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SliCniXE fOETET.
Ma :ti nsbukcs, Virginia. )
.March 10th, 186 2 J
F'ienJ Will: Being at leisure I thought I
would set the old machine in motion and
how h would work. After consider
able scraping, cleaning and greasing, we
set tie thing for a high pressure, patri
otic, onion strain, and here is the result:
0,say hare yon heard nf that banner so bright
That we flung to the breeze in our last
months campaigning, -When
the bold eighty fourth, in the van of
,"ibe fUht, - -
Showed the foes of onr flag how its young
mea were training !
Over Ireemen it flew '
O'er PennsylTaniana true.
And ihroogh all the long confl'.ct Mill dearer
hgrew.
'Twas the flag of the Uuiotj we saw it si ill
wave
O'er the beads of the free and the heart ot
th3 brave.
That-flag we will follow, while the hirelings
of Davis,
Seek to rar op a power with 'heir dark su
perstition ; .
It hail wave on ihe breezt, 'till the foe
shall cry ' save us..
From iht" wi!s of lb traitor, and our wretch
ed condition.
Thai banner t bright,'
- Is Mill dir.tr to our Miiht,
And we will follow its t"or:uties with raptur
ocs deiiiihi "
Tis the flag of our union we tee it still
: wave.
O'er the heada of the free, and the heart of
the brave.
When the battles are o'er and by thousands
once more,
We meet in our homes with Jmd saluta
tion That banner oustained to keep it we swore.
And we'll tail its bright folds with our loud
acclamation.
'Mid kindred so near
And nothing to fear.
The flag of ocr country e still will revere,
And the sir spangled banner in triumph
shall wave.
O'er that rag of secession, as
grave.
it lies III its l
...
Here the memheen gin eout and coseqsent
ly we quit turning lor the lime bein:.
Yours &c Toodlks.
OUR .4K.UY CORRCSl'OSDEXt'E-
CamjChak, Paw Pv Tcskel, )
V-rginia, March 4th, 1862 J
FarEN'n Will : The telegraph has doubl-
less ere this made known to you the fact j
ihat Gen Lander ts do more. He died or. (
Sunday alternoon, the 2d inst , from the el- I
fecis ot a woond received in ttie ra.i.e oi
lia.l's bioa.iast iai(,8ni: wmcn never neai- Weeping bitterly, the boy glided towards
ed. Hi? death has cast a gloom over this j ,he joor anU lljal mometJt Herr Ritcher en
cams and everr sol Jier feels most palpably ' ,VTt, t .
- . . . n s a i i a
that he has lost a friend, and the conntry j
has been bereft of one of her staunches! de- ! Urning towards the book-keeper.
fendrs- His death happening jist at a liroe J .. worthless beggar boy," was the man's
when h;s division was ordered to move ; j an9wer, and he scarcely looked up 1mm
and in fact the artillery at-d several regi- njs Work.
ments of iufantry had already left when the j jn ,ne meanwhile Herr Ritcher glanced
ortfer was countermanded or rather an or-, ,owarjs lQe boy, and remarked that, when
der issued to remain as Ihey were. This ; cJo(,e ,n the j()t he p-,cked up something
was on the 1st. His illness was r.ol known ; . iwm lne gr0QD.d. "
in Camp, and the first news we received on j .-..ja my little lad, what is that you pick
Sunday evening was the astounding intelli- t ed p v, hB cried. The weeping boy turn-
gence lial he was no more. His death is j eJ anJ sbowea rijm a needle.
a severe blow to the Union cause, and will j - Al)d whal jj J0n do Vlt jtr asked
.no CouDt cause us to remain ui our pre?eni
position Tor several days.
'. On Monday, at ll o'clock, the whole Di
vision was drawn up in line, extending irom !
head quarters to the Depot, to pay the laf t
tribute of respect to the body of our belov
ad General. The Infantry was formed in
Ihree lines, f icing inward; in the rear of
th right line :he Artillery, and in rear of
thi left the Ca valry was drawn op. In this
jHsiiion, with regimental colors shrouded
irt crape and 4t hail mast, we stood until 2
?. iL, when the booming of ihe minute
gun fell upoa par ears, giving notice that
the solemn, corteg was advancing. All
eyes were tent down the line, and there,
npon the shoulders of six Colonels, the cof
fin covered with ifie star and stripes, was
tome all tlia! was mortal of the illu.Mrions
Lander. Two bra? bands preeeJed the bier, J
playing a solemn dirge, then foil owed his
body-guard, with downcast eye3 and heavy
hearts, showing that they felt their loss and
thAt deeply; then followed, Tit U reversed
rrs, the 7th Virginia Regiment. . It was K
fcclenW precession, and every heart seemed j
to partake of (lie solemnity. When they
.ictcJ the V
ot, the coffin was' placed
a special irain and started
t; on the cars oi
far Washington city The different Regi
me nt returned lo their quarters and were
The regime
ntal fiatic.Tthe 84t! enshrouded
remains
...
cf the il!u.?rious deceased.
-Ur has f?Pen from t!
sal
I c
heaven, but so icn as the Potomac
ne to ro
t
r.s tribistaries to the sea
!",n: m the
ars find st
'ires Cf
nt in tie-
f the
free eo long as
r
:j le a r.uuon oi ireertien so
v
e V.a ls c?n!ir.aHto be the bird cl
v?'! tLs 1:3 me cf Cincral Landar be
i latter. of Iigr;l,.Lih on the monr-l
and wtt 'a
!SGTOJr,
.'corr, be'transmiued to porter-
i'y as great and gloriousexamples for future
generations to emulate and imitate. This
j was the man of whom Gen. Scott said. " I
delight to call a soldier". And he was a
soldier in every eense of the terra. Just,
I brave, fearless, generons and impartial ; and
' it would be well for soma officers that I wot
, of to imi'ate him in those respects. But I
! will leave abler pens than mine to do justice
to his deeds of valor.and his untiring devas
tation to hi country.
I Of bis suecessor, Gen. Shields, I know
but little, ahhough his name is not new to
the American people. He served his adopt
ed country in the war with Mexico, and at
the memorable battle of Cerro Gordo, at the
bead of his command he received a musket
ball through his lungs, yet strange to say it
did not keep him, long in confinement for
we find him again w:tb ihe army in the val
ley of Mexico, and there assisted in plant
ing the American flag over the ancient city
of th Aztees. Bat I know so little of him
that ! shall desist from saying more than
that he is a "fighting man," and came here
emphatically to fight, flow soon we will
move I know not, but it will not be long. A
rumor has reached ts that the rebels have
evacuated Winchester and (alien back upon
Strousburg, ir. the direction of Manassas.
If (his be true onr troops will soon have pos
session of that place. There is still a con
siderable amount of sickness in camp; 17
of out company are at present in the hospi
tal. :
Whew! But there was a storm raised
around "Toodles" head, when your issue of
ihe 26th came to camp. Those that got the
hardest pinch, of course, made ihe most
noise. Bat I did not wish in that letter to
insinuate that It was any of the officers be
longing to co. D- that had taken, exceptions
lo my remarks upon ihe prince of swindlers
old Simon, but it seems that I unconsciously
hit some one But the hardest ones hit was
a couple of non-coms, who blustered about
and writhed like an eel on a spear. But ;
afer cooling their brains they came io the !
sane conclusion that they wer only making :
a ot tr.ernselves. In my next ! shall
try ar.l stir them up again as a reiapse
might prove fatal, but have not the time
now ti attend lo them. Ooe year aio 'o
day l he rule of tyranny and oppression com
menced one year ago to-day the hordes of
swindlers, 'of whom Simon is cneil, took '",
their pogih and since that liroe ihe govern
merit has been defrauded in ihe most
shameful and atrociou manner. Let Ihe
name of Simon Cameron be stamped with
.1 i i t- i i .
u-n11-e anu iinamy anu lei mm ue snuu- :
i ned as he will be by every honest ma:i un--
til hi conscience shall become alarmed and f
caut-e him to disgorge hit, ill gotten gains. !
But I must close. Yours&c. Toodles. -(
i ' !
f EGVlDEXlE PROSPESS flOSESTT. I
t
BT MRS. bT. SIMON.
A poor bov, about ten years of ace. en-
,erej ,he warehouse' of a rich mercbaht,
Samuel Ritcher, in Dantzie, and asked the
book-keeper for alms. 1 You will get noth-
An nere grumbled the man, "so be off."
. What is the matter .here ?" he asked, I
e olj,er
"Ay jacket has holes in it," was the an
swer. ''I will eew op the big ones."
and still more wiih the boy's innocent,
handsome face.
'-But are you not ashamed," he said, in
a kind, though serious tone, "you, so young
and hearty, to beg? Can you work? '
. "Ah my dear sir," replied the boy, -'I do
not know how, and 1 am too littie yet to
thrash or fell wood. Sly lather died three
weeks ago, aud ray poor mother and little j
brother have eaten nothing these two uays
Then I ran out in anguish, and begged for
alms. t But alas ! a single peaar.: only ge
me yesterday a piece of bread ; eiuce then
I have not eaten a morsel !"
It i quite customary for beggars by trade
to contrive tales like this, and thus harden
many a heart agartt-i the claims of genuine
want. But this time the merchant trusted
the boy's holiest face. Ha ihrud his hand
into his pocket, drew forth a piece of mon
ey. an.J said :
There is a half doU ir, 56 to the baker's
and with half the money buy (-read lor
yourself, your mother and brothers, but
bring: the oihef half to me." -
lie ooy lojk ihe money and rati jryto'..'y
aaj'.
"Vi'ell," said the surely book keeper, "he
vvi;i ;angh in his sleeve, and never coroe
back attain "
"Who knows ?" replied Herr Ritcher.
Ar.d as he spoke he beheld the boy return
ing qYickly with a large lot of black bread
in one hand and t-ome money in the other.
"There, good sir," he cried, a!mot
breathless, "there is the rest of the money,"
Then being very hungry, he begged Et once
fnr o L-n'if3i 10 rnt cJ a iiece of bread, - The
J him in silense bis
hoc
keeper re acne.
pocket-knife.
T he lad cut off a slice in great has'e, an I
was about to bite upon it. But suddenly
bethought himself, laid the bread aside atil
folding his hands, rehearsed a silent praye'.
Then he fell to his meal with a hearty a
petite. ' f
'J he merchant wa moved by the boy' a
unaffected piety. He inquired alter hjs
family at home, and learned thai his fthir
bad lived in a village, about four miles lion
Dantzie, where he owned a small houie
and farm. But his house bad been burned
to the ground, and much sickness in hs
family compelled him to sell his farm. He
had then hired himself out to a rich neigh
bor, but before three week were at an end
he died, broken down by grief and accei
sive toil. And now his mother, whom sor
row had thrown upon a bed of sicknea,
was, with her lour children suffering tie
bitterest poverty. He, the eldest, had n
solved to seek assistance, and had gore
at first from village to village, then hid
struck into the high road, and at last,- havir g
begged everywhere in vain, bad come .o
Dantzie. i i
The merchant's'heart was touched. , He
had but one child, and the boy appeared lo
him as a draft at sight, which Providence
had drawn upon him as a test of his gra i
tude.
"Listen, my son," he began, "have you
then really a wish to learn ?'
"Oh, yes; ! have, indeed!" cried tiie
boy. "I have read the catechism already,
and I should know a good deal more tut
at home I had always my little brother lo
carrj, for my moiher was sick in bed." !
Herr Ritcher suddenly formed his reio
luiion. "
"Well then," he said, "as yon are goif,
hones: and industrious, I will take go 3d
care df you. You shall learn, have rrmat
and drink, and clothing, and in timeeiru
something more. The-i you 'can suppm
your mother and brothers aNo."
The boy's eyes flashed with joy But in
moment Tie cast ihem lo the ground agi in
and said . 'sadly, "my moiher all this while
ha nothing to eat " J
At this instant, as if sent by Providence,
an inhabitant of the body'd native villi lie
entered Herr Ritchers house. The man
confirmed ihe lad's story, and willingly em-
sented to carry the mother's tidings of her
$o Gottleieb, and foot! and a small surr of
money from the
merchant.
At the sane
time Herr Ritcher directed hi book-kee ?er
to write a letter to the pastor of the villa ze,
commending the widow to his care, with
. I i:.:. i r... . 1. f : 1 . J
an nuuiuuiidi eu-u iur 1110 pwur lauiwy, i.uu
promised loture assistarce
As soon as this was done, Herr Ritcoer
at once furnished the boy with decent
clothes, and at noon led him to his wife,
whom he accurately informed of little Goit-
leieb'a story, and of the plan he had forried
for him. The good woman readily prom
ised her best assistance in the matter, ind
she faithfully kept her word.
9oiiii2 the nextfoor years, Gottleieb at
tended the schools of the great commei :ial
city; then his faithful foster father Ook
him into his counting -room, in ordei ' to
ed-icate him for business. Here, as well as
there, at the writing desk as on the school
bench, the ripening youth distingniihed
hitn,ielf no1 on,y bX his natu! capacity
bat by the fai hlnl industry with which he
exercised it. Wiih all this his r.eart reiain-
ed its native innocence. Of this wenkly
! allowance, he sent the half regularly tc his
moiher until she died, after havirg surviv
ed two of his brothers. She passed the last
years of her life, r.ol in wealth, it is roe.
by the aid of the Noble Ritcher and of her
faithful son, in a condition above want
After the death of his beloved mother,
there was no dear friend left to Gouleii b in
the world except his benefactor. Oi.l of
love for him he became an active, zei.lous
merchant. He began by applying ihe at pei -fluity
of his allowance, which he could now
dispose of at his pleasure, to a trad 9 in
Hamburg quills. Wheu he had gi.ined
about a hundred and twenty dollars, it bap
pend that he found in his native village a
considerable quantity of hemp and flax,
which was very good and Mill to be had at
a reasonable price- He a-ked his osier
father lo advance him two hundred dc liars,
which the latter did with great readiness.
And the bosiness prospered so well, tf at in
fae thirJ year of his c,erkshiPj Got leieb
had already acquired Ihe sum of five hun
dred dollar. Without giving up his trade
in flax, hf ' now trafficked also in linen
goods, and the two combined made him, in
a couple of years, about a thousand dollars
richer. ' '
This, happened during the custi mary
five years of clerkship. At the end or' this
period Gottleieb continued lo serve hit ben
elflctor five years more, with industry) skill
ar.d fidelity t then he took the plice of
the book keeper who died, about this , time,
and three years afterwards he was taken
by llerr Uitcher as a partner into hi 1 busi
ness, with a third part of his profits. ' t
" But it as not God's will that the ; pleas
a,,t partnership should be of long duration.
An insidious disease casl Herr Ritchir up
on a bed ol r-ickriess, and kept him lor two
years confined to his couch. All thti grat
itude could suktresf, Gottleieb now' 'did to
repay his bene.'actor's kindness. II doub
ting his exertions, he became the Houl of
the whole business, and still he watched
long nights &t the old man's bedsiJa, with
his grieving wife, until, in the six fy-fifth
year of his age, Herr Ritcher cioied bis
eyes in death. i
Before this disease he p'need the J find of
I bi only daughter, a sweet girl of ho and
I twentr ve&rs. iu that of hi beloveu foster
son. He had long looked upon them both
a his children. They , understood him;
Ihey loved each other, and in silence yet
affectionately and earnestly, solemnized
their betrothed at the bedside of their dying
father.
In the year 1828, (en years after Herr
Rilcher's death, the house of Gottleieb Bern
late Samuel Ritcher, was one of the most
respectable in all Dantzie. It owned three
large ehips employed , in navigating, the
Baltic and North, and the care of Providence
seemed to watrh over the interests of their
worthy owner; for worthy he remained in
his prosperity. He honored his mother-in-law
like a son, and cherished hor declining
age with the tenderest affection, until in
her two . and seventieth, she died in his
arms.
As his own marriace proved childless, he
took the eldest eon of each of his two re
maining brothers, now substantial farmers,
into his house, and destined them to be his
heirs. But in order to confirm them in j
their humanity, he often showed them the
needle which had proved such a source of ,
blessing to him, and bequeathed it as a !
perpetual legacy to the eldest sou ;n the
family. j at an opportunity to retrace their steps and
It is but a few years since this child of stand 011 conservative ground. The Ti ibune
poverty, of honesty, industry and of mis- and Evening Post heartily, even enthusiasii
forlnne, passed in peace from this world. J cally, approve the idea, and congratulate
"Mark the perfect man, and behold the the President upon it, as if it were a new
upright, for the end of that man 0 peace."
1-1 1 .
The Prtsidfnt's Mrssage.
Not many years ago, the nnited sentiment and considered in pat7year by our most
of calm and judicious men, North and South, eminent statesman, and always fiercely
looked toward plans for the (gradual remo- ' opposed by the radical abolitionists. At
va! of slavery. A small party of radical the close of the, anti-slavery meeting on
men, chiefly located in Boaion, began a Thnrsday evening, the message was. read
fierce and uncompromising war on all anch ' from the platform after the adjournment. and
plans. They pronounced slavery the sum the reception which it rret with was some
all of villainies, and ihe very act of slave- what amusing, f fie old-l.i-hinned radical
holding a continual heinous sin, while; they ' abolitionists were highly indignant, the new
demanded its instant abolition as the sole fledged members ol that 1 ont'ede racy, w ho
method of removing the system. From had a notion that anything wf-.ich prnpo-ed
time lo lime, the subject of paying for the to get the nuti.:i rid of i-lavery was to be
slaves of the South out of the'national purse, cheered, applar.ed, and the grciu crowd ot
wa suggested, but ihe idea was loudly de- lookers on went home r.rkip the old Amer
nounced by.those who held that the blood ican question, " V hat will it crV
and bones of mat could not be made the j We trust that the resolution ; -ropo-ed by
subject-of pecuniary purchase, or rompen- '' the President wii! be a."lop!ed by Congress,
sation." Thus the question arose betwpen Whenever a State shall propose to email
the radical Abolitionists, and those who cipate her slave, we reward it as eminently
believed in plans for gradual emancipation proper that the nation should lend its aid,
Id owners of slaves who should free ihem.
The latter adhered mostly to the Coloniza
tion Society, an institution which was sup
ported by such men as Henry Clay and
Theodore Frelinghuysen, and hundreds of
the great and good Northerners and South-!
erners of America. The Abolitionists made
the Colonization Society the special object
of their most bitter abuse. The latter con-
tinned its work, quietly and successfully, to
the benefit of a vast number of freed slaves;
and the conflict of opinions, as to the prop,
er dealing with the institution, continued,
until it has recently assumed grand propor
tions, and excited the attention of the nation
and the world.
The message of President Lincoln pre-
sents to Congress the question which has principle is timely, and its influence will
for many years been discussed at the North be excellent We shall not be surprised to
and at the South; and recommends the see a few political abolitionists or abolition
adoption of those conservative views which m politicians, endeavor to misrepresent the
have been so earnestly contended for by President, anJ extort from his simple, vig
the sincere friends of the slave and of the orous, and plain words, a meaning that he
Union, in opposition to the madness which 1 never intended to give ihem. Already som
would plunge the North and South, master
and servant, into helpless ruin.
It should be distinctly observed in con
sidering the message, that Mr. Lincoln does
not propose any plan for removing slavery.
He adopts the view, ol Washington and his
cotemporiarifis, for which we have so often
and so laboriously contended, against much
obloquy and reproach, and the principles
on which the Constitution was founded,
and expressess his conviction, that what-
, , j.j A t
ever p'an be adopted, gradual emancipa-
lion would be better than immediate ab -
oli.ion. Good men, from the earlist days,
have desired to see some plan for the re-
movaloftbe slave system, and the sub-
stiiution of another labor system in its place
and their desires would long ago have been
accomplished in several States now known
as slave States but for the interference of
the radical abolition schemes, which effec-!
tually blocked all the advance of free labor
plans in Maryland, Virginia, and other
States. But while Mr. Lincoln proposes no
plan of action, he desires that the Congress
of the United Stales should adopt a joint
resolution, declaring certain principles, as
indications of the future policy of the Gov
err.metit. The resolution we here reprint,
as follows :
Resolved, That the United States ought to
co operate with any Slate which may adopt
a uradual abolishment of Slavery, giving to
such States pecuniary aid, to be used by
such Stale in is decretion, to compensate
for the inconvenience, public and private,
produced by such change of system.
This, resolution proposes to recognize
three distinct principles, and which under
line the foundations of the slavery system,
which are necessary to be regarded in the
ultimate removal of the institution.
1. That the relation of master and slave
is a relation ot ownersbip.and property,
which compensation ought to be made
2. That the people of the whole nation
North and South, either from haviag origi
nated the system, which once existed by
British law, and under British protection,
throughout the land, or lor reasons, may of
right be called on to aid those who are pe
cuniarily interested in the system," to remove
or modify it, so aa to remove the quality of
rrooertv from the relation of . master and
- ' , . 1 . .. . i
: servant, or employer and laborer. . t .,
' 3 That the several States are the proper
and only powers to orignate emancipation
plans.
These are all sound principles, and their
enn unciation by the President at this lime
makes them especially note-worthy.
It is not necessary at present to disenss
the possible plans which Stales may be in
duced to adopt, for the removal of slavery
since the only question raised by the Presi
dent's proposal, is whether Congress shall
proffer pecuniary aid to those States which
may desire to adopt plans of emancipation.
The questions of how much the aid shall
be, and how rapidly it should le advanced,
remain untouched by the adoption of the
resolution. The grand difficulty in the way
oi emancipation, viz., what to do with the
negro when he is free, is not involved in
the present proposal, and remains open foP
the future consideration of ihe Slates or of
ihe nation.
The effect produced by (his message on
the minds of various individuals is worthy
of remark. The mot radical newspapers,
which have urged the instant abolition of
slavery "war power," and which have
been t deadly enmity with "the right of
property in man," are apparently rejoiced
discovery of the present times, instead of
the old and often repeated proposal of more
I moderate men, which has been discussed
judiciously, to effect the object. The Crown
of Great Britain, once the governing power
of all the country, forced the institution on
unwilling colonies, and it became a part ot
their social system. Let the whole people
who have in one sense succeeded to the
government of the nation, aid any State thai
niay need it and that Bhall desire and ask
for aid in changing 6lave labor to free labor,
This is most right. Hereafter, when the
principle is established, we can discuss and
arrange the amount of aid, and the terms on
whicn it is 10 be granted to each Slate as it
shall need it. And each State will decide
for itself whether it will ask or arrept it.
The message of Mr. Lincoln proposing
the adoption by Congress of this important
' 0f lnj9 cas are declaring that the message
nroves the President a determined aboli -
proves me i resioeiu a u.iermineu auun
tionist. It matters very luile what is
thought ot him in this regard, if the people
nf xil"e North will bnt be content to unite on
' the principle which be enunciates so plain-
j jv tnal Sute are to remove slavery as a
jegaj sfalut it it ih r-moed at all : that the
reIal;on pf master and luve a property
reation . atut that the people ol the United
s,aw ouht to aid ,e stes in wh-,eh ,he
" ...
1 jngt,ot;on has ecome a part ol the social
1 in ,Bcb cflorts a:h(,y n,ay iVlliale
to chaR?e an., establish free labor iu its
J pace, and that gr,u!w,l. not udle,i tmnr.cj-
ion is letter fir u'l Journal of Cvmmine.
j
j Thr Holy Lakd ll in said that the Su'-
J tan of Turkey is encouraging the emigration
of the Jews to Palistine, and he offered to
sell them as much land as they choose 10 j which is an universal corrective ot chapped in worlCf perhaps, bringicj in more ready
buy,and lhat he even hints al a willingness f ''Ps anJ wil1 ultimately cure the worst lorm . m0ney but practically of iar less advan
lo dispose of ihe Mosque of Omar, which i ol the palpation of the heart. No ladies ! ,age lo ,hemselves as farmers. Others idle
stand -second only lo Macca as a sacred
shrine.
All this seems almost incredible, but his
majesty is hard up, and is willing to part
with anything that he na for the ca-h. He
has led a particularly fast life, and he has
been thoroughly plucked by his favorites of
every description. WniUt h.e and other op
pressors of ihe chosen penole have be-n
growing poor, the children Israi-I hae
been Lecomiitsr ri:h. 'They hU th p'r-e
strings of Europe, and are aMc? to buy ail
Jerusalem whenever the owner am !- j
posed to sell. Can it be pos-ible thai the
Turk will sell ont, and thai rnn of this gon- j
T .
eraliob will itve to see tnv restoration ei
Israel ti the Holy Land
At a Sunday School meeting in Oh;--, the
subject o.'. the slim n'.tei iUnce of pnpi: at
Ithe school being under consideration, a
promising j oung lawyer offered the tollow-
.', That a committee of young la
dies and gentlemen be appointed to raise
children for the Sabbath school.
Coming from a pulpit auer a heavy ser-
I non, a popular minister said to his deacon
"Deacon, I'm very tired."
. . , ,,, .11 ,L. J n a r. Illkan
j- "inueea . repiicu too ucvu,
yoailknow how to pity .'
A Tonching Incident.
In the campaign of Napolean in Russia,
while the French army was retreating from
Moscow, there lay in a poor low cottage, in
a village, au invalid boy This village was
exactly in the course of the relating army,
and already the report of its approach had ;
reached and excited the terrified inhabr.ants. 1
In their turn they began to make prepara-
lions for retreat, for they knew there wa 1
uo hope for Ihem from the hands of the sol
diery, seeking iheir own preservation, and
gave 110 quarters Kvery one who had the
strength to fly fled, some trying to take with
them iheir worldly goods, some to conceal
them. The little village was fast growing
deserted. Some burnt their booses or dis
mantled them. The old were placed in
wagons, and the young hurried their fami
lies away with them.
But in the little cottage there was none of
ibis bustle. The poor crippled boy could
not move from his bed. The widowed
mother had no friends near enough to spare
a thought for her in this lime of trouble,
when every one thought only of those near
est to him and of of himself. What chance
of flight was there for her and her younz
children, among whom one was the poor
crippled boy.
It wa evening, and the sound of distant
voices and ol preparation had died away.
The poor boy was wakeful wiih terror now
urging his mother to leave him to his fate,
now dreading lest she should take him at his
word and leave him behind.
"The neighbors are just going away, I
hear them no longer," he said,'"! am so sel
fish, I have kept you here. Take the little
girls with you, it is not too late. And I am
safe, who will hurt a poor, he'pless boy?"
"We are al! safe," answered the mother,
Go'l will not leave us,ihough all elselorsake
u"
"But w hat can help os?'' persisted the
Isoy, "Who can defend u from their crnel-
:y ? Snrh stories as I have heard of ihe rav
aes oi these men. They are not men the)
are wild beams O.t why wa I made so
weak so weak as 10 be utterly useless '? No
fireng'h even to fly "
"There is a snre wall for Ihe de'encJess."
answered the mother. "Gv-d will build us a
sure wail."
1 You are my strength now," said the boy
"I ihai.k God that you did not desert me I
am so weak, I cling to you. Do uot leave
me. Indeed I fancy I can see the cruel sol
diers hurrying in. We are too poor to sat
isfy ihem and they would pour their ven
geance upon us. And yel you ought to
leave me What right have I lo keep you
here. And I shall suffer more if I see you
suffer."
"God will be our refuge and defence,"
still said the mother, and at length, with low
quieting words, she stilled the anxious boy
till he too, slept like the sisters. The morn
ing came ot the day that was to bring the
dreaded enemy. Tie moiher and children
opened their eyes 10 find that "a sure mall '
had indeed been buill for their defence The
snow had begun to fall the evening before.
Through the right it had collected rapidly
A high wind had blown the snow in drifts
against the low house, so that it had entirely
covered it. A low shed behind protected ;
the way lo the nut house, where the animals j
were.arul for a few days the mother and
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ennuren kepi inemseives aiive wr.nin ineir i
cottage, shut in and concealed by the heavy
barricade ol snow.
1; was during that lime that the dreaded
1 barricade ol snow.
i , . , . . .1
it wa ourmg mat ., me mat me created
scourge passed over ihe village. Every
house .as ransacked, all the wealthierones
deprived of their luxuries, and the poorer
"e8 deprived of their necessities. But ihe
Iow5rooled cottage lay sheltered benath its
wall of snow, which, in ihe silent night,
! had gathered around it. God had protected
the detenceles with a "sure wall."
. .
; T.-a,. U .s.g -We ,ee stated ,
j an '" PaPr lfial Allsa Curt.0' gow
receiltiV broke her neck in resisting the al-
I tempi of a young man to kiss her. This is
a feartul warning to young ladies especially
j Pret,y or'es- Why i 1 girls peril their del-
i ica,e neck,i in ab,ur(- endeavors to avoid the
( application ot that delicious two lip sale
j of UMe or penfie w,u conduct themselves
in a manner se reprehensible and irougt.t
j wiih so much danger. Besides they well
j know that kissing, like chanty, blesses both
alke 'Tt blesses he that gives, and her
that takes.'-'
Pbkttt A pair of stockings sent by the
ladies' committee for the use of some gal
lant volunteer was accompanied by ihe fol- j
lowinsr verse :
' Brav sentry, on yonr lonely beat,
M v the- bine stocking warm yonr feet;
And when from war and camps you part,
Msy some fair knitter warm your heart."
"What's the matter my dear !' said a
wife to ber husband, who had sat tor half
an hour with his face buried in his hands,
apparently in great tribulation. "Oh. I
don't know- said he ; 'T have felt like a fool
all day.' ' Well, returned th wife, con-
so-iMgly,"l'am afraid you will cever
any better ; you look the very picture of
what you feel."
When a boy gets to think himself above
parental anihoriiy, his parents should try t j
shake him in his belief. I
A typo of Troy, N. Y., has taken S2.000
of the Government loan. Either some re-
lative has died, or there been a big fire. '
Hints on Farm Improvrmrnt.
Farmers are generally anxious to im
prove their larms,or at least to reap the res
tiltsofsucb improvement in belter crops
and greater profits, but very many of them
have yet to learn the most direct road to
prosperous agricultuie It lies rather through
careful manasement of- abundant labor
and capital, than in stintinz these to (he
lowest possible amount the saving is in
the prudent use of eve ry meaneof progress
rather than io the miserly neglect oPJall
which teem lo be indirect aids, but which
are really the trifles which ensnre that in
crease above the cost of production which
alone counts as profit.
Let u look atone of the simplest axioms
of the belter farming. "There is no; way,"
says John Johnston, "that land can be so
profitably improved as by grass kept in a
vigorous 6tate of growth." To grow large
crops of grass we must have rich, drained
land naturally fertile or enriched by man
ure and thorough culture befote seeding
down and by. frequent top-dressing after
wards. It roust be drained land arlifically
drained if subject lo stagnant water or the
best grasses cannot be grown, nor ran it be
brought into profitable rotation with the
grain crops. It mud be thoroughly seeded
economy in grass seed ''saves at (he pig
ot to lose at the bung," in the less quantity
and poorer quality ot the product. And it
most not be overstocked. The best pastor
land, especially while young, can be ruined
by feeding (00 closely and unseasonably
late in autumn and early in springtime.;
But farm improvement by thin method
requires labor and care. Autumn top-dressing
comes at a buy season, and requires
previous attention to provide the requiste
composed manure. Hence too many neg
led it, even though convinced of its impor
tance and of the grealely increased crops
which follow the practice. Our better-farmers
do not practice enconomy of lobar,
s riving to get along with as Utile as possiU.
I hey have found that plenty of bealp for
all the operations ot the farm is the only
way of productive and profitable farm man
agement. A hint or two on getting better'grass from
our meadows and pastures next season.. Let
no mild weather tempt us to allow a hoof
upon them during ihe winter. Bet'er boy
additional forage for our stock. Where a
mixture of clover prevails we should give a
top-dressing of plaster in ihe parly spring
lime. It has been found profitable To mix
ashes wiih plaster for this purpose, and wo
should never sell a bushel of ashes from the
farm,bui rather buy instead. It intended for
pasture, lei the grass gel a good start before
turning on stock ; the product will be much
larger than when fed closely during the
whole season. Low land pastuies may be
fed early with less ios, and especially any
containing swamp grasses. We have found
it good policy to change pastures quite
frequently, benefitting both the pasture and
the grazing animals. Farms so situated
thai they may be irrigated at small expense
should enjoy this great means of enhanced
productiveness. Meadows should be lop
dressed with fine manure alter haying
certainly whenever the crop falls below
two tons per acre. 11 the grass land is to
Fit ntfiurod n n fnr t i 1 1 . r- a anmt,ip roup mn
i , . . ?,. . , , . ' . r
dressing ir. autumn will be found the best
means ol appling manure for the future
nroi'iiot. Hut wa neid not ptlpnil theaa
. . .
hints larther in this connection we have
; , . . . . .
... .
; T,,e frmer anxious for improvement, is
"ever al ,0" 'or eu-P-ojment, upon lu$
' Jir,n ,n W1,,ter- inere ar a thousand tbmgs
he can do l ,nnaace lhe comton and lhll,t
j l toc au t0 'ncreas , a"
; ai,1 va'ue 01 til manure. An 1 oc
; not reS''e Ulal lao rictter and better
1 our stock are fed, Ihe more rapid and proa-
, ,, , ,
table ihe.r growth, and the far greater value
j their manure.
j preparp.tions for the labors of the coming
. peed ime can be ,argeIy maje fences,
1 00,fl( j.,, anJ no less important, plana
t for the work can be g0t in readiness in ihis
time of cornpara,jve leisure. Too many
are engaged off their farms at this season,
away the waiter to grumble at bad ciops
and ,ne hurry of farm life during . the sura-
' mer and au,umn. With the new yearthere
j8 r0om for all to "turn over a new leaf""
; -n lne volume ol progress. Country & tulle-
man.
A good Methodist minister at the West
who lived on a very small salary, was great
ly in trouble al one lime to get his quarter
ly install mem. He bad called on the Stew
ard a number ol times, but had each time
been put off with some excuse. His wants
al length becoming urgent, he weui to hi
steward and told him that he must have
h s money, as his family were suffering for
the necessaries of life.
Money!" replied the steward, Tou
p each for money V I thought you preached
lor the good ol soul !'
"Son! !" renliml lha minister: "I can't
Ml MnI. mJ if , U WOuld, take a
; gQch g- D m,ka m
j decent meal !"
"Did you present your account to the de
fendant ?" inquired a lawyer of hi client,
"i did. sir was the re Dir. "And what did
he say w "He told me to go to the de-il.'
4Aod what did yoa do then V . VVhy. J
eame to you."