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ELEPHANTS 0NTRE TIGHT ROPE.

a very remarkable thing respecting
the elephants is his sensiblity to music.
Under the power of music the ancients
could make him perform on the tight
rope There have been Blondin ele-
plants During the eighteenth century,
when it was the fashion TO disbeIeve ev-
erything asserted by ancient writer's, such
as ELAN, Pliny, and Herodotus, the sto-
ries told Of the musical elephants began
to be dscredted, and they are still read
and repeated with a certain amount of
ncredulity. The ancients evidently car
ried the art of training elephants to per-
lection never dreamed Of among the mod
ems. Elephants have never exhibited
in London marching in procession, kneel-
ing down when hidden by wave Of the
hand, placing a hand upon the head Of
the prince" firing off pistols, and the like;
but the feats they performed at Rome
were far more remarkable. Elephants
were bred at Rome, and they were trained
by means Of kindness and music. The
dread inspired by the clash of cymbals
was overcome gradually, until it disap
peared altogether From the gentle notes
of flutes they derived such pleasure that
they would express their satisfaction by
beating time to the tunes with their feet.
Twelve elephants we're taught to march
into a theatre to harmonious measure
sometimes divided into parties, scatter
ing flowers around them all the while.
Preserving their proper order they would
beat time to the music during the inter-
walls of the dance.
Being provided with splendid touches,
adorned with paintings and tapestry, ard
a banquet spread before them upon ia
bles of cedar and ivory, TIE elephants, in
the costumes of male and female person
ages of distinction, would dine decOrous-
ly; and not one of them voraciously TAX
ing an undue share of the deIicacies, and
all drinking moderately out of cups of
silver and gold. Germanicus, according
to Pliny, exhibited elephants hurting
and catching javeins, fighting with each
other, and executing the Phirphic dance.
And it was through their love of music
that elephants were trained to dance upon
ropes. Four of them walked along a
road of ropes, carrying a litter contain
ing fifth, which was feigning sickness.
Many writers confirm the testimony of
Plny to the fact that the elephants
walked backward and forward upon the |
ropes with equal precision. Seneca, in
his Epistles, describes an elephant which
at the command of his keeper, would not
only walk, but would kneel down upon a
rope Suetonius describes an elephant,
which in the presence of the Emperor
Galba, climbed up an inclined rope to
the roof of a theatre, and descended in
the same way, bearing sitter upon
his back. Arrian mentions an elephant
which performed as musician to his dane
ing comrades. With a cymbal fastened .
to each of his knees, and a third to his
trunk, he would beat a measure with as
tonishing precision and accuracy; while
the other elephants danced in circle
around him. ]
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81
Second. We should excite and strain
every nerve of the body polite to main.
tain our financial and military healthfu.
ness, and by rapid aggressive action.
make our enemies feel at their own fro
sides the horrors of war brought on bv
themselves.
The most important matter for you.
however, is your individual duty. What
can you do?
TIE foot of the oppressor is on the
soil of Georgia. He comes with lust in
his eye, poverty in his purse, and hell in
his heart. He comes robber and mur.
derer. How shall you meet him ? With
the sword at the threshold. With death
for him or for yourself. But more than
this, let every woman have a torch, every
child fireband. Let the loved homes
of our youth be made ashes, and the
fields of our heritage be made desolate.
Let blackness and ruin mark your de-
parting steps, if depart you must, and let
a desert more terrible than Sahara wei
come the vaudals. Let every city be
leveled by the fame, and every village
be lost in ashes. Let your faithful slaves
share your fortune and your crust. Trust
your wife and children to the sure refuge
and protection of God, preferring even
for those loved ones the charnel house az
a home than loathsome vassalage to
nation already sunk below the contempt
of the civilized world This may be
your terrible choice, and determine at
once and without dissent as honor and
patriotism and duty to God require.
Fellow citizens, lull not yourselves in.
to fatal security, Be prepared for ey-
cry contingency. This is cur only hope
for sure and honorable peace. If our
enemy was convinced THAT the feast
herein indicated would welcome him in
every quarter Of this Confederacy, we
know his base character well enough to
feel assured be would never come Let,
then, the smoke Of your homes, fired BY
women's hands, tell the approaching foe
that over sword ana bayones tbey will
rush only to fire and ruin.
We have faith in God, and faith in
you. He is blind to every indication of
Providence who has not seen an Almighty
hand controlling the events OF the past
year The wind, the wave, the cloud,
the mist, the sunshine, and tho storm
have all ministered to our necessities, and
frequently encouraged a, in our distress
IS. We deem it unnecessary to recount
the numerous instances which have called
forth orr gratitude. We would join you
in Thanksgiving ard praise. "If God
be for US, who can be against US r.
Nor could we condemn your confident
look to our armies, when they meet foo
not too greatly their superior ia numbers.
The year past tells story Of heroism
and success Of which our nation will
never be ashamed. These considerations
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AFTERNOON.

Convention called to order, Whcr
the committee on nominations sub
mitted the following report:
For Prcsidcnt-MARK NUTTER OF
Barton.
For Vice Prcsidents-Hon. joins
WALBRlDGE of Albany, JOHN GULL
of Irasburgh.
For Secretary and Treasurer
A. A. EARLE Of Irasburgh.
Executive Committec-Reys. p
II. WHITE, S. CHAMBERLAN, IL. n
HovEY.
Scmi-Annual Meeting at Lake
Bridge.
Committee of Arrangemcnts-Or
vile Robinson, Luther Baker, c. G
Goodrich.
Annual Meeting at Coventry.
Committee of Arrangemcnt5-J
B. Wheelock, d. 7. Walworth, E. S
Cowlcs.
Report adopted.
Mr.. j. B. Whcclock, from com
mittee to nominate candidate for
county commissioner, reported that
the committee unanimously present
ed the name Of c. A. j. MARSH
of Craftsbury, as its choice.
Report accepted and nomination
confirmed.
Rev. Pliny II. White, from com
mittec on resolutions, submitted the
following:
Resolrcd, That the temperance re
formation still rests, as it heretofore
has done, on these two principles
that with the Incorporate and with
those who are exposed to become
such, there should be used kind, ear
nest, and continued moral influences
to persuade them to total abstinence,
and that with those who tempt their
fellow men into wickedness and mis-
cry by providing the means Of graf
flying depraved appetite, there
shall be used a vigorous and unspar-
ing application of the law, to punish
them for their evil deeds.
Resdred, That while we realize
the need of temperance reform in
Orleans County, we at the same
time believe, that it can be effected
only by impressing on the public
mind temperance sentiment which
will sustain a temperance law.
Interesting remarks were made by
Judge Nye, Revs. S. r. Hall, Schuy-
Ter Chamberlain, Thomas Bayne, P.
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THE BARKERs.-This family Of world
wide fame sang in this village on Wed
nesday evening last Owing to the very
great amount of sickness now in town.
their audience was much smaller than it
otherwise would have been. They are
"happy family" always singing, and
their music makes others happy too.-
They are excellent singers, and they get
the fullest houses where they have sang
the oflcnest. They are going to visit the
northern towns in the county the last Of
the present and the first of next week.
See advertisement. Go and hear them.
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"a A sailor dropped out of the rig
ging of ship of war, some fifteen or
twenty feet, and fell plump on the first
lieutenant. 3" Wretch" said the officer,
as he gathered himself up, where did
you come from ?" 81 came from tie
north of ireland, your honor"
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e. If the mistress would scold less,
she would generally have less need OF
scolding.
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~ We understand Rev, A c. Smith
is expected to preach in the Methodist
Church in this village, next Sunday, Feb.
9th, and Rev. p. p. Ray, Sunday, Feb.
10Th.
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The Morality of Secessionists.

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The very essence Of secession is state
sovereig t., lake that away, and it Is
not possible to make even a show OF ar
gumett IN tavcr OF he night to sccsde.
Yet having once seeded and proved
traIIorous to the government they had
sworn 10 obey, they proceed on their
downward course, aud prove tratorous
to their own protested principles. Their
occupation OF Columbus, Ky, IS a viola
ion Of state sovereignty NhiIe protest
ing Yehemen'Iy against tue right OF The
United States to "iuyade' state, they
themselves invade the anne state They
AVON their determination to conquer a
boundary, though in doing so they may
conquer sovereign state which refuses
to have any alliance win inem'
but the most unoIushlns exhibition Of
tllS inconsistency Is maze " Le'cHeI' OF
virginia, governor Of 'Ne feoeiIIouS part
OF Tue sla1e' ne a'o"S Il 70 oe '"o lNeu
purpose OF me oouih 10 conquer o'her
states ana annex 'hem 10 lhe coh'edefa-
cy' IN BIS ineS'aae 10 'De feo'I 'eSS 'S'a'
lure ne says
/ LIS war Is 10 end at some Tune, ana
",g' . II uo'' e''u' ,''o 'es',o'' 81 G''''I a.,
aJi,.t.d W. ,,,5t tter.foro r.,,ror
every square foot of Southern territory
before We can think, even, Of negotiating
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puliatrd."
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dependent statrs"~Dsleware, Maryland.
Kentucky and Missouri-slaye sta,es.aIl
Of them. which have distinctly and re-.
peatedly declared, by the voice Of the
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Wall of Despair from the South.

Hai al or niouroe got slpht OF TUE
Richmond Enquirer of the 29th ut.
which the rebels have taken some pains
to suppress from circulation at the North
A single copy was surreptitiously OBJ
tanned, however, and has been circulated
at the fortress. The article in it of mos
interest to Northern readers is an adj
dress of Howell Cobb and others to the
people of Georgia, and which our cor
respondent has copied entire. The doc
ument is full of import, indicating mos
clearly that the Confederate cause is, il
medical terms, IN ertremiS. Making all
allowance for Southern rhetoric and
flourish, it is evident that the leaders are
beginning to comprehend the power Of
the Federal Government, the vast net
work Of operations which is gradually
closing around them, the superiority oil
the North in numbers, equipments OF
munitions of war" to use their own Ian.
onaoe. the donht hanoing over foreirr
Interference. and fine consequent desne.
ration of the rebel cause and tbe obso.
Lutte necessity of using every exerton to
arouse the people to universal self-sac-
rfce.
And with all the extravagant language
used in this appeal, which comes with
peculiar significance after the recent Fed
eral victory in Kentucky. it il evident
that the South will contest every inch of
ground, and with the greater tenacity
and fierceness as they perceive their
cause becoming desperate In fact, their
cause is nor desperate, and we all pray
for some signal victory to give US an i'm
petus which will be perfectly irresistible .
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lnis address VIII therefore nave no per
sohai reference.
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no necessity Tor Us TO arouse your pat
rlo''sm' nor TO INSPIRE your confidence
we reJ''ee "l'h you IN the unan'm''y OF
our state !" rs resolution ana rs hopes
Ana we are proud VIVA you 'oa' georgia
mas oeth Illustrated ana we dou't not
wall be illustrated again by her sons IN
our holy struggle. The trSt campaign IS
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g. There has been an advance (ot
ice) on the Potomac"
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BARN BuRNED.-A barn belonging
to John Kelley of this town, was burned
on Monday night the 27th ult. 1t had
about twelve tons of hay in it. The barn
was insured for fifty dollars.
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Morn (AR) FLYING TO THE REBELS
Commodore Porter's fleet.
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e. a Canadian paper says that one
Of their officers, on hearing that the mi
lita were to be called out, sent his com,
mission to his Lieutenant Colonel en-
dorsed as follows "deer Curnel, | beg
to resine mi commissioner. Being a dis
ciple Of Krist, | cannot take up the sord."
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G. The Albany Statesman publishes

e. The Albany Statesman publishes
a letter from Hooker's Division, stating
that Samuel Cox Of Port Tobacco, Md,
a returned rebel, whipped a negro to
death for informing the Federal comman-
der that he (Cox) had arms for rebel use
secretcd in his house. The slave had
escaped, but was delivered up to Cox,
who tied the man to his horse and then
drove at rapid rate 10 his home, eleven
miles off, the poor slave being compelled
to run all the way. He was then tied
up and logged to death
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bier, and impatisntly await its resurrec
ticn. Their leaders probably know bet
ter; but their FIRST efforts must be direct
ed to an attempt to reconstruct the shat
tered image, which attempt alone can sat.
isfy their followers that the task is utterly
hopeless. When oil attempts at compro-
mise and reconciliation have failed, one
resource is yet left them. They desire
to preserve the Union chiefly for the SAX
of Southern trade; they may endeavor,
in sacrificing the Union, to retain the
monopoly Of that trade which the Union
gave them. They may try to negotiate =
treaty Of commerce which shall impose a
reciprocity protective tariff upon tho Uni.
ted States and the Confederate States. IF
they do 30, and il the South, anxious for
peace. as she must be. sacrifices her pride
and her interest, and consents to the bar
gain, We shall have to thank Lord Rus
sells pusillanimity for the loss Of the most
splendid opportunity ever offered to
nation. We shall venture on no predic-
tions as to The future of anybody or any
thing American. We cannot pretend to
foresee the result of the Democratic vic
tory. but recognizing in it triumph of
the party of order, Of law, of liberty, of
conservatism, and of peace, We hail it as
Of excellent augury for America and for
ourselves.
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1t appears from our dispatches tina
Burnside has effected crossing for hi
troops, and the rebel ladies who besough
Gen. Lee TO resist the entrance of ouI
army into Fredericksburg, even il il
proved the destruction of their homes,
must no douh. feel ss,isfed with the al
Tentative waich they chose.
Our army once more having footing
on the south bank of the Rappahannock,
the great and as many believe, decisive
battle of The war begins. This is a mo-
mentnus time. and the nation stands
breathless IN suspense awaiting the re.
suit. Two ofthe most powerful armies
raised in modern times are engaged in
the contest-she one prompted by mad
ambition and internal hate, and the other
inspired with the impulses of patriotism,
loyalty, and genuine philanthropy.
1t is not unreasonable to hope that in
such contest, justice and right will tri-
umph but whether this great battle will
decide the fate of the war, or whether the
campaign will close will uncertain re-
suits. and with the prospect of another
protraeied campaign in 1868, we shall
probably be able to form some opinion of
in 3 very few days. In the mean time,
let the universal prayer 60 up to the
Lord of Hosts that victory glorious
victory may perch upon our banners,
and that the enemies of liberty and a Just
government may be overwhelmed in ire
coyernble defeat.
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BATTLE OF PRAIRIE GROVE
Official Report Of Gen. Herror
KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE
10Th IOWA.
H'p QRs. PaAIRIE dKovE, ARK. I
December 10, 1852, (

MAJOR GENERAL CURTIS
Gen. Blunt has undoubtedly informed
you of the battle Of yesterday. Hind
man moved to the east of Blunt with hi,
entire force, $4,000 men, intending tx
cut off my comnahd | had sent for.
ward to Blunt all my cavalry, having left
six regiments Of infantry, three battalion,
and about Eve hundred cavalry.
Gen. Marmaduke opened on my adj,
vance..a seven o'clock with heavy cay.
airy force, but forced them back to
Illinois Creek, eight miles from Cane
Hill. At this point they took strong
position with infantry and artillery, and
tried to prevent my crossing, but by cut
ting roads through the woods / got the
batteries into position, and at half past
nine o'clock opened on them with eighteen
guns, bringing forward my infantry,
crossing the creek, and getting them into
position under cover of my artillery. =
From this hour until seven o'clock ia the
evening, the fighting was furious.
Gen. Blunt arrived within one mile of
my right at 4 p. M, opening en the enc
my's left. Learning definitely that he
was on the ground, ordered the infantry
10 charge the enemy's batteries The
Nineteenth Iowa and Twentieth Wiscon-
sin did it gallantly, taking whole bat
terry, but were afterward overwhelmed
and forced to leave it. Col. Huston com
manding the Twentieth division. then
charged the same battery, with the Thir-
ty-seventh Illinois and Thirty Sixth In,
diana, retaking it the second time, but
after holding it half an hour, was CON-
PEELED to give why. The fighting was
constant and furious throughout tie en-
tire day.
met Gen. Blunt late in the evening,
and we arranged the attack before morn :
ing, but daylight found the rebels gone
Their loss is from six to seven hundred
killed, and twenty five hundred wounded.
Ours is probably two hundred and Fifty
killed and seven hundred wounded In
the Second and Third Divisions Leuten-
anti Colonel Mcfarland, Nineteenth Iowa
is killed, and Col. Black, Thirty Seventh
Illinois; Major Thompson, Twentieth
Iowa. and large number of line officers
wounded. The prisoners state that Gen.
Stein and FIVE Colonies were killed. We
captured four cassons full of ammunition
and a large number ofsmall arms. Their
artillery was knocked to pieces by our
batteries, and Maj. Hubbard who was q
prisoner with them reports seeing piece
after piece sent off entirely disabled
The working of Murphy's and Faust S
batteries excelled anything ever witness
sed. Gen. Blunt and myself had an in
terview with Hindman and Marmaduke.
We arc camped on the battle field.
F. J. HERRox,
Brig. Gen.
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time--a year ago-vhen he. almost alone
among all others, wa the only buoyant
heart that had any hope for the snccess
Of his wrecked and stranded expedition,
but which, through his own indomitable
energy and resolution, was saved from
destruction, and achieved for the country
the first important success which opened
the spring campaign of the present year.
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Falmouth Cores pondence New York Post.
DurnssAo,s Energy.

lfatmouth correspondence New York Post.
DurnsiAe,s Energy.
The difference in the personal charac-
teristics of our present chief and the dc.
capitalized Mcclellan, is quickly noted By
the troops. They see in Burnside the
most energetic personal efforts, and he Is
already noted for performing more hard
work than any officer beneath him. He
gives the most assiduous personal atten-
ton to the details Of his army work, and
he knows everything that is going on
! have seen him every day this week,
sometimes alone, and again attended BY
only single orderly, making his tour Of
business through the camps to the land.
iugs. of on the steamer, travelling q un-
tremendously as any other passenger, and
taking his meals when he can catch them
He has the same earnest, energetic man
ner that Jon see in every thorough bust
ness man. His personal staff aud escort,
except on very rare occasions, DO not ride
1t his back, for he despises show and o.
tentation. He sends his staff officers
each to his appropriate work, end You
will see them about the army It al times,
carrying out earnestly the order OF their
General.
General Burnside is ono Of the best
men. Frank and cordial in manner, al
ways accessible, without prejudice. BIO
listens to suggestions from his interiors
With Is much Difference a. he pays TO h;s
equals. His heart and soul are bound 10
ln his present work. and with his over
lowing physical energies and aetive
brain hc will accomplish more with this
army than Il has ever yet achieved. |
can speak Of Burnside thus, for know
Aim--and my impressions date from thu