2 = ‘ ago 3 a I A J | Bl Ww = | ul” a vi EN VOL. 6. BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1861. Sgm— riginal Pogtry. came oto im — | | ‘ [For the WATCHMAN. | THE IDIOT'S REQUEST. { BY *‘GAY.” | Oh, lay me down deep, where the outstretched boughs, Are, moss-covered, bending with years, Where no mo.tal ever lay stretched before, Nor trace of & grave appears— Where the deep dark forest, in echoes low, Sends forth no hum to the ear— Forever gilent—silent—and dark, Throughout the livelong year. Ob, let rae rest where sweetest of flowers Bloora, blossom, and fads away, And leave no traces of what they've been, Or how they could ever decay. Where wild birds warble their requiems free, ‘Tua rite, and, falling again On balmy zephyrs, are rolling along, In Aurora's bright sweeping train. Ob, let me lay deep, where stars smile down Through many a long still night, . O’er solemn grandeur—Dboth woods and waste— With twinkling faces bright. : Then as those faces peep from the sky, 1 My spirit shall often beseen, =. O'ertripping the tops of the tallest trees, _ Or hiding in foliage green. . I'll smile at the moon—she'll smile at mo, As she peers up over a cloud, . Dispelled by Aeolees—exhumed from his cave, And bellowing in thunders loud. I'll laugh, and I'll dance o'er the tallest trees, 111 pluck them up from the earth, . And my spectre shall visit the peasant’s howe, Yo frighten him at his hearth. As the fallen tree in a lonely place, My flesh shall be wasting away, Shall be crumbling to dust in it loneliness, For with it I never shall stay. J I'll stray with the Elves, I'll chase them about, And, sometimes, I'll wrestle them down, And, when twilight appears, I'll hie to my home, To my mystical cave in the ground. ell [For the Warcmy AN. LINES. ON THE DEATH OF MATTIE BULLOCK. BY MOLLIE MURRAY. Farewell, dear Mattie, a long farewell, Not like the farewell uttered oft’ before, We hoped to see thee oft again, and well, This is the last, till time shall be no more. We little thought, when we were with thee, And heard the sing and play fo sweet, That ere the summer would return, Thou wouldst be lying in the winding sheet. But Heaven thus will'd, and Heaven supreme command, : Thon hast obeyed, and passing quick away, Hast reaced that happy, that delightful land, Where night gives place to ever lasting day I well remember all thy looks, thy emile, Thy buoyant step, thine artless winning grace, Thy cheerful voice and friendly, pleasant smile, But now no longer can that smile we drace. There linger hore loved oues, who feel an aching void, : Which naught but thy companionship caa fill, W hase future hopes in thee are here destroyed ; May they submit, for t'was God’s holy will. A little while, and those who much did prize Thy many virtues, now thy loss deplore, Released from earth, will join them in theskies, And feel the pang, the parting pang no more. Parewell dear Mattie, calin be thy rest, May flowers around thee shed their sweot per- fume, . oo And the green turf lio mouldering on thy breast, ‘While friends and loved ones weep around thy tomb. wt MiLesBurG, Pa. WMisgellangons, ‘WHO GAINS BY THE WAR? ‘We alluded in our last issue to the miser- able financial condition of the South, as chronicled by the journalists of the North, and endeavored to lay before our readers a slight sketch of the skill and ability by which the Confederate Treasury nas thus far been provided for, in order that they might more | PY clearly understand the real resources and springs of wealth which the South has at ;its command. We also spoke of the deplor- :able picture which the North gives of the commerce and trade of the South, now that its ports are sealed, its imports are excluded and its means for obtaining shoes, clothing and other necessaries, even for its army, are entirely cut off. We propose to take a Southern view of this question also ; and we think it of easy demonstration that the effect of the sagacious policy adopted by the North is, though it may prove of great tem- porary inconvenience, only calculated, event- ually to enrich the South at the expense of the North. ¢ : . The closing of the Southern ports, may it i8 true, cut off, for a time, the importation of all foreign goods, but it at the same time effectually excludes all Northern manufac- tures : and while it deprives the South of gpthing really necessary, it in reality pre- ts it from impoverishing itself, by the { perity of the South, sure, established this branch of industry on a firm basis in those States, but there are no other locations which offer inducements equally great, and the disect effect of the continued interruption of intercourse be- tween the producers and the consumers must inevitably be to force the consumers to pro- duce for themseives. The history of our own country Surely affords us a sufficiently recent example of this fact. [It has become a trite saying that America declared her in- dependence in 1776, but that she achieved it in 1813. Up to the latter period, deed, she was a mere colony of Great Britain, and dependant upon England for manufactures of all kinds. But the war of 1812 [reed her from this thralldom. It gave a direct but only a temporary blow to commerce, while on the other hand it gave an impetus to man- ufacturies which could have been effected in no other way ; and at the expiration of the war, convinced of the elements of wealth and prosperity which they possessed. the New England States €id not fail to profit by their experience. Manufactures were fos- tered and encouraged by legislation, and the mother country was forced to seek other markets for mans fabrics for which America bad previously furnished her with the larg- est markets. What that war then did for the North, this one is now: doing for the South. The very opportunity for which the South has been yearning and striving for years, the North has now furnished it with. | Every day that this. war continies, serves but to give an additional impetus to the manufacturing enterprise of the South. Cot- tong. clothing, machinery, castings, guns, percussion caps and agricultural implements are all being successfully manufactured in Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama. Estab. lished factories are extended, new ones are being built. Population and capital inevita- bly flow to thriving districts. and with the necessary means once invested, the machin- ery erected and - the factories in operation, the North will find that even if a peace be established which secures an untrammelled communication between the two sections, the result of her insane policy will have been to build up a competing * production in the districts where she looked for the largest consumption. Unfortunately for the North- ern States, those manufactures which they produce most successfully, (hats, shoes, machinery castings. agricultural implements and other Amerinan wares). are precisely those which are required for the Slave States. When it is cut off from the South itis ent oft from the largest consumers. It is a death blow to its own prosperity. It may. to be sure. find a market for a certain class of cottons in the East India and South Ameri- can markets #®but for all the finer qualities, and all American wares. unless the cost of production be reduced, it can only, for the future, manufacture a quantity sufficient for the consumption of the Northern and West- ern States. » A similar effect ‘must he produced on the commerce of the States. * No peace can now be concluded, on any terms, which will re- store trade to the old channels. The South will spare no effort and leave no means un- tried which will enable 1t to retain for itself some of the vast advantages of its own com- merce. It is estimated that the South sends the North, yearly, products valued at over $500,000,000, upon which the commercial men and bankers of the North, and princi- pally of New York, reap harvests of golden profit. Through New York the large finan- cial operations of which Southern produce is the basis, are now made, and Southern ma- terials forms in fact the capital upon which are drawn millions of exchange which regu- late operations in all quarters of the globe. But this is not all. A large portion of the wealth of the North is derived from the shipping interest. The large tonnage of the United States is built and owned principal ly in the North, and the North does at least three fourths of the foreign’ carrying trade, The value of export freights alone—we take our estimates from a work to which we have more than once before alluded, ** Southern Wealth and Northern Profits” —amounts to about $28,000,000 per annum, about six sevenths of which is derived [rom the trans. ‘portation of Southern produce. The value of return frieghts on merchandize paid for by Southern cotton, tobacco and naval stores is probably even greater than this. The prosperity of the shipping interest of the North is actually dependant upon the pros- Statistics show that with the increasing agricultural wealth of the South the tonnage of the North has in- creased ; and the increase of American ton~ nage has been calcglated to be exactly in proportion to the iffereased operation of cot- ton—every additional bale of cotton requir- ing one ton additional of shipping to trans- rt it. Every day of the continuation of of this blockade is a loss to this interest ; — and not only a temporary, but a permanent one. The Slave States have already en deavored to turn to advantage their vast timber fields, and from year to year they have gradually been extending their ship building. In 1855 they built about ene : tenth as much tonnage as was built in ‘the North, but in 1858 shey built one fouctn as much, showing clearly that they have both the will and the ability to extend the opera~ tions of their ship yards. Every day that this war continues” does the North run a greater risk of diverting this great carrying trade from her own ports and her own ves- sels. Every day serves but the more firmly to convince England of the necessity of un- | trammeliled Southern communication for her | manufactures ; and as from day to day she | becomes more thoroughly acquainted with ' the trae strength of the South, so will her desire become greater fora more intunate alliance. This .the Southern Jonfederacy purchase of a large amount of foreign goods; at a time when every economy should neces- sarily be practised at home. ~The establish ment of resent, to the importation of fabrics from Europe and the North, but at the same time it forces the South to establish its own man- ufacturies:and to furnish itself, at least, with those articles ot prime necessity for which it is now principally dependant on the North, New Jersey, New York, and the New Eng and States, possess no natural or pre emi- went advantages that give them the control of the manufactures of the American Continent. Qapital, enterprise, population, have, to be e blockade has put an end, for the | will not be slow to grant. It will use, for | the present, the capital and shipping of Eng- | land in place of the capital and shipping of the North, and avail itself of foreign aid un- | til it is able to provide for the transporta- { tion of its own pruduce. What will New | York be, deprived of the carrying trade of the South, and without the profits of that trade, and the benefit of the exchanges aris- | ing fromher Southern business connections ? | The effect upon the agricultural products of the great West will also be disastrous. The { Gulf States are being forced for self protec f1on to diminish considerably the cultivation of cotton, and to devote a portion of their j labor to the growth of an increased crop of - mins cereals. The'consequence of this will be to ecable the South to - support, without im poverishing itself. arising from diminished production, will, in all probibility, tend to enhance the price, so as to make the profit quite as greatason a larger supply. The effect upon the West will be directly the contrary. The enlarged culture of cereals in the Slave states must create an over protection in the whole coun- try, and the crops of Kentucky, Western Virginia, and Maryland, will necessarily be thrown upon those-markets which are now mainly supplied from the West. Not only will prices be reduced in this way, but as the manufacturing districts of the Eastern States become impoverished, they will have less maverial to exchange, and be less able to pay remunerating rates for the products of the West. So it will be with England. — The policy of the Republican party, in de- priving Ler of raw material, diminishes her production. It excludes from American warkets, by a high tariff, fabrics which might otherwise be shipped to this country . it bankrupts the New York importer, and the inevitably effect must be to lessen the de- wand for grain. It cats from South Ameri. ca the great coffee markets of the Slave States, and necessarily incapaciates her, to some extent, to take the breadstuffs she oth- erwise would have taken in exchange. Which ever way we regard it, the conse- quences are the same—partially injurious to the Sonth, but disastrous to the North. The South loses little ; it spends comparatively little, and is piling its wealth up. The North loses everything, spends enormously and stores scarcely anything. . Every day adds, in fact, to the strength of the South and diminishes that of the North. ~The war tells alike onthe Western farmer, the Fast. ern farmer, thé Eastern manufacturer, and the New York banker. The effect upon the former, however, 15 only temporary ; upon the two latter it must be more permanent.— ‘The eventual result of ‘the war will safely be to unite the Slave ‘States in one grand Republic, and the North will then find that its suicidal policy has only been to estab~ lish a nation, which possesses not only vast resources in the growth of <taples peculiar to itself, but which ‘has, in addition, every element of wealth possessed’ by the Free States. The North will, at the- §e me time, discover that it has separated itself from a country upon the production of which it was actually dependent for the prosperity of its largest interests, and for the meaus of affording employment to its operatives and occupation (o its mariners.— Fox change. THE PAY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS. The fo'lowing recapitulation affords useful information to voluntecrs and their families : I. After being mustered into the service of the United States, volunteers are entitled to the same pay as the regular troops. 2. If disabled by wounds received in ser. vice. or disease contracted m service, they are entitled to an invalid pension during life, or so Jong as the disability continues. 3 If any are killed, or die m the service of the United States, leaving a widow, she is entitled to what pay was dae her husband and a pension. IH there is no widow, the child or children of such volunteer is enti- tled to the pay and a pension, till they are sixteen years of age. : 4. If there is no. widow, or child under sixteen years of age, the other heirs of the decedent are entitled to the pay due the vol- unteer at the time of his death—no pension. At this time neither the volunteer nor any heir is entitled to any land warrants, but there is no doubt an act of Congress will be passed early this month, granting one hun- dred and sixty acres of land to every volun teer who shall serve fourteen days, and en- gage in battle and be honorably discharged — first fb the widow, second to the children, third to the mother, fourth to the father: and if all the foregoing heirs be dead, fifth, the brothers and sisters of those who serve and die without receiving a warrant, in like manner as, the volunteers who served'in Mexieo, are now rewarded. Seamen and others who take prizes, and those perform- ing meritorious feats, will undoubtedly be rewared with the fruits of their valor.— Those patriotic men and women who suffer from roblery in the Slave States, under the nate of confiscation, will almost certainly be rewarded, according to the scripture rule, four fold from the property of the rebels— all State conflscations being wholly illegal — and mere organized piracy will be punished and Congress will undoubtedly pass a prop- er and effectual act whereby the United States Courts will take from the unfaithful and unjust stewards what property they may have, and give it to the faithful and true servants. 5. Tu addition to what the volunteers and heirs are entitled to and may become enti- tled to from the United States; the several States have passed and will pass acts grant- ing pay from the State treasury. se ntl DA. Tne Fravp CodyissioNers.—When the public indignation against the State Admin- istration, for the shameful manner in which our volunteers were treated, became so great that something had to be done to appease it, the telegraph inforined us that the Governor had appointed three honest and reliable men to investigate the frauds, and find who were the guilty parties. We never saw any offi- cial notice of the appointment of these gen- tlemen, but presume such was the case. — Sinee this appointment weeks have elapsed, and nothing has been heard from the com. missioners. Are they doing anything in the matter? The responsibility, has, 1m a measure, been put upon their shoulders, and the people will look to them to have: the guilty parties brought to light, It is to their advantage, as well as to the advantage of the people of the State, that they should be heard from before long. = At all events, whether they be heard from or not, all par- ties interested may as well take notice that the matter will never be suffered to rest where it now is, It is no excuse for the Administration to say that the second lot of uniforms was passible, and therefore the miserable quality of the first should be overlooked. Such a plea would never be entertained in a court of justice. There has been gross injustice somewhere, and it must be ferveted out.— Chambersburg Times. The scarcity of cotton’ GEN. SCOTT'S TACTICS. “If you want to catch a rat, you must first close the holes*’’—Gen. ScorT. In the art of war there are at present two methods. By the first the hostile armies meet 1n regular battle array and the slaugh- ter begins. Such armies are to be compared to two prize fighters, who are measuring their physical strength in order to see who will deal the last blow. It is not possible to decide in advance who will be the successful one because it will depend on many acciden- tal circumstances ; but one thing is certain, after the fight dock will be Lealen black and blue. Unfortunately this method is predominant and furnishes the sad truth that in the mili tary world the intellect is poorly represen- ted. Even the last [tallian war, this method was employed by the French as well as by the Austrian. Generals. What was the re- sult of this barbarous method? A terrible loss ef human lives on both sides, and for the victorious Commander in-cheif, the mor- tifying confession.“ One more such a vic tory, and I am lost !”’. * Fortunately for Na- poleon, that against the counsel of Lieut. General Hess, the Emperer of Austria made the notorious peace of Villa Franca. The aim of the other method is to put the opponent, by degrees, in sucha pesition that, when 1t comes to a decissive co ‘est, his defeat must be an absolute certainty. — Commanders in-chief, who are operating in this manner, are to be compared to two chess players. The one whose talent of combina- tin is greater, whose logic is stronger, will undoubtedly be fully victorious ; for when the last stroke is to be played, the opponent is checkmaled. . At the head of the United States Army is placed General Winfield Scott. His past career and wisely calculated measures egainst the rebel forces of the South prove that he belongs to the small number of com- manders who, by thieir high intelligence, conduct war aceording to the last reethod. — He the veteran of seventy-five years, paral- yzed on one side, and therefore incapable of mounting the war steed, defeats his enemies without being present on the battle field. — He, the Hero of Chippewa; Cerro Gordo, Contreas, and Cherubusco, in the present &li- important struggle in which the destiny of his country will be decided, will carn a lau- rel wieath which will immortalize him to the farthest posterity. + At the time of the breach between the Na- tional Government and the South. Gen. Scott had to solve two difficult problems. The one was to blindfold the rebels in regard to the real momentary weakness of the Govern- | ment, and to direct at the same tithd theat. tention and the activity of the hostile! army to one, in fact, unimportant. object. How much depended on the solution of the prob- lem, these facts will show. The ‘“traitor- 04s” functionaries of Buchanan's adminis- tration not only had sent nearly all the war material to the South, but had plundered also the treasury. In the solution of the first part of this problem, Lincoln and Sew- ard showed consumate ability. A more peacefull feeling was shown to the South.—— The Commissioners of the seceded States came to Washington, although they were not received officially nor acklowledwe’;: but, nevertheless, they were keptin suspense week after week in the hope of a peaceful seperation between the North and South. — The solution of the second part of this préb- lem was the task only of General Scott, and is really a mastet=picge of ‘stratagem. Fort Sumter was the object which Scott selected to divert the attention of the enemies, In a masterly manner, he produced theimpression that he attached the highest importance to this little fort with a garrison of eighty-five men ; and the immediate consequence was that the little fort was invested hy ‘degrees by an army of 8 000 men, who busied them- selves in putting up earthworks, in order to protect éblossal batteries. The.commander of the fort, the patriotic Major “Anderson, looksicalmly from thethight of his for.ress into the camp of his enemies, and leaves them undisturbed” ‘So month atter month passes, up to the moment in which General Scott is ready to act against the South. A fleet composed of men of-war and vessels of supplies, leaves New York. It was the policy of the Government to make the South believe that this fleet was destined to rein force Fort Sumter. ‘The Southern Commis- sioners leave Washington in haste ; the reb- el army at Fort Sumter prepare for the fight, and the whole country looks with anxious eyes to that little fort at the entry of the harbor of Charlestown, in which a little band of eighty-five determined men upholds the glorious stars and stripes against a wnole army of enemies. @ The expected fleetis not in sight yet, when the *“rebels’ open their fire from Fort Moultrie. The besieged answer prompt- ly the attack. All the batries are at work, and send destructive missiles into the little fort. The mutual bombardment lasts thir- ty-three hours, and then Fort Sumter sur- renders ; Maj. Anderson capitalates, and ob- tains a retreat with the honors of war. ‘A cry of triumph runs through the whole South ; m the North the word Treason!” is whispered. Yet the more the mist of de- lusion disperses, the clearer appears the wise combinations of our great General Scott, and the events are assuming another light. As soon as the thick smoke after the bombard- ment, had passed away, only a few peaceful steamers and a vessel of supphes were to be seen instead of the expected fleet. The steamer took the brave Major, Anderson and tus gallant little band on board and return- ed to New York: What had become of the war steamers ¢ They quietly and silently had passed tHe bar to re-inforce with provi- sions and men the {ar more highly important Fort Pickens. a Gen, Scott had solved his problem. The object was gained ; that is, the Goverment had obtained a stronger-organization by em- ploying trustworthy officers 5 it was enabled to make the necessary loans and effectuated the vast armamants, and the still greater advantage, to turn the public opinion after the fall of Fort Sumtar, in favor of coercive measures. How ridiculous are on the con- trary the results of Gen Beauregard, of ** re- bellious ” glory. His army is kept in check five months by 85 men, and its only heroi- cal deed consists in the destruction of a fort which was erceted by the whole country for the protection of a Southern harbor agamst foreign enemies. : The second problem of Gen. Scott, in the solution of which he is at present engaged, consists in disabling the enemies from con- ducting the war in a way which would be, under the circumstances the only one to of- fer to the ‘rebels’ the posibility of obtaining favorable results, and besides would open to the country the sure prospect of all the calamities of a long war. Ina word it is the method which Gen. Washington employ- ed against the English army. Taking ad- vantage of the vast ‘territory, he fatigued his enemies, avoided battles as much as pos- sible, cut off corps from the main army, and so defeated them. When, #ifter the laps of twenty days gfv en by the President the rebels did not = dis- perse, Gen. Seott had to set to work. It was neccessary to induce the enemy to con- centrate his forces, not only on one point but also to bring them on a certain ground which offered the possbility of cutting them off from all comnuunications. Gen Scott se- lected for that purpose the State of Virginia. He commenced the operations. Prudently the United States troops retired from. Har- per's Ferry and burned up the Arsenal. — In great haste Commodore Pendergrast gives up Gosport Navy Yard, and sinks the fleet that is exceedingly tempting to Jeff. Davis and Beauregard, and the rebel army begins to swarm into Virginia, which may be com- pared to a blind alley. Gen Scott keeps quict. From all parts large and small bod- ies of rebel troeps arrived, to reinforce their main army. Gen. Scott keeps quiet. « All at once, on the night of the 23 —24th of May, 15,000 men are marshelled in the streets of Washington. Gen. Scott and Prsident Lin coln appear. Shortly after midnight the troops commence to move, marching past their Commander-in-Chief and the President of the Republic, are devided in two columns and take the way to Virginia. At sunrise the Hights of Arlington are occupied by U. S. troops, and the people of Alexandria are startled to see them also in their midst.— The,troops carrying with them the necessa- ry materials to erect fortifications, and set to work immediately, the communications between Virginia and Washington are cut off; 3,000 men follow. The day after, Gen. MeoClellan advances with Ohio troops into Western Virginia. The State of Virginia is bordered by the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and by the Potomac river and the Chesapeake bay. which cuts offa very swall part of Virginia. In the States ot Ohio and Penn- sylvania there are 40,000 men ; in the Dis~ trict of Columbia the same number. Mar- yland. being’ doubtfull in its patriotic feel mgs, is kept in check hy Pennsylvania and Deleware, and its chiet city, Baltimore, is overawed by Fort MeHenry. Kentucky, also en uncertain State, is kept in check by Ohio, Indiana, and Iilinois. Up the Missis- sippi, through Kentucky, no support can be sent to the rebel army, because at Cairo, a highly important strategical point at the con- finence of the Ohio and Mississippi, there are concentrated some 20,000 men. From the seaside all communication is cut off by Ber- wress Monroe, which commands Chesapeake bay, and,by cruising vessels. At Fort Mon- roe, (ieneral Butler is posted with 15,000 men. It is clearly to be geen that Gen. Scott needs only to cut off the communication from Virginia to Tennessee and to North Carolina and the ‘ rebels’’ are isolated.- -Central Press. I A Suaxe.—One of the most disgraceful of the acts which have characterized the pres- ent Administration in its brief, but unexam- pled career, is the appointment of Jim Lane to a Brigadier Generalship, and “Captain” Montgomery to a Coloneley in the army— ‘two as deep dyed scoundrels as ever went unhung. The murders and robberies com- mitted by those fellows during the troubles in Kansas are known to the whole country, and have linked their names in appropriate connection with the hoary villain but less fortunate John Brown. These men did all in their power to keep alive the bloody strife in Kansas, and are personally responsible for a large share of its atrocities. Lane murdered a Free State man named Jen- nings ! He was arrested, but contrived to get clear by hismnfluence over men as guilty as himself. His seat in the Senate wes ses cared by corruption unexampled in the nis~ tory of legislation —the vaotey of members be- ing openly bought and sold on the floor of the House. What adds to the enormity of the case, was the well authenticated fact that the nuon- ay used for this purpose was stolen from the contributions sent out by charitable people at the Bast to relieve the sufferings of Kan - sas. Since the election of Pomeroy and Lane to the Senate, pothing has been heard of suffering iA Kansas. Montgomery is a des- perado of the most abandoned character, and Las for years kept around him a band of lawless men, who made themselves the ter- ror of the colntry round about. ‘Lheir rob- beries and murders are fresh in the minds of the public. This band is still in active ser- vice, and the effect of giving a commission to Montgomery i# to place them in the pay of the government and make the whole coun- try responsible for their acts. These men proclaim that they are determined to *‘ sus- tain the Union” and “protect the honor of the flag !” The elevatton of men of such character to a par with the volunteers who have disinterestly shouldered their muskets for the support of the government in good faith, and with honorable purpose, a burn wg disgrace to the country.—New Haven Register. Otome A liar.—Among many anecdotes of Ben- na Vista, this one beats all others. An Ar- kansas soldier being wounded; asked an Irishman to take him off the field: The lat- ter did so by enabling him to mount, and strapping him on the horse, himself riding before. During the ride the poor Arkansaian had his head cut off by a cannon ball, ur- known to his companion. Arriving at the doctor's quarters, the Irishman was asked what he wanted. I brought this man here to have his leg dressed.” “Why,” replied the doctor, ‘his head is shot off.” “The bloody lian,” exclaimed Mike, looking be- him. “he told me he was only shot in the leg.’ Is Turis Treason ?—When the resolution was before the Senate, on Wednesnay last, Mr. King, of New York, (Republican) offer- ed an amendment providing that in six montks after the re-establishment of the an- thority of the United States the standing army be reduced again to the footing of the act of July, 1861. Mr. Hale, of New Hump- shire, (Republican) moved to reduce the na- vy in the same manner. lt was. quite evi- dent to him that the strength of the country was in the voluuteer militia. ‘ He also ‘« wanted to make war on the harpies, who ‘are busy around the departments, and «« wanted to save the treasure of the Govern- ‘ment as well as from being stolen by the rebels as filched by false friends.” This smacks of treason. Won't some of nur Re- publican friends who have “cen conspicuous in denouncing as treasonable and calculated to destroy public confidence in the Adminis- tration of the Government every complaint emanating from Democrats of the manner in which public affairs are cenducted, be good enough to turn their batterings against Mr. Hale ? Look at the audacity of the man! Standingup in the United States Senate and slandermng the patriotic men about the departments by soggesting that they make a practice of#filching the treasure of the Government—while they are laboring day and night for the welfare of the nation ! This sort of thing ought to be stopped at once, and Mr. Hale notified that although he may have had the privilege of uttering what | slanders he pleased against the * infamous { Buchanan Administration.” there is now a new order of things, and freedom of speech { is not to be tolerated. Let Mr. Hale beware how he indulges his loquacious propensities, or he may get himself into trouble ! ! —— em | Tue Rieuror Permox.—The Journal of | Commerce, of July 1st, in a leader, says: — 1 . . | ** Av extraordinary proceeding was chron. (icled in the city news department of the | New York papers on Saturday morning, in which copies of a petition numerously sign- ed by the aitizens of New York, and address- ed to the President of the United States. were seized, taken from the possession of those to whom they had been confided, and conveyed to the, headquarters of the police, where they were detained for public exhibi- tion. lt is not'€hown that any proceedings have been had to authorize the police to in- terfere with the sacred petition, a right as dear to every American citizen at the pres- ent day as it was to the people ot the Colo- nies, when they complained that the British Government spurned their prayers for relief, and denied the right that the humblest citi- zen has, to approach the rulling pawers with requests, touching the Administration ©f the Government. [It is difficult, as one after another of the dearest rights of frecinen are violated, and article after article of the Con- stitution trampled under foot, by those who have solemnly sworn to support it, to realize that we live under a frec government, or that we lay claim to any privileges which are not liable to be invaded by official pre- tension and assumed power. * » * «We doubt whether any considerable number of signers will be frightened into withdrawing théir names, but think it more likely thatit will receive large accessions from the independent men of the city, who dare exercise their constitutional rights un- der threated intimidation. There is no pow- er short of absolute tyranny which can in- terfere withjthe right of petition, especially when the right is exercised in a mode so void of offensive of treasonable language as in the present case.” —————— PO Prams Truni=-An Irishman writing fiom Philadelphia to the Bosion Pilot, says : -« The very great majority of our late fa- mous ** Wide Awakes 7 now belong to the Home Guards. Every one of these fellaws voted for Lincoln, and they ought certainly to have been the first to' volundeer for actual service. If they possessed the least spark of manhood or shame, they would not now be seen parading our streets—they would re rain from playing soldier. The Home Guards (alias the Preserre Korps) are com- posed almost to a. man of Americans—rich men and their sons, and fancy clerks, who are firmly convinced that none but poor men should go to war, Last fall an individual that belongs to the Guards gave $5000 to- wards the election of Liricoln ; this man has two sous —stout, hearty fellows —yet he has discretion enough not to send either of them to do battle for their native land. | ¢ Most of those Republicans who, last Oc- tober, bellowed forth their defiance to the South, and who, when the Crittenden Com- promise measures were introduced, opposed them with all their might, now, like cow- ards, shrink from the quarrel which they themselves, to a certein extent, provoked. «In this city, at least, party differences are asrife as ever. Every Democrat, both great and small, is being ousted from the Navy Yard, Post Office, and other places — The Democrats may enlist, for the Republi- cans are fond of peace; of gold, and ofthe peace.” { : Ei a Texyessee Mans Cur Orr.— The follow- ing order, from the Post Office Department has been issued : Post Ovrics DEPARTMENT. |} Appointment Office; July 10, 1861. § By order of the Post Master General, the entire postal service. embracing the post offices, post routes, and route agencies in Middle and West 'Tenneasee, is discontinued from and after this date. No mails will hereafter be made up for any office in those districts until such ser- vice shall be restored and. notice given : nor will prepaid postuge thence be recognized. Joy A. Kassox, First Assistant Postmaster General. ese LL werent A Southerfgentleman writes to a friend in Boston as follows: «I would not in the least monrn your loss, but wonld remember you in my prayers as T remember John Brown, beseeching for him and you alike the hottest corner of the hot~ test department of hell, and the closest and most unremitting attentions of the devil. Bl 1¥ you waste time do not grumble if time should waste you. approving of certain*acts of the Presideng*
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