A-€? For the Agitator. SOMMER EVENING. Mlk mite to nWi>g<Hn ■»> ««•- ,rt i XU itAtk**'* 1 ■ v > '■* v'" ' ,o ''-' i Th« clanujbeetle blander* on UrtowShp-io-Miis ,i H 1 mo ' l .ISSSBESSS!^^ '"" '■’’ : ■’'•■•‘''O&iAiTlOlSt ln '' t’"" 1 ' 1 D*I.IVHMDrIS MISDIiEBCXV, JCLV VOCBTH, IWS. ■ ■■* ' Trrrsssbi?r 7,; - ! : Fbimw Ciwz«te: You ,ha ye just listened to cneofthe most sacred documents thM aver *«* written in any.fonguage. ..at Isratton of oar Fathers ss ihey >,y\rero about to rcsistthe Invasions ofaforelgn king. ; ... n You are today citizens of,that same re public? which this instrument first called in[o being. And (ts you baveliaiooedjo.the prin ciples, of. which your. liberties, rights and privileges as freemen, ere,the legitimate o,ff spring. y our souls have been Inspired with a new Lore of country, and yepr hearts filled with increased reverence (hr those in. whose minds ibis 'Declaration was .first conceived. You love them for its sahe.-, -You. .revere them not because they were any .nearer re lated to you by the ties of consanguinity thousands of others, who Lived at. the same period, bat because they published to,, the world some of the noblest sentiments that were ever uuerred, There never was a body of public men whose motives were miQre puce, whose conceptions were more sublime and whose principles were more lasting in their charscter than that which assembled In in dependence Hall on the 4th of July 1776, They knew full welt what was meant by re> ligious iotoleralion. They had learned by experience that no man would willingly sub mit to (axalioo end be denied the right of rep resentation. They had fell the sling pf hay ing (he dearest affections of the heart.crushed out and denied an utterance by (hose who could have no rightful authority over them, la view o( these facts, actuated by a noble patriotism, and urged on by a still nobler philanthropy, they met together and embodied m words some of. the noblest impulses of our nature, and declared the right of men in all ages, end in every part of the world to assert them and maintain them. . But-though this Declaration was drawn up at the commencement of the Aonericrn Revo lution, vet the principles there set forth have a dale anterior to that. They were placed by the Creator in the heart of man, and have had an existence ever since Adam's heart first began to .throb- The first community that ever existed was made up of individuals who felt that they had certain inalienable rights, with which no prince or monarch had any right to meddle. These principles were not created when this manuscript was written, but wpte created by God himself and are as lasting as any of his works. Generations have followed each other in regular succes sion for six thousand years, and each in turn has felt that no government was just that did not derive it* powers from the consent of ike governed. These principles have been crush ed and smothered by the unbending will of tyrants, during the greater portion of the world's history, nevertheless they have con tinued to animate the souls of men, and oc casionally when oppression become intoler able, have burst out into living flames, which to day illumine the dark scenes of the past, humanity has rose and fell according as these principles have been cherished or despised. The noblest struggles of our race have been those in which men have contended for these self-evident truths. VVho that has had any acquaintance with history, has failed to dis cover that rulers in ell ages, with but few ex ceptions, have ever been on the alert to snatch away every vestige o( authority held by the laboring classes!' In Rome (he plebeians struggled with the patricians one hundred and sixty years, before they could be permit ted 10 stand on an equality with them. And that was no ordinary struggle. On the one hand were wealth, influence, power and in triguing politicians, while on the other was a noble band of farmers and mechanics and day laborers and slaves, with no weapon but Truth, wiih no power but their own strong arms, with no kind voice to urge them on ex cept the principles of a rising manhood, burn ing in their beans. Friends were often ar rayed against friends—sons against fathers— the dearest ties of affection were broken for the sake of humanity. The young Virginia was slaughtered by her own father, but her blood roused the plebeians, who tolled back vengeance upon the head of Appius Claudius, chief of the Decemviri, The man whose heart is imbued with the principles of this declaration, becomes bold, courageous, unconquerable. “Tbrioe armed is he whose cause is just.” King Pyrrhus saw in the faces of the Romans who had fall en upon the field of battle this manly courage nod he exclaimed: “Wtih Such men.l could Wquet the world. The brave Horaiiua bad -•® l n fnW of this love of liberty, when with but twp comrades, he kepi the Etruscan army from crossing the Tiber. Many simi ar examples might be cited lo show'that ibis love of equality, this thought of independence has ever inspired and animated the souls of men. his a fact that men in all ages, and in every part of the world, have ever bej-n and are yet, living, breathing, acting being*, 8 n * l °‘ thoughts, emotions and feelings as ourselves. 6 JJ*! ieve . in P arl Ihe philosophy of the o * f ° rd ' Ladii 8,11,6 : ~Thttl lbere him man, an inner light'.’ titaiftg and noW Brd . upW3rd t 0 sometHinghigber in nova 6r ’ a ? d lbou Bb it be crushed ,by men crmL/’ T l u 9 ? rds and baroM of Europe, SSS C. dark yoaranrV^i—^ 6lllB durlD 8 duce/iu f fcu , da,,a ?Vyet as it there in dttced ihos, vvHh i 9 thjW off that galling yTA T I •l!T i 3 P/iTU'ITISI i!i ,iow .K/f waft t v - •.1 il:n-jT “ tsf! ball j iHH bn e .sle)8 sr a.« oe J it *?<>*• blown £^dv^- j«s»-! ?J«“ n* *)lua Giodj moil ’ ' Bna 1 wwiuiuqsU w j iUt** imtl & C 6., . .j m islksc ffiiMuvnMgmto mr T* tip a I Ala (Q a-il nt «a. ( a - l.aJ a all . a laa.V. I-. . . aMA I .1 ' J . . I M t if." wi* !»<*s< wfaUtwa**, wotlfifoMha gaykdr' JmjiopifiVUkU *ver tstoce tp keeptritfroiri rising. Hungary was overcome liy superior* foifcq,,|b«|<U!jfcheUrt(( af.-her,;psopJe,:pu)ae(fe taj day in-fututa they liVill hood.' t •likftWMbmjyraotaalandiin thigbspfal sues, Utah theybave wealth.by whithi to cor-! JOpl dhey,fltre,eurrounded , by /nen t wh'o lookiUftlo therewith* blifid >jtfe-i vaiiCtoas.lhtilHaiJteniookaupoD bis,-wooden God, yet as the world advance? >revtttiitiUia TrequautV Ahd they; my y el lead) thttMthere ivill be Ihan-pjWr-irooKt Henry’s than he wbaroused the. American Colonieslo action andgovaui , Iqranqg .fq.,t/iaf, jn^ble, sentiment (\Gtyme. Deiilßrajiqn of Ipdppendapce ? f ) W^y ; do'jfq hear' pll of Ajq.eriq|n SI Why. op men all pVqr qgr pon ,thjs rourth orjufj(V.and p/qyqra to Hea,yqq, aqtj offe/t /heir hearts ,ps asacrifice (q their Cpuntteand <q Pfqeqotp 1 wby ppon,eaqb' £telippal Anniversary, do we )tepr t|)a vplleya resound with martial music, and I ,the hill? >ecbo bach the cannon’s roar ? Why do puriaa.rtSjßli swell witjjj proud emo tions, .when ,we speak of pur country—as we If ear life names of our fatherp, who jived but hayq passed away—of .the baUje fields upon .which they, perished—;of the monu ments rearqd .tq their cqemqry ? Is tberepp meaning to ajl tjilaT Go ask the serf of Rpssia what he would giye to befree. Go inquire of. the impulsive Spaniard, if the’ in quisition has excited ho terror'in • hft soul. Go tell the lowest personage in Europe, that in a part of our land, thq humblest citizen, though Ke.be horn in arobhger and reared in the ihost insignificant hut,'may live and die an, honored and respected man. There is value to our Tree institutions.'— There is a meaning to all these patriotic songs and patriotic declarations. TTtere is ad ird porrance to be attached to these principles. Our fathers knew it when thdy gave up their lives that they might bequeath tn'efri tdnsfas an inheritance. It' is not an unpleasant sib sation for a man to feel that he is free.— That he may go where be pleaads; speak what he thinks; worship God ns his own conscience may direct; and have a voice an. the government under which be lives. - It is this ihst made the pilgrims leave the shores of England, covered with rich and comfort able homes, and seek the cold, dreary forests of Massachusetts, It is this that brought the Huguenots from'Prance,'tha( they might live in a freer and better land. It is this that in duced the noble hearted Penn to come here and search out a home for his friends. It is this that rnaae the descendants of those same' men draw up this saerhd Declaration, and struggle for seven years that tfiev might 6ti joy its blessings; ■ • I '' ’ r ' 1 n Nor were their labors vain. Their bright est anticipations have already heed realized. When they said that future generations would rise up and bless them for their' labors, the/ had but a faint conception of what has often been repeated. They declared eighty years ago to-day, that their children would celebrate the fourth of July with bonfires and thanks giving, and we their descendants are now ful filling the prophecy. Their brightest hopes are nuw being consummated by our experi ence. Indeed this is a glorious land. The bright eye of the American'Eagle, has already fixed upon its object in the West. The stars and swipes of our country float triumphantly on (he most distant sea. J The name of an American, excites envy in the hearts of the proudest monarchs of the Old World. Asa nation we are now ranked among (he first. Two centuries ago (here were hula few trad ing places along the Atlantic coast.' The forests which then covered the land had been swept away before the march of civilization [ and we see in their places, beautiful fields with their luxuriant grain, and still more beautiful meadows with their waving-grttss. Comfortable homes may be found upon the same spots where the wild - beasts- and the savage red man sported together.. While ip moat countries of Europe, education and the glorious blessings growing out of it, are shared only by the few, here they are opeq to all, nod the poorest may if be will, become learned. In view of these facts, no one pap help but feel that be fovea Jtis country, qqd all the noble institution' growing thpSe principles, which we have meVhere 10-day Id commemorate. • 1 Tm* is a progressive agtf. Wherever We turn our eyes we behold' this Sentence, this thought, this idea: Wodrth'pftgfcssiVepefil pie. ' The word progress is'oite IhSt SSemS W be ofamped upon everything.' The ftrrtfei’Of fifty years ago is dot the farmer of to-day; Tfie mechanic has wholly changed hi i nUfSai opetdndi within a few years. 1 ' Improvements are being multiplied oo every sitle bT tbe country is growing rich.aa*'WSUlUi Our commerce is no longer carried- on iby s a few merchants, .with a few Svesscl«*-aajling' ttf.a few foreign ports,' hut ourlargfl oilies are full of commercial men, who own ships.iladeH with merchandise floating upon eyefy.qpjtan and every lake- ,Thq l aca(lq n ¥y?» and colleges qf to-day arq'.nqt whpttbey have been in time past. Intelligence, basta keo a higher stand and morals are assuming a mo're practical form. ChorjfcheS'efrp grow ing moreTriendiyvaod chrisllaps of ' different denominatldhs other feelifig’tfiSl they arejq the presence of soqls as purq.as thpir oyrq. fiut What is the caitse of all this gr9grf3asf .it that'the . people of the pr^.; pf'more gc|i*is. moi£ thought, more leetihg, morevitalitu thap.thpag of qny plher 1. Qr is it that ibatr ,thoughts,’ thelr teelinga suid their actions hive been Un restrained fay oppressive Mws? The'princi ples poolaiued ia this defended r l, flu. l>tU V? nr *Jufrj,'OOVJ ij si'll *1 ftla btii *» ii :j n»ai mftm ’ s*n'li*.fa las-fjH/ tr IwifiV . Irjypr-h pi i»A nl :o yrU mU Uwrji fi ‘ skUuUy a *a &«tf bi<t».ai aVJ Tv ‘noi'n WW'tef' brtjibtfafitMW a olrw»ThiT<i f #'te tite-fye' Aitfo¥i' J bP^ta”^n'a^ s 'HdW ma,'’thefhive fcmeTaffeigKty ’yeafs.' 1 “ Alas t'- aflrnß/tTia't * tWed : i«k!s«o'' kfe BV thar Fedbjrds 'bl'MsWry. ’Edgfand,’ orTsfibuld S'£y l! heir upfter’qlasbes ardricff, in(elligettt,actiVe;but they lafck that Sllialily Which’ hbfe ! dVery df add bl ijwiiajy'. 1 ' 1 Geftpahy plods’ frlblig like-an'djd Shpokifig Dtitctirjifin, pujfing just dir oiled Ss it did ahd'bd' ibore so'.' Italy is <jn|y wfiowish tpbehpld the ruirisoT a noble race; whp’ oncd lilted upon itssbil But t)6w filpepTp ! (fiisif’’gVaVes.' They bddsch&tars, pietp, ofiiiotS'and ‘siatejjtiien 'metiiull6f ’strengilt'and ’courage, 'p'fadd ! of their nation, antf their fiankii Bnf Pp;bniWould dream of it, itr study ing ihq' of the present degenerated rapei'Jmdg fliftbii '-the sandhills abd lh' the shmOyalleysi' France -f-m» jofie n da'i define it.;, advane ing. sbmetimea standing qtllf.’Wmetlniea''Vht rpgrading, sometimes dancing in the s'atae spot, full of frenzy and fnadn'esS. It is indeed a privefege to tie an American citizen, ‘to live in this “’land of the' free and home of the brave,” and to liv'd alibis par ticolai’ period when idea ard needed to defend these noble principles! ’ There is tl chance for the energies of the young man. (bribe courage and strength of the middle aged, for the prayers and counsels of the old.. '' Statesmen of other lands hqve performed noble' deeds, but triumphs have already been kchieypd by Ijte 'American Statesmen, which stand wdihohtfe parallel in history. Demosthenes could with his eloquence rouse the people of Greece against Philip and the Macedonian, warriors; but it'remains for the American statesman to ssywhetber the principles of the Declaration of Independence the right of all men to be’ free, shall hdhee forth be the ruling principle of this Nation or not. ‘The elder Cato'could ihiinder forth thpse memorable wbrds, Delenda esl Cat thaf>d, butjt remains for our senators’ to plead for tjie appoVation pf free territory and the admission of free States'. The noble hearted Kossuth could suffer to be driven away from his home into exile, add go wandering from one country to another, seeking an audience before which he might plead for the princi ples which we have met'ho re to day to cprii memorate, but the American orator can (bare at home, find an audience, made up of indi viduals whose hearts burn with the (ove of Freedom, and who are rbady to spill their blood and lay down their lives to defend it. May our Senatorg and Statesmen and orators feel their great responsibility growing out of mese-gnmons pi-ny.. “-y they ever re member that the destiny of our Nattoms-ro some’extqht in' their hands,'ter be moulded and shaped for coming generations. ‘ May they learh in this early ,day of our Republic, that all (here is noble id olir Irbe institutions, all there is dear in the Declaration of Inde pendence, all there Is valuable in the Consti tution of these Slates, all that is to be prized in Freedom itself, and all that has here been won for Liberty and achieved for humanity, now depend for an existence upon their thoughts, their actions, their arguments ; and that they ore to be carried down into the fu ture, under their seal and with their appro val or disapproval. Posterity will never take into account the parly ties and party interests and party machinery which distract and lead estray the opinions of men during our lives, but as we judge rulers and law makers who lived in other ages, so will they judge (he men who now stand in high places. The race which is to come, after us must reap their blessings or the curses of laws which are now being enacted, and the men who make them must bear the responsibility. I regret that a portion of-our public men have forgotten that there is a Declaration of Inde pendence. Their teachings are opposed to its principles; their arguments are in behalf of priVilges and not in vindication of the eternal rights of man. They have turned their backs upon the great leading thought of this document, which cost the best blood and treasure of the rten the Revolution; they Javp virtually declared that this sacred paper ritlen.by Thuws Jefferson, ?jgned by. John fiancockqnd supported by all, the eloquence of flenry, is a falsehood, apa (hat tl(B iped who earnestly ftpd:zqajousty support it? principles, are raving'fanatics uqfj(.,to-asj. spciaje-:witb. pivilized , men. I(jjijbq,a t fact (ityt $ blpod.o? 76.,afjH circnjpttpnn the vpipa pf, our citizens,; iQt ; tj-up.,fhai we mean iQ.tpaitjlaip these foe insUiutippswmch hWg ifjwe fnm npt, hp»|y ,U),au;. r epder all that wpp foj ,ts, hy of. those whq nqw jive must, t iog ,principles,. ,aeqta Clod o£ JM i ly !: ma.de,sa,- qrqd gy, jtq conpectiop. sp mapy npWo apd yatqiotip jesolyps, gqout,, fnwt W3blft w ,«v * n lMv°sj.ilJpga : andv «wrjt/ °tor Ui ro 4W oß i' W “Ww -TO .ffiMWIJPg JPftIWW I sentiment qt(ered byoqypmerq;, „‘‘Jbat ail. men are created free and equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life-,' liberty^and thd pursuit of happiness;” • and that ihis truth may penetrate the souls' l of jailAW.tj poltticiftns, and induce them upon t,hiameg?|Otalj(ln}lnyjto pflet i,he;q heqrts ap a qacj;id<s%. t 0.,, aqdagain, dedicate their energjep to, (hq Gqg.of Liberty. At and motirnful period of our coun tryVhietory.' when the polirical horizon is dirk with th’o 'clouds'drclvil 'war^tvfien'all , there is dear mdur nation, seem# id be threal ened witH diatrucfidQ from those tvho® wd i9 WB *iii if ' -V'jjßum J'lffi®i! ?Lra . 1 ■ ;, *UFt‘ - !>,; *lß'U fmcit 6i*wt« :»Tfc!3f!)Bk l»I 'ijm ■■ yldifl tnU haidMqwis ll* o;® i 1 ( : 1 "ifflrod MwJtWfSrfl yoIITTi ' MM ki;ll .n»»el«iin tllav.- j,„i ou . 0 „ n . iflrittwlc if •' syaspKfm SlMifvff >^tfWWWil?£OTtWW t fw Wtf 1 mjmf MwWj.M'wt' f«l>M»r.q&AtyWiHAt%,fcsMtett „.„, ~. »sPHlft,wfß aAmW D?;««W enoe have secured ; could.-w£, pp. Josying! lhß,,gl<>flk)VB,^rivileg«.<if; todepend ence for seventy years,,permit any-px ipce t»r inpDarQhi or .pay .numberioftarUlQatatiojraan to Xuleover uaT/.'Codld- we consent] ihvt iHb should 4>e. the lasV fou rth iof.rJaty .thaci wo should «ver celebrate,-, and that-our, ears should'no more JiatentothC wordsof- pafri otiiml and the so ngsof .-Freemen; Could ;wp standee idle nddfeathefesacred principles blottedout, and civilization'com meboeits-'backward march toward heatheh darferteSai artdThe’Unost 1 tender affeciiobsof thd*'iHJart extinguished' forever']'' 'Blot ' out AnfentShb'lndependfehCeand l there is not A natibn'in Eurbpl.that is'nbw' graspingTbr liberty/ bdt Woulcf sink (jack irito despair.— Blpt'biit American "Independence'and; the W libmafiiy dre dt ddeod. '"Blot out American Ipdependencp',bpd posterity will sing ja 1 mournful song over our graves. Blot biA American Independence and the fires, of Liberty are' extinguished Throughout the world. . Blot out American Independence and (he brightest hopes of our race are destroy ed,. No; let it never be done. But rathei let ft be upheld and perpetuated ; let the dag wh|ch has Liberty ToHts’mCUo continue to fluid in the air triumphantly until all nations shwl enjoy tbo blessings which to day fill our hearts with pride/ For the preservation of these principles we who are here 'assem bled, are to some extent responsible. We form a part of the body politic, and ape bound to do What we can for preserving ilg virtue. Wd should first learn to love our free institu tions,'and then as'a consequence we shall tdvfedur country, and 'our hearts will efing with fondness to its most rugged hills and barren valleys. It is worthy of ourbpUjn eraes; and should we devote ourselves'earn estly to ilf cause, we shall feel ip our lasi days that we have honored our fathers, and blessed our country, and that, in turn it will hbijor and bless us. But should we forget to perforin these sacred 'duties which devolve updn us as American citizens we forget that our fathers fought, bled, conquered and died, that they might secure the blessings of Liberty io us and our posterity ; should we forget that tyranny, watchful, untiring, treacherous, with as many eyes as Argus «—»- ——-o U -aiata.BB. Priarpus, is ever grasp mg for more power atur mwnw we be unmindful 0/ the fact,!hat coming gen erations have claims upon us yvhich can only |te satisfied by the perpetuity of these free institutions; should we forget (bat the people of our nation are daily increasing, and (hat these confederate States are conlinualy ad ding others to their number; should we be blind to the fact that some of us will yet live to behold that vast extent of territory, lying between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean, embracing so many ranges of moun tains, so many beautiful valleys, so many sparkling rivers, winding their ways among so many dark thick forests, and broad inviting prairies, covered with rich farms, • beautiful villages and growing cities thickly settled from the Rio Grande on the south to the British possessions on the north, with inhab itants whose intelligence, happiness, morals and virtues, are to be moulded ancKshaped and directed in part by us ; should we, I say',' be forgetful of all these responsibilities, and turn our hands to works of destruction in stead of preservation; to the rearing of castles of ignorance, instead of Schools and colleges; to the cursing of that fair land instead'of blessing It; to the building of cold dark pris ons instead of noble churches ; attracting the weary traveler to the oracles of God. Should we make speeches, invent arguments, pay money for the purpose of desecrating the virgin soil of one of the finest portions of our earth with a' blighting Curse' instead of making it the horde of,'a free andhappy peo ple ; should tve bjd adieu to humanity and turn oqr backs upon those tender affections of the heart and; those noble aspirations of. the soul which rtake life kaltiable ; should we act "this ' wicked part, mankind Would look upon our conduct with feelings of ex ecration, and should our names bo known to posterity, they would be pointed out with score and contempt and we would be' con sidered ’ttg 'tftiiidrk there was good in the nineteenth centoryi " May thisnekCrbe our unhappy lot. Let ustaketruih nhd tub for ’ouir 'VnAltohs, and 'stand by theib’ thought he' heaiqos Shqti I d .fitlf,, If we dre to’ ‘sail upon seas, let us fake ibis' Decfaraifb'd of rede'pendencC Ss ihe'charfbj/ which ourahtpsmro icf ho guided.and though the driving stbrnrwad rife rolling hallows may thresierf tls'wilb the bbUr of bilr 'seVettjt 1 tftaftj did; may’ Took” back upon fevers, uppq, Tbgus early upoa thair brilliant. t«jclorio*3 upon their sacred graves, upon (heir,towering moOumeots, and. gather strength and .courage' 10 continue our pleading tho causenf our country and the cause of our nice. To- this manner We may do something -toward ma king thisa greot; a free and u'Christian Na tion ; and God' Will bless us far our labors,' and mankind will hdnor us for our deeds. " A Subscriber writes to a; Western-.'ieditor, “I don’t want your paper any longer’? to wbich.the editor replies, "I wouldn’t .make it aoy longer if you did; its present lehglb suits n»;»ery well,” A/D 1 ju*ui .*ilh*l.,'' ' •r.ji;, s; b-mirfij •win*f yff nOJirt' Jlitlj Arte * *\o nW luttoft u moil afoilTß qii botqon ' _ . - . , « , -- A correspondent otohe: Country Gentle man, tells *' Mysteriousl Providences, wnick-ia worthy of a careful! reading: ' '-■■■>■' ! “ farmer’s wive?, as they ,come;lojreiherlo looki for the lasflime tneirninpber; bancl^am? 6 rying-ftfiflft#ftbln (MlflWflWh? bloom- 'dCWn tb'the' Truly* litersftW ( .ip the-prime,ftfjifei whep: : hep cbildren need her watchfnl care >and jcounselmoro 'than! r bv6# before: ..1 Bui'let asotamine intO'iheUife ?lbd; by most farmer’s wives, and ’sCb’if-we: cart gAld adup .to the /'idyalerious ‘ prpyi-' dance”.which so often leaves the.family cir cle desolate. i . i ! 1 A lWQ„hia wilb can do very well without help, jbut by and by his work is too much for him alone, and homust bird a man; and one by one, little children Increase the family, and the burden ia much - heavier than when- shb took it up; but theTarbier is just getting a : atari and must economize if they want to:gel rich, as every body else does, so she gels along some how without help. She rises early, milks : the cows, and gets breakfast, sometimes for several men, dresses the children, Washes dishes, skims milk, chums, I Sweeps the rooms, makes beds, prepares dinner, “ clears up," jsnptches an hour or two tp sew, gets supper, .mftka egaiD, puts the.children to bed, and .after they and her husband.are fast asleep, sits up to sew till midnight, that she may save hiring a seamstress. In addition to this daily routine, she does all the washing, ironing, baking, scrubbing, whitewashing, soap-ma king, and hog killing work; it woold cost so much to hire help ; so year 'after year Jbhe ipila apd, drudges, not allowing herself the least opportunity for improving her mind, so that she may be a beUer guide and counselor to her. children. And very soon her lace is faded and careworn,:ber temper soured and fretful, and.herself prostrated every now and then by severe illness, only to resume her un. wearying labor as soon >aa .her returning strength, permits. And thus she yearly be comes less able to bear the burden of her in creasing household duties. If the husband is a kind considerate man who has been taught to assist hjs mother in boyhood, he makes her work lighter, by carying wooid and water, nursing the baby while in the house, and by doing numberless little things, which may be trifling in themselves, but which are of great importance in the aggregate; but too many men leave the wife to draw water, and if the wood gets cut half the time, she considers her self fortunate, and os for the baby, why be a Roman’s place to nurse, and so it fret* and cries, <rrrji<. mma p,Q Bt wor |j w ;th it in her arms, while he reads his pap*,,, a |k s with his hired map. -,Wedl the farm increa ses m value and fertility, and bis labor in producing for his family becomes lighter, as he is able to hire more help; but it is an old thing both to himself and wife, for her to do all the housework, with what little help the elder children, if they n?e girls, can give her, for if they are boys they can’t think of ma king them work in the house, it ain’t custom ary ; and so she foils on in the same old fashion. -irr And when the comfortable new house is done aof] nicely furnished, and her older chil dreo are beginning to be .a real help to her, the pale, weak, sickly wife, and mother, lies down to die. Truly her sun goes down at noonday. She has saved, by ceaseless, wear ing toil, hundreds of dollars for the husband, and he has lost the companion of his youth, the one who has walked beside him through life’s most (horny path. And friends say it is a “mysterious providence!" Just as if God ordained that the mother should be taken from ItAr children just when they are most exposed to temptation and danger I Instead of laying it on Providence, let us look to the days spent in toil, when the weak, nod ex hausted frame was suffering from disease, in duced perhaps by continued exertion, to the hours stolen from needed slumber, irm) -devo ted to labor; to the numberless household du ties performed with a fretful child Upon her arm ; \o the immense amount oPtime spent iri fcoOki(ij» over a hot fire; and the many slajpless ‘nights, spent in anxious, wearisome watching bvef-sick children. Viewed in this light, it Is so very 1 mysterious that so many women die when they should be enjoying life with the keenest relish. Jt appears that, 73 .Kansas EmigraoU from Chicago, on passing up the Missouri, at Lex* ipgton, were robbed or their arms, (Hull’s carbines), bpfotp being .alio,wed to proceed.- Lexington is a famous place. It was here, that Gov..kobioson was seized without any ' worraat. aod seat beck to Lecompte,. where be . has sioce beeo imprisoned. .We hope no -more-emigrants will take passage-in Missou ri boats*;'butt bat boats be especially charter ed With'Vnbiq enough for a few big guns, if necessary, to'kcep off the thieves; and that as« condition-the boats shall not stop at any of the considerable towns in the Ruffian State; but proceed at once to the territory. Southern emigrants with arms have free pas sage, and are not molested. Well our friends must suffer but for a short time. The No vember blast will soon bring relief. The agreement that the arms should be safely de posited at Lexington, and be forth-coming when the affairs of Kansas are settled, is no security -whatever. It is surprising that 75 men .with-arms In their hands permitted this unlawful outrage. Shannon just arrived at St. Louis, has the impudence to report that ftllit tjulel how. H Lobster* .arataken. in a sort .of baskets feet Jongjßd ,typ ; foej wide* of, semi-cy liadtical (QMMhsUfc a®4. the sidpa WMll taparp,, ip tbp fo/inv.of an aroh, i'At OfccUeiKi js an. opening ,fo|,lhe, iugreesof tba Jobber;. arqpocj.thisopepmgwe placed.shorf, pipcw r^f-,woo(},*pipjeqting 1 iqlo.,|ho >wW^o,MWPgadfih^t)hpj )l)»i(ieatiijs'?ep awsranitallow, t)(*;.JoJ>sfc?, tMaler, bulibeir andßrtventJua ttaop.itipon -the top, -through iar,t>kopovt.o-v •> ■j A /opg,)ioo : i»: P(iftcbe4 L ij> these pqUja -bqjiyy.«toos,sqfiioießt(o placed inihem, and ttey.ere baiied with. ihe heads Of oflkl of fresh ifiab.pod sunk to .the bottopi af ahoot Jo'TfWater mark j theoiherend of ibeline is. made fasMo;# block ofiighiwobd, cajletMhuoy.. Tbe-fishernien go outi with Jbeir iiabenics, ,freigh*e(J with thesepots, and drop them.at short intervals alongthe shore. iDuring. lbe,eeason of lobster fishing, which lasts from March to July, hundreds of'these buoya-pnay beaten bobhingupand down like ao,many seals’ beads. The. fishermen ; visit them,every pp. alongside of tbetr-boats.toke ouUhftlohslers, replenish the -bait,.and..drop! them again into the water. iTbe lobfterSi »henfii!sllBkeo,aro_Vßryfierce, and/, seize wilhm their, -strong pincers s upon wbaiever mhy ibe mtblojheir reach. 'When thrown tpgetbes<int theibcat,,tUsy>willigrap iple wltbeach other aodtear.off each other’s feelers and tegs. i Witbouiiauch care in han dling them, the ifingers.oflbe, fishermen get many a hard bite. To prevent tfaemfromio juriog l each other, the fishermen ■ provide sharp-pointed woqden pegs, which, they io sertidto the joint or hinge of their pincers, which prevents them.from closing. . When - they have visited ell (heir pots, they row to their’ landing-place. - If they. now. wish to pre serve them for several days, they pul them into a long box or. kennel* -made of plank and bored full of holes* which is moored in the water at a little distance from the shore. If they wish to prepare them immediately for market, they are taken ashore in hand-bar rows and,carried ton soft ot shed*ln.which is fixed a large cauldron. . This ia filledotnlh water. A brisk fire is kindled under this ket tle, and- when the - water boils, the living, crawling, squirming lobsters are thrown into it and covered with a heavy plank cover. Here they are kept boiling until their color, which when taken out of the water was a dark green, becomes a bright scarlet. They ale now ready for the market. In this state we see them for sale on the stalls in our cities and hawked about the streets. /-. :>n vy Thisponderousinslrument of warfare has now been waiting (or throe weeka tho arrival of aomo of government officials to test its (rawer. So far, It appears to have surpassed the anticipations of even military officers. An instrument weighing nearly 22 'tons, manufactured of wrought-iron, andthjowing a ball, upwards of 300 Ibs.'weighVtf’Sfstance of more than four miles, with its present low degree of elevation, and with a very small quantity of powder, is what was not expected by the military men present at the experi ments. Such is the case, too, of loading the gun, ponderous though it is, that it cab be fired, and charged and fired again, in less than ten minutes, only six men being required for the operation. Of its destructive powers, little is yet known; but if the effect Of the trial made' on Thursday, the 23d uH., be any evidence—namely, the smashing to fragments a slab of iron' a ton weight, and 4i inches thick—-no walls yet constructed would stand before iu terrible projectile force; and it is not much to say of the gun, that, within range of a broadside of the finest line*of-battle ship in the world, one charge would be suffi cient to completely destroy the largest ship' that ever sailed. • The mere flight of the ball as seen close to the gun, is no lest of its power ? He who' would wish to see the effect of the missile, must go to a distance of a little beyond 2J miles. The ball can be distinctly observed in its career, aithbugh the noise made in its rapid transit through the air mayaffect even a strong nerved person, and cause him to be* lieve himself on unsafe ground. As soon as the bail drops it tears up the ground' for soma distance, and sends the sand many yards high in the air. It then plunges on its course, and continues to do so until it is Anally spent. The excavation made in the ground on its first descent is two or three feet deep. Slung on Mr. Julius Roberts’ principle, at an angle of 15 to 75 degrees, the- ball could be pro* jected a much greater distance, while its de> structive effect would be greatly increased. If such a gun were employed against a place like Odessa, where all the public buildings and all the principal houses are bomb.prbbf, a few hours would- suffice to level them.— Liverpool Mercury, “ Well, nejghbor, Gen. Taylor’s dead I” “ When did he die 7” “ Six years ago.” “ Who’s President nowl” “ A man from New Hampshire called Pierce.” V Is Fillmore dead too 1” “ No, there’s been an election since.” “ Who told you 7” . ' , ".Why neighbor. Brown was talking about something, and he said if Taylor - was alive he .would slop it mighty soon, I asked hire if he was dead, he said, yes, and told.im how Taylor was buried, and Pierca elected.’*' Who told Brown!. He knows every- thing.” Brown taka the paper* /” In a recent .speech, of Co|, Benton, it* speaking of .President Pierce,-he said: —“Ho is a kind man, tender-hearted, and will cry for anybody’s sorrowsbut he. has neither, head nor nerve, and is as helpless in the. hands of his managers as a babe in the hands of its nurse.” The young married couple who thought, they could live on love and moonlight, find there is some virtue in baked beans. For taking the romance out of young folks, mar riages is nearly as bad as a lawsuit. ,‘ p The two shells of the New York Detnoc. racy in their attempts tp come together, makq nmls a clattering, and don’t Exactly comeiij No wpnder, the oyster has "one for PrombhV, History of Lobsters. The Grpat Wrought-iron Gun.
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