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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-30

PROPosED ARBITRATION OF THE Ex-PREsI
DEaTs.-The proposed arbitration of the fiv,
ex Observation-Disclosures, Pierce, Fillmore
Tyler and Van Buren-to settle the qusrre
between the North and South, is in one sens
appropriate, but in another most inappropriate.
and valueiess. 1t was the imbecility and poll
teal chicanery of some of these very men tha
brought about the present evils under which
the country is laboring. Van Buren,, in 1s4s
disappointed in not getting the nomination il
place of Gen. Cass, called out the revolutionar,
snti-slavery element, and was the first I,
embody the anti-slavery question In part.
politics, thereby dividing and demoralizing tn
democratic party Of this State. After the evil
he wrought were partially cured in 1850 b.
the craftsmanship of Henry Clay, as demos
strsted in the compromise of that year, poo
Pierce opened the sores afresh by the intro
duction of the Kansas question, assisted b
JEFF Davis and Mr.. Douglas, and Mr.. Buchana'
followed in the same track, through the weak
ness and corruption Of his administration,
And these are the men to whose wisdom 1t ]
proposed to submit the settlement Of the verI
difficulties they themselves have entailed upoI
the country.
The questions of anH-slavery and free soilisr
have nothing to do with the present contes
1t is struggle for the existence of the Teput
lic-for the maintenance Of the constitution a
we inherited it from the Revolutionary father
The abolitionists of the North have declare
that constitution league with He'll, and tn
secessionists of the South are ia arms to abrg
gate and destroy it. The question admits d
no patching mp, no mediation Of ex-Prssident
or any one else. 1t must be settled by th
people by force of arms. The law must b
maintained and peace restored by the peopl'
and not by the politicians.
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GIVE THE UNION MEN OF VIRGINIA
CHANCE. Alexander II. Stephens, " Proytsion|
Vice President Of the Confederate states,r hi
succeeded at Richmond in hitching Old vi
0'nia to that confederation, professionally
The people Of Virginia, In an election 10 I
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tuition and laws obeyed, aud peace be restored
to the land. In view Of this state of the Gaze.
II remains for the South now TO decide what
her fate Is to be in the momentous issus be-
fore us #ewMw
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NEW BowERy THEATRE Bowery. -scHooL ~ AN Up
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BARNUMs AMERICAN MUsEUM. Brosdway-0sy
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BOUpoIR PANTHEON, no $50 Broadway Ma SAM
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ATHFN FCM Brooklyn-Ua swoRTH's NIsSrRrLs IN ErBI-
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CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL. ss5 Broadway.-soscs,
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MELopRoN CONCERT WALL, No $50 Broadway -
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NIBLO'5 SALOON, Brosdway.--LLoyD's MrNsrRELs IN
BUaLFsQuEs, soEos, DAscss, Ac-BiLLY PATTERSON,
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08
COMMIT EFT.
s u nnalaxa aua I alu NaAiaaal

The following bit Of advice to farmers is
eminently sound, and we trust heed will BE-
given to it:
To FARMERS. High prices in time of war
is rule that never fails. Plant largely
1t will be wanted The tens of thousands
Of soldiers that will be needed have hereto
fore been producers, and will now be chang
ell into consumers, and they must be fed
Let not an acre of land be idle. You need
not fear that there will be surfeit. It is a
duty you owe to your country, and let it be
fulfilled. From the West must come the
means of sustenance for the armies that will
be needed, and he who adds to the products
OF the soil, as surely fultils patriots duty
as he who takes his lile in hand and goes
trth to battle.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08
The Old Bunker Bils and LexlnGt0n'
Spirit fu MaSsachu usetts.

A story is told of Marblehead volun.'
teer which should not be lost. He was
driving load of hay when he saw the uni
forms and heard the drum Of one of the
companies of that patriotic town. "What
does this mean p he asked Of the first man
he overlook. The answer was that the
companies had been ordered to Boston, and
would 90 to defend the national capital
The thought and this action were simulta-
neous. He leapcd OFF the load, flung the
reins to the other and exclaimed, Here,
Joe, drive this lead to hell, if you like
am going to Boston," He joined the
company and came on without going home.
He was provided with uniform and equip:
,nents here. This sounds like old Put. Of
revolutionary memory.
While the recruits were forming, Tues
day, at Marblehead, one man, calling to
mind his deserted store, and the family he
was about to leave, for moment hesitatcd.
when his wife exclaimed, "lf you don't g"
I'll never live with YOU And another
woman, in the true spirit Of '76, said "Ilere
are my two sons, and am sorry l have
not more to CO.
A good story is told of one Of the Mar
blehead captains, in connection with his
being summoned in his country's CALL He
was engaged in slaughtering hog, when
he received the summons. Glanc.ns at the
paper and then at the hog, he seemed to
weigh at once the responsibility which rest
cd upon him, and with the fire of patriotism
burning in his eye, he, with his peculiar
Marblehead dialect, growled out, '.Dum the
hog ~ and forthwith took his departure
fro," the house. mustered his company.
and was among the first to arrive IN this city
Tuesday morning. 1t is needless to say
that the hog was somewhat astonished.
We can assure our Georgia friends that
such kind Of men do not deal in gasconade.
They never boast, but act.-Boston Atas
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08

Y-Little Susie D. poring over book
in which angels were represented as being
human beings, suddenly remarked with
much vehemence.
Mamma, don't want to be an angel
and needn't--need l?
Why Susie questioned her mother.
lIumph! leave off all my pretty clothes
and wear fedders like hen.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08

WHAT THE PRlNA DONNA SABA cele-
brated vocalist was in treaty for an engage
men at one Of the first theatres in Europe.
as prima donna. She demanded $4,000
for years service. The officer whose duty
it was to make the arrangement with her,
sought to reduce this price, saying to her
that the State officers, Ministers and Gen.
erals themselves received no such salary -
"Well," answered the lady, ~ can't give
you any better advice than to engage one o1
them as prima donn9.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08

.WA boy, who was sent to know how
an old woman, named wilkins, was in
health, delivered his message thus -
Please, marm. mi>sus wants to know
how old Mrs. wilkins is?
To which she replied
She is just seventy four.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08

SHuckED HlMsELF--A correspondent Of
Nashville paper tells story, which may
possibly be untrue, about person who was
going to Chattanooga on the railroad.
darkness, said person asked stranger how
long it would be going through. Stranger
was bit of a wag, and replied 1.-TWO hours"
Person thought he would avail himself Of
the opportunity to don q clean shirt, and
about the time he "shucked himself" the
train dashed out into daylight, exposing his
person to the astonshed gaze Of some hun
dred pair of male and female eyes belong
ing to passengers. He had on no linen
and about as much other clothes as the
Appollo Belviderc--and no chance to run.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08

GARIBALDl AT CARER THE following is
an extract from letter, dated Caprera, the LIST
instant
General Garbald, who was for several days
indisposed, is now recovered. He is engaged
in making plantation of fruit and olive trees,
which occupies all his time, and, apparently,
all his thoughts At times, however. he rests
on his spade, and appears as il in a reverie.-
You know. as well as any one, of what he is
thinking. During the last fortnight we have
made several visits, by sea to the neighboring
town, not only with our own boat, but with
sloop which have hired for month the
large barge of M. Menotu is of great use III
bringing to the villa the boxes OF provisions,
trees, mills ones, and other heavy articles re.
quired by the General, who is about to erect
windmill on the island. The General, who is
about to erect windmill on the island. The
General, who is never so happy as when in
solitude, is somewhat teased with visits. Every
week persons the most unexpected arrive from
all points Of Italy and abroad. Among tho
latter are number Of English.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08
Poetry.
From the Atlantic Monthly.
Brother JOnalhaM,s Lament for Sister
Caroline.

From Me atlantic M0nthiy.
Brother Jonaihan's Lament for Sister
Caroline.
She has gone,-she has left in passion and PRIDE
Our stormy. browed sister, so long at our side
She has torn her - ar from frmaments glow,
And turned on her brother the face Of a foe
u, Caroline, Caroline. child Of the sun,
We never forget that our hearts have been one.
Our foreheads both sprinkled r. Liberty name.
From the fountain OF blood with the finger Of flame
You were always too re dy to fire at a touch;
But said .'She j. ha ty - she much
Q have scowled, when you uttered some turbulent
tireat;
But Friend hip still Whispered .Forgive and forget 70
Has love all died euti Have IT, altars grown cold
Has the come last whic ia hers fore old
Then Nature teach the strength Of the chain
That her petulan, children would sever in vain.
They may fight ill the buzzards gorged with their
spoil,
Till the harvest grow. black as It rots in the soil,
Till tie wolves and the catamounts troop from their
caves,
And the shark tracks the pirate the lord of the waves
In vain is the strfel When it's fury is past,
Their fortune must how In one Channel at last.
As the torrents tb at rush from The ains Of
Roll mingled IN peace through the valleys below.
Our Union, Is river, lake, ocean, and sky:
Man break. not the medal when God cuts the die!
Though darkened with sulphur, though cloven with
steel
Tie blue ,rch will brighten, the waters will heall
o. Caroline. Carol ne, child of the sun,
There are bat tie with Fate that never be wen!
The ctar-nowing banner must never he turl-d,
Fo-its blossoms OF light are the hope Of the world
Go, then, our rash sitter afar and aloos--
Run wild in the sunshine away from our roof;
But when our heart aches aud your feet have grown
Remember the pathway that leads to our door!
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Donation Party.

Donation Party.
A Donation will be held at National, Clay.
ton county. Iowa, on the 25th proximo, for the
benefit Of Rev. Mr. Young. Dinner will be
served at l2 N The public are cordially in
vited to attend.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08

An old Dutchman who had recently join-
ed the temperance society, was taken sick
and sent to the doctor to prescribe for him,
who ordered him to take an ounce of brandy
per day. The old chap oycrhaulcd his
arithmetic, and found in the table of apo
thecaries' weight, 80 drachms make one
ounce"
"Mine Got!' says the Dutchman, ''da.
ish de temperance for me; didn't set put
six drains pefore, and now | gets eight"
SUCH is LIFE.-So late dead! 'Tis the
way Of the world. We flourish WHILE
Men take us by the hand, and arc anxious
about the health Of our bodies, and laugh
at our jokes, and we really think, like the
f1y on the wheel, that We have something
to do with the turning of it. The sun does
not stop for our funeral; everything goes
on as usual, we arc not missed in the street /;
! men laugh at new jokes; and in three days
the great wave sweeps over our path, and
washes out the last vestige Of our earthly
! footprints: Such is life.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08
The Witty Men.

The witty Men.
Those who at distance contemplate char
acters professionally eminent for invention,
wit and satir.cal humor, naturally suppose
their society must be universally sought and
they must, of necessity, be the life Of the
convivial board. Men, however, who sec
much, apd speculate little, know better
Among the dullest in company could be
pointed ort those very ones who are "won-
drous witty" by themselves; and this does
not arise from pride Of their own superior
faculty for invention or humor, or from an
unwillingness to please; but from a consti-
tutional shyness, or modest desire to avoid
notice and applause, or actually from con-
scious dulncss when they arc absent from
the study and the desk and without the PEN
Gil or pen.
Peter pindcr was witless, even over his
bottle, with his most intimate cronies. An
thony Pasquin was sour, and not Prone to
converse. Chirchill was sulky sot. But
Ter was nothing when he was not about half
drunk. Burton who had not less humor
than Carvantes, and the learning Of the
whole university, was neither a cheerful
companion nor cndurable to himself. We
might name hundred more, whose apti-
tude and promp:ness to discover the ridicu
lous side Of human action has astonished
the grave; and yet these men, who have
thus exposed folly to the laughter Of man.
kind, have been themselves the dullest dogs
alive.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08

A Fowl PPocEEDING.-Jeems Hawkes.,
of Orange county, writes to the Alexan-
dria Gazette, that some dishonest rogue has
robbed his hen roost. He closes his ac-
count Of the fowl transaction as follows:
''ln the morning we found that some iel-
Ter had bin kommittin Salt on Gran mars
poltree and several other hens. Mr.. Ed
dittur--when gaze around upon the wreck
Of matter, and the crush of chickens, war
led to xclame in the Language of the Poit
when he sell feel most like feller who
treads along some banquet hall deserted,
whose lights are ded, whose gals am fed,
and 'cepting him and an old rooster, and
few hens, departed--Yes, sir, thar sat that
noble ole foul like melancholy On rock
laughing at Patience, as Mr.. Shakspeer sez
in his pistol to the Ruchuas. Thur war
Gran mar S favorite rooster, and could but
lament in my very gizzard to see him sot-
ting up thar without any of his numerous
wives to comfort his drooipng spirits whar
war they now? and Ekho answered.
whar ~
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08

NATURES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES alphabet
is made up of only four words-wood, wa
ter, rock, and soil yet with these four let
tcrs she forms such wondrous combinations,
as no language Of twenty-four letters can
describe. Nature never grows old-she
has no provncialism. The lark carols the
same song in the same key as when Adam
turned his delighted ear to catch the strain;
the owl still boots in b fiat, yet loves the
note, and screams no other; the sto,-
my petrol is as much delighted to sport
among the waves Of the Indian ocean as
among the earliest times. Birds that lived
on flies, laid blush eggs, when Isaac went
out into the fields to mediate at cventidr,
as they will two thousand years hence, if
the world does not break her harness from
the orb of day. The sun is as bright as
when Lot entered the city of Zoar. The
diamond and the onyx, and the topaz of
Ethiopia are still as splendid 3; and the yul-
turcs eye is as fierce as when job took up
his parable In short, natures pendulum
has never altered its strokes.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-08

concerned, as they are now. Can any man
tell me of any one act Of aggression that
has been committed or attempted since the
last presidential election, that justiies this
disruption of the Federal Union?
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-02-26
TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 26, 1861.

FouR REPUBLCs.-Mr. Vallandigham, q
member of Congress from Ohio, has intro
duced proposition providing for peace
able dissolution Of the Union, and the di-
vision of the country into four republics
the New England and Middle States to con-
stitute one, the Northwestern States anoth-
or, the Southern States another, and the
Pacific States another. This proposition, If
submitted to the people, might be accepti-
BILE to large portion Of those living in the
Eastern and Southern States, but it would
be rejected almost unanimously by the Sec
ton which Mr.. Vallandigham in part rep
rcsents. The Western States now contain
nearly one-third of the population Of the
Union, and they will never consent to be
hemmed up 10 the interior, thus giving a
foreign nation the power to levy taxes up
on her commerce. They will have free
outlet for their products to the ocean, either
BY the lakes and railroads to the eastern
ports, or else by the mouth of the Missis-
sippi The idea Of dividing the Union into
four or five Confederacies was put forth
some months ago, by the Cleveland Plain
dealer, as burlesque, and the more one re-
fleets on the subject, the more absurd the
proposition appears
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-02-26
Later From the East.

The Pony Express, with dates from st.
Louis to February 18th, arrived at Fort
Churchill yesterday morning. The follow
ing summary of intelligence is made up
from the dispatch to the Associated press:
The President has communicated to Con-
Qress the correspondence between the South
Carolina officials aud the Federal Govern
meDt, 10 which the latter adheres to the
position already indicated, and says that II
hostlities are commenced, South Carolina
alone will be responsible. The idea OF
negotiating for transfer OF government
property cannot be entertained.
The Montgomery Convention has elected
jeff. Davis President of the Southern Con-
federacy, and Alexander Ii. Stephens Vice
President.
Davis telegraphed to Col. Hayne urging
him not to precipitate matters relative TO
Fort Sumter. What action South Carolina
may take has not transpred. The impress
sion is that she will turn over matters to
the new Southern government, though sen-
sation correspondents predict that an attack
will be made on Fort Sumter.
A. III. Stephens made a speech at Mont
gomery, cOngratulating the people upon
the establishment Of the confederacy.
Congress has done nothing yet tending to
a settlement of the existing difficulties.
The Peace Congress at Washington is in
session with closed doors. More delegates
are constantly arriving.
The twenty-five million loan bill has been
approved by the President. Bankers at the
North manifest a disposition not to take
the loan unless the national difficulties are
settled.
The Pennsylvania State Legislature will
guarantee portion of the new Govern
ment loan.
The Naval appropriation bill has passed
the House.
The Governor of Georgia had seized
several New York vessels at Savannah, in
retaliation Of the seizure of arms in the
city Of New York. He subsequently releas-
ed them on being informed Of the restora-
ton of the arms.
Returns Of the Tennessee election indicate
the triumphant success Of the Union party
for the convention of that State.
The Texas Convention has declared in
favor of the Southern confederacy.
Five war vessels are reported off Pensa-
cola.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-02-26

UNION REsoLUTIoNs.-Th following reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted at the
great Union meeting held in San Francisco
on the 22d:
l. That we do hereby declare our unalterable
attachment to the Federal Union of the United
States; that we regard its continuance and the
maintenance or our common government as
the primary object of patriotic DESIRE as the
main pillar in the edihce of our real indepen-
dence, the support of our tranquility at home,
and the guaranty of peace as well as of our ma
tiOnal and individual respectability and security
abroad.
2. That by the adoption of the Constitution
of the United States, government was created
and established of the whole people of the Uni
ted States; that the Constitution and laws made
in pursuance thereof, are the supreme law Of
the land that under the Constitution, and in
conformity with it, there exists no right or pow
er on the part of the government of a State of
the Union, to secede from, or in any manner
to obstruct the operation of the General Gov
ernment, under any circumstances whatever.
3. That the people of California, regarding
the preservation of the Union of all the States
composing our common country, and the emain-
tenance Of domestic peace, as objects of the
first political importance, will eheerfully acqui-
esce in any honorable plan for the adjustment
of existing differences, the security of the right
of all the States, and the establishment of Con-
sttutional order, where it has been disturbed
or wholly interrupted.
4. If, however, against our hopes and pray
ers, one or more States should secede from the
Union, effecting their final separation, the State
of California should and would nevertheless
cling to the Union with the States which adhere
and in that event, or in the happy event of re-
stored peace and amity, she will, in all good
faith and loyalty, recognize and discharge every
obligation enjoined upon her by the Constitu-
ton Of our common country; that California
entirely repudiates the project of a Pacific Re
public, as visionary, mischievons and impossi-
Bile; that wherever the Union and the Consti-
tuition are, there is the ark of our covenant
where the flag of our Union is unfurled, there
is our country.
5. That the true attitude of the people of Cal
ifornia at this time of trouble is that of frater-
nal kindness towards the people of all the States
and her honor and interest alike demand of her
to do all in her power to bring about harmony
and reunion among the people of the whole
country.