BY S. J. KOW. CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 18B2. '' VOL. 8.-TO. 27. A UNION SONG Now "Abe" has got his tools to work, Good wedges, nxe. and maul. He'll make the rebels, like the trees, Before his axe to fall . A wedge, or two, already in, He'll drive both hard and well. And er'rr blow that Lincoln strikes A loyal tale will tell The tools ho uses are the men Gone forth to battle bold ; To cbase Rebellion from the land. And still their birthright hold ! Yhich birth right from their Fathers came, When struggling to repel The tyrant's power, that once was sway'd In vain, their hearts to quell ! TLosa Patriots fired with noble zeal, Presa'd on through fire and blood ! And as the Victors of the field At length they proudly stood ! 'Twas Liberty they fought for then. The eait.se is now the same ; Then strike! bold freemen of the North, Be worthy of your fame ! For you are like the forest trees, You've lived amonj so long ; The hardy pine, tha spreading oak. The "hick'ry" tough and strong. So if the rebels here and there May fell a freeman bold, He'll slay them in his fall, as much As Sampson did of old. For thousands more will onward press, To follow where he fell ! And, like the falling Temple, crush The rebels down to hell. And thus their stars may soon be set, Theirstripes upon them fall ; And Union stars and stripes again Be waveing o'er us all 1 Union. THE DAUGHTER. IN-LAW. CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES. Mrs. Tompkins'parlors were in apple-pie or der nit a speck of dust on the shining piano not a stray shred on the velvet carpet, not ai atom ol of ashes under the well filled grate. For Mrs. Tompkins was one of those thrifty souls who keep up appearances in spite of everything, and delight in handsomely lurnish vd parlors, while the kitchen is stinted to the closest degree of parsimony. She was flying about, shaking out chair covers and arranging the little china ornament on the mantle, was Mrs. Tompkins, in a mans ner that betokened a considerable amount of inward disturbance. There was a jerk to her elbow and a toss of her head, which foreboded woe to somebody or other. am clear out of patience!" ejaculated Mrs. Tompkins at last. "1 don't believe there ever was a poor mortal half so badgered as I am with poor relations ! Why couldn't Harry have married a rich wife, while he was about it, instead of Mary Glen, who wasn't worth a red cent only a governess at that 1 And now the poor dear by is dead and gone, and left his doll-baby of a wife on my hands. I declare, its enough to make a woman crazy. Don t seejvny i snouia be obliged to support her just because she happened to be my son's wife ! Why can't she eo to work and do some thing? Too much of a fine lady, I s'pose, with her white hands and long curls, and pink and white cheeks. Never brought up to do any chores about the house can't wash dish onor make biscuit, nor do anything useful. I um tired of this sort of business." And just as Mrs. Tompkins made this em phatic assertion, the door softly swung open, and a delicate girl of scarcely more than eighteen summers, glided in. Iler deep mourning dress gave additional fairness to a complexion that was like snowy wax, shadow ed with the softest rose-tint on cheek and lips, and the timid, fluttering glance of her dark yes indicated her position dependant. Can I assist you about arranging the par lors, Mrs. Tompkins?" she faltered, as if un certain how her offer might dunce to be re ceived. "No Mrs. Tompkins, Junior, you can't!" "id the old lady, with a toss of her cap-border, couldn't thiuk of allowing such a fine lady soil her white lingers about my work. Then you needn't go to crying I don't be lieve in people that have such very tender feelings !" "I did not intend to crv murmured poor i Mary, "but indeed I could not help it ! "I tell you what, Mrs. Tompkins, Junior," said the o!J lady wrathfully, "we may as well come loan understanding first as last. Zeph aniah and me aint rich and we've a big fami ly of our own, and now that poor deer Harry, our tlder boy has been dead and gone a year," here Mrs. Tompkins, Sr., mechanically pulled out a red bordered pocket-handkerchief, and made a random dab at her eyes, "I don't see that you have any particular claim on us '. So you'd better look out for a situation as govern ess or to do some plain sewing, or something, as soon as you can, for to speak my mind, on it, you've been spongin'on us about long enough I" Mis. Tompkins stopped with her month shut logether like a steel trap. Her daughter-in-law had grown very pale. ''And while I am about it," continued the old lady, I may as well say that Hetty don't litip it because you insist on stayin' in the par lor every time Colonel Redcliffe calls. He's orth a cool half million, Zepbaluah says, if our Hetty mattes a catch of him, why the family fortune's as good as made. Of course, when Hetty is Mrs. Col. Redcliffe, you on't expect her to notice you much she may give you some sewin' to do once in a while. "D - My gracious ! there's his carriage at ne door this minute ! And he was here only yterday. Biddy ! run up and tell Miss Het ty to put on her pink dress, and take her curls ot of the papers Col. Redcliffe's at the door! can sit in the kitchen while he's here, fWy and pec! the potatoes for dinner, if it " i loo common work for them lily fingers ! 'Jetty don't want you pryin' round when her here ! Run quick !" And as Mrs. Tompkins, Jr., disappeared, frs. Tompkins, Sr., opened the door with a "topering smile. Dear roe, Colonel Redcliffe, who'd have "longht of seeing you ? Do walk in we're "Wy honored. I'm sure !" Colonel Redcliffe was a tall, elegant-looking "D, whose wealth aDd station in society fully granted the calm dignity, with which ho acwedto Mrs. Tomklns' adulation. "Take a seat on the sofa, Colonel !" chat Mrs. Tomkins. , "Won't you sit a little erer the fire ? Not cold, eh? Well it ain't eezing-like as it was yesterday, to sure ! t-Re ,ou won,t Ket impatient," she giggled, aej 11 be down In a minute " " Who will be down ?" inciuired ColonelRed- clifle, looking up from the book he was care lessly turning over, with some astonishment expressed in his fine features. "Hetty my daughter 1" "I beg your pardon," said the Colonel quietly, "there is some mistake here. I cull ed to see your daughter-in-law Mrs. Mary Tompkins." "Harry's wife !" gasped out the raamma-in-law. "And," added Col. Redcliffe. "as vou are the nearest relative and guardian at present, it may oe well tor me to mention to you that I intend making her an offer of marriage. Her beauty and grace render her a fit wile for any man, and I am proud to think that I have won her affections. Of course I may reckon upon your sanction and approval " " re-yes !" stuttered Mrs.'Tompkins, who was completely taken aback by this sudden overthrow of all her Aladdin visions concern ing her red-haired daughter, Hetty. "However, even if Colonel Redcliffe 's palatial establish ment wasn't for "daughter Hetty," still it was something to keep so much wealth in the family. "I'll call her," she said, humidly slipping out of the room, just in tim to arrest the tri umphant entry of Miss Hetty, with her curls all in a quiver of oil and cologne. "Go back, Hetty!" she exclaimed in a stage whisper, "you're not the one that's wanted ! it's Harry's wife !" And she shot down stairs as fast as pos sible. "Mary dear !" she said in the softest of tones, "you're not peeliri' potatoes ! Well, you always w,ere so obliging! Give me a kiss love I always did say Harry's wife was just like my own daughter! Now run up stairs into the parlor and see what Col. Redcliffe has to sav to you !" Mrs. II arry Tompkins was uncertain at first whether her respectable mother-in-law was not a little demented. Never before had she listened to such softly affectionate syllables from the old lady, and she went up stairs like one in a dream. "And when may I call you mine, dearest !" was the parting question of Col. Redcliffe, as he held that f.n'r yountr widow to his hiart. Poor Mary ! it was so long since she had heard the accents of love and kindness, an ! now to be the chosen bride of one to whom the world looked in admiration ah, it seemed too much happiness ! "Remember, I shall not wait long!" he added, caressingly smoothing down the jetty tresses. "The sooner I take you away from this vulgar and uncongenial atmosphere, the better !" "Vulgar and uncongnnial ! " gasped Mrs. Tumpkins, who was listning at the keyhole. "Well, I never !" "Mary, dear," she said that evening, "I shall be very sorry to lose you. You've always neen just iiKe my own child, hav'nt you Come and kissnie, there's a love and be sure you don t forget your poor dear ma in-law. when you're married to Col Kedclitfe ! Het- ty, come here congratulate your dear sister ! l woman t nave given you up to anvbodv else, but Colonel Redcliffe is a man that de serves you !" Mary smiled quietly she wai of too gentle and forgiving a nature to resent even the hy pocracy of her mother-in-law and in the bright future, opening before her, she had for giveness for all. "Harry's wife is going to be nnrried," said Mrs. Tompkins, to one of her gossips soon alter. "What .' that lazy, indolent, good-for-noth ing " "Hush-sh-sh !" cried the old lady, clapping her.hand over Mrs. Sykes' mouth, "that wasall a mistake. She's a dear, sweet love I" "Oh!" said Mrs. Sykes. "then I conclude she's going to marry rich !" "Yes," said Mrs. Tompkins complacently. "It will be such a trial to part with her." And such is the weakness of poor human na ture that the good old lady had actually be lieved what she said. Ben. Wade. If there is a man in the loyal states who really represents the true sentiment of American independence, enterprise, industry and progress, it is Ben Wade the U. b. Sena tor from Ohio. He is a true specimen of an American Democrat, none of your dough -face, sycophantic, slavery adulating locofocos, who have successfully appropriated the title of De mocracy, until by its use and abuso the whole nation has been brought to the verge of polit ical, social, nnanciai ana commeiciai ruin but a Democrat of the true Republican stamp, who only suffers his country to bo made obe dient to right, and who has-labored against wrong until his zeal has become a virtue worthy of the emulation of every honest man in the land. Because Senator Wade has dared to oppose the slave power when its majority in the Senate walked the floors of that chamber, as a pirate-chief treads the deck of his vessel, he is to be sacrificed. To ensure this, the united controllers of the old organs of that same majority in the north, are howling in his path, while tlui lesser lights lend their feeble whine to swell the clamor of those who hate Senator Wade because he hates slavery as tho source of all our evil and the origin of the present rebellion. With the preference of the Legislature of Ohio, of course we have no ngnt to interfere but in the reputation of an honest, an upright puplic aervant and a stern patriot, we havs an equal interest as we have an interest in every good influence that can be weilded lor the peace and prosperity of the country. Therefore, we regard tbn re-election of Beu. Wade to the U. S. Senate as a great national necessity. His defeat is sought as a tribute to the slave power. Let his triumph, therefore, be made essential to the rebuke of that power. Iron-clad Gunboats. The Navy Depart ment invites proposals for the construction and equipage of a number of iron-clad steam ers for river, harbor and coast defence. Those needed for the Mississippi and its trib utaries are to draw but six feet of water, and have a speed of nine knots an hour; those for harbor defense are to draw not more than twelve feet, and be able to maintain a speed of ten knots, those for coast defense are to draw not more than twenty feet, and have a speed of fifteen knots. The propositions will be received nntil the 24th of March. From the census recently taken in Canada, nearly one-half of the population are Roman Catholics. THE "WAR INCIDENTS AND NEWS. THE REJOICING IN KENTUCKY. Tl.. t . : - iuc luiiuwinj uescription ot the scene in f rankfort the capital of Kentucky, on the re ceipt of the news of the occupation of Bowling ureeu una r on uoneison by the U nion troops, is jioiu a correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, He says : The first intimation the Senate had of the good news came from Mr. Speaker Fisk. The despatch had been handed to bim. With that shy manner and impertur- oaoie iace which so eminently belongs to that gentleman, he informed theSenate that he had received a despatch, which, though not exactly germaine to the subject under discussion, with tho permission of the Senate he would read. The proloundest silence pervaded the Senate chamber and lobby while the speaker read the despatch. Then, in a moment, a tumultuous cheer broke out in the lobby, and was contin ued throughout the Senate' chamber. The Speaker, in the meantime, preserved the most stolid gravity. Not a smile uor a frown ruffled the surface of his marble features. He did not call the Senate to order, but that body immediately recollected what it was, and where it was, and business was resumed with the usual decorum. The joyful news soon found its way into the House of Representa tives. One member moved an adjournment. "Oh, no ! no !" was the response from all sides, when the mover said he had just heard that General Mitchell had possession of Bowling Green, whereupon the House adjourned in stantcr, and a prolonged and heart-felt cheer resounded through the hall. After the ad journment of the Legislature the town waj, to say ine least, lively, bumper upon bumper of "pure old Bourbon" was swallowed -to the toast, "Eres to Sheneral Mishel an 'is bray and gallant army." in the midst of these fes tivities a despatch was received annouueing that Fort Donelson had surrendered. The scene that took place then beggars description the voices ot the Union citizens of the town and those of the Legislature intermingled in one continuous cheer. Even the Union ladies assembled at the Capitol Hotel, the headquar icis, ami wnn oeaming countenances ana wa ving handkerchiefs, expressed their joy "lleies to Abraham Link horn," "God bless him," came from score of stentorian lungs. owneu ny tncmost ultra proslavery men. A uuiuci loasi : -jeu uavis ana ii'-ii, insepara ble in life, in death may they not be divided." "Up, my honest ole Dabe, God bless your rail splitting soul," came from another quarter. "Booleo for Edwil M. StantJe," could occa sionally be heard through tho general din. Ot:e hundred and fifty guns were fired in front of the State Arsenal. Music paraded the streets and patriotic speeches were made suita ble for the occasion. In the Jheantime night came on apace, and the sulky and sullen Se- cesh began to emerge from their holes, look ing as mean asSecussion really is. One by one they dropped into Powell's saloon, "their headquarters," and, after imbibing sundry times, commenced feeling better. They did not believe the new s ; it was "a dd Lincoln," &c. Alter a little they commenced shouting for Jeff Davis. While engaged in this pastime two Union members of the Legislature, both disciples of Hippocrates, haupened to drop into Powell's. They could not stand these Jeff Davis shouts. One of them, assuming command, formed his comrade in lino of battle, drew a Gfteen-inch bowie, and thus addressed the crowd : "Attention, rebels! Jell' Davis is played out, and must not be cheered or toasted in these United States. Hell is the proper place for him to bc toasted in. About face, file right (pointing to tho door), double quick, forward march." A tew pistols were heard to click, but not a shot was fired. The Secesh embraced the better part of valor discretion and evacuated, leaving our M. D.'s master of the field. An Interesting Incident. A released pris oner who gives his experience in Secessia to the Rochester Express, relates this incident : Of the six or seven cars which started from Manassas, there were but two remaining when we reached the rebel capital, Richmond. We arrived there about nine o'clock in the evening. Alter the cars had halted, I heard a low voice at my window, which was partly raised. It was quite dark, and I could not distinguish the speaker, who was an Irish woman. 'Whist," said she, "are you hungry V I replied that I was not. but that some of the boys probably were. "Wait till I go to the house," she continued and a moment afterwards 1 heard her aain at tho window. She handed mo a loaf of bread, some meat andjabont a dozen baker's cakes, saying, "that was all I had in the house, but had a shillin' and I bought the cakes wid it ; and if I had more you should have it and wel come ! T ake it and God bless ye." I thanked her and said, "you are very kind to enemies." "Whist," said she, "and ain't I from New York meself ?" This was the first Union demonstration that witnessed in Old Virginia. I thanked God for the consolation which the reflection afford ed me, as for the third night I lay. sleeplessly in the cars, my clothing still saturated, and my body thoroughly chilled from the effects of the deluge at Manassas, I could have desired no sweeter morsel than the good woman's homely loaf, and proud of the loyal giver, I rejoiced that "I was from New. York meself." From Richmond. An interesting interview was bad with one of the prisoners who has been confined at Richmond for seven months. He gives unmistakable evidences of the fact that a strong Ucion organization of Richmoud Union men who claim to be three thousand strong and are eagerly waitingand'longing for opportunity to fling out the Stars and Stripes. Out of seventeen fortifications erected around Richmond, only one was armed. The city could be easily taken. Desperate efforts are making to get recruits for the army. The secessionists admit that, unless they can se cure the services of every male in Virginia between 18 and 60, they must yield Virginia in thirty days. The Union men have leagues, regularly organized, with signs and pass words. Many acts of kindness were shown, on every possible opportunity, to the prison ers. Our informant has a handsome golp guard chain, presented to him by the ladies, accompanied by an anonymous note.expressing the links on the chain of Union would soon be more firmly united than ever. Union men informed him that the army at Manassas was falling back. That from three to five regi ments were daily arriving at Richmond. Ten fcessetran3 going to Teane3eei and CsrollQiass ana others to their several States, It Is under stood that only some thirty thousand men would remain at Manassas. News of the Fort Donelson surrender had a most disheartening effect in Richmond, but it cheered the hopes of the Unionists who say Ihey want it to be known by the federal covernment that thev are ready to welcome the old flag and fight for it. Rats Deserting theSixkisg Suip. A com plimentary dinner was tendered to Hou. Charles J.Faulkner, ex-Minister to France, last week at Martinsburg. That gentleman (who, it will be remembered, was exchanged for Mr. Ely,) ia a speech on that occasion said, iu effect, that the policy of secession , as it had been cai ried out, had been a f ai lure. It had been accompanied with an unnecessary waste of life. The best blood of the South and an immense amount of property had been sacrificed. If this course was continued, it would pile ruin on ruin. The public senti ment of Western Virginia was oppo'sed to it. He also intimated that he had no affilation with those who wished the present war to con tinue. His remarks were acquiesced in by the large audience nrcsenl. and there is no doubt but he reflected the true sentiment of nine tenths of the people in the upper coun ties oi me rotoiuac. Keports from unusually renaoie sources say that between three hun dred and four hundred of the Beikley county militia have deserted in a bodv, and Intend to cross tne fotomac and join our ranks. TOREiax .News. The brizantine Fannv jjewis, wnicn ran the Charleston blockade, ar lived at Liverpool with six hundred bales of cotton and three hundred barrels of rosin. At the annual meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, the blockading of the Charles ton Harbor was strongly denounced and the efficiency of the blockade questioned, buteon unuea non-intervention was irenerally ai proved. A letter was read from Mr. Cobden showing the permanent importance of settling oei'geratit rights, and the necessity for En g- iana agreeing to the American doctrine rela tive to private property at sea. Mr. Bright, in a speech at Birm inghain, denied that the American blockade was ineffectual, lie ridi culed the idea that America was in a position to be trampled upon. He pointed out the dangers of interference, and strongly urged a strict neutrality. It is stmed that Mr. Adams, the American Minister, does not conceal his indignation at Earl Russell's late letter to the admiralty, relative to the use of the British ports. There is also considerable differences" in political circles as to the policy and pro priety of the act. From Missouri. Gen. Ilalleck has issued an order that in consideration of the recent victories won by the federal forces, and of the rapidly increasing loyalry ot the citizens of Missouri, the sentences of tho eight bridge burners, heretofore condemed to death, are provisionally mitigated to close confinement in the military prison at Alton. It, however, rebel spies again destroy the railroads and telegraph lines, and thus render It necessary to make severe examples, tho original sen tence against these men will be carried into execution. No further assessment will be levied or collected from any one who will now take the prescribed oath of allegiance. Boards of commissioners will be appointed to exam ine the cases of prisoners of war who apply to take the oath of allegiance, and, on their rec ommendation, orders will be issued for their release. Will they Come Back ? The Richmond pa pers say that every train from Manassas is crowded with soldiers who are on their return home to visit their frichds but who have promised to come back and re-enlist. Won der how much, under the circumstances, this promise is worth ? The succession of defeats which the rebel cause is encountering at every point must be a lively inducement to return. Once at home, they will, we fancy, come to the conclusion that patriotism imperatively requires them to stay where they are, so as to help drive away the "Hessian invaders" when they go down that way. Besides, if they spend a few weks at their firesides, it will probably prove so difficult for them to find their old comrades and commanders, unless they seek them among the prisoners in tho Union camps, that they will scarcely attempt so desperate an undertaking. Mrs. Lincoln's "Ball." -"It was got up regardless of expenses, and proved altogether a magnificent ailair. Why should it not be splendid when the People Pay the Piper." The person who penned the above must be a knave and a fool, if he thinks he can gull his readers with such stuff'. Mr. Lincoln like all former Presidents, receives his salary ; and has he not a right to spend that money, like other people, in any mariner he pleases The cry that the ''People Pay the Piper," is too bare-faced a falsehood to need elucidation. All honest thinking men will see at a glance, that it is only a miserable attempt of some of Breckinridge papers to make a little party capital. Again, many of this same class of papers say, that "the ball was opened by the Presi dent leading off with the accomplished daugh ter of senator Browning of Illinois, f ollowed by that Senator and Mrs. Lincoln." On this point a correspondent of the New York Her ald says : "When the dining room was thrown open, the President led oft with the accom plished daughter of Senator Browning, follow ed by that Senator and Mrs. Lincoln. There was no dancing up to one o'clock." From this it would appear that the parties uamed, led the way to the supper table instead of "leading off in the dance," and that the pa pers which are publishing this statement, are guilty of a wilful preversion of the truth for the purpose of misleading their readers. But suppose the latter were the case ; whose busi ness is it ? Certainly his own. Then, why this prying into Mr. Lincoln's affairs ? Is it for his good, or is it intended to create a dis satisfaction that will accrue to the benefit of the rebels ? The last proposition evidently is the case ; for his decryers and(defamers are those who have from the beginning been the appologists of the rebellion, and who, even op to the present time, sympathise with its lea ders. Beware, then, of all such "clap-trap" trash as that the "People Fay the Piper," tor it is only intended for mischief and for the benefit of the rebels. ... Oliver Wendell Holmes calls a kiss a lim pid consonant. He should have added that it usually follows a-vowa), however consonant it may be to tfce feelings. HOW I BECAME A FAKMEE. EXPERIENCE OF A MECHANIC TURNED FARMER ill you allow me a little space to record my experience ? not because it contains any wiing very reruaiKaDle, nor that I think it val uaoie because it is mine, but that other. who are situated as I was, perhaps, see the way to realize what they have Jong been waiting to secure, a home in the country. I was born and reared in New York citv. and save an oc casional visit to fi ieuds living in the country, 1 knew nothiag of farm life, until within tho past tew years. I learned the cabinet maker's trade, and worked at it steadily for twelve years. During that time I found a use for ar :..!..,. r i . .. .. iitica oi my own maKe, to tue extent of six cnairs with other things in proportion four emiaren having fallen to our lot. Having no capital, I was obliged to remain a journeyman, or do piece work, and any one knowing the active competition that has pre vailed in this business, can readily believe that after making both ends meet, at the year's eud there was but little left to lap over with. As my little ones grew up around me, regard for their health and morals, and anxi ety to meet increasing expenses, incited mo to try and secure a home in tho country. In the Spring of 1S54 I received an offer to work in a village in this cauntv. which I gladly accepted, as it brought me one step nearer what 1 desired. I looked about for a place a little out of the village where I could have a piece of land to cultivate, believing that if 1 could but make a beginning, I could work out to the eud. I found a comfortable house with two acres of ground attached, at a moderate rent, and it would have done you good to see the delight of the little ones when we took possession. They had never conceiv ed of such extensive playgrounds, having al ways been confined to a narrow back yard, and an occasional walk in the crowded city street. I stipulated with my employer for time e nougu to work my garden, and made a com mencement. It was awkward business I as sure you. My neighbors must have laughed at my siinple questions; but they were very kind and aiding to me; I had the'satisf action of seeing my own vines and eating their fruit, and the probability of some day sitting under my own fig tree became quite inspiring. Be ing entirely ignorant, I was trot afraid to try what I saw recommended, and though I was sometimes laughed at for following the book, as they called it, I learned, in time, that print ed experience was often as valuable as that learned by word of mouth in fact, some of my tcgciduies raisea in what they called "new fashioned ways," were far superior to any that my neighbors could show. To be sure, I had many failures at first. The bugs would destroy the vines, the hens scratched out some of my finest seeds, and some of my plantings turned out nothing be cause of my ignorance, but at the end of the first Summer, I found that by working morn ing and evening, with an occasional day when the weeds threatened to get the start of me. and with only a litUe paid out for manuring, plowing and preparing the ground. I had a full supply of choice vegetables for the family, had sold enough to help pay the store bills. and had learned sufficient to try gardening on a larger scale the next season. I then ventured to hire two acres addition al, in which, besides giving better pasture for my cow, l could plant a patch of potatoes and another of corn. It was a rrood year with me. A large strawberry plot which I bad set out the previous Spring, yielded finely. The fruit sold at good prices, and brought me nearly $40. Other products of my garden were even beyond my expectations, and the corn and po tatoes would have done honor to any farmer. This was not all. The family was never so healthy, arid my two boys were becoming quite expert in the garden, to their advantage and mine also. We worked hard, but we saw the fruits of our labor and we were content. I now felt safe to invest my little capital of a few huudred dollars in buying a place which I could call my own ; and the next Spring re ceived a deed for ten acres of land, a little more distant f rom the village, but yet near enough to enable me to continue mv regular business. 1 did not feel quite ready to give up my trade, at which 1 could make a com fortable living, though it was becoming more and more irksome, and I longed for tho lime when I could lay down the saw and the plane, and take hold of the plow and the hoe. This year I hired a young man to assist in working my new tana. It is not necessary to give further details. I am now a farmer, and have arrived at my dignity one step at a time. My place is not large, only twenty-five acres, but six of those are in fruit, and I count their produce equal to all the rest. The great point I want to make for the benefit of others, is, that a change to farming, to be successful, must be made gradually. There are thousands of discourag ed mechanics that can do as I have done, if they will but work patiently, and be content to become farmers by inches. If I had bought twenty-five acres of land the first season, and depended upon cultivating it for a living, I am convinced I should have failed, with the loss of my c:2:tal and my courage, and gone grumbling luck to the shop. Now, my wife and 1 feel as happy as mortals can ordin arily, and I am prepared to say to my brother mechanics, "go and do likewise," Putnam Co., X. Y. Geo. Turret. The Queen's Speech. At the opening of the English Parliament, on the Gth of Feb ruary, the Queens speech was read ; in which occurs the following sentence in relation to Amerioan affairs : "A question of great im portance, which might have led to very serious consequences, arose between her majesty and the government of the United States of North America, being the seizure and forcible re moval of four passengers from on board a British mail packet by the commander of a ship of war of the United States. That ques tion has been satisfactory settled by the res toration of the passengers to British protection and by the disavowal by the United States Government of the act of violence committed by their naval officer. The friendly relations between her majesty and the President of the United States are therefore unimpaired. Her Majesty feelingly appreciated the loyalty and patriotism nhich have been manifested on this occasion by her Majesty' North American subjects." " Beware how yon have dealings with a marl taller tfcaa yourself ; be ean always over-reach you. AT THE IS OLD TSICKS. From the Harrisburg Telegraph. The Democratic () Press of Pennsylvania are engaged in a most delectable work. They seem to act in concert, ard are undoubtedly controlled by a full understanding of the ob jects they have in view. Fcr instance, the old Breckinridge'organ iu this locality, prints some stale slander on Republicanism, or con cocts a wholesale falsehood iu regard to the re sults of the present strucgle, and immediately the cry is reiterated at Erie, taken up at Pitts burg, echoed along the shores of the Alle gheny, until it is borne over tho hills and mountains to the waters of the Susquehanna, and thence it is circulated through, all the country around. It is sent flying through York, Lancaster, Berks, Lebanon, Lehigh, Cumberland, Bradford, Susquehanna, the north and the south, the east and the west, until the people are unconscisusly deluded by such bold fabrications. They change these false hoods to influence localities. As prophets are not respected in their own countries, so are liars despis-d at home. Knowing this, these Democratic organs copy each other's fabrica tions, in order to give them force and effect. Tuus, for instance, the Patr.ot copies the con coctions of the Journal of Commerce, while some lesser lights in locofocoisiu borrow the scintillations of our neighbor, in the vain hope that they will assist in misleading the people, and thus promote the aim of the Democratic party of the north to get possession of the pow erofthe government. If this scheme suc ceeds, the escape of those who are now en gaged as the leaders of rebellion will b en sured. This is the main o'ject of the Demo cratic leaders of the north. Save the organi sation of the Democratic party first, after which, save the Union. When this is accomplished, a re-organization of the influncf s which are now at work to destroy the government, will be effected, so that in ten or twenty years hence rebellion can be precipitated again, with more prospect of success. Our Republican cotemporaries- throughout Pennsylvania should narrowly watch and promptly expose all these plans of the Democ racy to procure power. They should warn the people to be on their guard in the future as lo any support they may contemplate bestowing ou those who were the first to encourage the spirit of rebellion in the south, and tho last to render any aid for its suppression. While wa are enga-cl in fighting the rebels of tne south, there mtTst be no hesitation in accept ing the issues which these sympathizers in the north desire to create ; because there is no difference in crushing out those w ho are armed for the overthrow of the government, and those who desire to aid that armed rebellion through the force and influence of the ballot box. Let the Republican press warn the peo ple in time ; and let there be no hesitation in denouncing and exposing these plans, as we have described them, through the medium of independent Republican journals of the country. The Invaders Invaded: One year ago, the traitors were bujly engaged in arranging their plans for the invasion of the north. The taking of Washington city was considered as tho work only of a march across the Long Bridge which spans the Potomac, while the victorious hosts of the exulting chivalry, would march through Maryland amid the plau dits of their friends in that State, until they reached the border of Pennsylvania, where their real triumphs and rich conquests would commence. Pizzaro, in his dreams, as be slumbered after his intoxicating Peruvian revels, never had pictured to his bloated and distempered vision more gorgeous scenes of vnluptuous splender and ill concealed lascivi ousness, than those which fluttered through the day-dreams ot the southern traitor, as be contemplated the certainty of his invasion ot the'north. The gold which Pizzaro treacher ously recevied from the imprisoned Inca, dwindled into insignificance when compared to that which the wild mobs led on by the slave drivers, were to wrest from the people of the north." Philadelphia wasfirst tofall into the hands of these ruthless invaders. Its temples, its trcasures,its palaces and dwellings were all to afford the richest booty. Ilarrni burg wa3 also to feel the presence and the tread of tho same mvider, and-then from this point and from Philadelphia, the southern id vadcrs were to reach on to the rich cities cf the east, their presence ha:!ed and welcomed by the dough faced Democracy, and their pro gress but little impeded by any force which the craven and cowardly north could' bring in armies against them. But these anticipations and dreams have been sadly frustrated and de ceitful. is the invaders who have been invaded Instead of southern armies marching across the Susquehanna, the Hudson, and pursuing their conquering steps until they reached the Mcrrimac, they are falling down, downi down, where their flying numbers have almost reached the shores ot the Gulf of Mexico. They are leaving their intrenohments and their camps without firing guns or striking tents. They are begging for quarters where escape is im possible and battle unavoidable. They are begging for terras of easy surrender when a manly contest might give them a victory. And what is far more gratifying, is the fact, that the people claimed as beiDg" zealously de voted to the confederate traitor cause, bail the invading federal troops as the real deliverers of the south, ond fall prostrate beneath the stars and stripes, as the banner of their love and the panoply of their protection. Surely a peeple wb have thus failed to make rood their boasting who have failed in their bras'. gart claim as superior in arms who shrink from battle and fly from the foe? they haughti ly invited to the contest surely such a peo ple must become hereafter the. mere depend ents on the leniency and liberality of those who conquer them without a blow and make them prisoners by the mere crooking of a finger. Old Virginia and Old Kentucky may hereafter Jive In negro minstrelsy and rude negro wit, but in the annals of true chivalry and the recital of manly feasts cf daring and indurance, they will find no mention, except It is by such comparison as will perpetuate their odium. Tho history of th? invasion of the invaders will afford prolific themes for more than one fertile pen. Heavy Fracds It is reported that frauds upon the Government in the articles of cloth ing and military horse trappings, have been discovered, amounting to over one million of dollars. The names of the parties have not yet been made public but it is indicated that l thy se from .Ver Yirtr Pn"7lmnia. -i. 11 T" II