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ard, that has staggered before the world
through few years Of imposture, to
faint away at the first rude touch, and
collapse at the first prickIing.
think We arc not ready to purchase
peace at such price. Says the noblest
of modern preachers, Carnage is terri
bic, d,ath ari human features oblitcra-
ted beneath the hoof of the war horse,
and rceking hospitals, and ruined COM
merce, and violated houses, and broken
hearts-thcy all are awful. But there
IS something worse than death. Coward
ice is worse, and the decay of enthusiasm
and manliness is worse. And 1t is worse
than death, aye wolse than hundred
thousand deaths, when a people has gray
itated down into the creed that the wealth
Of nations consists not in generous hearts,
in national virtues, and primitive SIM
plicity, and heroic endurance, and prefer
ence Of duty to ile--not in men, but in
six, and cotton, and something they call
capital Peace is biessed--peacc aris-
Ing out Of the calculations Of sellishness
IS not blessed. Il the price to be paid
tor peace is this, that wcalta accumulate
and men decay, better far that every
sire. t in every town Of cur country should
run blood"
Bu. suppose that from Christian meek
ness and tcnder-helrtedness, or rather,
As the fact would be, from base pusillan-
unity, we We're to conclude to take peace
now, and such a peace, and at such
price. Pardon the insult may seem to
EAST upon my eoaatrynen, by the bare
supposition that they might sink then-
selves to such dc,th OF basoness and
intamr. Bat iast suppose it FOR mo-
Hent, and tast - had treaty Of peace
teusro.scl On parchment tomorrow
WoalI it he peace after all? Surely
peace paid .5r 50 dearly, obtained at the
sacrifice ofeyerythine that manly nations
aha1l most proeiaas-honor fame, power,
IgeiE.raspcet. the memory of the fathers,
a1l al! the traditions OF uo5.n history,
,are.y it utht to be Il real and stable
peaee. seeing t!4at it would be all that
VS. lett to Qs. it is isnominous, it
oa.t!t a; Least to ba secure. But would
h.! No4.st Ger ameath. There would
] he many a.f.atls OF miles OF an arbi-
tt4ry boundary aae, and ;tlont that whole
lia. two au.as al rival nations would
,,s..i }a-:H s..sl other: We is.;;ag them
5s ta1 most .4HsI= anI arrogant @! nations,
4 a4t:yu thar has hamhla.i US into the
5.5.f anil ,,....l.=as -, ...,..r, arl la,thin,
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sl,5O A YEAR IN ADV ANCE

I think it is becoming evident that this
war. under whatever pretences 1t was be-
gun, ard by whatever reasons 1t Is Justl-
fed and whatever administrative measures
may have fastened or retarded it--that
it is, at bottom and in the deep philoso-
phv of things. q conflict between two
radically opposite and irreconcilablc sys.
tens of society and of industry and of
life. We had hoped, most Of us, that by
forbearancc, concession, and the strong
bonds of commercial interest, peace and
harmony could be maintained, sufficient
for practical purposes, notwithstanding
this difference Of system. 1t seemed SO
reasonable, and so advantageous for all
concerned, that we should keep together
in peace. But the origin of this war and
the civil conflicts that preceded it and the
events that have attended its progress,
have demonstrated that this hope was il
lusive, and forever will be. Wherever
those two systems stand opposed to each
other in close proximity the moral conflict
Is inevitable, forever preparing to break
ont into actual war. This is the act
We have been slow to perceive or ae-
Knowledge It, ana IL ma Sec'n 70 u: "o"
absurd, unnecessary u mo 'S'',A p'..'s' -
we may dcplorc IT, DC angry a'2a. a. a. '''' m
down thousand curses upon set OF II en-
here or another set there, who seem By
their violence or fanaticism to aggravate
the an'agonism ana haS'en OH fu9.ato,
put a!ter a'' '"',.> ..I.?a.h',
forced INTO the CONVECTION mat 'aN''l5 ''"-
man nature as 1t Is theFc caa 0e 40 Peac'
on this continent Pef"lah5a, an m n''''' ,
as long as two systems S'a:'a iae,"s eIva @
other IN the iullle5s o. E'f'.I '.,'a o"I'
10 be sure. II the ae7'Ieu' io'''-
nation should be needed ana .ho iiSqF
states return to their alie3t's"Ie oI'o'o
New ear ana s,3He'y % "ea'.s:'s' :; ~ ~ ~
iufthcF, we sAa3 nav 10 sIsS ~ ~ ,. ',' ~" ~.
place IN the body poht'e' al0' S'iaii nave "
accept, vita suca ta2i!>'N''A.zs a. w ivy
the tormer state {, III" ''t' az VIZ ''.'
ta9oilisi3 an! S1e4' oi ~ u ''n os. ha' - -.
war Waich II inFo.YGS. " ''l''' "''o ~
ao'' ourselves po.','p ,a u, nn,aot t,,on,
ooand to stana by 'lsnl a''', re.,s'I l. ...'sr "
scra2uionsIy; ahi ih1a' ''i''>. e5ig 49, -
saeA peace as We can OBTAIN .. sha' wy G >
with not mueA nope o, rs S'0oos.sy '''' po.
manence' but comPeiiea % 'e,.'0 '"1 ni:.L NJ: y
ter Tor the next generations 70 90, e W.; w"
events rs they may arse ""u % nS"s =, 'io' .:
own battles Oh tAis lS9''''' l ~ ''i' 'I.',
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, TERMS OF ApvERTisHG.--one square orless
three insertions, 81 20 each sahse4nelt In
sertion 20 cents. One square, one yehr So'oo
A liberal discount made on long advertise,
men,s, A square 10 10 Zines Nonpariel.
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SERMON, PREACHED BY REV.
GEORGE PUTNAM, D. D., AT ELLIOT SQUARE
CHURCH, RoXBURY, THURSDAY FORENOON,
NOVEMBER u.
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Anl now. NJ. Elitor, would write
i hide more DID not think that yon
would be better satisfied to have ne siop
now. To.lly is Thanksgiving vita us'
and ", ar. careful to observe tle rals'
aua cl,,oms iuri eat thereto. "i'A ny
best regards tor you aud for my frienis
everywhere, will now draw to close.
GoULpsBoRo.
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4
dial, from the idolatry of Solomon. These
two mountains, which adjoin each other,
are almost bare, and Of red or sombre
hue; on their desert side, you see here and
there some black and withered vineyards,
some wild olives, some ploWed land, COW
cred with hyssop, and few ruined chap
els.
AT the bottom of the valley you perceive
a torrent, traversed by single arch, which
appears Of great antiquity. The stones Of
the Jewish cemetery appear like mass of
ruins at the foot of the mountain Of Scan.
dial, under the village of Sloan. You can
hardly distinguish the buildings of the
village from ruins with which they are
surrounded. Three ancient monuments are
particularly conspicuous, those Of Zacha-
riah, Jehoshaphat and Absalom. The sad
ness of Jerusalem, from which no smoke
ascends, and in which no noise is to be
heard; the solitude of the surrounding
mountains, where not living creature is
to be seen; the disorder of these tombs,
ruined, ransacked and half exposed to view,
would almost induce one to believe that
the last trump had been heard, and that
the dead were about to rise in the valley
OF Jehoshaphat. ChateaMbriand.
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nlistellaneous.
LETTER FROM MAJOR JACK DOWN
ING.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10th, 1862.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10th, 1862.
To the Eaiters of The Caucasian:
expect you were very much surprised
in not gettin letter from me last week,
butsthe truth is, | got one partly writ
Jest as the news of the elections in New
York and jersey cum in, and | should have
finished it and sent it on eff the Kernel had
not been taken down sick so sudden -
Wen the rumor first cum that York city
had gone over thirty thousand for See
more, an that Fernandow an Ben. Wood
an Jeemes Brooks had been elected to
Congriss, the Kernel didn't say word,
but looked as eff he'd drop down thru the
floor. [ didn't like to speak, fust, but
I see the Kernel warn't goin to, an
so scs I, show do you feel, Mr..
President?" aWal," SEES he, "Majer, I'll
tell you story: A good many years ago
there lived in lower Kentuck an old Teller
named Josh Miller. Now, it was gineral-
ly reckoned in that part of the country
that old Josh could out swear any Teller
that ever lived. Josh was kind of gin
eral teamster, an bad a two-hoss wagon
with which he did chores for everybody
round The village: One day he had on a
load Of ashes, an was goin up steep hill,
settin on the fore part of his wagon. -
Wen about half way up the hind board Of
I his wagon cum out, an old Josh not
lookin around, nigh about all the ashes jar
rcd out, SO wen he got to the top of the hill
l.a didn't have pan full left. He stop
81 a his HOSES, however, an got out, an
hull LOT of fellers, who knew the ability of
Did Josh in the swearin line, gathered
around expectin to hear the tallest kind of
$strong words. The old feiier looked fust
at his wagon an then at the ashes all
strewed along the road, an finally SEES he,
Boys, there no use in tryin r can't do
Justice to the subject An now, Majer,"
ses the Kernel, s'that's jest my condition
now-I can't do justice to the subject, an
don't feel like talkin in fact, / can't
talk. !,
Isee the Kernel feltvery bad, an eff he
couldn't talk nor tell .stories, 4 didn't
know wat on arth might happen. / was
afeered he would get SO full that somethin
like the dropsy would set in. An sure
enuf, that mite not word did be speak
NOR story did he tell. The consekence
was, he began to swell up al bloat like Q
mad porkepine. see at once that 1
must turn doctor agin, or there was no tel
10 how soon he might kick the bucket. -
He was GROWN wins fast, actually begin
nm to look blue So SEES I, KERNEL there
y no help for IL you must be tapped
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BEL AIR. MD. SATURDAY MORNING.

contrived, Kernel, to keep all these differ.
ent ingredients together, 10 mystery
oval, Majer, eff / hadn't larnt sumthin
about boatin ON the Mississippi river, wen
I was young, don't believe l would ever
have been able to stear the ship of State
at all +" "Why,' SEES I, chow is that?"--
"Wal,' ses he, "goin up the Mississippi
river is good deal like being President.
Sumtimes you have to go one way and
sumtimes you 60 slam rite in one bank an
sumtimes in tother, an then it amt at all
uncommon to get on sand bar an lay
there no one can tell how long. Now Ma
jer, that's good deal like being Presi-
dent, an you see I've kept my party to-
gether by jest goin first one way an then
tother. Wen the Abolishin tide cum
along strong, Tide jest let the vessel foller
the current, 60 with it, an wen she struck
the ether shore, of course, it would take
another tack Sumtimes, wen all hands
got quarrelin, jest let her rip rite on a
sand bar, an there let her lay until made
EN- settle their disputes. But I tell you,
Majer, there's one thing that has been the
best of all to keep my party together
Wen they've got purity mutinous, I've
threatened to discharge all hands an get
new set. Then you ought to see how soon
they stop quarrelin. There's nothin they
so much dred as to lose the Offices. Take
away the COW that gives the milk, an they
would all ball jest like weaued calves
So wen stop the ship an tell them that
Tine goin to clear the deck an put on a
new crew, 1 tell you they are as whist as
mice. So you see, 60 policing along
First this way then that, jest like goin up
the Mississippi river for all the world"
"Wal," ses I, "Kernel, that seems to
me rather hap-hazard, no-policy way of
bein President 1t amt statesmanlike."
"Wal, Majer, mebby it is and mebby it
amt; but I'm goin to make things shake
now, sence the elecshins are over. Things
have got to 60 more lively"
| didn't say nothin, for see the Ker-
mel was gettin his back up. AT last SEES I,
"Kernel, have you tried eny of that old
Rye lately ?" SEES he, "no, Majer, amt,
puo ioel HING Wettiu my gins to-uibe.-
How do you feel 2" "Wal," SEES /, "Ker-
mel, little good whiskey never goes agin
the grain" At that the Kernel sent for
the Teller who does chores, an we both
took swig Wen I thought he was in
purity good humor, ses /, "Kernel, why
did you remove McClellin." SEES he,
"Majer, l can't tell you now, but jest re-
collect my story about pollen around an
gettin in 'Abolishin currents an you kin
guess" sed nothin, for see the Kernel
was very mum, so l bid him good-nite, an
slept as sound on that old Rye as I ever
did wen | was boy. The Kernel is ia
nous for good whiskey, anyhow.
Yours till deth,
MAJER JACK DOWNING.
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Valley of Jehoshaphat.

The Valley of Jehoshaphat has in all
ages served as the burying place ofJerusa-
lem; you meet there, side by side, monu-
ments of the most distant times and Of
of the present century. The Jews still
come there to die, from the corners Of the
earth. A stranger sells to them, for
almost its weight in gold, the land which
contains the bones Of their fathers. Sol
ONION planted that valley; the shadow Of
the temple, by which it was overhung
the torrent, called after grief, which traver.
sed 1.-THE Psalms which David there
composed the Lamentations of Jeremiah,
which its rocks re.echoed, render it tue
fitting abode Of the tomb, Christ com
meuced his passion in the place; that in
noceut one there shed for sins, the tears
which the guilty David let fall for his own
transgressions. Few names awaken in
our minds recollections SO solemn as ths
valley Of Jehoshaphat
The aspect Of the celebrated valley i
desolate; the western side is bounded BY
4 ridge Of lofty rocks which support ths
walls Of Jerusalem, above which the tow
! ers Of Jerusalem appear The eastern sid
| is formed By the Mount Of Olives, and 40
other emincnco called the Mount Of Scan
I Il
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Doctors in the Olden Time.

Prior to the reign of Charles the Sec
cond, physicians were accustomed to visit
their patients, on horseback, sitting side.
ways on foot-cloths like women. With
tho "Restoration" came the carriages of
the London physician, who either was or
wished to be successful. The fashion
once commenced soon prevailed; in Queen
Anne's reign no physician, with the slight
est pretensions to practice, could manage
without his chariot and four, sometimes
even six horses.
If early struggles of many fashionable
physicians were fully and courageously
written, we should have some fine stories
of the screwing and scraping and shifts
by which their first eqnipages were main
tanned.
In our own day an equipage of some sort
is considerd, in Englan, SO necessary and
appendage to a medical practitioner, that
physician without carriage is looked on
with suspicion. In order to have his
hands warm and delicate Of touch, and SO
be able to discriminate to a nicely the
quality of his patient arterial pnlsations,
tho doctor carried q muf with him in
making his rounds. Accoutered with
cane, wig, silk coat, stockings, side saddle,
and muff, such was the physician Of olden
times. About Doctors"
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An Amusing Sell.

Doctors are generally very wise and
philosophical class of men. The follow
ing from the New Bedford Mercury fully
illustrates this fact, while it shows that
they are as liable to be deceived as other
mortals {:
In certain fourishing village down
eastward, where fourishes literary insti-
tuition, gentleman took one of family
of infant puppies, and gaining entrance
into neighbours house before the folks
were wide awake enough to know what he
was about, chncked the little creature
among a litter Of kittens, of like tender
age.
Puss made no distinction between the
stranger and her own offspring, and he on
his own part took kindly and con6dingly
to his new nurse. Great was the astonish-
ment of the household when it was dis
covered Gas they supposedly that their cat
was the dam Of q puppy. Then news Of
SO portentous birth spread over the town
like wildfre, People came in Hocks to
see the sight. The fortunate possessor
was offered five dollars for the little mon
ster, but declared he would not part with
it for FIVE hundred dollars. That the case
might not fail of due authorization, two
physicians, Of the first responsibility, were
summoned to inspect and report upon it.
They jointly and severally scrutinized
tho animal, and found that it was certainly
puppy, having all the characteristics Of
the dog race, Except The pa,os. Those
were pronounced to resemble cats claws.
The perpertrator of the joke couldn't
hold in any longer. The cat was out Of
the bag in twinkling and if the doctors
outlive the memory Of their essay in conn
parative zoology, they will be more lucky
than most victims Of sssell." =
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A SARCASTIC WIFE.-Husband, who
has arrived home at late hour of the
night. "Don't look SO cross, lowell
have been detained on committee"
Wife-"I don't like those committees,
/ suspect that
Husband, interrupting"Just hear
that Internal caterwaulingv'
Wife (sarcastically) -aOh! that's our
tom-cat He's out on COMMITTEES, j
guess"
Husband remains silent for the rest Of
the night.
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Love BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE.
-Chaucer utters droll smile in con-
trasting the character Of the lover and the
husband:
ivy he loved her; but when tied
BY holy church, be could not her abide;
Like unto dog which lghteth on bone
His tail he waggeth glad therefor IS grown
But the same bone, If to his tail yon tie
Perdie! the cur In fear away doth by !"
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aay- "When,, saws the philosopher

s0 "When,' says the philosopher
Quilp, IT hear q young lady, who dresses
with the utmost care and is always on OK
hibition in society, pretending that she
has horror Of men, and wishing that
they wouldn't plague her with their nom
sense, always feel like advising her
mother to marry her of as soon Is posi-
bic. Do you ask why2 Why, in order
that she may have q husband to help her
keep off the men, don't you see
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4netital>
THE PAST IRREvOCABLE.
BY LoNGFELLow.

They come, the shapes of joy and woe,
The airy crowds of long ago;
The dreams of fancies known of yore,
That have been, and shall lie no more.
They change the cloisters of the night
Into a garden of delight;
They make the dark and dreary hours
Open and blossom into flowers
wonld not sleep! love to be
Alone in their fair company;
But ere my lips can bid them stay,
They pass and vanish quite away!
Alas our memories may retrace
Each circumstance of time and place;
Season and scene come back again;
And outward things unchanged remain.
The rest we cannot reinstate-
Ourselves we cannot recreate,
Nor get our souls to the same key
the remembered harmony
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-06-26

The Encouragement bill,'' an outline OF
house, with the provision that the incumbent
shall be conversant with both English and Ha-
waiian. We have advocated the incorporation
of this feature in any laws that may be passed
respecting our judicial officers, as a simple act o.
justice 10 The ndfire race, who, when asking for
justice, too often receive only the grossest injus-
tice. If carried into effect, it will be a premium
on the acquisition of the native language, and
result in time in providing men thoroughly com-
petent for their work.
In voting the appropriations for select schools.
the house has taken the initiative of a more lib
eral rule than has heretofore obtained, in voting
for the Catholic high school of Koolau $1,000,
and for Mr.. Walsh's school in Honolulu "a
Catholic school) 5000. The Catholics each pay
a poll tax of % TO the school fund, and it is but
right that any select schools under their especial
charge should enjoy the benefit of the public
school fund, as we'll rs those under the charge of
Protestants. Our schools should not be secta-
rian, but open to all who may wish to receive
the benefit of them and nothing will be lost by
being liberal to all, regardless of the particular
creed of the teachers.
In the proceedings of June %, the committee
on claims reported in favor of the government
paying 81 900 for a piece of land owned by Her
Elk. the Queen Dowager, for which she petition
ed that $4,000 be paid. The land is, we under
stand, that on which the station house is located,
and a former Legislature appropriated the same
sum Isl ,O00) for its purchase-all that it is
thought to be worth.
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vessel. Expected from Foreign Ports.

Am bark Comet, Smith, to leave San Francisco about the end of
june
Haw bark Kathleen, Merchant, to leave San Francisco about
the end Of June.
I'm bark InkerTnann, from Puget Sound en- route for Shanghae,
viii touch at Honolulu for sesmen-
Am barkentine Jenny Ford, from Puget Sound with a cargo Of
lumber to Messrs. Hackfeh & Co-fully due.
Am brig Tcando, Gardner, from Puget Sound, with a cargo of
lumber to Bessrs. Hackfefd Il Co-fuly due.
Am bark Benjamin Eush, Chadwick, from Puget Sound or San
ancisco-unceyf
Haw schooner Lhohkc, Bush, from Phoenix IsLand-overiue.
Am BARK Nile, Keyte. from Sydney via Phoenix Is,ands-over-
due.
Am schooner Ann Eliza, freeman, from Boston Jan. 20, with
assorted cargo to G. Brewer & Co-overdue.
Brit steamer Thames, Echte, from Tendon Jan. 80, with asstd.
mdse to Hoasehlaeger 4 Stapenhprst-
Dutch ship Galuei, Koch. from London about April IS, with
asstd. cargo 70 Janion, Green X Co.
Hamburg bark Laura 4 Louise, Marks, to sail from Hamburg
May ], with mdse to Messrs. Hackfeld X Co.
0Idenb'g bark Syiphide, Hoegemann, to sail from Bremen about
Nav I. with merchandise TO Metchers d Co.
fFcmen bark Pauline, ---- to leave Bremen April 10 10 10,
With asstd cargo to Hofschlager 4 Stapenhcrst-
Hav wh brig Waifua, Lass, from a cruise among the Caroline
group-overdue.
L. 3. steamer Wyoming, MDougail, would leave San Francisco
June IS to 20, for Japan, touching ut Honolulu
A British war steamer Is expected from Panama or Caliao.