Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-04-23


| If they had President and cabi1ent of their
own at Washington, says Lord Lyons relating
| the substance of their communications to him,
they would rather. if possible, obtain an ar
nistice without the aid of foreign governments,
but they would accept the Offer of foreign me.
dation if it appeared to be the only means Of
putting a stop to hostities." But Mr. Lin
coin having as Lord Lyons phrases it," thrown
| himself into the arms Of the extreme radical
party" there is no alternative but to 90 on
with the war, not to "subjugate" the South,
but to get the North and the government into
hunor to offer an armistice, as preliminary
to taking measures for the preservation OF sla-
| very.
| TO effect this object the war must, of course,
be prosecuted in a peculiar manner The re-
| bel armies must not be annhlated, nor must
too many of the rebel ports and places Of
strength fall into our hands. 1t must be an
exhaustiDg war fer the North, that oar people
may be brought to consent to q cessation Of
hostilities
When Lord Lyons arrived at New York on
the Sth of November last, be says he found
the conservative leaders" exultiug at their
success iu the elections but the next mora.
ing intelligence arrived from Washington
| which dashed their rising hopes. General
Mcclellan had been dismissed from the COM
mand of the Army of the Potomac" The
! GeneI al, proceeds Lord Lyons, " had beeure-
garded as the representative of conservative
principles in the army" aud Support of him
had been made one OF the articles of the con-
SerVatiVe electoral programme" Accordingly,
be says there was great irritation" in their
| party, mot unmxed With CONSERVATION aud
| despoUdency"
Lord Lyons, it seems, was convinced by
their reasonings that the present was not the
time for Eng land to interfere the President
would reject the offer Of mediation, and his
party would turn it to account in strengthen
ing themselVs with the people, and iuAam.
ng," as Lord Lyons says, the was spirit,
Meantime, be appears to be persuaded by his
interviews with them that the time is at hand
when interference will not be repelled. He
has no confidence that the great military move
meuts now on foot to subdIe the rebellion
will have any important results. The PreSi-
dent needs some important military successes
to regain his lost popularity and Lord
| Lyons does not see how he is to obtain them.
The next Congress, he says, is likely to be
hostile to the Administration, which is in dan.
ger Of not being supported in its assump-
tim of extraordinary powers"
! LIVE Observation-Disclosures as peo-
| pie are prone to eat too much and too fast
The advantages of temperate living are well
set forth in the foiio6ing paragraphs
| Solomon tells US that the giutton shall come
to poverty warns US not to be among the ri
otous eaters of flesh E; and even bids Us TO put
knife int our throats if we be men given to
| appetite. Is there no less desperate remedyz
ever eating too little"
Sir Isaac Newton very often dined on pen
| ny's worth of bread.
Abernethy cured bis sindigeslion and regain
ed his flesh by going into the country, where
be was able to get good milk and eggs, and
living upon it three times q day, with no drink
| but ginger water. en- this quantity Of food
| be reganed his flesh and uniformly got better.
| Marion and his men waxed strong and val
liant with no food but sweet potatoes, no drink
but water, and no shelter but the sky.
Besides brown bread, the Greek boatmen
subsist almost solely upon their native fruits
figs, grapes and rasins They are the most
nimble, active, graceful, cheerful and even the
merriest people in the world.
| Grant Thorhun attributed his cheerful old
age to the fact that he {" neFr eat enough"
! and thousands CT his countrymen' are wearing
out their bodies not SO much much by the ex-
cess of business or tbs multiplicity of cares, as
by the overwork that they crowd upon them
in digesting surplnss and unnecessary food
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