AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER,
LEVI L, TATE, EDITOK.
VOL. 17. NO, 45.
'TO HOLD AND TRIM TUB TORCH OF TRUTH AND WAVH IT O'ER THE DARKKNHD EARTH."
TERMS : $2 00 PER ANNUM.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 18(T4.
VOLUME 27.
rpnE sr.cr.nTAnv op thu treasury lms not
J yet Riven notice of any Intuition lo withdraw till
papular Loan from sale at jmr, and until ten days no
tice la given, ttio undersigned, an "Ocueral Subscrip
tion Agent," will continue tu supply tha public.
ilie whole amount of the Loan niithoiijed la rlve
Hundred Million, of Dollars. Nearly Tour Hundred
Millions have bcn already tubsctlbed for and ppid In
to tlio Treasury, mostly within the Init seven iiioiiIIh
'riie largo doinnnd from abroad, and the rapidly Incrcai
lug homo demand for lino n a basis for circulation by
National Hanking Associations now organizing in nil
halts i f tho tuuntry. u ill. in a very (hurt porloii, nh-
unrh tin-balance. Bales have lately ranged from ten lo
filt.'oii mi lion, weekly, froiuemly exceeding threo
millions daily, and as It i well known that the iecre
tnry of tho i reasiiry has nniplo and unfailing reour
cea ill tin: n.itius en Imports and Internal llevctiiies,
i rensury Notes, Ills nlmo,t n certainty that ho will
not 11 ti il it necessary, for u long time lo conn, to seek,
n market foi any other Ion; or permanent Loans, tun
Int rest and Principal of whlrh nro payable In HOLD
nnd in the issuo or tho interest bearing Legal i vmv
Prudence nnd self Interest inu't force the mlmUt,f
Ion Associations, ns well as Ihemliidsof all who h.ivo ,
MId money on their hands, to tho prompt conclusion
tlnttli y should loso mi time In subscribing to Urn
most popular Loin. It will soon be beyond their reach,
nod a lvanre ton handsome premium, as was tin re. ,
cult v Itilthc StVfil Thirty" Loan, when It was oil '
uold nnd could no loueer be sult'crlbi'd for at liar
pnyaul 'in Coin, thus yn Iding over Nino per cent, per
iiihi mi ntlhc present rate of premium on coin. I
Tho ni,veriimeiitre.Ulres nil duties on Imports lobe
paid ill Coin; theso diillcs have forn longtime past
.l ,n..ll .. ...lllln.. r.f llnl!... '
It H a ix per uent i.oun, mo mu rest aim rnncipai
clany, u sum ncaily three timed greater than that r" I
iluirvd In the puymeiit of the Interest on all she .I SO's
nod other permanent l.o.ini. f-o that It is huped that
tlio surplus Coin In tho Treofiiry, nt no distant day,
will enable th I'lilteJ fc't.ites to resume specio pay
rnents upon nil litbilities
The Loan Is called from tho f.irt that nhllat the
IMnils tmy be run for SI) years yet Hie Unverument has
n riaht to pay tliem oil' in Gold at par, at any time af
ter 5 yenr
Tlio Interest I s paid half-yearly, viij on tho first
days of Noveiu'ier and May.
Subscribers can havo Coupon llonils which aropa
ntde to hearer, and nro S.iO, $100, S.VHI, and SlOlldi or
Iter:! -t.'red llonds nf k.iiiiu ili'iiooiiiiniiiius, nnd in udill
tion S-V'dO, and ;JI0.U II. I'nr llaiikini; purpoM's mid
for investments if Trust-monies tho Uet'istered llonds
are pr f r:ill c .
Til' .i-i)'i rniinm be taed by Rlafs. lilies, towns
nr co'iulii's, ami tho fJoM'ruinenl ta. on litem is only
ii uiiIm half per cent , mi tho amount of locoiuf
when the incooieoflh" holder exceeds tlx hundred,
oo'larH per annum ; till ntiier iiive-tiueuts, such as in,
com,. Iroin Murti'ajes, llallrnad r link and Hoiids. ele..
must pay from three to live p,-r c ot. tax on tlio income
H uiKs mid llanl.eis tliroiislii.iit til ; Co'intry will con
tinue to dispose of th" llonds ; nnd all nrd rs by mail,
vr I'tlieiwise. promptly alteud'Ml to.
i 1: Ineo itcnii'iice of a row da s' ih lay in III.' d'liv
cry of th" llonds Is UHavoidable, t'n' ilemand IniiiR so
Kr at ; but as inteti" i boiiimi'iic- freiu lb i day ul suii
5 riptiiui, on loss is uci-aM'Mi.'d, lui.l every eliort is be
iog made to diitiimsti tb" ii,'l.iv
JAV COuKI'.. ?it,.,crip'ion Agtl,
IH fi'.uth i bird ;;u, i't, I'liiladilplila.
Iiecmbr 5. I'ii.l--:!ui.
FANCY FUHS! FANCY FURS!!
.iuliii I'cUVir.'i,
718 Atdt Strut, helow 8th,
tOUth -I'lc, J'llII.ADiU.l'lIIA.
Importer, Maimlaelurer (f
and J)i ak r in all hinda of
for liriili'vi' and Children's
Wear.
I wih to r. t'irn no th iiik t i inv fri, '.Ida nt' ('.doin
hia and tho surr uiiidiii,t roui ii' fur ih.'ir v,'. ' lile r il
patronnire oxtMiidi'd to mo il'irio t Is - l.i-t few uirs.
arid would snvto tiieui linil I now h iv" In lori . nf my
own iiiiiort'itiiu and m-itiiir.iriure a v,-r rueiiviv,' n
vorlliliMit of nil Hie dill' P lit kind- :.(l4 ..'.'iiiue nf
Fam V 1'urs fur Ladi. s and I hildn u, ih.it ill be worn
during the Toll nod t inter f i- isnos.
lleiiiK thu direit Impiirter nf all in Purs from Hit
rope, mid h.ivini! them all nianuf ietiired uiiiirr my own
super iinn enables me to olfer my i-iitom, t and thi'
pulilir u much lriuil'iiiuer "t of 1'urs fur tlio Mine
louiiey. Ludr's please pive iih a cull In firo porch. is
liiK I Pleas" ri'ioi'iiiber th'.' nai'ie, nui.iber no I -triet.
j 1 1 1 n i'Ai:i:iit..
No. 71' Audi StPu.r. Piiii..MiU'i!ii.'
Sept. Iri'i'd.-'iiiim.
50,000 Agents Vanted!!
UAriR Ol'PullTUMTV.
f" nrtft Worries, fluid I'.ns and Pi nri!
.) I JUw ::,iard no.t N, i k Ci.iins, l ban i mi
Ve-t
!i.,iin
nnd Pins. I'.ncntved llraceliis, Ilimraved Sprri.' l.oik
ots. p,.isti,ne Uinsj (' ilirorrn i llliii's. Chased lliiiv'i,
nnle Itings and Pins, f!i nts ('.illfnrni.i Mini. mud
liar Props, Hi aoiiful Scls of J. wrlry. X, wStylDV Stn ls
mid HuttiMis, ite.. worth SIOd.OIMI, to ba fold lor One
Hollar mill, without HKard to valu", nnd not to be
paid far till ou ki.'iv what you are to get.
lo all transnitioiiH by mall wo shall cliarjo for ,U inj
tho liosineas Si cuts e.uli. uhnll iiiu-t bJ cnelond
when tlu request i made tn know what yon ran have.
Alter MwivitiK wh ttyou can havo tlirn It will bo lit
our upliini tosoii'l SI, t jki'th" nrticle or not.
l'iv, nrlirh's can h ' ordored l"r 51 elovm for
,h!fKM--iir-nv:n.ri i o an. o i, -
llll 1 1 1 1, I 1 1 1 1 1.4 1 1 t, ' t ,,, J "' "., " '
Fnaai;ire.iireiviii! fui iii-iructioiis to AxeuH and ,
a full alaliisui! of Hie am, I, s, and then it will h' at
your opium to s ud and get the article or int. .
Also, fur Si, 1 wilt mod a ,illd .-ilvni Shield or'
cither Army Corps lin, wiih jour m e, reijiuieiil ,'iiid j
eoiiipauy handsomely oi'fiavd upon it.
vew Vo,k. "' M'
December is. iw'3 -3m.
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HARRISHURG, PA.
rtillia old ctiildishsd lloute liiisiinderpoiid rxt usivo
1 imprinemmoiils. and hern thorouiihly ri novated
and x lilted. It is pleasantly locali d In the hearl ot
the City Hi eiity acce.a to the Statu Capitol and Public
(irouiiiK ,
"r Tor the accommodation of our cuets, we hnve
rietntly 1 luenced to runnCi.uh to and from Ibo
ltallro.nl. In this manner unpleasant I'elny in leavin;,'
the Ili-pot for the Hotel will be atoldeil. niul iniiih
more tiiiieatrordcd encsts for meals whin h a 1113 the
llollaO,
liitenilliijthat the r.UI'.IILI'.U HOI'S-P. shall bo ic.Hly
n home-like resort for the Ftrunger and iravi ler we re
ipcctfully fuiiiit aidintiuaiicei fun, pu lie patronage.
Ui;o. J. IIOI.TON,
Oct. M, IR61. Propnelur.
ROSEMONT CEJIE THY.
"7'i'hic is Money."
HASItnotbeen fiillydeinnnstrnteii.that it is great ful
ly tomtit until ) on lininn friend dead,befnro)ou
....!. nr,n. .. ,.ln-, .CV,,r,.il tin,,, nrn i',ill l"ft.t nr".
.,,.,! m ."ipiM. voiiriuinil beinzin n detracted state, you
villas likelvgeta bad shape or bad size lotas good and
desirable one. Hosemount Ceinetry company offers u
great many nice located lots for salo; nnd now whilst
you and your family nro In health is Ihe time to si Wt a
lotandputltlnnrder.bycalliiignntliouiidertigiiiilsoi
can b accompanied to tbcgronnd.cxaiiiinotheiii andas-
ri-nu.Miiu.iusi, .r,..i, n.
I, W. IIAP.TMA.V, Treasurer.
i, Ie03. 'Jin
Blommsburg.Sept.l'
A TTENT10N 1
Xr vu .ill mm.M it Mav co.vceux.
The undersigned being a regularly "licencd Auction
rcr." hereby nln-rslns services as mill, to all who
laay feci disposed in glte him a call. Ills great epe
rleuco In Hie business, will i nabb him to render satis
f,t ,r, ,, iiio rii.intuiirg. At iln R.'iniotime he Cautious
all Auctioneers, "not licensed,'; from following said
calling, as the line fixed by the United fctates will
fiircly bo iiiiponil. and tho law carried out to its full
irtriit. a 1 1 e r sous no-1 n il ir iu uoiu ill in, snvii.i s. ttit,
pie no Inform mo to that tilWt before Ihey ndvertiso.
J. 1). iUCT!, Al'CTioMtK,
Light Slrett, Nov. 14, 1F03.
DIIOTOGltAPII ALBUMS.
J
100 ditTersnt stylos, best astnrtuieiit in tin City, and
selling at very low prices. Send for a catalogue.
WM. 0. PlinitV, Puousiub,
8, W. Cor. Fourth and Usee,
Not. 14, iee3-3ni PHILADELPHIA.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
Card Photographs, Plank llooks, Tamily Dibles,
Willing Paper Al-oalargo nock of goods suitabla
for Holidays, Pnull proQti quick sales.
HALL & ItP.NNEBS,
Fiui'li nnd Mill I'hl'iidflpriM
,V"v M 1i Hwi'
ADDRESS
o:
"A Happy Now Year," full of health nnd joy,
To Friends ami Patrons of the Carrier Boy.
A year of smiling plontv, and of Rain ;
Of warming sunshine, mid eiiricliiug rain;
A year to gladden all tho sous of toil ;
Kich ill rewards to tillers of tllO Soil ;
A year to CrOWIl Willi Wreaths of priceless f.HUO,
All fl,nJn w,n Htritrf tn win n lutiiin- mmn
2U1 luoi0 WN0 lnvc '0 win a laHlllg 11JU10 ,
A vcar of Ca5C tn sons Of dory Mars,
v' Fnm .,. ,,i.a :, '.l .
..-.. . .uususio, timin mu
A year of triumph in Mechanics arts
. , ., ,
Wl groat mcces3 to ouptu aim 1119 uaus.
.r ...., u.incf mid tlnnm ir w rn Rfrivn
, outlin 1C is, to SINVO
Itll llOVOl'tV and Want! WIlO scarce oall llVO
. - 1
On scanty pittance which his hands procure,
iuay tlirilty, L'oldcn mnincnts bo in store.
And oh ! to him wl)03c days aro passed in pain ;
His body weakened, raekod his aching brain ;
Slay quick dcl'wer.uico. like an angel, come
And spread her pinions o'er his lonely homo,
Oh ! when nlllictions thicken, kiss tho rod.
It smiles to tench the truth ihero is a God.
Cheer up! WVai though the skies be black as night,
Chcor up ! The morning dawus ; the skies arc bright,
A happy new Year, then, to one and all.
May joyous moments, liko thu snow-flakes, fall
And met almost insensibly aivay,
Till he-ilth aud comfort greet next new year day.
Good Father Time drives on tho fleeting years,
As if tho grey haired villiau had no fears
Of growing old, and was not doomed to die j
And jiuld his place to vat eternity.
Yet this short year, so quickly gliding by,
Was filled wilii deeds o noloiiety.
Uiim visaged war, willi desolating train,
,Svc p-t, iiitlilesi o'er our fertile plain ;
leaves nought to mark the conquering hero's track,
J5ut hoaps of smouldering ruins, burned and black,
Her fields unsightly with their bleaching boucs,
Her blighted valley, and her ruined homes,
Her broken households, and her widows' sighs,
The tears of sorrow in the orphans' eyes,
All tell a talc of carnage, war and crime,
.The ''bloodiest picture in tho book of Time.
Oh, my it cease to vex opposing lands,
Slienthe its red sword aud wash its blood-stained hands.
r
Though factions rape throughout tho land,
That I'liXrfirruTioN firm shall stand ;
Though disolutiou be ''re-olvcd,''
Tin; Union shall not be dissolved ;
Though bigotry 'gainst Justice lights,
That FtiAd shall blazon ''Kqual Rights ;"
For yet a mighty Party lives
To guard the blesi-ings Freedom gives !
B.ise sycophants with heart' elate
May fawn around the Chair of State ;
Rut Iruc men fool no coward dread,
For .Iacicson'b snirit is not dead I
i. .i i
wanna iiic iyauiufiai e it--;im,
Froui North to bouth, Irom East to est ;
While, 'mid the fury of tho storm,
Defiant stands Young Hick'ry's form I
That ppirit, roused, will prove its might
When secret Wrong, dragged into light,
Must show the banner that it waves,
Upheld by Abolition Knaves!
J hen worihy ol its aucicnt lama,
Deinocrvv-undvinff name!-
glai broader, higher, stronger grow,
, , , , ., . " " '
Iriuillphaat 0 or the skulklUg fill) I
Tho writer cf these off-hand lines
'j'0 quite another view inclines,
'I'is but a Panal ''holiday.".
I hen men have license to he gay.
In patron, gay young Now Years day,
(The author of its festal laws,)
Was cannonistd fur ought wo know,
15y tonic sage Doctor long ago.
reravrce.-:r ?t t , 1 "I iVmTTnTf r.rvrMtMT9t
Working Girls.
Happy girls who cannot love them !
With checks like a roso, bright oyos and
elastic stop, how cheerfully they go to
work. Our world for it, such girls will
mako excellent wives. Dlesscd indeed will
the men bo who secure such prizes.
Contrast thoso who do nothing hut sing
all day, and livo to follow the fashion ;
.,r mm ni-n Hin lu-nnil t.ltPVPftl; or the
' , ., ,
B)OCS tllOV Wear J Who nra languid and
J "
lazV from ODO Weeks Clld to another. ilO
. . .,
uut a simpleton and 11 popinjay WOUlO pro-
r i it., i.ii.. : i, ,..ii.;,. rv,,.
Iir uuu ui inu iuuui, 11 uu imiuiuuiinij iui
a companion ! givo uj tho working girls :
thoy aro worth their weight in pold !
Your never fcc them mincing along, or
jumping a dozen feet to steer clear of a
spider or fly. They have no affection, or
1 fc;y ajrg nboilt ihoitl, wllOll tllOV lllCCt you,
'"J ...
tllC V Speak without putting on a hall dOZCI)
- .
airs, or trying to show off to better advan
tiige, and you feel as if you wero talking
to a human pc-ing, and uot to a painted or
fallen angel.
If girls knew how sadly they miss it,
while thoy etidoavor to show off their deli
cato hands and unsoiled skin, and put on
a thousand airs, ihoy would give worlds
for tho situation of tho working girls, who
arc above them in intolligenco, iu houor,
iu overytbimr, s the heavens is above the
faith
OF THE CARRIER BOY,
TO THE PATRONS OF THE
JANUABY 4, 4364.
Whence men and women, urohins, nil,
Tho Uvil included on yo doth call
To greet his coming with good cheer,
As he returns from yonr to year.
Lot him find you very cheerful,
Nor of fuluro .sorrows foarful
Danish every thought of sorrotr
Laugh to day, nor weep to morrow.
Met chant who have racked your brain
To Increase your trado and gains
Imwijos, who with woeful faces
Lok upon your doubtful ''cases"
DoctoiH, who with fearful cyo
Sce your richest patient die
Lovirs, who aro daily sighing,
And for some fair damsel dying
Bakers, who with faces crusty,
Look upon your "batches" musty
Uutclicrs, (single) who daily pino'
For the want ol a tender line
Vailois, who have much distrcsi
When your suit nbout to press
lihi'tnakcrsi bighing at the end,
With a soli: perhaps to mrnd
Hatters, toiling daily for renown
In fitting to your heads a crown
Rouse ! drive dull care away
ThU is "Happy New Ycars'day I'1
Milliners, lay by your bonnets!
Listen to your lover's sonnets,
Tifc no day lor sickly pining,
Or an offer fair dceling
Sour old bachelor, too, awake,
And to Cupids bower betake
Try to live one day of pleasure,
If you havo the cash and leisure
15uy a bonnet, ehalv; or dress,
And some worthy maiden bless :
J'oliticians, who've boon defeated,
Even though you have been chcatrd,
You "as well may laugh as cry,"
Your time for joy, perhaps is nigh.
nuia ,
eaaaaajimyzfcsjataji
A Taki.mi Soldieu. A corrcspon.
dent with tho army at Falmouth has been
visiting one ol'iho Provost Marshal's pris
ons. He tells tho following aiiccJote :
One of tho prisoners, a Union soldier, a
droll-looking fellow, is also on board tho
bargo I accosted him with, ''Well, my
fine fellow, what aro you in hero fop !"
''For taking something,"' replied he
"What do ynu moan ?" "Why," said he.
"one morning I did not feel very well,
and I went to sec tho surgeon. Ho was
very busy writing at the time, and when
I went in ho looked at mo saying, "Well,
you do look bad ; you had bettor tako
something. Ho then went on with hin
writing, aud loft mo landing bohind him
I looked around and saw nothing I could
take, except his watch, and I took that,
That's what I'm hero for," His explana
tion wa3 satisfactory, so I dropped tho
subject.
Patriotism or Piu.nteus. Thcro are
perhaps, moro printers in tho army iu pro
portion to tho number In tho country than
of any other profes.iod. Such was tho fact
in tho Toxas and Mexican wars. In the
war for tho Hiipprcstion of the rebellion,
the same is doubtless true. Among tho
numbor killed at tho battlo of Chickamau
aa, there worn thirty-five printers and ed
itors, showing that the typos wero iu tho
foremost ranks, wero balls flew fastest and
tbUkect,
99
Stay I reader, stay a moment longer 5
And on this thoine of New Years ponder.
I've said "bo merry" so say I still ;
You can bo merry, if you will,
Not merry liko the dchauchoo,
In senseless sport, or drunken glee
Dut joyful, while with generous heart,
Good to the suffering you impart.
While you joy in tho smiles that greet you at home,
And rojoico in the bounties on you bcatown,
Remember the widow suffers alono :
II ''to give, than receive," is to ha ''more blosssd,"
Aye, "in ceiled houses" of foitune possessed ;
When with grateful feeling hour hearts are impressed,
What offering so sweet canst to Him proseui, ,
In return for foitune 10 you ho hath lent,
As to give to tho poor aud the impotent ?
'TU sad to bo poor, when the Suu warmed heart,
Affords to the homeless, a heft and a hearth 1
Rut, when wintry winds havo their moaning began,
And the earth feels uo more tho heat nf the sun,
Oh oliccrlc?s indeed, is the poor man's lot,
And dosolatp, then, his unfurnished rot !
Go brother; go, on this merry young day,
With a gift in one hand, aud a kind word to y,
To the home of the poor 'twill niako you glad,
Aa you thus givo joy to tho hearts that aro sad.
3o you will bo merry as the merry smile plays,
On tho face of tho child of manj sad days :
And streams of delight will ibw back to your heart,
As delight to tho want stticken ones you impart.
We've tried your patience, soroly. It's high tiino
To cud ibis, rambling, dciolutory Rhyma.
Forgive its many faults We brako tho spell,
Dismiss our muse Hid all a kind farewell.
TirniLLiNd AnvK.VTUitE. James Dor
lino; of Lafayette, Indiana, mot with a
thrilling adventure ono day last wcok.
He had been away on business, and, re
turning on foot, had readied tho middle
of tho bridge which spans tho river above
til. it mti- it'lmli lin tt'na ?t ft 1 nl tltn
, ' , . . . ,. . ,
sound of an approaching tram. Tho night
11 "
was dark. A hoavv rain had mado the
oross-ties very slippery and insecure. To
run ho dare not to jump was certain
death ; with wonderful presence of mind
ho locked his arms around one of the ties,
and swinging off between tho rails ho hung
suspended in mid-air. until tho .train bail
passed over. Tho train having passed,
Mr. Dnrliug rightod himself aud went
homo, but the shook to his nervous system
prostrated him.
Tnu Republican papers say that Mr,
Vallandigham has taken to drinking whis
ky. That is a falsehood. Mr. Vallan
digham is too much of a gentleman and
Cbrittian lo copy tho had example ot such
membors ol Lincoln's Cabinet as Stanton
and Seward, anil ol such Republican Gov
ernors as Curt.u of PcnnsylvauU uud Todd
of Ohio.
Tub New York WorM say "tho only
road to Richmond lies ovor the vanity,
thu arrngancs aud srlf-ealiifactioii of thu
Washington Administration,''
POETRY.
I Wmtth ronTUCoU'str,uUMOCrUT.
I THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
1.
Sir, who at Anllctam spectator has been,
To view from the mountain tho terrific scene t
What mortal could witness the battle that day,
And not feel deprcss'it with roeret and dismay I
When North against South In dread mijeity rose,
And nuiv'd liko n tempeit to mister It. foca ;
Much scene in the world has but seldom been known,
Since the finger of Rod mark'd tha tablets of atone.
II.
The war ttsmp Is sounded, tin drums beat to arms,
ihe pickets meantime givo the usual alarms ;
Iltlcadesjoln brigades, to vast columns they swell,
Whilst the foe rushes ou with demoniac yell :
Now flashes the lire, and now showers the lead,
Artillery thunders, the field becomes red,
With torrents of life-blood, as lingers thottrlfc,
When grappling with man, man destroys human life.
III.
McC1.1t.Lix, the chief in command, cool and sage,
Whose brlfhtname Is written on history's pago j
III. prowess to strong hopes of victory Ilr'd,
Ills presence with vnlor his legions inspired i
Undaunted, his glorious host there he led,
O'er ground dy'd with gore, an I o'er heaps of tho dead;
Till sounds of retreat from tho rebels In night,
Proclaimed him tho victor in that bloody fight.
IV
Tho battle Is over, and night srr"ads her pall.
O'er tho ranks thai have stood like an adamant wall ;
Thv musketry volley, the cannon's loud roar,
Are heard on the 111 Id of Antictam no moro :
Hut uh I the result of that terrific fray,
ahull felt in the land be for many a day ;
And parents shall weep, yea, and history shall tell,
Of freedom's bravo cons who have fought there tz fell.
New Vork, Dec. 3i), ltiU3. J. II.
NoTu. The foregoing touching poetry was written
bv Im. Jiihh IIriiiy. of N'ework Citv. whoso son.
J. II. IIkiuy, fought nobly under Cell. .McCiellau, at
AutU't.im.,(iitor cvib-aou utrnvtra:.
How to Keep a Menagerie.
Prom tho New York Uvenins Post.
Wo have taken pains to acquaint our
selves with somo part of tho history and
management of tho Van Aniburgh collec
tion, which is tho oldest, aud wo beliovc,
thu only complete menagerie in tho coun
try. Tho capital invested in this estab
lishment, which many of our citizeus have
visited, is not less than OlOU.OOO. It con
tains two hundred animals. It employs,
when on its travels through tho country,
not less than ninety-four men, aud ouo
hundred and thirty-four horses. When in
traveling order tho whole collection can
move at an average rato of eighteen miles
a day, and on a summer tour makes a
circuit of not less than three thousand
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j mm:). iuu uunj uAieuaua nuuu uavci-
mg arojiot under SOUO.
Few people know the care and energy
required to keep such a collection in order.
The animals aro subject to variouj dis
eases ; they die, and that at such a rate
that in the prcont collection there aro but
bix animals which were in it eix years
ago. With some few exceptions, tho men-
j ageric is entirely renewed once in every
; five years. The proprietors aro constant-
ly purchasing new animals; they have
agents in various parts of the world ; aud
tho expense of such renewals may bo
guessed, when we say that the bcaus ad
ded to the menagerie how on Broadway,
since last spring, cost 8!30,OUO. To spend
such sums judiciously, to buy only healthy
, animals, likely to live, and to keep them
in good condition, require! experience
only gained iu many years.
The price of a lion or any other animal
varies greatly. Sometimes tho lion mar
ket is glutted. A fine Bengal tiger has
been sold iu London for 8200, but the
' common price for a healthy pair of young
lions is vtf,500. Tho thrco polar bears
now iu tho Broadway collection cost tho
; proprietor $-1,000. Most of tho animals
caught for menageries arc Crst taken to
England. Iu London thoro arc two or
threo animal brokers, who make it their
! business to receive and sell on commission
anything from an elephant to a ring-tailed
monkey. The finest giraffe cvor brought
to this country waa caught by a man
named Clayton, an American, who went
to Africa for tho puiposo, anil was gone
eighteen months ou that business, Ilau-
i tubal, the largest elephant over exhibited,
i , , . ,.
i 1,'iQ Lnnn in tlna pnnntrv tlnrr v.rlirnn ceiirn.
1 When ho was firat bought by an enter
! priiiig butcher iu the Bowory, who kept
him iu a horse stable lor a year before ho
was exhibited. Ho was bought on specu
lation, and wc have hoard that iho unlucky
butcher lost by him. He was aflorwards
purchased by Van Amburgh, and has
been in this collection many years, Wo
may add hero that several pairs of buffalo
aud some .no elks arc now on tho way
hero from tho West, and will bo added
shortly to the Broadway collodion.
Lions aud all other animals of tho cat
kind suffer, when imported into this coun
try, from a kind of consumption. They
wheeze, loso flesh, their lungs become dis
eased, aud thoy finally wasto away aud
dio. When one of theso groat boast? dies,
ho is submitted to the faculty, and it is a
ploasant evidence that tho proprietors aro
not merely "showmen," but have an intel
ligcut interest in theac wonders of uaturo,
that thoy havo for many years contribu
ted their defnucl specimens to the collec
tion of tho Philadelphia Academy of Na-
tural Sciences, in whoso halls may bo
found at this day somo skeletons of lions, '
tigers, and other animals, famous iu their
day, I
In thu subdivision of labor one man torio armies of the world, Its dcoda en
takes charge of four cages, to cloan, feed, i noble tho nation to which it belongs. Al
and attond upon tho wauti of tho oecup- ways ready for battle, always firm, stoad-
ants. J ho ilcsu-culing animals are leu
but once a day, and not at all on Sundays.
Tho monkoya and other small auimals aro
fed twice a day. The elephants scorn to
browse all tho day long. None but good
beef is fed, nnd itniujt not havo tho slight
est grain of salt upon it. Water is given
lour or five times a day. A full-grown
lion cats from fifteen to eighteen pounds
of meat per day. An elephants rations
aro thrco bundled pouuds of hay and two
bushels oT oats per day when ho is travel
ing; when standing still ho gets no oats,
but an additional hundred weight of hay.
Tho elephants lie down when they go to
6lccp. Two barrels of water moisten
each elephant's daily hay.
When an animal falls ill it is doctored.
Tho mystcrios of a lion's physic must bo
sacred here. They belong to his faithful
master and attendant, who knows, by the
experience of more than seventeen years,
what will best restore his rounded form,
his glossy coat, nnd his easy breathing.
Not unfrequonlly animals briug forth
young. Somo dozen of lions havo been
born in this country, but ouly a very few
live to cut their second sot of teeth. Thcro
is now in a cage on the right hand side a
lion of good size born threo or four years
ago in Georgia. Ho is a very savage and
intractable beast, who submits to but ono
master, Mr. Frost, who nursed him tend
erly when young, and whoso voico to this
day will quell him oven when ho is most
furious. Lions generally produco thrco
or four at a litter. Two cunning littlo
leopards, on tho left, aro natives of Wis
consin. They aro not bigger than cats,
but alroady scratoh and fight "as 'tis their
nature to." Thoy oven quarrel with their
mother for her raw meat. Thoy receive
ouly cooked meat, and occasional rations
of beef broth.
Until they are two months old thoy can
uot bo exhibited, on account of tho jealousy
of tho mother, who sometimes kills her
youug in her frantic efforts to get thorn out
of tho way when strangers aro staring at
them ; she will pick them up in her mouth
and fling them against tho back of the
cage to get them out of sight. For this
reason, when a lioness or a tiger lias :
young family she is shut off from tho out
cr world and kept in wholesome quiet till
Her nerves acquire somo tono, ami sue is
able to receive visitors and exhibit her
cube without too great agitatiou,
Gen. McCIellan'o Report of his
operations m Virginia.
General McC'ellan's report w'as tran;
mitted to the House on Wednesday. It
consists of seven hundred and sixty-fivo
foolncap pages, and is divided into four
pans. Ho concludes as follows :
I shall not, uor can I, while liviug, for
get whon 1 was ordered to tho command
of the troops for tho defunco of the Capi
tol, the soldier? with whom Iliad shared'
so much anxiety and suffering of the war,
iiad not lost thu.r eoLiidjuc: in me as their
commander. They tpraug to my call with
all the ancient vigor, discipline and cour-
igc. I led them into Maryland. Fifteen .
ilays after they had fallen back defeated, J
before Washington ,thcy vanquished tho en-
cmy on the rugged heights of South Moun
tain, pursued him to tho hard-fought field
of Autiutam, aud drove him broken and
dispirited down tho Pgtomac iulo Virgin
ia. 'The army had need of rest, after tho
torrible experionco of battles and marches,
with scarcely an interval of rcposo, which
they had gono through from tho tiino of
their leaving for tho Peninsula the return
to Washington tho defeat in Virginia
ho Victory at Soutli Mountain, and again
at Autietatn it was not surpri'iog
tj)at
they were iu a largo degree destitute of the
absoluto necessaries to effectivo duty.
Their shoes wero worn out ; their blan-
kets wero lost, aud their clothing wero
rags. Iu short, tho men wero unfit for 1 f b-, fpooial provision is mado mat tna
active service, aud an interval for rest and ; oa.th .f V"iUr cn,t,nf.,nt0 'iV0"1!
, , wherein ho iwears to his majority, shall
equipment was necessary. V hen tlio ilow-, be aa a9 though he wero of ago;
ly forwarded supplies camo to us, I led ihe ' and
army across the river,rcnovated, refreshed, ! "Second On the ground that the proo
and in good order and discipline, aud fol- laroaiiou of tho President suspending the
lowed tho retreating foo to a position whero
I was confident of dcoisivo victory ; when,
in Iho midst ol tho movement, whilo my g;vig bis decision, characterized the law
advance guard was actually in contact of Congress and tho proclamatien spoken
with tho enemy, 1 was removed from my ' of as a "trick and ouirago which not only
command. ' I destroyed tho liberty of the citizen, but
T ,' ., . r , . r, , ., . deprived tho parent o( his right to tha cm
I an. devoutly grateful to God that my ,J of- Wl lcUUd JudQ Drummond
last campaign with thu brave army was , !, hitherto aoted with tha party whioh
crowned with itclory which sv-jd a uatio I placed this Administration in iwer.
from tho greatest peril it had then undor
gone.
I havo not nocotnpliabed ray purpose if
by this report tho Army of tho Potoinao
is not placed high on tho roll of tho his
fast, and trust worthy. I nover called on
it in vain, nor will tho natioi over havo
cause to attributo its want of suecoss under
myself or under other commanders to any
failuro of patriotism or bravery iu that
noblo body of American soldiers.
No man can justly charga upon aDy
portion of that army, from tho command
ing gcnral to tho private, any lack of de
votion to tho service of tho United States
Government, and to the cause of tho Con
stitution and the Union. They have prov
ed their fealty in muoh sorrow, suffering
and danger, nud through tho very shadow
of death. Their comrades, dead on all
the fields where we fought, have scarcely
moro claim to the honor of a uation's rov
crencc, than the survivors to the justice of
a nation's gratituda.
Tho report covers tho period from tho
20th of July, 1801, to November 7th, 1802.
A Flexible Platform,
Wo have arranged, says tho Cloarfield
Republican, the following platform ttf suit
all parties. It is trinity in unity threo
in one. Tho first column is tho secession
platform ; the second is the abolition plat-
form, ami tho whole, road togcthor, is tho
Dcmoeratie platform. Tlio platform is
liko the Union as a wholo it is Demo
cratic; but divided, ono half is secession
aud tho other abolition :
Hurrah for Tho Union
Secession
Wo fight for
Tho Confederacy
Wo lovo
Tho rebellion
Wo glory in
Separation
Wo fight uot for
Reconstruction
Wo must succeed
The Union
Wo lovo not
Wo never said
Wo want
Is a curso
Tho Constitution
Is a league with hell.
Frco Speech
Is treason
A Frco Press
Will not bo toleratad
Thu negroo' freedom
Must be obtainod
At every hazard
Wo lovo
Tho negro
'Let the Union slido
Tho Union ns it waa
Is plavcd out
Tho old flag
Is a flaunting lie'
The habeas corpua
Is hateful
Jeff Davis
Isn't the Govor'nt
Mob Law
Shall Triumph.
Foreign intor'ntion
Wo clierisu
The stars and bars
Wc venerate
Southern chivalry
Death to
Abo Lincoln
Down with
Law and order
The President's Salery.
This was fixed at S25,000, and so sat
isfactory has it been found to be, that wo
recollect no proposition to inorcase it in
the history of the Government thus far.
Almost every other salary has been raised,
including tho wages ol members of Con
gress, and almost every officer and magis
trate in tho land has clamored for moro,
except the Chief Magistrate, in whom it
would have been thought undignified to
havo given ground for suspicion that tho
disoharge of their official duties could havo
been modified in any degree by a sordid
lovo of filthy lucre. But Mr. Lincoln, it,
sccttii, lias a pretty sharp eye to business,
and while his 500,000 soldiers in all eoa
sous, aud through all privations and hard
ships, arc compelled to rcccivo their scan
ty pttiauce in greenback currency at par ;
his salary must bo paid in gold, every
1 dollar of which will bring in the market a
' dollar and fifty cents. Thus thoro will bo
! added to his salary, by this manoever, at
, tho cud of four years, tho sum of risiT
I TiiousANn dollaiis ! So much for his
patriotism, aud willingness to share iu tha
burthens rendcrod necessary by the war,
in which ho, more than any other person,
contributed to plungo tho country.
l'liilli)sburg Standard.
The Habeao Corpus in Illinoia.
Judge Drummond, ol tho United States
Circuit Court at Chicago, iu tlio sppliea-
; ;J, whicu caino before him a few days
i ago, decided not to issue the writ on two
grounds :
in "First That undor the law of Congross
Will Vk fllKIUd ill, DUUU u gujo usu
c,,r,t..w1fl lite inrlininl fiinMietns
superseded his judicial functions.
j
At tho samo time, Judgo Drummond, m