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J; ioultantats, I good natured men always make the
handsomest corpses.
Don't change your business every
time you have the blues—change is
SUOCESS IN LIFE. not always beneficial. If you have
That practical "Brick" of the La-' been cheated, don't, to get even, cheat
crosse (Wisconsin) Democrat, who some one else. If you have made a
'does up' practical philosophy in his j bad bargain, don't stop trading, but
lectures to 'Valter' hits the nail on I try to make a better one next time.
the head in the following logical If you get in a scrape, get out, and
directions how to succeed in life: look closer next time—never be
•Valter, my boy, do you realize that ! caught twice in the same trap. Peo
every year the grave is nearer you ple may forget errors, but they have
than ever before—that unless you no sympathy for tools. If you wish
are active the season of life will close to be a leader—always go ahead—and
before even half your self-allotted remember that the smoothest route
contract will have been performed, you pick out, the less complaining
unless, like too many people, you there will be among your followers;
you have no aim—no hope—no ambi- ' and above all, Valter, my boy ; no
tion betond picking your teeth after matter what the circumstances, new
dinner ? half of the world—yes, er be first to go back on your friends.
Valter, more than half go to the re- Be honest and faithful—God and
ception room of eternity without any good fortune will never desert you
object in life—as drift wood floats long
duwn stream, guided by the currant
and lodging against the first obstruc-
tion. And what is drift wood my
boy? Once and 4 while a good stick of
timber isfound therein, but it is more
work to haul it out, and clean off the
sand and mud than it is worth, and
more fine tools are spoiled in making
it into what you wish than the stick
will ever bring, even in an active
market.
Wrs. C. LIN Deer
SAMUEL MONTGOMERY
Have a purpose, my bey. Live for The army of Ti crab, King of .Ethi
'
something. .. Make up your m i n d °pia, consisted of 1,000,000 men and
what you will be, and be it, or die in 300 chariots of war.
the attempt. This is a land where Sesostris, King of Egypt, led
there is no stint to ambition. All against his enemies 600,000 men.
have an equal chance. Blood tells— 24,000 cavalry, and '27 scythe-armed
pluck wins—honor and integrity chariots. 1491, B. C.
well directed will scale the highest liamilicar went from Carthage and
.
rock, and bear a big load. Don't landed near Palermo He had a
start off in life as a sheep dog does, fleet of 2,000 ships and 3,000 small
without knowing where you are go- vessels, and a land force of 300,000
ing to. Load for the game you are men. At the battle in which he was
hunting for. It is as easy to be a defeated; 150,000 were slain.
man as a mouse. It is as easy to
A Roman fleet, led by Regulus
'
have friends as enemies—it is easier against Carthage, consist ed of 330
to have both than too through life vessels, with 140,000 men. The
like a tar-bucket under a wagon, , Carthagenian fleet numbered 350 ,
ti bumping over stumps, or sw i ng i ng . vessels, with 150,000 men.
right and left without-a will of your At the battle of Canner. there were
,
own. Every one can be something. !of the Romans including allies, 80-,
000 foot and 6,000 horse; of the Car-
There is enough to do. There are
forests to fell—rivers to explore—cit- thagenians 40,000 foot and 10,000 '
ies to build—railroads to construct— horse. Of these, 70,000 were slain
inventions to be studied—ideas to . in all, and 10,000 taken prisoners ; .
;
advance—men to convert—countries more than half slain.
Ilanniba,l, during. his campaign in
to conquer----women to love—offices'
to be filled—wealth and position to Italy and Spain, plundered 400 towns
acquire—a name to win—a Heaven and destroyed 300,000 men.
to reach. Yes, my boy, there is lots of Ninus, the Assyrian king, about
work to do and you and we must do : 2,'300 years B. C., led against the
our share. Bactrians his army, consisting (d
1,700,000 foot, 200.000 horse, and 16,-
The world is wide and its owner is
1 (100 chariots armed with scythes.
16,-
God. If' you wish to be somebody,
Italy, a little before Hannibal's •
pitch in. The brave always have I
friends. W here there is a will there ; time. was able to send into the field
treacly 1,000,000 men. !
is a way. Where others have gone
you can go. And Vatter, my boy, if Semiramis employed 2,000,000 men
j the old track don't suit, make a new in building the mighty Babylon.—
one, somebody will walk it. Success She took 100,000 Indian prisorwrs at
is never obtained in a country like the Indus, and sunk 1,000 boats.
Senacherib lost in a single night'
this without an eftwt. if you fail
once, try it again. If you fall down, ' 185,000 men by the destroying an
get up again. If it is dark, strike a 'gel-2 Kings, 19 : 35-37.
light. if you are in the shade move A short time after the taking of
around, for if there is a shade on Babylon, the forces of Cyrus consis-
one side, there is sunshine on the ted of 600,000 foot, 120,000 horse, •
other. ! and 2,000 chariots armed with scythes.
It your seat is too hard to sit upon An army of Cambyses, 50,000
,
stand up. If a rock rises before yon, strong, was buried up in the desert
roll it away, blast it or climb over it. sands of Africa by a south wind.
If you want money, earn it. 11 you When Xerxes arrived at Thermo
wish for confidence, prove yourself ilylae his land_ and sea forces amount
worthy of it, my buy. It takes long- ed to 2,641,610, exclusive of servants,
,
er to skin an elephant than a mouse j enuchs, women, sutlers, &c. in all
,
nembering 5,283,320. So say Hero-
but the skin is worth somethine•
(lotus, Plutarch and Isocrates
Don't be content in doing whata . n- ,
other has done—beat it if an ene-
The army of Artaxerxes, before
my gets in your way, knock him the battle of Cunaxa, amounted to
down or pitch him clear. Des,a , ve about 1,200,00.
,
success and it will come. The boy Ten thousand horses and 100 000
is not born a man. The sun does not foot fell on the fatal field of lssus.
rise like a rocket or go down like a When Jerusalem was taken by
Titus, 1,100,000 perished in various
bullet fired from a gun. Slowly but
surely it makes its rounds, and never wa Y s '
The force of Darius at Arbela
tires. It is as easy to be leader as
numbered more than 1,000.000. The
wheel-horse; and you are then al-
Persians lost 90,000 men in this bat
ways in town. Ifthe job be long the
tle ; Alexander about 500 men. So
pay will be greater—if the task be
says Diodorus. Arian says the Per
hard the more competent you must
he to do it. sians, in this battle, lost 300,000; the
And then, my boy, always be lion- Greeks 1,200. •
orable. Keep your word or give an -4.415.
excuse. If you owe a man, paSr him, . BOOK FARMING.
if it takes the last shirt—tail and all. We sometimes meet with farmers .
If you can't pay you can say so at who deride book learning as useless,
once. Do to others as you would be yea, as even hurtful to the interests
done by—after that as they do by of agriculture. Give us ckperience,
you. Punish enemies and reward they say; that is enough, and that
friends. If you do not punish ene- 'is safe. We know one farmer in par
mies none will fear you—if you nev- ''. ticular, a shrewd, keen man ' who
er reward friends we pity the selfish- „ learned his calling from his father
ness of you heart. If you make a ; before him, and who still learns
promise keep it. Play your hand ' much by visiting his brother agricul
and leave the table. If other* betray . turists; but he has a mortal preju.-
you, teach them better, but on no , dice against book-farming Proba
i provocation betray others. If you ' bly, much of what he knows and
, have a secret keep it closely—if you prides himself on knowing, is really
have the secret of another, watch it the product of scientific study by
even more closely than your own.— bookish men. If many of the useful
There can be no excuse for a betray- methods which he practices bad nev
'al of confidence—no apology that can er been disseminated through books,
be sufficient. If you are in hard luck, perhaps neither he nor other farmers
wear it out. If you can help a would ever have known them.
friend, always do it, if he is worthy When a man has learned something
—if you cannot, don't insult him in really useful (no matter how he
the style of refusal. A
. little act, learns it), why should it not find its
word or look, when the heart is sore, way into print for the benefit of
lingers as does the fragrance of the others ? But no—oh no! for then it
rose long after the vase is broken.— would become book-farming. Some
If you are right stick to it. If wrong, one has likened such a narrow-mind
never be ashamed to own it. Keep ed man to the great Omar, who said
your head above water, no matter of the books in the Alexandrian Li
how deep the stream or swift the brary, "If they contain only what is
current—somebody will help you.— 'in the Koran, they are not needed.—
Don't ru m ble—don't fret—don't If they contain what is not in the
whine. whine. It is as easy Koran, it must be false. Let them
to be chee rful . 0 ...41 4 ,rowid, and be burned." So, if papers and books
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WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1862.
LARGE ARMIES.
The following facts, called from
the fields of ancient story, may be of
some interest at the present time :
The city of Thebes had a hundred
gates, and could send out at each
gate 10,000 fighting men and 200
chariots—in all 1,000,000 men and
2.000 chariots.
contain only what he knows, they
are useless; if they contain anything
he does not know, they must be false,
and should be discarded, if not burn
ed.
AN IMMENSE ARMY.
To form anything like a correct
idea of the immensity of the loyal
army that will soon be in the field,
armed and equipped, it is necessary
to place it in position where it can,
in imagination at least, be surveyed
as a whole, in all its vast proportions.
The following, which we find credi
ted to an "exchange" enables us, in
some measure to appreciate the mag
nitude of the host of citizen soldiers
who will soon be arrayed against re
bellion:—The new drafts will give
the Government one million of men,
who can be placed in the field, if the
civil officers of the loyal States do
their duty, in time for the fall cam
paign, fully armed and equipped. To
understand the immensity of such a
force, it would be necessary to see
them up in array. A line marching
in single file, allowing two feet for
each soldier, would stretch nearly
three hundred and eighty miles, and,
marching at the rate of thirty miles
per day, would occupy nearly two
weeks in passing a given point;
marching in sections of four, with
the necessary room for baggage
trains and cavalry, at the rate of thir
ty miles per day, they would extend
one hundred and fifty miles; and the
head of the column leaving a given
point on Monday morning, the rear
guard would not reach the same
point till Friday night. One million
of men on paper is easily express
ed; to arm, equip and feed such a
host has never yet been essayed by a
civilized people."
AN EDITORIAL BRUTUS.
An editor out West thus talks to
his non-paying subscribers and pa
trons:— 'Hear us for our debts, and get
ready that you may pay; trust us. we
are in need, and have regard for our
need, as you have been long trusted;
acknowledge your indebtedness, and
dive into your pockets, that you may
promptly fork over. If there be any
cne among you, one single patron,
that don't owe us something, then to
him we say step aside ; consider
yburself a gentleman. If' the rest
wish to know why we dun them, this
is our answer : not that we care about
ourselves, but our creditors do.—
Would you rather that we went to
jail, and you go free, than you pay
your debts to keep us moving? As we
agreed, we have worked for you; as
we contracted, we have furnished our
paper to you; hut as you don't pay,
we dun you. _Here are agreements
fir job work, contracts for subscrip
tion, promises fbr long credit, and
duns for deferred payment. Who is
there so green that he don't take a
paper ? If' any, he need not speak,
for we don't mean him.
Who is there so green that he don't
advertise ? If' any, let him slide; he
ain't the chap either. Who is there
so mean that lie don't pay the print
er ? If any, let him shout, for he's
the man we're after. His name is
Legion and he's owing us for one,
two, three, four, five, six years—long
enough to make us poor and him rich
at our expense."
THE BATTLES BEFORE RIOHMOND.
The Richmond correspondent of
the Charlestown Mercury writes:—
"Mr Crooker, Superintendent of the
Army intelligence Office, states that
his books show beteewn 11,000 and
12,000 wounded in the battles before
Richmond, and thinks the whole
number, including in private houses
not reported to him, will be about 12,-
500. General Lee, I am told, esti
mates the killed at 3,500. To these
must be added a great many who
were disabled by exhaustion, want of
fbod and bad water, so that the sum
total would amount, perhaps to 18,000
or 20,000. The per centage of deaths
among the wounded has been heavy,
owing to the hot weather. I have
heard it put at eighty per cent, but
this is foolish. No case of amputation
above the knee is said to have recov
ered, but this I also doubt.
REBEL DEAD ON THE FIELD.
On the 12th the brigade of Gen.
Milroy left camp on the late battle
field and moved to Crooked Run, a
distance of eight miles. A corres
pondent writes :—The exodus of the
people from this section was sudden
and precipitous. Numberless indi
cations of this event remain to at
test its truth. Not far from this
camp is the splendid residence of
John Lightfoot, Esq.,
now an officer
in the rebel army. His family re
mained until a few days ago, when,
seeing the rapid flight of the rebels
past their home, thought it time to
fly also. they left behind them an
excellent piano, a large quantity of
rich clothing, dresses, &c., a fine col
lection of books, thousands of letters,
and even the remnants of a meal on
the table. As we came along the
road, I took it afoot fora period, and
.skirted the woods back from the
road, opening out on the country
beyond. Throughout the woods, for
miles, lay the rebel dead, "unburied,
unknelled, ttubonored and unsung."
RolitiraL
LETTER FROM MAJOR JACK DOWN
ING.
WASHINGTON, June 30,1862.
Suas :—I expect you'll be struck
all aback to git anuther letter frum
me, dated Washington, and I'm kind
er surprised myself, for I expected
to be in Downingville, long afore
this. But you'll see, by the notice you
git through this letter, that it was
impossible for me to leave. I got
my trunks all packed up and ready
to start, when lo ! and behold, my
hickory, that Gineral Jackson give
me, was missin ! Now, I couldn't no
more travil without my hickory cane
than I could sodder up this broken
Union with skim milk. I told Lin
kin I was all ready, but that my
hicko'ry was missin. So he called
the feller in purty bad close, who
does chores around the White House,
and asked him ef he'd seen it ? He
sed he hadn't. Then I reckolected
that there had been a Cabbynet
meetin the nightbefore, and it atonce
stuck me that some of the members
had walked off with it.' So Linkin
sent the feller round to see. After
he'd gone, I teld Linkin ef any of
em had it that I'd bet it was Stantin,
for ses I, "Kernel, ever sense he
tried to get on your trowsers down
to Fort Monrow, he's acted jest as
of he wanted to play Gineral Jack
son, and et he can only git a piece of
hickory that the old Gineral has
handled, he'd think that he was on
the road to glory. Sure mini', he had
it, but pretended it was all a mistake,
jest as he did when I caught him in
the Kernel's trowsers. Depend upon
it, Stantin needs watchin, for he is
one of them, kind of fellers who's got
it into ther heads that they are for
ordained for somethin, and they don't
know what.
The loss of my hickory kept me
over one day longer, and the next
mornin I got the bottle of Borebon
whiskey which you sent to me. A
feller by the name of Adams fetched
it, and he wouldn't take any pay for
his truhble either. I asked him of
he was any relashin to Phil Adams,
who used to keep a tan yard in Down
ingville, as he was a very clever
man and used to do anything for his
neighbors for nothin. The chap
laughed rite out loud at this and sed
"he didn't see it." Ses I, "what
don't you see ?" "Wal," sed he, "nev- i
er mind, old feller, about telling long
stories, but jest put your name rite
down there,' and he handed out a
big book full of writiu. Ses I, "Mr.
Adams, I never put my name to
anything that I don't understand."
Ses I, that may be a secesh docy
merit for all 1 know." Sea the feller,
ses he, "(lit out ! this is only a re-',
ceipt fbr that bottle.' ‘Wal,' ses I, "et'
that's all, then here goes.' So I got
my spectacles and a quill pen, for I
never rite with eny of the new fan
gled kinds, and I jest rote out 'Majer
Jack Downing' in a stile that made
the feller stare. Ses 1, 'Mr. Adams,
you have some awful poAr riters
among the fellers you deal with, but
I ain't ashamed of that ritin eny
where.' The chap he looked at it a
moment and then he looked at me,
and finally ses he, 'Bully for you,'
and in a Jiffy he was off, without
even shakin hands or sayiu good by.
After he had gone I took the bot
tle into Linkin 's room and opened
it. Now, ses I, 'Kernel, let's try
this licker.' Wa!,' ses he, 'Majer,
I'm a good judge of Borebon, for it
comes from my old State of Kentuck.'
Wen Linkin saw the n ime hon the
bottle, 'Mr. Cotton, 306 Washington
street, N. Y.,' ses he, Majer do you
think that this is loyal whisky ?'—
'Why, "ses I, 'Kernel, what makes
you ask that questshiu ?"Wal, ses
he, don't you see the man's name is
Cotton I"Now,' ses I, "Kernel,
what an idee that is ! Do you sup
pose it would be danger for him
to live down in §ecesh where they
are burning cotton as fast as they kin?'
'Wal, never mind the name, Majer,
let us taste of the whisky. I can
soon tell whether it is loyal or not.'
So 1 opened the bottle and poured
out some, and the Kernel took a
good swig. I also took a snifter,
and we both pronounced it A No. 1
Ticker, and loyal too. 'Now,' ses
'Kernel, can you tell me why this
whisky is like the Constitution of the
United States?' No,' sea he, don't
see any simularity., •Wal,' ses
'Kernel. this whisky was made for
White Men., jest at the Constitushiu
was.' Ses he, 'Major, how do you
know it was made for white men ?'
ses 1, 'it is jest as plain to me
as daylight. You see, Kernel, the
licker agrees with you. It tastes
good. It won't hurt you ; in a word,
it corresponds with natur. That's a
sign it was made for you. Jest so
it is with the Constitushin. It ap
plies to white men exactly, and
they've always got along together
with it lust rate. Now, you give
this whisky to the niggers, and they
get drank on it, and cut up all sorts
of scrapes, but white man, whom it
was made for, know jest how to use
it, and it don't do them eny hurt.—
Jest so with the Constitushin; you
apply it to niggers, and it is jeat. as
bad for 'em as whi!iky, They &art
know how to use it, an they'll de
stroy everything, and make them
selves an everybody else ten times
wose off."Wal, ses the Kernel, sea
he, `.Majer, I wish I could see how
it is that the Constitushin don't ap
ply to niggers as much as to white
men.' Ses I, 'Kt rnel, you don't look
at the Constitushin thru constitushin
al spectacles. That Chicago Plat
form bothers you.' 'Kernel you see
that it, is tryin to bring the nigger
where he don't belong, that is the
cause of all our troubbel. He don't d
belong to the constitushin, and wen
we undertake to put him there it
won't work.'
Ses he, "Major, did you ever hear
of the story of a man who caught
a panther by the tail ?" Ses I, yes,
Kernel, I hey." "Wal," ses he, "I'm
that man. I've got the biggest he
panther by the tail that you ever
heerd tell of. Ef I was splittin
rails I'de know jist what to do."—
"Why," ses I, "Kernel, what would
you do then ?" "Wal," sea he, "jest
stick his tail in the crack of the log,
knock out the wedge and run. But
! you see, Majer, I ain't splittin rails
now, an', therefore, that plan won't
work." 'No,' see I, 'Kernel, you
ain't splittin rails, but Pm afeered
you're splittin sometbin else.' Ses
he, 'what ?' Sea I, 'THE UNION V-
I 'Now Majer.' sea the Kernel, 'you
don't think I want to split the Union,
do you ?"No,' ses 1, -I don't know
as you're raley tryin to split it, but
then you've been sick a splitter all
your life, that perhaps you are doin
it unbekuowin to yourself. You see,
Kernel, as long as you stick to them
1 Abolitionists, jest so long the Union
will not only stay split, but the split
will grow wider. They are the
wedge an you are the mallet. You
jest knock the wedge out, an the
Union will come together jest like
shettin up a jack !life. You see,they
hold that some of the States have
got an institushin which they consider
rong, an they are detarmined to up
root it. In tryin to do that, they'll
split everything all to smash, and by
the time they git thru, it will look as
of lightnin had struck this country
from Mane to Texas, in spots not
mor'n 6 inches apart.'
`Wal,' ses the Kernel, ses he, 'Ma
jer, that brings up a great moral
questshin, as the nigger sed wen he
was stealin chickins, and we ain't
got time to discuss it now.' Sea I,
Kernel, go ahead, an of you can re
fete what I have said, I would like
;to see you.' Ses he, ‘ll.lajer, do you
know why a man's face is like the
eend of an old fashioned house ?' Ses
• I, `No, Kernel, can't say I do. 'Viral,'
says he, 'because it is his gabble eend.'
W al, ses I, that may he a good joak,
but after all, Kernel, it don't answer
my arguments. But I couldn't git
another word on politics out of the
Kernel that day. So I held up, but
I tell you, the Kernel has felt very
blue since that time. One day ses
he, 'Majer, what a great mistake I
made in not makin Crittenden's corn
: pr.quise the basis of my administra
tion ; but it is no use in cryin over
spilt milk. The leaders of our party
wanted the Chicago platform put
through, and I'm the man to do what
I undertake or sink in the attempt.'
"W al," ses I, "Kernel, (changin' the
toppic)ine and Sekretary Chase have
been figgerin up the debt Uncle Sam
has on his sholders, an what d'ye think
;it amounts to?" "Not knowin, can't
say, Major, it must be upwards of con
,
sidorabel." "Wal, I rather think it
is. It is more nor a THOUSAND
• MILLION OF DOLLARS, Kernel,
and upwards ris'n fastly, though we
only seem to be jest fairly gittin into
the shank of the fight."
''Val, to tell the truth, Iklajer, this
war has disappointed the hull of us,
but I think I haven't been so foolish
as Seward. I never sed it would end
in 'sixty days.' But let's see your
figgers, Major." Then I sho'd him
the slate, and how I had figgered up
the debt, and told him how I had
gone to see Chase, and how he took
down his book, which he said his
Clarks had prepared for him, so he
could see every Saturday nite jest
how much the Government was in
debt. I took a look at it but I
couldn't tell bead nor tail to it. He
sed they kept their books by dubbel
entry. .I
tolled him that I tho't a
single entry would be as many times
as such a debt as our'n ought to be
chalked down. Besides, I told hiru .
them books by dubbel entry wasn't .
worth a pick of saw-dust. There
was Deacon Doolittle's son, Hosea,
of Downingville, who went to York
and set up the dry goods business.—
Wen he failed, his books showed he
was worth two hundred thousand
dollars, and yet he didn't have money
enough to get his wife hum to his
father's. You see dubbel entry is a
good deal like tryin to ride 2 horses
at once ; you can't manage 'em, and
things get so kinder mixed up in
profit and loss arid notes payable
and notes receevable, that you can't
tell how you stand.'
The Kernel then took down the fig
gers off my slate in his book and sed
he would keep 'em for his nest mes-
same. .
then Linken, ses he,‘ltiajer,you!ve
worked like kbailer on these iggers,
and it is an orfal dry and tuff sob
jeer. So! think you better have soma
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of my old rye to sort of top off with.'
Then he called the feller in party bad
eloze, who does arrands, and tailed
him to bring oat the black bottle.—
'Now, Majer.' ses the Kernel, 'take a
good swig. It will be healthy for
your rumatiz. As for me, I'll jest
take a little for eumpany sake. I
don't drink myself, you know, Majer,
but I like to have a little old rye
aroun; an I allus tell the old woman
et there's any of it missin not to
ask any queetshins! After we got
dun drinkin, ses 1, Kernel, I have
been with you ever since the Ist of
February, an wen I earn I didn't ex
pee' to stay mor'n a month. Now,
the 4th of July is comin along close
at band, an I must be thinkin about
gittin back to Downingville for I
must be there before the 4th.
Things look very bad here jest
now, and we all feal afeerd they may
be made worse instead of better.
Stanfill wants to issoo a proelama
shin which he thinks will set all
things rite, but Sewaid -ses precis
mashins is played out. The Kernel
thought at one time to put out a call
for a day of fasten and prayer,
but
Hallick is opposed to it. So things
are gittin along now kinder slip shod,
but I will try to keep you posted up
as usual.
I intend to give you a full account
of the celebration of the 4th el
Downingville. Insine Stebbins, of
the Downingville Insensibles, who
writ a piece of poetry on Mrs Lin
kins ball, and who was woonded at
Chickenhominy and cum hum with
a furlong, is to be the orator of the
occashin. Jerusha Matilda Jenkins,
the darter of Deacon Jenkins, and
who went down to Port Roile to
teech the contrarybands their prim
ers, will also be there. The Insine
is a very smart chap, of be is a nig
gerite, and I expec' he will do him
self creditable.
Yours till deth,
MAJER JACK DOWNING
LONDON PREACHERS.
Some read essays in cold, symmetrical
periods, with occasional moral precepts.
I heard some time ago a sermon read in a
monotonous cathedral voice, in which, af
ter giving a most bald and uninteresting
life of Jacob, the only application which I
heard the clergyman make was to tell his
famishing hearers that the best thing they
could do was to "go and imitate Jacob,"
—a very brilliant and original conclusion!
Some preach eloquently, and perhaps
well, but there is lacking throughout a
spiritual life in the manner and the lan
guage. Dr. Cumming is a good specimen
of this class. His very prayers are chill
ing. The repetition in a pleasing, mea
sured and somewhat affected voice of a
string of texts of Scripture reminds one
strongly of Episcopal services. It cer
tainly is a plea'sure to sit and listen to elo
quent precepts uttered in melodious ac
cents, but the sou/ comes away longing for
a repast. There are others. like Punslion
arid Newman Hall, •and Spurgeon, who
draw huge crowds, and do great good in
awakening sinners, but for the progressive
believer there is little to satisfy, and to a
man of taste the unkempt eloquence of the
former or the latter is unendurable. But
all faults of manner and speech can be
overlooked, if a minister `exhibit au anx
ious sympathy for every soul whom he ad
dresses—where he appears to lose himself
in his alf absorbing, all important theme,
and feel that everlasting life or death hangs
on his lips. That is the test of preaching
—the spirit which animates the words*
tl e forgetfulness of self in the eagerness
for the salvation of souls. And the beet
preaching is of course where this is com
bined with deep and, holy thoughtfulness
and thorough mental cultivation. There
are few here who possess this rare union
of qualities. Dr. Hamilton, with his win
ning, kindly exhortations ; and Arthur,
with his stirring extempore utterances;
and Allen, of Islington, whose sermons are
eloquent and spiritual, are instances
The Sir John Franklin Expedition.,
Sr. JOHNS, N. B. August 22.—Arri
ved to-day, bark Peorge liknry, of
New London, Captaiij B ington,
from Frobisher's Idlet, shOVI' of pro
visions. Mr. Hall, of 6 .the New Frank.
lin Research Expedition, is on board.
One man was lost the first winter
out—frozen to death. Mr Hall re
ports that in consequence o a f the loss
of their craft, they were unable to
prosecute the mission to the extent
proposed, but they had dethruined
the fate of two boats' crews of Frank
lin's expedition, all of whom, perish
ed while endeavoring to return.
Mr. Hall learned the fate of five
men captured from Frobisher, on
his first voyage, and identified the
exact places of their landing. Mr.
Hall explored over one thousand
miles of the coast, including the so
called Frobisher's straits, which
proved to be a deep bay, terminating
in lat. 63 45, long. 70.
Mr. Hall also discovered a 'teal
glacier and mountain of fossils Ws..
tween Hudson's straits and Frobish
er's bay.
The bark George Henry was , to
start for the U-uited States at the.
close of 1861, but was preventad,
from doing so by the foe, until the
9th inst. The ohip's company sub
7osistakfl Abrou the Jait by,
7 of 411! ,Eihri. IlunatPc.
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