Whole No. 2637. Jacob C. Blymyer & Co., Produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN, I>A. and Grain of all kind* pur cbT-t'J at market rates, ur received on storage and shipped at usual freight rate#, having warehouses and boats of their own, with care ful captains and hands. Stove Coal, Limeburners Coal, Plaster, Fish and Salt always on hand. Grain can be insured at a small advance on 0 ,st of storage. n<i22 AMBROTYPES AND The Gems of the Season. r Pins is no humbug, hut a practical truth 1 Ihe pictures taken by Mr, Bur It holder nr. unsurpassed for BOLDNESS TRUTH ri'LNKSS. BKAUTY OF FINISH, and PL'LABILITY. Prices varying according t ; size and quality of frames arid Cases. Room over the Express Office. Lewistown, August 23, 1800. dRk R iyjLLS, ZID LSB ZZf Yl_1 j ZL a / At 11 Oh on hast Market street. Lewistown, f adjoining I. (J. Fntnciscus' Hardware Store. P. S. Dr. Locke will be at his office 'ho lirot Monday uf each month to spend the week. nty3l EDWARD FRYSINGER, WHOLESALE DEALER & HUFFACTrREB or niiiiiuiMmm, &c., &c. # I mwwsmns* iPiia Orders promptly attended t<. jelG CrEO. 'IT. ELEEK,, Attorney at Law, Office Maiket Square, Lewistown, will at ter.d to business in Mifflin, Centre and Hunting don counties. ny2t> M.n Ki:>u.im:s Don ST E 1? M A TO 11 R II (EA. II . \i:;. VS.-H " I ITU i\. PIIILAI 'KLI'Jf IA. A I 1 / utitutu'ii estaWthni '.y special AlU'.u --: • ■ t " JitUuf vf th* Siri H/i'l rtittrewl. "ißietr'l toith •it 1 Jimt'UTi, .j,i/< e*]Ci*U;tfw the Chirr ■ .no <■' tht Srrval 'lran i Fl>l<' \f. AI'VICE giv-n gratia, bv the ActingSur- V 11.!',\111.E KKI'iHITS-.ii.SfwrtiKtiurrh.i-H.an.l oth - ,j iiftltc s.-xual Organ-.and the NEW KHM f.i'l! - •-inpl.iy.'.l in the Uinpamwr. sent in •riikd • p.--. !:..<• .-barge. Two or three -lamp- for . -eptnbl,-. \,fires-. I.R. J. SKII.LIN ili'l ollToN. llow.M'.l No. IS. NiiiHi St., i'liiiarj. Iphia. I'n. i j6 Large Stock of Furniture on Hand. V FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds •. f Furniture. Young married person* H' 1 tli.-rs that wish to purchase Furniture will find a good assortment on hand, which will l- sold cheap for cash, or country pro itiee taken in exchange for same. Give me a call, on Valley street, near Black Bear Ho tel. feb 21 TREES r TREES! 'l l l iE undersigned invite attention to their 1 large and well grown stock of Fruit and Ornamental Treefi 3 ''iirubs, .to., embracing a large and complete assortment of APi'LES, PEARS, PEACHES, PLIMS, CHERRIES, APRICOTS AND NECTARINES, Standard for the Orchard, and Dwarf for the Garden. ENGLISH WALNTTS. SPANISTI CHESTNI'TS, IMZELMTS, &r., RASPBERRIES, STRAW BERRIES. (TKRANTS, AND GOfISE BERRILS, iii Great Variety. Grapes of Choicest Kinds. ASPARAGUS, KHL'BARB, Ac. Al iaj < a Roe stock of well formed, bushy BVBRGRSBWS, suitable for the Cemetery and Lawn. DECIDUOUS TREKS, fur street planting, and a general assortment OF Ornamental Trees and Flowering" onrnbs, Roses of Choice Varieties, Ca melias, Bedding Plants, &c. Our stock is remarkably thrifty and fine, an 1 we offer it at prices to edit the times. mailed to all applicants. Address EDWARD d. EVANS A Co., Central Nurseries, York, Pa. " September 5, 18Cl-3m. Sugar, Coffee and Molasses. AMI LIES will find it to their interest to call and price our stock of Groceries and ''pods in general, as we furnished ourselves w 'th double stock of groceries before the r -cw tariff took effect. Storekeepers can pur chase from us at city prices fori cash, a g7 JOHN KENNEDY A Co. —— — |— (H&aswajre. *- FRUIT Stands with and without coven. Butter Dishes " " " Bowls, Goblets and Preserve Dishes, ditchers and Tumblers. All to be eoid at the lowest figure by H. ZERBE, ( STONE fruit Jars, best in use, Iv/ V/ \j at prices cheaper than has ever Gen offered, at Zerbe's Grocery and Stone ware depot. jyld ASTIB u-tyaaaeiEiam: jmTroisraHsnj# £wswßsw®wsy 9 aisaWaffln' v&„ the mmnmi, OUR COUNTRY'S CALL. A NKW 1-OKM BY WILLIAM C. ETAXT. Lay down the axe; rimg by the spade; Leave in its track tbe toiling plough ; The rifle and the bayonet blade. For arms like yours were fitter now; And let the hands that ply the pen the light task, and then to wield The horseman's crooked brand, and rein The charger battle-field. Our country calls ; y W aj-: away: To where the hi nod-stream hints the green. Strike to defend the gentlest sway 1 hat timo in all her course has sewn. See, from a thousand coverts—see Spring the anued foes that haunt her track They rush to smite her down, and we -Must beat the handed traitors back. Ho! sturdy as the oaks ye .-leave. And moved as soon to fwar and flight, Men of phe gjhidc and forest! leavo Tour woodcraft for the field of fight; The arms that wield the axe must pour An iron tempest on the foe; His serried ranks shall reel before The arm that lays the panther low. And ye who breast the mountain storm By grassy steep or highland lake, 'ome. fdr'th.- land ye love, to form A bulwark that no foe can break ; Stand, like your own gray elifl's that mock The whirlwind, stand in her defense; The blast as soon shall move the rock As rushing squadrons tiear ye thence. And ye whose homes are by her grand Swift rivers rising far away. Come from the i.-pt|i of her green land, As mighty in your march as they ; As terrible as when the rains Have swelled them over bank and bourne, With sudden floods to drown the plains And sweep along the woods uptorn. And yc, who throng beside the. deep. Her ports and hamlets of the strand, In numbers like the waves that leap On his long murmuring marge of sand; Come, like that deyp, when o'er his brim. He rises, all his floods to pour. And flings the proudest bark that swims A helpless wreck against his shore. Few. few vrere those whose swords of old Won the fair land in which w-e dwell; But we arc many, we who hold The grini resolve to guard it well. "Shrike for that broad and goodly land, lilow after Mow. tilt men shall see That M ight and Right move hand in hand, And glorious must their triumph be. MORiL&EEM&IOtjS Religious Movement in the Army. The largo number of church members in the army has induced the chaplains of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corpsto organize a religious association, upon a basis liberal enuugli to embrace Christians of all denom inations. The following is the official report ol the association, which will be read with inter est: The following has been adopted by ilie chaplains of the Pennsylvania Reserve corps at a meeting on the 25th November, as a basis for a church organization ill their respective regiments. The chaplains rep resented different denominations of Chris tians : CuEF.n —'1 believe in God the Father A1 mighty, maker of heaven and earth jand in Jesus Christ, his only Sou, our Lord ; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, horn of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and bur ied: He descended iuto hell; the third day he rose from the dead : He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty, from thence he shall come to iudgc the quick and the dead. 1 believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resur rection of the body, and the life everlasting.' I believe that there is but 'one only, the living and true God ;' that ' there are three persons in the Godhead —the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost: These three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glor\*;' that the word of God which is contained in the Old and New Testament, is the only rule of faith and practice; that there is a Heaven, or state of eternal blessedness, for those who die at peace with God, and a Hell, or state of eternal suffering, for those who die in their sins ; that all men are sinners and need a Saviour, and that Jesus Christ is the only Saviour. I humbly acknowledge my own sinful ness and lost condition ; that I have sinned aainst God and am not worthy to be call ed his son. I repent of all my aine—con fess them to God and renounoe them for ever. I trust in Jesus Christ as my only Saviour, and the Holy Ghost as my only sanctifie*. lam determined, by the grace of God, to live a holy life and set a godly example to the world : to seek for the good of the souls of my oomrades, striving to bring them to Christ: and to endeavor iu all things to honor my Master, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I renounce the devil and all his works, the pomp and glory of this world, with all the covetous desires of the same, so that I will not follow or be led by them. I will obediently keep God's holy will and com mandments ad the days of my life, God be ing my helper. I will have a care for the good name of each of my Christian companions; will as- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1861. sist and encourage my chaplain in every good work by my efforts and prayers, I will kiodty receive admonition and reproof t w |icii kindly "gjven) for any errors I ujay have committed. I will attend upon all the means of grace that are consistent with my station. • • i U hen dismissed from the service, each member of this association shall be entitled to a certificate as to his Christian character. J lie officer of the association shall be a president, who shall be the chaplain ; a vice president, secretary, and treasurer. '1 he president to preside at business meet ings, the secretary to report. The treas urer to receive funds, and disburse only on the recommendation of a ' hoard of Managers,' wo shall consist of the presi dent, vi e president, and treasurer. 1 ti O.MAS I*. HUNT, of the 7th Regiment, President of the meeting of Chaplains. I SAMUEL J ESS IT, of the Gth Rfgt., Sec retary. Some of the chaplains have already es tablished church organizations on substan tially the same basis, and find it is of great advantage to Christian culture in the army. Edited by A. SMITH. County Superintendent. For (lie Educational Column. Sad Pictures. The minds of children are as different as the shifting scenes of a kaladeiscopc, which, at every turn of the glass presents to the eye some new form of beauty; now i a light iairy wreath; and now a figure more compact in form but equally beautiful in j its arrangement and color. In regard to \ beauty the comparison may not applv very I closely to the minds of those around us, j i yet there is in every human life varied j changes of coloring, which, though faintly | seen at first, gains in tone and strength un , til it at last dazzles us by its undying lus- i tre, or disgusts us with its hateful uniform- , ity of shade. In the schoolroom how perceptible is this varied change! W'liat teacher has. not painted upon the walls of his memory, imperishable pictures of every child under his care? lie recalls the form of one as ; he sat diligently conning his alioted task, of another dancing, leaping, or froiicing over the play ground; of one whosegenrle 1 guileless life won the bliss of Heaven, or I of one whose rough uncultivated nature , had never supped with the gentle graces There is a class of scholars who esteem it a high privilege to be heroes. This, when striven for with commendable zeal and honorable motive, is piaiseworthy; but. j among tlie more uncultivated there is a sort of feeling predominant, that, to be great, j is to be the strongest boy in school, the one always ready to avenge wrong at the risk <>f personal injury, the otic who flares to disobey the rules and exhibits on every occasion bis contempt for everything hut unbounded lawlessness. With many of the scholars, such a boy is a hero; for, in many schools there are but few who have l the moral courage to openly condemn such a course of conduct. The smaller scholars hold him in reverence for, ' ho is the big- ; gt-st boy in the school,' so they cheerfully tender him their marbles, balls, or even the contents of* their dinner baskets, if he but ; intimates a desire to possess them; this is done because they fear him, for his name is a terror to the more timid ones, and thus to calm the quaking of their little coward- I I 3* hearts, they willingly yield their pleas- ! ure to his. We can, in imagination, easily ' trace the onward course of such a hero; front his boyhood to manhood and old age, through all his aimless, worthless life tarn ishing the earth with his polluted footsteps, until at last he leaves it unregrettcd and forgotten. Rut turn to another picture, j Teacher, did you ever have in your school, an aristocrat, in the shape of a little girl, say from six to twelve years of age? Mark with what an air she passes to her seat and disposes of her books and hat. Woe be tide her neighbor's hat if it occupies her. | ' peg'; it soon lies ingloriously on the floor, j Sho does not study much ; ' ma says it will j hurt me, and pa is so rich that 1 nced'ut : unless T want to.' The little girl with the ; 1 ' patched calico,' is an object of extreme aversion to her; and if a game is deter- j mined on the 'calico girl' is sure to bo half an inch shorter or taller than the j i standard heighth agreed on, so she srts | 3lone down by the fence, and forces down | the great choking lumps that will come up ' from her childish heart until it seems that j she has more grief than she can weep for. j 0, there are indeed sad pictures amid the ! brightness of a teacher's life. llow often do the hands fall wearily, and the heart grow faint, when striving, planting and wa tering with tears seem in vain ; and, des pite our wishes to the contrary, how dis- ' tasteful is the memory of those who, by reason of false teaching at home or from want of good f i mon sense in the family circle, forfeit ad claim to the love and res pect of the teacher. How long will par ents be bliuded in this matter? Is there not something higher and nobler i;i your 1 children, than a senseless, slavish deference to the fullies auu foibles, uf the day. NY e can not, will not believe you. are willing agents in this matter. For your childrens | o"wn good, now and hereafter, throw asiie | this demeaning conformity to the unsatis- tying pleasures of time, and strive to in j crease in them a love for all things gyod and beautiful, and true. Tbeu will the teacher in his heart bless, instead of acorn,, you; and his path will be more sunny, through your earnest endeavor to lighten i his labor by performing aright your duty towards your children. E. MATtiftAT HISTORY, The American Crossbill. This species is a regular inhabitant of : almost all our pine forests situated north of forty degrees, from September to April.— i The Great Pine .Swamp in Pennsylvania seems to be their favorite rendezvous. They then appear in large flocks, feeding 011 the seeds oi the hemlock and white pine; ' have a loud, sharp, and not unmusical nofe; ' chatter as they fly ; alight during thepreV -1 alence of the deep snows before the door | of the hunter, and around the house, pick- 1 ing off the clay witli which the logs are j i plastered, and searching in corners w here 1 any substance ola saline nature had been ,j thrown. At such times they are so tame, 1 as only to settle on the roof of the cabin ! when disturbed, and a moment after, des cend to feed as before. They are then j easily caught in traps. When kept in a 1 [ cage they have many of the habits of the parrot, often climbing along the wires, and 1 ' using their feet to grasp the cones in, while 1 taking out the seeds, j This bird has hithcrio been considered a 1 me;e variety of the European species, but it differs in several respects. I have there- 1 ! fore separated it from the grosbeaks It is j | subject to many changes of color. The j male is five inches and three fourths long. ■ ; The general color of the plumage, when ; j perfect, is a red-lead color; the tail is fork |ed and edged with yellow. The female is 1 less than the male; the plumage of an ol j ivc v'cllow. MISCELLANEOUS, ! T " " " ' 1 Strange Sight—Seventy Swarms of Bees at War. Ezra Kiddle, a well known citizen of j this town, and for 111303' years engaged ex- ; I tensivelv in the management of bees, com municates to us the following interesting i particulars of a battle among his bees. He I itad seventy swarms of bees, about equally 1 divided on the east and west sides of his house. One Sunday afternoon, about o ; ! uVluek, flic weather being warm, and the j ' windows open, his house was suddenly fill- ; j ed with bees, which forced the family to j ilee at once to the neighbors. Mr. J)., af ter getting Weil protected ngain.-t. his assail- 1 ants, proceeded to take a survey, and, if■ po.-SiMe, learn the caNY'-e which had disturb [ ed fhem. The sc'.cuty swarms appeared to be out. j and tlio.-e 0:1 one side of tire house were arrayed in battle against those on the other ' side; and such a battle was perhaps never J before witnessed. They filled the air, cov i ering a space of more than one acre of \ ground, and fought desperately for souie j three hours—not for 'spoils,' but for con- | : quest ; and while at war, no living thing j ! could exist in the vicinity. They stung a large flock of Shanghai chickens, nearly all of which died, and persons passing along the roadside were obliged to make haste to avoid their stings. ; A little after six o'clock, quiet was res , torcd, and the living bees returned to their hives, leaving the slain almost literally j covering the ground, since which, but few have appeared around the hives, and those ; apparently stationed as sentinels to watch • the enemy, llut two young swarms were j entirely destroyed, and aside from the ter- j 1 rible slaughter of bees no other injury was | ; doue. Neither party was victorious, and , they only ceased 011 the approach of night, j and from utter prostration. The oecasion i of this strange warring among the bees is ' not easily accounted for, and those most con- i | versant with their management never be fore witnessed or heard of such a spectacle as here narrated.— Locneaut (Ohio) Re | porter. I news just received from Europe announces the death of Pedro V, King of : ; Portugal. He was born in Lisbon, Sep- 1 tember IG, 1837. He was the son of Dona Maria II and I'rincc Ferdinand of Saxe- Coburg, and his mother dying in Novem ber, 1853, he succeeded to the throne un j der the regency of his father. He visited ! England in the same year, and France at tlie time of the great exhibition in Paris* j in 1855, and also travelled in Italy, Switz erland, Holland and Belgium. During his minority, the most impotunt transactions were the conclusion of extradition treaties with France and Belgium, and coramer tial treaties with the States of South Amer ica. He assumed the reins of Government September 15, 1855. On May 18, 1858, he married the Princess Stephanie of j Hoherizollern-Sigraaringeon, who died July ' 17, 1850 His suocessor, Louis Phillippe, j , Duke of Oporto, born October 31, 1838, is ' the oldest brother of the deceased King. ' He was bred 3 sailor, and held the rank of- Captaiu in the Navy: — nij. I Sa?" Prepare for cold weather Demoniac Spirit of Secession. ! An officer of Capt. Dopont's fleet, writ ing from Beaufort to the Boston Advertis . er, says : Oue letter was found iu Beaufort from ] Mr. Hubert , at MapassaSj, to his mother ! in which he says, alluding to some friends: 'You remember my promising them a Yankee steal! for a drinking cup ; , and adds, further on : ' May be you would like one, too, to put on your whatnot, would you not?' I quote from the original letter ! before me. j The following is a letter intercepted bv General Nelson, exhibiting the same fien dish spirit:—- ABINUIIOX, Ya., October 2d, 18G1. Hfty Dear 11 >f* —1 have left you and our children in the land of the despot, hut God grant I may soon be able to make the Union men of Kentucky feel tlie edge of my knife. 110111 this day I hold ever 3' Xhibn traitor as my enemy, and from him I scorn to receive quarter, and to him I will never grant my soul in death ; for thoy j are cowards and villains enough. Brother j Henry and 1 arrived here without hind . ranee. I have had chills all the way, but I hope to live to kill forty N ankecs for every chill that T ever had." T learn that Hardee i> still in the Arkansas lines inac tive, and if this proves to be true I will tender my resignation and go immediately Ito Kentucky. I hope that 1 will do Ul3" duty as a Rebel and freeman. Since I have the Union men of Kentucky, I intend to begin the work of murder in earnest, and if I ever spare one of them may hell be my portion. 1 want to see I uion blood ! flow deep enough for my horse to swim in. Your hnsband, JAMES BLACKHURN. Speech from Colonel Mulligan- Colonel James M. Mulligan, the gallant J defender of Lexington, Missouri, arrived at Cincinnati from Chicago on Tuesday, by special train, am' met a grand reception.— His Irish brethren were out in fo.'ce. In reply to a welcoming speech by Mr. ITcnry Stausberry, Colonel Mulligan said : j In behalf of those now silent graves of | Lexington—in behalf of the tattered men that now crowd the hospital—in behalf of j the dispersed Irish Brigade that is again | waiting only to be recalled to again set its face against the rebellion, and again fight j for the Stars and Stripes of our common j country as long as life remains with them. 1 say that, in behalf of all these, I thank you for the eloquence and the tenderness with which 3'ou have spoken of them.— j \\ lien lately Chicago rose to welcome me, j I I attributed it to the long association and j friendship of* a quarter of a century ; hut . | now that Cincinnati has risen—thu city i of almost imperial splendor and magnili i cenee—that city the great rival of ourowu '—l feel that no good that T have done 1 j —llO good that my brigade has done— ; is commensurate with the splendor of I this reception. 1 can only hope that when fortune places me again iu the sad i die at the head of my gallant boys 1 will bo able to win the favor of the citizens of* Cincinnati by the deeds that I shall do. 1 feel humiliated to come to Cincinnati, the home of so man 3* heroes of the war — i the brave Lytle of Caruif'ex, and that oth j er volunteer in whom the nobility of the I man runs rival with the splendor of the soldier—you own General Koseerans. Let me say in addition that I believe the great Republic was not made to be so soon crumbled. I believe that God did not intend that the wisdom of our fathers should so soon le put at naught. • f do not believe so mueh revolutionary blood was spilled that all the efforts of our an cestors should come to confusion. 1 believe ■ there is a great future for our nation—that j the lustre even of the ancient nations will j pale before the American public when it j shall go forward anew upon the march of j restored and united nationality, j Let me say that it is the duty man to do all in his power to accomplish : the grand result. I say, in sincerity, let him be accursed who despairs of the Repub | lie. In the performance each of his own duty I hope peace—white-robed peace — shall again brood upon all the hills and valle3'Sof our land. But, ni) - friends, hon estly as I pray for peace, I do not pray for its advent until we shall have the laws vin j dioated, the Union respected, and the Con j stitution honored and obeyed. Then, when ! that is done, and when such young, sus ceptible gentlemen as John (3. Breckin ridge and his associates, baser than Cata line in the Senate House, shall refuse to forego the honors of an American Senator for the gaudy plumes of a Rebel Brigadier, when we shall have all these, then let peace come. I hope the time will soon come when we shall have no traitors, or rebels —nothing but united Amerioan freemen. SSiT'The names of the church wardens of St. Luke's Church, Bristol, England, arc Duck and Drake, the Bell ringer's name is Chick, and the two sextons bear the appel lation of Pain and Pair. Pa/ said a lad to his father, ' I of -1 ten read of people poor but honest; why don't they sometimes say rich BUT honest*?' ' ' Tut, tut, my son.' said the father, ' nobody '| would believe them.' ftgflf parents would keep their chil j dren at home, there would be less evil. New oeries— Vol. XVI, No. 6 Death of Ex Senator Rtist. 1 ho Eagle suys a> ihe gener ous can admire courage even 111 a public, enemy, it may weil be excused fonjpxprea .siug -wrrrmjents nf kindness towards the deceased Henry M. Rust, who w*?s slain, I fighting at his post, in the battle of Ivy Mountain. li e was in command of a com pany lrom Bourbon county, and after they had deserted him. and all the other Rebels had left, the field, he continued fighting , alone until his body was pierced through and through by several bullets and he had I not sufficient strength to raise his rifle.— Y\ hen taken lie was kindly eared for by ! Dr Bradford and other surgeons, but their j skill was unavailing to preserve his life i Before his death lie avowed that he had been conscientiously a Secessionist, and i that he had been wounded in the discharge of what he had regarded as a duty, but that if it pleased God to spare his life he would abandon the cause of the Secession ists, with whose cowardice in the tight he had become disgusted, lie died bitterly execrating the Bourbon poltroons, as he cal led them, who left him alone and sought 1 only their personal safety What a con trast such a death, lending dignity even to a bad cause, to the shameless conduct j of Y illiains, who lud seduced Rust and many others to conspire against their ap proach of an enemy. Exports of Breadstuff's. < )ur exports continue large, and are ever j on the increase notwithstanding the enor mous war we have upon our hands. Some i months since when we published the re- I turns from the New York Custom House, it was estimated that our exports from that port at the close of the year 1861 would amount to §100,000,000, exclusive of spe cie ; but we have already much exceeded that amount. For the week ending Nov. 19th the exports from the port of New York amounted to $3,082,986; an increase ' of $730,000 over the corresponding week ! in 1860, and $2,577,000 over the corres ponding week in 1859, the largest amount ! ever before sent froin that port in a single i week. The total amount of exports froin , the port of New 5 ork from January 1, 1861, to November 19, amount to SI 18 , j 552,688, an excess of §30,000,000 over ' that of 1860, and of 860,000,000 over that |of 1859 for the same period. This enor mous amount, it must be remembered, is almost wholly for breadstuff's. Which can now be said is king, Ootton or Corn ? But our exports of breadstuff's are not to lall oil. England and France require all that our ships can carry them for six months to come, and all our railways to the \\ est will be employed to bring the flour and grain to our shipping ports -—l'roti deuct Journal. Peace Without Reunion Impossible The Itev. Dr. Breckinridge,of Kentucky, in a powerful paper for the Danville (Ky ) Review, thus expounds on this idea: Whoever will look at a map of the Uni ted States will observe that .Louisiana lies on both sides of the Mississippi river, and that, the States of Arkansas and Mississppi lie on the ri .-lit and left banks of this great stream—eight hundred miles of whose low er course is thus controlled by these three States, unitedly inhabited by hardly as many white people as inhabit the city of New York. Observe then the country drained by this river and its affluents, com mencing with Missouri on its West bank and Kentucky on its East bank. There arc- nine or ten powerful States large portions of three or four others —sev- eral large Territories, all in a country as large as Europe, as fine as any under tho I sun, already holding many more people I than all the revolted States —and destined to be one of the most powerful nalious of : the earth. Does any one suppose that | those powerful States—this great and ener i gefic population—will ever make a peaoo j that shall put the lower course of this siu j gle and mighty national ontlet to the s.a ; in the hands of a foreign Government far | weaker than themselves? If there is any such person, he knows little of the past history of mankind ; and will, perhaps, excuse us for reminding him .that the people of Kentucky, before they were constituted a State, gave formal notice | to the Federal Government, when General Washington was President, that if the Un ited States did not acquire Louisiana, th-y would themselves conquer it. The mouths [of the Mississippi belong, hp the gift of i God, to the inhabitants of this great Valley. I Nothing but irresistible force can disiuher | it them. Kishacoquiilas Seminary, AND NORMAL INSTITUTE. 7TMIE second Session of this Institution will JL commence November 5, 1861. Encouraged by the libera! patronage reeri-. 1 ed during the previous Session, the proprietor has been induced to refit the buildings anc j grounds to render them most comfortable ar I couveuient for &tudents. He has also secured the assistance of Re- S. McDonald, formerly tutor of Prnceto* . University, and well known in this pari ©s | the country as an ablo scholar and devou-: Christian. A competent musin teacher v:'.\ • also be engaged. ' cct2 9. Z. SHARP. Prinoipal,
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