L ! r : . - - ' .' r 0 t Jf Vt. U. JAC02I, Proprittar.. Truth acd Right God and our Country. Two Dollars per Annan'. VOLUME 14. BLOOM SB U KG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22, 1862. NUMBER 3. 1 ' f t i ' t t i i . T f I.Vm I : 1 1 !i 1 i I ! H :! h 1 i J )riPA R !- ST J It OF THE NORTH JCBUSEID ITEBrWEtVESPAT il W3- II. JACOBL ca Slain St., 3rd Square below Market, TERMS: Two Dollars pr annum If paid within six months from ibe time of subscri bing: two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the. year. No subscription taken fur a less perioJ than six months; no discon tinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the editor. 2 ht terms of advertising vill be follows : i 'One square, twelve lines, three times, 1 00 Kvery subsequent insertion, 25 'One square, three months, . 3 00 'One year, . . 8 00 C I) o i c c poetrn. ' '- THE BEAETIFUL t5b. There is a land immortal, . The beautiful of lands ; -Beside the ancient portaf, A teniry grimly stands. He oddly can undo it, And open wide this door ; And mortals who passed through it - Are mortals nevermore. That glorious land is Heaven, " - And death the sentry grim ; The Lord thereof has given The opening keys to him. And ransomed spires, sighing And t'crrowing for in, Do raes the Kte in dying, And freely enter in. Though dark and d'ear he passage That leadeth to the gate, Yet price comes with the message, To souls that watch auu waitf And at the time appointed A msenger comes down, And lead the Lord's anointed Frcsi cross to glory' crowd. Th sighs are lost i.nvinsing, They're tiered in iheir ie t- ; Their journey heaven ward winging, They leave on earth their tears. Death like art ar.ze! seerueih ; "We welcome thee," they cry, Their face with ylory beamett TIs li.'e for them to die. - 1 2itln';;ht Escip! fro a Callows Hill. AN INCIDkltT OF THK BE VO LCTldX. The strip of ground from Broadway to Centre street, along Chambers, commencing j al tne new (store of Newart, in broadway, eeventy years ao wat a burial place. The part nearest Broadway wan devoted to the .negroes for the last resting pot of their dead, aad the moiety extending to Centre street was a kind oi Potter's Field, a :d during the Revolution the pot where mot of the pii Tate soldiers of the British army who died in the city weia interred Gallows Hill (the spot uhereihe Manhattan 'reservoir is liow placed) was decorated with a gallows, where all deserters and prisoners suffered dealh, who came under the "control of the . infaraou.-t provoct marshal, Cunningham. It was customary to execute the most of . the deserters who were native born at night. There was a policy in thif. Public execu tions of the Americans by the Royalists "Would have beeo ooioed abroad, and the -injury created thereby through the manner ia which the coniioeniala tlefDeveT would . have mad us-e oi it, mul have resulted to the injury of the king's cause. , Thete exo rotions generally took place after midnight. The prisoners condemned to death were al j ways confiued in the cl-i jail, within musket chut of the pUca of execution, and a ser . geant's guard ol eight men, accompanied by the provost mahal and his deputy gen erally -conducted ihe pritsoner 10 the gal- . tows. It was. near "twelve o'clock of a night in October,, in the year 1730, that a young man ma reclining among the recent graves that raUed Iheir mo.ud. in the vicinity of the gibbet on gallows hill. The 'hour and the place were singular for a tone individual tike trie man in question to be reposing. I say lone, yet he was noi exactly so, if ha . man. bodies divested of their immortality , can be considered companion; for 'nearly ,' . above his head swaying to' and fro in the '; night breeze, ban the remains of two sol diars of tha fi'th regiment, who had been . executed that morning for desertion. The sky was obscured with dark murky clsad, and the moaning of the 'vind, a it Btrepi around the gailowfc and through the ' trees that here and there reared iheir branch es amid the darkness of the rjight,',gave a - !?o!ate and disagreeable sound we'd be Citing the place itself. ;The man scarcely I'j-sveJ, with the exception now and theu - cf raiiirjg his head, and peering cautiously above the mound of earth behind which he - lay, towards the dimly visible with its t':gh massy walls in the fields beyond. At lergtlt' a tight glimmered, the tread cf; Ken was faintly heard, and the young man rauinj himself from the spot where he Jay, glided along tha rode fence which skirted lis bsria! srocud, until - he stood within a Here be faw feet of the - execuiion place raised of the h th an, light. Faintly throu p recs-ied by a black man, who carried a It-'.ara iha only light which seemed to be :a u.e party.' Tien walked a prisoner. with L'a srrr.j tighity bound behind bim, and di rectiy sf;r Cunningham, the pioost- mar 6I3I, and five or six soldiers with muskets .sir .,o.;!J2rr.. two, three," rc-fe sd ihe yoar as if ccu;:t lbs : rrea a: rjacDin twelve in si.- e und.-?r!5!cia but my com- -coir, -3. , Da cool, Dick ia: iv3 bsc-n cn sti en old retin 1.3 ...3 place, when he stumbled into a new dug , grave that he had not noticed before', just in ; the rear of the gallows. His first impulse , was to leap out, for the depth of the grave ! did not exceed three feet, but. a second boughl altered his determination,, and he murtnered- - "'-'; - ' " " This i3 the best place for me, they rer tainly'will not think of looking for a living man in the grave!" and he stretched Hiiin self at full length in the narrow house that he knew one day or another he should have to fill. They ente'red ihe burial ground and proceeded directly to the gallows, under which "they hailed Torming a circle, the black fellow with the lantern,' Cunningham, and the prisoner in the centre, preparations were made to go through with the awful ceremony thai of depriving a fallow being of life. - ' " " The black fellow looked up at the gal tows, from which the two bodies were hanging, and then proceeded very deliber ately to cot them down, observing " Dese chaps hab hung-Ions a nuff. I guess dey an't much teller dan dead ni gers now.''' " ' '' The prisoner looked on' with a glance of no common interest, for he fell that his soul was fluttering on the'eonfines of "eter nity. It is useless to talk of the bravery when a 'man in the full vigor of health be holds preparations m.tki:i to deprive him of existence. True, he may meet death with manliness and fortitude, find disp ay to no human eye any df the physical shrink ings by which we are ap to measure the outward courage of ; but within there is a feeling that the great Creator alone per ceives, and He jm'ges whether or no the man is prepared to die. The negro had passed a ropj throcgh the beam "Where bat a few moments before ! hung the inanimate clods that now encum- ; 'time, t nebb'er hang anoder sojer !" and he bered a it were the ground b'nath the gal- ' rolled over the graves, shivering as if struck lows. This done, he feaid with an aaue fit. " Dar, Massa CnnniMgham, is a rope dat j In the mean time prisoner and his Worn will hold de prionfcr long a'nufT. 1 reckon. rade, who had so opportunely rescued him Guinea Sambo fio stop aboard a man o'war j from an ignominious death, hurried from for uutiia', I gness. I lam to reeve !at : the scene, and Kpringins from the g-ave knot wtd a hitch dat de cetbii couldn't rea- As he finished this classical speech he very deliberately kicked the body of one of the dead soldiers aside, and rolled the other very cooly into the grae where lay the young man. and the dead rested upon Ihe living! a shudder ran through the trame of he youth as he felt pressing above him the cold lorm of one who but tha day beiore' had been as full oi iile as be now was but not a sound escaped him, for he knew that t euce wak hi3 only preservation. j ' Welt, rascal you see what you are com ing to for deserting from his majesty's er- i vice. A halter. 1 suppose, is rrore agreea- ; ble than good treatment and a soldier's . pay." j Thus spoke Cunningham to the prisoner. ; " I entered into the refugee corps . for my own reasons. They have proved . satisfac tory," the prisoner said, looking al Cun- , niughatn with a bold countenance. ' "Yes infernally satisfactory, you rebel j spawn of damnation ! A -py, 1 Vpose ! De Laicey's reiujeas would be a pretty set if they were all like you, rogue. No, no, I had my eye on ye when you 'listed mouth ago, and 1 told Colonel De Lancey what I believed ye was. Iot a royal refugee, but a reoei scounareu 1 was ng.ni rogue, en . " te, yoa was ngnx as w my ernwung.. As to being a rebel -scoundrel,- why there is j an off?ei you are a royal- knave and a oiooainirsiy vuia.r.. A iiniiUU . wanted io seuu io me great vaMmglul. i ha got before this 60 hang away? But I should like five minutes with my God first, if you have the manliness to grant it." Astonished as Cunningham was by the boldness of the man's speech, he knew full well that he himself was detested by Ihe English soidiefy for his ty ranny, and that a refu-alof such request o ma n on the point of execution would only make him sliit more odious among ihem. With an ill grace he said - " Pray rascal, pray ! I don't wonder that a knave like you tears dea h. A man that betrays his king, betrays his God j and il i full lime that you try to mi.ke peace with him. Three minutes, raocat three min utes ! That's all the time you have, from me. Go on your knees at once. then Sarnbo have the hatter ready. 2 kree minutes only. The negro had place t the lantern on the ground directly ouder the gal ows. lis faint light gleamed upward showing in dim out line the gallows frame, and partially light ing the faces and forms of the soldiers grouped, with their musket. to an order, in a semicircle around the scone of execution. The prisoner bent down, resting hi knees upon the earth thrown up arou . id the new dug grave. He bad no hope of escape and as he looked upwards towards the heavens, although all wa. black "with night, yet his eye pierced through the gloom; and he saw in the future redemption for the ; past ! The quivering ot his Mp3 ;,showed his ain cerity. tie was prepared -no die. Of a sud den he bent his bead. Afci ! his. prayer was heard r.3cus was at hand tils life oh ! g!orion3 thought was not; to set in blood through the hnnds of man.. . - - " Harry J" said a voica in a whisper, pro ceeding from tha grave where the prisoner had seen a dead body tossed but a few mo ments before : " make no alarm. Tis 1 your comrade, Dick Martin of Washington Life Gaard,corn3 to save ,fOt. Make some J ";s.cos3 to turn your tack towards the hole where 1 have hidden myttelf, and I will cut the rope by which your hands are tied j When ihis'is done and you hear me groin, j kick over the lantern an make 'for the east corner of the grave-yard. 1 wilt follow Things are ready for our escape. Remera ber make no alarm 1" The prisoner felt as if he had won em pires upon empires. His life then was safe! . , ''Come, rogue, your three minutes are up. Sambo, the rope there! you patten of Guinea beauty." The 'prisoner without rising from his knees, turned round so that be laced the lantern, his back towards the grave, "he negro advanced with the halter, to placi it aronnd his neck.' The scene was strik ng. In the foreground stood the soldiers, gasing with no very pleasant emotions, but the dim light, upon the poor prisoner. Cun ningham was in the centre, his brutal' nd harh features lighted up with the expres sion almost of a devil, preparatory to iei zing his victim. Scoundrel, you had no victirh that lime. Just as the negro got within arms' length of the prisoner, the lat ter fellhe thongs cut which bound his arms. He was IreeJ But Why starts the black, his eyes ro trud:ng from their sockets as if death was before him? The halter drops from his hands : he Is paralyzed with fear. Slcwly from the grave rises the dead body of the soldier he had himself rolled into it? " Gor a mighty, the dead hab riz !;' ' aid the negro, solemn'y Cunningham beheld the sight, anc ' so d:l the soldiers. The vision was s6 aful co apparently contrary to human re iso'n that with one accord all . fled, excej Hng the neiiru and the prisoner- Thi fo mer roiled on the ground, exclaiming " Spar' me, massa ghost! spar' m dis ; yard, made for Lispenard'it woods, which ! then fkiried the North river near iboul : where Canal street now enA. There they found a boat, in which Dick Martin had crossed alone from the Jersey shore, six hours before to save his comrade. Reaching the Jersey side, just be!ow Hull's Ferry, in an hour, they struck imc the woods and reached the camp of Washi igton near West Point, about night the next day. Trie morning aft er, in general orders, two new lieutenants were commissione J in Washington's Life Guaid and the reader can imagine ho they were. A brief explanation perhaps is nece .sary. It always eurprisrd the English cornramder j bugte above the storm: how Washington knew so well the nove- "I know something of this Lachine rapid, ments rnaJe in their lines. Washingion in and will use my best endeavors to guide many rases made desertion a duty. He t you, although we have every thing of wind knew who among his private 6oldiers lo ask and water against us. Let two of you who this from, and never in a single instance, was j are the strongest and most self possessed, his confidence betrayed. Death upo i ihe j standby me al the wheel, while the rest in gallows followed the poor private oftej, but ; voke His aid who ever atilleth Ihe tempest, ht never compromised his commander. to guard our lile-ladened bark safely through How could Britain expect to couqjer country that contained such men? . The Pilot's Story. Many years ago when I was so s nail a boy as to harJly recollect it now, my broih- er and rayseJt were p'aced on board r,e ol the bt. Lawrence river Bieainers as cabin boys and waiters, with a view to bjcome i t"aisetl tne 8lass anJ 6wePl sce,ie oeiore pilots when we were older. That w;ts fifty . her, then bidding them to have courage, the years ago, and boats were not fitted up in j bot entered upon its fearful cour-e, bound the style they are now, nor were good pilots i inS onward as if conscious ol the hand that a thing io be found every day. We hid run guided hs destiny. Her orders were given up and down several times, when one ! 'n clear, loud tones, as she stood proudly morning, about ten o'clock, we stop ped at I erect, her eyes brightened into a darker Brockville to take on bo-rd. as usual, gov- j blue, until one would have fancied her the eminent pilot to guide u down the liver. ruling spirit of the storm. The watar dash- It was late in the season, and we had a strong wind the night before, leaving the river tough, and our usual pilot bai hard work to keep the boat in its proper place, while it brought us into Brockvil e two hoars later than usual. The -cloud J over - head stiii looked cold, and the winr blew iresn and strong, wnen, maKing an pissiDle haste, we again put out of the harbor, and were soon bounding on our way. Tt rough- out the morning, I noticed an anxiot s look on the captain's face, which bespoie his uneasiness about the final termini lion of our journey. We had a good many passengjrs on board and although we usually rsached Montreal by four o'clock in the afternoon we should be delay ed till six, if nut later. About ten miles this side of Lac line, a fe'orm of rai: commenced, which n ndefed it almost impossible to guide the boi.t at all, while the rapids of that name, th most terrific in the whole river, were yet; lo be passed. The pilot was of the best! on ihe route; but a man of passionate tempi ir, with a peculiar dogged look. Between t tm and the ordinary pilot there existed an old grudge, which once or twice led tT blows when they came in contact with eich oth er. That morning, when passing: one' of the higher falls, they Mood together 'at the wheel, wheu, owing to the strong: current of water, and the almost exhausted itreugth oihimwhohad guided us all night, one spoke of the wheel clipped from K hands and nearly caused an accident of il pretty serious nature. This annoyed his Compan ion and hard words passed bet wee t them, since which time a sullen silence bad been preserved. " ! - When about two miles above the Lachine Rapid., soma of the rigging aloft glre way, and the Eight pilot mounted' tbj I Cpper ' . . - ii 5 I deck with a ladder and attempted to make I it fast. It blew fiercely and while exerting J all his strength to stay the mischief, he lost j his hold and fell, the ladder comming'down upon 'the head of our -government aid, wounding him pretty severely. Not pau sing to look at the mischief, he seized the unfortunate man, and with almost superhu man strength lifted him above the boat rail ing. The other quickly guessing his mean ing, and winding his arms around the neck of his companion, they fell together in the boiling flood below. We lowered the life boats as quickly as possible ; ropes were thrown out, and every effort put forth to save them, but in vain. They aro.-e to the surface of the water slill locked in each others arms and then sank lrom our view forever. The boat now ruthed rapidly .on, coming near the frightful rapid, while terror struck faces were around u-, at the thought that no master hand was near to- guide us through the dark parage below. The scene which we had just been called to witness, only j made our situation more terrific, white wild j of the soldiers, Brother Gumming, with two and fearful eyes around us bespoke the ag- millions at hi9 disposal, sends neither bibles onizing apprehensions of the passengers prayer book's or hymn books in his supples; and crew as we went plunging madly to j but, as though instigated by Jeff. Davis or destruction, scarcely half a rnile from the j "any other man," or even the devil, beys gulf, whose dashing waves we could dis ' any amount of ale, pbrte'r and small beer tinctly hear. The captain had frankly told j One mihl suppose from his first purchase us of his inability to guide us through the ! that he has utterly abandoned his temper perilous passage, while deck, gangway and ' ance notions, and was abont to open a rum cabin were filled with men, women and fhop lor the army. Here is the little bill chi'dren, some of whom were praying, some weeping, others intensely crazy, with an agony too intense for utterance. Women eagerly clutched their children, and hus bands pressed their wives to their bosoms with onlv the hone of dvins toseiher. The captain stood al the wheel assisted by one 4 of the passengers, vainly endeavoring to holdout to the last, and guide her until every effort should prove fruitless, with strained eyes and looks of despair, they gazed through the almost blinding storm upon the crauay rocks, lifting high iheir gray bare heads out of tha water, and upon which they expected every moment to be dashed in pieces. Just as the frenzy had begun to calm down into sober, earnest preparation for the doom which awaiied them, there came ' out of the staterooms a fair young creature over whose head scarce ftixleen summers ; had passed. She was of medium height, : and fair as a Iilly of the northern clime. j She donned a dress of plain, black stuff, whie the coal of one of the deceased pilots ! was buttoned tightly about her delicate ; form. Her face was ashy pale as she j mounted the stairway, and with her hair dis- beveled by the wind she exclaimed in voice which rnng clear as the notes of a a a the troubled waters Vt As if in derision of ter matchless cour age, the mad waves dashed higher, while the thunder pealed a loud defiance to her j ed she took her station at the wheel while '" P""""' J " ""' ,ir Bf ps'u,- .'" " -" as possible, turn a ed against ihe side of the boat, crowning ! her fair head with the glittering drops; yet i sti'.l she stood unheeding, while not an eye j i all that group, but gazed iB mingled awe and confidence, upon that delicate lorm - 1 Once again the spoke of the wheel slipped j from the grafp of him who held it, but a iir, jeweueu nauu arreaimi i. yi, ...u stayed the destruction which otherwise vould have followed its swerve ftom duty I Onward sped the noble bark, and when j darkness shut the last rock from our sight one deafening shout rose high above the storm for her who had so bravely guided os through ihe shadow of death. She would receive no thanks foi herself but bidding us "give thanks to Him whose voice ever rulelh the e;orm,"she retired to her state room, and was lost to view. Around the cabin table that night, about an hour before we entered the harbor of Montreal, we learned her history. She was the . daughter of the merchant whb owned the line of boats, cue of which she had just saved from ruin. Her mother had died when she was a child, and her father had y ielded to her wishes and allow ed her lo Hccompany him in the boat of which he was captain. By degrees she became acquainted with every bend iu the beainiful river, while calm and storm alike brought scenes of beauty to her eye. She was r.ow on her way lo isit some friends in Quebec where her father purposed joining her to spend the winter. A gentleman artist, sketched a likeness tin a leaf in his portfolio, as she stood at the wheel, wrapped in the pilot's coat, with the glass in her hand ; and her foil length por trait still grace the galiery of fine arts in Montreal. Many a rough hand grasped the enowy fingers at parting and many a bless ing crowned that nobis he&d. A magnificent diamond bracelet, beating upon an inside plate the name of the ves- eel, and date of the occurrence, was pre sented to her about a week aftar ht-r arrival in Quebec, by the passengers who were on board at the time, while loud and tri umphant were the praises borne io the ears of a fond parent of tke noble conduct of the frail but fearless one who had braved the danger before which stout hearts and Hrong forms had quailed. . Falling From Grace. It is a painful duty for us to call the at tenlion of Brother Stuart, and the member ship of the Young Men's Chrifctian Associ ation, to theproclivities to worIdiines9 which characterize the recent conduct of the once pious and saintly Cummings. lie is evi dently not falling from grace, but is losing sight of the great interests of the temper- I ance League, of which he was formerly so eloquent an advocate.. While the Young i Men's Christian Association are making so many sacrifices to supply the spiritual wants 280 dozen pints of ale and porter, 35 quin tals codfish. 300 boxes of hering, 6 barrels of tongues, 28 barrels of pickles, 25 casks of Scotch, ale ,'imporied) 10 casks of London porter, (imported." Total, including a lot of rejected carbines, about $55,000-. but j nary bible or hymn book It is unfortunate that Brother Cummings j ever wen: :o Gotham. The Van Wyck ' Committee indica e his veidancy when they declare that he ''had no general de qoaintante with business in NsvV York," and we find a a natural consequence that between ihe World, the flesh and the devil, he has been entirely ruined in reputation, if not in packet. Sunduy Transcript. We are personally acquainted with Mr. Ctimmings, and know that ihe Transcr.pt does bim no justice. He will pray three times a day; and will indulge in Ale, Por ter and Brandy; deliver a Temperance Lec ture or lead the y oung men's Christian As sociation in ihe evening, 6till he has robbed the Government of $360,000 in fifteen day. Cleoyfi.ld Republican. - Spcakinz riaiiUy. An article in a recent issue of the North American contains the following paragraph: "We spe-k plainly because it is nece sary to do so. At the very time when the people have looked lor retrenchment, the Secretaries of the Treasury, th War and the Navy departments have earnestly advised it as requisite to enable the Govern ment to meet its expenses, the Van Wyck Committee ha. laid bare the fact that untold snms have been squandered on wretched contracts, illegal and monstrous commis sions, and ty a thousand other varieties of that genteel robbery which goes by tuch names as peculation. It seems to us that j there is at this crisis another more expres . . . , . ior inese ui.ences auu inai is ireason. ine j reDel who fairly stands up in the rar ks of a hostil army e know how to contend against; but the secret enemy in our own ranks who goes with us merely to bag the public money and steal away to some more congenial clime with it, who clothes our soldiers in rags and gives them rotten blankets to shield them from the rude win try blasts, is he less guilty than the open j and avowed rebel of that crime which the ! Constitution defines as ''living aid and i comforl lo ,ne enemy?'". ; ,..! j National FOMldry. ! There jp carce!y a city or town of any imporUnce in ,he Ullion t)at does not pos. reiDarkable ail vantages, in the opinion j Qf hg inhalllUolt a3 a bhe for ,he pr0p0sed Na,ionai younjry. Even ihe City Councils , q Ere imag5oe lhat expoMl, ?oint wou,j be the most proper place lor this Govern- j Tfaere ftre B.vera, obvions considerations by which Congress should be governed in arriving at a conclusion upon this impor tant point. First, The National Foundry should have acer.tral location, with railrdad communications to all parts oi the country. Second, it should not be so near the sea board as to be easy of access to a foreign enemy. Third, It should be located in a region where iron and coal abound. These reasons all indicate Pennsylvania as the proper State for the location of the National Foundry, occupying as it does, a central position between the Eastern and Western Slates, and abounding as it does in the necessary materials of iron and coal. This point settled, the next question is, what place in Pennsylvania is the most cen tral and has the greatest facilities tor com munication with all parts of the country? Ifarrisburg, unquestionably. This is the great railroad centre of the State, easy of access to the iron and coal regions, and possessess advantages for the location of a National Fourdry ol which no other city in the Union can boast. Union. It is only those who have done nothing who fancy tbey can do everything. Why is a sailor's sword like a girl discard- ed by har bean i Because it's a cutlass. fFecdiflg'Graih lo Colt?. '. Shall the Government be Broken Cpr A subscriber inquires of the American In the present perilous condition ol. our Agriculturist whether it is advisable to feed country at the moment when a great strug oats to colts in Winter as some of the neig- gle is impending on the Potomac, which' bors think the practice injurious. It is ob- , all loyal citizens pray may crush out rebel jecied thai grain of any kind is lob stimula- lion and restore the Union it is lamentable ting for young animals, and they will grow that the attention cf the Adminstration and up more hardy if kept on scanty feed. We of the public should be diverted fronr regard this as an error. The usual food of ' he rne grand effort of the nation at telf-pres-an animal, including grain, is not "slimo- ! ervation. - iaung" in me same sense as the spicts ana drugs used by man; were that the. case, there would be no question as to the im propriety of allowing grain to young horses or other animals. Grain contains more nu- triment than the ;ame bulk of straw or hay, II fed in large quantity to one. not worked sufficiently to Keep the digestive powers very active, the stomach and other organs will be impaired, and the health of the ani mal, will be injured. But given judicious ly grain promotes the growth and strength of horses either young or old. The proper way to harden an animal, i not to cramp the growth of its organs, but to develop hem to the fullest extent, and nutrious food is indispensable to this end. It is the practice of some of the best horsemen lo allow a small quantity of oats or corn to colls, as feoon as they will eat them, say from a quart to two quarts per ciay during the firet Win er, and a more libera allow ance the following year, increasing the quantity gradually. Oats are preferable. a corn from its oily nature predisposes to inflammatory disease. Herbert says this treatment will repay the owner in the qual ity of hone and muscle which the animal will form, and in the increased size, beamy and stamina, which will be his characteris tics when he i growing toward maturity. He gives his opinion that a colt cared for in j this way, will be at two years old, the equal ol any three year old, allowed to take his chance without any food but that furnished by his dam from her ordinary commons, or picked bp by himself, in his Summer pas fire or Winter straw pard. American Agri cultunst. K Cencral advance of the Army. The cry of --Wolt" has been so often heard from Washington that the public have grown apathetic in regard io it. It is im possible that the Confederate Army whose ear have been awakened lo this cry, for months, and who have been kept in agita tion and upon the aler:, may have grown weary of its monotonous repetition, and may be caught napping in the moment of danger. We believe the general movement is to be commenced throughout the whoje line that lrom Fortress Monroe, along the Penin sula, from Washington down the Potomac, ( from Kentucky around the Bowling Grepn, I and thence to Tennesf-ee, and from Cairo j down the Mississippi to Memphis, there is j to be a general advance of the Federal ar-mie- It may not a part of this move ment to push on the column which confronts the Confederate torce at Manassas, or to attack the latter in their entrenchments. Ge,.. McClellAn will probably hold a sutfi - r'nt foro-i, noMi'm,. tr. fo:iw the Vir-in- ia army, should il break up and retreat. If the other movements are succes-ful, il can not 'maintain . its posuio-i ; but must fall back towards Richmond, in order to hold its communication with ihe South. We do not, however, presume :o intlica'.e plans of campaign. We merely wish to express our conviciion that the public ap petite for action is lo be appeased by a se ries of greai battles wtiicli will be terrible and decisive. Gen. McC'iel an's prophecy lhat ' the war may be a desperate one, but will be a short one," is soon to be verifi ed. Jjii7W Aigus. The Words of a Crpnblieaii. I respect and confide in the wisdom and resolution and uprightness of Abraham Lincoln, but Abraham Lincoln is not good enough to be my master. I will trust him w'nh the adminstratio.1 of the law ; 1 will not trust him to make them. 1 will truct him with all the great deposit of power lhat the Constitution has placed iu hi" hands, a vast poer which blinds the eye when it is called forth in the magnificence of 's military array, accustomed as wa are to the habiliments of peace but I will not ) add tothal power arbitrary and discretionary ' powers. I protest against it in the name ot every limitation in the Constitution under whch we live. I protest aga.nst it iu the name of those men who mst iu battle array the tyranny ol England, lowing iu their loois.eps, lighted by their wisdom, let os be guided by their example, when they have embodied in ihe supreme law of the land; the restrictions to the paramount will of the people necessary to overcome the frail lies of human nature. Henry Winter Davit. John Jones has no objection to the lick her law when applied to Jane. Jane Jones contends stoutly lor the liquor law, as appli cable to John. Jane's argument is simple and conclusive. VN hen John does liquor, he doe lick her. When John don t liquor he don't lick her. Therefore, if John can l liquor, he won l lick het-lhe conclusion She Wishes tO reach. George I, on a journey lo Hanover, stop ped at a vi lage in Holland, and while the horses were getting ready, he asked for two or three eggs, which were brought him and 49 & ' charged two hundred florins. "How ib this?" said his majesty. "Eggs must be erv scarce in this place." u Pardon me," I said the host, a.o p.ouu.ut cuuugll, !.:.. I v.. f hot king scarce The KiDg smiled, JtaJ ordered the money to be paid For this reason, eays the Albany Argui, patriotic and prudent citizens are pained io see an announcement, in the New York pa pers, by Wm C. Bryant, Judge Edrndnd,' Wm 'Goodell, Wm., Curtis Noyes, Rev. Dr. Cheever, Theodore Tillon, and others,' of the preparation of a peiltyn to the President and Congress, asking for a proclamation of general Negro emancipation not merely of slaves held by rebels, but also, of those owned by men whose fidelity to the Un'iori is not questioned. Of course, this is a re-' quest to the President and Congress to oscrp power, overthrow the Constitution j break up the government as now constitd- leu, anu lane me cnance oi estaDiiening a new political organization on its ruins Neither the President nor Congress have the slightest power to abolish slavery in the States no more than they have to usurp all other internal and domestic authority re served to the States. It the work of usur- pation or revolution is to be commenced", in the way and to the extent asked forty these petitioners, there can be no limit to its progress, and the Co'ns itution and th Union will be virtually abolished. It is refreshing to find, ia connection with this subject, the following statement in the Washington dispatches of one of the New Vork papers : ' A radical Republican Member of Con gress had a private interview with1 the President recently, in which ihe latter avowed his affixed determination to oppose any measure, of general emancipation, or for arming confiscated slaves of rebels. ' If the President will set h'n fac3 like a flint against thee revofu'inory measure and plant himself firmly ou the Constitution he may rely on the support, in every daniec and under every extremity, of the trae friends of the country, against fanaticism and treason in every form. Thus may we hope for the supres!on of the rebellion and the maintenance of the Constitution and the restoration of the Union. But if the Presi dent falters, all is lost the Constitution ' ia gone. the. Union is dissolved into its original elements and we shall be left lo the chances of such reconstrnctionof the politi cal fabric as may be found possible. j The Journal cf Commerce, after publishing the petition alluded to in the above a'uicle, remarks that the American people will, not sign this petition. Some thoughtless men may. But those who respect and revere the Constitutio i, who remember the virtues of their fathers, and ihe bonds which their blood of cememed, who feel the s'olemnity of a war for the Union, and look to the gloriou future, wnen the Constitution shall emerge from its trials wi;h more than ancient splen- ! '" ins ,he Pposit.ons of anarchy, which these .1. .-Ml ,1. ..-..1. ...:.t. I t l ; mistaken and misguided men have fool ishly sanctioned with their narnes. Lvi zetne Unicn. The Louisville Journal makes comments justly upon he various propositions for new confiscation laws, and concludes as : Jol lows: i-Our own conviction is opposed to any new confiscation law whatever ; but if, a new law must be passed, justice and policy alike demand that il shall be prospective and conditional in place of retrospective and absolute and that ihe conGscation of laves be so defined as to exclude the al- leged effect ol emancipation. The sweep i Ing confiscation of ihe property of rebels f whether they return to their allegiance or i not sacrifices wanton'y one oi the most potent agencies of ihe Government in bring ing the rebels back, ft gives tha rebels no chance. It shuts them up between resis tance and destruction. It d'ive Ibera fur- titer away lrom their allegiance in lieu of inviting them to return. It is isiupid as weli as crag!. "A well guarded confiscation law, however, taking effect a sutiable" time a'ter the rebellion shll be pui down .and tho authority of the Government reasserted, and depending not or, the denariura nf ih j citizeil rom his alIe;ance but on his refu',al , relQrn therelo exer, g , 8Qme Ulfluelce, siiWve question if the j lime has yet come when such a law can j be ei,hef drawn ihe j enacleJ wi,h ,he effect Qur j ,onviPlinn u lh . fnr . - ( - - awa a.w sV..Wty (A I SOaBky we have Icgilation enough on the subject. We think lhat Congress, for the time, may with grate propriety resign the war to the army. And we trust it will." ' The SSOO.SM Swindle": -" ! Lest it should be claimed that the sworri l08timnnv nil tha liaarinri iMnita nnlv ; conTicls onworthy fcubordinates, ac ev.l Iike!y JO eIfect any Department it deserves j to be noteJ lhal lbe acoeine by 'which the Government was swindled out of 5800,000 ! ,.nnirart for raall.nr hnl anH kKoII carried home to parties hisher than McKin- stry and his gang. If we may believe the evidence of ex-Mayor Filley, he made his proposition and teuder directly to Gen. . ' ,Iti Ki. ' A r". or deal with go between and third parties. r He prdposed to tender his foundry io the i Government or that he would make the casting hiraself at cost. No attention was if,Ar-aH awards In h.r $40' per ton more than Ml. Filley'i parues at ' Chicago Tribwt- 1 1 I
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