JJC OXUA AND FIFTY C2ITS PER ANNUM) INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA :
Thursday Morning, April 23, 1363.
jJdcttcii Ibetrn.
IMPROMPTU LINES ON TIIE COPPERHEAD.
When *bc sweet roses red,
]u Eden their tirst fragrance fhetl,
A traitor and a copperhead
Came iu disguise,
•Diffusing knowledge ; and he said,
Eat and he wise,
And wisdom shall annoiut thine eyes.
\ud when the Woman saw the tree,
So pleasant for the eyes to see.
She ate forbidden fruit. Thus she
Ilatli man misled.
Now 'ncath ilie tree ol liberty,
Phis coptierhcad
Arncars iu blue and white and red.
Coder the silent grave he hides,
Among the weeds and flowers lie glides,
Down by the brooks he most abides—
A treacherous thing ;
The stars aud stripes that deck his sides
Ceu*.col a tiling.
Venom and death are iu his spring.
Satan seceded, and he fed,
in chains and daikness doomed to dwell,
With other traitors who rebel,
In act and word,
jJecause Le'J rather reign in hell
Than serve the Lord,
Who guards us with the flaiuu.t: sword.
10 is ft I lit lit 0M S.
Gen. McClellan aud the Peace Policy.
It will be remembtred that the dispatch <>;
Lord Lyons to Earl E-i>s-l, respecli >g bis
interview with the leaders of what lie calls
the " lVuce party," iiad the following rerouk
able juxtaposition :
" They secirn.d to be persuaded that the re
sult of the election would be accepted by tlie
President as a declaration ol the will of the
people ; lhat he would increase the modi rate
ami conservative element in the Cabinet ;
ihat he would seek lo terminate the tear, not to
vvs'i i- I J e.i:tr"/ni'j ; that he Would endeavor to
ejfed a reconciliation with the p: uplc of the
tifii'g uiiti renounce the idea of e>u• jugating
or exterminating them.
(J.i the following morning, however, intelh
jreiiej arrived Iroui Washington, which dus/wd
the rising hopes of the Conservatives It was
announced that (j< n die _ lelle.ii had been dismiss
ed train the co/nni lud of the -T rmy 1J the Polo
:1.1c, ami oiiie'.'-e lto repair to his home that
Ire hsd, in fact, been removed altogether from
active service. The General hud been regard
ed us the representative oj conservative principles
ui the arm a. Support of kitn had b ,: c n in ids
cue of Ihe articles of the consv/Va'.iue cLcturul
prtgramme. II s dismissal was tuk n as a -ign
that the President had thrown himself entire
ly into the arms of the extreme radical .party,
and that the attempts to •carry on' the poin-y
or that party would be persisted in. Tile ir
r.utien c! the conservatives at New \o;k,
was certainly very great ; it seemed, however
to tie not unmixed with coaster nation and des
pondency
"The rising hopes" of the Peace Party
" i 1 as Led," and consteruat ion and dispoudeiiey "
ensuing, because Gen. McCieiiau is removed
from tiie chief command ! V as the like ever
liear t of? An avowedly peace party dismay
ed at the displacement ola Commanding Geii
trai. Tiiere u but one possible way ol account
inv for it ; at:u that is that the G- neral was
not furthering a war policy, and was secret!j
m sympathy with the party aiming at peace.
That we verily believe is the key to all the
extraordinary procrastination, enefficieucy and
uuuiilitary behavior which marked the entire
li.teen months' caret r of George B. McCLllau
as Commatider-iii-C'iiief. That alone is tiie
real explanation of his constant study how
not to do it, and to uiisdo it w hen he was
forced to act. lie was for harming the enemy
as httia as possible.
One is amazed iu carefully perusing the late
Report of the Committee on the Conduct of
the war, to mark how uniformly Geo MeCiel
lan displays this disposition, from the very
outset of his assumption of the chief command.
The Committee have not set this forth in the
ralient manner it deserved. They confined
themselves simply to a digest of the voluiniu
oils testimony and abstained from a'l deduct
ion and all cuiauiets. Tbey left to the readers
to take the matter home to themselves in their
own way. We believe that it would not
have been a departure from their proper func
tious had they summed up consecutively the
shortcomings and misdoings of Geu. McCicl
Lit, as established inevitably by the documents
and llie military witnisses before tliem. Iu
default of this, we have taken the pains to go
through the whole Report carefully, and select
tiie more important particulars wheriu Gen
MeCiellan failed to do his duty as the Com
tnaudiug General, and acted iu conformity
Kith a peace rather than a war policy. It is
proved by irrefragable evidauce. —
That with i 85,000 men, on the Ist of De
cember, he for weeks refrained fr- m advancing
upon w here were less than TO. 000
°t the enemy, though the roads were hard
ft nd the weather most favorable, and in spite
of the urgent solicitations of the Presideut ;
lhat during all that time the Potomac re
Riaiued blockaded, because Gen. MeCiellan,
though strongly urged hy the President,would
c °t send a column to co-operate with the im
val vessels iu destroying the batteries clearing
the river :
Inat in spite of the solicitation of the Pres
ident, of the Secretary of war, and of the war
Committee, and 4 the opinion of Generals
m °ft familiar with the subject that it was of
the utmost importance," he neglected even to
begin the division of his large army into army
•orps until the Ist of March ;
Tnat no provision was made by him during
the winter to properly man the fortifications
around Washington aud to exercise mea iu
the management of guns ;
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
That the President, impatient with the long !
delay, 011 the 19th ot January issued orders
for a general movement of all the armies ;
that this order not being heeded by Gen. Me-
Ciellan, he issued another order twelve days j
afterward, specifically enjoining an advance i
movement by tin-Army of the Potomac before
tiie 22J of February upon Manassas, and '
thence ou to Richmond : that Gen. McClel- ;
law opposed the order, insisting upon Ihe Rap
pahannock route, and that wlnle lie was con- |
stituiiig time interposing objections, the enemy
evacuated Manassas without the loss of a maa !
or a pound of material ;
That Gen. MeCiellan settled upon the
James Riser route, with the assent of Presi- j
dent on the single condition that such a force ;
should be left in aud about Wash in tou "as
in the opinion of the General in Chief and
the commanders of the army corps should
leave said city entirely secure that these i
commanders in council concluded that at least j
55.UUU men were uecess ry to protect Wash
ington, (JO,O 0 iu the forts and bo.ooo as a
covering toiee,) and yet that McClelian left ;
but li), 000 to protect the Capital, and those '
poorly disciplined and without any knowledge
of iiriillcry ; i
That McCieiiau reached York town on the ,
sth ul April, and on tiie 9th the President i
wrote Inm, saying that "it is indispensable to j
you that you strike a blow and yet Gen.
MeCiellan rested one full month before York- |
town, though when he first reached it, it was
defended by less than ld,ooo men ;
That Gen. McClellen, instead of directing
the movement c>n to Williamsburg, remained !
behind at Yoiktown without definitely intrust
ing the command to any body, and that it. ;
cuastqu nee the Williamsburg battle was
tuughl in confusion aud ut immense disudvun- !
luge at.d loss ;
That, after the battle, lie arrested pursuit
and sent two of I tie divisions 1 ack lo York 1
town, though several of the Generals testify
that iiad the enemy been taken at once, and
A1 the subsequent intelligence of tiie eon- ;
diti'tn of tiie rebel army and of the rebel cap 1
ital at that tune confirms the fact ;
That two weeks were consumed iu tretting j
the army froui Williamsburg to the Chieka- i
hominy, a distance of forty or fifty miles ;
That on the- Ctiickuhouiiny Gen. MeCiellan
ordered Gen. Casey's division of new ai-.d un- i
disciplined troops three-quarters of A mile to j
the front, at Seven Pines, within six miles 0! 1
Richmond, left tiicm for three days uusupport .
ed, against the ingent remonstrances of Geu !
Ca-ey and Gen. Reyes, au ! that in cotist-qnei.ce j
th y were attacked aud overwhelmed with tie j
mendous slaughter ;
That after the successful battle of Fair j
Oaks, on the next day, according to the testi- j
uiony of the higliest officers, " the army could |
have pushed straight into Richmond with lit- :
tie resistance," but Gen. McCieiiau ordered j
the tioops to be recalled ;
Tnat he was continually sending on to Wash-'
ingtoii for reinforcements, and in particular
for McDowell's corps on the R-ippahunnoc-k
though tie knew that tin* enemy hud detached
a I.uvre force up ttie Shenandoah, under Stone
wall Jackson, atid were threatening Washing
ton, and lhat the sen protecting it were much
less than the number originally agreed upon
to its necessary defence ;
That, at G.Lines' Mid, 27,000 of our troops
were set upon by G5,0(J0 of the enemy ami
badly beaten all the effect as testified by
high officers, of not keeping the army proper
ly concttitrated ;
That, wli n the resolution was taken to re
treat to Jauies River, General MeCiellan print
ed an ord-T to destroy ail baggage, tents and
eqaippage, and only failed to isue it because
other officers remonstrated against it ;
That nil the seven days'battles were fought
iu tiie absence of Gen. McCieiiau, and without
any directions frotu him, he confining liim>eii
simply to the vole of placing the troops in the
morning, tlieu departing to seek a position for
the next day, leaving the troops to come up
to that position as they best might :
That be was also absent at t:.e last great
battle ot Maivern 11 ill, until all was nearly
over, and that, though, according to the test
imony of many officers, " the enemy were so
severely pushed, tiiat they could have been fol
lowed into Richmond by vigorous pursuit,"
yet, instead of advancing, he fell back iroui
Malvern to Harrison's Bar :
That, at the latter place, the entire army
was huddled within a space of about three
miles along the river, without the least order;
were kept so for twe-uty four hours, and would
in all likelihood have been destroyed, but for
a very heavy raid, which prevented the enemy
fioin bringing up the body of their artillery ;
1 That tiie Army of the Potomac originally
1 landed on the Peninsula 121,500 men ; were
; subsequently re-enl'orced so as to raise that
' number to 159,500 ; that this number, ny the
! time it had reached Harrison's Bar, had been
1 reduced to 102,000 fit for duty; and that Gen.
! McCleilati telegraphed to Washington for 50,-
i 000 men " to lie promptly sent" hiiu ; when,
!in fact,as the President replied,all the soldiers
under McDowell, Banks, Fremont, Wool and
Dix, and all iu Washington did not exceed
90,000 ;
That MeCiellan finally agreed to resume au
ad vauce movement with reinforcement of 20,-
000, but afterward wrote to Washington
that he must iu addition have another 15,000
or 2-0.000 frrm the armies iu the valley of the
Mississippi, which was of course impracticable
aud a'osured ;
That, on being thereupon ordered to with
draw his army from 'he Peninsula, 44 as rapid
ly as possibly," to co operate with Pope, who
j was contending with superior forces, he refus
ed to obey until the order had been repeated
L r aiti and again, involving a delay which put
Washington in the most iiumineut danger ;
That after the troops were a; last brought
•ip the Potomac, he constantly interposed the
most usdess delays to giving Pope any help,
and that, according to Gen. Ilalleck, Pope
would have conquered instead ot being defeat
ed, had MeCiellan acted with all the energy
circumstauces would permit ;
That after Geo. MeCiellan had moved from
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
"Washington with nearly all of his army into I
Northern Maryland, to intercept Lee,ho wrote
to Washington for more reinforcements, say
ing that " even if Washington should be lake i
while these two armies are confronting each
other, this would not, in tny judgment, bear
comparison with the ruin and disasters which
would follow a single defeat of this army
That at Anlietara the attacks, instead of
being made concurrently, were made seriatim,
and constqueutly with great loss and little ef
feet, and tnat to Gen. Burnside's urgent re
quest for reinforcements, to enable him to hold
a very important position he had gained after
a terrible struggle, Gen. MeCiellan replied ;
that no reinforcements could be sent,-although ;
the corps of Fitz John Porter, of 15.00 I or
2U.000 men, had not, ut that time fired a gun,
and did not even cross the river during the
eutire battle ;
That, according to the opinion of Gen. Burn i
side, Gen. Fraukliu, and other officers, the en- j
emv could have been overwhelmed and destroy- j
cd had the attack been renewed next day, but |
that Gen. McCbllan refrained from such at- j
tuck without any good reason, and allowed j
the enemy to e-cape ;
That, after lying still two wet k.q he asked j
for authority to build a double track su-peu- j
siuu bridge and a permanent wagon bridge j
across the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, with a !
view to make that place bis great and perina- j
cent point of couceiitra'iou ;
That Geu. Ilalleck, disregarding this extra
ordinary request, ordered fiim, through the :
President, to cross the Potomac at once, and
advance against the enemy, that he failed to
comply urging that his aruiy needed shoes and
other articles of clothing—when it was shown
ilia', every requisition had been promptly met
and that the President's ord r to cross was
lid i'u'liiied Lluti 1 four weeks after it had bec-n
3 ivft " 5 .. .
The persistent iharts to strip the National
Capital of the necessary protection—the re
peated failure to seize the le.ht l capital when i
the opportunity presented itself—the uniform- .
ly tardy and sluggish movement—the constant ,
avoidance of attack on his own part so long as !
there was any alternative the frequent dis- j
posal of his forces in away expressly calculat- ;
td, it would seem,to invito a damaging attack
bv the enemy—the uniform refusal to allow
the enemy to bo ; ursued wheu beaten,ail point j
in one direction —which is that Gen. Model
lan iic tut peace icilh the rebels, aud not war
against them.
There is not such another record of derelic
'ion and inefficiency in ail military history ;
and it will stan 1 alike a marvel and derision
to future generation.
PR.IN'TIS'G A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.— Anex
traordtuary discovery has been made of a
press in India. When Warren Hastings was
Governor-General of India,he observed thatiu
t if; town ol Benares,a littie below the surface
of the earth, is to be found a stratum of a
k;i. !of fibrous woody substance, of various '•
thicEnesses. in hoi'.z jnlal layers, Major r,. >c- \
buck, informed of this, went out to a spot j
where au excuvatiou had been made, display
ing this singular phenomena. In digging j
-o me what deeper, lor the purpose of farther
research, they laid opeu a vault which, on ex
imination, proved to be of some size, and, to
their astonishment, they found a Kind of print
ing press, set up in the vault, and on it move
able types, placed as if ready for printing.
Every inquiry was set on foot to ascertain the
orobable period at which such an instrumeut
could haye been placed there ; for it was evi
lcntly not of inoGeru origin, and from all the
Major could collect, it appeared probable that
the place bad remained iu the state in which
it was found f r at least one thousand years.
We believe the worthy Major, ou his return
u> England, presented one of tho learned as
•ociations with & memoir containing many eu
lious speculations oil the subject. Faptr we
know to Lave be.tu manufactured in the E ist
many centuries before vvc had any knowledge
of if, and we have many reasons to think that
the Chinese hud been acqna'nted with the
mode of printing they now employ, many cen
turies beloro Faust and Guttemburg invented
it in Europe. It certainly does no credit to
the inventive genius of the Romans to know
that, wliile they approached so near as to en
grave in style not to be equaled iu the present
age on gems and stones, and of course, the
taking of impressions from them, they should
have remained ignorant of the art which has
bestowed so many blessings upon maukiud.
A SiiAi'.T Bov.—A boy in a country town
had arrived at the age of nine years, when he
was sent to school. He stood beside the teach
er to repeat the letters of the alphabet.
" What is that ?" usked the master.
" A barrer," vociferated the urchin.
"No, that is A," said the teacher.
44 A," repeated the youth.
" Well, what's the next ?" asked the teach
i cr
" A ox-yoke," was the reply.
44 Xo, it's B," said the teacher.
"'Taint I>, neither 1 its a ox-yoke. Think I
don't know.' -
—
BEGINNINGS.—SmaII seeds bring forth beau
tiful and fragrant Rowers ; so small beginnings
issuu iu great usefulness. Xever be discour
aged with yourself ; the third, or even the
sixth may be a shade or two better than the
first. We increase in conscious every time we
tnj. Our efforts are not unblest if they are
unknown to those about us. It is good to
have more treasure laid up than our friends
know anything about, but be sure aud expect
the interest.
JKiJ-We should so live and labor that what
came to us as seed may go to the next gene
i ration as blossoms, and what came to us as
blossoms may go to them as good lruit.
Piety, which is a true devotion to God,
consists in doing all his will, precisely at the
time, in the situation, and under the circum
stances in which be has piacea OB .—i^eiteltm.
44 REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUAP-TEX."
A Voice from the Army.
| Pursuant to previous arrangement, the offi
cers of the 132 d Regiment,' Pennsylvania Vol
: nutecrs,assembled at Head Quarters on Thurs*
j day morning, April 7th, 18C3, for the purpose
of giving expression of their steadfast loyalty
to the country, and their determination to urge
a continued and vigorous prosecution of the
war until the monstrous rebellion is completely
crushed and all the country's enemies North
aud South shall have felt the power of our
i Goverument, and the supremacy of the Con
. slitutiou bo acknowledged in every State
where it is now defiled.
Ou motion, the meeting was organized by
j the election of the following officers :
j President —Col. ALBRIGHT, 1
Vice Presidents — Col. SHRIEVE, Maj. I
: HITCH SOCK. J
Secretaries —Cupt. LACIER, Adjutant CLAIP, :
Ou motion the foiiowiug officers werg ap- i
I pointed a comuiitle to draft resolutions ex
i pressive of the sentiment of the Regiment :
Colonel ALBRIGHT, Surgeon ANAWALT, Maj.
HITCHCOCK, Captain M'DOUGAL, Captain CAR
! NOCHAN.
After a brief absence the committee report
ed the following preamble and Resolutions :
WHEREAS, In the imperiled condition of the
country, it behooves all true hearted and loyal
men to speak and define their positions and
let the world know whether tiiey are for, or
| against the Government of the Fathers of the
Republic—born of the pure aud patriotic blood
of '7O baptized by the blood of Freedom's sons
in the war of 1812 and consecrated by the
blood of the nation's manhood in the war with
| Mexico, therefore,
Resolved, That we tho officers and men ol
the 132 d Regimeut, P. V., are for the govern
i incut—tirst, last and all the time—and in the
' language of the immortal Decatur we are for
" Oar country right or wrong.
Resolved, That we believe the first duty of
i every American citizeu is to assist tho Aduaiu
i istration at Washington i:i maintaining con
j stitntioual supremacy every rod and inch
i of National Territory, and that we justify the
administration iu every step yet taken to se
j cure this end.
Pot solved, That we regard the present re
j beliiou a crimo against law, Christianity aud
; civilization and the conception of wicked aud
evil designing men, without a shadow of cause,
j That we owe it lo the memory of our Revolu
tionary ancestors and to future posterity to
| maintain the National Government at all haz
ards, and at all costs. The pledged blood of
! our fu.lloij coturads who have fallen with their
' faces to the foe, demands that this war shall j
' go on—their widows and orphans call upon J
us not to yield to traitors, in this grand aud
; -übliine contest for constitutional liberty and
human freedom until their sacrifices have been
avenged, and until the last armed foe is extin
! guished or surrenders at discretion. We are
iu favor of this war—let it go on until every ,
1 State now in rebellion acknowledges the con- i
j stitution as the Supreme law of the land.
Resolved, That \vc are here to fight armed j
I traitors, aud that wo have no sympathy with \
' those at horns who are forever finding fault j
! with the government,and who are never known •
i to utter a woid of condemnation agaiust tho I
! conspirators of the government thai now pro- j
i tects and shelters them. Wc despise " Cop ;
■ perheads " and but for them believe the war
! might now be ended. We regard them as i
j more dangerous than those iu opeu rebellion." ■
j Resolved That wo are here in the field,not as
: partizans but as soldiers and defenders of the
! Union and Constitution —having formerly been
; connected with the various political organiza
tions of the day. We believe that, the Ad
j ministration of Mr. Lincoln should receive the
' support of all loyal men—not because he was
' elected as a candidate of a party, but becauss
: lie represents the nation in the present peri
lous and dangerous times, we'believe that his
hands should be strengthened and not weak
ened by the people at home : he is the head
—not of a party, but of a great nation. We
i hail with pleasure and gratitude the evidences
j of increasing loyalty and patriotism in the
i North. May GOD speed the good cause, and
j confound all traitors, their aiders aud abet
; tors.
Resolved, Thai we are heartily in favor of
■ the Conscription law, aud that we are ready to
! assist in its enforcement upou the expiration
I of our present term of military serviee—aud
! we do therefore offer our services to the Gov
• eminent for said purpose.
Rostdved, That these resolutions be publish
; ed in the local papers of the different counties
| from whence the Regiment hails.
On motion, the resolutions wero unanimous
s
ly adopted, with three hearty cheers.
On motion,the regiment was formed in front
of tho Head Quarters, and the resolutions
• read to the men, at the conclusion of which
they were unanimously and enthusiastically
endorsed as a true expression of the feelings
' and sentiments of the entire regiment.
Oapt, t. D. I. A.CIAR,
Adjutant J. H. CLAL'P,
April 7,1803. Secretaries
Bgu " Miss Brown, I have been to learn
how to tell fortunes," said a yotlng fellow to a
I youDg lady, 44 just give mo your hand, if you
please."
44 La, Mr. White, how sudden joa are.—
Well, go aud ask pa."
i " My wife," said a wag, the other day
" came near calling me honey, last night."
44 ludeed, how was that?" 44 Why, she call
ed me old bees wax.
fiST" Very good, but rather pointed, as the
. fish said when he swallowed the bait.
Letter from the 17th Pa. Cavalry.
CAMP XEAI; STAFFOKD COCKT HOUSE. VA.,)
Apail 9, 1563. {
MR. EDITOR Last Monday was a holiday
for the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac,
so recently engaged iu the cavalry fight at
Kelly's Ford, on the Rappahanuock.
All the cavalry had a Grand Review by
President Lincoln, accompanied by Geuerals
Hooker and Stoneman. There wero a vast
number of spectators present, Loth civil and
military. The day was chilly and misty, and
the roads very muddy, and by tli3 time we got
to Faimouth (15 miles) our horses looked ra
ther hard, but I suppose allowance was made
for the looks of our horses, and I might say
for the men, for we were pretty well spotted
with cud. Everything being iu readiuess.the
cannon announced the arrival of the President
with a splendid body guard. After the Pre
sident's Review, then came our turu to review.
The cavalry corps was put into motion, aud
marched to where the President stood, bare
headed, displaying a forehead lhat showed in
tellect and firmess, traits that ure character
istic of bim. As lias been remarked by a good
many, who wero present that day, he looked
wearied both mentally and physically. Xo
doubt ho was, for iu hi 3 brain was the case of
this American nation, at present involved in a
wicked war, struggling to maiutaiu a perme
nency among the nations of the earth.
The President is reviewing the Infantry at
Falmouth aud Belle Plains, and, as I under
stand, is to be at Stafford Court House to re
view the Infantry there. The oldest soldiers
of the war say that after a general review
there will socu bo a grand movement. I hope
it will bj a movement that will send a th rill
of joy throughout the North, and give Cop
perheadism such a blow that it will sink into
ablivion, and not show its face again while
this war lasts. Copperheadism is very unpop
ular among the soldiers here. They say that
they would rather shoot a hidden euemy, like
the Copperheads than any Ptcbels, who are our
open enemies.
The boys of Uoclo Sam feel jubilant ova the
election in Connecticut and other States of
the North, and they do not believe that the
country is as full of Copperheads as was rep
resented to be a short time ago.
The principal business going on here now,
is the making out of the muster rolls, which is
to be finished tomorrow, to send Lo the War
Department in time to see how much of a draft
to put on to £ll up our decimated ranks.
The furlough business is going on briskly,
and the soldiers arc making the best of it, es
pecially the officers. The hehlth of our Regi
ment is good. Most of it now is out on pick
et, some ten miles from here. Lieut. C. F.
Willard has resigned aud goue home.
P. F. CLARK,
l'tli Pa. Cavalry.
Dovelopmeiits by Lord Lyoas—Tbe Cop
perheads in a New Act.
A letter from Lord Lyons to Earl Rusell
has been published which reveals in a new light
the machiuations of the Northern Copper
heads, aud exposes their treasonable conspira
cies against the Government. Lord Lyous
states with great distinctness the views and de
signs of those who approached him as leaders
of the democratic party. They had no objec
tion to foreign mediation in itself ; tiiey
thought that it must be offered and accepted
in the end, but at present they desired that the
offer should be withheld,lest the federal govern
ment should make it tLe occasion of au appeal
to the people, and the people, indignant at
the attempt of a foreign power to interfere iu
our domestic affairs, should be stimulated to
prosecute the war with redoubled energy aud
determination. It was the unreasonableness
of the interference at the present moment that
made them wish that Great Britain shouid
refruiu from offering it; there would be a tiuw
for it hereafter.
44 They [the'conservative leaders,' as they
, are culled] would desire," says Lord Lyons,
: 44 that it sbfculd come from the great Powers
! of Europe conjointly, aud iu particular that as
! little prominence as possible should be given
to that of Great Britain."
i Haviug put Lord Lyons in possession of
I their views couceruiug the due time and prop-
I er mode of meddling i-a our domestic quarrel,
44 chiefs of tho conservative party" proceed to
make him their confidant as to their policy at
homo. They are to 44 call loudly for a more
vigorous prosecution of the war, aud reproach
the government with slackness." But they
do not mean to 44 interfere with southern insti
tutions, " that is to say with slavery, uor to
44 subjugate " the rebels. 44 They maiutain that
the object of the military operations should be
to enable the North to demaud the armistice.
They would fight till they can make both North
and South cousent to au armistice." When
they get the armistice, says Lord Lyons, they
meau to have a convention, and when they
get a convention, they intend to change the
constitution, giving 44 the South ample securi
ty on the subject of its slave property," so
that 44 North and South may reuuite, aud live
together in peace and harmocy." They think
the South might agree to these terms ; but if,
after the North has thus far humbled herself,
the slave holders should remain obstinate, they
hold k that 44 it is wiser to separate." The
44 more sagacious of the party," however, ac
cording to Lord Lyons, have not much expec
tation of any other result than a final separa
tion.
Such is the end which the so-called conserv
atives propose by proaecntiog the war. It is
to b§ a war for the preservation of slavery
VOL. XXIII. —NO. 47.
If they had a President and cabinent of their
own at Washington, says Lord LyoDS, relating
the substance of their communications to him,
" they would rather, if possible, obtain uu ar
mistice without the aid of loreigu governments,
but they would accept the offer of foreign me
diation if it appeared to be the only means ef
putting a stop to hostilities." But Mr. Liu
coin having as Lotd Lyons phrases it," thrown
himself into the arms of the extreme radicul
party," there is uo alternative but to go ou
with the war, not to "subjugate" the South,
but to get the .North and the government into
a humor to offer an armistice, as a preliminary
to taking measures for the preservation of sla
very. „
To effect this object the war must,of coarse,
be prosecuted iu a peculiar manner. The re
bel armies must not be annihilated, nor must
too many of the reiki ports and places of
strength tall into our hands. It must be an
exhausting war lor the North, that our peoplo
may be brought to consent to a cessation of
hostilities.
When Lord Lyons arrived at New York on
the Bth of November last, he says ho found
the " conservative leaders" exulting at their
success iu the elections ; but the next moru
iug "intelligence arrived from Washington
which dashed their rising hopes. " General
MeCiellan had been dismissed from the com
mand of the Army of the Potomac." " The
Geneiai," proceeds Lord Lyons, " had beeu re
garded as the represeututave of conservative
principles iu the army," and "sapporl of him
had been made one of the articles of the con
servative electoral programme." Accordingly,
he says there was " great irritation" iu their
party, "not unmixed with consternation and
despoudency."
Lord Lyons, it seems, was convinced by
their reasonings that the present was not tbo
time for England to interfere ; the President
would reject the offer of mediation, and his
party would turn it to account in s-trccgtbett
ing themselvs with the people, and " iuflaia
ing," as Lord Lyons says, " the war spirit,"
Meantime, he appears to be persuaded by hia
interviews with them that the time is at hand
wluu interference will not be repelled. lie
has uo contideuee that the great military rnoVe
rneuts now on foot to subdue the rebellion
will have any important results. The Presi
dent needs some important military successes
" to regain his lust popularity," and Lord
Lyons does not see how he is to obtain theui.
The next Congress, ho says, is likely to be
hostile to the Administration, which is in dan
ger of not being supported in its " assump
tion of extraordinary powers."
LIVE TEITPKHATELY.— Americans as a peo
ple are prone to eat too much and too fust.—
The advantages of living are well
set forth in the following paragraphs :
Soiomou tells us that the glutton shall comb
to poverty ; warns us not to be amoug the ri
otous caters of flesh ; and even bids us to put
a knife into our throats if we be men given to
appetite. Is there no less desperate remedy t
Jefferson says that " No man ever repents
ever eating too little."
Sir Isaac Newtou very often dined on a pen
ny's worth of bread.
Aberuethy cured his indigestion and regain
ed his flesh by going iuto the country, where
he was able to set good milk and eggs, and
living upon it three times a day, with uo drink
but ginger water. Ou this quantity of food
he regained his flesh and uniformly got better.
Marion aud his men waxed strong and val
iant with uo food but sweet potatoes,no drink
but water, and no shelter but the sky.
Besides brown bread, the Greek boatmeu
subsist almost solely upon their native fruits ;
figs, grapes and mains. They are the most
uimble, active, graceful, cheer:ul and even tha
merriest people iu the world.
Grunt Thorbun attributed his cheerful old
age to the fact that he " nevr eat enough,"
aud thousands cf his countrymeu ■ are wearing
out their bodies not so much utych by the ex
cess ot business or tha multiplicity of cares, as
by the over-work that- they crowd upou them
in digesting surpl'ias and unnecessary food.—
Exchiivge,
SOUND ox THE GOOSR. —A bashful geutle
man of Holly Springs, Mississippi, took a vio
lent " hankering" after a fair Seamstress of
the town, and, after a great deal of hesitation,
Anally brought his courage up to the sticking
point, and made an evening cuil on the lady.
He fouud her busily engaged at her work,
pressing off a garmeut with a tailor's goose.
She, however, received him very courteously,
and continued her work. A bevy of the
| seamstress' female rrieuds dropped iu a few
i minutes after our heroic friend had subsided
j into silence, for he fouud it absolutely impos
t sible to maintain a conversation with the lady.
! The suddeu entrance of the visitors, iustead
of relieving, only added to his embarrassment,
and he cat iu silence until his situation became
painful to all, but to uoue more than himself.
All efforts to draw him iuto conversation
proved abortive, and it became a matter of se
rious concern to tho ladies how to relievo tho
gentleman of his embarrassment without a
catastrophe, for ho was well known to all ol
theui as a gentleman of great worth, bashtui
ness being his only frailty. The seamstress ti
ually got through with her work, and called
out to the negro man in the kitchen—
" John 1"
The door opened, ami a stout, burly negro
stuck his head through tha doorway, and
said—
" I is here, missus."
" Johu, will you take this goose out ?"
Gur bashful friend spraug to his feet in au
instant, and exclaimed—
" I beg your pardon, madam, for iutrudiog
on you, but I'll go out myself."
And before the ladj could explain her mean
ing to him, he had gathered his hat and made
his exit, which was followed by the frantic
yells of the girls. I am sorry to add that
that little misuuderstaudicg made an old bach
elor and an old maid.
A great game ic a strati compart —cricket
ou the hearth.