none but the virtuous and intelligent are fit to be armed men. Peace men are wont to com plain, that war is too much honored. But if there must be a war, it should be far more honored than it is; and, to have it so, none but the intelligent and virtuous are to be thought worthy of fighting its battles. Of such persons, and of such only, would I have the national police consist; that police, which is the fit and needed substitute for war-armies and war-navies. Surely, they, who man the vessel that is to go forth against the pirates of the ocean, and they who take up arms to vindicate defied justice on the land, should be men of virtue, and not vice-intelligent, and not ignorant. The wicked and the vile will not fail to justify their wickedness, if it is the wicked and the vile who undertake their punishment. But But if wisdom and virtue are arrayed against them, there is hope, that they may be awed, or shamed, out of their wickedness. The armed forces of the world are looked upon as a mere brute power. Composed, as I would have them composed, there would still be an ample amount of brute power in them; but there would, also, be in them the far more important element of moral power. I say far more important; for disturbers of the peace, and transgressors of the laws, would be far more controlled by the presence of the moral than the presence of the brute power. Indeed, the brute power itself would then be viewed very differently from what it now is. Now, it kindles the wrath, and, oftentimes, the contempt of those against whom it is arrayed. But, then, commended, honored, sanctified by the moral influence, with which it would stand associated, it would be respected, and submitted to, by many, who, but for that association, would despise and resist it. The men of conscience and virtue are respected and feared by their enemies; and that their conscience and virtue make their hearts none the less courageous and their arms none the less strong, was well illustrated by Cromwell's never-defeated armies. With my conceptions of the character proper for those, who are to compose the armed police of a nation, it is not strange, that, I too, would be in favor of naval and military schools; and that I would have them far more numerously attended than such schools now are. But the military and naval schools that I would be in favor of, would not be an appendage of the war system. They would not look to the possibility of war; and, of course, they would not train their pupils for war. Nevertheless, they would train them for the most effective service against the enemies of the human race; and to this end they would impart the highest scientific, literary, and moral education. I said, that I would have none but the virtuous and intelligent, for the armed men of the nation. They should be gentlemen; and, all the better, if Christians and scholars also. They should be among the most honored of men both from their high office, as conservators of the public safety, and from their intrinsic merits.But, alas, what a contrast between such men and the vast majority of those who compose the armies of the world! To that vast majority Government gives out grog, as swill is given out to hogs. From the backs of that vast majority many statesmen are reluctant to hold back the lash. Of course, I refer not to mere "sentimentalists," but to those intellectual persons, who, in the esteem of the gentleman of Alabama, are alone capable of rising "into the dignity of statesmen." We often hear it said, that the policeman of London is a gentleman. He should be. But if he, who is charged with the preservation of the peace, and safety, and order of a city, needs to be a gentleman, how much more should he be a gentleman, whose office is to care, in this wise, for a nation and for the world! But, it will be said, that men of the elevated character with which I would fill up our armed forces, would not be content with the present wages of the common sailor and common soldier. It is true, that they would not; and, that they should not. Their wages should be several times greater. But, it must be remembered, on the other hand, that one of such men would be worth fifty of the present kind of armed men for preserving the world's peace. Nay, the armed men of the world are of a kind continually to hazard the peace of the world. I said, that there is no need of preparing against war. I add, that preparation against war provokes to it, instead of preventing it. If England makes it, then is France provoked to a counter preparation. And, what is not less, but much more, each nation, having made such preparation, is tempted to use it. If these nations line their respective coasts with cannon, it is but natural, that they should long to try the efficiency of their cannon on each other's ships. "To what pur pose is all this waste?" will be the reproachful inquiry, which they will put to themselves, whilst they suffer this vastly expensive preparation to lie idle. If the maxim: "To prepare for war is to prevent war,' were ever true, it must have been in those remote ages, when preparation cost but little time and money. It, certainly, is not true, when much time and scores of millions are expended in such preparation. But, to return to the bill. I would, that it might be defeated; and that the bill for building vessels of war might be defeated; and that the President's recommendations for increasing the army and navy might find no favor. For the legitimate purposes of a national armed police, the army and navy are already sufficiently large. What is lacking in them is an elevation of intellectual and moral character; and how to supply that lack I have already indicated. But, it is asked: "What shall we do with the surplus money in the Treasury?" I answer :"Use it in paying our debts." We owe many In a similar manner, weakness or ignorance, in the management of business, are aptly hit off by some old proverb, or proverbs. "An oak is not felled by a blow," says one, a perfect homily, in eight words, on perseverance. "Much would have more, and lost all," is another; and a capital warning it is against excess of greed. "Never light your candle at both ends," is a third, suggestive of whole volumes against extravagance, and only equalled by a fellow proverb, "No alchemy is equal to saving." Never was the wisdom of forethought more tersely inculcated than in the saying, "Provide for the worst, the best will save itself." Every over sanguine speculator should remember the proverb, "Never quit certainty for hope." Even the despondent can find a salve in that homely old consolation, "Patience and time run through the longest day." What man, at the head of a business, has not felt the force of the remark, "The eye of the master does more work than both his hands." Even Insurance Companies, modern institutions as they are, were recommended in advance, if not foreshadowed, by the ancient phrase, "Venture not your all in one bottom." So also, in morals, these old proverbs teach us all that reformers and preachers, even in this enlightened day, profess to impart. Has Neal Dow ever spoken as severely, or in so few words, against intemperance, as that venerable saying, "Drunkenness is a pair of spectacles to see the devil and all his works?" Has pride of birth, or arrogance of fashion, or the inflation of wealth, ever been rebuked better than in the proverb, "It's not the gay coat makes the gentleman?" Has the spirit of that Gospel, which so many profess to honor, yet so few really obey, ever been set forth, in scented sermons, more forcibly than in "Write injuries in dust, but kindness in marble?" Has the harvest to which the profligacy and wastefulness of the young spendthrift leads, ever been told as summarily as in five little words, "Reckless youth makes rueful age?" Or has avarice ever been more sharply rebuked than by the stern warning, "The covetous man is his own tormentor?" And we might multiply illustrations almost without limit. Even in matters relating to domestic affairs, these old proverbs are full of wisdom. Says one, "A great dowry is a bed full of troubles," a thought which we recommend to all fortune hunters. Says another, and this we quote for the sex, "A man must ask his wife leave to thrive." Says a third, "All things are soon prepared in a well-ordered house." Says still another, and pity 'tis 'tis true, "A hungry man is an angry man," but being true, all sensible wives will lay it to heart. Not to be prolix, we finish with a fifth, which we commend to all of either sex, who are over fond of gratifying their vanity, by giving expensive entertainments; "Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them."Penna. Freeman. THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING. Yesterday was the first day of Spring, and it was a beautiful dawn of the season of blossoms and flowers. A clear blue sky and a brilliant sun invited those whom the storms of winter had We long confined to the house, to promenade and en- USE OF TRIALS. Source of my life's refreshing springs, Whose presence in my life sustains me, In all their lot their Father's pleasure, From restless wishes prone to sin, We need as much the cross we bear, It is a great point to get habit on the side of virtue, it will make every thing smooth and easy. GILPIN. SUMMARY OF NEWS. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.-By the arrival at New York, on the 1st inst., of the British steamer Andes, from Liverpool, and on the 5th of the Nashville, from Havre and Cowes, English advices have been received respectively to the 14th and 16th ult. Some of the Cunard steamers have been taken by the English government to convey troops to the seat of war. The mails will be conveyed by the company in their smaller steamers. The preparations for war, on the part of England and France, were proceeding both by night and day, and the troops are shipped off to the scene of action as fast as they can be got ready. The Baltic fleet is to consist of thirty-six ships (chiefly ships of the line and powerful screw frigates) and was to assemble in the Downs on the 6th inst. This will be the most powerful fleet ever fitted out by Great Britain, and its steam power will be such as will render it the most formidable and destructive that has ever been equipped. It would be joined in the Downs by ten French vessels of from 50 to 120 guns each. The whole fleet is to be under the command of Sir Charles Napier, and is intended for operations against Petersburg. The steamer Hecla has already left for the Baltic, to make surveys and soundings. The French Squadron, under Admiral Bruat, was to take on board 12,000 troops and proceed to Toulon to join the English Squadron. Forty thousand more troops would then be taken on board, when both squadrons would sail for the Levant. Despatches from Bucharest, of the 1st ult., state that at that time 65,000 Russian troops were assembled before Kalafat, and that although Prince Gortchakoff was fully aware that the Turkish position could not be carried without a great sacrifice of life, he was resolved to make the attack, having received positive orders from the Emperor to make an effort to drive the Turks out of Lesser Wallachia, without further loss of time. In Egypt, as well as in Turkey, the inhabitants were making voluntary gifts to the Sultan. At Alexandria, Cairo, and other large towns, these gifts amounted to a large sum, the European residents, and the women of the harems of the principal Musselmen inhabitants also contributing largely. Advices from Asia state that Schamyl was pushing forward his armaments with great energy; Nearly all the population of Abasia had declared for him. AUSTRIA. An army of 100,000 men was concentrating on the eastern and south-eastern frontier of Austria, and re-inforcements are to be sent to the army in Austrian Italy and the Romagna. INDIA. Accounts from Burmah continue to be unfavorable. Capt. Latter, the Deputy Commissioner of Prome, has been assassinated. The Murrees again threaten to be troublesome in Upper Scinde, and an expedition against them is talked of. Madras is threatened by famine. Last monsoon was very unfavorable, and the crops have generally failed. Although the dry season had only commenced, grain is nearly double the usual price. Government has removed the import duty on rice, and large public works will be commenced for the employment of the people. PERU.-Don Domingo Elias had succeeded, at latest accounts, in raising a force of about ten thousand men to march upon Lima, but was waiting the result of an attempt to revolutionize Tacua on his behalf. It is supposed that, if the revolution should succeed, Castilla will again be made President, putting Elias into the Ministeria de Hacienda. ISTHMUS. The steamship Empire City, from with the Panama and California mails. The IsthAspinwall, arrived at New York on the 4th inst., mus is said to be uncommonly healthy, no case of sickness occurring among the ing from Panama. passengers cross The winter in California has been unusually ice two inches thick had formed in a single night, cold. A private letter states that in the first month Little rain had fallen, although sufficient to enable and that snow lay upon the hills for several days. the farmers to get in a considerable quantity of grain. CONGRESS. On the 27th ult., petitions from numerous quarters against the Nebraska bill were presented to the Senate, among which was one from one hundred aad fifty clergymen of Worcester, Mass. Petitions were also presented from New York and Ohio for the repeal of the Fugitive of Columbia and one or two other laws in relation Slave Law, the abolition of slavery in the District to slavery. On the 4th inst., the vote of the Senate was tawhen the ayes numbered 37, the nays 14. ken about 5 A. M., the Senate having sat all night, LEGISLATURE of PENNSYLVANIA.-In the Senate, the bill authorizing the sale of the Public Works While all these warlike preparations are going ment, fixing the price of the Main Line at ten was considered, on the 3d inst., and an amendon, new efforts are said to be making for the re-millions was agreed to. The price of the Delastoration of peace. New propositions are said to be adopted by the four powers, which make a concession to the Czar, viz.: The liberty of treating to a certain extent alone with Turkey; the latter power to have the right of consultation with the allied powers. It is also proposed that the evacuation of the principalities shall take place simultaneously with that of the Black Sea, and the allied fleets to re-enter the Bosphorus when Russian troops cross the river Pruth. ENGLAND.-The new Reform Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on the 13th ult., by Lord J. Russell, in an able and effective ware Division was fixed at three millions, and the Susquehanna and North Branch Divisions, at six millions, and the section, as amended, was then agreed to. On the 4th, a number of petitions for also, one from citizens of Philadelphia, against the passage of a prohibitory law were received; the division of the school fund for sectarian purposes. On the 4th, the vote by which the Prohibitory Liquor bill was defeated, was reconsidered, when Davis of Crawford, submitted a new bill, being substantially the same as the former one, without the right of search clause. The bill was made the special order for the 20th inst. FRIENDS' REVIEW. VOL. VII. A RELIGIOUS, LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS JOURNAL. PHILADELPHIA, THIRD MONTH 18, 1854. EDITED BY ENOCH LEWIS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY SAMUEL RHOADS, Price two dollars per annum, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, NATHAN HUNT. [Continued from page 403.] No. 27. that I have never more admired the goodness of "Kendal, Eleventh month 22nd, 1820. "I observed, with tender emotion, thy pleasant inquiry, if it was not time to say something about coming home. I can only say, I am now far away, and, I humbly hope, under the guidance of Him whose ways are unsearchable; and, as I am principally led to large places, and smaller ones hid from my views, and, as all prospect of going to the Continent is at present withdrawn from me, my return may possibly be sooner than was anticipated when I left you. But all this "Leeds, Twelfth month 20th, 1820. must be left to Him who tries the reins. Since "No words can express the concern I feel for I last wrote, I have been in the West and North you, that grace, mercy, and peace, may encompass of England, and had some very blessed meetings you about, and keep you from the paths of the there. I go on in great lowliness of mind and destroyer. My dear Asenath, I observe, with creaturely abasement, often remembering the deep interest, thy exercise, and believe thou hast language of Job, 'I have heard of thee by the been favored to settle rightly as to thy spending hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee; the ensuing season in and about home. I apwherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and prehend the field of family visiting is large, and ashes.' There is scarcely a pillow on which II would just say to my beloved daughter, do not lay mine head, that is not more or less wet with my tears, and many prayers ascend for thee, my precious wife, our children, and myself, with praises to the Author of all good." "1820. "I think I never was more in the line of my duty, and never more preserved in lowliness of mind. Friends try to detain me, by telling me such an one staid so long, and such an one had to come back; but it all avails nothing. I have no doubt safety depends on my minding my own business. I suppose I have got through more meetings in the time than any Friend has ever done before, from our land; they have, I think, been mostly solid meetings, and through Divine mercy sufficient unto the day is the ability given, hurry too much for thy strength; and let me know how thou art getting on, and who are thy companions, for I am greatly interested in the work. I observed Nathan mentioned that Samuel and Joseph had a prospect of buying some land. I desire my sons may consider the thing well, and do not get into difficulties: it is a trying thing to be bound down with debt. If there appears a reasonable probability of getting through with it, I should not object. Godliness, with contentment, is great gain;' keep an eye to this, my dear children, I beseech you all, and remember the precious soul is more than meat that perisheth. My soul is in travail for you, that none of you may stray from the fold of everlasting rest. And now, merciful God, what can I more desire The thought of you, my dear children, brings to my mind the recollection of the days of my childhood, when I dwelt with my brothers and sisters, the children of a widow, preserved by an unseen hand, perhaps for the sake of a worthy father, whose ashes lay in a far distant land. I expect to take leave of Ireland, Second or Third and pray for, than that thou wouldst preserve my precious wife and children from all evil, protect the frail creatures whom thou hast committed to my care; deliver them not, I beseech thee, a prey to evil passions, and, if consistent with thy holy will, O! Father, make easy the course of their lives. May truth and innocence be the companions of their pilgrimage, and, in the hour of judg-day week, return to England, take a few meetment, may I be able to exclaim with joy, 'Here, Lord, am I, and those whom thou hast given me,' we have been faithful to our duties, and now throw ourselves upon thy boundless mercy." these ings on my way to London, and then attend the N. H. appears young man. to have returned from his visit to England, laden with sheaves of peace, and being detained a short time in Virginia, writes thus to his wife :— "We are expecting to reach Petersburg on 2nd day, where I hope to meet one of my sons prepared to convey me to my dear family and home. I am, through unmerited favor, in good health; a greater degree of quietude and serenity of mind I never knew, that I rejoice in my labors amid all the trials that attend me." "Stoke Newington, First month, 1821. "My dear Wife,-With feelings of love and sympathy I now sit down to write to thee, who has been the partner of my joys and sorrows many years, to whom I could pour out my soul without reserve, and, though the mighty deep now rolls between us, my spirit often, very often visits thee by night and day. Sometimes I almost think I hear thy soothing voice, which has so often comforted my heart, and that I sensibly feel the valuable effects of the travail of thy spirit for my preservation in the present arduous engagement. Truly, it is great, beyond anything I ever before experienced, and solitary feelings often attend me, when all around is wrapt in darkness, when no eye can see, no ear can hear, but the eye and ear of the High and Lofty One, who inhabiteth eternity. I do not mention this com- We have no account of his arrival at home, but plainingly, or as if weary of my allotment, for I there cannot be a doubt, it was a joyful one, for fully believe that those who visit the precious "the voice of rejoicing and salvation is heard in seed in this day of outward ease and liberty, the tabernacles of the righteous," and who has wherein it is pressed down as a cart laden with such cause to be happy, as the watchful and desheaves, must go down with it into deep mourn- dicated Christian? For some years after his reing, and I care not what my sufferings are, if I turn, our beloved friend was not unfrequently encan but be where Christ is. I know, my pre-gaged in religious service, both in his own cious wife, that thou hast many lonely and solitary places to pass through. I also fully believe that thou experiences the staff of Divine love to support thee in and through them all. Methinks I see the tear of brokenness and contrition of spirit rolling down thy cheek, while the language of thy heart is, 'Thy will, O! Father, and not mine be done.' When I am ready to call in question respecting my being here, I advert to the feelings that overshadowed us in the parting moment, and feel that it was an evidence of Divine approbation; for what but the power of the Almighty God could have produced such calmness and such sweetness at the time. The information our dear children have given me, from time to time, of the continuance of this comfortable and resigned disposition of mind, is comforting beyond what I can express. May the Lord be pleased to comfort you continually, is the prayer of thy husband's heart." "Dublin, Fourth month, 26th, 1821. "It is cause for gratitude that my dear wife is permitted to enjoy as much comfort as she does; her situation is an instructive one, and I have no doubt, designed for the benefit of her family. immediate vicinity, and in New York, New England, and Pennsylvania. Trials of various kinds were meted out to him, but none came so near to his heart, as the loss of his dignified and excellent wife. To her he was united in the covenant of life and love, and he felt the bereavement keenly; yet the language of his chastened but resigned and cheerful spirit, was, "It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good." [To be continued.] TELEGRAPHS OF THE WORLD. vention of Prof. Morse-was established in 1844, The first American Telegraph Line-the inbetween Washington City and Baltimore, some thirty-six or forty miles in extent. One wire was put up, and the usefulness and value of the invention were at once practically established.Private enterprize has since carried this line to New York, and it is now the most perfect and reliable line of telegraph in the country, or in the world. The company have two separate and distinct lines from New York to Washington City, one with five wires from New York to |