Columbia gazette., 1854-03-18
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are In the barracks small arms necessary
to supply five thousand men, and ammu
nition for over half million rounds.
In the ordinance department are car.
riages for fifty heavy guns, intended a
a seacoast defence; the guns belonging
to which are now at San Diego. To
supply these, the eye of the visitor falls
upon thirty thousand cannon balls, paint
ed black, and neatly piled up on the en-.
closed grounds. This computation in
cludes due proportion Of bombs, with
mortars to send them on their mission Of
destruction and death. Powder, to the
extent of one hundred tons, Is also in
storage here. 1
Atpresent, there. are thirty-four ord
nance men in quarters. and one hundred
and thirty dragoon recruits. The fol-
lowing list includes the various depart
ments into which the military post is d.
vided, and the officers in command:
Qmarlevwaster's Department. Cap
tain R. E. Clary, in charge.
!Snbsistance Depot.-Lieut. ). Ham,
ilton, in charge. @
Arsenal.-Brevet Capt. C. P. Stone,
in command; Lieut.. w. j. Welcker.
Benieia Barvaeks.-Lieut. w. Dye,
in command; Lieuts. Webb, Latimer,
and Hood. m vf
As yet but little or no manufacturing
is done at the barracks, although there
are hlacksmiths, carpenters, carriage
makers, armorers' shops, saddlcries, &c.,
for purposes Of adjustment and repair.
Let our farmer readers, in all the vast
region where the s'Drawer" is circulat-
ed and perused, feel proud to have
bound up in their Magazine this beauti-
full tribute to their noble calling by Ed
ward Everett:
''The man who stands upon his soil,
who feels that, by the law Of the land in
which he lives, he is the rightful and
exclusive owner of the land which he
tills, feels more strongly than another
the character of man as the lord of an
inanimate world. Of this great and
wonderful sphere, which, fashioned by
the hand of God, and upheld by His
power, is rolling through the heavens, a
part is his-his from the centre to the
sky! 1t is the space on which the gen.
Grafton before moved in its round of du-
ties, and he feels himself connected by
visible link with those who follow him,
and to whom he is to transmit home.
"Perhaps his farm has come down to
him from his fathers. They have gone
to their last home; but he can trace their
footsteps over the scenes Of his daily la
bors. The roof which shelters him was
reared by those to whom he owes his be-
ing. Some interests of domestic tradi-
ton is connected with every inclosure.
The favorite fruit-tree was planted by
his fathers hand. He sported in boy
hood beside the brook which still winds
through the mcddow. Through the field
lies the. path to the village school of ear
lier days. He still hears from the win
dow the voice Of the Sabbath bell, which
called his fathers to the house of God;
and near at hand, is the spot where his
parents laid down to rest, and where,
when his time has coTe, he shall be laid
by his children. = ea
'sThese are the feelings of the owners
Of the soil. Words cannot paint them
gold cannot buy them; they fow out Of
the heart; they are the very ife-springs
Of fresh, healthy and generous nation
al character.'' HS .ad a-s -a