Indiana American, Volume 16, Number 10, Brookville, Franklin County, 3 March 1848 — Page 1

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fl a OCR COVNTRT-OVR COINTRT'S INTERESTS AND OCR CIINTRt'l FRIENDS. BY C. P. CL.VUKSOX. BUOOKVILLK, INDIANA. FRIDAY, MAKCII 3, 1S48. VOL. XVI XO. IO.

RELIGIOUS.

Counsels for the Vonng. Never be cast down by trifles. If a spider breaks his thread twenty times, twenty times will he mend it again. Make up your mind to do a thing, and you will do it Fear not if troublescome upon yon; keep up your spirit thourh the dav be a dark one. i Troubles never stop forever, The darkest day will pass away.

If the sun is going down, look at the stars; if ways at war. When they preach economy,' the earth is dark, keep your eyes on heavm! lookout for extravagance; when th-y flatter the With God's presence and God's promises, a people as the true sovereigns of the land, then man or a child may be cheerful, j comes a veto; when they cry peace, then look Never despair when fogs in the air! , out for war; when they say democracy, look out A sunshiny morning willcome without warning, for aristocracy; when they denounce paper moMind what you run after! Never be content ney, lookout for Treasury notes; when they with a bubble that will burst, or a firework that say 54 40 or fight, look out "for slink," and 41). will end in smoke and darkness. Get that when they say no conquest, look for all of which you can keep and that which Is worth Mexico.

keeping. j Something sterling that will stay t When gold and silver fly away. j PiirKt tiai-.t air-iinst hnstir tpmner. Anrrer 'g'" ....... s '" j 1 will come but resist it stoutly. A spark may ' et a house on fire. A fit of passion may give you cause to mourn all the days of your He. He that revenges knows no rest; The meek possess a peaceful breast. If you have an enemy, act kindly to him and make him your friend. You may not win him cver at once, but try again. Let one ki idness j te followed by another, till you have compassed your end. Ey little and little great things are completed. Water falling day by day; Wears the hardest rock away. And so repeated kindness will Foften a heart of stone. Whatever yon do, do it willingly. A boy th"U is whipped to school never learns his lesson

well. A man that is compelled to work cares j cofoco policy. When Mr. Van Buren came innot how badly it is performed. He that pulls ; to power he found a surplus of about4;l millions ofT his coat cheerfully, strips up his sleeves iu Mn the Treasury; when he went out he left it a-

earnest, and sings while he works is the man for : me. A cheerful spirit gets on quirk A grumbler in the mud will stick. Evil thoughts are worse enemies than lions j and tigers, for we can keep out of the way of j wild beasts, but bad thoughts win their way every where. The cup that is full will hold no j more, keep your head and heart full of good thoughts that bad thoughts may fiud no room , U enter. Be on your guard, and strive, and pray, To drive all evil thoughts away. Wealth. Weath, true wealth, is that possession which satisfies the heart. Talaces and lands may still ; leave a man miserable. 1 o be satisfied in one's ' call to feel no aching, nor void to sleep peace- t fullv. wake without nain. refret. or remorse. , such is wealth. Content ana health are a nron-! i I : VV.tt, der inheritance than belongs these, the hardest pillow becemes soil, the roughest way smooth, the darkest future bright, and their possessor stands up a man, than whom God has made none nobler-free from the cank- : , er which follows power and rame, and indepen-; dent of the exigincies which make and mavshiv- i ercrowns. Monev.bevond selfwants. mar desirable; the necessities and misfortunes of our fellows often cast them upon us, and means to relieve them add askeenlvto our iov ih.irs, i For the promotion of the good, the beautiful and the true. cold, eoods and land are abcritaefrom heaven: but when wrameel in a nankin. t .t- l , . tna oouuo 10 ine near, iney congeal numan sympathies, and b'ast human life. A Sheet Sermon for PimnH. It is said that when the mother of Washing- J ton was asked how she had formed the ehan c-' tr of her son, she replied, that she had endeav1 t uiruei.ij o iraei. 1,1111 iu,rr uiuigK, uumiriivr, ":ll; 1 X- . t .. 1 - 1 ci'genceana iruin. io oener auvice can oe " . J . . . . cavii juui iiiuu iuuwj. uri it or 111c urM lesson. 1 ou can hardly begin too soon. One of the most successful parents that I have known said that this point was usually settled between him and his children before they were three months old. But it requires constant care to keep up the habit of obedience and especially to do it in such a way as not to break down the strength of a child's character. Ttach your child to be dilligent. The habit of being always employed is a great safegnaM through life, as well as essential to the cut lure of almost every virtue. Nothing can be more

foolish than the idea, which some parents have, yir. Hell's Snrrth n the 4Vnr. that it is not respectable to set their children to' The National Intelligencer, of Feb. 19th. pubwork. Flay is a good thing. Innocent recrea- lishes in full, revise.1 and corrected, the speech tton is an employment, and a child may learn to delivered by Mr. John Bell, of Tennesee, in the be diligent in tha' asweil as in other things. U. fv Senate on the 2 1 iust. It is a speech of But let him learn early to be useful. j decided ability and will add to the alread v disAs to truth, it is the one essential thing. Let tinguished reputation of the author. It fills everything else be sacrificed rather than that. twelve closely printed of the broad columns cf Without it what dependence can you place on the Intelligencer, and we regret, therefore, that your child? And besure to do nothing yourself, ! we cannot publish it in full. We trust that it

which may countenance an species of prevarication or falsehood. Yet how many parents do teach their children the first lessons of deception Christian Register. The Foot's Reproof. There was a certain nobleman, says Bishop i Hall, who kept a fool, to whom he one day gave ; a staff, with a charge to keep it till he should ; meet with one who is a greater fool than himself. Not many years after, the nobleman fell sick, ) even uuto death. The fool came to see him: his sick lord said to him, "I must shortly leave you." "And whither art thou going?" said the fool. "Into another world," replied his lordship. "And when will you coma again? williin a month!' "No." "Within a year 1" "No." "When then?" "Never." "Never:" said the fool; "an j what provision hast thou made for thy entertainment there. whither thou gotst?" "None at all." "No!" said the fool, "none at alt: Here, take my staff; for with all my folly, lam not guilty of any such folly as this." CTThe Miltcritea are holding protracted meetings at Le Roy, and other places in N. Y. They have fixed oa May nxt as the certain advent.

THE TLMES.

I.oU on this Picture The speech of the Hon. Andrew Stewart, of Pennrylvania, delivered in Congress on the 11th Jan., has been published in pamphlet form. It shows up Locofocoism and Mr. Secretary Walker's report to the very life. The speech closes as follows: This Administration goes for the rule of con trary ; their theories and their measures are alThis policy of the Administration has been1 more disastrous to the bests interests of the' country, more dangerous to its harmonv and its ' tnteoritv. than tl.st ..f ...,- nil.n. ...... i ! f-.... ,., uiuiri mill mis existed since the foundation of the Government.Three years ago when this Administration ( came," ir.tn -, i. r.,.,. .1 , . .', i v... nc uuiiiry peaceiui ami,' prosperous in all its interests; and what is its condition now? The country has been governed by party and for party. Unable to reward their numerous and hungry partiz ins, t! is Administrations has involved the country in war, which enaldes it to sat'sfy the ravenous appetite of thousands of its worshippers with high ofii cesand fat contracts. Peace will looen their grasp on the people's treasury. Nothing but a failure of revenue a want of money an empty Treasury w ill give us peace, and this powerful negotiator is near at hand. But let us look back for a moment. What a contrast is presented between the Whig and Lo bout 40 millions in debt; and the revenues 10 or 12 millions short of the expenditures; and ruin and bankruptcy, national and individual, pre vailing throughout the land. In this state of thing"!, the Whigs came into power in 1S41they passed the tariffof 1542, and the prosperity of the country was restored, and the Treasury replenished as if by magic. In the four ars of its operation it paid oil" nearly $40,000,000 of the principal and interest of the public debt and in a year or two more, after the entire extinguishment of the debt, it would have left a sur plus of 10 millions a year for the improvement of our gteat rivers and harbors, affordinrr secu-1 I rity to life and property, and giving prosperity "nd '"creased security to our vast internal com-, mi rco- ' But this bright and cheering prospect was snd---t K- nr.ei.. wk;, anJ the accession of the present Administration, in 1S45. See to what they have alread v brousht -' -" ' vreu,i so hig to command untold millions at a premil,m ha bro8h il dow s . that they "VJ u,"""r "c arB '""m lo;ul vl , -, o . -,. . t some u' or 12 m,Ul0ns on any terms. Look w,iat the Baltimore Convention have done; that convention prescribed and dictated the policy of t,,,s Administration in advance-this was done b "n 'fPsihle caucus of artful and ultra politicians, with Mr. alker at their head. He Mr' WJk.r. made Polk and Dallas what they ar"5 he buil1 P this Admistralion; he now die,a,e i,s YoVy- a" gevems s.s Y, ir.ihat Miienninri.l fi.,, M.ir ' ' .......i . ri... ,,,.,1, ..m, vuKI, and made him promise in bis inaugural, to carry out their dictation. The first thins was the an nexation of Texas, resulting in war. Next to arnst internal improvement, then adoot the snh-tieasiirv. nn.1 fi.t:tlv. rvo.:il iIia ,,.,,r.ruii .. i.. 1" .1, tariit ol f'tJ; what has tollowed? Down goes revenue and U goes national debt at the rate of twenty or thirty millions a year; thousands f lives, and millions ot nioiioy wasted 111 a foi iirn ind, and who knows for what? Who can tell for what this war is now prosecuted, or how or when it is to end? One thing, however, is very certain, that it must demoralize our people, involve our country iu an enormous debt r sui ling in ruinous and oppressive taxation, and may end in the riissolution and overthrow of our tloTV .!... :..... 1 ...... "' - '"" "'sen; an eeiu, me couieniiaiion of which must fill with horror and despair, the hearts of the friendsof freedom throughout the world a catastrophe which, may God, in his infiu. te mercy, aveit from our beloved country, will be printed iu pamplel form and extensively UllUHVHru KIIVMIVIHMII ll,C eviiiilll. :..;l.......l .1.... i...... i... .... The following are the concluding passages: -. ti .1 11 t. Mr. President, I have reflected much upon the question, in all its grave aspects, and I feel compelled to express the conviction that, as a peo- . 1 . 1. . r . 1 r . . . -r pie ruruMliy imp irmisi'i a nee iiriu v. o1 J - ernment, we stand on the very br.nk ot our lateIf we do not stop this war now, or before anoilier new year, one step further in our present 1 TL . I I i course ami we sua., oe oorue oy an ,res,s,o.e current, beyond retreat or rescue, into irrctriev11 . t . - I; ame misiortnne and rum. 11 we are saveu u will be by the providence of God. not cf man. lucre is doiih runs?. Mr. l resworn, in our present relations with Mexico something so unusual, not to say wonderful, in all the incidents of this war-tlmt, were I superstitions, I should sav that a higher power than our holds the issues of it, and for purpose we may not comprehend. The insUuces of individual self- ; ..1 r..i ...........r. f rsaennce, ur mmrpo , puwiwi., . v ... such frcaueiit occurences in this war, carry us back in search of parallel examples to the hemic ages of autiquity, and seem fitter subjects for fabulous aud romantic narrative, than the sober papes of truthful historv. Tbere is no record in the history f modern warfare, nor ancient either, k.:ii:...i ,.n:i.mnJ aria of Ot 111 11 1 0 iiiiiimu, -"iii" 1 "-- - - ell-rought battle, and victorious results against ....L.O....L uu , . .nk. VUCtl Odul mm Villi m urvii uu w ivpi iiia ia . imperishable snnals of th republic; and when

we contemplate the intrepidity and skill of our officers, the imnetuous valor which has distin-

;.l,.. r .i....i.. r regular soldiers or of volunteers-'a valor which neither natural obstructions, nor muitarv defenrP , r. r,.. .'. ous, could arrest in their rapid and victorious career we are involuntary reminded of the similar and thrilling exploits of Cortez in the same field of military fame in the land, which by this double act of conquest, seems devoted. It is now aboutthree hundred years since that extraordinary man, with abind of adventurers less than seven hundred in number, urged on by two of the strongest passion of our nature, cupidity aft i religious fanaticism, landed upon an unknown shore; burnt his ships, attacked, and after enacting scenes so mixed of craft, cruelty and blood, ytso gihi-ed over with feats of high chivalry and dauntless courage, that the muse of history pausin her task, and hesitates to praise or blame overthrew a populous and powerful empire. These victorious adventures were the ancestors and countmnen of that race which evi t i i , C ? ) conquered couatry, whatever form the government has assumed i, . , ,. . ,. '"Tper.u ur In-P. I( nll U1lan race that peopled the empire which Cortei overturned; an I th-y were the ancestors au.l countrymen of the samerace which now inhabit the land of their fathers. They were m ule serfs, the hewers of wood and the drawers of water, to their new masters, three centuries ago; with some amelioration they continue to be so to this day; though in name free, they still were the badges of a subjected people still remain the victims of conquest and of their primeval caste an.) . r . i r . 71, ZZ T ril T T." 7 hour, they are sUU the sufferers. W hat religion fails to exact from them, their proud and inso- : lent conquerors extort, under the pretext of Gov ernment support, or to maintain an army which oppresses them in peace and give them no protection in war. Wonderful retribution That at the distance of centuries the descendants of the nrimtinl sootier ehmii.l Ka n,.).. ... ..r.... ii. .,...i, r.r. . ... . . i .ii 'r"i v im u r ro iitm rnmiii i nv inir forefathers; that they i ,r should be trodden under the iron heel of was-be made to pass uu- ! derthe yokeofthe conqueror. !Mr. President, if I may be permitted to mor- j alize upon the extraordinary and mysterious vi cissitudes 8nd coincidenees in the fortunes of nations, I would ask what are our motives,' what our purposes in the further prosecutii.n of this war? Are we sure, sir, that among those who direct this war, who put all this chivalry in motion in a foreign land, s ime are not tainted with the lus t r onn ntit ? A ria m-a ciihi ,ti-.t whatever cause rf war may hive existed at its origin, other motives or other objects have not supervene,!, less defensible in their character than the riith's an I honor of the country, the o'i- teniliniate causes cf the war? Are tlie in otr uitimate causes cf the war? Are tne in- ! va.lers of this ill-fated couutry, of the nineteenth ! century, so pure and upright in all their objects, ! - .c ...-...., he s,vte,M,th that they may hope to escape the ! retribution which awaited t.ie.n and winch has j , "n"-"f Iiidci;. ..r. ..... I... tr It is Mid of S. ipio not he that overcame Han nibal, but Scipio, the destroyer of Carthage 1 - thet wheu surveying the scene of carnage and ' ,. , f mssoiu, nrouna mm aim wtu-n ne saw the wi,'e pf Horshuhal, arrayed in her ricl.esr nppar-1 f 'wi asccn.nng 10 the summit ol t!.e temP' conllagration, and thence, after stabbing her children, pervipilating herself into the burning elements Mow, he wept, but it wns not over Carthage. Rome rose up to tils view with all her crimes and npuressions, and he saw inscribed on the rolls of her future histo ry the sentences of eternal justice that she, too, 1 must fall. Sir, if any should now desire to know my poor opinion upon the proper mode of torminating this war. 1 say to them make the Ivst treaty with any existing Government yon tan. you must have the territories of New Mexico and Californa.get a cession of them, if cii cannot i'o thai, come hack to the Rio Grande to the boundary you claim tille to, and thus save your honor. M v a ivice is, Slop the war! Flee , theconnt-y as you would a city doomed to deslruction by hre from Heav n! ?Scl:.iuholy Occurrence. , . .. .,. . . . 1 ne Indiana Mat" Journal or .Monday, puhlished at Indianapolis, says: I On last Saturday, Mr. Hiram Gaston, a hlneksmith of this city, kiOed a voung man by the name of E. Luce, who was learning the trade with him. I he facts ns we learn them from some of those present at the e 'initiation, were as follows: They were engaged nt work oil n buggy. Th" young man was fitting on a piece of iron, and did not put it on to suit Mr (5 iston, who told him to let him (Gaston) put it on. The young man refused, and after trying to wrest it from him, Mr. Gaston, in a fit of anger, struck him a blow on the back part of the neck with a hammer, which killed him instantly. Mr. G. made 110 effort to escape, but went before the Mayor, and in default of giving bail in , f. . til, r t ... . ,,, , . . .. . "nce this morning, at 10 o clock was committed to jail. IFF Mrs. Hives, a'young married women, was , . . .1 t " 1 1 . rfrozen to death in Levden, Lewis County, New , cl . , , , ..." ., - . 0. . , , , . . . ., ork. She went with her husbaud live miles tochurch; returning ou foot, he stopped at the honw of . acquaiutance, while she passed on, ,0st her way, and was found on Wednesday, where she had made her bed in the snow, taken ff , t j , (J tiown v l)w cin,umstHof of now pair of shoes being nearly ou, is .,.,,, , oor wom;, walk- i r . - .... r,. ........ aili t.... HUlll KTUUlin, niiriiivi'ti ,111 1 rin, i.tftriik. Indiana Fntcrnrise. At the last session ol the ln.ii.uia l.-gislatnre, , cimLr was granted for the construction of a railroad from Jeffersonville to Columbus, Ind. The present Legislature a few daystince, so - mended the charter as to divest it of all obnox- ; r...... I.. l tl. I.....r. nft .1.. Iv.i.;, ...... ... .......... v ...... . ,..v amended charter was brought to Jeff. rsoiivi'.le, $125.00'J were subscribed by the cilizeus of that j place, aud it was expected that in a few days. the subscription would reach $500,000 by citi-, tens of Jeffersonville, Charleston, and the vicin Ity of the two place. ITT If vnu ara about to leave a neighbor's ' j - r. house, don't stand stammering aud fumbling, .a .in. v.tl t eiip t must h mini, " ""v j (f When yon sr reacy, go at ones

BIOGRAPHY.

The tolhonn Iumilr b" "T'i Ul,Ce-UK in """J ' f,t" "T ;wferri? t0 tUe of ! ,!l,s fal,,ll-v' ,s WZ Hi rounds of the press, af- j fords me while correcting its errors, an admira-i bletextto point out the practical workings of; our republican institutions. The father of this , family Andrew Calhoun by name, had beeu for several years a merchant iu Boston, in ', which city then a town these boys were horn. ' Iu the vicissitudes incident to mercantile pursuits, the father had been able to leave them nothing beyond the education which every Boston boy receives, unless the mor.d training they had received in the domestic circle, a si, II richer endowment, may be added as an inheritance. Twenty-five years ago the brothers, seven in number, were thrown on their own resources in entering mi the active scenes of life. And now, after that lapse of time, the entire bind, is " """'"l''"alnoral,leamlinfliieiitial positions in society, whether in mil 1

or private life. i Ancctloie. j SET A gentleman not very long since wishing j ,llis cun,ry l'.v Lord Howe, aud laadeJ oa the Wilii mi B , the oldest brother, has been sue- A rio,,' African at Louisville stumbled while ia P"P 'h question, did it in the following sin- j-'031 pf New" York in 1T7G. ressiwly Speaker of the House of Kpresenta- walking on a very dark night and was pitched gular manner: Tukingnp the young lady's cat, I 'ie Progress of this insect, marked by the detives an, I Tresim-nf of the Seaate of Massachu- l",,1 mrriimst down a cellar which afforded him "P--s may I Imve vo ir mistress?" It was an-i struc,ion ''occasioned toths wheat crop, was at setts. He has aKo been a representative from ""'P' " 'r entrance." Springing to his swered by the lady, who said, Say yes, Pussy."; 'I ratf "bout thirty miles each year. In that Slate in the Congress of the United Sutes. f1' " exrlaimed, "Hress de Lord dnt I lis;ht Knihrr t Acrommoditiing j f9, it made its appearance in Pennsylvania He is now Secretary of the Commonwealth of on '"' h,M,1! l( lU" "igger ha i scraped his shins A Mr!'- Bishop advertised in the New York In 1789, it reached Saratoga, New YoHt, 200 Massachusetts. so hard I spec he broke his leg." j Sun, on S iturday w ek, that she would preach n,'l' from its original landing. "About th Charl-s, is now, and has been snne sixteen or I A grave friend of ours t-ll us that he and bis " f",lo,vi,"t ,!;'" "0H '"lon tf xhe hot-j 'e"r 101 !t first its appearance in th. seventeen years, Secretary of the Senate of the wile always go to bed qnarr.li.ig. "And yet " V''." d H.'ds, seats free." ( neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, and in same State. ! s aid he, i:h all our differences, we never fill ' " " r"ii a W.rt. F.M.r.rH Goon ,JW J S04, whole field, of wheat were swept Andrew II. is Secretary of the Senate or New out." Thing." The venerable Dr. Ci. -.pin, of New j l,.v York State. j C'ordVtt Miirts. , "n, now in his t'filh year, s ,) in n fereuoe j r'rom this period until 1517, its depredations T..I... ii. ....i... i . r .i -,- ,, . . to the loss .f his wife. "Mv iinrl.lU, Iseem to have been an ., rl. nni

,, ouij liemocnu iu me lamuv, was! M r Ms party at the last election for ,,,, ,. ' ... ;, , , I "v 1 ' v viui; i--s iti i ne oiu v wniiT iiiNinoi 111 lllinois. He had hern previously a rrpresentd- ' live in the Assembly and Senate of a district largely whig, having elbowed his , ' . .... way mrougn ( ll,e var.ous posts i-f sohoolniustor. county sr-; '7' "T ,m',",""r f bolh bral,c,,e" f , .i i ?ii.uir uuiiiiga sixteen or seventeen years res- ' 'deuce there. He is now U S. District Altor-', im. ... .1... . ,, I '"' . " "l rk " w J""-' ' Ci" and high st Hiding iu their respective homes. i tr - i . ., ' , . imroii ii compieies me list, lie is a devo-;

ted missionary iu the service f the A oerican ! -Mr Kobert reel s estate is valued at 90,Boar.l of Coinu.iss.oii,.rs cf Foreign Missions, l,0;'-00;'-whose field or labor is the L. vant. . He has late- Th-estate inherited by Miss Frances Bnrdettc ly visited the churches ill the West, and was on " English heiress, ahout thirty years of boanl the steamboat Talisman during the late ' single, is said to amount to over dreadful accident by which that boat sunk, with ' jf'-,,,.ni,0.000. the loss of life of sixty persons or more. Mr. I 11 J;rb Astor's estate, fanJ he is conceded Calhoi n was one of those whose lives were spar- i ' ,H richest man iu Americi; tnat is, iu the ed. : United States, is valued at 1 5,0 l'l,il:U of.iollars. I have said I regard this historv as afr.,r.iiiir a ! n rloir of inirCnl!e

view of the nature of our republican institutions. ' . i .' '" ' . " ,,, ir, , .. fi '. - ,. ' ... ' . ,. '. , , ... .. . ', . ' ., , ' 1 private life. Iu what other country 011 the face vfvarxU coulJ Sch a ,e ,w phow. u th fpur ronu lat t,,e however humble their pretensions 1 It is not a little singular, nt leat in the judg' .. . r- . ... 0.1 lllelll ill sl.ro lllotl. IIl:it ntil.tnir nil llioutf lirt .1 . . .... . , . . , thcrs, not one is a politician by trade, although m;lny wre, and have been for years, office-hold-j The brother resident in this city, will lie admitted by all who know him to lie a remarkably modest and unassuming man, and I am told by , those who know the others. that they are equally so. Their is the popularity wll, h follows merit, not that which is pursued by office seekn-:. .... !.. ...- jv.:.. li.ims .-Miveri,ser. I ?tn,jov ISti. i William W. Bliss, brevet Major, was born in ,-w" Hampshire, iu the year 1 -I0, of a highly -"l"-'abte la.nily. He early showed such jf proofs of ability, that an appoiiitin-ul as ca let at W. st Point was procured lor hint, nor had he been Ions at th it intitiili n. before he was considered one ol the most prominent member of his class. For proficiency in malliem -tical stud- ' ies he was especially disliiiguish.nl. His general superiority over his comrades was so evident, ( mat, i ine nine lie graduated, w hich was in i lS'l.'t, he was known at the A-Mdcim , by a pun I..i.:, , ...... p. ... n : . 1 ""- v. .-, 1 U..SR. In he received a brevet as second lieutenant, with the other members of the graduating class. I n IS." 4 he was made a full s.cond lieut.naut. He now l-c line attach',1 to the Academy at West Point as assistant P.ofessor of M .111ematies, and continued there iu this cap icily 1111tii 1510, .iuring wlucli time he pctf. clcii I iniself in all those still ies which render him now so neeoinphsh-.l not only as an officer, but a scholar, Perhaps we h.-r.ird nothing iu saying that he is without his equal, in this respect, in the army, There nu be others ds brave, others as skilllul in the field, but there is not one, who with these qual, ties, is also accomplished as Major Bliss. Iu lS:iti, he was promot -d to a first lieutenaii - cy. Iu 1?:(7 he received the breve t of cantain '17 he received lite brevet of captain. with the appointment of assistant adjutant gelier.il. Soon ufier he was promoted to a lu',1 captaincy. His fortunes now became connected ' with those of General Taylor. He accompa1 nied that leader to Corpus Christi, and snbse . ' quenily lo 1 omt Isabel; an 1 was present at tin quenilv lo t otnt Isabel: uu I was present at the' battles of Palo Alio and Uesaca do la P.ilma, i where he received tlie favorable commendations of the commaiidcr-iiichief. He 11U0 acted as Adjutant General of the "Army of Occupation," , and as Military Secretary of th- General. 1 Major Bliss was in every battle fought by Gen Taylor in Mexico. When most of the regular officers were detached from that general army, - and sent to join Scott prior to the attack of era Cru. Bliss continued with bis old commander. Luring the spring, summer an I fall of l!M7, he j remained at head quarters; and when Gen. TayJ lor returned to the Fntted States 011 a furlough, accompanied him. He is now on a visit to his native State. New II imnsliire. which has . . reason to be proud of so distinguished a son. icn. qnitman. Gen. Quitman Is a son of Rev. C. Quitman, who came to this country in 1734, from one of the Dutch West India Islands. Ha used to u . . in..... I'irn, 1, 11, iiib imiit, iopuo n. iiv.aiij anu Pouehkeensie. r 1 D Accustom vour children from their earti., v..th in r,MW il,. tn.ih mn. il.i. - - j ....... '- j co ,f not prevented by servants, or th. ir psrents.

FU V A X D FA X C Y. A Kian nr Dr. Walrol. Soft child of love thou balmy bliss,

Inforni me, O delicious kiss! Why thou so suddenly art gone, Lost in the moment thou art won? Yet go for wherefore should 1 sigh? On IVIia's lip, with raptur'd eye, On Delia's blushinglip I see A thousand full as sweet as thee! ITT A story is told of one of the respeotab'e farmers of G -orgi.i, with whom uu agent of the telegraph company staid all n'ght, and to whom he exol iiiied for no linur nr innn ll u l.,du opera-ion of the mvsterious wires. When :e had concluded, much M his own satisfaction, in enlighten, ng his host on the subject, hew, met by the enquiry from the farmer: ""How many bales of cotton will it caray to mark, t?" 'Ahout forty." was the answ-r f il,. j;m. flIted superintendent, as he k..ped from the -un.e,i skitis are serviceatne sometimes. A Michigan paper says that a lady and gentleman . : . ... .... , . ... . " "i'e uui ruling laia v. iiati i le in s iirrunr1 in ,,r,"i,k one of the shafts of the buggy, and being destitute of all materials for mending it, the .......... i.. i. .it . i i i i j B ...nru ,r. ai.uau i soon presemed the young man witl. some seven or eight foPt of which enabled hl.n to make " necessary repairs lor proceeding, and they wont on their way rejoicing. , r, M' ? Tr'n I" private property being estimated at $150,000 inn) Vrini Helena was horn, it is sai l t.: n.-.-i -u i. , .. . , l.lesse,! wi'h nnotherlittle sister, cxcfaTm"','-,-wiTti the most charming simplicity, "Oh ! how delighted I am! do let me co and tell mama." j A roiirniiniiiiviniin. Mrs. II. Outealt, who resides about two miles from New Brunswick, New Jersey, while rei turning home from that pla.-e was stopped by a ! man who ordered her to deliver her money, and ; paesented a pistol , Ihreatning to shoot her if she refused. The pistol being short, and the muzlie pointed towards Mrs. Outea't s head, she 1 saw it was not loaded, and told the fellow if h j did not leave, immediately she would b'ow his brains -ut. The robber asked her if she c irrled pistols, and if she was married. To both questions she replied in the utTirinative. He then said she was an honor to her husband, and made off with his best speed. I'xclnie Assemblies. Major Noah, in lii Sunday Times and Messennger, says that the only real exclusive assemblios in New York, are our aristocratic churches. "When wepiss by them ou Sun.Wy, and see the liveried servants waiting oulsi.ie, while their masters and mislr -sses are worshiping within, we thick that possihly the thing may be reversed iu the next world, when the masters may have to Maud outside. MiyloiU's Cousin. The man celebrated iu the fallowing paragraph from the St Louis Union of 15th iust. if tint brother to Shakepear"s Shylock, is at heart cousin to him who in-istej 011 having the bond" fulfilled to the letter. "Last Saturday, a country lad, with a shabby cap, was pas-ing a Jew's store at New M irket the Jew wUl.e 1 to s II him a c ip called him into his store took offhis oid cap and put on a n,,w one valu -d at several dollars, The la I told the man In' had no money, and consequently could lint buy the cap, the Jew was enraged ""d kicked him into the street the young lad fiudii g himself in the street with a good cap on walked off, after liejha I been gone some time and the Jew's rage ha l siibsid l, he rememdered that the lad had on the new cap, aud went in seasch of him, but it was too late the boy and cap were gone." j J-7 " Hallo! Jim, where did you get that cloak ? "Oh! I 'annexed' it and I'm going to 'acquire, a dress coat some bow, if I can establish a 'territonal government over a doz-ii silver spoons 1 pic'Reu up last nigni. 11 s destiny, us vngioi-.ix- ,,,',' .mii.,vji . vm ...... is omsm. Hurrah Tor 1 oik and tlie largest liberty!" I. ore. 'What is love' Clara" said Bill the other night, as he sat by the side of his sweetheart "Love! Bill I hardily know what it is, but snppoe It must be getting married and kissing little babies." Bill fainted. ! UAn old soaker down east, accounts for his perpetual thirst, by tl.e fact that he was weaued oil salt cod-fish. . ... ,, . , , .., . liJ "II you ever marrj , aiu my uncie, iei U U a woman who has judgement enough to superintend tl.e work of her house; taste enough to dress hersell ; pride enough to wash herself More breakfast, and sense enough to hold her tongue when she hat nothing to says." Asf.cuote of Gk Taylor. A late Eughsh paper has the following auecdote cTGeu. Tay- , lor, which we dou't reccollect to have seen before: "Old Rol'Gtt-and-Read, the sobriquet of . . 1 rr 1 iii,. l" American General, ia lor, asseroulea nis rouucil of officer the night previous to U.e battle of Buena Vista, for their advice. A thou- , , . . . , 8anJ tFl" w" "lade, objections rad. and tha 'odds' of numbers not u nderrated. Some for giving battle, some for falling bark.

I At last It came to the Generals turn, 'Are yon j

none, geullemenT 1 hen, coolly added Taylor, ' 'I adjourn this meeting till after the fight to- j morrow.'' j Tlodrrn Definition.. 1 Gentleman A man with a fast horse, not paid for; fashionable clothes, for which the tailor

suffers, all ruffle and no shirt; a cane, a hairv s,nce " ,u 0T'Sxa anJ character have Hr,ea a disfigurement . f his frontispiece, a long nine in subcS of investigation by men of science, and ' his mouth, his brains missing, and a long bill for l,riU',k'al formers, and the results of their inves- ' "drinks" at the tavern, ligations and discoveries have been published La fy-A female shaped something like a "x,,Mlsiv'1y ' figrieultural and other p. riodicsl. woman: very sm..l i the middle, of "large di- In ,he ,ra'isaclioiis of the New York State Agmei.sions elsewhere; to be found any wrier- ex- "'''''r81 Society for l?4f", will be found an able cept at home, and with natural attractions no- erticI om the pen of Asa Fitch, M. D., eu where. "'I'e history, character, transformation and hab-U-TA Jnrge once siid to a lawyer more re. ils of tl,e "essian fly." He furnishes testimony, markahle for the number of his words than for Prorur"J from practical farmers of the highet lh- sniseol his spe, ches, that he was "very c,laract'r Nw York, showing that the Heeinurh like necessity?" "How do you make ,-iauflr,Aa8 first discovered in that country aIhat out?" inquired the loquacious attorney. 1)01,1 ,h;lt l had, iu all probability, hue a "Because" Slid the Jud.-e. "necrssitv b,m- n , '"troJuced with the shipment of Hessian sol-

law." ' "" -r' 0f,!'e ' ives in this world not one I feel .ir.. Is iu.nrtl. i ------ . .. nun, . ,ne L'rd K"ve l"e f'fiy-three years; affectiouate, ( '""''"'r conGieutial, conscientious, guileless, j discrert, making my home to me always the plcasautest spot in the world." Beautiful Thought. We are what we are, And we are nothiu shorter; And we uiu't, when we aiu't, For then we had u'toughter! 0A son of St. C!u i-qiin recently called on a neighboring blacksmith to get the steel corks of his horse's shoes sharpened, and being iu great haste he ask- d "Can't you do it without taking the shoes off?" "I don't know," says Vulcan, "but if you will hold his fe. t I n my forge, I'll try." Cai-eut sti kucm In 1 rnnrr. At the last accounts, the King of the French was sick, and the French were sick of the King. John Donkey. Betsy, my dear,' said the Railway king to hi spouse the other momi ig, at breakfast, 'letch .Ii..,:. ... ,!.-. f . . . - .w..M.Bt-- oogn,a-.n ue. 1 R"11 "oW'rT "". Georgy, to do that ere, answered the Queen proudly, 'when my own unt- ; teral sens.' tells 1110 that a dog-ma must be the mother of dog.' ' UAn old humorist being told that Dr. the physician was dead, exclaime.l, "(Jood God ! I'm glad to hear of a Doctor's death, it saves so many lives "Why is a man who pitches hay like a good paymaster ( "Because he always forks over. A lire on the Ocran "tt'nve. A life oil the oceau wave, A home on the rolling deep! Where scattered waters rave, And the winds their revels keep, Like an eagle caged, I pine, On thisdull unchanging shore; Oh. give me the flashing brine, The spray, ami the tempest's roar. Once more on the deck 1 sland, Of my own swift gliding craftSet sail! fare will to tae land; The gde fo lows far abaft. We s;ort through the sparkling foam, Like nn ocean bird set free: Like an o"e:ni hird our home, We'll find far out ou the sea. Tl.e land is no longer in view; Tiie clouds have begun lo frown; But with a stout vessal and crew; We'll say let the storm come down. And the song of our heart shall be, While the winds and ihe waters rave, A life on the heaving sea, A home on the bounding wave! fc5""'Th it child don't look at all like it's mother," was the remark of an old lady on seeinga newborn child. "Very lik-ly," s.id the moth - er, honestly, "for fashions have changed so much, Bnd he came into the world so long after me, lmii U could not be expected ha would." , A Shrewd ITo jr. j "Oh! Mother," said a little fellow, I've got ' such a bad headache aud soar throat, too, that! j I don't b'lieve 1 can go lo school to-day." , "Havs you r..y dear?" said the mother; : "Well, you shall stay at home and take some' medicine." "is no matter, retortert the urchin; "I gueess 1 can go 10 sc 11001; 1 ve goi em uui they dou't hurt me!" 1 ' j ............. ... . A 7Iile for the poor. Think of the wretched room, Of the embers burning lowThink of the scanty garb, Of the child of waut and wo. Ye whose bright cup of life With wealth is running o'er, Think of your brother mail Relieve him from your store. The iVrd irith the Rark on The following from the Xey York Globe U; pretty plain talk: I'ea ii ofCaptaim Perrt. With sentiments of sincere sorrow we note the death of Captain Eli Perry, of the F.fih Ward Police, yesterday afternoon, at half past-three o'clock, of that fell disease, the ship fever the deadly legacy which England bequeathed to the world as the direct resu't of her hell-iuventej system of misgoverning unhappy Ireland. A Sablrath School Teacher iu Louisville, Ky., was exhorting a poor, pious, old female slave to be very hnmble reminding her that she should belike the Lord Jesus who had neither house nor home 'Yes,' she added, with emphablessed be God he had no house no home and no nigfr.

THE FAI13IEK.

Tb' nminn FIj To iist successfully the attack of the fly. W'U not' lt is fJBred' b 60 tasVT accomplished. Iu t,ie Euleru State, where this insect has been paling more or less upon the wheat crops diers (from whom it took its name,) brought to i ..v u no.o ,2'o - sed much of public attention, ! But in 1517. it Ls mU , , - - . ..... t . nr.. "Jf" in Kw York, Pennsjlvanif, Virginia and '""ryianil, and to have been more destructive than at any time previous since its appearancs in this country. From this period to 1540, its progress west ward has continued, until it has made iUelf known and dreaded by all the farmers in th Western States; and according to the report of the Talent Olfie., was particularly d.structivo tthe wheat crops in the Western States in 1544. An effectual remedy against this has been much enquired after. The first and most important remedy is a rich soil. The farmers In thedisliict where the fly ha been the mokt troublesome, have learned from experience, that it is only on fertile laud that it will do to sow their wheat. Late sowing is said to be another rem edy. Grazing wheat is recommended by many experienced farmers. To Preserve rheese from later U. Cover the cheese before jou cut it, with a paste made of wheat flour. lUea.wvvHuvfife IlVl'ji me cheese in a dry place, if possible in a current of air. Cheese that has no skippers in it used in this way and kept to cold weather. will be clear of them aud improve iu flavor. Kitchen, i aniens. Sow early cucumbers in hot-beds, which if well managed will produce in April. Celery maybe sown in a warm border, and will b ready to vegetate the first mild weather. Th directions for last month will apply equally well to this. Fruit. Garden and Orchard. Fruit trees that grow too luxuriantly, and in not bear well, may now be pruned at the roots. Cut away thej wood in grape vines which lias borne fruit the preceding year, and leave th young wood to bear the ensuing season. Iflhe pruning of vines be left until the sap Wgins to rise, ttvy will bleed profusely, and, if weak and sickly, they will suffer much injury. Procuro grafts and cuttings, and cover them with earth until required for use. Flower Oardca ana Pleasure C'round. Finish pruning hardy early-flowering shrubs, by cutting off all dead wood and straggling or interfering branches close to the stem or limbs. K-ep the gravel walks neat and clean, and roll thm after the winter frost. ."rfrdif-ine for Hogr. The American Farmer furnishes the following: When your hogs get sick, von know not of ; what, give them ears of corn, first dipped In tar, .and then rolled in sulpbnr. It U ten to ons that it arrests the disease and restores the pig to perfect health. Fruit in fnuiann. A correspondent from Elkhart county, la.. states that they have now in cultivation about ",nty varieties or Apples, seveuty-five of Pears, 1 forty of riums, large varieties of Peaches, Sec, 'tc- 1 rees of all kind grow finely there; bntin ,ow grounds, and away from the direct influeuro of tl.e St Joseph's River, they frequently IWt their fruit by injury, by extreme cold, to tbn bud. Cleve. Herald Farmnr and Artist, "Of what use is all your studying and your books?" said an honest farmer to an ingenious artist. "They don't make lh corn irnv n..r nroduce vegetabl-a for market. My Sam does more good with his plough in one month, thai you can do Willi vour books and papers iu on .,...,. "What plough does your son us?" said ths artist, quietly. "Why, he uses 's plough, to be snre. He cau do nothing with any other. By ulr j this plough, we save baif the labor, and rais three times as muck as we did with the old wooden concern." The artto-t turned over one of his sheets, and showed tha farmer the drawing of his much praised plough, saying with a smile, "I am tha ; inventor of your favorite plough, and my cam is ." . . The astonished farmer shook the art it heartily by the hand, and invited him lo call at the farm-house, and make it hi Lome as long as be liked. Fowl Statintica. A firmer residing at Grafton, ebtaioed from 27 fowls, in seven months F9 dozen eggs and 92 chickens, which sold altogether for $.51 ; be. si ies 25 doien eggs were used in his family Reckoning tliese at 14 cents a dozen, the amount received from Uie 27 fowls would be a fraction over $53. (7 A farmer the rth-r day, lol 5 cents a J bushel on !!00 bus' els of whrat. He not H i krow the price he to--k nopspr.