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llu t-brfx-mao AMD b.ij£.«ui 0USS. . Even after all thai ho» been said, there are some persons who sny that our sol- ! diera are faring as 'well as we tlo.'at j home, and that they are not in neid ol' any articles to make them comfortable. I It is strange,. indeed, that there ate narrow minded people; for' who that bueeer read of other wars, does not know I there are always more that dieSrf dis- - else, than in battle. Could the, suffering that U now in the hospitals of our , army, be Viewed by the public, wtfr *- should never again hear i.t said that "there is nodose of giving nnything for the comfort of the soldier, cither sick or »»ii We invite attention to tho following extract of-a letter written bvaCltaj--lain of a Pennsylvania regiment, Wa person in Philadelphia. Let etery one read aod "aeniemher ; "I hdvo spent the day principally among tho sick and dying. Measles, in- , Carnation oi the lungs, severe colds, tv- ' phoid fever, tie., &c , arc making sud i ravages in our regiments. Diresse^s j sisyO more thai, ballets-seem likely to 1 do iff the "Army of the Potomac." — Yesterday, nt the Vboidiers' Homo" bu-rying-ground. where I was burying out , ■c( our poor New England boys (tb*v i i , -doa'l stand it as well as those from more j southerly regions, New York, «tc.,) I ! saw teu men buried. You ask me What , yon can do for mc 7 I will tell you. — : "Stale these farts '* S.tjr to the reli gions^phiUntbropic, and pntrio,tic people Of Philadelphia, that whatever the) ran, send fte Mr 'the sitrk mid snflVrir.g soldiers, lying around me by scores, in tiunand hospitals, is>greutly needtd, ^nsy save many a brave fellow'* life, and v. writ! Be faithfully apjdit <!. "Talk of sending thousands to cotiwert lha heathen ; send tlicm — 1 with ' I could say ilf til the whole North — j send them to the jtoof fellows encamped around Washington, waiting to "fight , -their country's batllr*. Pillows, sliect* soft flippers, jellies. Ac , &r ; — anything for the sick soldiers — invoke your f/ien^s around you to send me. — • > \loukit, too. fur the well and convales«Hng. would be useful; old, valueless!' ,onct, jofe1lyi|ng*by hundred* among you. ■ .whjeli would be. very acceptable hero." YOIJIH AHD AGE. When the summer day of joqtb is j slowly wasting awhy into thtf nightfall of age. and the shadows of past years gro w deeper nnd deeper, as life wears to its clpse, it is pleasant to lookback," through the vista of time, upon thesor j rows end felicities or our earlier years. .If we have a home tc shelter, and hearts to rejotee with us,- and friends have been '(Vtbffed together around our firesides, j then', then, the rough places'of our trrajr- 1 faring will have been worn ami smoothed away, in the twilight of life, while j the sunny spots we have posted through, wHI grow brighter and more beautiful, floppy, indeed, are they, whose interfere rVnce with the world has not changed ''Jhe tot.e of jthoir holier feelings, or bro- " k«n those musical chords of the heart, ' * _ **Vhuse vibrations are so melodious, so tender and touching, in the evening. ot { #Kr- _ The .Knickerbocker tells .of the last i dodge for '"raising the wind." Same fellow in Bostou ndvvrtiscs that ho will > send "a. 8ncly executed portrait of George Washington, and another of j Benjamin Franklin, to any address Tor one dollar." The purchaser receives in due time a three cent and a one-cent i postage stamp, ornamented with "Coeij | engraved" heads. A man who bod established a tippling- I inare, being about to erect a sign, reqnn. ; W ' led his neighbor's advice— what inscription to put opoa.it, .His friend replied. -1 tdv.sa you to write on it— DrvnlnrJi am/; fJsgg o-« swi hi-.e"

A VcW KANSAS quarrel. v Kansas, enamored of strife and of a-J i pugnacious history, has jtow its own \ . I little quarrel to fightuivcr, In addition | to. what it can do in the way of Jay- « liiwking for the Union. Two. Cover* J < iiots arc contending for dominion in the 1 i ■icjse State. Ciiaries Robinson, the j j (recsent incSjnbent of tlie office, con- j I t Aids' tltsl lie is entitled -to hold the c ' rt-L^s omiotPWr/ another year, iiotwith- I standing \e-pvople have elcctid onoth- t er man, tthder the convictiou that Rob- t imon's ter at expired with the close of r ^1801. Rut t^'eit the Sean pickings and s I the barren dignities of the new Stale j seem to be too much for- Robinson's I virtue, nnd be refuses to yscste the ! i , place. Mr. Qguwford the Governor- I ( elect, proposes that the claims of the • s contestants be referred to the Supreme c : Couitnf the State. for set^qment, prom- • < ! i»ing to 'yield to the tf*CU*ioq* ot the Court. Rut Robinson has a- contempt; for Supreme Courts, and no greot opin- j of law itself, and- accoi dftagiy refuses j ( | the fuir ofTer. Meanwhile, the good \ j j people ol Kniisas are in a strait lictwixt ! , j'hetwo masters who claim their allc- j ! ginncc,' thorougly satisQcd that, one ^ Govcrnbr is luxury sufficient- for a new . t ! Slate, and Imvuig no desire to increase v I their establishment in these times of ! , j perplexity. <T KK .ELY'S VitU'S Or THE WAS. _ ' Mr- Ely, who was recently released t j by the rebels at Uicbinonil, in a late ; » : spfeeh st New York said : 1 Gextlxjies : I am persuaded that the i > i vast array eoromiltcil to the tensty ! ' ■ hands of General "McClcllan Injs too . ' much to do. If I have learned anything in the past it is that we fight .a peo- , : pic terrible in earnest. The cry of Pub , , efofx at Saratoga — "War eym to the , .knife" — is still their cry. Firm in the | ( bcliff tha I we seek their lubjitgati^n, ! they have waxed desperate, and neither | < lire nor treasure will Ins spared to p™- j. i i vent the ndvnjK- of our arms. r A_ re- , hellion so exteusjve and zealous as thnt ! | which now rt-igns llirougliqut the South i | ! can only be nVprcotne by the Itest ar.d j , strbngest .efforts of a united North, j | We must. *as one man, shoulder to j | shouidcr, heart "to heart, forgetful of ! | party, of prejudice, of all but Jconntry, | Join w itli the (I tvernmciii in iu 'exer- j lion* fur the preservation of the Re- j public. - So only may we, by God's j gdpd help ; restore the national banner j , i whence it' has been rudely torn; and. j by conquest, win enduring pence, and ( establish our power to cojmj with trait- • ( ors at home as tmccettf ully as we Imve^ , «Lth fots fr»in abroad. I , : A secret society, known a« the ' M : P. S" (or Aiutunl PrtJtvction' Society) ' has been discovered in. the' capital and 1 other cities of Indiana, Atul ' iir some j ' phtcts in Illinois,- for the purpose of . ' posing the GdVefhment in flic war, 1 ; niid especially in sustaining it by (nxa i : lion. It has its signs, passwords, oaths, j : 1 lodges Ac., the same n* other secret so- ! . ] cietie.s. Iu places of tneetl% ore kepi ' concealed as mqcb at possible, hpt liter j have liecn "fqund siut. The objects of i the society are stated as' follows : ; I. Opposition to tiie Administration ; 2. Opposition to tho War Tax ■'j Opposition to taking up arms' j against the Southern Confederacy, j 4. T" defend ea?h other, to death if • ( : necessary.I [ Tlie oath is in tnbstaneo as follows: r Raising your right hand: , ! 1, do solemnly swear that I will ; not divulge any of the estret^ nor 1st • j lie known any business or transaction > [ that shall lie done in this ofth-r; that <J . i will oppose the prreen't Administration ; ! thai I will not pay the war' tax, nor take i up arms to fight against tlie Southern ' Confederacy, and only in self defence, . | or the organization, which .1 pledge mj- _ j s*lf to do at the risk of Hfa and proper ; ir^ and when I recefvo the sign Irom uj ' i brother I. will answer. J t i Those wli'(A>po-f>-*f uny rewl < *c< II. Jfcc, '.'i V an J «sy, the teasl-aHml if J-

' tue qge kirs firl i love Before Queen YictoriA's marriage to ; Albert, her m ijesty cherished a tender passion for a' young Scotch nobleman, . : subsequently Lord Eiphiastone and j Governor General of India. Her rnin* were ver / mu:h 'distnrbed at the i state of aiTairs, since the laws of Eug4and forbid the sovereign to marry ! subject, nnd the Queen, likfc many heedless girls, wa? reported to have said that she was Queen and would marry : ■ whom she pleased. . It was Lord Pal- 1 mersloa's diplomacy thnt served the oc- ' ia.-ion. He very adroitly shipped the i I lover oif tq fn'dia, conimissioned ' a high and lucrative employment, and the meantime Albert of. Cohurg, thp • Prince in Europe, came ■ along tfnd did the rest. The one became Governor. General -of India; the i • other first s-hjrcl of hen majesty. WH01C*T0 UAUSY. When a young woman liiliarcs io iir r ; parents in a manner particularly tender ; j and respectful, from principle as well \ i as nature, there is nothing good and | gentle that may hot W expected from ' i : in whatever condition 1 she limy lie ' I placed. Were I to advise n friend n* hxhlk.clioice of a wtfc, my first couns l ' ! would be f'Look out fororre distinguisli- , cd . fiir Iter- attention and sweetness ■kof temper to her parents." The I ; f ind " of worlji snd affection indicated by such behavior 'joined to (he hub ijrI its of duty and consideration thcrjdy 1 contracted, bqing transfcred to the idnr- ! i ried slate, wiji not fail to render liec^a j mild and obliging companion. ^ J A BASE CUaRACTEO. j Must not that man be abandoned i j even to all manner of humanity, who ; i deceive a woQian witli appearances i I of affection tfnd kindness, for no other ' | en-i, but to torraer.'. her with more ease j en-i, uni to lornier.. tier wim more ease '

and nuthority ? -Is anything more un- 1 ; a gentleman, than, when his honor ' lis engaged for tiie performing liis prum- , ire*, because nothing but liiat can oblige | j him to it, to become afterwards false to Ills word, and he nlono tlie occasion of < misery to one, whose happincw ho hut i j pretended wos dearer to him than ' j his own ? Ought such n one to lie tinsj led in Ids common affairs ? or treated. ^ j lint as one wliose honesty consisteii-oniy ; his capacity of being otherwise. ; ' AIM HIGH. ' > ! 1 Young man, what Is the .object oft' ! aHibitlon ? Have yon laid /our ' plans for life ? Let your purpose lie honorable, nnd pursue with resolution and ; determination. Victory is always a » source of pleasure. Aim liwi, |>ers-.- ! | nnd yon will reach your object. ] Honc&t ambition noviT goes single handed Y»nr own efforts will receive tho i : niil of roar. ffLcnds, and like the snow | hall roiling efoieu from the mount tin J ( nnd increasing in size and force ay it proceeds, yon will receive strength tk yon posh your way »y>.th the pinnacle /if fuine. Ci sure to shirt right in y</ur J ymth, with "Jixcelsior for your molto, ' and honor ami glory will reward Aon i through iifei / | A^kcoote. — After tiio.claiitr of ttie j Revolutionary war, -thekjffig of Great I Britain ordered a lll>pk»gTving to bo kept throughout the ULgdoin. A minister of the gospel innArcd of him, "Forwhat ore we to givV[hanks ? that your Yusjesty has ioft^iirccen of your best yrovlin es?".. Tk king answered "Xo.'r . "I* it then, (lift your majesty has lost •lone huiidred^|l(>i]yD„(| lives of your best , subjects "SO, no 1" said the king. | ! "Is it tlj^, that w« I svo expended, and T>st, at inuilred millions of money, and for l'/r defeat nnd tarnishing of your 1 m#jejlty*i anus ?" "So suck thing," soidrtlio King pleasantly. "What then, ! 'ythe object ol the -thawksgivlng /6h, give Tlianks that it is no worse." Xw. -Whywre the Homo tlaards Ilka Colonel f j Bsker.T Becsase the last ^iing he did w«s e, f to die'fbr his coontry, and that U ths l»»t ' tb'wgtkej Intsnit to do.

A VARIETY 0? TRDTHB. Fear is a had preserver of soy I hi eg ip- ' tenilfd to endnre; hut .^ve will generally . vbsure fidelity, even to the end. The bamp of selteiieem it so prominent j ia shiae men's heads, that they can't keep their hats pa ia a windy day. The purest treasnre. mortal ties afford, Is sputleu reputation ; that away. j Men are hut gilded, loam, and painti d clay. How different is the affect Ion, ihonght. > nctldsi, form and manner of the male, from I " that of. the female. # , I Semi your son into the -world with good j ; principles, good habits, a good education, and lie will work hi * way. Then farewell.-- I'd rather make Me iu-d upon -oin.i icy lake. When .tliwwina «uu« begin pashine, t Than tnut a.iovo— as false' as thine. . 1 Graces and' aecoMpiishmenis nra too of j tea.designad for beaux caching nnd coquet- ' | in themselves, generally prepare the way j [ for niuch'sru and misery. A \ illnin. when he- m0»t ««cms kind, i Is most |o t-e susp.-cle-l. 'The coretuus man is as much deprived'" of what he bus. ;>« ot what he h«« not ; for j he enjoys neither, j Adversity has the eff.-ct of eliehi'ng tal- J 1 en Is, which, in prusie-rous circumsUbceS, j would have I- " -i-fieJ. Kiod:iu|>r^r aoinaa, not their beauteous ! i .S^di win my love. * , y/Yauth often rush on, impetuously, in tlie j f\ pursuit of every gratification, heedless of i ; cor.M-quences. ! One hour's' sleep Wfore iwiJnijht, iij 1 worth two after it. * j We canu.it part with our heart friend. ; [ j we cannot lei our angels go. | liod scatter* love on every side. • j ; I'rwely — among hi* children a!'.; j • And always lieurts me i-peii widr, i , Wherein some grains may fall. > To love anyone, bust not do him good, 1 when there i* ability and opportunity, i» a j nen mere i* apnuy nno opportunny, " ! j

j ..I : il A 3rCRET OBGAltlZATION IH TEKItpSSS'.1 ■' We cojiy'the following from the ' M.m- ; e | phis AvalaZcht of t|ig litli u!t : LTadHuntal PlfWl, j-i-i FrprtT knnxyl 15 j commoniaste* muuo interesting iu'tcligence. , It ha* been a»ce>laine;ll1iat a Secret sworn * tirpniiiznlion of liltif.n trailer* rxt*ts in Fd»t,Tenne»s*e,)vfiich is extended through. : out that «rcTiofi. It u, li.oibsle— . similar to that wXfi-l, has been ifiseovarnl in Norih Jtr Arkanms. Some of. the bri'dgo- " | Iturm.-^s who have bi-rn hung »i chiliad be'- i I fore tjleir execution thai they had been , J t.iili'd tty this secret of^anixa', b n 'o burn Ihwbtidges under penally of de^th, They : • saif/that they were doomwrl fo uie by ththiirals of their nssnciute* if they refused to | . perrorni the task to which "they were n«. : signed by lot, and. therefore, having made I u| t their minds to suffer the death penally, i wdro indifferent to their fate. ; I /Ss-®»-rnl Ilritisti newspapers, during the recent war excitement, had tho courage In fprorlaiin-lhat the United States, in the /affair of tho Trent, had not give*) provoea- ' lion to England sufficient to justify that ;• jumping into war which 4'almeiston and f Uusi.-ll appeared so thoronghly inclined to. Some members of l'afliauient, uddresiung their constiiueiit* at public meeting), hare ' been honest enough and rational enough . to ennociato tfie ' same conviAion. Th» i important town of Sheffield, with apopula , tion of nearly 150.00", has sent a very imI I portanl pe.ltion to Queen Victoria, prey- ' 5 Ing her to puni-li "Caplaii# .Moir, of the Trent, aiid Commander Williams, for t' breach or neutrality, in carry log Mestr*. ' Slidell and Maton, onJ thtir despatches r from Favonnah. ,/ Lmuaa I locai. — There is room enough in human lifn to crowd almost orery art and *.-i," en in ". If w« p id no day witliout 1 n line— visit no phsCf without th« enmpaey • of a bt-ok — wo RHj1 with ea-e till | l.r« i * [1 or eiu| tyr thrm i-f their - ci-otenU. T. o tl more we do, th^pore «re can do j tha moio r busy we are, tfie more leisure' wu havo.-r, Ilatlih, • >i ' Cql. Schuyler, who purchased arms in - Europe for the Unreranwnl, has reported 1 at -Washington. Tho^mire purchase of arm* abroad amounts to neat'three hundred p' thoosand stand. The arms^ought to be "* good, aii the liighest priee ws* jmid— mver- •*. 'aging, it i» val-.l. t?l6 a gun- making stoat five million? ef dollars' worth.

1 A privale ia ana of our Jersey coin- » . panics on tlffe Potomac, complained, df • 1 sickness to hi* Captain, who told him to J j go to the Surgeon. Tbe"man replietF i th»t he had aireodf been to him, 1 that hjs had . given him the lntter B to rub himself with, which he itad done faithfully, but was no better for R— ' Tha ' Captain supposing that the Surgeon hid been fooling a r'eaily tick man, cmib • "I bim to acco'uit, •l.on the'Doctor explaiued r« foilsws : He bad examined the parent's syrnptons, and then wrote n rectipe for a preparation, which was . to be obtainvd from the ttoapital steward. : This tho Surgeon hdudrJ -to the man, saying, "nib yourself, with tkirn On | the back "f the prescription was the pa- . f ticnt's namu and the letter of his comi pany, whi«4 was "B." The *oblier was nroliuhly thinking of his duly to\ obey I orders literally and without qursfioqy, anil *u followed the' 'Sntj.'o:i> direchuus : >0 the letter. — Treaton True American. Wr.ivix* AV>SrcvRKms:— Ths diffurenea ! between the style bt uuw who always writes' 1 !>0l n. ver tpeakr, ami ors who wlsraws \ ' , siieaks but nev.-r write*, h very ftrwut. ; The first i< innr* smooth arid poli-he.!, tt* ' secoud more concise and furc.ide, Tho one lark- powor ths ol'uer lautQiy. Speaking x'r fit-rally, the twu rqualilirt uf grace ; nn-.l -trriicili ran only lis ucquiisd by prnejticebu'b in writing und *|-*aititt£. Tlie ' two mail naturally currect sacb other, ai d . i any-ijit.-m of eJu.- iiuiti kkK-li neglects or r : i?»or«* either of them is faulty.— /.'urroi d pfrjuzwe. " I The harb.-r of l.'harl««tun ha- barn hernuiically seated and her citizen* are kept > [ m » statu of fearful siuqwnse hourly fearing ivUata tigilapl artfiV, near ar> bafid, or rr. " ! et.-t f>v* in their Very mi-J*t, may overj whelm them in irretrievable ruin Tho lit- | tie— canie cork'Nitatn i* reaping tho froitd I of hez/ully and wickednw** fa fomenting j the rrluUliun ulninst, n> rhpnlly as her most , i-rieii,ie« civiild duslre ; and

Itnu'ii uj-»'im mil en ea-.-h now day. instead ->f bringing her relief, only adds to her ml*erie«,' per jd- t.ties, and danger*. JaawKW Sit * a t-stteorca* Whilo thsr Jib . __ Bcgimunt. New J.-r-er Yolutjtoers were on. vamped Merridian lli'l, Wa*Sin«ton. Captain Cast ner'* Company asked for and , received j ermi->ioii lo cliullange a company of the "IWdan Sharp»hoot*r»" to a «riaf ok.ill. "ITiis was granted, and the match al came off, wlswn Be.-ibin's, men were beaten bud'y. Capt Callnor's men were arm. hJ with the Hpriugtield rified muckat, while ; tha sharpshooter* u»«d tho heavy target rifle. Hsarrsnr IsiiiTfTat.— It it highly import ant that children i-linuld ba taught to acquire habits iff iudsbtrv for whatever b« their habits whilu lining, such, for tha nio»t part, tnjisl they cbMte.ue to be In after • . Children are opt jo think it a great N—J hardship, to be obliged to devplo so mflhh time to occupatioas, at prevent perhap*", disagreeable to them; but tht-y ought to b* made to bwlieve, that their 'task* are not only intended for tlio informing of iheir minds, but tor tho bending of their wills.—. Good habits are a* easily acquired as bad onp,- with tho gteat advantage of being the only true .way to prosperity aad happi. TutOR:— There '•» no passion s > ttnirsrsel w thy* Meals -into tho heart 'more imperceptibly, an-! covers iDelf under more dis- • guises, thao pride; and yet, there i* not a single view of human nature, which h not , • sufficient to extingnish in us aty the/boaret seeds of pride,. and »ink the ronfciothwiul , to the lowest depths of humility. It ha* just been discovered that an essential pipe of the staatuklunp Fensocola is I plug-red so completely as to be useless. t ■ Thi« wa* probably done us long ago <U last j Spring, when j!-e N-ivy-Yurd wsi' infested wiili d s.iffected euipl *< ■->. Had the Rebel a who iltil it mi< ■ * n the xi it once of anotber B linillwt pip"4, he might, by destroying it* _ uiefulness in a similar way, have earned the explosion of the boiler. n Two country attorney* overtaking a waej oner, with two span of horeei, and. Ihiuk. ,f iDg to be witty at his ex(tetise, aaked him, ,j "I Iciw it happened,' that his forward horse* d were so fat, and the rear ones so lean F— r. .Tire wagoner, knowing them, answered, I I , "That bis few «pon wvre lawyers, and tho ether client*. '