which ho does
jwhea he is suspected ofit. It chniiges the whole j
aepect ol tlie contest from a rhef of the op-
pressed psople of th i South to a wsr of cllnqult,
subjugation nnd nsssssinntion. Mr. Secretary
Smith did right in so promptly reproving nnd
. Concemning it on the pait of the Administration,
and we foretell prompt anion by the l'residunt.
I Tho loyal men of Kentucky, ibose who have
the inloraxt ot tho I'nion at henrt, should uso ev
ery effort to prevent any such fatal action on tho
part of tlio Government as the Caiuvroni.ui
i Idea.
I We spook it plainly, tho scheme for goncral
I emaicipution or arming the blacks will lose ev
! ery slave State tn tlie L'nion It would take a
standiag arrtiy of 200,000 men to retain Ken
I tucky in the Union, and then the soldiers would
I be compelled to aid in exterminating the black
race. If they aro emancipated, there is but one
I oihr thing to be done with them ; they must bo
wired out utterly obliterated. It mutt be a
merciless, savage extermination of the whole
tribe, there will be no questun ot humanity, or
justioe, or uiorcy
Itw.il be nalunsurstlaw-
elf-defenso.
The two races, as has been amply shown by
the whole history of the world, from the days if
the Egyptian to our own times, cannot exist in
the same oonutry, unless tbe black race it in
silvery. 1 1 is no question for theory, arguuicnt.or
discussion. It it a direct law uf Uod, tinul and
conclusive. The President, buusolf a Kentuck-
lan, knows and appreciates tbe condition of af-
,"i'..1drW.i11 oC f"' tho bt. an.1 it ought to bo
u7. co7d;;; Tf 1 7
This the same paper approves in tho
highest terms or the following fiom the
Louisville Journal:
"The Journal, also, it entirely eorrect in itt
statement of the opinions of the Union men of
tbil btAte. 0 do net know of tAn ,inn Kn..
opiniont do not coincide with the view, of tbe more refined turn in their journey thro"
BUiUi will lire and die by it." unpleasant.
WewillatthUtirae.ubrnitbutoneoth.! r.The death-smile is the grandest
er extract, in order that our own people thing in the world. It makes the dark
may see the danger to which they are ex- past an arch of triumph into a radiant fa
posed by the machination of ambition, ture.
I The following is from tho Lexington Ob
server and Keporter ;
I "While, therefore, we are free to sny that, so
far as the action uf the President is com-erned, in
' reference In slavery as counected with our Na
tional dJiculties, w havo seen nothing to con
demn, wo yet feel that ho will not have ilisehnr
ged bis whole duly if he permits r member of hie
( uliiuet to utter sentiment tint are not only itu-
' propel iu tbd'UKrlvnii, but in direct contra volition
of the policy which Congress has defined and he
hiinsulf has adopted. We aro nwaro that .Mr.
I -.""l"". nnn'iiuj III .1111
i Cameron, Secretary of Wur though he be, cur not
uicuite th. policy or the tloverinnent in this re-
,gllr, . nni wo ,lr0 , wn .,),
as wo are Unit
be is a crafty, intriguing poliii'-inn, th it his whole
I object in ciiuiiciuling the sentiments he lias upon
this subject, is to propitiate tlio favor of tbe fuua
. tics utlhe North who tiulieve 'hut this war shot, Id
i lie prosecuted to the utter dotuolition of shivury
j in Hie land ; but in a crisis like the present, when
. till, b.4111'1 llf til IM t.r.ll 111, lull ill illflllv lil'.v..il ill
. reference to this present condition ami future
prospects of our National affairs, ami when the
conservative men of tho bind are bending nil
thoir cue gies to the restora ion of tho uutliori'y
ot the Constitution which makes us one people,
1 1 tie i icsiueiii inouiu noi suuer a meuioer oi uis
othcial household to so tar transgress the hounds
of propriety as to endanger the cauxeofllie Union
by the expression of fanatical opinions for dem
agogical orothor purposes, and that too, Svhen
such sentiments are in direct antagonism to the
dctlnrod views and purpose- of tlio constituted
authorities of the nation. The prompt nnd fear
less exercise of his power over Cainoron, as itw s
exercised over Kreinout, would be an act of jus
tioo which would he hailed with delight by every
conservative man in tho nation, who looks to the
government, uud the complete restoration uf its
unity and power, as the sheet anchor uf our
hopes."
Mow, one thing we may sefely as.ert,
and that is, that even if the Srcretaty of
War was the best man in the world, the
time has come when he has lost tlie confi
dence of a very important element of the
Union party, and he cannot, at this crisis,
belter serve his country than by gettitm
of it Cabinet Councils us soon as possible.
A voluntary withdrawal would be iii
most graceful act of hiali'e, and secure fur
him the thanks, if not the friendship of
the whole country. Shall we be favored
with his valedictory ? If net, we fuel confi
dent that the President, ai heretofore,
will be equal to the great trust reposed in
him by the American people
JUU'IMENT TOR A NEWSPAPER At'COCST.
"Among the recent decisions at the gen
eral term of the Supreme Court of the AN
finny, (N. Y.,) district, was one iu favor of
Mr. J. Seasbury ngainsl Ibadl'orilO. Wait,
for seven years' subscription to the Cats-
kill t'.VOr..-l- mill Pi'inn.ynt Tllrt l.imir...
was in favor of the publisher, and the
judgment and costs, we undeisland,
amount to between tivo and three hun -
d red dollars "
Oovl enough for him. He had sneaked
along neven years enjoyit gtheli iiitsol the
labor of another, and now he has lo pay
ii, . i I, ill will, f'niii t. costs mn.er.i, Id vl lV
publisher
would make a lew more such
; i
exhibitions, newspaper
.swindlers would 1
find it a desperate game to play. We hope
it will prove a warning to delinquents.
We lal-e Ihe above, with the. comments,
from a contemporary. It, or Uie urv on
which the decision is based, should be
published once a year by all newspapers.
It is surprising that io few subscribers ful
ly understand their responsibility lo pub
Ushers of newspapers. Tl.e law which
govt rued iu this decision iv a law of I'on
gres, and therefore applicable in every
State in the Union.
Many suh-crib irsseem to regard tl.e bill
for a newspaper the last to be settled, and
especial
I nt n.l Iho hiiv w ondoise
i ol t i-n u i 1 Jn i ii ft it iivatt it n i l.r I fi (1 i tl (T
whims, refuse to lake their papers from ,
theoflioe, regardless of the piivnu-nt of
' . . .... '
urrpais nnd when a nail do.en or more
veurs have been added to the arrears at
the time of stoppage, 'think it hard to pay !
. .ii.i.?..,i. : . . .. i ,'
llie lliurasi-ii uiii ivmi iiiteieni nii.i cusin
of collection. We are happy to say that
wo have few such cases compelling
pr lieculirn. We havo never failed in any
suit of establishing a leg.d and just claim.
New Y'trk Obsereir,
Hannah More's View of I nor ititi de.
At a diner parly at Hath, Uev. Mr. Jay,
by ivhonl tin anecdote was comnitinic.ii-(-d,
was latuenling the ingratitude which
Hannah More had recently met with fiom
ft ,rso ,vholl, , ul reeommended to
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her beneficence ; upon which he received
s look from her finch filenced him. Af
ler dinner, drawing her into a corner of
the room, she said :
''You know we must never speak of
such thin is as these before people, for they
are always t o uaekward to do good, and
! they are sure lo dwell on such facts to
(justify their illiborality." She finally nd
, dr-d, ' It is well for us sometimes to meet
with such instances of ingratitude, to
show us our motives ; for if they have been
right, we shall not repent what wo
have dot e, though we lament, the deprav
ity of a fellow-creature. In these instan
ces also, as in aglass, we may see Utile
emblems of ourselves ; for what, after all.
js the ingratitude of any one towards us
Prtmimiei with nur innrat iti.ile tmvnrda
Infinite benefactor ?"
Oric.iv or Qi'arhei.s, The sweetest, the
most clinging affection, is often shaken
by the slightest breath of unkindness, as
too delicate rings and tendrils of the vine
arn agitated by the faintest air that blows
in summer. An unkind word from one
beloved often draws blood from many a
)iert ,ic, would' defy the battle-ax ol
11,0 i'"1
sftt"'e' -y. the shade, the gloom of the
fiice fa"11'1111' m t,l,"r- nwakena grief and
pain. These are the little thorns which,
'hough men of a rougher form may make
their way through them without feeling
rutmli n v I i-utnal u i ileum 11 't. le ner-nna nf 11
Magnitude Of tho War.
Although as yt we have had no decis-
ivoaelmns, when enmpured with sumo, or
the bloody battles of the put, yet in mag
nitude of preparation. t,c pfert, nt ry
ivar in America hai scat.vly a parallel in
history. Someoruiir "enga.'oinents" and
'skir.'iiishes," loo, have not been so very
insignificant, and when compared vvilii
many conflicts in our own two wars with
England, will take tank f.r nb ive
liimii. The Albany Kneninj Journal has
made il.e following interesting compila
tion Ironi history, citing a 'ev incidents
IVom the war of 1S12 to show wh it po:ty
ati.urs, relatively
wero some of thil most
"ninam victories achieved t.y our arms:
Lam-. I,,!,-!.
in uuy iiiipiiri-iucu
was that of Krownstow n, near Detroit,
fought August Vlh. 1 ,S 1 2. Our force was
'I I. iu. , .ii... i ,1 ..e :
only bllil, Umt of the lirituh and Indians
coml.ined, ,M. Our los was IS killed
imlt Minded; thai ..I the enemy Hi')
...... . ....., ".ih:u uiswi.-e- ,
fully surrendered at Detroit jx days later. I
on,y numbered Ml I men ; while that of.
Ihe enemy consisted ot only (Ult Knglisli
and tiili) Indians. No wonder (Jen. liroi k.
. , . , ..
who commanded the latter wrote to Mr
.eojge Irovost: " , hen i detail my good
fortune, your Lxcelleucy will bo surpris-
, ,
At the battle Ot Oiieenstown, two CON
umns of 30O men each, did about all the
igiiiingon our side, i.eti. an Uensel- stead of atteuij.ting this tr4y and circuit
laer in nis report, says: 'One-third part 0(m method of rallying slaves to our stan
ol the men idle might have saved all." ' A .i-.l ti,..,. ...- .o iii,ih r..,. i.i s ;..
As it was. some looked on. who "inanv
...
fled inlo the winds," leaving their breth..
ren lo the r fate.
At the siege of Fort Erie, the English
threw 20110 red hoi shot without hurting
a man. Our loss was only 4 killed and 7
wounded.
Brigadier Gen. Smi h abandoned his
favorite project of invading Canada West,
because, although ha had been preparing
the greater part of summer, nnd had em
ergelically drummed up volunteers, he
had succeded in collecting only' J and
he did not think the expedition would be
successful unless he had I50d more.
At tho battle of York our !or::e was
17(M; tint of the enemy "Oil English nnd
100 Indians. Our loss was oOli in kilied
and wounded; that of the enemy lOt) kill
ed, .'500 wounded, '200 prisoners. This was
one oi tiie. most l.iilliant ot our victories,
vet it is no! to be compared with the. hat-
' 110 ' 'Almoin or that oi is ill s uiuii, eiin
! '''' ,ls '" nuiuwr eng. red or liie,
J,JS - W sustained.
1 At tlio baltlo of .Su:ketts lluboi-, Iho
! '''"-'"'y's lore was I"n0 ; ours, otld. His
i '0.'7 111 killed and wounded win 1.j0; ours,
Among the trophies taken by our
troops were tho Hi ilisli s'aiidat d and mace.
1..... .... ..i, .- i. . i. ... . . , .
' "
l " , 8 v'"'ll,,y . '-" I'.ne was
esteemed a "ii.g iinng in lis day ; vet in
w hole lleet con.-i -led ol only ,il l"iii
two swivel ; tint of tlieeneiiiv li..
a rid
11 lis
and
swivel
Oar I.
in
'd and
1 1 y lias
wounded wa- 1211 ; that, oftlu
never been dt liniielv known.
At the bailie of Chippewa our los w.n
dS ; thatol the enemy oU
.. I- ... I.'..: l
yjU. .Atthebattlo
wasMf; that o.' the
i i i.i e r, i.- .i .
Altheba.tle of Halumore the enemy s
,wiv.s u... ..-i. ...., ,., ,., o.wu; wuia
"s 1 " " " ,,u""-,,r'
half
wua i'" m l,J ' T) le,,e",y
.. ,1.,, lti.
Kv -n (lit) biu! oi" Now Orlo.ins look
i,wim,loi"u to eyes that have witnessed a
rf(""""'s""'1" " . tlie ' 1"'""')
stroiii'. and reviciv of .11 dill tromis
strong, and a review of Tl I . It I
.... ' . . "
The liiilisli force, including siiiors and
ma,,u's-
Jackson
was about It.O'.MJ; that ot Ijell.
'.yj0 on the left batik of the fil
er, anil about Mi) distributed in position's
hard by. Our loss was seven killed six
wounded; Unit of the ene.ny 70d killed
and 1 4dl) wounded.
Il i ale to say that notwithstanding
the torpor of a large, share of ofir army,
and the taunts that we have thus far been
"playing at war," a greater number ol
lives have been ot within the lat five
months than during the "War of Is 12."
JsajrTho Trili'ine says: "A dispatch
finiii Washington intimates lh.it the ltev.
Editors of the J-nli-priii.-n! tire about to be
sent to Fort I-alayetie, the paiagraph
which we (h'.'.pim.t ditto) copied from that
paper and commented upon two days ago
beiuj: consi leinl as treasonable. Wo trust
that previous good character may be per
mitted to be urged in mitigation of so se
vere a penalty."
The Inl'ptKlfnl is, weekly, full of ''trea
son, "and if Catholic Weekjv Editors,
such us McMas'.ets was. aro to be sent lo
F irl It Fayette, too CiM.gregationalism
of the IniUi?nJ(a should not save it. The
"previous good character" will not bear a
contrast. ns McMasier previous pntiioi ism
and public character are bead and shoul
ders above Unit of the Independent, while
his private character was as good. Mean
while Mr Seward keeps the Independent as
an official La Publisher, and thus indor
ses Urn "treason" of the said paper against
tlie Uovcrnini nt. A'. V. h..rpreu.
fc-y'J'ho wedding of iMn Iiioe, the Un
ion t-tump speaker and showman, took
place at liis li rui, near Uirard, J'cnii.. on
the Tiili inst., Mi-s CnailoUe liebceea Mc ...
Council, of tiuaid, being the bride. His
residence has recently been rebuilt, and
fitted up in a style ot peculiar but most
ridniirahlo taste. A wild and romantic
tract of land, sufficiently ample, on one
ceciiiin of tho farm, has been enclosed as
a park, in which are a number ot elk, deer,
bullalo, ect. In the centre a fish pond is
dug,
tiirMr. Charles F. Brown, the famous
"Arien.ui Ward," io about lacnty-flve j
years ol ago. lie is a native ol Oxford j rile ol good mut ton.
county, Maine, and a distant relative of B-UThu good deeds that most fon pre
Uon. danoibal llatulin, Vico President of fer that their fat hers should leave behind
the United State. I them, arc real estate deeds.
Im the Albany Argus nnd Atlas.
"The Emancipation Question in Conrrresi.
V ithout wailing to receive the Mosnco
ol i lie 1'ri't.nl-mt or the report, of the Sec
rctariea, without knowing what policy had
ulreadv been adopted by I he (j.jverniiient. I
nnd was now in operation, (he Uidicals of
mi inn imusiisiM 'ingress, on me lirst
tiav ol uu aesnion, lirecinilr.led beloro
both Chambers the question of Kiiiaiieipa
lion. The process was as logical as thi nt
tempt itsell was reasonable, I " A'lieri ,i,"
the resolutions generally ran, "Congress
has no power lo eiuiiucipate slaves, resoU
vod that our Generals shall recruit them
into I lie nrinv nnd decbiri-il.ui f, !"
The noh tt-ruUer is as ap parent as it would
be in fact if the nmi'lumn ,,,n fur iI,a
... ' !
; gro allies were souiiUu'J. I hey would not
j follow it the call.
W.. .t,.u,;..,l ,,;(i. n. i... r
I folly with which the factious leaders of a
I minority attempt to force the delusive and
j fatal policy upon the country. We tuiall
not argue the question of right, (or they
heed not right; nor of expediency, for
Uiey . incapable of understand!.,,.' it.
Hut if I :..,. ,li.in.i, iu ...f...... r
i Ihe lint) nun i,it .i.. ;.".'; ' ;.. .1 .
...v.v .. ...v cwi...;i g ,i a I III 3, 111 U.J.
! fence of the Constitution, nnd ol the vast
N vy of the Federal Uoveriiment, and
llluat M0lH Meruit from the black popu-
lattoe, why not commence at the North ?
If blacks nr nee.led lor noMiuv tv lit' n-it
' marshal tho free blacks lo Iho rescue, in-
. i.i.iu inn '.1" IICO 1,1 111
the loyal States, nnd an army of 2o,00'
j might easily be supj lied from their num.
1 bers. To get the same, force, of able bod-
: r .' 1rT 10 ? ';:ru ,,0m ."t,on- w
would hav to take within our lines, and
. support till the close of the war, eight
ltiir.es the number, counting women, chil
dren, tl.e !ecrepid and incapable. Tho
burden of Mich a population would he im
mensely gt eater than that of any similar
number cf the most expensive troops we
now have, even o.j the most extravagant
estimate.
What will it cost to sustain a population
r eitu Him ,.t .1 : . i. -
,,.uiv."i-i,..huu,miS wa-, ieu wiui,
daily rations as tho contrabands" of For-1 and r ,l)e truo muenej whic'a
tress Monroe now are? he elements of ;oollHisU in lvCtil correction like a
the calculation are to be found in the ex-'jdj
perimotit, and it is in the power of the!
Uoveriiment to civo the results also. Wn i BMi.IIviiocrisv is folly. It is much ea-
ventur e to say that there never wai a body
nf men. nutsid.- nf the est:ihli.ha.l ol,u ,
hoiiso, so unproductive and wasteful and
u-eiess. its luo laborers at fortress Mon
roe, and their large dependent Tamilie.
We do not believe the people are rich
enough to support Hindi a body of pension
ers ; or that iho suffering citizens of the
North will patiently abido tho idea that
while Government leaves them to their
bitter fate of hunger and cold, it is niani
fesling paternal indulgence and bestowing
i'.s liberal bounties upon Ihe vagrant pop
ulat.iin of the South, whniii il has invited
iota idleness. And then, when tho negro
class has sucked his millions from the
'liea-niy. the masterclass is to have its
lu: ill liow many millions will this take,
and who but the. Northern laborer will
have to pay tlictu ?
Will the Noitheru sold
Will the Noitheru soldier stand, side by
fiule ln ",0 ''-kswith the black freeil-
men ? T.y j, , L(t , CJtriel.iinPn, lm
n,lllld w,. . . , 80 d ers iccro i I e, ! (Von. tl,
black population of tho North, before
rush into the experiment of a general levy
of troops at the South. The Northern
negro, if freedom is an advantage, is the
belter man of ihe two, and is certainly
1. ........ .l ...A .1- i: 1 , i i . '
'i ici -i niciiieii, uici li ue'i il d se I-rcll
u, wi ill '.i r ii- I
ant. What would bo Urn fate ofa briiride
even by whiles, and marchirg to battle ?
What would be their discipline, their tune,
their courage, and io what extent would
llu v elevate or depress the warlike senti-
. -...u, viiiv' i. iiiv ii I'M ii i:iii. i.i-
ment, and esprit Jt corps of the army ? B'tiX hiding place implies secre?y. IT
We ask these ipiestious, but we seek no who can say unto God, 'Toon art my hid
answer. Every man can answer them, "ig place,' may go abroad about his atlaiil
The country has alieady answered them, ami may puss through a thousand d-n-Not
a State has sent a single black man to gers, and yet at the same time, have such
the defence of theconnirv. The Govern' abiding place, iu the tavor and piolcc
inent has asked fo. none, an I will accept tint! of Uod, that, when h'j tsenn to be
none. It is a mere trick of words, a delu 1 exposed on every side, still he is secured
sion and falsehood, to talk about recruit- and hidden from every evil,
ing our armies from sic-h a source. Ke-! , . ., . ,,.
duced to its real meaning, the action or . 'rfwl grace manifests itself by
Congress conies to ll.is-an invitation to Us aimpucity-that is, a greater natural
the slaves to desert their masters, with the n, ,o! chuiaeter. 1 hero will bo more
promise that tl.eUoiernme.it .vill support us-fulnes. and loss noise; more terider
and free them if they do. Behind this . n.cs of cience, and less scrupulosity ;
invitation is the hidden incitement to ser-
vile insurrection ; but tho fanatics of Con
cress have not yet lej-olved that supernal
folly and crime into icords. They hope
that the ntiick ear of the negro will catch
Ihe thought ere it is expressed in words,
and thus he will hasten to Cielines of our
army and Feck Irs pi otnised reward with
the blood of bis master and niistres and
their children dripping from his knife;
and tliose who havo not toned up their
minds to this expectation, hope at least
that ihe fear nf such impendir.c horirr
may drive the South into submission.
It is but a new delui.r, another se
quence in that 'ong line of fallacies, which,
underrating the energies and the power of
our adversaries, has led us fiom one error
to another, in a Icng career of disappoints
menu and calamities.
B?r.Mrs. riiebe II. Brown, the author
nflhehwnn commencing "I love to uteal
aw hile away," died on ihe Kith of Octo
ber, it Ifiniy, 111., aged 78. She has left
an en luring memorial in the single by inn.
aW A printer, whose talents were but
indill'ei ent, tinned physician. He was as.
ked the reason of it. He said "in prin
ting ull the faults are exposed lo the eye,
but in physic they are buried with the
patient, slid oi.e jets oil' more easily."
BUJuThe boy who undertook to ride a
lior-e-radisi is now practicing- on a sad-
itlitjious JHistcIl;.!..
jvjy-'Tlu" way of every man i declara.
live of theend of Unit mail.
SfiA.Ood denies a Christian nothing, bur,
with a design to give, him something bet
tcr.
&5.lndulge not a gloomy contempt of
anything which in iu itiell'good, oi.ly let
it keep its plate.
UsVJSomethitig must be b-ft as a lost of
ihti loyalty of the heart in Paradise, the
tree; in Israel, a (.anaamie ; in us lorn to
'it;r,n
v .
I A.t ack
your cares in ns small a
enaij as you can, so that you can carry
I tiM'in yourself, and not bt them annoy
' others.
lTlf a good man cannot prevent evil,
he a ill hang heavy on its w ings, arid retard
' its progress."
I Ca.To expect disease wherever it goes,
land to lay himself out. in tho application
' of remedies is that hulit of mind wnioh is
best suited to n Christian wlulu he parses
tlirougli the world, if ho would bo most
effectually useful.
BS- evpr W'!IS Hi oro a man of more
deep piety, who has not been brought into
extremities who lias not been put into
the fire ho has not been taught to say,
''hough ho slay nie, yit will I trust in
him.'
BfUA person who objec'.s to tell a friend
I of his faults, because he has faults of his
own, acts as a surfenti who should refuse
, J n'fi.in.lj Imiaiioa
he had a danWu. one himself.
ejudioe is often the result of such
strong associations, that it acts involun
tarily in spite of conviction and resolution
The first step toward its eradication is the
persevering habit of presetting it to the
mind in its true colors.
fctrW hen tho most insignificant per
son tells us wo luo wrong, we ought to
listen. Let us believe it possible wo may
i, ....,, lf ,vi,(.n nnv one sunnoies we are :
: sic-r, ealer and j leasanier. to by the thing
which a man aims to appear, than to keep
uo the appearand! of being whalhn is not,
Viien a Christian is truly such ho acts
IVuiil a nature a now nature and all the
actings nl'that nature have too case uud
pleasantness of nature in them.
B35!.,Iieliir,ioua joy, is a holy a delicate
doposii. It is ti pledge of something bet
ter, and must not ho thought lightly of;
for let it be withdrawn only for a little,
and, notwithstanding the experience wo
may have had of it, we shall find no living
( feature can restore il to us, and wo can
only with David cry, 'Ko-.tcre unto nie, O
Ln:-d, tho infinite joy of thy treat salva
tion. fijsfjul extend tho circle of real religion
eveiywhere. Many men fear Uol, anil
love God, and havo a desire to serve him,
w hose views of religious truth aie very
imperfect., and in some points perhaps ut
terly false. Hut I doubt not that many
such persons havo a state of heart accep
table before (jui.
Df.Aliialiiun teaches us the right way
of conversing with Uod: 'And Abraham
fell on his, face, and Uod talked with him"
w i i -,i i- . , i,..il
' hen we plead with him our laces should
I . ., . ', , ... ,,. ..,.,. t
liuhtlv ol him. nor complain ; nor will
there, be any more boasting. Wo shall
ubae ourselves and exalt cur Sjpreina
Kuler.
I l".el'e W1" '"'O'0 more iiumiiiiy
when the full corn is in the ear. it beuds
down because it is full.
fifc-JTo etlect nny purpose, in study, the
mind must be crmcentratod. If niivoth-
or subject pbtvn on the fancy, than that
w hich ought'to bo exclusively before it,
iiin mind is divided; and both are neu-
trained, so as to lose, their effect. Just a
when llearnt two systems oi short hand,
I was familiar with Uurney's method, and
wrote it with ease ; but, when I took it
into mv bead to learn Bvron's ihev ds
troyed each other and I could write nei
ther.
BfjUThero aro no greater objects of p'ty
in the rvpild, than men who are admired
by all around for their nice discernment
and fit. e taste in ererj thing of a woi i lly
nature, but have no taste lor the riches
that endure for ever no love for God or
his word no hive for Christ or their souls
In uch a state, however admired 'or res
pected, they cannot see the kingdom of
Uod.
toy When the multitudes followed our
Lord on a particular nee nion. although
be wished for retirement, and had gone
purposely to seeh it, yet he gave up his
design and attended to them. Mark tho
condescension and tenderness of s-ieli
conduct, in opposition to a sou.-.m miMi.-,
morose temper. We aie to Ion I of our
own will. We want to bo lining wha' we
fancy mighty tilings; but the great p.vv
i', to do small things wheu calU-J to liiclu
in a right spirit.