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U. JOHNSTON' hat discovered the mot Curtain,
rfliecdv and onlv Efljctual Itvmi-Jv in the Wnrl.l
I'ur all private Disease., Weakness of the Hack ut
i-iuius, rjiriciurc, Aiiectlon or the Kidney and Mad.
der, Involuntary Uncharge, Impotcnty, General lia
bility, Ncrvousues. Dyspepsy, Languor, Low Spirit
Uuufuilon of idea, I'alpitati'ju of the Heart, Timidity,
Tremblings, Dimness ufSight ur Giddiness, Disease of
the Head. Throat, Noso or akin, Affections of the Liver
Lung, stomach or IJ.milsthine terrible Disorder
arising from the Sulitaryllablts of Yuuth-thoae ilciiilt
and ivlitary practice mure fatal to their victim than
th ougut Sjren to tho Marine of Ulysses, blight
ing their most brilliant hope ur anticipation, render
ing marriage, ice. impossible, '
VOUSO M E N
Especially, Miu have become tho vletlma of Solitary
V)iFthat dre.ullul ami destructive habit which iiiiuu
nlly sweep tu an untimely grave. thousand of Young
Men of the most exalted talents and brilliant intellect,
who might otherwise have entranced listening Senate
with the thunder of eloquence 01 waked to ecitnsy the
litiiif! lyre, ma) call with full confidence.
M A II II I A U E.
Mariled person, or Young .Men contempt! in j nur
rlge, being awaro of physical wrakncs, organic deabill
ty, deforuutle, lc speedily cured.
lie who place himself under the care of Dr. Johnston,
may religiously confide in hi huuor u a gentlemen, and
tvmtMontly rely upuu his skill n a physician.
U R 0 A N I C WEAKNESS
.immediately cured and full vigor restured.
Tbl Distressing .Miction--which render life mis
erable and marriage impossibleI the penalty paid by
the victim of luiprop. r indulgence. Young per
ion aru too apt to commit excel from not being
aware of the dreadful consequent.! that maeiiitue.
Now, who tl.it MidcrsUind tint ubj,-it will pre
Imd to deny that the power of ,prcrtatioji,i.loat sooner
I'j those falling Into improper habit ll .tnt y the prudent.
Koside. b..ing deprived of the pleasure of healthy oil,
rpriugs, the most serious and destructive symptoms tu
both body and uiiud arise. The system becomes derail;,
ed; the physical and im-nlal funition weakened, loss
of pmcreative poWLr nervoui irritabilits. Dyspepsia,
pilplutiun of the heart ludigettion, constitutional dc
tiliiv, a watting of the rrame, Cuugh, Consumption,
decay aud diath,
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AC CUE WAR II A. STUD I.V TWO DAYS.
X'J .'iiai.l'HI OH i U'lWK DIll'UI.
Lit. JOHXYl'U.Y
Member of the Roy il Loll. Re of Surgeons, Lomlon,
lira 1'iate from one of 'he moil eminent (,'ollege of the
Unite. 1 HI.'Us. and lh.: greater part of whosclife ha
baen spent in the first Hospital of Loudon, l'ari, l'liila.
delphiaaud 'sivhj!cl.!,us ellV-cted tome of tlie mof,l h
toniihing circs that wereevr known; many troubled
with ringinc in the head and ear when asleep, grent
nervousness, b:ios alarmed in sudden rounds, and b.tsh
faliwsi, with frequent blushing, attended somstime with
ileran;eineiit of mind, vere cured immediately
TAKE 1' A R T I C U L A II .V OTIC E.
Dr. J. addrcscs all those uho have injured thcmsilves
y improper indulireiice and solitary habits, which ru
in both body and mind, unntlittig them for cither busi
nvsa, study, suciety or marriage.
These are some of the imd and melancholy elTect pro
Jufed by early habit of youth, viz: Weakness of the
Hack and Limb, I'.iio in the Head, Dimness of tiigkt
Loss of Muscular Tower, 1'alpitation of the Heart. II) v
pepsin, Nervous lrratabillty, Derangement of the Diges
livj Functions, (Ieuer.il Debility, sjmptom of Consump
tion, Jtc.
MENTALLY. Tho fearful elTect on the mind are
much to be dreaded. Loss of Memory, Confusion of Ideas
Depression of the Spirits, Eul Forebodings, Aversion
to riui iety, self-distrust, love uf solitude, Timity, &.C.,
are some of the evil produced.
Thousands of person of all age can now judje what
i tile catifc of their declining lu-alth. Loosing their
vigor, becoming weak, pale and emaciated, having siu
gular nppearauc about the eyes, cough and )iuptoms ol
Consumption.
YOU.V O M B N.
Who hate injured tl.niselvc ly n certain practice,
indulged in wli.'ii nlone a habit tre'piently li-crred,ftpi;i
evil companions, or at hchool the ortVits of which arc
nightly fi.lt, even when asleep, and if not cured render
marriage impo'sible, and destroy both uiiud and body,
should appl) immfdialcly.
What a pilty thatnyoung man, the hope of hi country
ami the darling of hi parents, should be snatched from
all prospcil and enjoyment of life, by the consequen
ces of deviating fiom the path of nature, and indulging
in a sertain secret habit, gucii person .ivst bufor
conteuiplaling
M A R R I A U E,
reflect that sound mind and body are the most ne
cessary requisitie to promote connubial happiness
Indeed, w ithout these the Jnuruey ll'rough life becomes
a weary pilgrimage, the prospect hourly darken to
the view; the mind become shadowed with despair U
filled with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
of another becomes blighted with our own,
.DIHEA8E OF IMPRUDENCE.
Wheii the misguided and Imprudent vovnry of plcaurc
Slid ho ha Imbibed the seed of this painful disease, it
too often happen that an ill limed bioiso of shame or
d Md of iliseoiev, deter hlui from applying to lliosu
who from cducatioiuiiid respeitabilily can nlone h.-frieud
him, delaying till tho icaistilutiounl symptoms of this
horrid disease make tlieirc'nreSi'.nncc, such a ulcerated
lore throat, dlscaed nose, uucturnal, pains ill the head
' and limbs, diuines of sight, .dxafnes. nude o;i the shin
bones, and anus, blotches on tho head, face and citreui'i
ties, progressing with rapidity, till ut last the palate of
the mouth ami bone of the nnsu fall in, and the viuiiu of
this deseusu become a horrid object of coiumisxcratloii
till death put a period to his dreadful tuirerings, by sen
ding him to "that bourne from whence no traveler re
turn,"
It is a mthmholy fact that thousand fall victim to
Oils terrible disease, owing to the unskillfulfncss uf ig.
nornut pretender, who, by the uso of tho Deadly Put
ton. Mercury, ruin the constitution and make the resi
due of life miserable.
STRANGERS
Tiust not your lives, or health, to tie care of t(se ma
ny Unlearned and Worthies Pretenders, destitute of
Vuowledge, namu or character, who copy Dr. Jounston's
advertisements, or Mylu thcinselveH, in the newspaper,
regularly Educated Physicians incapable of t'uring.thcy
keep you trilling mouth alter month tailing their filthy
and poisonu compounds, or as lung as tl.o ciu.illett.fci:
can be obtained, and in despair, leave you with ruined
health to it'll over your gaining disappointment.
Dr. Johnson i the only Physician iidvcrli'ing.
Ilia credential or diplomas alwaj hang in his office.
Ilia remedied or treatment are unknown to nil other,
prepared from n life spent in the great hospitals of Eu
rope, the first in the country mid uiiinru extensive P ri
vals Praoiicc than any other I'hysicinii in thn world;
INDOItSE.ME.NT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousand cured nt thi institution year af
ter year, and the uumoro.i important Surgical Opera
tion performed by Ur. Juhiiston, withered by tho re
porter of the "run," "Clipper," and many other paper
notices of which have appeared again and again beforo
thn public, beside hi suuilingris a gentlemen of char
acter and responsibility, I a tuthci'ent guarantue to the
afflicted.
SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED,
Persona writing should be parliculaMn directing their
i letter to hi Institution, in the following manner'
JOHN A!. JOIlNsyiPN. M.,P.
Of the Daltlnmru Lock Hospital. Ilalliuiore, Maryland.
Jan IB, 1803, Mntcll 17, le'bO,
BL00MS1JU11G SKYLIGHT,
PlCTlUsE GALLOY
rpilE undersigned Informs the citizen of nionm,
.1 and n.'ljhliuihutd, that he has taken the large room
in the Exchange illock, extending over Messrs, Stoner
t Fox' Unkeiy, und'lke llonkstoro where he lias put in
luigeakyl,ght, It only by fkylight that good pie
tuic can betaken ujpccially gronp where each person
can be taken Just S v.'ill a separate.
Hi has gone to considerable expense to make his ca
tabllshment n first class on , and he thrcfoie clicit a
lib jral patronage to eiiatl-i him, to conslaotly intioduc
UJhi inodeni improvement otthe art.
It" Country prculucu taken in Ei'hango for pictutua,
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA
Select IDoctrn
Tarofiy.
"The day Is ioncS'longtUiic.
The day is done, and darkness
From the wing of night is loosad,
Aa a feather la warted downward
Frm a thicken golug.to roost.
1 see tho lights of the taker
Cluam through the rain and mist,
And a feeling of sadness comes o'er nt,
That t cannot well resist.
A feeling of sadness and lending,
That is nut like being sick,
And resembles sorrow only
A a brick-bat resembles a brick.
Come get for me some supper
A good and regular meal,
That shall soothe thi restless feeling,
And banish the paiu I feet.
Not from the pastry bakers,
Nut from the shops for cake
I wouldn't give a farthing
For all that they can make.
For like the soup atdiiincr,
Such thing would but suggest
Some dishes more suLstantial.
And to-night 1 nam the best.
Oo tu some honest butcher,
Whose beef i fresh and uic
As any they have in the city,
And get a liberal slice.
Such things threugh day oflabor.
And night devoid of ease,
For sad and desperate feeling
Are woudetful reuirdiea.
They have an astonishing power
To aid and reinforce,
And come like the "finally, brethren,"
That follow a lung discourse.
Then get me a tender sirloin
From ort'the tenter hook,
And lend to its sterling goodness
The science of the cool:.
And tin night shall be filled with comfort,
And the care with which it begun
Shall fold up their blanSats, like Indians,
And silently cut And run
Select iiHisccllauD.
StlictiUfroin tkt tftu-Vork VimeJ.
history of the Rebellion.
CURONOLOaiCAIi RECORD OF TUB LEAD
ING INCIDENTS OF TIIF. WAR.
At this seuson tho close of tho year
a resume of tho principal ovents that have
occured during tho past twelve mouths
will be read with interest. No one can
say that the .record in dull or uuincon
structivc. CURO.NOLOOY OF TIIE WAR.
,18(50.
Dec. -0. Secession of SoutluCarclina.
Dec. 30. Arsenals in South Carolina seized
by State troops.
Jan. '2. Fort Pulaski, at Savannah, taken
by order of the Governor of Georgia,
Jan. 4 Natioual Fast. The United States
arsenal at Mobilo taken by .the local
troops.
Jan. 8. tort Carolina forts seized by the
State Government.
Jan. 9. The Slur nf the West, endeavoring
to enter Charleston Harbor, was
tired upon from Morris Inland and
Fort Moultrie, and compelled to re
turn.
Jan. 10, Arsenals and forts of Louisiana
ewed.by tho State Go,vei,niiicn.t,
Secession of Mississippi, Secession
of Florida.
Jan. 11. Secession of Alabama.
Jan, 13. Pcnsacola navj-yard seized ,by
iseceEsioustd.
Jan. 10. Secession of Georgia.
Jan. 1H. Witudravrl of the Alabama, Mis
sissippi aud Florida Delegations from
Washington.
Jan. 25. Secession in Louisiana.
,Fcb. 1. Secession of Texas.
.Feb. -I. Assembling of tho Peaco Conven
tion at Washington. Organir.atiqn
of the Southern Convention nt Mont
gomery, ,Feb. 8.T,ho Montgomery Convention adop t
the Cqnstitution of tho United Matei
for tho Provisional Government of the
"Confederate States of America,"
with slight alterations.
Feb. 0. Jefl'erson Davis, of Mississippi,
elected Prcsidcut, and A. II. Stephens
of Georgia, Vice-President of tho
Southern Confedernoy, by a unaui
iuous vote. Arkansas arsenals seized
by the State Government.
Feb. 18. Defeat of secession in Missouri.
Feb. 28. .President Davis vetoes tho bill
legalizing tho African Slave-Trado.
March Inauguration of President Lin
coln, March 20. Sccossian of Arkansas.
April 3, Great preparations commenced in
tho Northern navy yards.
April 11. Demand niado by Beauregard
fpr tho unconditional surrender of
,Fo.rt S.uinpter.
April 12, tho Charleston batteries opqa pp
Su'iotqr.
April 13. Surrender rtSumpter.
April 15. 'J."b Presidio usucs big pro
April 10. CPort Pickens reinforced by Col.
JJrown'a oommauil,
April 19. The Massachusetts Sixth Regi
ment attactcd in Baltimore, by a
mob, and several of its members
killed.
April 20. Burning of tho Gosport navy
yard, including threo ships-of-the-lino,
thrco .frigates, two sloops and a brig
mounting over 400 guns.
April 25. Virginia joins tho Confederate
States.
April. 27. twonty-ono thousand National
troopsin Washington.
May 3. The President issues a Proclama
tion calling for more troops to eervc
for three years, and directing the in
crease of tho Regular army and the
enlistment of additional seamen.
May 12. Resumption of tho interrupted
communication with Washington via
Baltimore. Baltimoro occupied by
Federal troops. Anti-Seccssion Con
vention in Western Virginia.
.May 22. The seat of tho rebel Government
transferred to Richmond.
May 24. Advanco of the Union Army.into
Virginia. Assassination of Col. Ells
worth. May 27. Occupation of Newport News by
Gen. Butler.
Juns 2. Union victory at Piiillippa, West
ern Virginia.
June 3. Beauregard arrives at Manassas
Junction.
June 13. Affair at Big JJqthel.
June 17. successful engagements with ,thc
rebel- at Booucville, Mo.
July 2. Suceessfnl cngagemsnt of General
Paterson's column near Martinsburg.
July 4. Mectiug of Congress.
July 5, Successful engagement at Brier
Forks, iMo., between the troops under
Sciglc and the rebels under Govern
or Jaeksou and Raines.
July 11. Defeat of Pcgram by McClcllan
at Rich Mount, Va. nSurronder of
the entire rebel force.
July 13. Engagement at Carrick's Ford,
Defeat and death of the, rebel General
Gaructt.
July 10, Advance of the army of the Pn
tomac. July 31. Battle of Bull Run.
.July 25. Arrival of Gen. McClellan in
Washington, to take command of tho
army of the Potomac.
Aug. 7. Hampton burned by tho rebels.
Aug. 10, Battlo of Wilson's Creek, near
Springfidld. Death of Gen. Lyon.
Aug. 28. Capture of the llattras Inlet
Forts, by tho expedition under Com
modore Stringham and Gen. Butler,
Aug. 30, Gen, Fremont issues a Procla
mation confiscating the slaves of the
rebels.
Sept. 0. Tho Confederate advance into
Kentucky. Gen. Grant, with Na
itiqnal troop3, takes .possession ofl'ad
ucah, Jventucky.
Sept. 10. Defeat of Floyd, near Gauley
River.
Spt. II. Tho Kentucky 'Lcgislaturo pasa
a resolution ordering rebel troops to
leave the State.
Sept. 20. Surrender of Col. Mulligan, at
Lexington, Mo,
Sept. 25. Occupation of Romncy, Western
Virginia, by National troops.
Oct. 8. Attack of rebels on Santa Rosa
Island, and repulse by regulars and
Wilson's Zouaves.
Oet. 11. Naval collision between rebel jun
boats and National vessels at tho head
of tho Mississippi passes.
Oct. 21. ;Part of Gen. Stone's Division
cross tho Potomao at Ball's Bluff, and
after severe fighting aro driven back,
with great loss, by tho enemy On
this occasion Gen, Baker fell, En
gagement near Frederickstown, Mo ,
and defeat of rebels under JcfTorsou
Thompson,
Oct. 20. Brilliant succbss of National
troops under Gen. Kclley, at Komuey.
Oct. 31. Retirement of Gen. Scott.-rGcu.
McClellan appointed Commanderuu
Chief. Not. 2. Removal of Gen, Fremont from
command in the West.
Nov. 7. Engagement at Belmont, Mo.
Buinbardmcut ami capturo of tho
forts at Port Royal. Enra,tico by
United Spates squadron.
Nov. 8. Capturo of tho rebel Commijsion
crs Slidcll and Mason, on tho British
,mil sterner 7,Wh, by the United
States war sloop San Jacinto.
Nov. 20, Disbanding of rebel troops in
Accoraao and Northampton Counties,
Va. Return of.tho population to thejr
allegiance,
ISfor. 23. Bombardment of the rebel batto-
COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 816:
Dco. 3. Meeting of Congress.
Dec. 4. Occupation .of Ship Island by tho
National troops.
jOcq. 0. Occupation of Beaufort, S. C, by
.the National troops.
Dec. 1 1. Great firo at Charleston. Loss
estimated at 87,000,000.
Deo. 12. Occupation of Tybeo Island .by
Nationl troops.
Dec. 13. Engagement at Allegheny Campi
Pocahontas County, Va.
Dec. It). Threatened war between the Uni
ted States and Great Britain.
Doo. 18. Largo bodies of rebels dispersed
by Gen. Pope,, in Missouri. Capture
of a rebel camp with 1,300 prisoners.
Gallant affair atDrainesville. Re
treat of itho enemy.
Dec. 20. Sixteen old whalers sunk by the
National forces, at the mouth of
Charleston harbor.
Dec. 25. Retreat of tho rebel Gen. Price.
Dec. 28. Adjustment of the Mason-Slidell
difficulty. Suspension of speeicpay-
mcnts in Now York.
Deo. 30. D livery of tho rubor Cpruinission-
.ora, Mason and Slidcll, to thc-Btitish.
CHRONUI.OCIY OF THE BLOCKADE.
April ID. Presidential proclamation au
thorizing the blockade.
April 27. Supplementary proclamation an
nouncing the blockade of North Car
olina and Virginiaiports.
May 9. Blockade .of iCharleslon by the
Niagara.
May 11. Ponsacola blockaded.
May 18. Prizes arrived at Philadelphia.
Savannah blockaded.
May 20. At this dato six American flag
chips, with full rank Commodores at
taohed, belong (to ,tho blockading
squadron.
May 25. iBlockado of the Mississippi es
tablished. May 27. Mobile blockaded. The Brooklyn
blockading off the mouths of the Mis
sissippi. Juno 1. At this dato twolvo ships, two
barks, one brig and five schooners had
.been captured by tho blockading
squadron.
Juno 5. At this date tho Masszchusctls had
.captured twenty fivo prizes at tho
passes of tio Mississippi.
Juno 25. Blockade of Mississippi Sound.
July 1. Tho Hitmpter privateor runs ,thc
blockade at New-Orloans.
July 4. It is announced that thirty sevon
men-of-war and thirty nino steam
gunboats are engaged in the blocka
ding service. Blookaded the Galves
ton established. Seven prizes taken
thereby the Sniitli Carolina between
the 4lli and 7th of July.
Aug. 4. Destruction of tho rebel privateer
Petrel by tho i't. Lawrence.
Aug.28. Capturo of tho Hattoras forts by
the United States squadron.
Sept. 14. Destruction of the privateer
Judah by the United States frigate
LohradO) off Peusacola harbor.
Oct, 5. Groat slaughter among tho enemy
ntjUaUqraa, by ,lunHcello s guns-
Oct. 8. Mobile is said to be thoroughly
blockaded.
Oct. 11. Escape of the Tiuodora from
Oh arlcston harbor wtih Mason and
Slidcll onboard. A rebel sqnadron,
under Hollins, engages tho National
fleet at the head of tho Mississippi
passes, and is driven off.
Nov. 7' Capturo by tho United States
squadron of tho forts at Port Royal
cutranco. Destruction off Galveston
of tho privateer Royal Yacht by tho
Santee .frigate.
Nov. 0. Capture of Mason and Slidcll by
tho San Jacmto.
Nov. 19. American ship llarvay Birch
burned at sea by tho pirato Nashvilte,
Deo. 1 . Tho Secretary of tho Nary re
ports that 100 prizes havo been cap
tured since tho commcncomcnt of the
blockade, by 43 vessels of tho squad
ron. Deo. 20, Sixteen vessels sunk attbo mouth
of Charleston harbor.
Of little human fiowqrs doa,th gathers
many, ,11c places thorn upon his bosom,
and ho is transformed into something less
tqrrifio ,than bpforo. Wo learn to gaze
and shudder not, for he carries in his
arms the sweet blossom of our earthly
hope.
Disraeli, tho English Statesman and
writer, is said to bo completely broken
down in mind and body, by tho uso of opi
um, and is nearly imbccilo.
r What woujd,bo,pronaunced quicker
by adding n nyRaulo to.it? Quick.
Origin of Hymns.
Tho origin of a hymn, or of any litera
ry production, is often the source of tho
highest intorcst. If we but knew tho bi
ography. of -the sacred songs w.hich arotho
favorites of tho churches, wo might fre
quently sco at a glanco, tho explanation of
their powor, and of tho strong hold thcy
havc-upon tho heart. As deep feeling in
tho orator -kindles doep feeling in his hear
ers, so tho personal experience, of irro
.prcssiblo emotion of tho sacred poet, pour
ed fourth in the hymn, perpetuates itself
in the hoarts of multitudes, who feel its
power, though they think not of its sourco.
Tho deep solemnity of tho hymn,
"When rising frum thabed of death,
O'erwhtlmed with guilt and fear,"
came, beyond question, from the circum
stances in which Addison wrote it, just as
ho was recovering from a dangerous fcick
ncss,,in which ho had gouo to tho very
,vorgc of eternity, and looked over upon
its realities. And so that beautiful and
.impressivo hvmn of Cowper,
"Cod move in a mysterious way,
HI wonders to perform,"
had its origin in tho mysterious dealings
of God with his own spirit, and in tho
faith that, in the darkest hour, could say
"It will all yet bo well." Both these
hyms wore wrought out from the experi
ence of their authors, and thus clothed
with their singular and wonderful power
to thousands, to whom the names, even,
of thoso authors wore never kuown.
As other illustrations of tho same gone
.ral truth, it.is said, that tho beautiful aud
touching lines,
"I would not live alway,"
-wore written just after the death of 'the'
lovely and accomplished lady who was,
soon to have been the wife of its author ;
and .that it was when. Co.wpor had taken
refuge from a terrific storm, in a cottage,
that.hc penned tho hymn,
"Jcsu, Saviour of my soul,"
Wo have lately met with tho history cf
anotherhymn quo of Wesley's that is
sung in every quarter of tho globe ; and
though it originated rather in a locality
than personal tqpcricncc, yat-thf-t locality
was such as to give to a truth all the viv
idness of an experience, and clotho its ex
pression with a thrilling and heartfelt
owcr. At Jaana's Jind, on tno western
most point of England, where a high and
,narro w. cliff of grtnito stretches out into
the Atlantic, .while, the boundless sea is qn
cither side, tho Bishop .of Litchfield .was
told by his guide, a Cornish miner, "It
was here that Wesley wrote his famous
hymn." "What hymn! ' asked theUish
pp. Surprised at his iguoranco, the man
replied, "Why,tho hymn on the sixty-first
page 1" as if all tho world must, of course,
know what that was. And tho prelate
was struck with tho .pertinency of tho an
ecdote, when ho found it was the hymn be
ginning, "Lot on a narrow neck of land,
'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand,
Secure, insensible ;
A point of time, a moments space,
Removes melo that heavenly place,
Or shut me up in hell."
And so, doubtless, almost every striking
and impressive hymn has its history ,which,
if known, would revertl iho secret of its
popularity and power over tho soul.
Such hymns as
"Just a I am, without one pies;"
"Itise my soul, and atratrh thy winga;"
"Ruck of age, cleft for nic ;"
aud many others that might bo mentioned,
each probably, had something peculiar in
its origin, clothing it with its peculiar in
terest to Christian hearts and for every
age. Would that all theso histories might
bo searched aud writteu, and thus made
permanent for tho Church, Who will
give us some of them ? ioston Recorder.
Kreoi the Jitchmcnit Eztmintr, Jan 1
What will tlio iVortli do a Sub
jugated South J
If tho invader should accomplish his
purpose of subjugation, he would find
himself in possession of a dearly purchased
conquest. His work could not be comj'lc
ted within less than three or four years cf
hard fighting, whjch, at tho rato of six
hundred millions a year, will havo runup
a debt of two or thrco thousand millions
of dollars. Pledged before tho world, and
in his own conscience, to emancipate the
slaves, he would havo another huge and
oostly work to perform in transporting and
colonizing them in somo "tropical region
beyond the limits of tho .United States."
To removo four millions of peoplu from
ono region to another, to purchase a .terri
tory largo enough for thqjr .comfort and
mbs'inoo, audo provjdo them wthfpod
clothing nd inciter for tho period of one
or two years, occupied in tho tra
other thousand million of dollars. Tho
coast of tho South would thus fall not far
short of four thousand million of dollars.
Thoy would find themselves sftc,r tho
achievement in a land desolated, exhaust
ed and without anv orcanized svstom of
labor a country whoso condition ,of for
lorn poverty and ruin is only partially
pictured by that of Jamaica, in itho West
Indies. Thcro is no calamity .which can
belall a country bo great as the Joss of an
efficient system of organized labor. iLook
over tho world, and it will bo found .that
no nation is prosperous and -flourishing
which docs not enjoy a system ,cf labor
adapted to its climato and its .productions.
The lcpublioof Mexico and the .wretched
Spanish States of Central and South
America havo never scon ono day cf pros
perity sinee they abolished their slave
system of labor. The aboricinal race .is
too cnervatod, and tho Castilian;too .proud
ana physically feeble to enduro iho toil of
tho fields. In conseauonco.'ti'r hn
agriculture, aud allother industry has
.perished with tho downfall ofJJhatinursing
mother of all, tho agricultural art. Tho
Northern United States themselves own
their rapid advanco in wealth and -power
to the vast accessions of labor which they
ODtainca Dy tnc emigration from Europe
'In a broad territory, abouuding'in excel
lent soils, nothing is so necessary to pros
perity, -nothing promotes a more rapid and
flourishing national growth, than an abun
dance of labor.
The wondcrfdl prosperity of the Ameri-'
caa Union was due to tho admirable sys
tem of labor respectively in operation at
the North and tho South. In the States,
lying in .tho .higher latitudes, whero the
sun's -rays wcro less vertical find fevers
less prevalent, and where tho neat husb&u
dry required fonthc profitable iculturo of
the cereals and the into licence renuired
.by the mechanic arts demanded tho labor
of whites, tho unceasing streams of cmi
igratton from F.uropo, and tho prolifio ac
tivity of native generation, had populated
the country with a hardy and industrious
throng of white agriculturists and mechan
ics. In tho Southern States, .where .tho.cli
mate was too warm for white labor, and:
whero.thoso staples were produced which1
can only be grown in regions generative of
levers and congestions, an apparently mir
aculous series of events had provided a
race of laborers four millions in number.
.hotter fitted by nature for bondago than
freedom, and so physically endowed as
while cap&blo of laboring actively in the
fields .under tho rays of tho sun, to be
proof, in a great measure, against the dis
eases which flourish side by side with eot
ton, tobacco, and rice. To removo this
system of labor from tho Southorn States'
would be to sproad ruin and desolation
universally over the land. Tho wholesale
removal of whito labor from Northern field
and workshops, and tho substitution in
their place of blocks and coolies, would
not work a more completo desolation in
that busy and prosperous section than the
geuoral emancipation rnd transportation
of the negroes of the South would effcot in
this.
Supposing, therefore, the North to havo
accomplished its two cherished objects of
subjugating tho South and oolouiziug its
blacks which could be done only at a
cost ofsomo four thousand millions of dol
lars and many scores of thousands of the
lives of thoso whito laborers, who if em
ployed in her Holds and workshops, would
bo far more profitable to her than when
employed in her armies still, after all,
she would havo conquarcd a country not
worth half its costs, even in treasure, say
ing nothing of life. The wholo property
of tho North would bo under perpetual tax
for four thousand millions of dollars, ma
ny of her best lives will havo ucen sacri
ficed, and tho publio taxes saddled upon
hor people would be rendered so heavy as
inevitably to turn away from her shores
those herdes of emigrants that have here
tofore brought her so much wealth,
In exohango for all this debt, taxation
and loss of labor, she will havo obtained a
country, tho larger portion of whioh she
would bo inoapable of converting into ag
ricultural valuo, ihich would soon grow
.up iu canebrakc aud jungle, to become tho
nursery again of aligators, terrapins, rat
tlesnakes, foxes aud panthers. Onlv such
' portions of the country as lie high in lati
tude or around tho mountain bases, ad
mitting of grain culture and grasingjcould
bo turped to uny U60 5 bho would havo los,t
a lnrro nortion of the labor ,noccs3arr for
D '
,to thorough cultivation ovon of tho North-
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I sun Till!
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number to tako tho placo of negroes, in
Southern cotton fields, even if this substi
tution should not-bo prevented by olima,te
causes.
It is clear that this schema of Southern
eonquest would, unliko .those lusually.en
gaged in by tho Yankees, turn out tobe t
bad speculation. Tho operation would b.o
precisely liko.thtt pf a farmer who, alrco
dy possessing a largo farm mot yet tfullj
stocked .with 'laborers, and neoding many
improvements, should givo two prices 'tat
another farm larger than his own, -.without
feneos, improvements, or furniture. pf any
rort, with uo possibility of procuring labor
to employ upon it, going in debt for the
cntiro.purchaso, and mortgaging both pla
ces foriths purchase money. In ninety,
nine cases .cut of a hundred such a venture
would cost ,tho farmor all he was worthy
and loavoihini, after tho first serious ,fl.
nancial reverse, tho ownor cf no farm nt
all. But tho felly of such a man would
be no greater than that into which tho.
whole North is now rushing with Mine!
fury. Taking tho most favorable view a
the transaction, that which grants them
succcss.in subjugating the Soutb,tho schoru
of madness. Dut as suro as there is p
just Providenoo which rule3 tho affairs of
men, and as suro pa hcro aro patriotic
arms in tho South icaptble of striking ma
ny such blows as thoso stricken at Manas
sas, they will not couquor ttho Sputh. c.
'view of that result, what then jibdl be)
said of their present undertaking ' Q?ak
ing only a pecuniary view of t, it is-eor-tainlytthe-mcst
.ruinous fjpccu'qtion tht,i
Yankees ever .ventured intp.
MSSS?
An Illustration. The different ai
tempts to swindle the Goverptpaat of
which wo hear accounts continually, yrs
call tho story of -the 'horso which was pur
chased in Connecticut for tho use of a ny.ii
tary officer. It runs spmew.ha.t aftt- '(the
following fashion;
Tho worthy mayor of ono of ithe (Con
necticut cities had raised a fins regimont
and w&s .colonel thereof. His friepds
(and they wero many.) proposed 'to buy
him a handsomo charger. ,Search foritha
right kind of a hqrse was made for tpfS
near, but .without immediate success.
Presently a man arrived from ithe rural
district with a splendid stallion, which ap
peared to bo the animal that was .needed.
But the price asked was .twelve 'hundred
dollars..' Tho ownor was ovidently mor
of a "charger" than tho qtallipn.
" This won't do," said .the ,oommitte,.
"We must-talk, to ,this man."
So they "talkcd.tp him" after-ska man
ner pf mep in the land of stnady habits.
They took him tp,tho gepd hotel and ",hacl
something." By means of punches and
persuasion the owner of tho stallion "con
sidering that it was fpr tho mayor" e,ncl
so on, would como down to a .thousand
dollars. So far so good.
Then they had dinner, and also "some
thing'' moro, and tho hqrso fell tp ,uip
hundred dollars.
After dinner tho committee and bcrss
owner sot down for a serious talk, nd
talked till early next morning, and ab-ut
once ip two .hours the horse fell a hundred
dollars, so that.whon the, talk ended and
tho parties went to bed tho prico fixed fqr
tho twelve hundred-dollar ohargqr ,wae
three huudrcd dollars.
In the morning tho jockey received hie
three hundred dollars in gold and a urn Ml
bag, transferred the horso and made ;tb
following speech : ''Gentlemen, 'sail rightl
Wo'vo had a good time, and a good trade,
You hav?,paid mn three hundred dollars
for my boss and he's your boss 'sail
right, gentlemen 1 I paid ono hundred
aud fifty dollars for that boss last week.
This is a very fair illustration of the
way in whioh certain ship-owner tried to
deal with Mr. Morgan, tho Government
agent for the purchase of naval vessels.
Wc showed on Saturday how exhorbitant
prices were aiked.for some of those vess
sels, and how Mr. Morgan btood out until
he had reduced the offers to roasonabl
limits, Iu tho case which wo cited, based
upon tho figures of Mr. Morgan's report,
th3 attempt to tako advantage of the ne
ocssitius cf the Government resulted in a
wanloU'i reduction irom the "price," and
of course thero was profit at that elso the
Government would, not. haye been able to
completo 'tho bargaiu.
Dr. Alexander Webiter, a Scotch Di
viue, was a five-boitle man, accustomed to
spend half tho night iu couvivial company.
Of him is the aneodoto told that, as La
was reeling ihomoward in the dawn of a
bummor mqruiug, a frioud asked what his
cqngregation would think it they saw nru
Ili.ni'.J itUHK.MStOIJK.