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ALL'S FOR THE BEST.

ALPS for the best be sangune and cheerful
Trouble and sorrow are friends in disguise,
Nothing but folly goes faithless and fearful,
Courage forever is happy and wise;
All for the besl-if man would but know it,
Providence wishes Us all TO be blest;
This is no dream of pundit or poet,
Heaven is gracious ,and-All's tor the best.
ALPS for the best set this on your standard i,
Soldier of sadness, or pilgrim of love,
Who TO the shore OF despair may have wan
dered
A way-wearied swallow or heart-stricken
dove;
ALPS Tor the beside man, but con6ding,
Providence tenderly governs the rest.
And the irail bark of His creature is guiding
Wisely and wariIy-AlPs for the best
ALPS for the best then fling away ierrors,
Meet all your fears and Toes in the van,
And in the midst of your dangers or errors
Trnst like child, while you strive like
man;
Alps for the best unbiased, unbounded,
Providence reigns from the East 10 the
West,
And by both wisdom and mercy surrounded
Hope and be happy that-AIPs for the best!
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THE ARMY SHYSTERs.
The Abuses in Feeding our Volunteers.
From the Lancaster DaiL4 EIpress


So many reports of the miserable manner
in which some OF our volunteers have been
proyisioned since they were mustered into
service of the United States, have reached
Us Of late, that we are determined 10 see,
hear and judge for ourselves OF their truth
or falsty. For several days past, volunteers
III Camp Johnston had repeatedly COM
planned of their raiions, but upon inquiry OF
officers who ought 20 know the true condi-
tion, we and our friends were told that
things were not so bad as represented, and
that grumblers were TO be found in every
camp, who would moi be satisfied with any
thing. When we referred few days TO the
shystering which was evidently being prac-
ticed, by somebody, on the regiments in
Camp Johnson, one high in authority whose
business it is TO see that the men are prop
erly cared for, remarked within the hearing
OF friend of ours, that he had seen our re-
marks, but would treat them with "silent
contemptn We are sorry that the facts now
within our reach do not justify US in reIurn-
ing the compliment!
Yesterday morning a gentleman who has
had ample opportunities OF judging The ad-
ministration of the affairs of the Commissa-
riat of Camp Johnston, made some stale
menis to US of so direct and positive char
acter, that we could not doubt their correct
ness but, al his request, We went to Camp
yesterday afternoon 10 see for ourself. We
are sorry 10 say that this Camp is in dis
graceful condition, and that if a reform OF
the grievances there is not Immediately ef-
fected by ''the powers that be-" the entire
command will be utterly demorallzed. AIS
ready several companies have protested
against turning out for battalion drill, and
were got out with The utmost difficulty by
the officers in command. This protest was
based on the fact of the men being half StGrU-
ed. or fed on provisions that are positively
not fit for men TO eat, especially men who
are expected 10 go through the severe or
deal of several hours fatiguing drill each
day. The I4lh and 18th regiments contain
material for splendid troops, but unless ex-
listing wrongs are speedily righted, they
will not be fit TO take into active service.
1t is of no use for officers to tell US that
this or that official is TO blame. For the
present, we do not mean to put our finger
on the guilty party, for we do not covet the
spectacle of ar army shyster hanging on
the first limb in open day but we do say
that somebody is guilty of a crime equally
black as treason itself-the crime of specu-
laiing on the necessities of patriotic soldiers
-and that it is the solemn duty of those at
head quarters 10 have the wrongs righted,
even if il should be necessary to hang the
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al the same time, feel honored that we fur
nshed the Colonel from our Company. He
was elected without dissenting vote. We
will soon hold an election for Captain, when
Iieut. Ent will undoubtedly be chosen to
succeed Capt Ricketts,.
At presen: there are about three hundred
men in Camp Curtin, and more companies
are arriving almost every day None have
lef; for some time, but we expect our regi-
ment will soon be ordered TO another camp
probably TO Easton-where we will be
likely to remain all summer, passing the
time in drill. We are all in good health a:
present, excepting two of our boys, one of
whom is in the hospital with touch of the
measles.
We have lost from among US our young
friend R. B. Ricketts,, whom we expected
would join our company-which was his
inte1tion when he came here. He was ap-
pointed by Seller Adjutant of Camp Curtin,
in the place of Adit. Case, who goes with
our regiment We think it an excellent ap-
pointment. Bruce will 6ll the place as ably
as "any other man" that could have been
appointed.
The weather is getting quite warm here,
SO much so that il is unpleasant during the
day tor drill, ard at night we can sleep more
comfortably without our blankets than with
them. Yours hastily, S.
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anc the portrait of Lefon hung up opposite

and the portrait of Lefor hung up opposite
her own.
"See, madame: !" said he, "what wonder
ful harmony between these articles of furn-
iture. See how well the portrait matches
your own. Ii is certainly the portrait Of the
man who should be yonr husband" I"
The lady was sensible and kind She was
not angry, and laughed heartily, and as his
was an intelligent man, diaingue, very
good fellow with a small fortune, ne was
accepted. He married the widow and did
not leave the rooms.
He never left them until last year al the
death of his wife whom he adoied, and
whom he rendered happy till the last mo-
ment. Decamps remained their friend, and
both, whenever they saw him, thanked him
I for having made the marriage oil their furn-
iture.
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After the election Mr.. Lincoln signifed his
intention of attaching Colonel Ellsworth 10
his person; and when, in February last,
he departed on his journey 10 Washington,
Colonel Ellsworth was invited 10 form one
OF the escort. He was one of the most use-
ful of the party, and greatly facilitated the
trip of the President elect. Colonel ELS
worth's accomplishments and military hbil
ity were urged upon President Lincoln as
warranting his appointment TO high posi-
tion in the War Department, and his name
was mentioned in connection with the Chief
Clerkship in that Bureau of the Government.
The President subsequently appointed him
to a Second Lieutenancy in the regular
army. At the first commencement of the
difficulties between the rebels and the Fed
eral Government, Col. Ellsworth sought and
obtained permission TO recrnit a regiment
for active service. He went to New York
and commenced the organization of Zou-
ave Regiment from the members of the
from this class of citizens, not from any dis
paragement 10 the militia, but the thought
that men accustomed 10 rough life and
exposed to hardships were best calculated
for hard fighting, and all those privations
which are indispensable from any active
soldiers life. In an incredibly short time
over one thousand noble fellows were re-
cruited who aocked around the young
Colonel, fully confident be would lead them
wherever duty called On the day OF the
departure of the regiment they were the
recipients OF two sets of colors-one from
the Fire department and the other from New
York ladies.
Colonel Elsworth's personal qualities,
his dignifed, yet winning address, and
courteous manners, and his wonderful mill
tary ability, won for him a high reputation
and many warm personal friends. Those
who have been nearest 10 him appreciate
and love him best. By some the impres
( sion was sometimes obtained that there was
! a degree of affection in his manner; but i
was merely the result of a self-military
training, which was msin,erpreted.
1t may not be amiss 10 mention at this
/ time that Colonel Ellsworth has been en-
gagged for the last two years to Miss Carrie
/ Spafford, young lady of seventeen, the
daughter of Charles F. Spafford, a resPecta
BILE resident of Rockford, Illinois. Mis-
/ Spafiord was recently student in the Car
roll Institute, Brooklyn. The marriage
would probably have taken place ere thi
but for the breaking out of the late war.-
Col. f. was twenty seven years of age.
Thus has departed another noble spirit
and martyr in defence of liberty and law
The name OF Ellsworth will go down I
posterity .enshrined with the bale of a ma
toms gratitude for the noble sacrifice.
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Whistle Your way Through the World.


Solomon when he became used up. when
his running gear was given over to rheum
atism and gout, said all was vanity and
vsxation of spirit. Solomon couldn't whis-
tle If he could have puckered his lips
into vent-hole for a regular whistle, he
would not have felt so unconscionably blue
"a to condemn the good things of this world
as vanity.
The man who can whistle and sing IS
snug in boots lie, care, age, poverty. and
a cari.load of ills overtake him, and il he
can whistle his way through the darkest
hours of his troubles, go on his course re-
joicing, and eventually turn up trump of
the first water
Folks who can whistle, and do not are
nsan, avaricious and unhappy. Judas
iscarioi was not whistler. Wen venture
10 assert that the owners of those wretched
deaih-,raps, The tenement houses up town, i,
cam, whistle. and that no nan ever heard
them attempt it. There is too much genial
ou,spoken goodness in a genuine whistler,
10 snit the disposition of a mean man -
That's So II yon are trading with man
and he whistles jovialy over his business
he won't cheat you. He can't do il. He
thinks loo much of turning his tune to boz
ther about turning the tables on you. See
TOO, with the woman who is about her daily
task singing. She makes her house par
adiss OF good dinners, cosy comfort and
white curtains. Nothing viii 90 wrong with
her. If she is vexed, she will sing off the
vexation. If she is possessed OF vanity,
che will sing away sll the worse part of it,
and sing the other into a species OF loyeable
pride. There are no squalIiLg babies, cross
Gals, snarlirg dogs, buftonless shirts, and
nsrrox bone suppers, in the house presi-
ded over woman who sings at her toll.
Singing men, 100, are worth treble those
who go about their work morose and grouty
and moody, as if they were going to bury
their nearest friend The Yo-heave oh of
the sailors. accomplishes as much in hoist
ing the anchor, as their muscle. There is
world of strength toihat same 'Yo! heave,
'hol
The sAIbany Times in referring TO the
science Of whistling says: "Whistling is a
great institution. II oils The wheels Of care
and supplies the place of sunshine A man
who whistles has good heart under his
shirt front Such a man only works more
constantly. A whislling eobbier viii earn
az much money again as cordwainer who
gives way to low spirits and indigestion. :
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GIVE THE CHILDREN FRESH AIR.-Some
parents make the great mistake of keeping
their children indoors during cold W Gather.
Such practice is pernicious in many re-
spects. Ii enfeebles the bodies of children,
renders them peculiarly liable 10 be attack
ed by colds of coughs. A child should have
lis feet we'll shod with socks and boots, its
body well wrapped 10 warm clothing, its
head and ears securly protected from the
cold, and then be let loose TO play in the
keen, bracing, winter air. By this means
its body will become robust, and It's spirits
be kept bright and cheerful; whereas, if a
child be shut up in the house, 1t will be-
come fretiuI and feverish and perhaps wind
up with q severe attack of illness. The
Coroner's inquests in London daily show
that every week, in that city, children are
suffocated in bed, or under the shawls OF
mothers. They die, as the Coroner is con-
stan,ly stating, in consequence of innasing
their own breath, which is compound OF
carbonic acid gas. They are in fact, in the
same situation as person who is locked
I'D in room, which IL full of the fumes OF
charcoal The children are gradually over
powered by the deleterious atmosphere,
and die without struggle, it being thought
that they were in a sound sleep.
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Gboite poetrp.
THE DRUY.
t"o gie rua die 7SOmnel so lout l")


-RassIarep FROM THE GERMAN OF BuEcKERT
'Tis the Drum that calls aloud
In the fields heard its call,
And rose and Quilted all,
And turned deafened ear
To what heart ard hope held dear,
Nor backward glance allowed
For the Drum,
For the Drum il called so loud
Tears have dimmed my mothers eyes,
And my father vainly sighs;
Father, Mother, cease 10 plead
But one sound my ears now heed,
And burn 10 join the crowd
With The Drum,
With the Drum that calls so LOUD ~
Oh the Drum il calls so loud
Al the hearthstone-in the seat,
Where used my love 10 greet!
Pale she sits and cries with woe,
sMust thou-wilt thou from me go e'
ssSweet. 10 thee my heart was vowed
But the Drum,
Oh the Drum il calls so loud n'
Oh the Drum il calls loud
From my comrade in the fight
Comes to me a last good night
And know deaths greeting weel,
Bursting from the fiery shell,
While in dust my ear is bowed,
Though the Drum,
Though the Drum still calls aloud
Oh the Drum il calls so loud
Earth has not louder sound
Than the Drum on battle ground,
And It's voice is Honor's breath,
Though il calls 10 blood and death,
And a soldiers gory shroud,
For the Drum,
Oh the Drum it calls so loud!
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VA little girl four years old was recent
ly called as witness in police court,
and in answer to the question as to what
became of little girls who told lies, she in.
nocently replied that they we're sent to bed.
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" Some one blamed Nr. March for
changing his mind. well, said he, that's
just the difference between man and a
jackass-,he iackass can't change his mind
and a man can-it's human privilege
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TWhenever you drink be snre you
have your nose above water-is Prentlce's
very excellent advice TO world.
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UAn old bachelor is traveller on life's
railroad, who has entirely failed TO make
the proper connections
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DAILY LINE OF PACKETS.

yRyRI-wEEKLY, THR, UGH TO LYNCH sS4s-1EiTI,S
y BURG LEXINGTON AND BUCHANAN, kSssaz3tttsssS g
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Rchmondto scotsve so Richmond to Lexington. 80 20
d" Lynchburg. 90 Buchanan. 90
The through line will Richmond Monday Wednesday sad
Friday at NJ and and after the 9Th September the Way
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urdays and scottsve Returning leave Scots
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distance fare and time Of passing In card below for through
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points the opposite day at The hours going and hour
later cem!ng down.
Richmond Monday Wed Leave ynchburg Monday We'd
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its natural functions. These It not relieved ct upA
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I'm her hair Amer our child was cured, she also tried
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Headache, Sick Headache, Foul stomach
ILL - ------.----c

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en-

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GQ9a9 9
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Richmond, 18th Dec 1850. (
Winter Arrangement.
TO TIE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
ON and Monday Dec 24h, passenger trains viii run q
FROM RICHMOND TO DAYVILLE
Mall Richmond daily, Except sunday All O'CLOCK
A. NJ and rea hes Danvile at 8 10 O'Clock ?. M
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Mall Train Danye daily except sundays ato O'CLOCK
NJ and reaches Richmond al los O'Clock p NJ
Richmond connects at Burksvie with the trains
the Inside Railroad for Lynchburg and the south and
Southwest daily - II, an,
The Danvie at Burksvle with the
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with the trains Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac
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Through tickets procured and baggage VIII be checked
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Bristol Nashville,
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Dalton, Grand Junction,
Alta ia, memphis,
Montgomery. Canton
yicksburg and Jackson,
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oHAs @. TALcoTT,
deq0 Superintendent.
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AS Family Phystc'

From DR. f. ". Cur'irright, Nclr Orleans
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DrrNEurNr OF TuE INTEEIoI


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Ed. W. PREBLE,
Bilious Disorders Liver Complaints.
... r.fr . N.t, Ill. T.f,t

IT"U II I'F'T|I' H'''' y -'''' 4"'- Ut
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prssnterr. plarrh@a. ReIaI. Worms.

From Dr.J O.. Green, Of chicago.
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RICHMOND AID DAAVILLE RAILROAD.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
RRANGEMENTs have been made by the Rich e., "a -
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line by Through Freight with other roads
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Parties delivering goods which they desire should be shipped at
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The Railroad Company WILL when required attend 70 ehectng
an on such goods to points the United States and
bills Of Ladng per sailing vessels Will be forwarded 70
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nr.r,n.In. ImpurIty cd the blood.

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nj wishing obtain tickets for servants
The Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac r. og Wash
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