Amfriran UulniifnT. VOL, 47. AMERICAN VOLJJNTM PUBLISHED EVERY ’ THURSDAY HORNING BY JOHKB.BRATTOS. TERMS Subsciption.— One Dollar and Fifty Conte,..paid h advance; Two D'dlard if paid'within the year; and Two Dollars and'Fifty Cents, if npt paid within tho.year. Those terras will bo rigidly adhered to in bvory instdiico. No subscription discontinued until hll arrearages are paid'uulesg at the option of. the Editor* V’ • ADVEnTraESfENTS—Accompanied by thocAStr, and hot exceeding one square, .will bo inserted throe times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. ' ■ . . Job-Printing— Such as Hatul-bills, Posting-bills,' Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, Ac.-Ac., executed with accuracy and 'at tho shortest notice. f optical. A flush of green is on the boughs, A warm breath pantetb in the air, And in the earth a heart-pulse there Throbs underneath her breast of snows. Life is astir ainbng the'woods, And by the moor, hnd by the stream, The year, as from a torpid dream, Wakes in the sunshine on the buds. Wakes up in musio as the song • . ,0f wood bird wild, and loosen'd rill More frequent from the windy hill Comes greening forest aisles along. Wakes up in beauty as the sheen Of woodland pool the gleams receives . -Through bright flowers, ovorbraidod leaves Or broken suulights, golden-green. She;sooa the outlaw'd Winter stay ? Awliilo, to gather after him Snow robe*, frost-crystall'd diadem. And then in soft showers pass away. She. could not Jove rough Winter well, Yet catinofc chooso but mourn him now; So wears awhile on her ydungbraw His gift—a gleaming icicle. V Then, turns her, loving, to the Sun, Upheaves her besom's swell to his. And, in the joy of his first kiss, Forgets for aye that sterner one ; ■ Old Winter's pledge from higher reaves— . That icy-cold, though glittering spar— And atones, tier'with a groon.cymar, • And girdles round her brow, with leaves; The primrose and wood-violet He tanglcs in her shining hair; And teaches elfin breezes fair . To sing her some sweet cazonot. ’ All promising long Summer hours, When she in his embrace shall lie, Under the broad dome of bright.sky, On mossy couches starr’d with flowers. Till she smiles back to him The beauty, beaming from bis face, . •. . And, robed in light, glows with.the grace Of Edon-puluood cherubim. Oh ! Earth, thy glowing' loveliness ‘ I Around our very hearts has thrown An undlramcd joyanoe all its own. And sun’d us o’er with happiness. i PARABLE ON THE UNION. .BY SIRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY. Two mnrriod sisters. side byside, In houses largo and fair. Oni the good farm their father gave, ' Dwelt in contentment rare. Tho neighbor marked their growing wealth. Where ease and plenty vied, And some on t’other side the brook Thoir state, with onvy eyed. They visited each other oft, Took part in joy or caro; To . th ® 8 " mo schools their children went. And all was bright and fair. itot she who wore n cap of snow, ‘ And hold the spindles fast, unto her sister sharply spoke, As her own northern blast: “No Ipngor ban I,hold my peace „ I feel, impelled to say, kitchen is a nuisance vile To all who - pass that way. 1 tT " ,y mortifle(l that one o’.! ,eara onr household name bbonld bo determined to abide In snob disgrace and shame.” ru,od cotton field Indignantly replied, And 80 their old regard was chang'd .To bangbtinosa and pride. S Their offspring took tbo quarrel un And at each other hisa’d ; ’ Tbo iittlo ones made Ugly months. The older shook their fist At length, a nice old spinster aunt. Miss -Un'itv by name,. • Whom both thoir parents much had loved, ■to pay a visit came. Each had a long complaint to make. And ono was hoard to say, That from her honored father’s farm buo meant to.move away. “’Wow, now, goodnoicos! What's tho feud ? _ 1 <cnr.von re .growing daft, Omul Will and ponce are more to you inan all the.kitchen craft- heloTEe f ° r s “° h ”r' i j i- Uie ffaiD » l P>*ay ? Twould stir your father in his graro To hoar tho words you say. h “ “Jl* 10 . a harder bargain, now. Than Esau did of old: Do got a.mess of pottage, sure, When ho his birth-right sold. D . on ‘ *“™ your kindred blood to gall. And fire-brands round ye straw ; Ji hoard them t’other side tho brook' laughing loaid at you. “ Como, lip to lip, and hand to hand ! x< or lot me longer gneye, i spo you reconcikd' iiofore I (ako my leave.” it first they.ported,' tbon-thOy-. look’d! A ,oa hb'Othpr s ’eyes, ■ ; , And thou the door oldvcradle . lire . sprang up without disguise. They took Alisa U.vity’s advicti. Amt. every discord o’er, , forgiving and forgetting, lived As happily as before.- Hamilton Happ <?ess.-Six things, says homo -- r a f er v qU,BltO 1° craata - a “ happy tiS» a i nto gf ,t 7 mi 'S‘ be tho arehitcot. and L 2S e “Pborsteroij It must be warmed and in nT’ “ nd llf ? ht6d U P b 7 cheerfulness ; ?n K th«“f ry “ lUet be ‘be ventilator, renew! bihr v ,f m i Bph . ero and bringing in fresh sa tS ,ly by day: while over nil, as O pro- , »^opfa^rn d g g o^6 7 ’ d nothiD » wiU9nfflCo ' ‘ am man - hewelf a. Id “otcrirty.-, 4 jbo stiidrthat- eh^pants for Fellow Citizens : — Wo have come togeth er to express our determination to uphold the authority of the Government, and to main tain inviolate the honor of the country. The circumstances, under which vroare assembled, are calculated to fill any patriotic heart with the deepest concern. . For the first time in our day civil strife has broken out in the bosom of our prosperous and happy country, and. has been pushed by unscrupulous men to the extremity of war and bloodshed. With no provocation whatever, from the. Federal Gov ernment, they turned their arms in fraternal hatred against it, even when it was adminis tered by those ylio were actuated by the most friendly dispositions towards them. But Ido not doubt, when the present excitement shall have passed away, when those who have thus arrayed themselves against the Government of the country shall have learned from a dis astrous experience that their true interest lies in peace, all will concede, on a rov.iew of the past in a spirit of fairness and moderation, that there whs no just ground for alienation. (Cheers.) But, fellow-citizens, I feel that all ’such considerations are inappropriate to the hour. The time for action has come. Prac tical issues are upon us, to be dealt with un der a. just sense of the responsibilities they have brought with them,: The Constitution of the Dnited States has been spurned and re pudiated. , The authority of the Government has been resisted by military force. The flag of the Union has been insulted, in more than one instance torn down, and even trampled Under foot. Most of us were born, and all of us have lived, in prosperity and peace under the protection of the Constitution ; we have regarded our allegiance, to'the Union ns sec ond only lo our religion in the:sanctity of its obligations; and we have venerated the na tional standard, under which Washington and Jackson and the host, of gallant men who were their,companions in arms, or who follow ed in their footsteps, achieved undying hon prs for themselves and their country., (Enthu siastic applause.) We should be more or less men if we could look with indifference on these, outrages on all we hold most dear. There is ho justification for the the Confeder ate States.ip overturning within their limits the authority of the Federal Government. They have no excuse for it. This is no tithe for elaborate argument. Let me say in a word that no respectable defence of the right of secession, has ever fallen under my notice. No man contends that there is any warrant for it in-the Constitution. There is but one way for a State to go out. of the Union—the way.ih which all came in—by. the concurrence of the common authority. In.no other man ner can tbeternis of separation he agreed on. (B e don't want bT separate.') Whatever pre liminary action there may be, it must come to this conclusion at last. It is-an omitted case in our political compact. , The framers of the Constitution did not con template the dissolution of the Union, They framed the Government for, themselves and their posterity The repudiation of the au thority by one of its members was not fore seen or provided for. It is a case which can not be reached by its powers vested in Con gress or in the Executive ; and the States are necessarily remitted the exorcise of their uni- sovereignty, for the solution of a problem which concerns the existence of all. It was for this reason that a comini .tee, of which I was chairman, in* an address to our Southern brethren adopted at a meeting in Pino street, in December last, recommended that the States .should meet'together 'for consultation and if they could not settle their difficulties amicably and preserve the Union, that they should ar range the. terms of separation and save the country from the horrors of civil war. Wo implored them to .pause, in order .to givous time for an effort to restore harmony and fra ternal feeling. Wo appealed to them in lan gungo.of entreaty, which would have been hu miliating if it had not been addressed to breth ren of the same political family. To this ap peal enforced by the concurrence of eminent citizens of this State, who had always been the most strenuous advocates, of Southern rights, the States to which it was addressed responded by setting the authority of the Un ion at defiance, by seizing the public forts and arsenals, by seducing.-Federal officers from their allegiance, and in one instance by con fiscating the'treasurer of the Government. For months these outrages were submitted to J with no effort on the part of the. Government I to resent or punish them, in the hope that un der the guidance of bettor counsels, those who ' committed them would return to their allogi-l anoc. This forbearance, unexampled ,in the j history of nations, and falsely interpreted in to a pusillanimous surrender of its authority by the Federal Government, had only the ef fect of invigorating the spirit of resistance, until at last the slender force* in Fort Sump ter was attacked—some fi.OOO or 7.000 men against. 100—and compelled, after a heroic re sistance, to evacuate it. (Cheers for Fort u Un> oj ( i r ') The gallant commander of that Handful of loyal men who sustained this une qual contest is before you. (Tremenduoua .checSra for Maior Anderson.) There hangs' the-flag under which they uphold the honor of their country, and its tattered condition shows the desperate defence they made. (En tmißiastic cheering.) ' It is: under those circumstances that the General Government has appealed to the coun try to come to its support. (Wo will, wo,will.) it would,-have boon treacherous to its trust if it had; not determined to uphold the authori ties confided to it. ♦w n<l ?’® ro 'J o,, 1 0w citizens, it is important that we'should- clearly,' understand the posi tjon of the late Administration on this ques tion. It is duo to this Administration, as well 3 8 , t> that wo should all understand it F shall bo very brief, but I must ask your close attention for the few moments that will bo needed.. . - SPRING. Ofi.tbo 3cl of December Inst, in his annual Message to Congress. the Into President made ft-strong.and unanswerable argument against the; right of secession. Ho also indicated his purpose io colleot the revenue and defend the forts in South Carolina. In a special mes* Sage to Congress on the Bth of January ho dc -5™ (I use the danguagn of ttio Message. 1 The right andtho duly to use-military force defensively .against those who resist the Fed eral officers in tho_ execution of their functions and against those who aasailthe pwerty oftho Federal Government, is clear and undeniable. Cries of “Good for Kin I” and nud cheering.) The authorities of Soulh Carolina woro_repoatedly warned that if they wnr - und'tliey would'be responsible -for the ■ consequences; (Cheer*;)' SPEECH. OF hqjt. johst a. mx, LATE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, At the Union Meeting in New York. He Vindicates the. Late Administration, Mr.’ Dis, on taking the chair, spoke as fol lows:— The last most emphatic of these warnings is contained in the admirable answer of Mr. Holt, Secretary of War, to Mr. Hayne, the Commissioner from South Carolina, on the 6th of February. It is those words: “ If, .with all the multiplied proofs which exist of the President s anxiety for peace, and of the ear ncstnes which he has-pursued it, the authorities I of-that State BhalLiiisflault_Eort-.Sumptor.-and proil the lives of tho-handful of brave and loyal men shut within its walls, and thus plunge our country into the horrors of civil war; then upon them and those they represent must rest the responsibility.” (Enthusiastic applause, and waving of hats.) I believe the letter from which I have read this extract has nev er been published, for I, as a member of the Administration at the time, it was written, have a right to say that it had the cordial ap proval of the late President and all his con stitutional advisers. (Cheers for. Gqh. Dix.) And this brings mo to the point ! wish to ®ake. # I violate no confidence in making it. It is this: If South Carolina had tendered, i war against the late Administration as she has to this—l mean by a hostile and. deadly assault—it would have been, unanimously ac cepted. (Prolonged cheering.) , 1 repeat, then, that this administration has done no more than its duty. Nay, I believe that self-preservation rendered necessary what it has done. I have no doubt that the Confed erate leaders at Montgomery have entertain ed, and still entormin the design of marching upon Washington to overthrow the 'Govern ment, taking its place and presenting itself to the nations of the world as the true represen- ( tntiye of the people of the United States. (Cries of/ 1 Neveri; never ; thov can/t do it.”) Against this usurpation and fraud, if it shall bo attempted, I trust we-shall contend with all the strength God has given uq. (Cries of “we will.”) lam for supporting the Govern ment. Ido not ask who administers it. It is the Government of piy country, and as such I shall give it in this extremity all, the sup port.in my,power. I regard the pending com test with the secessionists as-a death-struggle, for constitutional liberty' and law—a contest which, if successful on their part, could, only end in the.establishment of a despotic govern ment, and blot'out every vestige of national freedom. You know, fellow-citizens,.that I; have always been in favor of adjusting contro versies between the States by conciliation, by compromise, by, mutual concession—in a word, in the spirit in which ■ the Constitution Whs formed. Whenever the times shall by propi tious for. calni consultation,' they will find-mo so still, .But, until then, lot us remember that nothing could be so disastrous, so humil mting and so disreputable to us all as to see: common Government overthrown, or its legitimate authority successfully resistd. Let ns, then, rally, with one heart; to its support*. L believe it will act with all the moderation | and forbearonce consistent, with the preserva tion of the great interests confided to it. There is no choice left but .to acquiesce in its surrender to revolutionary leaders, or to give it tlm means it’needs for defence, for self-pres ervation, and for the assertion of its authority, holding it responsible for their legitimate use. l Fellow-citizens, we stand before the* statue of the Eather of his Country. THo Flag of the Union, which.floats over it, huhg above him when ho presided over the Convention by which the Constitution • was framed. ■ The great work of his life has been rejected, and the banner by which his labors wore, conse crated has been trampled in the dust. If the inanimate bronze in which the sculptor has shaped his image could be changed to tholiv- . ing form which led the armies’of the Rovolu- tion to victory. lie would command ua, in tho name of the hosts of patriots and political martyrs who have gone before, to strike for the defence of the Union and the Constitution. Mr. Dix closed his remarks amid the most enthusiastic applause. Maryland and the Troops for The Capitol. Highly Important Letter From Secret ary Seward. The following letter was addressed, on Mon day, to Governor Hicks, of Maryland, hy tho Secretary of State: Department of State, April 22, 1801. Ilis Excellency Thomas JI. Hicks, Governor of Maryland i— Sir: I have bad the, honor to receive your communicftjtion of this morn- -which you informed me that you.have felt it to bo your duty to advise the President of the United States to order- elsewhere the troops off Annapolis, and also that no more be sent through Maryland; and that you have fur ther suggested that Lord Lyons be requested to act as mediator between the contending par ties in our country to prevent the effusion of blood The President directs mb to acknowledge the receipt of that communication, and to assure you that he has .weighed the counsels which it contains with the respect which he I habitually cherishes for the Chief Magistrates of' the-several States, and especially for yourself. lie regrets, as deeply ns any magisr trato or citizen of the country can, that de monstrations against the safety of the United States, with very extensive preparations for the effusion of blood, have made it his duty i to call out the force to which you allude. The force now sought to bo brought through Maryland is intended for nothing but the de fence of this capital. The President has ne cessarily confided the' choice by the national highway which that force shall take in coming to this city to the-Lieutenant General com manding the army of the United States, who, like his only predecessor, is not loss .distin guished for His humanity than for his loy alty* patriotism, and distinguished public service. The President instructs me to add that the national highway thus selected by thoLieuto* .nant General has been chosen by him, upon consultation with prominent magistrates and citizens of Maryland, fiB* the one which, while a route is absolutely necessary, is furth er .removed from the populous cities of the Slate, and with the expectation that it would therefore be the least objectionable one. The; President cannot but romehiber that thorb haS been a, time in the history of pur country when a General of : the' American Union, with forces designed ' for the defence of its capital, was not unwelcome anywhere in the State of Maryland, and certainly not at Annapolis, then, ns now, the capital of that patriotic State, and then, also, ono of . the capitals of the Union. If eighty years could have obliterated all the other noble sentiments of that ago in Maryland, the President would be hopeful, nevertheless, that there is ope that would forever remain there and everywhere. That sentiment is thati.no domestic contention whatever, that may arise'among the parties of this Republic, ought in any case to be re ferred to any foreign arbitrament; least of all to tlio arbitrament oP an European monar chy. X have thetionnr to he, with distinguished con sideration, juurExcollonoy’e mosfobedientser rant,- 'Vtfn.tiAK HiSey-Ann; "OUR COUNTRY-MAT IT ALWAYS BE RltffiT-BCT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1861. A..man may be a first-rate fellow, ns Mat Peel .used to say, and- yet cot know how to keep a hotel. If rfbility in hotel keeping hen test' of a good fellow; there is one man for whom we can certainly,,Vouch as all sorts ofa good fellow., He keeps a hotel, or country tavern, if you will.jaSrftV up i n the interior o’f Arkansas somewhere.] The way wo happened to hear of him was this: Several weeks ago, two well known gentle men of this city went travelling for the bene fit" of.their health,, and -to try the famous Hot Springs 'of old ‘ Hackensack.” There' being neither riser, railroad or canal to, take a . body to the “Springs our travellers hired horses at their destination. They un luckily did notfollowtheright road,or else there was no right road to follow ; at any rate they got lost, and after . a fatiguing day’s ride through a barren and inhospitable wilderness, thoyi came to a_ neat-little building standing alone in the woods, witfrifarming appendages arodrid. Our travellers halted and hallooed. A great tall, raw-boned giant of a ■ fellow stepped out. . i'i\p ‘ Can weget lodgings: here to night asked one of the horsemen,' r I “ Well■ gontlpmonprJreckin you kin,’ said , the big one, 'and Wclkim to boot. This is a lio,tol.’ : v ■ r . :, ! . The travellers, although they did not like the cut of the. Inndlnard’s jib, dismounted, wore of ‘their horses, and were soon regaling themselves ove'Pa good country sup per of corn dodgers, bacon, milk, fried chick ens and'coffee. It was' a regular country supper, but with their whetted appetites our invalids enjoyed it amazingly, ‘ After supper the gigantic landlord sat on ( the porch with ‘them*: talking, laughing, cracking jokes, and. treating occasionally to some good old rye, of which ho appeared to have a plentiful stock.- ~The invalids set him down for a regular f brick.’ and wore still bet tor pleased when lighted at last to nice soft feather beds, with tho.whitost and sweetest of sheets. ‘ , , Next morning our travellers were aroused by their ugly hutafiablolandlord, and regaled with a breakfast, if possible, more appetizing ■than the last night’s’supper had been. The Horses, were brought around, and it was ovident th'nttJioy too had been well cared; frtr. One of the trnvellhjps pulled out his wal let. and said to the big ohtortnihor: ‘ Well, landlord/ you keep a first-rate little hotel out her,; hotter than wo expected to find. Wo are much pleased with it, and now we want to: know what the damage is.’ The landlord drew Himself up. and putting on a very solemn .look, Said, ‘Gentlemen, I’m pleased to honr ydftj&tisfied. The bill is two hundred anil sovouty-flyp dollars.’ ‘How much didivottf s ay, ,ai r ? ’ asked the travellers, both startled?,! The big one, .d£fly?mg, himself up n little higher,and lookinjfsfjjt diyr',solemn.replied, distinctly and emphatic-''Sy' Two hundred arid seventy-five doti * Do I hear- you right, sir?, do you .really mean to charge us two hundred and seventy five dollars fur two meals and lodging and horsofeed . ■ ‘ Gentlemen, ’ said the landlord, with the utmost alarming sang frohl, ‘ that’s no mis take. Two hundred and seventy-five dollars is the bill.’ The invalids got scared. They did not feel atrongenough to fight; and if they had, could never had hoped to-make anything outrof the ungainly giant who stood so composed before them. Without, saying another word, the traveller with the wallet squeezed Stand peeled its different pockets, and succeeded in hand ing over the full amount .required. Tho landlord thanked his guests. politely, and hoped if they should over pass that way again, that they would give him a call. Tho travellers were' now on' their horses, and prepared, like the famous cavaliers in James’novels, to resume their solitary ride.- Before getting off, however, the traveller who had to disgorge, turned in his saddle and hailed the landlord: ‘lsay, landlord, he shouted, ‘ before I gn. Td just like ,to ask one question—a civil question—wbioh you can’t take offence at/ ‘Fire ahead, gentlemen/ was the answer;, ‘ye’ve paid yer hill, and yer wolkim to ask any-thin', without offence/ /Well, how in the. name of heaven did 4 you come to charge us two hundred and seventy flvo dollars for one night’s accommodation, .not worth more than five or 1 six dollars at the outside?' ‘Certainly, gentlemen. I’ll. tell yer and welkim, Yer sec I keep a hotel; and some times I has customers and sometimes I hasn’t. When I hasn’t J.has to charge accordin,’ and as, you are the first, customers I’ve had Tvell-.nigh on to a year; yep bill was a little bigger than it mout have been otherwise. The hotel hastobe kop’ up gentlemen, and and when customers is scarce, I has to charge accordin/' ‘Good morning,*, landlord/ said' bpth the travellers, and they rode off satisfied. " , They didn’t go to the Springs, however. They took the back track, fop the ,river, and returned to the city lor more money, the big hotel keeper having pretty well cleaned them out. Hc-supplied wil h funds; they are now off to the Virginia Springs, being unwiling to trust themselves again among the hotels of the Arkansas interior. ,1 They declare; though, that the hip; landlord who fleeced them is a capital fellow all sorts of a follow—anfl knows how to keep a hotel into tho.bargain.—JY. O. Orescent. AYellopeSo, Too!—A young lady pf ox traprd'nary intellcolual capacities, recently addressed the following note to her cousin: _ “ Dear Kuzzen.—Thq. weather, whar wo is air hold and i sposn whar you is it airkoldor. We is all well, and mother’s got the his Tor r|cks,_ .brother Tom has the Hoppkin' KoflT, and sister Suzisn has pot a baby, and i heap thosfi few lines will find you. in the -same kuhdishuo. Kite soon. "You ophoeshunato Kuzz.” , (Or* A lady officer, if she wished to give the word “hah” to her troops, would do it somewhat in this wise You of. you, how mind, I order you, as soon ns I have finished speaking, to stand still, every one of you, on the spot where you may hap pen tobe; don’t you hear mo? halt, I say, all of you?’.' (O* At no moment of difficulty dotss'a hus band, knowing his own utter helplessness, draw so close to his wife’s side for comfort and resistance, as when ho wants a button sewed on-his shirt collar^. An Irishman who engafeedift a drain and had his piok-axo raised in the air, just as tho clock struck twelve,:dotermjned-fco work- no more till* after, dinner, let the ■pickaitrapd.ldft'ife hanging- there 1 Jferdlnmiio. now to" KEEP A UOTEL, Five Hundred Miles on a Dog-sled , St. Cloud Democrat gives .an interest* mg account of the trip of Gov. Barber of I)e -cotuh, of five hundred miles om n sled pulled by dogs. The Governor traveled fr6m Sel kirk to St. Cloud, and visited'the office of the Democrat, where he honored the editress, Mrs. Swisshelm and her daughter, with a short excursion. Mrs. S. says: The concern came to the edge of a sled track and tipped over, when the Govofnortook hold of the sled and.righted it without disturbing its laugh ing load, then sto >pcd on behind, drove off witlva flourish and on a fast trot. The vehi ote is a very thin board split from an oak log. It is about as wide as a chair seat, and eight feet long. It is bent upward in front like a i sled runner, and lies flat on the snow. Usual** i ly this is all, but Our Governor, with an eve j to elegance and creature comfort, had at cut ter pled built on his parchment, with a hack high enough to support the shoulders, scroll-shaped sides, and a front curling over. 1 riie parchment is supported by oak slips as thick as a mail's finger. It is staunch and firm, and yet the Whole affair, wo are told, weighs little over ten pounds. In this little bed the traveler sits with his buffalo robes and blankets., while on the flat boffrd which extends behind him, is strapped his pcimcnn and other provisions. Before him are his four dogs, hitched between two long traces of raw hide, one before the other. The traveler has a whip long enough to reach the foremost, and usually keeps up a vigorous flogging and shouting. The ere hires will travel from thirty to sixty miles per day, and keep on day after day. Their allowance is one pound of pemican each, daily. But often the trav*. elor who goes well armed, succeeds in shoot ing game, and thus furnishes food for his steeds. The dogs, are of the wolf species, ugly, trcnohproivs-lobking brutes, who would no doubt cat their master if they got a chance. A- turnout of this kind is a natural and arti ficial curiosity combined. The Governor, as travelers usually are, was in the spirit of it; and with his moccasins; fringed leggings, red sash, fur coat and cap, longhair and heard, looked like a combination of polar bear and Indian. * A Doc avd Tiger Fight. —A rather select entertainment came, off at the Arsenal Park, yesterday afternoon, in the shape of a fight between a Brazilian tiger and two hull dogs. A large crowd of.rnughs, sporting characters, and pickpockets flocked thither early in the afternoon, filled all the bar-rooms in the vi cinity, and anxiously awaited the beginning of the show. The “ preliminaries ” . were duly arranged, when a heavy shower of rain fame on. Nevertheless the large .portion of the crowd sallied'out of the" beer houses to the cage wherein the tiger was confined, and witnessed the fight, regardless of the rain. The cage in which the tiger was confined was about eighteen feet long and ten feet wide. At about 3 o’clock two dogs, one aboil slot of rather largo size and the other rather below the ordinary size—were lot into the The dogs were no sooner inside than ..tlio.tiggr sprang .h.oarlif (die entire length of. the cage and gave every indication thai ho would make short work of disposing of his canine assailants. _ In this respect, however, his hackers were disappointed; lie lay upon his back and oc casionally gave the dogs some, severe scratch es with his paws, hut ofter playingnhout him a short time the hull slut caught hold of his nenk, and in such a manner that the tiger I found it impossible to free himself. The dog retained her hold until pulled off, when the tiger was found to ho too weak to stand. It was thought he had been fatally injured. At the conclusion of the exhibition the crowd departed, seemingly disappointed at the re sult of the fight. Considerable money chang ed hands by way of pickpockets and other wise.—St. Louis Republican. Poetical View ok CmumooD.— We could never have loved the earth so well if we had no childhood in it—if it were not the earth where the same flowers come up again every Spring that we used to gather with our tiny fingers as we sat lisping to ourselves on the grass—the same hips and haws on the Au tumn hedgerows—the . same redbreasts that we used to call “God's birds,” because they did no harm to the precious,crops. What novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known, and loved because it is known? The wood I walk is on this mild May day, with the young, yellow, brown fo liage of the oaks between mo and the blue sky, the white stnrflowers and the ble-eyed. speedwell and the ground ivy at my feet— what grove of tropic palms, what strange ferns or splendid broad petallcd blossoms, could.ev er thrill such deep ane delicate fibres within mo as this homo scene ? These familiar flow ers, these well remembered bird notes, this sky with its fitful brightness, those furrowed and grassy fields, each with a sort of person ality given to it by the eapricions hedgerows: such things as the are the mother tongue of our,imagination, the language is laden with all the subtle inextricable associations the fleeing hours of childhood loft behind them. Our delight in the sunshine on the doap bla-, dod grans to-day might bo more than the faint perception of wearied souls,, if it were not for flip sunsjnno and the grass in far off years, which still live in us. and transform oar per ception into lovo.~ Mill on the Floss, 'A Noble Reply. —A gentleman from one of the “ Border States ” has a son on board the steamer Harriet lane, now off Charles ton. lie is a young man of fine talents and ! tho highest cultivation. A few days since ho wrote to his father, inquiring what course he should pursue in case his own State seceded, to which his noblo hearted father replied:— “My son, stand by tho glorious stars and stripes ns long ns there is breath in your body.” That father is not of the “ Republi can party,” hut a true patriot, who would not See this magnificent fabric dissolved but would stand by the Union at all hazards. lie would have that flag which has been sustained by strong hands and stout hearts, which, amid the din of battle, has waved proudly in the breeze-,, protected by our bravo sons, and those would sooner shed their heart’s blood than see it lowered into the hands of nn "enemy.— i It has been wet with the tears of the widow and the fatherless and tho winding sheet of j tho soldier on the field of battle. “ The standard of a gallant band, Aliltq sustained in poaoo or war To flint o’er freedom's happy land ” E7*A middle-aged man lately presented himsoif at the matrimonial altar. The cler gyman, having surveyed him for O’ moment said: “ Pray, friend, I think you have a wife al ready living.” ' “■it may he so; air,” said he,- “ for I-have a very treacherous memory.” BjS An editor in Illinois gives notice that “there’will be no paper this week,” as his wifc-fs ueihgthe scissors t' Power of Endurance and Diet. . Even the experienced trainers of the prize ring cannot decide what is best food for train ing men up to their greatest power of endu rance. They have n prejudice in favor of mutton chops and under-done beef-steaks ; but it is by no means sure that this is the best. The Roman soldiers, who conquered the world, and built roads from Lisbon to Constantinople, and who were all trained athletes, marching under a weight of armor and luggage that few men in our day could carry, lived on coarse, brown wheat or bar ley bread, which they dipped in sour wine. In our day, the Spanish peasants are among the strongest and most agile men in the world ; he will work all davin a copper mine, or the wine press, under a'hot sun, and then rm 100 njeht to the music of a guitar. What does bo live on ? A piece of black bread and an onion, perhaps' half a water-" melon. You may see him dipping his piece i of bread jnto a horn of olive oil, and then in to some vinegar, made hot with pepper and garbo, and then he is 1 happy; sometimes’ he 1 gets a draught of harsh, sour, wine, but not * strong. All the strong wine is sent to Eng land. ■ , The Smyrna porter, walks off with a load of eight hundred weight. His only food, day after day, is a little fruit—a handful of dates, a fe,w figs, a bunch of grapes, some olives.— lib eats no beef, pork or mutton. Ilis whole food does not cost him a penny a day. Tho Coolie, living on his rice can outwork tho negro fed on bacon. Tho Arab, living on rice and dates, con quered half the world. The most tremendous muscular force, and the greatest power of endurance, may be nourished upon a very moderate diet. Hoff To Preserve - the Teeth. The mouth is n very warm place—9B de grees Fahrenheit. In this northern climate wo never have a temperature so high, in the shade, ■ Even at 90, beef .will begin todocom pose in twenty-four hours. Tno particles of beef and- other food which are left between the teeth at dinner decompose the next day. If.you pick the teeth, the order of the breath testifies to decomposition. With this management we ought not to bo surprised that the gums and tooth should be come tho subiects of disease. What is to be done ? Ist. Use the tooth pick (goose quill) after each meal. Follow with a mouthful or two of water, to remove the particles tho tooth pick may have left behind. 2d; Every morning, on rising, usd the brush and castilc soap. ■With these simple things thorougly done, you will preserve teeth to old age.—Lem's Kew Gymnastics. Tiif, Lungs. —Every breath wo draw we take, into the lungs from one and a half two pints pf air,so that it requires about two and ahalf gal lons of pure air a minute, or sixty hogsheads every twenty-four hours, properly to supply the lungs. How important, then, to health, to have houses well ventilated," and not-4o sleep in small close rooms; . Fecding DoTjes—,l Common Mistake, The Snu/hcrii Hnmes'cad says that, "The practice of regulating the food of horses by the amount of work they are required to per form, is a good one if properly followed. I For example, a horse when lying compara tively idle, as in'.winter, should have less sol id food than amid the hard work of spring and summer.. Again, if a horse is about to perform a .work of extra labor, it is well to for-' tify him with a little extra feeding beforehand. But the mistake we refer to is tho practice of oyer feeding him an hour Or so before putting him to work. If an extra service is required of a horse on any particular day, and extra feed is to bo-given him. let him r have it the . evening beforehand, rather than in tho morn- ing, an hour nr two before being put to work. Why so? Because if ho Is put to work so soon after eating, his food does not become di gested, and ho is obliged to carry about with him a largo mass of undigested fodder, which is rather a burden than a help.to him. If he is well fed the evening before, the food is as similated—changed to flesh , and blood— and sends health and vigor through all the system.. As a general rule, a working horso should he fed regularly, both as to tho time and the amount. . , The Pinsr Post Office.— The first post-of fice established in France was in 1464; in ■England in 1581: in Germany in 1041 though one authority attributes the author ship of the modern postal system to the Em peror MaxamilHan, of Germany, for tho pur pose of facilitating an espoinago over his sub jects through the medium of their corres pondence, and also for the purpose of enrich ing himself by the profits of the enterprize. The first post-office in America was establish ed in Now York, in lf>l9, under the Colonial Government. In 1789 the direction of the postal business was conferred on Congress by tho terms of tho Constitution. At that time there were hut 75 post offices in the Union ; in 1825 there were 5.677 ; at the commence ment of 1859 there were 58,578. O'A candidate for office called at the resi dence of a gentleman to solicit his vote: Candidate,—“Madam is your husband about?" Lady—“ Yes. sir; ho has gone to haul away n dead dog. and will bo hack directly.” Candidate—“ Sheep killing dog, I reckon, madam ?” Fierce spoken urchin.—“ No, sir—ho just barked himself to death at candidates—so pap said.” If four dogs with sixteen logs, can catch twenty-nine rabbits with eighty-seven logs, in four minutes, how many legs must tho same rabbits have to get away from eight dogs with thirty-two legs, in seventeen and a half minutes? DQy* The Missouri Legislature recently adopted ft resolution thnt the public printing bo done by convicts, but the resulutior. fell still born from the table, because it was as certained thatof all the criminals in the Pen itentiary not one was a printer. Bareev for Hens.— There is no one grain so well suited as food for hens. Barley when fed with oats and corn, will often bo gathered first by the fowls, and hens fed with more or less barley, are said to lay more freely. B©* A well known author once wrote an ar ticle in ‘Blackwood,’ signed ‘A. S.’ “ Tut,’* said dorrold, on reading the-initials, “what a pity ho will, tell only two-thirds of the truth !” O* How brightly do little joys beam upon a’soul which stands on aground darkened by clouds of sorrow 1 So do stars come'forth from the empty sky, when wo look up to [ thom-froma deepwoll. - <H>bbs anb (Bnbjsf. ID” Ho who is great in defeat is fialf.* ? conqueror. £7"Eagles fly alone; they are but aheop that always herd together. O’ If you are too fat and would . like to fall off, mount a vicious horse. O” Many h man has tho public car, who has forfeited the right to wear his own. O’ Successful lovo takes a load off our hearts and puts it upon our shoulders. - DCT” Beauty without virtue is like a flower without perfume. O’Tho drop hollows not the stone hr force, but frequent falling. O’ Ho conquers twice, who restrains him- ■ self in victory. IO" There is a.kind of bow which no man of spirit will return—tho bow of condescen sion. .. ICT* Be choice in your reading; read no in* different production— except, perhaps, your*' self. • (C 7“ The hours are ,-vcfy fug’dcious, but an exemplary husband is careful to keep good ones. , IC7“ When a woman wishes to be very af fectionate to her lover,- ehfc’ calls’ him a haughty man. o*.We don't admire ruffles, but you had bettor have one to your shirt -than to your temper. K 7” Most men hard in their souls no lo> comotives strong enough to draw a train of thought. CT’Fast horses win cups by the Use of their logs. Fast men lose’ their legs by the use of cups.- ■ .865* the’ gem cannot bo polished without friction, nor’ than perfected without adversity. BSf“ We should do our utmost to encourage the beautiful, for the’ useful encourages itself. fLy - " It is stated that ?10,000,000 are annu ally, gambled away on faro in now York. ■ o*Tho Duchess of Jlent, mother of Queen Victoria, died on the 16th ultimo. It/T Lemuel Shaw,- late Chief Justice of Massachusetts, died on the 30th ultimo. BSf- You can't fail sin and ignorance out of the world, but it is. easy enough to raff, cattle out of a field. K 7“ Probably the men who can boast the possession of the most varied and numerous gifts are tho beggars; CtlT” There a fC’mlon.cy in all untutored minds, and not in them alone, to consider ev ery thing profound that is Obscure.- O* We should not envy that man’s feel ings who could see a leaf wither, of a flower fall, without a slight feeling of regret., OCT” Navigators on the sea of life, if their voyage is a long one,, generally have to scud at last under hare poles', ' i . ILy". “ Have I not, my son, given you every advantage?" "Oh, yes, but I coiild’nt think of taking advantage of you, father;*' KT’A younggirl, named Ann Hartnell, iva» lodged ,in _ the Ehonsbnrgjail. -last T.uosdav,- ehaVgod wlth the crime of child-murder. “ • OCT” Husband—" Mary, my love. this apple 1 dumpling is not half done." Wife " Moll finish it then, my 1 dear." ’ ttlT* It has been said that there is a skele ton in every house; certainly in these days’ every fashionable woman has One about her. , eS?" IVo cannot exalt the Deity by dispar aging the noblest of, his Creatures, or iPspirJT faith in Him by divesting men of all faith in' themselves. _0” Never moot, trouble half way, but let him .haye the whole walk for his pains. Very likely ho may givoiip his visit in' sight of th« house. CT - 'A boarding-house keeper advertises to furnish ‘‘gentlemen with pleasant ana com fortable, rooms; also one or, two gentlemen' with wives. . 15®*“I,think I have seen.you before, dry are you 1 , not .OWoi) Sinjth ?’,’ “Oli/yes Pm, owin' Smith, and owin' Jones, and owin’ Brown, and owin’ everybody." DT7 - A German writer observes that iii the United States there is, such a' scarcity of .thieves they are obliged to offer a reward for their discovery. " •IC7” He who, like an owl, shuts himself up from' society and daylight, ipust expect to he’ hunted and hooted at like' the'owl, whenever' he chances to apporl . £7' Men’snative dispositions are most dis tinctly perceived whilst tiicy are children and when they arc'dying, ns the sUh is best seen at his rising and his setting. Cl7*Tho world’s master-spirits can make the silence of their closets nioro beneficial to mankind than all tho 1 noiso and bustlo of courts, senates and camps. 1 0®“It is tho vice of tho unlearned to sup pose that tho knowledge of boobs is of no ac count, and'the vice of scholars to.think there: is no other knowledge worth having. (CT'The loss a man knows, the wider he. wears his mouth open. It is as impossible for li fool'to keep his jaws shot, ns.it is.for o ; I sick oyster to keep bis shell closdd. I 11®* Whatever wo owe, it is our part to find whore to pay it, and to do it without ask ing. too: for whether the creditor be good or' bad, the debt is still the same. figy* Credit is like n looting glass which,- whan only sullied by an unwholesome brtath, • may bn wiped clean again, but if once it is l cracked it is never to be repaired.- I O* The London pickpockets have trained dogs to such accurate'operations that they jump at a gold watch, scire it, snap the chain,- and bolt off whore the master is waiting. B6T Tho now territory of Nevada is tvri**’ as largo as England, Wales qnd Scotland, and larger than New York, Pennsylvania and r wcw England. Its population is about nine thousand. , Irishman having a looking class' in one hand shut his eyes and placed itb<*‘ fore his face. Another asked him why he' did so. “ Upon my sowl,” replied Teddy, “ it’s to soo how I look whin l‘m aslapb.'* b -y “ Madam,” said n snarling son of ABs culapius, "if women wore admitted to Para dise, their tongues would make it a purgato ry." _ “And some physicians, if allowed to practice there,” retorted the’ lady,’“would' soon make it a-desert." NO. 47.
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