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a NURSERY OF WARRIORS DE
STR0YED.

The Highlands of Scotland, like the
mountain districts of ireland, have been
the nurseries of England IS bravest war
riors. But what English aristocratic
civilization has done in the Highlands
may be learned from the following ex-
tract from the memoir of "Col. Cameron,
of Fasifern," in the last number of the
Dublin University Magazine:
When the French revolution menaeed
Europe and the convention declared war
against Britain and Holland, the number
of Highlanders in our service is almost
incredible. During period of fifty
years the clans furnished SeUentysi.r bat
talions of infantry, some of which were
twelve hundred strong
AS an example of the number of Off
GERS belonging 80 the clans, who served
during the war and escaped its slaughter,
we may state that there were on full-pay
and haf-pay commissions, in 1876, 22
Buchanans, 81 Camerons, p Drum
monds, % Fergusons, al Forbeses, 40
Grahams, 90 Frazers, 9 Grants, LA
M'Leans and M'Kenzies 248 Campbells,
and other names in the same proportion.
How many could the Highlands raise
now? Capitalization, corruption, and
local tyranny of the most infamous de-
scription, have turned their beautiful
glens into silent wilderness, and the
very placed where Cameron raised his
company of soldiers is now desolate and
bare Il can point says the author of a
letter to the Marquis of Bedalbane, on
his late ruthless clearingS, ''to place
where thirty recruits that manned the
92d in Egypt came from-men before
whom Napoleons Invincibles bit the
dust-and now only taco families reside
there together l was lately informed
by a grazeier, that on his farm hun
dred swordsmen could be gathered at
their country's call, and now there ere
only himself and ttoo shepherds. The
brave Gael, who crowded in tens of thou
sands to the British ranks, saw not the
reward that was coming; evictions and
wholesale clearings of the Scottish poor
were then unknown. God gave the land
to the people-they believed it was theirs
but the feudel charters have decided 9TH
erwise, and the clans have been swept
from Lochnoss to Locheil and from
Locheil to the shores of Lochlomond.-
The hills and the valleys are there, but
the tribes have departed, and who can
restore thern!- '5E
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grains, which is crushed biscuit or hard
granulated bread prepared with OIL
This, we were told by the prisoners, was
the sole food of the men. They eat the
bread with onions and oil !; the powder
is reserve ration; and if they march
they may be for days without food, and
remain hungry till they can get fresh
loaves and more "bread stuff. ~ 1t is
perfectly astounding 70 think they can
keep together on such diet; and yet
they are strong muscular men enough.
The surgeons remarked that their te-
nacity of life was very remarkable. Many
of them lived with wounds calculated to
destroy two OF three ordinary men.
The immense superiority of the MIME
rife and bullet, not only over the COM
mon musket but even. over the common
rife, was incontestibly proved at this
battle. Many of our fellows were slight
ly wounded, but none of the Russians
were so. The MIME rife makes no slight
wound The effect on the Russians,
judging from their dead, seemed awful.
When it struck, it tore and broke all be-
FIRE it. Some of their wounded told US
that men were wounded by the MIME
bullets after they had passed through the
bodies of their comrades. The immense
majority of the enemy were wounded
through the head, generally struck about
the throat or under the chin, for the men
fred upwards as they were ascending the
hill. The common musket bullet at
such range would have done no great
damage, but here the balls had come
out near the top of the skull, rending
the bone as if done by hatchet. The
wounds were awful
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WHAT TO DO.

Despise not religion; it is easy to de-
spise, but it is much better to under
stand. Uphold truth when thou cans't.
and be willing for her sake to be hated:
but know that thy individual cause is
not the cause of truth, and beware they
are not confronted. Do good for thy
own satisfaction, and care not what
|'RHs. Cause no grey hair to be dis
ID Help and give willingly when
.thoa hast, and think no more of thyself
for it; and if thou hast nothing, let thy
hands be ready with drink of cold wa
ter, and esteem thyself no less. Act
always when thou sayest. Not the ap-
parent devout, but the truly devout, men
to His way. A man who has the fear
of God in his heart is like the sun that
shines and warns, though it does not
speak But that which is worthy of re-
compence, and ask none. Reflect daily
upon death, and seek the life which is
beyond with a cheerful courage; and,
further go not out of the world without
having testified by some good thy love
and respect for the Author of Christian
ity.-G0the
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TOO BUsY--.No TIME TO READ.

This is a world of infexible commerce;
nothing ever given away, but everything
is bought and paid for. If, by exclu-
sive and absolute surrender of ours to
material pursuit, we materialize the
mind, we loose that class of satisfaction
of which the mind is the region and
source. A young man in business, for
instance, begins to feel the exhilirating
glow of success, and deliberately deter
mines to abandon himself to its delicious
whirl. He says to himself, 1 will think
of nothing but business till 1 have made
so muoh money, and then l will begin
new life. Twill gather around me books
and pictures, and friends. 1 shall have
knowledge, taste and cultivation, the
perfumes of scholarship, and winnin g
speech, and graceful manners. I viii
see foreign countries, and converse with
accomplished men. will drink deep
of the fountain of classic lore Philos-
ophy shall guide Inc, history shall in
struct me, aud poetry shall charm me.
Science shall open to me her world of
wonders. l shall then remember my
present life of drudgery as one recalls a
pleasant dream when the morning has
dawned. He keeps his self-registered
vow. He bends his thoughts downwards
and nails them to the dust. Every
power, every affection, every taste, ex-
cept those which his particular occn-
patton call into play, is left TO starve.
Over the gates of his mind he writes,
in letters, which he who runs may read
No admiitance, except on business"
In time he reaches the goal of his
hopes, but now insulted nature begins to
claim her revenge: That which was
once unnatural is now natural to him.
The enforced constraint has become a
rigid deformity. The spring of his
mind is broken. He can no longer lift
his thoughts from the ground. Books
and knowledge, and wise discourse, and
the amenities of art, and the cordial of
friendship, are like words in strange
tongue. To the hard, smooth surface
of his soul, nothing genial, graceful or
winning will cling. He cannot even
purge his voice of it's fawning tone, or
pluck from his face the mean money
getting mask which the child does not
look at without ceasing to smile. Amid
| the grace and ornaments of wealth, he is
like blind man in picture gallery
That which he has done he mus contin-
ue to do; he must accumulate riches
which he cannot enjoy, and contemplate
the dreary prospect of growing old
without anything to make age venerable
or attractive, for age without wisdom
and without knowledge is the winters
cold without the winters fre.-George
| S. kZl2Iard
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Wariietp.


s4F The words of the new ballad, t.Ariette
y Mr.. CHESTER, which we give below, ustif,
ny encomium can bestow:
The pr :mrose turned ITS tinted cheek
To meet the kisses of the moon;
The violetwith its eye meek,
WePt at the brooks pathetic tune,
The grass, as soft as childhood's locks,
With eve's delicious dew was wet,
When 1, returned with my f'cks,
First saw and loved my Ariette.
Three years ago the village bell
Rung out our welcome wedding chin es.
can remember now full well
How much they seem like peaceful
rhymes;
l have not shed a single tear,
l have not harbored one regret,
Since that blest morning ofthe year
That gave to me my Arietts.
o many lands have beauties rare
With melting lips and eyes divine,
But none among them can compare
With her whose wealth of love is mine
bless the hour that gave her birth,
bless the moment when we met,
ask no richer gifts earth
Than health and home and Ariette.
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THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE
ARMIES AT SEBASTOPOL.

The London Times con cludes an ar
ticle on this subject as follows:
For the present, it is sufficient to
know that there is no obstacle between
the fortress and the armies about to as
sail it; as the armies have crossed the,
ridge between Sebastopol and BalaklaYaE
and driven the chief body of the enemy
into the interior, it may be assumed that'
the high ground in the rear of the place
itself will not be occupied by any large
body of Russian troops. Sebastopol is
in reality an open town in the rear, ex-
cept in SO far as this deficiency in its de-
fenses has been supplied by external fire.
works or detached forts; but it has GER
tainly no bastions or wall of circumval-
latiou such as constitute regularly for
titled place, which can oppose certain
resistance to an army for given number
of days. Tue whole strength of Sebas-
topol lies in its forts, and these forts
have undoubtedly been calculated for de-
fense by sea rather than by land. Un-
der these circumstances, the proyerbial
military expression that place invested
is place taken," may probably be ap-
piled with great justice. Sebastopol
must now be effecually invested by land
and sea, and much more effectually than
if the attack had been begun on the north
ern side of the harbor, leaving the south
coast open for reinforcements or for re-
treat. The plan of the campaign, as we
now more clearly understand it, indicates
the hand of master; and, although the
public have been disappointed in that
sudden and unlooked-for triumph which
they had been led to hope for, they will
find that the end will be accomplished
with equal certainty by the more patient
operations of regular warfare. %
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NOT BAD.

We clip the following capital hit from
an exchange:
If you wish to keep your town from
thriving, turn the cold shoulder to every
young mechanic or beginner in business.
look upon every new CONNER with
scowl. Discourage all you can; if that
won't do decry his work, and rather go
abroad for wares of his kind, than give
him your money. Last, through not
least, refuse to patronize the village pa
per,
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British loss, killed and wo1nded--...'.-- gis6 LS6
Russians. (supposedo do 6.qOO
Total, 9.5G6
The English papers by the Washing
ton are filed with the details of the bat
tie of Alma. Lord Raglan, in his of
fetal report, describes graphically the
position the Russian army assumed. and
the advance of the English troops:
The position of the Russians crossed
the great road about 2 miles from the
sea, and is very strong by nature. The
bold and almost PERCEPTIONS range OF
heights, of from $50 to 400 feet, that
from the sea closely border the left bank
of the river here ceases and formed their
left, and turning thence round a great
amphitheatre, or wide valley, terminates
at salient pinnacle where their right
rested, and whence the descent to the
plain was more gradual. The front was
about two miles in extent. Across the
mouth of this great opening is lower
ridge at different heights, varying from
90 to l50 feet, parallel to the river, and
at distance from it of from 600 to 500
yards. The river itself is generally
fordable for troops, but its banks are ex-
tremely rugged, and in most parts steep
the willows along it had been cut down,
in order to prevent them from affording
cover to the attacking party, and in fact
every thing had been done to deprive an
assailant of any species of shelter. lu
front of the position, on the right bank
at about 200 yards from the Alma, is
.he village of Bouliouk, and near it g
timber bridge, which had been partly
destroyed by the euemy. The high pin
nacle and ridge before alluded to wal
the position, and consequently there the
| greatest preparations had been made fol
defence. Half way down the height anC
across it's front was trench of the ex
tent of some hundred yards, to afforC
cover against an advance up the evei
steep slope of the hill. On the righ
and little retired, was powerful cover
ed battery, armed with heavy guns whicl
hanked the whole of the right of tn
position.
:. Artillery, at the same time, was post
ed at the points that best commands
tae passage of the river and its ap
proaehes generally. On the slopes Q
these hills forming sort Of table land
were placed dense masses of the enemy
infantry, W hilst on the heights above va
| his great reserve, the whole amounting
it is supposed, to between IA, 900 an
10000 men. The combined armies ad
vaIced, on the same alignment, ne
Majesty's troops in contiguous doubl
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E&The liquor dealers in New York
city have held meeting and resolved to
support HoRATIo SEYMOUR, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor who vetoed
tho Main Law last winter. 49,
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@, a, HUMES, ,

Manufacturer of Boots and Shoes;
.. - TItHRRE doors below the Times Print
/ ing Once, Ashland. o bio. Custom
Vy Work done to order on the shortest notice
and most reasonable terms. fU
pSemSpT Ifth, I6Ss.
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True merit like the pearl inside
an oyster, is content to remain quiet un
til it finds an opening.
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The most happy man is he who
knows how to bring into relation the end
and beginning of life
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1t is said that pretty pair of
eyes are the best mirror q man can shave
by.
Zactly so, and it is unquestionabIy
the case that many man has bean
shaved by them. 9
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gelett Mlstellanp,
THE BATTLE OF ALMA.

Full Particulars Of the Ffgtting-Des-
perate Tulor or thc French-Iefrtble
Szaurhter-G Gallantry or the High
Shocking Spectacle-SceneS
after TIE Cona6at-Ihe Dying and
the Dead !
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Business lircrtorp.

IGDiCT1L OFFzoEEs.
JAS. STEWART - -PREs'T JUpGE.
A. /. CURTIS -PPoBATE UDGE.
J. SHERIDAN CLERK c. C. Pleas
ALEX. PORTER -PRos. ATT'Y.
COUNTYOFFICERS.
z ISAAC GATES l-- AUDITOR.
JAMES w. BOYD------T TREASURER.
JOHN D. JONES ---- -SHERIFF.
ASA s. REED----R RECORDER.
ORLOW SMITH --z----SURvEYoR.
JOHN G. BROWN ---- CORONER.
GEO. M'CONNELL1
LUKE SELBY, COMMISSIONERS.
z AMOS HILBORN,
DAVID BRYTE,
PATRICK KELLEY, n-nIn~o.s
WILSON B0TD0RF,
'al SCHOOL EXAMINERS.
GEORGE w. HILL ------ ASHLAND.
ORLOW SMITH SULLIvAN.
J. MCCORMICK -LouDoNviLLE-
BOROUGM OFFICERs.
WIN. RALST0N ---------- MAYOR.
i. MUSGRAVE E----z-REcoRDER.
Z. w. WALLACK----- -TREAsURER.
r. p. FULKERSON -----MARsHALL.
s. s q. pFSa9j WoobRuFF, r,u.,,...
81. AMES,
T. G. BUSHNELL.
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VG00OFEIIOW.

"a WATCB MAKER AND JEWEL
nS w ER. DeaIerin Watches. lew
S1&Ee1TA elry. Clocks, Yankee Notions, &c
- Watches and Clocks repaired and
* q warranted. Highest price paid for
old Gold and silver. Opposite the
sa%Risl aasisad h0Iss 1bio sotf Dec i4,1sss
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JEwEIERS, eeso-
wI1.LIaM n.,.srON,

WlbLAAA AALSION,
XUATCH AND CLOCK Post OF
<7A w nee Rujidipg. II ain street, Ashland,
80 Ohio. fSoIdJand steel Pens. aud eholee
k;kaa, sanetT OF Jewelry. kept coHsanLly0n
Noveulhe q6s 4I653.=ts es 3IL
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HoTD LIS

-i- NEW HOTEL.
rTSaB undersigned announces TO the public that ne
has again taken charge of the HOteI in the Will
age Of Orange, Ashland county. Thankful Ior past
fSvors be hupes all of his old customers Will give
him call. Eve -ythiRg Will De done 10 mAAe All
who &C ny stop win him cOmforIeete
anAlrP good Hostler will always be on aana;
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IRON PETERSBURG AND RICH
y MOND TO THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS

IRON PETERSBURG AND RICH
y MOND TO THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
THROUGH IN TWO DAYS.-The Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad Company now present the quick
est safest and cheapest route, with increased fsci-
ties never before offered BY any lueto the travelling
public visiting the Virginia Spnngs
Passengers leaving Richmond daily at O'Clock, r.
d. lSundays excepted BY Messn. Boyd, Edmond
the next morning at o'clock, by the Danville
Railroad meeting passengers leaving Petersburg
O'Clock, A. M, the morning at the junction OF
the Souhside Railroad will proceed Rce's Station,
where they will find line of new and superior Troy
Cosches fine horses and experienced dvera in readi.
to convey them with the most possible dispatch,
viii reach Lynchburg early In the evening" in time TO
have good nights and take the Carr Of the Vir-
xna and Tennessee Railroad at o'clock A. NJ. next
morning to Bonsack's distance of 81 miles, in two
hours. in connection with Farsh Co.'s old established
inc Of Stages well known to the travelling public
for their safety aud dspstch well supplied with new
Coaches. excellent horses accommodating agents and
drivers ready TO convey them to the Mountain House
TO supper and after comfortable nights to the
White Sulphur Springs before 10 O'clock next morn
Returning. passengers will leave the White Sui.
phur Springs at o'clock, P. NJ daily tSnudays en-
cepted} Red Sweet and Sweet Springs af O'Clock
p. NJ. and arrive at the Mountain House 10 supper
leaving next morning at day light breakfast Scott,
arrive At bonshcss at Al O'Clock, p m.-aud LvBci 9.
barg 81 5s r. VI. leave Lynchiurg SAME evening i,
Packet nj O'clock P. M Tor Richmond arriving rhe
second morning. at O'clock, A. Nor by Stages ct
ia A Nor from To O'Clock in the tnerning ard
S0uthsldt Rairoad TO Petersburg and Dapvie Rail.
road to Richmond arriving evening at O'Clock.
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4 CAUTION 10 UNDfsco COVERED GENIUS.
There = certainly sorse excuse for those who
chcerfully do homa&e today to the successful! nero
whom yesterday they disdained to notice. cor
rnpt and uncandid world styles such condsc. se s
nscessarily - Who can be justly censurea ioT
mot recognizing genius In rags. or hero ~ nod
mani Nature sometimes stamps ner bullion ieat.
bly,, In which case Il almost invariably passes cur.
poteusislly erest man, . genius unmaniesed, 1
star unrevealcd, though he usy ana doubtless ever
win complain OF the worlds unkindness and stu
piiiry, should remember that between his own
poin. and tia, q e ,sa y there = cham
only privileged vision may peer into the secret
which CLOVIS % brightly 70 bis own interior eve.
prompting, Il may Be, self.compIacency and or.
roeance that explains II II does justify half the
unimagined spring Of his Ms, rather than the pat
ent grace which aggravates the excessive dullness
OF the unsppreciating mass. gifted person may
know himself. but, while be remains undemonstra
ted, he isl y for asking rigid world To accept
his conclusions. If he Is particularly restff under
the sense OF brilliant capacities unacknowledged,
the brest and most spsible plan would be to solve
himself before the public eye. shrewd person,
II 10 said, never buys pig in the poke, nor does q
sensible mail admire the chicken in the egg, what
ever pecuniary hopes che may erect upon the by.
pothess OF its safe emergency. Those whose e..
TEEN the aspiring think worth having are not I'D.
dited to greater blindness ia besowing their pre-.
cinus favor and affection and ii they do bestow
them readily when circumstances ha We indicated
IN appropriate object why should we he so grafu.
tously liberal as to term their legitimate and be
coming homage, the tribute Of shameless servilhyi
The sfiuent, In this respect. fixed between the
sharp horns Of very perplexing dilemma. If
they are too ready 10 their recoRnitons too
cepsibleto the appeals Of obscure genius. and he
roe In poten'ia, they arecer,ainy ami extensively
viciinIzed, and receive only the sneers of an en-
vious and carpinp world for their goodness. II
they cautiously and prudenily wal until the genius
TAR hero has vindiated his claims by uiiques ioned
sueeess, they are style selfish and sycephanitc,
surrw rshipers, hangers, u at the court oi glory
Wnal cat, they do7 AL! may G I'd preserve those
WI" have nothing bu, money they are the mere
pasi vt. stakes Ia tit lie. vi hlu' the
plea ant consciousness %. knowing whether they
are lost or won
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The New York Medical Gazette, for February.
practirioner. Among other items this gentleman
mentiens the annexed:-"M - has lately been
before the court Tor refusing to answer questions
propounded to him relative TO patient, young
auy, VINO naang 'ns nosr IN tr p gave n.d
saying he could not violate his oath as doctor. He
was fined 100 francs. He appealed to higher
court, the sentence was annuIled, and he honora
bly, acquitted, the Judge remarking thst ply sician
has not the right in any case, under any pre-
text, to diyulge the secret OF his patient"