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FRIENDSHIP.
We have been friend together,
In sunshine and in shade,
Since first teneath the cnestnut trees
!n infancy we played
Bat coldness dwell within thy heart,
A cloud i on thy brow;
We hare been lneud together
Shall a light word pass us now ?
We have been gay toge her !
We have laughed at liule jest?,
Forthe fount o hope was gushing
Warm and joyous in our breasw.
Bu' laughter now has fled thy lip,
And sullen glooms thy brow;
We have been guy together
"Shall a liht word pass us now !
We have leea sad together ;
We have epi with biter tear,
O'er the rus gruwngraves where slumbered
The h pe. ol early years.
The voice which were iient there
Would bid ihee clear thy brow ;
W e have been sad together
QU$ what shall part u now ?
Uor National Troubles.
lit Damkl Dovuhcbtt, Esq.
An ordinary observer cou'd, year ago, t
liave seen how rapidly events were mov
ing towards the alarming realities at the
present. The original cause lies far below
either secioualism or the slave question.
In mv ooor judgment, it is to be traced to
the otter inditrerei.ee ot the people to the
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political duties demanded of them by the
verv spirit of our institution. Ask the in
fluential citizens who acted as officers of
the recent Union meeting inqurie of the
merchant ol Philadelphia, "what active
interest have you taken in the preservation
cl good government in this municipality?
In thi State or nauon ! What efforts have
you osed to injure the selection of suitable
men to fill our public offices and trust ?
What legislation have you petitioned for to
secure to euch citizen, a voice in the nomi
nating conventions pr to prevent frauds on
the ballol-boi ?. How many primary politi
cal meetings hae you attended I" It is
highly probable that to each of these inter
rogatories each gentlemen would lrankly
au.ower, "none."
Think of those to whom the people have
delegated the power now to speak and act
for them. Are the gentleman who will
shortly represent a in the Senate and House
at Harrisborg the best that could have teen t
chosen ?
The people the conservative, law abi
ding, Union-loving. Constitution obeying,
people seern to suppose they have noih
ing to do but to vote on an ekction day.
Professional politicians, the meanest, low
est, laziest, and most corrupt of mortals,
manage everything, and the masse eve'y
May ant! October ratify the tricksters acts,
and then glory in "elections be the people.''
This evil is not confined to Philadelphia.
It is the same in all the cities and in all the
States. In New York and New. Orleans, in
Sooth Carolina as in Pennsylvania. In New
York city the evil is terrible to contemplate:
witness those Recently elected to Congress,
and others robed with the ermine.
If, in the Sena e of the United Spates to
day, there were six statesmen who com
manded the confidence of the entire coun
try, our present awful peril would pass j
away in a mon h, and peace and quietude j
again smite ori this until now hppy land, i
But this is not the time to co mment on the ,
cause, penota tne enects : aub imiun
i now on the brink of a precipice,to tumble
over which is to destroy Republicanism
forever. Our countrymen living in the
South are wild, are crazed. Reason, com
mon ene, patriotism, are all paralyzed,
and traitors are everywhere crying aloud,
Met the Republic perish."
In the North the public heart has scarce
ly yet began to throb aloud. Political pas
sions are hashed. . ! pray they will slumber
on, for if ''Northern sectional fury is arous
ed to a 'corresponding height with that now
raging. South," which God in His mercy
avert, then civil and internecine war will
deluge this land with blood. The micds of
the people of the North are, however,
keenly' awake. Banks are suspending,
commercial and manufacturing houses
crashing all around. Business is at a stand.
The industrious poor are being tamed oot
of employment, and how they will support
their families through the winter no one
knows. - Universal bankruptcy looms fright
fully j3pon the near future. A State is in
open rebellion. 'The nation is breaking
into pieces.' And despots ou iheir thrones
are laughing with fiendish joy that now,
and for all time to come, is to be establish
ed to incompetency of the people for self
government .... , . ' -r -
Yet none sava a lew -of our ablest editors
Tenture to suggest what 6hould be done
what practical measores can be" adopted.
ro'litkians of all parties, the active authors
of ail cor woe, srs lying silent. When they
the breeze will blow then they will come
forth and strive to ride upon the gale. The
time has come in which every citizen,
whether prominent of secluded -rich or
poor native or adopted every man who
loves his country, should ponder how he
may escape what can be done to preserve
the integrity ot the Republic and rekindle
the fires of Irate rnal love. Every such a
man thould in some way give his opinion
to the public. It may be poorly expressed,
ret contain the germ of a thought that cuU
tivated by an abler mind, will bring forth
golden fruit.
In despair of Congress. Personal animo
sities have for years, been rankling in the
breasts of Senators and Representaiives ;
taunts have been answered with taunt and
threats; kindly courtesies have ceased be
tween political opponents ; hate burrs in
the hearts of Senators against Senators
Since the present session commenced a
Senator declared, without contradiction, that
he and those of hi section declined all in-
j tercourse with those of opposite political
j sentiments ; that each party kept to its side
j of the chamber, and that the "difference be
! tween the North and South was as wide and
: deep as hell." Little
can be expected of
There doubles may
j our State Legislature
be found in that body a few individuals of
merit and integrity, but they were elected
without reference to the present issue. The
i most the Legislature can do will be to pass
resolutions expressing the fidelity to Penn-
sylvania to the Constitution and the Union,
and her willingness to furnish men and
money, to maintain the supremacy ot the
laws. AUo, to provide for the calling of a
j Staie Convention of the people, who in
j their sovereign capacity may exhibit Penn
I sylvan ia's willingness to do justice to all
section, by any fair, honorable, and wise
I concession, while she will, with a moti-
arCh's voice, proclaim her steadiest resolve
that the Constitution and the Union must
and shall be preserved, "one and insepera
ble," now and forever. Let the wise, the
experienced, the gifted, the patriotic, and
honest, without solicitation, be chosen
Let party ties for the time be forgotten, and
in tms convention cau De gathered one
hundred and thirty-three dsleates, who
will show that our soil car, breed a race of
men, the superiors of which no ae nor
land ever gave out. Let each Northern
Slate call a similar Convention. The Un
ion sentiment most everywhere be immedi
ately aroused. Our countrymen in the
South are as true to the national flag as we
are, but a "reign of error" is opon them.
Strengthen and encourage the loyal and
true, by worJs ai.d acts of conciliation ; and
in the end, 'he people will rise in their of
fended might and guillotine the traitors.
A National Convention would not be ju
dicious. Many ol the delegates from the
Southern States, elected in the prevailing
excitement, would likely be ultraists, and
in a body composed of hundreds of mem
bers, differing widely in their views, there
would be no deliberation. The proceed
ings would be a series of speeches section
al in their sentiments, exasperating in their
tendencies, until the masses would give op
in despair, or become equally inflamed
with the representative.
As ttie people woo live in the State of
South Carolina : Our experimental Govern
meut is of course not perfectly prepared for
the present difficulty. We must lea! with
things as they are. If we survive this at
tack we will in the future be ready to pun
ish resistance and crush rebellion. Let as
now treat the people of South Carolina as a
true man would treat a friend or a brother
ii flamed with passion. .Not kill him, nor
spill his blood, but leave him to himself
until his fury is spent, and then offer him
the hand he grasped of yore. & in an i:istant
afterwards boin wiil be locked in fraternal
embrace.
If it e people there are willing to do with
out the protection, conveniences, the rights
and honors which the national government
cheerfully bestows, why they will be the
principal sufferers. Collect the revenue in
a national frigate lying in the Charleston
harbor, I wager that our gallant fellow-
j citizen; born in Virginia, Captain Thomas
Turner, of the United Stites navy, would, if
sent, discharge that duty. If an attack is
made on Fort Moultrie, shoot the assailants
down like dogs. Aye, and if tne Adminis
tration will not reinforce the place, life peo
ple should. Then, when our fellow-citizens
of South Carolina have suffered long
enough from following their insane leaders,
they will tarn opon and hang the traitors ;
while all oar countrymen, gathering wis
dom from 'experience, loving each o'her
more and more from the dan gers that have
pased, will be faithful to their duties to
the Republic, which I pray may be perpet
uated forever. Your fellow ciiizen.
Philadelphia, Dec. 20, 1860.
Worshipping the Preacher and not his
Mastcb. There is a story going the rounds
that the Rev. A. S. Laurie once had occa
sion to exchange pulpits with the Rev. E.
"H Chapin, of New York. Many members
of Mr. Chapin's congregation have an idea
that nobody eUe can preach a sermon as
well as their pastor, and when they enter
their church and find a stranger occopying
his place, they are apt to lorn and go out.
So it happened on this occasion that not a
few persons departed, and others were on
the point of doing so, when Mr. Laurie
aroe, hymn book, in hand, ai.d gravely re
marked : 'All tho"e who came hereto
worship E. H. Chapin will have an oppor
tune to retire, and thosa who came to wor
ship the Everlasting God -ari'l p1??qP;t
Aborigines of Soath America.
THE AMAZONS.
From Africa to South America, from the
Karroodoom to the Amazon, is but a step
in reading a book of travels. The country
through which the latter great river flows
is inhabited by a number of tribes who cer
tainly exhibit decrded eccentricities. The
Amazon Indians are socialists. Yon don't
believe il? Read, then, this account of
their domestic arrangements :
They live in the malocca, a building that
is both a house and a village, and necessa
rily a very large structure. It is the prop
erty o! the whole community or tribe, is
built by the labor ol all, and is used as their
common dwblling. The building is raied
upon timber uprights,so smooth and straight
a to resemble columns. '1 he beams and
rafters are held in their places by tough
creeping plants, and the roof is a thatch of
palm leaves laid on with great regularity,
and brought very low down at the eaves, so
as to give the whole structure the appear
ance of a gigantic bee-hive. The plan is a
parallelogram, with a semicircle at one
end, and as many as three hundred individ
uals can assemble under the roof. The in
terior arrangements consist of a wide hall
or avenue, extending through the middle ot
the parallelogram from end to end, while
on both sides of this hall are rows of parti
lions separated from each other by split
palm or canes closely placed. Each of
these sections is the abode of a family and
the place of deposit for their hammock,
clay pots, calabasti cup, dishes, baskets
weapons, and ornaments which are the
property of each. The hall is used for
cooking and also for children's play-ground
and for festival ceremonies. The common
doorway is at the gable end, and the semi
circular section of the builJing is appropri
ated to the chief and his family.
The costume of these Amazons is not un
like that of the South African Bushman, a
mere strip of flexible bark around the mid
die of the person sufficing. The ornaments
are principally made from the feathers of
tropical birds.
Til C WATER DWELLERS.
Does everybody knew that Venezula
the little republic in South America takes
its name from "the Fairy City of the Sea,"
Venice? Such is the fact. When the
Spanish discoverers sailed around Lake
Maracaibo, they saw to their amazement
not only single houses, but whole villages
apparen ly floating upon the water. On
approaching nearer they perceived that
these house were raised some feet above i
the surface, and supported bj posts or piles j
driven into the mud. 'I his euggesied Ve-j
nice, and the discoverers gave to these sn-
peraqueous habitations the name Venezuela ,
or little Venice, which was afterward ap
plied to the entire province.
The "Water Dwellers," as the occupants '
of these houses are called, have a good rea
son to live in this manner. That rea-on
will be understood by the word mosquitoes.
Though too thick on shore to render exis
tence bearable, these pestiferous insects do
not venture out over the water.
Rare sport for hunters on Lake Maracabio!
Docks and other aquatic fowl haunt its
waters in countless numbers. The natives
who have no guns; catch them by a simple
yet ingenious contrivance, by which the
timidity of the birds is lulled and their sa
gacity out w itted. At a spot in the water
frequented by them, and of such a depth
thai the water will not react, higher than,
hi chin, when standing upright, the "Wa
ter Dweller' floats a number of gourd shells
of roundish form. When his decoys are all
placed, he paddles back to his dwelling
and awaits the issue. The bird are at first
shy of these round, yellow objects intruded
on their domain ; but, as the hours pass,
and they perceive no harm in them, they
approach nearer, and even curiously exam
ine the yellow globes, until no longer re
garJing them as objects of suspicion, they
swim Ireely about, or eil quietly on the wa
ter side by side with them. Now the
"Water Dweller" goes to work. He draws
over his bead a tightly-fining gourd shell
like those ou the water, only furnished with
eye holes and a breathing hole Swimming
where the water is too shallow to wade
without frightening the birds, be makes his
way toward them, keeping his shoulders
below the surlace. and advancing so slowly
and warily that he scarce raises a ripple on
the placid lake. The unsuspecting birds
see the destroyer approaching without hav
ing the slightest misgiving of danger.
They fancy that the new comer is only
another of those inanimate objects by their
side another gourd shell, drifting out upon
the water to join its companions. In a little
while the gourd has drifted silently into
their midst, and is seen approaching first
one individual, then another, as if it had
special business wi h each. This business
appears to be of a very mysterious charac
ter, and in each case is suddenly brought
to a conclusion by the duck making a sud
den dive into the water not bead foremost
according to its usual practice, but in the
reverse way, as it jerked down by the feet
before the creature bad time to utter a sin
gle ,;quack." In a short time the gourd
moves away, and its wearer may be seen
emerging from the water with a double
tier of dead docks dangling by their necks
from a rope about his waist, and forming a
sort of plumed skirt, rather too heavy lor
convenience.
THE BEHtAOERS.
"Mnndruco, the Beheader," , woukl be a
good title for a blood-and thunder play at
joy the snggestive title of "Ttie Beheaders."
They have a ridiculous custom of taking
snuff, much a an American takes a sherry
cobbler, by sucking it through a straw.
The Mundrucu spreads a large spoonful of
snuff on the bo'iom of a saucer, and when
all is ready, takes a ''machine" some eight
inches long, made of two quit's placed side
by side, and neatly whipped together by a
thread. At one end they are pressed upon
so as to diverge to width corresponding to
the breadth between the Mundrucu's nos
tril, where it is intended they shall be
placed during the ceremony of snufl taking.
And thus they are placed one end of each j
quill being slightly intruded within the line
of the 6eptum, while the other end rests
upon the snuff or wanders over the surface
of the saucer till all the power placed there
is drawn up and inhaled.
Another odd habit of the Mnndrucu is a
sort of ordeal by fire the Tocan-Jeira.
When the Mundrucu youth becomes a can
didate for manhood, he has a pair of
'gloves" prepared for him. These consist
of two pieces of palm bark tree, with the
pith hollowed out, but lelt in at one end
The hollow part is of sufficient diameter to
draw over the hands loosely, and so long as
to reach up to mid arm, alter the lashiou of
ijauntlets These gloves are nearly filled
with venomous insects, and the r.ovice is
then compelled to draw them on without
.firiuking. The ceremony next requires
that he should keep ou the gloves till he
has danced before every door in the village.
He must sing as if for very joy. Surround
ed by friend and acquaintances who dance
and howl around, he proceeds around the
village, performing his longest jig before
the door of ihe chief. Half crazed with
pain, he then rushes to the nearest stream
or pond and plunges wildly in, emerging
fit stuff for a Mundrucu, warrior, and eligi
ble to the hand of a Mundrucu maiden.
The Mundrucus are called beheaders, be
cause unlike their North American brethren,
they are dissatieTied with merely taking the
scalp of their enemies, but must have the
whole head These heads are preserved
in the Mundrucu's cabin, and alter being
rudely embalmed are handed down as heir
looms to his children. On all festive occa
sions the heads are produced, stuck up on
poles, and placed about the room or grass
plot.
THE CHACOS.
In the more southerly part of the South
America are the Chacos tribe, who pass
most of their lives on horseback. Both
men and women pull out their eyebrows
and eyelashes, because they think they can
see better without them. For ear-rings the
women wear spiral appendages of. rolled
palm leaf that bang dangling to Iheir very
shoulders.
THE DIRT-EATERS.
The Ottomacs, or Dirt-Eaters, who dwell
on the Orinoco, are great dandies, though
they wear no vestige of clothing. To make
op for this, however, they are very particu
lar about painting their bodies. The great
er ( art of the day is olten spent by them in
a single dressing, with one or two helpers
to assist in the operation ; and thi is not a
tattooing process, intended to last lor a life
time, but a costume certain to be disfigur
ed or entirely washed off at the first expo
sure to a shower. When an Ottomac wish
es to appear in full dress, he first gives
himself a priming of red. Over thin red
ground is then formed a lattice work of
lines of black, with a dot in the centre of
every little sqaure or diamond. If the gen
tleman be rich enough to possess a little
: chica," w hich is a beautiful lake colored
red, he will then feel all the delights of a
fashionable dandy, and with half a pound
of turtle-oil rubbed into hi long, black tres
ses, he will regard himself as dresaed '-within
an inch of his life."
I The Ottomacs feed on aligators, roanti,
' and various amphibious animals, but during
' h&rd times actually eat the dirt. During
i these months when the rivers swell to their
greatest height, and all fishing ceases, the
I Ottomac, in default ol other lood, fills his
I stomach with a kind of unctiouj clay of
! which he eats about a pond a day. There
is nothing nourishing in it it merely pro
j duces a kind of satiety or relief from the
pangs of hunger. It is only poyu, a par.icu
j lar kind of clay, soft and smooth to the
touch, like putty, which the Ottoman will
eat. This clay he stores up, forming it into
balls several inches in diameter, which,
being slightly hardened belore a fire, he
builds up into little pyramids, just as cannon-balls
are piled in an arsenal or fortress.
When he wishes to regale himself, the Ot
tomac softens one of these balls by welling
itj and then scraping off as much as he may
require for a meal, returns the poya to its
place on the pyramid. "Old Feople" by
Capt. Rlayne Retd.
Women are sharp observers, and their
criticisms are quite happily expressed
sometimes A hundred years ago Garrick
and Barry were competing with each other
in favor of London audiences. Both per
formed ' Romeo' and a lady being asked
her opinion of their acting, replied that "in
the garden scene Garrick looked greatly
animated, and was so spirited in his ges
tures that, if she were "Juliet," she should
think be was going to jump vp to her, but
that Barry was so tender, melting and per
suasive thai, if she were "Juliet," she
should jump down to him."
An editor in Michigan is in a bad fix.
He dunned a subscriber for his sobscrjptipjLi,
Sketch of Major Anderson.
Major Robert Anderson, whose name has
now become familiar a a household wotd
in Connecticut with the defence of Charles
ton, was born in Kentucky, in September,
1805, and is now, therefore, in his 6"th
year. In personal appearance he is about
five feet nine inches in height; his figure
is well set and soldierly; his hair is thin
and turning to iron gray ; his complexion
swanhy; his eye dark and intelligent; his
nose prominent and well formed. A stran
ger would read in his air and appearance
determination and an exaction of what was
due to him. In intercourse he is very cour
teous and his rich voice and abundant ges
ticulations go well together, tie is always
agreeable and gentlemanly, and firm and
dignified. On the 1st day of July, 1821. he
entered the Military Academy at West
Point, whence he graduated July 1st, 1825,
taking a high position in a large class, com
posed of such men as Alexander Dallas
Bache, Cl. Benjamin Huge. Col. Frances
Taylor, Col. Charles K Smith, and others j
who have been distinguished as well in j
civil lile as the line of their profess:on. !
His first commission was thai ot brevet
Second Lieutenant of the Second Artillery,
July 1 , 1825, and he was subsequently pro
moled Second Lieutenant in the Third regi
ment, dating Irom the same day. From
May to October, 1832, he wa acting In
spector General of the Illinois Volunteers
in the Black Hawk war; and it is here
worthy of note that our Piesident elect, Mr.
r ;nnn nno r it. nni,;,,. nr .k.w
troops. In June, 1833, he was promoted
Firt Lieutenant, and between 18o2 and
1837 was Assi-tant Instructor and Inspector
at the United Stales Military Academy
In 1838 he became Aid de camp to Major
General Scott, and in the lollowing year
published "Instruction for Field Artillery,
Horse and Foot, arranged for the service
of the Unitfd Stales," which has been high
ly approved of. For gallantry arid success
ful conduct in the war against the Florida
Indians, he received ihe brevet of Caplnin,
bearing date April 2, 183S. July 7, 1S38,
he became Assistant Adjutant General, with
the rank of Captain, which he relinquished
subsequently to being promoted to a cap
taincy in his regiment, October, 1941. In
March, 1847, he was with the Third regi
ment of artillery in the army of General
Scott, and took part in the siege of Vera
Cruz being one of the officer to whom
was entrusted, by General Bankheud, the
command of the batteries. This duty he
performed with signal tkill and gallan'ry,
ar.d he continued with the arrny until its
triumphant entry into the city of Mexico,
in September lollowing. During the oper
ations in the valey of Mexico, he was at
tached to the brigade of General Garland,
w hich formed a part ol General Worth's
division. In the attack on Ei Molino del
Rey, on the 8;h of September, where he
was wounded very severely, his conduct
was the theme ol special praise on the part
of his superior officers. Captain Burke,
his immediate commander, in his depatch
of September 9, says: 'Captain Rnbert
Anderson (acting field officer) behaved
with great heroism on this occasion. Even
after receiving a severe and painful wound,
he continued al the head of the column, re
gardless of pain and self preservation, and
setting a hndome example lo his men, ot
coolness, energy, and courage." General
Garland speaks of him as being, with ' some
few others the ery first to enter the strong
position of El Molino." and adds that "Bre
vert Major Buchanan, Fourth infantry; Cap
tain Anderson, Third Aartil ery , and Lieut
Sedgwick. Second artillery, appear to have
been particularly distinguished for their
gallam delence of the captured works."
In addition to thi ieiimony to his bear
ing on that occasion, we have thai of Gen
eral Worth, who particularly, directed the
attention of ihe Commaiider-i.t Chief to ihe
part hb had taken in the action. "For gal
lant and meritorious conduct at the battle
of Molino del Rey" he was promoted to the
brvet rank of Major, dating Irom Septem
ber 8, 1847, of Major ot the First artillery,
which he now holds.
This is certainly a good record for a sol
dier, and proves that a jndicious selection
was made of the commander who is to de
fend the government forts and property at
Charleston. The last service of Alajor An
derson, previous to his taking command of j
Fort Moultrie, was as a member of ihe
commission ordered last summer by Con
gress to inquire into the manner of instruc
tion at the West Point Military Academy.
The labors of that Commission have al
ready been laid belore Congress.
Value or Newspapers A hint about se
curing personal comfort never comes amiss.
A thin shawl may be made warm by fold
ing a newspaper inside it. The paper is im
pervious to the wind and cold air from out
side, and prevents the rapid escape of the
warm air from beneath il. If you suffer
from cold feet on a journey, fold a piece of
newspaper over your stocking. This is
betler than rubbers. If you are cold in bed,
ihe newspaper lor which you paid a few
cents in the cars, spread under the upper
cover will serve as an additional blanket.
The stuff that dreams are made of oys
ters, ale, and a little old rye taken just be
fore going to bed.
The last core for consumption we have
read of, is to swallow live frogs without
Chewing -
Admireri ol Jackson. )
To a Democrat who is old euongh to re-
member what transpired during the admin- count of an interview between the Presi
istration of Gen Jackoh, it is both amusing . dent elect and Artemus Ward. The latter
and provoking to listen to the talk of some j finds Mr. Lincoln persecuted by applicants
of our Republican Iriends. Scarcely a day for office, and describes the meant by which
passes without our hearing an old reviler of ;
Jackon assert that if the old hero were now
in the Presidential chair, the Southern
States would not dare to attempt t secede.
This complimentary relerence to Jackson is
ol course coupled with depreciatory re
marks concerning Mr. Bithanan
It is a great pity these old Federalists
(converted into Republicans) did not ap
prena e Gen. Jaceson's public services at
the time when they were rendered. In
Jackson's day, they were loud in their abuse
ol him. No epithet was too harsh for thm
to apply to him. He was a "military des
pot," a ,;tyrant" ad even a "murderer "
They proposed to match to Washington in
force and encamp around the Capttol and
the White House, and compel Jackson, at
the point of the bayonet, lo reverse hi
policy. But now, when he is deaJ, and
they think there is some political capital
to be made ou o' the use of his name, we
hear them ''wishing Jackson was President
again !"
As Jackson did not please these old Fed
eralists when he was President, we very
much doubt whether he would please them
if he were President now. We are sure he
would not tatter down Charleston without
just cause and full authority. He did not
1 barer it down w hen the State of South Car-
i oli,,a undertook to do what all other States
i in ,he ,I,,ion heId te ""constitutional
nul,,,y a ,avv of Congress; and certainly he
would PaUse ,onS Lefore doin? il wnec
Soul Carolina is asserting what she claims
! as a afe "g, hat at leaai fourteen
j olt,er Sla!es assert to be a riSht- We r"fer
: now "imply to South Carolina's secession.
Her attack upon a vessel bearing the flag
of the United States raises a new issue. It
remains to be seen how Mr Buchanan will
deal with it. We do not doubt the course
he w ill take Valley Spirit.
'The Bavtn Still h Sitting."
Three or four Sta-.es bave already dis- j
solved iheir connection with the Union, and
others are prepering to go out. Prompt j
(action by Congress might have kept in
those thai have gone, and immediate action ' raanure can go .rounu as original Swiss
might prevent others from going. But our j BtfI1 linger becum or.ginal and only
B ack Republ ican Congress, like a bird of ; Cmpbell Minstrels go to lecturin at 50 dot
evil omen, is s ill sitting iu the Caohol of ' lars a mie-irnbark m the peauut bizinees
the Nation, and taking not one step lo pre- , itefortkt Zer-saw off your legs and
vent the total disruption of the Union. j S roc,ld ?,ve:l co. certs, with techin ap-
Couwis, once one of the idols of the , PeaU to a chaniale public, printed on your
Whi party, a-,d now identified wi-h the haridbills-anything for an honest liviri, but
Republicans, has called on ll.em to make do"'1 come round here Old Abe-
consession that involve no dishonor for the Cfarv b' our ootrajos suttina up !
sake of the Union But the voice of that Go home- ?lad ut Pon lh "d of
! old leader of ihe Whig party falls unheeded ;
on the ears of the aposiate Whigs who ,rom ttlls l,me- e 'i Pull,n 001 tt'7 Dew
make up nine-tenths of the Republican , dl' hoiniu cased watch, and
party bramtt-hin It belore their eyes. -Efin 5
Chittenden, and her leader of the Vhig ' mu.us from ibis lime a single sole of you
party in its palmy days, and since identified remains on these hear premesiu, I'll go out
with that portion of il w hich ha embraced to my ca2e near by, and let my Boy Con
Know Nouiing'ism, has also raised his voice ' 5lruc or loose ! & ef he gits amonz you.
i lor concession and harmony. But the con-
ternptible political demagogues who man- ,
ae the Rr-publican party turu a deaf ear to
How different is the co'ire of the Demo-'
crats Even Jf:ffkrson Davis, while de
len. ting the right of a Stale to cecedfl. and
maintaining that under preent circumtan- '
ces it is the duty of the South to withdraw :
from the Union, declares that he is witling
to abide in il if the North wiil concede even i
less than what his section has a right to '
under the Constitution. And BttECKiNKiDCE,
so lately and so fiercely reviled a a disu '
monist. would held on to the Union if the
North would yield i'-p to the South ju-t oif
fontth the unsettled territory, keeping the I
remaining three fourths herself. !
But the political ravens sit in moody si- j
lence in the halls of Congress, while the '
n,iirlrv a a-tliftinir fin urnnnit Irtom If'
. ... , , ,
they sit there in silence much longer, Abra -
ham Lincoln will never act as President
over more than eighteen or twenty States
A Hem Drover Voicd roa Lincoln, and ability, look at their posters, and see small
ho-.v he cot hi Pat Oji in old Geauga bills! Ef you want a Cabnit as is a Cabnit,
there lives a Republican, not a solitary one fill it up with fhowmen, but don't call on
by any means, lor thai is one of ihe John j me! The moral wax figger perfeshua
Brown counties, and gives just as large a : musn'i be permitted to go down while
congo majority as the Republican State ' there's a drop of blood in these veins! A.
ticket needs. Ttiis Republican went down i Linkin, I wish you well! Ef Powers or
to New York just belore the late election j Waicutt was to pick out a model for a beau
wit h a drove ot hog which he had bought j tiful manj I scarcely think they'd scalp you;
out West and did well with them. He
came back, went to Illinois again, hoorahed
for Lincoln, and bought ano her drove. In
the meantime the election took place. He
reached New York just in time to realize
panic prices, and lost 5180 on the lot. He
came home crest-fallen, swore he would
risk no more money in the hog business,
sent for his money, some S1200, which he J
had left in 1 1 ! ion is with a brother to send
him eastern exchange for said money,
which had been selling for half per cent.
The brother wrote him that things had
changed, that he could not buy a draft for
less than three per cent. He wrote back,
'Send il along at three " Another letter
came saying, '-Exchange at five per cent
What shall I do about it ?"
Auawer. "Pay the five per cent, and
get ihe money out of the Bank, any way."
Letter No. 3. "Since I wrote yoa, ex
change has got op to ten per cent. You
bad better come on here yourself."
On went the Geauga Republican, and
that is the last that "Sa heard from
ArittoBs Ward tpd Did Abe.
A late number of Vmtty Fair has an ac
he clears the premesis :
'Good Lord !" cried Old Abe, 'they cam
Upon me from the skize down the chim
neys, and from the bowels of the yearth !"
He hadn't mbrj'ri got them words out of
his delikit mouth before two fat offis seek
ers from Wisconsin, in endeverin to crawl
atween his legs for the purpose of apply in
for ihe toll-gateship at Milwawky, npset
the President eieck & he would heir gone
sprawlin into the fire-place ef I tudn't caut
him in these arms. But I hadn't more'n
stood him up sirate, lefore another man
cum brashin down ihe chlmr.ey, his bed
sirikin me vilently agin the ihe inards and
prostrat'iQ my volupioou form onto the floor
"Mr. Linkin,'' shouled the infatooated bein,
"my papers is signed by every clergyman,
in our town, & likewise the skoo!rnast6r !"
Sez I, ' you egrejis aes,"gittin up & brush
m 'he dust from my ize, "I'll sign yonr
papers with thl bunch of bones, ef ydtt
don't be a little more keerful bow you
make my bread basket a depot in the futur.
How do you like that air perfumery t"' sez
I, shuviug my fist under his uoze "Them'a
the kind of papers I'll give you ! Them'
the papers you Want !
But I workt hard for the ticket ; I toiled
night and day ! The pairit should be re
warded !"
"Vinoo," sed I, holdin the infatooted
man by the cote collar, "virtoo, sir, is jts
own reward. Look at me!" He did look
at me, and qualed be4 my gaze. "Tne fact
is," I coniinnered, look in rojnd opon ihtt
hungry crowd, -fthere is scarcely a offiss
lor every ile lamp carried round durin thi.
cam pain. I wish thare was. I wish thara
was furrin missions to be filled ou varius
lonely Islands where eppydemics rage in
cessantly, and ef I was in Oid Abe's place,
I'd send every mother's son ot yoa to them.
What air you here for?" 1 continnered,
warm'm up considerable, "can't yoa see
he's worried most to death ! Go home.you
miserable men, go home and till the sile !
Go t0 bi.lin ope-iuflf sassengers-black
S cientsnip on sum respectaote
) our em, oui go at onct w in nve ramus
. you'll think Old So'letino has cum agin and
no mitake !" You ought to hevseen them
scamper, Mr. Fair. They run orf as the
Satuu hisself was arter them with a red hot
ten pronged pitchfork. In 5 minutes the
premesis was clear.
"How kin 1 ever repay you, Air Ward,
for your kindness!"' sed Old Abe, advancin
and shakin me warmly by the hand. "How
kin I ever repay you, sir V
"By giviu the whole country a good,
sound administration. By porein ile upon
the troubled waters, Nonh and South ! By
pursonin a patriotic, firm and jaft course,
and then ef any Stale wants lo secede, let
'em Sesesh !,:
How bout my Cabnit Ministry Mr. WardV
sed Abe.
! "Fill it rip with Showmen sir! Show
men is devoid of polotics. They hain't got
a darn principle. They know how to cater
i . r ... , . ...
, ' . c ' . V.
wants, iSortn &l j-outh. Miowmen. sir, is
I honet meri. Ef you doubt their literary
, but ef you do the fair ihing b your country
you'll make as patty an angel as any of as,
or any other man ! A. Linkin, use the
talents which nature has put into you ju
dishutly and firmly, and all will be well !
A. Linkin, adoo !"
He shook me cordynlly by the hand we
exchanged picturs, so we could gaze opor
each others' liniments when faraway from
one another he at the helium of the ship
of State, and 1 at the helium ol the show
bizniss admitance only 15 cents.
Artemcs Ward.
Wht is a man that marries twice like the
captain of a ship? Because he has a sec
uud mate.
Many a poor woman thinks she can da
nothing without a husband : and when she
geis one, finds that she cac do nothing wita
him.
The total population vf the United States,
as indicated by jr HjTlv 3KV