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KVBIIY l i A^t 0a A YEAR, Iiv ADVAJVCEi A Family Ne\vs\>»ver, WevoteA to Polities, Literature, Agriculture, Local Interests, anil General ?icw8. VOL. 11, NO. :«). Dentists. 1H rilllMHIIBO XVKUY THURSDAY HOKNIN\ QR. f. P. HOWARD, Surgical and Mechanical Dentist. PLATTSBUUGII, N. Y., THURSDAY, MAKCH 3, 1866 Oysters. ' j A ^^^Z WHOLE NCL559. AT 1'r.ATTHIimWH, CLINT 1 In Warren'* Block, over Lnforcc's stove By W . LANSING A SON. V>«r »»,00 i»^» annum, yajrnbJe in Aclvam Rates of advertising. 1 «)|<> il ye»r ' Oysters. IIOICK AKTKI.K »'AN UK HAD v k ' t •ir \Offloo i.» Spoii vJiio. >r. v. u Jt.iiv, over A. Rict-' i. 1 yi'i •0 0 monlhn, 6 00 er -period* I unru S. V. HOWARD, DENTIST. ni : , n i , UAH n<lmlnt«tor<-4 wlu'ii tli-Blrcil. Oface over G. V. Edwards & Son's Store. | i-,-i IM.ATTHHUKOH.N. Y. III. & G. F. BIXBY, 1 $H> DENTISTS, Office over De Forris' Drug Store, Attorneys. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, By Can, Keg, and in Hulk, A. r V lU'JMMVH . 640 1M e\v i> y ste r VIousc.. \PIIK i;N»ERSt€JNKn WAVE OPKKftl) AT Reg and Can Oysters, Attorney and Counselor at Law, MOOEUS, N. Y. _____ ' M. DESMOND, \~\ \ Attorney and Counsellor at Law, , N. Y. \ G. W/BECKWITH & SONS, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, PLATTBBURtiH, K Y. OIMMOK, HltOWN liUUJMXU, - NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK. WM. R. JONES, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, AND NOTARY PUBLIC, I'LATTMIlUHCai . N. Y . WfUcc opposite lion Hunk, over W. U. IIorgan*Btore, DANIEL S. M'MASTERS, Attorney & Counselor at Law, And \JT.BoonN^fl Ant-lit ifor Procuring Pcnalnng, B»nnly, nml Bnck PAY. OIHoc over the First Niilioiml Bunk, N. Y. Hotels. MONTREAL HOUSE, BY S. LARABEE, Ausable Forks, Clinton Co., N. Y. CLINTON HOTEL, (f)pponllo tho 1'i'lHon Onto,) I . WATVTVJ-T^fOilA, 3V. Y. • j ' |IAV1N<S HECENTLY FITTED VP THIS [ 3SSS i I^KJ'i 'Jlicythoiijd.l .vlicn Hi.-, T.oIltnvocTlilBtmrrowlrc.i, 'J'lint niony g |i\ l (nv IhnyM't.iild lii.\°e oVv Mi head, Tho lon^-tiilloa klitcn—\ijour rclloiv.\ Aiu\ folliB mny tnlk litht of tliu kitten Uinfn irono, And thrnnun ttic dull pnrtli try to Bcratcli lilui) Hut liPvor-n-Miiw If Hicy let Mm BIPOJ) o:t, Above tlie (sropii swanl will tlicy riilf.li him. as Kit »n to 11 Irlinl,\ enoto, -evT-tUt 1 wfcurk lomhia <t'ii. •I; v ' ll>h t the mouth of the 15 years ago this from the east left miles might whom little ti >r more lumber p were youn ouble for venerable trapper—\About runnier, a train of emigrants 5t, Louis for nomc place 300 •cst. The whole company rhopg 150 souls, 25 or 30 nf ; and able bodied men. But time was experienced with Abe was in twenty battles, besides tnnny ] skirmishes, He was jit the Biege of Yicks- i burgh, the storming of Corinth, and mtifciicd • with bhcrman up the Red river. The whiz of ' bullets and the scream of shells were his de- 1 light. As the battle grew hot and hotter, he j would flap his wings and mingle bin wildest; I notes with the noise arronnd him. He was j very fond of music, especially Yankee Doodle i and OKI John TJrown. Uji Speech of HOB. Robert S. Hale. Snjh-age in the District of Columbia. jkliiK r< whether on busliic T\\c Card. GEORGE L Attorney & Counselor at Law, ALSO, I.ICCIUMI Afiont for Collection of P«n»louii, Mack Pay, Prlxc Money, anrt all GOT- * inimiit Claim*. ri^ArTMmnoiT. CUSTON UOUCTV, 480 NKWYOISK. SMITH M. WEED, Formerly of Hcrkivltli, -Joln.M.ii <fc Vocd, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Land and Insurance Agent, tflattaburgh, Olinton County, N. Y. Bounty, Pension, A.litl T'a.v An'«-n<«> • CJJ-. CAIlVElt, .111,! U) Ul.lllMl HtHll'H 111 Hktor. r roc nnowc.1 ' > . v 1 lii *' )1 w ^\\: i ; ) :j] i 1 n ) j;^ 11 ' nml \ M.V1O, nnd openort for it nf Mny next. Him tiro birgi' iuul nlr; V\'^A1M-K-.' i FRENCH'S HOTEL. ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. Opposite City Hall and Park. COR. - FRAN KFORT BTKBBT, NEW YORK. P|KICIOUH lli-Tectocy, Uatli Hoaum and Hurliur's 81iop. Oysters! Oysters!! rpiIOMAH DELANEV HAS OPKSEO HIS ! i. WlK.lom,!,, | Largest Oyter Houses \^LOWEST CITY HtfOES,,^ riiiltubui-Bli. Oct.lO. 1RC5. 63!> lyiusic. Music and Musical Instruments, l^oi* Sale, Sheet Music, PIANO-FORTES, Mas. & Hamlins Cabinet Organs, Wliloli arc tlj.i )I.'HL Instrument/! oftliclr him). r i'n«! t>c«i IlAliiiu Violin, Onttar an d Hnnjo String-» Uy KP\VAItI> Kr.ORV, Tcnchi'i- of Vocal mid Inslrutneriliil Muelr. rintldnitrirli.N.Y. *Wif MELODEONS1 .1. Esty, ODCCENSOR TO M«Mri. KSTY &• OREEB, Perfect Melodeon, With Tiilent Hnnnonl c Attachment, HUNK Damper nnd Manual Siib-Kass. The worM-wl.lc r.noun (IICHC Mlll-ODKONS liavi- The Cot where I 1 WIn-re firs 1 Tho cot Tv]' 1 >BO Imppy dnj'd nr<- gon ;nJ!o with nuttuic'on •liore I wjiii born. ; that first a molhnr's i KAY WH A 111-: FKl,],. KM VlK r>l7jl Hardware. Fine HAI/K A T : AND ltliANTlNU POWDER , KOIl lion concerning Miming SoWti-Vi Platt«bnrgn,.Inly21.l804: A. O. CAHVKU. 474 If Hair Dressing. r \\CNMBERLANO HOUSE ~ Shaving & Hair Dressing SALOON. G13O. W . DlTMTllNT, Proprietor , PlallBburgh, N. Y. New Hair-Dressing ROOMS. rpHB UNDEIISIONKD TAKK THIS oVl'OU / \\'HftiR-blESSING SALOON? 1 On liridwo Ktrcot, one door «mt of Ki-mplcr'u .tvwi-lrv H(.ir<', nnd would ho hiippy t» K' V <' in'\\'!' 1 attciilioti .. O IliS, PXII'TY, &c, &,»-., VOW. SAIiK AT Hie Hardware Hlori'of C A. COOK. ri.iU»l.ur B h..!ainmiy 1,1H00. The Famous Horse Shoe IN ails, M ANUFACTUllKU A T KEKSKVII-LK , lor H»I ! liy V,. A. 0<K>K . > COIN- for Ha)o at ?ru\(J l iMn *NIJ, * lY'—Purt'luulur iu'curnNu i'i'x'li'\« Scales, \/TAN<:UE8TER, PLATFORM , AN pu(loMiilViV^h^t\]'ii!rlmiik'i'A Co.V, »N<1 J< 'i'ialVHl>tlV K li?.IiuiU!vry 1, t.1800. Hardware! Hardware 1 c*. ^v . c o o i£ , DKALKR IN Foreign and American Iron & Stool, Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Mechanics' Tools, Ag'l Implements, Saddlery and House Finishings, iV\vvu\av au&Mttl Saws, read, Zinc, Cutlery, Nails, Class, ' I'ulntM, OIU, CordiiK<t Powder, etc. l.ugaret-st. VlnUttbargli.N. Y. Hut doe, The cot wh«ro I Oh t n«vei And ourili TI'IH hen Cnn I for* tti-Mdo Ilio The cot novyMillY the usually troublesome Indians. Late one afternoon they arrived fit this illfatcd rock. It w;>a in September, and the golden s\m was gilding the far off clouds and sinking slowly I in a sea of molten light. lie had quite disJ- 1 apeared beneath the horizon 'ere the oxen were | carroled aiid the sentries posted. The women | insisted as the night advanced on repairing to the Island to spend the night, as they thought : and the limvc v \yiscousiu Eighth, with their it would be safer. The men all save one live eagle and riddled Hags, were welcomed were left with the carrol. A bond of BlRck- feet Indians exasperated by some real or pre- tended injury from the whites', had been close- ly following their track until this most favor- able opportunity presented itself. Little did the innocent mothers and children imagine the (scenes of blood and slaughter that were to be enacted on the beautiful little Island. Little they dreamed that on the banks of that peace- ful river, would be heard the Indian's War cry, and the victim's death jrroun. The flaming camp fire had changed to a bed : . of nnoking ashes, and the usually watchful ! sentinel was sleeping—for the march had been , I ]ong_anrt vigliancc slumbered. Silently the j | wily savages gathered around the little com- j «I> m ftood for pany in the carrol, and as silently they were ] A young man, whos\. bluntness was such in the midst of the suddenly awakened band. \ that every'effort to turn, him to account in a surprise was complete the j dry-good store wus found to be unavailable, ,,,.,. •> , i t i received the customary notice from his employ- sold their lives dearly, and not a C r that he did not ? ulf and must go. \But I'm good for something,\ remonstrated the young fellow, loth to be turned into the street. I \You arc good for nothing as a salesman I any how,\ retorted the principal, regarding j him from » business point of view. 'Tin sure I can be useful,\ replied the young The House having under consideration U$ bill extending-the'iight of snffragc iu the Dis- trict of Columbia— Mr. HALE said: . .\..'.'. - - , Mr. SI'B.\KKB : Tlie debate before th6 ift)i'*>' .il Jolin I>ro\vn. tpon parade, be al- , having taken a wide range, I beg leav'e to \ s javo heed to \Attention. With his j f or the reading of the amendment which t b eye on the commander he would listen and obey orders, noting time accuraU-ly. After puiade he would put off his soldierly air, lhip his wingH, and nmke himself at home. The 'rebels called him \Yankee Buzzard,\ \Old Owl,\ and all other hard names ; but his eagle nature was quite above noticing it. At lust the great rebellion came to nn pnd back to Madison. They went out n thousand strong, and returned a iiltlc band scarred and toil-worn, having fought and won. And what of the soldier bird? In the nnfh'e of his gallant veterans,' Capt. Wolf presented him to tiie State. Governor Lewis accepted the illustrious gift, and ample quarters are pro- vided for him in the beautiful Stftte-house grounds, where may he long live to tell us \What livrcma from the woudlnml cpra' i», Wlmii Uiroujfh tlie fivsh awnkencd land, Tilt,- tln-UHns cry of freedom rung.\ Nor is the end yet. At the great Fair in Chicago last summer, an enterprising gentle- man invited. \Abe\ to attend. He had color- ed photographs of the old hero struck off, and sold $16,700 worth for the benefit of poor nnd sick soldiers. lias not the American eagle done his part. g t the honor to submit the oflicr day, and \vfi|cjt constitutes, as I understand, the question Trtl- fora the House. • ' r The Clerk read as follows:, ^ ' ; limuuctlon to the CtttHniXtae ti. »o *B to extend the right of mftrngc In t^ *-»«..„ , Columbia to nil person* coming within «lthero*tb« following cla«ge«, Irre<ip8sUye of cmte of color, tot utib- joct only to oxiKUna provision* nud quultlknUon* oilier than those ioi'ruled on ensto or color, to wit: 1.. Tho»c TVho'cjui road tho Constitution ot tttd fftii-' 1.. tod S 2 _ Those wlio or personal prope 3. Tli one who chiirpjed from Ihc And to restrict eucli rlj<M of suffrage _ (ihovo iianifd, nmt to Include proper provision* c: Uht of suffrage thc»9 who have fcoroo *tm< i Unitod t?t;iK'g dnriiifl' the Into, robol\\ »«e«ed for and p*y toxea on rtftl a the Dlittrlct. aervod In «nd boon honorably dis- 'ory oi naval *orvte» of the UraM'-l asnlnst nfort I during tl sniU rebel a roboilloa. Of rock wVi»c)i rmiK HI An Incident in a Trip across the Prairies. TiX FItANK IIABWOOI). One summer while on a visit to St. Louis from one of the Eastern States, I conceived a strong desire to take a trip across the prairie?, : and fortunately engaged the services of Bill I Hays, an old hunter and trapper and later a j guide. His frame was tall and muscular, showing that enormous strength and endu- rance had once been his. His sincwey form was clad half Indian—the moccasins and leg r ging.s with n buck skin hunting shirt, rather soiled for wear. His only companion was (yourhambio Bervwit,) Frank Ilarwood, who time nt we were out l'i Aflcr vainly nightfall, we . Loniu, fiboa* ft or 8 lii- nni Notwithstanding the few of the human fiends sank to the ground, their skulls cleft to the brain by the butt of an emigrant's rifle. But of no avail. Numbers overwhelmed them; and the sun had risen 'ere the assailants had torn the last scalp from the hardly lifeless forms. The horror Btricken wives and children from the Island could witness the' awful drama' Their fate was surely sealed. There could hardly be a chance for escape. The only man had left his rifle with his team—but his knifo and faithful axe were with him and while he lived the enemy could hardly hope to gain the summit of the Island. But- starvation stared them in the face. To describe the scene 'hat followed is an impossibility. Day followed day, a'nd those hopeless captives sat in silence and imploringly gazed on their beseigcrs. They slept, they dreamed of untold enjoyments. But morning dawned the harbinger of another day of agony. No change for good could possibly take place, for the human blood hnnds were entirely with- out mercy. Eight days of unparalleled agony and Buffering, hunger and thirst'ere tho savages gained the Island. Helpless women and children were butchered alike. The feeble old men \How?\ \Tcllmclirw.\ \I don't, know, sir: I don't know.\ \Nor do I,\ and the principal laughed as he saw the eagerness the lad displayed. \Only don't put me awny, sir; don't put me away. Try me at something besides selling; I cannot sell. I know I cannot sell.\ \I know that, too; that is what there ia wrong.\ \But; I cnn make myself useful somehow, I know I can.\ The blunt boy who could not be turned into a salesman, and whose manner was little capti- vating that lie was nearly sent about his busi- ness, was accordingly tried at something else, lie was placed In the counting-house, where his aptitude for figures soon showed itself, and hi a few years he became not only the chief cashier in the concern, but eminent as an ac- countant throughout Uie count IT. Boys, be sure and be \good \for something.\ A MOON* HATER.—Some French gcntlemi has been publishing what seems to be an un- ••*•\• \ \ on the moon. In the fii that we could d o pel for oceanic or ' reJl Mr. II ALE. Mr. Speaker, the quest ion: be- fore the House strikes me as one eminently' practical in its nature—not one of theory, not one to be decided according to any hypothesis as to general rights or general forms of g6?ex-n> r r ment. The Constitution of the tTriifed States vests in Congress exclusive jurU diction for tlie purpose of legislation over this District The jurisdiction thus vested in us we. 'cannot alKUs\* cate. We do not propose to abdicate it. \#e simply pfoptfae tor delegate certain local and administrative powers to the iuiiabitants of'thiS District, or some of them, in sucli manner as we shall deem best. This bill doca noi pro- pose to eomnfft to the people of the District; or to anybody except this Congress, any ppwir er of general legislation. We arc ejaawiyor- ing merely to find out to whom we litfat bett delegate the control of certain municipal affftirjf having relation to schools, poor-laws, streets, inferior courts of justice, police, and the likel and the Bimplj question, a9 it seoma to ipej which addresses Itself to this House, andaaouUI address itself to every member of, the House, is, what is the best, the most feasible, plan,, all things considered, for the accomplishment of ' this work? , Theoretical questions as to inalienable or in- herent; rights of suffrage or anything eke do not, I think, arise here. The jurUdictioB lie* in us; the authority emanates from vm. Who* ever receives it from us receives it as a free gift—°of grace, (if I may be allowed the expres sion,) not of right I confess that, for oae, 1 have little sympathy with those who uniformly appeal to theoretical and abstract questions of right and wrong as the sole guides for ottf course in Legislative affairs. 1 do not believe that statesmanship is founded exclusively, oi even mainly, on theoretical propositions. I bef licve that true statesmanship must learn to re- gard the facts and circumstances surrounding every proposition ; must learn to took at th« things which bear upon it in all directions; must learn that abstractions and theories must yield from time to time to the; efreunfttarfcesI of the case. I do not even helie>e it wise for statesmen always to' insist oh'\vh'at fiiey mrff naider as purely abstract right. WWfe I would ivcr abandon or vieMJL.\ n •^*^- \~ \*\«., hors UT -Hiipp >njoy his Boots and Shoes. II. II. HUIiUMAN. BOO(H and 100 1 Fashionable IM1R DRESSING SALOON. rpiI E UNUKltSICiNKD, IliVVINO VOIUIKI) 1 ii l-.u-tiier-Uip uinlor ttic linn iintn« of HOAd A I.Al'ONT, lmvi>.O|K-ni;(l n Hair-Dressing Saloon men , an-l will'u'liiinintc - to K lvi' ill.' Wl .if ^iti«f.n'tlon tonlU.utiloineVr t Iu thrl r HIM'. Khnving,8liuini>ooiiif(, Hair Cutting, mid Huiraud Whi»lcci-Dyeing. For Sale. For Sale, />P \tHK 8 OV WOOI) ^'^ ,^\' lll ,V r n I > xy. ]..,!• t..|-m»iii.i>ly to H A].I>J1IJ>UK, Clinzy, N. V Timber Lands & Improved Lands And Houses for Sale, IN CLINT0K & FRANKLIN COUNTIES. riMi K siinsiniinKi t wii i, NKI.I , 'IHK i'oi,i,o\v - Miscellaneous. Plattsburgh Fruit Warden and Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, Strawberries, Ornamental Hedges, ''*'\* \ 1M \ \ 1 \V\M M |] > . IIAMIKV, Vrov''' 1 )*\-. WILKINSON & MOHEY, (i UNSMITHS, WHITESMITHS, AM) CUTLK If.® - Shop on River Street, Opposite Lafou.ntain'6 Park House. 1'LATTHHUKUH, N . Y. fi-Vl Champlain Valley Boots and 8ho»si riMlE 8UUS< KIIJEK IS IJW IIBCEIPT OF i <il il l:«y » iirxl v:vi'li'il iiHHUi-tinfiit o f Ihn IHTHI ijiuili- Ik'rt whic h wil l lie: Bolii nl. HID lusvri-t niitixiMi' <anh in 1- c.«. H . II. KIIIOHMAN . l'liiUdliuritli , Built ' 28 . IKllS. SMI Country Merchants CAN BUY BOOTS AND SHOES, Uy tixa t'uso o r I>oscone<), AH Chetip ns in the <:itlen, OF JOHN J. DROWN, 4i>t I'KATTSBUKUH, N. Y. BOOTS&SHOES. H. H. SHERMAN, WANlIFACTURKIt AND J)KAI,KR IN Hoots, Shoes, i\iu\ at iU I nitctl Stales Hold. Oprn for KminliiiKloi. UIMI ConMHltnttOn, HaturAuy*. For Particulars Adaress a. JlAVKKS, M. I). Snrannr, N. Y. \LAKE HOUSET\ 1'|>|M>H1(<- Hal l Itotu l I>«-iiot, Also, SHOE FINDINGS. PROCLAMATION I To all ulio are in want of BOOTS AND SHOES! T TII H UNUKltNM'NKD, BK(S MCAV K T O INK liitdy oi-rii[>li-tl l>y tlie Iron li.ink, whlili 1 huvi- re- lllluil for n Boot & Shoe Establishment, IK.S'jiiul lili.NT'S Over Shoes and Rubbers, built our j n-od our i blunkuts— liill, to enjoy his day pipe, nnd I, opposite—the, tiro iMitwcdii us—smoking a Havana nnd lintenin# to hla Htoi\ien of exploits and ailvcnturcH wh'ile a tni[)|KT. AH Uin talo ended we iirepured our.ielveu for our ni^lit'.s rent; ! mentally WoHsintf tho iniui who invinited *lein>, nnd Bill making observations a3 to the nrobnWc-slnto. of ihc weather on the morrow. I wns just beginning to dream of Indians and bullaloea, when Hill suddenly aroused me, making me aware that he Iuul completed his ci-lcsliaJ ohHcrvatioiifl, ami also that we should probably arrive at \Woody Island\ before the next livening. AH I hiul not, heard of such ti plac-e, '^before, it gave fresh material for my dreams, nnd soon my nerves surrendered to the victorious morpheuH. I was in the midst of an nd von turn with 700 wild and naked savages, ! Uegrimmed with war paint, nnd yelling their I loudest. I had just leaped over 17 of their 1 heads, when a grim savage nearly a rod in i height stood in my way. 1 was about to dis- l patch him, when sudd July I felt my head givo J way from under me. I awoke with a yell, j which aroused the vigilant trapper opposite me • nnd caused the sudden scamper of feet. One of the horses had got loose, and during its in- vestigations, had discovered a bag under my head, and that lhat bug contained something that Binell nir/atly like corn meal. Catching it in his teeth, he jerked it from under my cranium just, in time to save the tall Indian's life. Secu- ring the cause of my fright, we, turned in .to rest undisturbed till morning. A. morning on the prairio. Did you ever witness a smirise on those vast plains -west of Missouri ? Imagine I yourself there just before the rising of the sun, 1 for it is one of tho most magnificent sights ever i beheld. The eastern horizon is of a golden | orange tint, intermingled with a light blue, | fringed with purple, and as the sun rises, is ! reflected in the dew drops ay they hang like so ; many million jewels on the wild grass—then i the refreshing coolness of the air scented with the most delicious perfumes from prairie flow- ers. After a hi- joy as well a prairie leu, we in away. Not a livi seen on tlie vast p he who is wild and free on th« j mounted our horses and were animate being was to be irie that lay for miles before The sun drew neur the western horizon •re we csimc in sight of the Wan-wan river, rom whose bosom rose -Bloody Island.\ It * in shape.!) rocky Mull\ scporulcd from the nain Inml by a narrow channel cut through lie rock. It* sides are nearly perpendicular, md can be amended but at a v\\\%kv> point, •nly liy ii P lltl » ' ct W than '1 feel wide. Its sum- nit, is covered with the richest verduer, small \>-e^rceiwand ehu'terupf richly colored flowers, vhile the {.nipu vine nnd hry hung from its sides. Our stomachs admonished us that, we *er, cnus'-d by a ride of nearly T.n miles on a vKllup. • So UP concluded (o pilch oivr stakes, . Hill i Mtld •!',]or ** dttkw- . arttl»4 *r«r tt e Island. The niglit was cold and* our fires were .started, although it was as much to cheer the gloomy phtee as it was to afford a warmth. As the. blaze flamed upon the rocky floor, it lighted tip many a. dark, nook, and threw fan- tastic shadows into the forbidding rents that yawned around. Here and there a ghastly skull or bone gleamed in the firelight, and in some places the skeletons had been undisturbed by ravenous beasts. The human bones strewn for many feet about, showed what a carnival the beasts of prey enjoyed over their unwonted feast. The Soldier Bird. One day in the Spring.of ISfil, Ch'-ef Sky, a Ohippewa Indian, living in the northern wilds of Wisconsin, captured an eagle's nest. To iiinke sure of his prize,.lie cut the tree down, and caught the eaglets aa they were sliding from the nest to run and hide iu the grass. One died. Ho took the oilier home, and built it a nest in a treo close by his wigwam. Tlie eaglet was as big as a hen, covered with a soft brown down. The red children were delight- ed with their new pet; and as soon as it got acquainted, it liked to set down in the grass to HCC them play with the dogs. But Chief Sky was poor and he had to sell it to a white man for a bushel of corn. Tlie white man brought it to Euii Claire, a little village alive with white uu'i\ going to the war. \Here's a recruit,\ snhl the man. \An eagle, ftn eagle !\ shout- ed tho soldier's, \let him enlist;\ and sure enough he was sworn into the service with rib- bons round his neck, red white and blue. On a perch, surmounted by the stars and stripes, the company took him to Madison, the capital of the state. As they marched into Camp ttandtill, with colors flying, drnms beat- ing, and the people cheering, the eagle siczed th« tfug in hts beak and spread his wings, h briulit'eyo kindling with the spif scene. Shouts nmt the air: \The bird oi Columbia! the eagle of freedom forever!\ The State made him a new pwch, tho boys named him \Old Abe,\ and the rcgimeit, the eighth Wisconsin, was henceforth known as •Tho Mnglo Regiment.\ On the march it was carried at the head of the company, and every- where was greeted with delight, At St. Louis a gentleman offered five hundred dollars for it, and another his farm. No, no, the boys had no notion of parting with their bird. It wus above all price, an emblem of battle and ot victory. Besides if interested their minds and made \them thinK less of hardships and home. I cannot tell you all the droll adventures ot the birU through its three years of service, its ilights In the air, Its lights with the guuUStt liens, and its race with tho darkeys. When the regiment was iu summer quarters at Clear Clcek'ln Dixie,- H was allowed to run at large, •vnd\ every morn in\ went to the river, half a mile off where it splashed and played in the water to his heart's content, faithfully return- in- l o ctimp when it had enough. Old Abe's favorite place of resort was at the sutler's tent, where u live chicken found no quarter in his presence. But rations grew short, and for two days Abe h.fd nothing t» cat. lUrrt tack ho objected to, fasiiug was disagreeable, and Tom, his bearer, could not get beyond the pick- ets to a farm yard. At fost, pusiiiug hisr way to the Colonel's tnit', lie pleaded for poor Abe. The colonel gnve him a pass, unit Tom got hhn im excellent iHrnicr.' One day a rebel farmer asked Tom to come, i>yid show* the eaule to his children. Satisfv- hic; fhe crtriosHy of th'e family,- Tom set him down in Hie baru-yiud. Oh, what a Bereec u iu.r lU i<l M'atterin- amoiicr the fowls, . should Abe do bin pounce upon on hie up another, to the great disgust, ot 1 farmer, who declared it was not in the bares ojn'riJ'ilmii uov did Tom. do'wHliot'than\ our ense the moon d\ was -apparently _ ing about space promiscuously, until the earth, and at once stuck itself on to a burr or a poor relation.— \V<i$hiu<jton Rr.pnh. a pi- \Man proposes, hut God disposes,\ said ous aunt to her over-confident neice. \Let a man propose to me, if he dare,\ was tho re- sponse, ''and I will disposed of him according to my own views, as he suits me.\ There is only one \mail contract,\ says ft young lady, that &he should care about embra- cing or embarking in. When John asked her what it was she retired decorously behind her fan and maintained an expressive silence. The contract WIIB soon e ud . the The prettiest skater in Chicago, is a yovtntf lady from Concord, mimed Carrie Moore. She wears n crimson skirt, a velvet bnsqne, trim- med with ermine, mid a jaunty skating cap.— Her evolutions arc described as being very .graceful, and when shu waltzes Hundreds of gloved hands beat applause. COMING DOWN.—The manner in which many of our 'military heroes are let down to their original level, on their return home, is some- thing more amusing to the lookers on than fluttering to the subject. A case in point: Gen. Sum. II. went out iu a regiment from the Badger State as Captain. Before he left the rendezvous he was promoted to Colonel, and for gallant conduct in the field was brevetted Brigadier General. On his retirement to civil life, he told a friend \they let him down easy.\ At Washington it was General H., at iladison, Colonel \\.\ nt the town where he organized his company il was \How are you Captain?\ and when lie got to S., where lit* resides, every boy with freckled nose was shouting, \Hallo A TIUCK SKIMJ..—It is related as an amu- sing incident, that a Jad of a darkey fell from tlurwindow of a second story, ii distance of fifteen feet, lighiing on the thgstone of a side- walk, in the town of Lynchburg, Virginia. One of the flags was shivered, and it was sup- posed the boy was dead. Several persons who heard the concussion, repaired at once to the snot Tlie darkey ra on ]\w feet before they fairly reached him, with n birad, grin over- said he, '\*'</r<Mi slon,:*, rfthi/ (tout want to t;«t hurt, ittu>t L'Cfui out ob tit\ nitj/jtii' ,v w(<y .' NKW >fcn>ri OF ExTiNciiHiuNc; FIHGS. - Since the dtivs of Philips' Fire Annihilator, which jitis long since extinguished itself, if it never has anything else, another discovery hns been made, which promises to bo a successful anti- eombustion agent. It is found by experiment that wafer i-liHraed with ten fuiffls fts height of carbonic acid gas is X complete extinguish- er to fire. The preparation is easily made, and can be used with ixreat faciljiy. It can be con- densed' into » Swart resorvoir, which with the necessary hose, a man can with ease carry on his back, like a, knapsack. All that is neces- j-nry in caw of rVre is to turn a stop-cock and direct the tube upon the burning building, when the expansive force of the gas will pro- ject it to a distun-o of fortv or fifty feet. A Mr. Amsden, of Liverpool, England, is the in- ventor of this extinguisher, and has instituted numerous experiments ia several cities in Great Britain with the most perfect snecess. BOOKS.—Give us a bouso furnished with books rather than furniture 1 To spend several rttvys in a friend's house, and hunger for sr. thing (o read while you are treading <>n cc enrpots, and sitting doWn upon ' \ i chairs, nndsli ' \ ! ere bribing yi tied with taking tho best that we can attain; llcnco it is that I regret to have heard exx pressionu from members oT my. 6#n party, iri this House and out of it, indicating that they will insist upon their own peculiar views.as tc£ the details of this question, to the exclusion eft all others, and that they arc ready to ally them- selves with our political antagonists for the par- pose of defeating this proposition, which they think.comes in some measure short of their own theories I believe, sir, we ought to try to\ h our own views, that each ought to be willing to yield something of .his personal Impressions to meet the views of his associates upon this floor, and that by that course,' and that coarso alone, we will attain to wise system of legisla- tion here. Mr. Speaker, pave heard rrincti said d&ti&4 floor of cor&tfrvausm and of radicalism. I do not know,. &i', that I understand tho meaning at- tached to those words here. I am raw ia p«f< liumentary nsage and unused to parliamentary nomenclature. I can only say forone^ as^nn* derstanj the, ttvte meaning oX those wesda, there is no conflict between the purest and loftfe'sl conservatism and the purest and profbundeat radicalism. It has pleased friends of mine upoa this floor to call me a conservative; nod it haa pleased friends of mine in other places to call, me a radical. With my own construction, ot those words,-1 am willing to claim a s wellaa}<» accept both appellations. If it* be radicalism to favor an eradication of wrong, of everything that is unjust, of everything that is prejudicial to ttte pumic interests, from our political system just as fast as a. due regard to tho life and con- stitution of the patient under treatment rad/ permit, then most certainly I claim to bo a radical. If it be conservatism to desire to nre- serve in full folfce etod strength, all that is efce!'' lent—and it is almost all excellent—in our po- litical system, then most certainly I claim to be a conservative. Mr. Speaker, I do not believe that &e tfnesT-' tion before this House concerns excluBiyely the negro. If it did, I should be likely to express an opinion which I have sometimes before en- tertained, that perhaps the negro was engross- ing it larger proportion of our time and atten- tion than his comparative numerical force Sir this country or fhe' extent of Hi* interests her£ fairly entitled him to. I do not claim to b'e fti* culiarly or exclusively the friend of the negro. As belonging to the white r^ice, connected with it by the tieSof cotasaVuinity, affinity, asaocte; tion, and habit, I may be pardoned for rtypfin- erencc for the white race. ,On tne other band, I have no sympathy wlfti the propositions pat forth nf times from the other side of the House,' that this is exclusively a white man'a Govern- ment, and that no black nnnf is to'be'rec/o&flteeir as a citizen h'cre'. I deny it utterly. I believe* when the declaration of Independence put forth those principles so familiar to us all. it put them forth on behalf of all men, and not merely o * behalf of white mem ' But, again, I repel nil the charge* which Kavfl' •• been made upoYt myself? arfd upoh thrfte who 7 ; agree with me, from this side of the HcmVte, Ht, • being hostile to the black race or unmindftil of I their rights. Tho gentleman from Indiana [Mr. j JruAx] yesterday, in the course ofhis elaborate 1 and able discussion of Ihls question, charged j that those who\ were iu favor of restricting mf- | frage as proposed by these tfmehdments were i impelled to that course by hate of tho negro* • that \% was hid' color and not MB\ ignorancethey I feared; atid he rcfevrm? to' nogto-hatingf cofr* itly | stituencies, asheWrtspl'eaaed totormthera, rep- itti'ioos I resented by conservative gentlemen \Vpott <M* , is ns if one ! fioor. For myself and my cottrtHitehts 1 lfe|}el •ako of cheat- ] the eharge, and I ohallonse him to a»»W« b? ... what ' ins \vow mind. Books are the windows ' what authority he acews me and my conatita- and gob- through whieluhe soul looks out.- Ahousewith- | ents of hating- any potttou of God a I u of the • out books is like a room without windows. A j creation. ... ,\ i< , n .od company. It is fall of conversa- It was with feelWgSalmostof pain,-a i without iormaeity. It tattiS to you, not , indignation, that I beard the gentleman i :,»^hlho eav, b«l anolher way. - Illinois [Mr. FAJtsswottTii] the 6ther day, in p g i ur bodv the s
