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Return of Mr. Mahoney.

The Dubuque Herald gives lengthy
account of the ovation which awaited Mr
MAHoSEY upon his return to Dubuque from
his prison in Washington. 1t SAYS;
As far as the eve could see, the street
was lined with people, the ladies, as they
should, being out in full force. The pro
cession, halting at the Democrat d: Herald
office, gave US liberal amount of cheering
and then proceeded up Main to Eighth,
down Eighth to Iowa, down Iowa TO Sixth,
to Locust, to Bluffs, and thence to Mr.. Ma
honey's residence. The houses of Mr..
Mulkern and G. G. Hewitt, and others on
the route, were finely illuminated. At
the square in front of Mr. Mahoney's resi-
den-e large bonfire blazed. and here, too,
had been raised platform for the speak
ers. Arrived here Mr.. Maheney was al
lowed but a moment to see his family,
when he was brought to the platform, and
welcomed in short but plthy speech.
Mr.. MAHoSEY replied as follows:
| thank you for your kind and cordial
welcome. After SO Iopg a confinement
and ride of three days and nights, have
not the physical ability to indulge in ex
tended remarks. But cannot be insens-
bic to your generous and hearty reception.
| could only wish that for you, some por-
ton OF your constitutional rights might be
saved Acts which we blushed TO hear
spoken of in despotic lands like Austria
and Russia pass uncensnred in the land OF
Washington. 1t is land of spies, of de-
teclives, Of informers. The mere commit,
mant of a Federal detective outweighs the
decision of the highest tribunal in the land
for police officer can. by dash of the
pen, immure a man in dungeon, and the
Supreme Court is powerless to affect his
release.
You know but little Of what is going on
at Westinghouse the terrible tyranny
which is exercised there l may have oc,
casion hereafter, when I am less indispos
ed, to acquaint you with it.
do not vet know for what crime was
arrested DO not vet know who were
my accusers. | have never had a trial
have never been informed of the charges
against me. | was told by the command
ant on the 18th of November that | was
free. He told me that not a single person
connected with the administration, from
the President down, was willing to take
The responsibility of our arrest.
| am come back, fellow citizens, more
than ever devoted to the principles fol
which | was incarcerated. | am come
back resolved to adhere to them and advo
cate them. told them at Washington
that they should hear from me, and they
said they expected to. In due time they
shall. Allow me to thank you again for
your kindness, and bid You good night.
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ALBERT J. STRAIG.


GETTING READY FOR A SAD EvENT-To
be prepared for death is :, great moral and
social duty which ministers Of the gospel
continually impress upon their hearers
It IS the burden of more than one dis.
course that is listened to in our city each
Sunday. And yet, thoughtess as we are,
We do not remember that the rider of the
pale horse is skirmishing somewhere in
our vicinity, that the veiled figure sits
somewhere in our pathway to strike US
with the fatal dart. There is however, in
this city a gentleman who has thought
much on these matters, and is withal some
what of a philosopher. He has been
blessed exceedingly in this worlds goods,
but in the matter of the partner of his DO
som he has been doubly blessed. The
sharer of bis joys and sorrows is a woman
Of very FaIstaffian dimensions, by no
means shadow, bnt solid substance COM
ing up into respectable fraction of a ton
Recently this robust handsnaid was taken
i'll, and her husband thought of a surety
that, flesh being grass, death had sharp
ened his scythe for an extraordinary har-
vest He therefore, being much of phil
osopher, as previously remarked, aud
knowing well that no undertaken in the
city had coffin on hand of suitable di-
mensions, forthwith proceeded to order
one. But the lady, for the first time in
her life, disappointed him. Instead of dv-
ing, as the family physician had announc
ed, the lady gradually recovered, and the
coffin, covered with dust. is now useless
lumber in the undertaker's garret. The
philosophical husband, being also pru
dent one, proposes to keep the little affair
Of the coffin secret from lis wife.-De-
t2'0jt free Press.
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4 Feeling Letter.

IL. L: PAGE, Esq, was appointed by
Gov. SALoMoN to &C. as Post Command
ant over the Drafted men which would
rendezvous in Milwaukee, He served as
such officer a few days when his heart
grew sick at the misery created by our
military law, and then threw up BIS COM
mission in disgust He wrote to lie Son
tind bis reason for 50 doing, as follows ::
I did not solicit the position Of Post
Commandsnt. Ii was rendered 10 me By
the Govetnor without solicitation. | SC
ce2ted it with the understanding aud in
tenton that | should have command of
one Of the regiments to be organized aud
filled np with the drafted men. At that
time had never seen, and, as know
now, had not the faintest correct idea of
the realization of draft. At present
am better informed. | now know that a
draft is a sweeping misfortune, bearing
lightly, or not at all upon those who can
and ought to bear the heaviest burlhen
of this war, and bearing with fearful force
on tHOsS VIM etdiSeif iSIuiiS q tco'nt'
weight to crush them to the earth 1t
did not enter my mind that our militia
laws were so framed that boy IS years
and months old. the only hope and sup
port Of widowed mother and six infant
brothers and sisters, could be taken away
while very many young men without any
particular ties of business, and with no one
dependent upon them for support, were 10
be found at large in the community. 1t
did not occur TO me that a poor labCr ring
man with an insane wife and nine helpless
children could be drafted. Ineyer expect.
ed to see q drafted man followed to the
camp by his wife in state of frenzied in :
sanity. But |. now know that they have
happened and do exist. And lhese,things
taken in connection with the temper and
spirit exhibited by large majority of the
drafted men, have impressed upon me the
conviction that if Commandant o. such a
post, or Colonel of regiment of unwilling
men is the fright place for any one,
am not the fright man for either place
Mr.. PAGE tells the living truth, and hl:
words, spoken from the heart, retlec, more
honor upon him than all the official posi-
tons he ever held, combined.
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the camp, and to range whele they pleas
ed guard of honor accom- panied them
to keep them free from all harm. They
were told that thew might live with the
tribe during the winter, and that thev
should have back all their goods. and all
that was stolen from them; that the band
of fifty fnians who first took them pris>
oners should be their servants during the
winter, and until they left in the spring.
This suited the white men very well.
and they lived with the tribe during the
winter ana busted themselves in huatug
and trapping and in supeFinterdng the
fifty Indians Who were hunting for them.
and when any one would become morose,
suIen or insuoordinate, or threaten any
harm to them, the Great Spirit which they
had heard on the first night thoss prison
ers were taken, would threaten them with
the most awful vengeance when they
would return to thir business with redoub
led vigor and the greatest friendship.
The Indians feared and loved them. ard
their slightest command was obeyed with
the greatest alacrity, and they loved to
do them homage They stayed until the
20th day of May, 1856 when they packed
mp and loaded their furs upon an hundred
ponies, assisted by their fifty servants, aud
the chief sent fifty armed Indians as a cons
voy to escort their white brothers safely
to the Great Falls on the upper Missouri,
where they made some boats and loaded
their furs and provisions for the journey,
and dismissed all but twelve trusty indians
and started for St. Louis, where in due
course of time they arrived without acci
dent, and they soon disposed of their furs
for $4,000, the net proceeds of their
winters adventure. None returned to
hunt or trap again but the yentrioquiat,
who loved that kind of life; and | have
heard from him at different times since,
and soon I will give you, dear readers,
some of his adventures amongst the In
dlans and gold mines, which is the most
thrilling Of anything of similar nature
which has occurred since the discovery OF
America. The other men have done very
well, and two of them have accumulated
vast fortunes and are now occupying high
official stations in life. They now own
hat being taken prisoners by the Indians
and having a ventrioqust with them,
was the most fortunate event that ever
could happen TO them, or any one else in
a similar situation.
ALBERT J. STRAIG.
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None name him but to praise"

Bold ATTEMPT AT ROBBEEY.-A darinp
feat of !egerdeman was attempted yester-
day noon, At the Bank Of North America.
There is now at large, or rather was at
large, celebrated Chauncy johnson alias
Dusenbery. lie halls from New York,
and very recently got out of Sing Sing
prison. lie Is without exception the most
accomplished rascal on the criminal re.
cords. As sneak thief he is a paragon.
lie escaped at one time from Sing Sing
prison By concealing himself under
wagon. lie can " beat on" bank clerk
with The clerks eyes wide open. Yester.
day noon he entered the bank above
named. lie stood by the pay ing teiler's
desk, and watching his chance, inserted
hook made of fine wire into thon,and
dollar package Of bank notes. The teller
however, was even with him. lie saw
the motion, aud springing over the coun
ter held the man with grip like that of
vice. There was struggle hut tbs
rogue was held, and reserve officer
took HIM IN charge. When in the Cen
Lral Station he was searched, aud upou
his person was found the sum Of 81 800
III current funds. A moment more and
he would have secured the thousanI dol
lars. gentleman saw the roll Of notes
moving. and called to the fact the at.en-
ton Of the teller. The accused had
hearing last L. PhHadeIpLia North
american.
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Gen. Mcclellan ct New York.

From the Comm Advertiser, 2lst
The rooms occupied by Gen. Mcclellan
constitute the Mecca Of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, toward which a crowd of pilgrims
impatently desirous of doing honor 10
Little Mae" have kept the tenor of their
way ever since yesterday morning Many
we're usherei into the presence of the dis
,inguished general, al! OF whom we're re-
ceived with courtesy and the most cordial
welcome. This afternoon General Nc.
Clelan will continue TO receive visitors,
and Judging By the congregation OF cele-
brities who have thronged the halls Of the
hotel all the morning, the host will have
enough on his hands for one dav in receiv~
ing the congratula ions Of lis friends.
Qlte lively discussion was continual
ly kept up by the crowd relative to the
ability Of the general, and as 10 his pyoba-
be future movements.
1t was stated that Gen Nj. Clellan calls
ed upon Gen. Scott this morning. who also
occupies rooms at he hotel. This. pro5a-
bly,, was a complimentary visit, in return
for the visit paid by the old veteran to the
young hero Yesterday.
Among those who have paid and are
waiting to pay their respects to the gem
eral are men Of ever, stripe and shade Of
political opinion. Radicals AMI conserva.
tives NEE; at The Fifth Avenue oD one
common platform, and, without stint, vie
with each other in honoring the rallant
man whose name for so many months in>
spired the army of the Potomac to the
performance OF noble deeds.
Gen Mcclellan favorah!v impresses all
who meet hlD He combines a proper
degree of dignity and suavty with dis-
position to make every man in his press
ence feel perfectly at ease and does not fail
| TO do so.
! ]! is rumored about the hotel .hat
public reception will take place in this CITY
before the General leaves US, his many
friends being desirous Of thus showing the
appreciation Of the services he has render,
ed his country. It is also rumorel that
he will leave the CITY probablr this evening
or Tomorrow for Boston, while another
report is lha, lie will return to Trenton in
day or two. The probability is that he
will remain in this city few days longer
at least, at the earnest solicitation Of his
friends, to afford them an opportunity of
giving him public reception
Some Of his friends propose that a splen-
did ovation be gotten up in his honor, SIM
liar TO the celebrated festival OF which
Dickens was the central orb Of attraction
and admiration. Committees, i, is report.
ed have been appointed to lay this m after
before the general and receive his appro-
val or disapproval Of such an enterprise.
1t is believed that he can be induced TO
accept of such testimonial to bis worth !;
if so, preparations will at once be made TO
carry out the plan proposed At all
events, whether this be done or not, Lit
tie Mac y has certainly gained fast hold
upon the affections of the people, and, in
spite Of the many a!imadversions which
have in the past been hespeI upon him.
now that he Is a: home once more among
the people,
one famg him buk to nr,isav
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Our RECEIPT FOR CUt1xG Mar. To
one gallon Of water, take ! los Of salt,
J ID. Of sugar, ] oz. of satpe'er, ] ~. Of
potash IN tins ratio lie pickle is to be-
increased to any quantity desired. Let
these be boiled together, until all the Dirt
rises to the top and is skinned off. Then
throw 1t into a tub to cool and when COLD
pour 1t over your beef or pork, 10 .emain
the usual time, say four or FIVE weeks
The meat must be well covered with pickle.
and should not bs put down for at least
two days after killing, during which time
II should he slightly spriukIed with pow.
dered saltpeter, which removes all the sur
face blood, &c, leaving the meat fresh apd
clean.
Some omit boiling The pickle and find
it +" answer well Though the operation Of
boiling purifes the pickle by throwing off
he dirt always to be found in salt and
.uQar.
If this receipt be properly tried, it viii
never be abandoned There is none That
,nrpasses it, if 50 good Germaat9.ga
Telegraph.
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L II E i / LOT
TWO YEARS AGO.

Two years Of the war Two years Can it be
Since Aushed grew the hol day chime,
And Peace on the Euth passed away with
the bells
That ushered in bright Easter time
Since first from the banner that many loved,
The Palmetto tore out the stars;
And bright the ramparts, grown famous since
then,
There shone the red beacon of Mars.
Like the fiery cross, on the hills of the Scot,
Bidding muster each chieftain and clan
That cleaning from Sumter, shone out like a
spark,
As electric the wild tidings ran.
Massachusetts, but listened m oment to hear
And her sons left the plough and the loom,
With fnt-lock and nusket trudged off and
To conflict, aye some to the tomb.
Three cheers for the colors Of Red, White and
On our bright banner, spangled and starr ed
Three cheers and tiger we give to " The Grey
On the backs of the National Guard"
With ranks standing close, with steel ready
whet,
By no traitorous element marred,
TheJ marched to the fight. They can do IL
again
Three cheers for the National Guard
From trench and canal, from iron high way,
From factory, workshop and mill,
The SONS of Green Erin came gathering in,
As her heart felt the magical thrill.
All me-there are graves where shamrocks SO
green,
May not spring in the soft summer rain,
But Ger them we gather the laurel and bay,
Believed with our tears for the slain.
From the dim fragrant woods of the North far
From the raft on the swift flowing river
From the prairie in bloom-irom deep mountain
dell
Came the cry For the Uaon forever"
And now from our banner the eagle aloft
Looks out over fields fairly won;
Thro' the war-cloud low lying and dun.
Alike IN the chrism of blood have been stepped
The heather and bright golden broom:
Alike on the field after battle is Ger.
Lie knapsack and proud heron plume,
Alike in the hut and the great gilded halls,
Watch mothers, and sisters, and wives;
Alike from the pallet, and pillow of down,
Rise prayers for our volunteers lives.
But sad, tho We gaze on our banner to.ily,
With the blood Of the brave for its red
It's stars-women'5 tears for the loved and the
lost,
Its white-the pale brow of the dead
1t shall yet float above US as bright as of yore
With its stars all undimmed on its field
And '62. dying, shall see once again,
The olive branch circling the shield
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THE NORTHERN WHITE LABOR AND THE
SOUTHERN NEGRo.-At Algiras, opposite
New Orleans, we are told, there are quar-
tered upwards of two thousand contra
bands, supported at government expense,
which, estimated nppn the basis of sixty
cents per day for each negro mu.t cost
the government over a million and a half
Of dollars per annum. Add on the ratons
for the Legroes at Port Royal, at New
berne, Cairo, etc, and the grand total per
annum is frightful tax upon the Federal
Treasury. Meanwhile the white labor in
New York, and througout the north, has
to pay abont double for everything he aud
his family eat, drink and wear; in order
to help pay for feeding these lazy negroes.
This is bad enough, but 1t is not the " orst.
When the presidents proclamation goes
into effect, January lst, the abolition
journals tell US, a general stampede may
be expected in which, of course, there
will be fresh demands upon the a!,nnis-
tratioU, for their maintenance; and addi
tonal taxes upon the white slaves of thu
north, to meet the demands of the govern
ment. Bread, meat. fuel, clothing, every
thing, must go up" "up,' if We white
men must be compelled thus TO feed clothe
nurse. and take care Of the millions of law
con;rabands which the aboitonists threat
en- to let loose upon Us, after New Years
N. Y. Express.
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IL COOP TIME.-Some days since, while
some Of the workmen on the new depot
of the Detroit ard Milwaukee road were
engaged in digging di,ch in which to
put the foundation for beam, they drew
out a considerable quantity of silver halt
dollars, which were imbedded five feet oe
low the surface They were black with
age, aud story tol,! BY gentleman
present explains how they came there
On that spot of ground about twenty years
ago stood the warehouse of the American
Fur Company, known at that time as the
largest warehouse in the West. a clerk
in the employ Of the Company was arrest
ed, tried and convicted of some species
of robbery, but he had subsequently man
aged to conceal about $50 in silver, which
if found, would have been further evi
dence Of his guilt, in the rear of this build
ing. After he had been imprisoned in the
Peniten!iary for some months, he informs
ed some one where he had concealed the
money, Gin the rear OF the buildinc) but
all search for 1t proved unavaiIng. As it
was, hoy" ever, it turned up just in good
time, as silver will never, probably, be
worth more than it is at the present time.
11dpertiser.
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FIGHT BETWEEN A NEGRO AND PAN
THEE.-On Monday evening last an acci>
dent occurred in Elmond's (Wombweli's)
Menagerie, now exhibiting in Nottingham
which at one time wore d most serious
aspect. The Royal Lion Hunter. a native
African, entered the performing panther's
den. he commenced to put one of these
animals through a course of performance
which consisted mainly in making it leap
from one platform to another, the two eIe
vaions being erected at either end of the
den. The animal, instead of taking the
proper course, leaped upon its keeper and
tore his face so that the blood ran copi
ou>ly from the wound. The keeper. no
ways daunted, notwithstanding a cry OF
terror from the spectators, persisted in
making his refractory subject resume It's
position. For some time the beast con
tinuel obstinate, notwithstanding a terri>
ble thrashiHg which it bad received The
keeper then let: the den, and, procuring q
still heavier weapon, he returned and gave
to the stubborn brute such a proof Of his
prowess as finally oyerawed it and amid the
applause 0: the spectators the performs
ance went on, and was completed acord
ing to tie programme before the keeper
Quilted the den, though all this time he
himself was bleeding f'eely from the
wound inflicted by the animal on hls face.
The self possession Of the keeper was
highly extolled. The fight between the
two lasted twenty minutes. The same
evening keeper went into the zebrs's
den, and while Offering the male animal
hisc"it it BIZ off his ore finger L9na0n
TTmrs.
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\ DISTRESSING CAsE.-A respectable
family in Ontonabee, Mr.. Wm. Nelson's ;,
has recent been plunged into the deep.
est distress by tie death, from hydropho
bia of their eldest unmarried daughter. n
fine young person of the age of - years.
In the month Of July last, on descending
into the cellar for the purpose of skimming
the milk, cat | ing concealed seized on
one OF her toes, gra~ping it with sach
fer0city that it could not be made 10 let
90 It's hold till 1t was strangled to death
Some precautionary measures were adopl
ed, and as the wound healed rapidly. all
fears of nIteElor consequences passed away
On the 9Th inst, feeling somewhat indi.
posed, imagined herself to be suffering
from a slight cold, after the use Of some
ordinary domestic medicines, she retireA
early to rest, but on rising in the night to
take a drink Of water, she could lot swsl
low the liquid From this time onwards
the fatal NAL ,ly made its fearful and re-
sistless progress ill death terminated Eer
sutlerings on the 10th Of October. Deep
sympathy with the mourning and bereav
ed family has been excited in the commu
pity, as the deceased, besides being pos
sessed OF more than ordinary personal
charms, was Of a remarkable gentle and
aniabIe disposition.-PeterJoro (Caaada)
ReClelC
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The Union to be Restored,

In speech Of Governor SEYMOUR, de-
livered at Rome, n. Y. week ago Sat
urday-in which he endorsed the famous
" ninth resolution " adopted by the De
mocracy last year-a hopeful view of ma.
tional affairs was thus eloqnently present
ed
From this time on we shall find eviden
ces accumuiating that our country is to be
restored to its former prosperity. We
have shown to loyal men at the South
(and there are many thousand loyal men
there, who only waited to hear that they
could be safe in the limits of the Union
and under the shield Of the Constitution
to declare themselves), from this time
forth you Will hear the evidences that we
have kindled anew the fires Of patriotism
all over the land, and more particularly
in these portions of it which have been
cursed and scared and blasted by this
great rebellion. 1t is this hope which an
iinates you and me, and brghtens all our
countenances, and makes US once more
joyous, after all the sad months which we
have passed through, almost without hope.
After four or FIVE months more have roll
ed away, trust we shall find the Union
not only restored to its former greatness,
but tie country will have become more
great more glorious than it was before
that the flag of our country, when it waves
from the lofty column of the Restored I'm
ion, will not only sustain the names of the
old State, but of still more States We
shall raise that column still higher to
Heaven, and from It's topmost height will
wave the flag of our country, with all its
stars and all lis stripes, and with still mora
stars gli,tering On It's folds, which shall
tel, the world that the Union restored.
renewed and regenerated, has commenced
its new and onward march, for the cause
Of liberty and freedom throughout the
world