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BY W.M. JEFFERSOY & CO. VOLUME 3. * P Q ETEY. Written for (be Planters’ Weekly MY FATHER. My Father! a’as! ’tis a twelvemonth-andmore Since the grassThas grown over thy head; Since the time that I asked for thee o’crand o’er And they told me my father was dead ! Alas! ’tis a weary long time —many years Have passed since we laid thee to rest, With sweet breath’d geranium leaves spangled r with tears My trembling hands laid on thy bi east. Tall, sable-clad forms with levcrent tread, Glided round thy flowor-strewn bier And I shrank back appalled to gaze on the dead My Father, what had I to fear ? Thou wert kind to me alway—thou dearest,best friend, Thy voice was a lovo-tonc to mo Thy petted one Father, looked not to the end When the world would seem dark without thee What wonder my eyelids are heavy with tears And breaking hi ait heavier still ? What wonder my bosom is burdened with fears That cannot be turned back at will ? Alone, all alone! In vain I implore Come back, O! iny Father to me! My spirit is fainting, I cannot come over The deep, ilar , tUath-river to thee! O! all the long day i have wept! I have wept! And sorrow still saddens my brow, A dull my friends wondering ask* hy my step lias no elacticity no s ! The sun shines not brightly as in days of yore The flow ers seem loosing tucir bloom, My sail tuoiighu ai e >.lllllllO to dial snenl shore From whence limit wui never return. I remember the time when I kissed thy cold brow, AiiJ*p<w tiieo laid down in the grave, 1 lining it 1 know then all the heart, breaking . woe That bereave aunt and orphanage have, But years hatfi gone by aud the world hath not been • So kmc to thy daughter as thou ! I knew n>>t the loneliest orp -surge then; 1 am drinking ils bittiness n -w. For alas! I’ve no Father to slueld me from harm, To ward off the treacherous blow ; Alas 1’ ve no glorious brother’s strong arm To huil back the little and low. WOl Idlings dare to condemn, they can ne’er understand The injustice 1 Utterly feel ! ■O haw my proud soul scorns to brook their •command Ilow it writhes but refuses to kneel! .And sometimes I wish that I no’er had been t born God help mo, l know it is wrong, But to bear the world’s tierce malediction alone Is hard, buttit cannot be long 1— ‘Lo I’ll choke back the tears that tumultuous rise, And surge like a storm in my breast, ‘l'll smother down in my heart-prison the cries Os my suffering spirit lor rest 1 T >e yew-tree and cypres have taken the place Os the bay-leaf and laurel for me Ardknd me iny Father, beams no smiling face And my soul is shrouded with theej •O I if on this Earth mourns another sad soul Like mine, weeping all the long day, ‘Mo Father to bless her! no hand to uphold ! God pity that orphan I pray 1 1.0. S.M. Mr. Editor. —Will you be so kind ns to inform an ignorant man what is the .meaning of the initials I. O. S. M., which we often see staring us in the daily papers? Yours, Jambs. Certainly we will. The word Diosmo iis the. botanical name for Hops. Some years ago a irowd of social fellows altend e<Ta hop; and partaking pretty freely of malt, they were all soon in n perfect state -of oblivion. Awaking from this state, they formed themselves into a society, wvhicli they designated by the name of a. O. 8. M. which our correspondent will ►observe is a part of the word b-i-o-s-. M-h, and means Independent Order Sons Malta —which commemorates the fact that they ~wero at a hop, aud got fuddled on mult. •Since then the rociety has made rapid strides, and will coutinne to do so, unless Frank Leslie should prevent it.— Business Director. Traveller dismounts nt a tavern—Hal loo, landlord, can 1 get lodgings here to night T landlord—No, sir. Traveller—Can’t you even give me a •blanket, and (piiicli ot shavings for a pil •low in your bar-room ? Landlord—No, sir, there’s not h square .foot of space unoccupied’ anywhere in the !t#ufgt>. Traveller—'Chen I’ll thank yon to shove a uok* out of your second floor win dow, and I’ll roost on that. I# - Stephen Whitney, of New* York, has left a property of fifteen millions, and not a penny is given to any cliaritnhltt nr Jilrrary institution ; only to Ins rich sur vivors k Weekly loaraal—OeTated t® Haxae ILuter&frarc, Agrieiiitare-, Foreign aad Domestic Hews, Wit, Eftmor, &e. SPEECH O F DR. J. O. AYER. My friends and fellow citizens : From circumstances which have transpired —from acts of public men and individuals —it is believed by large numbers nt our fellow countrymen in the South, that the people of the North desire and intend to accomplish the abolition of slavery in the Southern States.—There are politicians whose interest it is to spfead this belief, to blazon the acts which give color to it, and to procure the general dissemination of this conviction among their people, in or der that they may constitute themselves the great, the indispensable defenders of the people’s right. Now, fellow citizens, since there are facts which might give ground to this presump tion, it is proper for ns to consider whether we mean any such thing. If we do, it is surely from motives of philanthropy alone; then let us inquire whether the abolition of slavery is in fact, a measure of philan thropy. For the fair consideration of this qnesiion, we must take a survey of the ne gro race as it has been, as it is, and as it would be,,if released from bondage. From the earliest history we have of it’ until now. slavery, rather than freedom, has been its normal condition. At the present time, at least three-fourths of the whole negro population in Africa is held in servitude by the other fourth, and this has been very nearly its condition for con furies. That it is almost natural to the African, is seen in the fact, that of, these, many mil lion slaves, nearly every one could have freedom by taking it. A lew miles run into the woods would place him be yond the reach of his master, and yet he and his father before him have con tentedly spent their lives as bondmen.— II uve you not seen the same thing there in Virginia, where the white population cf Harper's Ferry for two whole days, said hy their notion to the blacks, go where you will, but oh ! spare our lives, and yet not 011 c negro would walk away to freedom ! Can we gainsay his ehoiee in preferring the certainty of such a home as he lias, and as he knows ho must have with his master, to the doubtful experiment of ob taining a living among strangers, in the cokl climatfe of the North, and among the colder sympathies which he would find here ? Can we think ho decides unwisely when we compare his condition where he is with that of the degraded free negroes of the 8011th, or the despised and oppressed negro population of the Northern states, or that of the poverty striker! and de serted condition of the escaped slaves in Canada? Look at the black man in his native home in Africa ; the veriest savage that the world affords, but one remove from the brute and sometimes scarcely that. The abject slave ot a master, as ignorant, degraded and brutal as himself, and at the same time clothed with unlimited power over his person aud his life. Compare his condition there with it on the plantations of the South. Here he has more labor, but with it security and provision for his health and daily wants. There he has none of these. The absence of substantial government over the whole continent leaves him no protection to build him a permanent bouse for shelter. More or less ex pc sed to the inclemency of the burning sky, disease overtakes hiui without protection or relief, and he perishes. His average term of life is bui little over one half wliat it is in Ibis country. Even that is spent in constant danger. Security of life and limb he never knows. An inroad of warriors or slave hunters may any night burn liis hovel and his scanty store ; steal what of his family are worth stealing, aud murder with hor rible'brutality the balance. Their usual mode of killing an enemy is to cut his leg off and leave him to die of ihe wound. Travellers tell us of the revolting cruelty where viilagoshave been ravaged and the ground strewn with the inhabitants thus inhuman.y maimed and left Jo die. If we would contemplate emancipation ns a measure of philanthropy, we must en quire'what will be the negro’s condition when he is free. These are examples from wlneli sound conclusions can be adduced. The American Consul at Deinarara, Doctor Craigen, has been tor many years my personal frielid. He is a native orNeiv Hampshire, and not likely to have a natu ral predilection for shivery. He tells me of ids own Experience and knowledge, that until the abolition of slavery in that province by the Dutch Government, there was hardly a more prosperous country on the face of the globe. Surinam, its port ol entry, was filled with vessels car rying and briugiug the products of liumau toil tor the increase ot tinman enjoyment. The country was thickly populated with slaves apparently happy, and mainly con tented with their lot. hut,as heexpressed it, philanthropy got possession of the Dutch Government, most of whom had never seeu a slave or a plantation, and in an evil hour they abolished slavery in De marara. Now, says ho, all has changed ; the richest plantations have become de populated nutl valueless, aud may be bad for the asking them oftholocalGoycurmuent —Though unfortunately they are not worth eveu that, for you can do nothing with one it you get it.’ The white man cannot cul tivate it, and the black man will not.. Ne groes arc strolling the country without t GREENESBORO’, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1860. home, perishing from sickness and want, — The’wharves ot Surinam, once so busy, may now be seen i-vt r-t /winwith the rank grass of the tropics, and here and there a negro family domiciled under a shed famish ing and retting with diseases that are loathsome to look upon. He says there can be no question that the abolition of slavery has been a misfortune, an unmiti gated curse to the negro race in Detnarara. The same result Las followed the same experiment in St. Domingo Hayti, Trini dad and where has it not ? Bad as their condition may seem to you, where on the face of the earth is any con siderable number of negroes better situated for the enjoyment of life than on the Ameri can plantations ? The Bishop ot Liberia, an intelligent man, although as black as ebony, once said to me of the native negro there; You may hire him and for a few days, or even weeks he will work well, hut. ere long his natural indolence comes over him, and then neith er gew-gaws nor money nothing can induce him to work any more. The negro has strong muscles and a wil ling hand, but it is not in Lis nature to work'! without a master. He never has, and there is nothing to show that he ever will. Yet the highest authority known to mankind, savf, ‘Bix days slink thou labor.’ Under the tropical sun the anglo saxon cannot cultivate soil. Ha is constitutionally in capable of if. The Latin races can do it but indifferently. Hei.ce the obvious con clusion that if the exhuberunt wealth of the tropics is to be developed, it must be through the instrumentality of negio slave ry. It’ the fields;<of rice, cotton, and sugar, in the far South a;e to bo cultivated at all, it must, be by the black man, for .the white man cannot do it, and all experience has shown .that the free black man will not. Let us not be suspected of a sneer at philan thropy, for that is one of the. noblest emo tions oftho heart, and especially so when, as on this question, it feels in behalf a weaker race ; but it is fair, and, sir.it is wise to consider whether the abolition of slavery in the South, or at least anything we can do fur it, is in fact, it tnettsure of beneVolence. I am satisfied that it is not and I believe the people of Lowell and of Massachusetts arc satisfied that they have not the right if they had the inclination to interfere with the institution of slavery where it exists, and I also believe they have not-the incli nation. But, sir. I have no wish for. the spre ad of slavery-upon a foot of soil that cun be better cultivated without it ; I prefer that the higher accomplishments and more ac tive capacities of the white man should oc cupy the land wherever he can live and thrive. It may lie as Senator Seward says among the inevitable destinies of tbe future, that the Anglo Saxon shall occupy this whole continent; as his spread westward has driven the red man into the western sea; so may the increase of his numbers and strength southward as lie becomes acclimated in the slow process of time, drive the black man into the Gulf of Mexico. But this is far in the future. Only the long lapse of years can accomplish it. Our action cannot, nor is the burthen of its consum mation upon us. If it be within* t lie pur poses of Providence,Povidcuce will execute its own decrees upon the-destinies of na tions. There is no real antagonism between the freo labor of the North, and the slave la bor of the South, nor should there be any aggression from either. By* the constitu tion of the Union, each system has been left to the discretion of the several states, and si far as one state ‘ inteferes with the internal policy of another, just so far does she violate the spirit of the constitution under which we live. The intermeddling of agitators can only disturb master and slave—inflict injustice upon the one and injury upon the other, without benefit to either or to any body. Were Ia bondman of the South, my first request of northern abolitionists would be to leave me alone. I should say, spare me, oh spare me from your sympathy. No one thing has done so much to tighten the bonds ot the slave and to put off the day of his emancipation if such a day might ever come, as aboli tionism. Before its interference, several of the border states .were seriously consid ering whether it was ‘not their interest to provide for tire gradual emancipation of their slaves ; and the legislature ot Mary land (I think it was) came within ono vote of enacting this project into .a law. Left to themselves, their own interest might have led them to such a result before this, but niw the consideration of that question has been indefinitely postponed. For this change in his prospects, the black man is indebted to iiis abolition sympathizers, and not for this alone either, but for* many < f tire severest restrictions under which he is held. His liberties have been curtailed, bis privileges diminished, and the heaviest burdens that lie bears have been imposed by theill-advuod and unsought interference of those who were tendering him their aid. If any among us flatter ourselves that our com passion tor the slaves is to be ‘’ac counted unto us for righteousness,” do they remember that a negro would rtot bo employed in one and our nulls to keep him from starving, and that m the vast multi tude before me thero is not probably one person present who does not approve of this exclusion of the black n an from the ordinary means of getting livelihood,- from every path they tread. That the negro is’infeiior, is as fully felt and as much acted on in the North as in the South, and it is simply ignoring the facte before you in every day life, to claim that the South alone put him in a servile and dependent condition. The truth is, that tho negro is not the same animal as the white man. This is indisputably shown in the physiological fact that the two cannot perpetuate the race. Their progeny ceases at the fourth generation, and hence, although they are nearer akin than the horse and the ass, they are still like them different varieties of the family to which they belong, and which their Creator ordains shall continue different and apiut forever. That slavery has’ ils abuses and its wrongs, none will deny; but wliat human institution lias not ? When I see one of my neighbors rolling in the wasteful ex travagance of wealth, while another of equal merit and usefulness is a stranger to plenty and shivers in the cold, can you or I say that the rights of property do not in flict some wrongs? Do not abuses grow up in your churches ? and would you abolish public worship for that reason ! No my friends! If you think there are wrongs in slavery, which for humanity’s sake you want remedied, &p<jcify;*what they are and momoralize those states where you find them to exist, with a decent and rea sonable request that they may be abolished. But you all know tho American character too well to expect to do anything by im pertinence or threats. • It is alleged that the slave power, so called, is aggressive, and in proof of this, the threat is quoted of a southern states man to call rite roll of his slaves mi Bun ker Hill, with other assertions of like doubtful origin. Now Senator Toombs denies that lie ever said any such tiling, and if he had, what does it matter? Hold the South responsible for wliat its fire eaters do or threaten, when you want Massachusetts to be held responsible for what Wendell Phillips says aud does. Tnc agitation of the slave question by Sis obnoxious to the interest and feelings our fellow country men in the slave states. If it be so are we disposed, nay, are we willing to inflict’ annoyance ahd disaster upon them? Who are the people of the South? Are they men we would willingly disturb ? Travel through tbe southern states of ibis confederacy and you will find a large proportion of their people our own kin dred ; born, schooled, bred and related in tlie North, but settled, married, related and progressing in all the elements of prosperity in the South. Those who are native on ihe soil are also our fellow coun trymen, whom, by tho common compact tin ier which we live, wo are Jfouiid’ to aid and protect in peace and war. Southern slaveholders are men who govern with us. live with its, cat our wheat as we do their lice, Wear our shoes as we do their cotton; are fellow citizens with us and allied by the bonds of one nationality, one religion, ohe, origin, one ifestiny. They are our brothers. Is it then really our intention to harrow them up to destruction on an abstract question about negro labor, itr which they, but not we, are interested? We all know well that it is not. Let us then tell thorn and shsw them wliat we u.e;u. Let the people of both sections take their relations out ot the control of their reckless politicians, and extend to each-other the hand of confidence and friendship, which as neighbors and broth ers we do in fact feel. If we look to our right to meddle it; this matter we shall find that we have none, that we cannot touch it without posi tive wrong* without breaking the compact under which we have arisen and become one of the powerful nations of the earth. But sir, this question of our right ceases to be of interest when we conclude, as 1 kuow we must, that we have no intention or de sire whatever to interfere with the institu tion of slavery. Wo must leave that in the hands of Him who dobs all things well, and who may have decreed that in His own good tune the anglo saxon, the fore most among the raees of men, shall have this gigantic continent for his own to peo ple and possess it, —a heritage on which to grow his raiment and his food—on fcwtiich to buiid Lis railroads, factories, ships his churches, colleges and schools. I am not here to express or to feel any fe... for the safety of the Union. That is a copartnership in which there is no arti cle for its dissolution. Neither am I actu ated by any motives of business with’ the South, for many here present know that 1 have all I want to attend to of this world’s cares, it I never had another order from the southern States. I am here, gentle men, for tbe single purpose which I be lieve you all join, of expressing together our determination to stand by onr constitu tional obligations to the whole country, to infringe upon the rights and comforts ot none while we guard well our own, and to protest against being represented ns sym pathizing with assassins, slave stealers or disonranizers of a'nv sort. I, sir, have un fiklterinf? confidence in the patriotism of tlie whole country, ami I firmly believe that if wo will execute strictly our own du ties, our fellow countrymen in the South will faithfully perforin theirs, aud we shall go onward nml upward together toward* the high destiny which tho God of nations Ims decree ] Ibr the American people. Review by the President of the Sew York Seventh Regiment. The President received the Colonel and officers of the Seventh Regiment in the East room, and, after the reception, accom panjadwby the Secietary of War and the Secretary of tbe Navy, proceeded to review the corps, who were drawn up on the pave ment opposite tho President’s House. The review concluded, Col. Lefferts exer cised the regiment in the mound. The President then addressed the military as follows: Col. Lefferts, officers, and Soldiers of the Seventh Regiment: I cannot permit you to part from me without, expressing, in a few words, my cordial thanks for your hav ing* graced the great occasion of yesterday. The military precision of your march, the admirable inannet in which you go through your exercise, and the stout, hardy, no ble, and defiant look which you exhibit, shows that in tho day and hour of battle you would not be mere parade cfficets, but you would be in its very front. The occasion on which you came was a ■great occasion. The alacrity with which you obeyed the request of the authorities here ought ever to bo highly commended. The Congress of the United States made provision for the erection of an cquestrain statute of the Father of his Country. It was yesterday inaugurated: and, through the rain, the mud, tho inclement weather, you appeared as if you had been on holi day parade; and we all thank you to* the sacrifices which you have made in doing us this honor. The statute was inaugur ated. It whs a national, not a municipal occasion. The statute was executed by the au thority of Congress; it was inaugurated by .Congress; and we thank you for your great and important services during tho ceremonial. Who would not do honor to the memory and tbe name of Washington ? lie is endeared to t lie heart of every Amer ican. And so long as the 22d of February shall come in eacli successive year, so long let it lie a clay of cherjshed patriotism in the heart* of all countrymen. It is a day to be remembered in our annals; and when the birth-day of Washington shall be forgotten, liberty will have perished from the earth. Everything passed off admirably yester day. The crowd was imme.nse; the plaudits bestowed on the Seventh Regi ment were enthusiastic. If there was any thing to regret it was this: that none of the representatives of foieign governments graced this commemoration. When you were here you had been a guard of honor for the remains of James Monroe. lie was a soldier; lie was a statesman; he was an excellent President. There was peace in bis day;, I trust there will be peace in the days of mj successors. Storms have prevailed during my period; but. I see tlie clouds breaking away, and I tiust and believe that anew “era of good feeling” will erelong return I I will not detain you longer than to reiterate my thanks for the honor you have done as, amt I am jure that it will be a day recorded and impressed upon your memory ms one on which you have rendered good service to your country; a day on which you have stirred up the fires ot patriotism in every breast. I thank you, gentlemen —thank you with all my heart—for this visit. Upon the conclusion of his remarks, the regiment gave nine hearty cheers for the President ot the United States, which were heartily participated in by the im mense throng of spectators on ail hands Hon. John Cochranb was then called for and made a few complimentary re marks. The regiment then gave nine hearty cheers for the Union, and again marching in review, retired to their quarters. They left last evening for New York, where they are to be recieved by the 12th regiment, Col. Butterfield. — Washington Union. The Foe of Use Tarantula. The tarantula has a deadly foe in tbe v*asp, which preys upon it. The manner in which the wasp attacks tho tarantula is described by the editor of the Mariposa. (Cal.) “Democrat,” who recently witnessed its mode of operation. An ugly-looking tarantula was shuffling at the usual awk ward gait, lilting bis long, unwieldy lpgs above the short blades ol grass, when sud denly tiie venomous insect stopped in its wanderings and raided itself up to its full height as though watching the coming of some unwelcome visitor. It then quickly crouched behind a turf of dry grass, and remaining very quiet, seemed to make bint-* self as small as possible. A slight buzzing was heard in the air, and in a moment a wasp passed quickly near, hovering on the. wing over his trembling victim. Like some bird of prey, tbe wasp remained p liaed a moment.and then, quick as thought darted down upon his enemy and Btung lain many times with great rapidity. The tarantula, smarting under the pain, began a retreat with all the speed of which he was capable; but the wasp hung over him with revengeful tenacity, and again and again struck him with bis venomous sting. Gradually the flight of tho tarantula be came slower and more irregular, and nt length, under the repeated thrusts of his conqueror, bo died, luting tbe grass with Ids terrible fangs. The wasp then seized the tarantula and dragged him away. Term—sl,so Always in Advance. The Mail vs. Telegraph, An old man who had often heard of dia patches, but who had never cast eye on one, had the.following placed in his hand: Nkwvalk, February, ’6O. Mr. W. Wheat, —Dear Sir—Your daugh ter and mysqjf—marriage. What say yon! Phil. Blue. Now, it appears from the record, that Mr. Wheat had a very fine daughter go ing to school, at the very place, still furth er, that that very young lady (took it into her head to form an engagement with the above said Mr. Phil. Blue. Well, nobody ought to find fault with the young lady for that, for young ladies are very apt to do those things the very first chance they get; but it is a fact that Mr. Blue ought to have gone to see the old man to get his con- . sent, and not, have sent him the dispatch, be cause, if he had done that, he might not have received the following letter by the regu lar mail; Pkecii Bli mh Valb. Deer Sur.—A liftle boy hand me a small peace of paper with your naim assin cd to it. He sed it was a dispatch, but as I dont no nutbing of no dispatch except the Augusty Dispatch, you will pleeze rite me what you mene by sending me the : little stoopid tiling, if you aint got sense enuff to right a letter, 1 would advise you togotoskule and larn—righting is easy enuff when you once onderstand it. you sa, Your darter and miself—well, jv’iat do you no about my darter? Ino Nance is a right smart gal, but X told her when she left home not to recevo enny visits from such punkin-head fellers as you. theniu your slip you have the word Marriage— what in the naim of Commun Sense, you mene by that? I hopc*you dont mene that you want to be married with my Nance—ct you do, I say no! just let me tel you. if you send me enny moar of yore, dispatches, I’ll thrash you more nor a lit tle. now mind. W. Wheat. A good story is told of two United States, Senators—one from Maine and Vhe other from Georgia. During one session of Congress, while both were in Washing ton, they were one day engaged in a con versation on the Lord’s Prayer, when the one from Maine offered to bet five dollars that his brother Senator did not know it. The bet wfis accepted, and, by agreement, hp was to repeat it, .and accosJting'ly com menced as follows: “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray she Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, , I pray the Lord my soul to take.” “Well’l declare.” said the Mainer, “I did not think you knew it,” wheroat he handed him the five dollars. Dissolution of .the Canada Union.— On the 28th of February, Mr.Brown, leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Assembly, gave notice that be would move the following resolution : Resolved, That the existing Legislative Union of Upper and Lower Canada haß failed to realize the anticipations of its promoters, lms resulted in a heavy debt, burdensome taxation, great political abuses and universal dissatisfaction, and it is the matured conviction of this Assembly, from the antagonism developed through differ ences of origin, local interests, and other causes, that the Union in its present position can no longei be contiuucd with advantage to the people. Direct Trade with France. —A vessel was to sail from St. Nazaire, for Norfolk, Va., on the 11th ult., as the pioneer in the direct trade between those ports.. Among the consignments are 100 flagons of medi cine from an eminent druggist in Norfolk, to test the possibility of opening a trade with that city. Written by a traveler in’ journeying from York to Williarnsbug, Va., after a long spell of rainy weather: • I’ve reached this place, thanks to the gods! Through paths steep, rough and muddy A certain proof that making roads Is here no public study. Tho’ with religion I’m not crammed. Yet as the scripture says, The people here will sure be damn’d Unless they mend tbeir ways!” Free Negroes in Missouri.— The bill excluding free negroes from the State of Missouri, under the penalty of becoming slaves, passed the Senate on Wednesday last; it had previously* passed the House. Tho same bill passed both Houses at the last session, but failed to receive tho sig nature of the Governor. Tho Shoemakers’ Strikes is reported as rapidly extending to all the principal man ufacturing towns of Massachusetts. The strikers remain orderly and peaceful. Charleston Con rent ion. —The Charles ton papers confirm the statement that sf> a day will be the established price* for boar 1 at tho hotels of that city during the holding of the Democratic National Con vention. The Courier says those visitors atm delegates who are coming on vessels and liavn prepared for their eating apd sleeping on boaid, may congratulate the ■elves on tlio wisdom of their NUMBER 12.